THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 15, 1938
BRAWN CUP
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Recreio “A” Just Too Good For C.B.A.
Recreio "A" proved a better all round team than Central British Ladies, their combination in attack and staunch intermediate line pro- viding the deciding factors.
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Miss J. Osmund, just promoted from Recreio "B" to a half back position, was very sound in her positional play and consequently was invariably in a position to ef- fect a clearance. Miss C. Silva, at centre-forward, and Miss A. Alves, at inside-left, were their most effec- tive forwards, the latter being a continual source of danger to the C.B.A. defence.
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Miss P. Gonsalves, who has a re- putation of being a constructive half-back, proved much too good for Miss E. Woolley, the C.B.A, Ladies' leading goalscorer and, as a result, the rest of the home team's forwards were unable to get going.
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Miss C. Bone, ever since her re- legation to the Brawn Cup League, has been displaying excellent form and Saturday proved no exception to the rule. She was, however, hope- lessly outnumbered by the opposi- tion forwards, who looked as if they had been well groomed in methods of attack by Recreio's men.
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Seaforth Ladies continued winning vein at the expense of Re- creio "B" and have retained their 100 per cent. record, Recreio "B", however, did exceptionally well to hold their opponents down to a mere one goal victory in view of the fact that they have had little or no preparatory experience at the game.
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A very unexpected result occurred in the D.G.S.-St. Andrew's clash where the former, probably due to: excellent coaching by Miss Marie Smith, "Y" Ladies brilliant inside- left, swamped their opponents to the tune of 4 goals to 1. At the very outside, the most optimistic of sup- porters would hardly have given them credit for victory by a single goal, but their victory testifies to their keenness and ability to learn the game.
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HOCKEY CHATTER
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arranged at odd moments, making the appointment of umpires a diffi- cult one. Closer co-operation be- tween Club Hon. Secretaries and the
the officials responsible for smooth running of the H.K.H.A. Tournament, will probably result in better results!
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H. Kuelps, newly acquired Eur- opean "y" left-half, is leaving for Shanghai shortly on a short visit available after the New Year. of about three weeks, but will be
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H. Dawson, European "Y" Royal Air Force centre-half, is ex- periencing great difficulty in playing hockey for both these teams and at the same time keep his place in the R.A.F. soccer eleven. Although he is not on a par with Willy Reed as a entre-half, he has few equals, if any, in the Colony as an inside-left and should catch the eye of the In- terport selectors in the very future.
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Probably one of the most inter- esting extracts on the game caught my eye yesterday when glancing through the "Daily Mail" year book for 1939 which reads:
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The International Hockey Board responsible for the playing rules, have made TWO REVOLUTION- ARY CHANGES for the 1938-39 scason. After many years of discussion and hesitation, the Board have deleted hooking and all foot-play entirely from rules. It has taken many years for hooking to finally disappear from the men's game, although the unpopular women removed this playing point from their Own rules many years ago. By the absence of hooking, it means now that any form of interference with an opponent's stick is definitoly illegal.
As regards the olimination of footplay, this has remained one of the relics of old time hockey rules for over 150 years. It means that now the ball can only be played or stopped with the stick, with the hand to be used for catching the ball in the
air or stopping its progress on the ground. Of course, the goalkee per still retains his previous pri- vileges of using his feet in defence.
It is the unanimous view that the Board have instituted a great reform which will improve
the greater science of the game.
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F. Ashford, a member of the Royal Corps of Signals and "Y" second eleven, is down on the sick list with analleged attack of dysentry.
It is suggested in hockey circles that a bye-law be included in the rules of Ladies' League hockey to prevent a Miss Longbottom and Miss Hicks, match from being recognised in the two able forwards, scored through six players. A stipulation that seven revent of any one team fielding only excellent backing up, while Miss A.or more members shall constitute A Chang came into the picture later League team, should be laid down in in the game with some clever drib- order to avoid another farce such as that which occurred last Sunday morn- bles which had the Saints' defence ing on the Central British Schoo: at sixes-and-sevens.
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Here's Luck!
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Flt. Lt. J. R. R. Jenkins, Captain of the European "Y" first eleven, will be taking two teams to Macao on January 22. ("China Mail" photo).
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