MACAO AVENGE
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1938.
1937 DEFEAT
Interport Hockey Win Over Hong Kong By Goal From A. Angelo ALEX AIROSA, & L. DA COSTA
IN BRILLANT FORM
POOR FINISHING BY H. K. FORWARDS
(By “STICKS”)
Founder of hockey in Macao, Lieut. F. O'Costa, above, who is at present in Portugal, must have been very pleased last night when he received Laertes da Cos- ta's telegram announcing Macao's hockey victory over the Colony by the only goal.
was made to carry the brunt of the
THE
HE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH, SCORED BY AMILCAR ANGELO, MACAO'S LEFT-WINGER, IN THE SIXTH MINUTE OF THE FIRST HALF, FOLLOWING A SHORT CORNER, GAVE MACAO VICTORY Macao left-wing attack, although OVER HONG KONG IN THEIR ANNUAL INTERPORT HOCKEY CON- Malik, at left-half, rose to great heights at times and held his own, TEST, HELD BEFORE A LARGE GATHERING OF SPECTATORS YES-dominating the Macao right-wing TERDAY AFTERNOON, ON THE NO. 1 NÁVAL GROUND, KING'S pair.
In analysing the teams,
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there was little to choose between the custodians. Ramzan was HONG KONG DOMINATED THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME AND THE MACAO (to
AN EQUALISER AND Powerless to prevent Macao's goal, DEFENCE WERE TAXED TO THEIR FULLEST IN STAVING OFF
THE UMPIRING IN INTERPORT MATCHES
GOES A LONG being unsighted by a crowd of his POSSIBLE DEFEAT.
WAY TOWARDS EITHER MAKING OR RUINING THE GAME, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION own players.
BRILLIANT PAIR
OF THREE INSTANCES WHERE THE ADVANTAGE RULE WAS NOT ADHERED TO, BOTH UMPIRES, MR. C. W. LYLE, OF MACAO, AND MR. E. HUSSAIN, OF HONG KONG, HAN- DLED THEIR JOBS IN AN EXCELLENT MANNER.
Macao fully deserved their victory for they took, full advantage of the openings which came their way. The game was very fast, the Macao halves and backs providing the early feature of the game, with splendid spoiling, hard clearances and excellent stickwork.
Hong Kong's defence was given little time to get settl- ed, and it was during this period that Macao secured their one and only goal, but one which gave them victory. The tackling was hard through- out and the bumpy nature of the ground cailed for a good eye and strong wrists in order to guide stick to ball. In this department Macao were easily ahead of Hong Kong. Their backs wasted no time
in
sending the ball forward and possible, their halves tried to help the ball to its objective.
GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY
MISSED
HOW THE GAME WENT BY THE CLOCK
OND, Pyara Singh sent ball into Macao net from outside the circle but 2 Almada, Portuguese enstodian, nearly touched ball in trying to kick clear-a close thing for Macao.
5th Pedro Angelo attempted shot from edge of circle, but ball just missed right-upright with Ramzan well beaten.
6th, Macao press and force first short corner of match from which ONLY GOAL AMILCAR ANGELO, Macao's left-winger, netted Macao's
There were several disappointing when he received pass from Alberto Airosa. features. The inability of the Hongalised Kong forwards to apply the finish- ing touches to their efferts on
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Macao's backs appeared to be much better than the Colony's two, but in reality, this was not so. It must be remembered that Macao wonderful half-back line had a playing in front of their full-back · division, and most of the work of breaking up the Colony's attacks fell to Airosa and his
men long before Rosario or Lammert were called into action.
Wallace and Stickley did not in- spire in the earlier stages of the game, the former mishitting several occasions when a Maczo score seemed iminent, but he im- proved out of recognition after the first 10 minutes, and, together with Reed and Malik formed the back- bone of the Colony defence, quick tackling and excellent positional play leading to the ultimate break- down of Macao's attacks. Not much was seen of Stickley. He did his work in a quiet, efficient way, although at times he was beaten to
Macao forwards. But, Hike the
Sth, Hong Kong force their first corner, a long one, but nothing mater- the ball by the sheer speed of the loth, Hong Kong forwards in dangerous move but Rosario, Macao's right-Macao left-back, he had an excel- back, cleared with Douglass and G. H. Fowler trying to work the ball through.lent supporting half-back in Malik,
21st, Another near shave for Macao occurred when Douglass cleverly who accomplished most of worked ball out to right of Macao goal, and centred across goalmouth, but. both G. H. Fowler and Pyara Singh were unable to reach ball.
the Macao citadel was one of the main features of the game, and this applied particularly to Pyara Singh. He was guilty of missing a glori- ous chance of equalising, when, in the fifth minute of the second half, he worked his way clean through the Macao defence only to fail miserably with his parting shot.
Pyara Singh was, however, by no was similarly featured durng the of which I have already mention- means the only Colony forward game. guilty of missing a chance of Hong Kong can really attribute equalising, as G. H. Fowler
25th, Alberto Airosa, Macao's inside-left, brilliantly took ball through in- to Hong Kong's circle, but his resultant shot was smothered by Ramzan, the H.K. 'keeper, who went down to take the ball on his chest a foolhardy, but plucky save.
26th, Hong Kong right-wing in a dangerous move, but S. A Fowler's centre across the goalmouth went abegging.
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the "spoiling" work before he was call- fed upon to relieve the pressure.
CURIOUS FEATURE Curiously enough it was the cen- tre-half and left-half of both the Colony and Macao teams which shone, the right halves being com- pletely out of the picture.
The Colony intermediate line," ed (poor finishing by the for-probably because of the reason that wards), the second being bril-they seldom play together, were liant defensive tactics by Alex never in the same their defeat to two things, one
class as their Airosa, the Macao pivot, and opposing line as a unit. The dif Laertes da Costa, Macao's left ference between the two was that half.
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Hong Kong had two men of in- dividual brilliance and one who was right out of the picture, and es a Although Pyara Singh and Par-result, little effort was made taub Singh individually, are prob-combine, a quick clearance being ably much better than Douglass the order of the day. and S. A. Fowler, the latter play- Macao, on the other hand, play- ers, because of their opportunismed brilliantly as a unit and Airosa's and speed, were the more danger passing to Laertes da Costa and ous as a pair yesterday, and it was Juan Nolasco, when tackled in pos- just as well that Macao's skipper, session, brought back to my mind Laertes da Costa, chose to handl the play of the Islington Corinthian this latter pair on his own, and how soccer half-backs, who, when well he accomplished his task had tackled, invariably passed back to to be seen to be believed.
one of their own men, who was Willy Reed, the Colony pivot and backing up in case of an emergency. captain, was also at the top of his Macao clearly demonstrated this form, but, because of the failure clever bye-play yesterday, and as a of Ghulam Basal, at right-half result opportunities were rarely (this providing the most dis-wasted. appointing feature of the game) he
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