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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1941.
AIR FORCE STILL LEAD THIRD DIVISION TABLE
Rally Well In Second Half To Beat Medicals
Pym & Webb Play Well For Losers
By "Sportshawk“
AT CHATHAM ROAD ground yesterday, Ro- yal Air Force defeated Royal Army Medical Corps by 4 goals to 1 in the Thi d Division of the Football League match, after shar ng two goals at the inter- val.
Henley and Edmunds both play = | Three minutes from the end, Hoj ed a stout game to the defence for ¦ Kar-keung netted the last goul for An Force, who cleared well and Air Force allowed the Opposing forward little cope Perry vas in great font in the pivotal postiem, send ng many gond and uetul passes the fro sati
Poung held la ean well a left" halt. perally
The Prod perant when he bad Pym. Mel cabs speedy right-winger, in cl
thel
Au Porer bawat boe was bry! wered by a hard on who thougn be det at me, made many the- ful openings to initiate the scoting spp riumbrot fi t
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is de-right, and ManBeid, right Wing, combined celi an f
always a soups of Wogy to Med-
defence
Bennett Shines
ALL
distin- right-back,
Pi Medicals, Bennell Purshed himself Cullin and Florence
out- were standing in the intermediate line, while Pym and Webb were their most dangerous for wards.
The play was evenly contested in the first half and both sides attacked in turn.
drew
Medicals
first blood through Webb 10 mmutes from the start from a pass by Pym, but Air Force equalised through Smith shortly offer.
(71) resumption, the Airmen played better and had the most of, the play. They took the lead through Manfield, who added an- other goal soon after.
Medicals Attack
In the last five minutes, Medi- cals made numerous attempts to break through Air Force defence, but without success.
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Good Rochard LE Ho Kaikeung, South and Manfeld
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ROYAL ARTILLERY XV.
SOUTH CHINA NEARER
YESTERDAY'S SOCCER SOUTH
RESULTS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Following are the resulta
of games played yesterday In the various divisions:
Navy
FIRST DIVISION
1 6. China SECOND DIVISION
Kit Chee
Navy
Engineers + Kwong
R.A.F.
2 Club
1
1
R.A.S.C.
7
1
1 Medicala
4
Wah THIRD DIVISION
LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE
FIRST DIVISION
Goals
P W. D
L. F. A. Pts.!
18 14 2
2 54 21 30
3
19 13
$ China Eastern Sing Tao Middlesex Kowloon Police
18 13
18 10
16
5
16 G
18 4
2 63 29 29 33 48 22 29 2 6 38 37 22 4 7 29 28 14 19 27 38 13 4 10 39 56 12 5 9 38 47 11
By "Referee"
SOUTH CHINA went nearer the First Division at Causeway Bay Football Championship when yesterday they defeated Royal Navy by 4 goals to I after leading at the interval by two clear goals.
Navy played well in the open- South China were slower in ng minutes of the game,
their for- but their movements and slackened somewhat after the wards were often robbed when in first cal was scored against possession, then, from a penalty, and it was enly the good work of the defec that prevented the Chinese from sering again.
Navy made twe changes in thep delcre Paul cam. into the 201 In place of Laylee, at tht hall. while Hawkine Wi serget lett had in place of Brit
Hard again playe
Lee Well Held
Le
100 1 Waiting was
well moked and though he tried to Freak through on Geensions found his way well blocked Chau Man- wh was the outstanding forward and he pited Lee Shek-yau with good passe Chan Tak-fa dis-
game my the pivotal petion and played gued to work but was in- ched to indulge in fancy play which brought h
no results apanist the Navy defenders.
The Chinese intermediate line winked heed and it in was in this
DE that South Chim were stroATIL The halves did not slacken H bit and worried the Navy forwards.
he had Lee Wan-bong well mark- of thoughourt sex that this player cut t have many chanova 10 hot. Hazard used his height to Brent advantage and with Paul and Hawkins giving lum 'at | Aupport the Chi
Teoryards.
1 were wait imman ben; dangerous
for a long while
K. Wah R. Navy R. Scots Club
17 3
10 4
14 4
2 10 30 44 10 } 9 29 47 9 St. Joseph's 18 3 3 12 19 45 9
Totals 186 78 30 78 409 409 186
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Following will represent Com- bined
against Royal Artillery Middlesex Regiment in the Large | Inits Rugby League on Wednes-R.E. day at Soekumpoo at 3 p.n.:
;
Lieut Fairclough (5th A.A.); Captain Sgt. Marsh (8th Hvy.), Skipwith (8th Hvy.), Gur. Keeble 12th Hvy.), L/Sgt. Richards (8th Hvy). 2/Lieut Dawson (8th Hvy.), Gnr Dobbinson (5th A.A.);! 2/Lieut Bompas (H.K.S.R.A.), Sgt. Hicks (8th Hvy.), 2/Lieut Del- derfield (12th Ivy.); L, Bdr Evens (5th A.A.); 2/Lieut Heath (5th A.A.); Sgt Page (5th A.A.). 2/Lieut Eddison (12th Hvy.), Bdr McDermott (8th Hvy.).
