THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 26, 1939
INTERNATIONAL
FOOTBALL
Gallant Portugal Unfortunate Lose To China By Odd Goal In Three
A.V. Gosano A Pillar Of The Defence
(By "REFEREE")
CONTRARY TO expectations, Portugal put up a much better fight than anticipated and were decidedly unfortun- ate in losing to China by the odd goal in three in their semi- final tie of the “Sunday Herald” International Charity Cup Football Competition at Sookunpoo yesterday.
ARMY
SPORTLIGHT
(By "SQUADDY”).
MAINLY due to the time of the year sion the football served up over the
and the festiveness of the occa-
week-end
standard.
was not of a very high
Best show was that of the Royal Scots who defeated the Police by
On yesterday's play Portugal was by far the better team and had several opportunities of scoring particularly in the second period when their forwards were playing good footing game. ball and had the Chinese defence on tenterhooks.
three goals to tivo after a most excit- A missed penalty SOUN after the start did not do the morale of the Royals much good and until after the interval they played very poorly. When the Police, however, had got two goals in the lead, Hos- sack who had been pegging away
How much the Chinese missed the The quick tackling of the Portu- scheming of Fung King Cheong and guese defence did not permit the the shooting of Lee Wai-tong cannot | Chinese forwards to settle to their be accurately ascertained but without usual stylish play and as a consequence steadily all the afternoon trying to these two players in the attack China | the forwards were not so dangerous. I get through, at last managed to do so seldom looked like a winning team. Yeung Shui-yick was well held by and this goal brought about an amaz- A. V. Gosano in the pivotal position | Delgado while Cheuk Shek-kam could | ing revival in the Scots side and from was like # concrete pillar to the not shake the attentions of the rugged then until the end of the game there Chinese forwards and they could make | Fernandes. With the centre well was only one team in it. no headway on their path to goal blocked by Gosano, the forwards had through the centre for he was every- little chances of displaying their inter- where, tackling with uncanny ac-passing. curacy and lightning speed. A. V. Gosano concentrated on the defence and was satisfied to play his forwards with swinging passes.
The Chinese intermediate line were kept fully occupied with the passing of the Portuguese forwards who kept them continually on the move. Leung Wing-chul at centre half watched B.
Gosano well but was drawn out
of
position often by Pereira and Santos.
Neither of the Chinese backs seemed
Behind him D. Alves and C. Mar- ques surprised everybody with their performances. It can be safely stated that these two played their best games yesterday. Alves kicked cleanly and confident in their clearances and tack- headed well, while Marques was pro-ling though Lee Ting-sang minent with his interceptions and
safer of the two. hard kicking.
Delgado and Fernandes the wing
halves rendered yeoman service as far as stopping their wingers was con- cerned but neither was of much use in feeding their forwards as both were too inclined to hang on the wingers.
For a forward line which has no played together this season the Portu guese attack did surprisingly well and were unfortunate in not scoring. Alves and Pereira formed a dangerous left wing combine, the latter giving a good display.
B. Gosano, as the leader, still showed that he has Jost little of his old skill revealing good ball control and a hard drive.
Castilho, on the right wing, against Hsu King-seng, recognised as the best wing half in the Colony also shone and in the second half had worked up a good understanding with Santos who
was a troublesome forward with his footwork.
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The Chinese started attacking and Marques was called upon early and for a period it seemed that it would not be long before the Chinese scored. T. Castilho failed to score when well placed and Gosano shot wide shortly after. The Chinese scored midway through the first half through Chan Tak-fai from close in.
In the second period the Portuguese team had most of the play and after several vain attempts Santos headed in from a shot by Gosano which hit the cross bar. Heartened by this success Portugual put on additional pressure and had three golden opportunities to press home their advantage. Santos broke through and with only Tam Kam-kwon to beat hit the upright and
a few minutes later B. Gosano sent in a terrific drive which Tam tipped over the bar for a corner. Santos again missed a good chance shortly after.
- The winning goal came from Chan Tak-fai who worked his way to the right to beat Marques with a cross shot.
Though beaten Portugal were by no means disgraced, never this season has a Combined Chinese team been made to look so poor and for the greater part of the match Portugal was de- finitely on top and only lack of prac- tice and training defeated them.
To A. V. Gosano and his game team and of course the Chinese team- Charity has benifited to the extent of another $2,600.
Portugal:-R. Marques; C. Marques and D. Alves, Fernandes, A. V. Gosano, and N. Delgado; T. Castilho, Santòs, A. B. Gosano, Pereira and T.: Alves.
China-Tam Kwan-kom; Mak Shui-hon and Lee Ting-samg; "Lau Hing choy Leung War chửi and Hsu King-send: Yeung Shul-yick, Lai Shul-wing, Chan Tak-fal, Chwo Man- chi and Cheuk Shek-kam, C
OTHER SPORT
ON PAGE 14
Their feat was all the more meri- torious as they had Falconer injured in the first half and he was a com- plete passenger for the rest of the
left, hardly game at outside
being able to kick a ball. If the Scots can in future get the same will into their play as they did in the second period of this game, they will win many more matches.
Fleming the Scots inside left is reaching the peak of his form at the present moment but is still
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some-
Owing to pressure on врасе Softball notes by "Grandstand" have been held oved until to-
morrow.
SMITH'S IRON SHOT
GRAPHIC GOLE
11
HORTON Savvic SWING WA
FRON
LONG ARMS, HEIGHT", ALLOWS
WIDE ARC
SUITH MINIMUM
OF BODY
TURN
SWINGS FREELY UNDERNEATH HEAD
By BEST BALL
10-75
The rigours of long and arduous exhibition campaign throughout the United States plus the burden of competitive play, threatened for a while to upset the fine temper of Horton Smith's golf, but, judging from late reports, he will be all set for another winter campaign. Smith's height often leads one to think that his backswing arc is not as wide as many other golfers. As a matter
of fact it is but because of his long
arms the clubhead is not taken back as far as is the case of many other players. Yet the are is perhaps as wide or wider. This is exemplified particularly well in the above iron play.
With the ball midway between his two feet, Smith pushes the club back with his left arm in the orthodox fashion, transferring his weight to the right foot as the club goes back: At the top of the stroke however, the club is only about three quarters of the way around, the right arm in close to the side. This keeps the club- head on an inside out arc on the downstroke, the head remaining stationary as the arms and shoul- ders swing the club beneath it.
Wednesday.-Revealing Errors.
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