THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1940
SOCCER
1.
SAIGON LOSE AGAIN BUT MOST UNFORTUNATE
Corea Good In Defence; Guichard the Best Forward EXPERIENCE OF SOUTH CHINA CARRIES DAY
(By "REFEREE”)
BAD LUCK COMBINED with misunderstand- ings between the players and the referee caused the downfall of the Saigon team when they lost by 4 goals to 1 against S.C.A.A. at Caroline Hill yester- ›day.
Although Saigon had a strong goal-to-goal wind in their favour in the first half they were unable to gain much advantage, but the Chinese scored both their second half goals through this same wind ad- vantage.
cen-
Saigon were outstanding for their smothered by Paccini or one of his fine passing, clever tackling and com- | partners throughout the game and bination, but though their movements was not given much chance to score. in the initial period showed fine His one goal was a gift. understanding, they lacked that final polish and fizzled out with practically nothing gained by their fine work. Their throwing in was bad, also, and they frequently lost opportunities by this fault.
EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY Between the sticks Tal did all that was expected of him and shows ex- ceptional ability in clearing. His one shortcoming is that he is not tall | enough for high shots. Corea was the better of the two full backs and displayed fine powers of tackling and clearing which rather outshone the good support of Cui.
Paccini in the pivotal position held the defence, together well and was outstanding for his fine shadowing of Lee, which gave the latter practically no scope for showing his powerful shooting ability. Bul and Ven backed up Paccini well and gave of their .best.
The forwards
displayed the short form of passing which was not the
best possible form of attack against the combination opposing them. The "centre" players still display that fault of keeping the wings practically starved, a fault which the Chinese turned to their advantage by concen- trating the ball on the wings.
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Chan and Lai gave the tre plenty of support and were not to trying on their own and making use of any opportunities given them. Yeung seems to have lost his verve on the right wing and did not show up at all we His shooting was deplorable and he skied the ball in front of goal on many occasions with only the gonilie to bent. Ip played very cleverly on the left and his long ex- perience stood him in good stead,
FAST GAME
Saigon started the attack and
SAIGON'S DIFFICULTY
LOCAL
CONDITIONS
WITH
"I am afraid we did not have many Breaks in alther of our games" the manager of the Saigon team told the "China Mail" yesterday.
"The team found the ground very hard and often were not able to judge the bounce of the ball. In Saigon we play on sofwand heav- lly turfed grounds."
He regretted the misunderstanding which led to South China's se- cond goal yesterday for if that had not happened the game would per- haps have been more closely contested.
"We hope to do better against Eastern," he concluded.
pace developed rapidly to a very fast
game. Although Saigon had the wind with them they did not seem to
About five minutes later South China was given a free kick because Tai had run too far with the ball.
shot into the net.
Just before the interval Gunchard netted for visitors.
be able to turn it to their advantage After the interval Saigon carried and though it was thought they might the play into their opponents' half open the score, the first honours went and kept it there for the first 20 min- to South China after 10 minutes' play. | utes ог 50. South China stormed The ball was passed across to Ip through, however, after 25 minutes' on the right wing by Lee and Ip play and secured their third goal. Ip centred across the goalmouth for took a corner kick and sent the ball Chan to pounce on it and smash it beautifully across the goalmouth past Tal who had dived full length where a sudden gust of wind caught in an attempt to clear.
it and sent it into the top right hand corner of the goal, with Tal making a desperate but vain effort to jump and save. Luck was again with South It was evident that the Balgon China only a few minutes later. players had misunderstood the re- Yeung sent the ball down the centre feree for they stood back aa they of the field and Tai, after hesitating, would do if a penalty kick was ran out to intercept when he saw the taken and there was only Tal to South China forwards running up prevent the ball, entering the net. with no backs to stop them. He was Lai took the kick and tapped across about to grab the ball when he stum- theto Lee for the latter to smash a ground|bled and the ball just passed over his head and bounced into the net. Saigon made desperate attempts to reduce their "opponents' lead but were unsuccessful, the final whistle blow- ing with them still '3 goals down.
SATURDAY'S SPORT IN
RETROSPECT
HEARTY congratulations to Central class who will soon, I venture to pre
British Association for winning dict, be called upon for respresentative LADIES' HOCKEY the Pearce honours.
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Cup for
sevens at Central British School on Saturday.
They were favoured by the draw and secured a bye into the second round and the whole-hearted manner Tot, though giving as good a dis- in which they tackled the task before them, combined with their extra re- play as possible, was too well cover- ed by Lam to do any damage and had serves of energy resultant upon hav- to get rid of the ball almost as sooning played one game less, carried them as he got it. Dai and Tien supported well in the inside positions but should have passed out to the wing more than they did.
was
Guichard on the right wing
clearly
brilliant the most player of the Saigon division and
clever played a very
and fast
game.
If he had been given more of the
to deserving victory.
Mrs. White and Miss Woolley both played very well and gave the most polished displays in the team but for sheer hard work and effect Miss Anne Smith and Miss Squires took a lot of beating.
The "Y" team were good but they just could not manage that little ex- tra speed and dash which would have
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ball the result might have been quite | given them the game. .different. Hoa on
showed the left nothing spectacular but played very soundly and, was like his partner on the right, starved of the ball.
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was generally expected that Ar- gonauts, who are an extremely youthful combination, would win the Knill Cup. Although they did not disappoint their supporters, however, they were far from convincing and only Just scraped through two of were their games.
South China relied more on their experience than their ability to keep up the pace of their speedy opponents and this stood them in good stead. To say the least, however, they extremely lucky to gain the lead that they did.
They do not seem to have the right idea for sevens play, which obviously necessitates "a change in the tactics employed in the normal game.
the
Cheung in goal, though not worked to any great extent, was very safe and was rarely at fault and Hau and
Had they indulged in more through Lee worked very well together in the full back line. Lam kept the for-passing and relied on their undoubt- wards well supplied, with the ball anded superiority in speed to beat prevented the Saigon centre-forward opposing, defenders to the ball, they from doing much damage. He also might not have given their coach so concentrated on the Saigon inside men many anxious moments! and succeeded in subduing them to a fair extent.
STRONG FRONT
Leung and Kwok made up a half back line which presented front to the attacking of forwards. Lee Was
In Miss N. Silva, who played con sistently well throughout in the pivo- tal position, they have a player of real
Other Sport On Page 14
Saigon:-Tai; Corea and Cul; Bui, Pac- cini and Ven; Guichard, Dai, Tot, Tien and Hoa.
S.C.A.A.:-Cheung Wing-chol; Hau Yung-
sang and Lee Tin-sang: Leung Wing-chul, Lam Tak-po and Kwok Ying-ki: Yeung Shul-yick, Chan Tak-tal, Lee Wal-tong, Lai Shui-wing and Ip Pak-wah.
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