Reserves.-Gm Cook (8th Hvy.); Gur Easterbrook (5th A.A.); Lieut Clague 75th A.A.); L/Bdr Turner (8th Hvy).
ACT NOW
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TO
SECOND DIVISION
Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 21 17 3 1 86 24 37
3 57 30 34
3 55:23 27
The wing halves, however, had ndency to leave the opposing wingers to free and on several Occasions the latter proved dan- Herous.
The
Good Backs
full backs, O'Regan Roughley, were sound in
Tsang Chutt-wan and Tse Kam- hung cleared well but were not too reliabl
under pressure and had the Navy forwards followed up more. Tam Kwan-kong in goal would have had more to do. In goal Tun played better than he has done for some time and did and not display that timidity as in pre- their vious games. He brought off two tack.ing and both cleared well.good saves, one in each half. Ize Wai-tong found them a great stumbling block and he was öften robbed when in shooting position, Giff, in goal, played well parti- cularly in the second half and had no chance with the goals scored | forwards were not making the best against him.
use of the ball. South China open- Hendy and Le Page were pro- ed the scoring from a penalty minent in the forward line but taken by Lee Wai-tong and short- were too well marked. Le Pagely after Lee Shek-yau placed Totals 282 120 42 120 686 686 282 | did a lot of useful work in trying them further in the lead with u
to make openings for his leader good shot from the wing.
R.A.S.C. Sing Tao Middlesex S. China R. Scots Kit Chee R. Navy 30th R.A. K. Wah
R.A.O.C. Police Club Kowloon
21 16 2 .18 12 3
20 12 3 5 62 38 27 21 10 5 6 75 28 25 22 10 2 10 49 35 22 21 9 3 9 41 64 21 20 Q 2 9 46 48 20 20 R 4 8 48 52 20 20 6
4 10 33 51 16
22 6
4 12 34 53 18
21 6
1 14 32 74 13
21 2 2 17 22 95 6
18 0 4 14 18 86 4
THIRD DIVISION
R.A.F. Signals 12th R.A. 36th R.A. 24th R.A. 35th R.A. R.E. R.A.M.C. 7th R.A.
Internat')
20th R.A.
Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
19 13 4
2 54 22 30
17 11 4
2 44 19 26
5
4 47 26 23
6 66 24 22
18 9
17 10 2 18 8 4 18 8 4
6 41 24 20
6 38 37 20
18 9 1
8 51 32 19
19
8 2
9 36 57 18
17
7 3
7 33 30 17
17 6 3 8 37 36 15 16 5 2 9 27 44 12 17 1 3 13 16 62 5 17 0 1 16
1 5 73 Totala..226 94 38 94480 480 226
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while Hendy had hard luck with two good attempts Jate in the
game.
SOFTBALL RESULTS
Yesterday's softball scores were:
WOMEN'S LEAGUE
Canuckettes 11, Chung Hwa 0. Ramblerettes 22, Las Florinhas
MEN'S SENIOR
St. Joseph 8, Cyclones 1. Chinese 8, Canucks 2. Mohawks 19, Filipinos 0.
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STERN MEASURES BY THE S.RA,
The Play
Navy started well and were having most of the play but their
Play slowed down considerably in the opening stages of the sec- ond half and Navy were on the de- fence for some time. Chân Tak- fai scored for South China when he headed the ball into the net following a corner by Lee Shek- you and shortly after Lee Wai- tong scored when he placed the ball well out of Giff's reach.
Navy played better after this and after nearly scoring on two occasions were rewarded through Barber from a scramble In South China's goalmouth.
Navy Giff Roughly, O'Regan; Paul, Hazard: Hawkins; Anderson, .Le Page, Hendy, Barber, Skinner.
It is heartening to old soccer enthusiasts in Shanghai-particu- The United States Golf Asso-larly those who recall the laxity ciation at its annual meeting in with which locat football" infrac- New York recently approved golf tions were administered to in re- coaching as a part-time vocation cent years-to see the stern matė- for amateur golfers, provided they ner in which the Shanghai. Foot=| are full-time members of school ball Association is handling rough or college faculties and such work play this season. While much has only constitutes "a minor part of already been done to stomp out elements of an unsportmanlike nature from the sport, a great deal
́their duties.
In re-drafting its amateur code, still remains unsolved, and this the U.S.G.A. re-emphasised its column will always devote itself ban on those who receive compen- to furthering better and cleaner sation for instruction, whether soccer in Shanghal-N.C.D.N. oral or written, by demonstration
or by pictures, to groups or Indi- viduals, but exempted:
: "Full-time members of
the
faculty of recognised institutions
of learning, only a minor part of whose duties includes instructiv
ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE SPORTS
in gólf. To enjoy this exemption, The thirty-second Ararat" however, the teacher must confine athletic meeting of St. Paul's Col- his instruction to regularly-en-lege will be held on the South rolled students of the Institution China Athletic Association ground by which he is employed. at Caroline Hill on Friday; March Reuter.
17, commening at 1.15 p.m.
South China. Tam Kwan-hon; Tsang Chung-wan, Tse Kam- hung: Lau Wing choi, Lam Tak- po, Lau Chung-sang; Li Tak-ki, Chen Tak-fai, Lee Wai-tong, Chow Man-chi, Li Shek-yau.
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