goal month, and Fittook put a screw ball into Morgan's hands. -Rushing to the other end, the handy men were awarded a corner. Cottel placed the ball splendidly into the goal and in the soramble which ensued one of the Glory men was fouled, and the referee immediately whistled for a penalty which was shot into the net, the goalkeeper making no attempt to save. The Rangers pressed, and secured a corner, which was sent past. Dowson dribbled past both backs and sent in a fast shot, which struck the up- right and bounded into play. Ansford caught the return his head, but sent Excitement led to much wild kicking on the part of both teams, and several likely opportunities were lost thereby. Lamb again being injured,
on
over.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
We cannot praise the Rangers too much for their plucky stand during nearly the whole of ¦ the game with only ten men; though the Gl ry were undoubtedly on the day's play the best team. We think, however. that the action of the Glory's captain in insisting on extra time being played, although the Rangers w re handi- capped by the loss of Lamb, wits the reverse of sportsmanlike.
H K F.C. t. H.M.S. ** TERRIBLE."
These toams met on the 13th inst. at Happy Valley, this being the first appearance of the Service team since the return of the Terrible from the North. The teams were:-
The Club-C. T. Kew, goal; W. G. Worces- ter and W. H. Howard, backs; S. L. Jenkins, J. W. C. Bonnar, and J. E. Lee, halves; J. D. Danby, D. M. Graham, F. Von der Pfordten, Captain Tulloch, R.A., and A. R. Lowe, forwards.
had to leave the field. A foul in the centre against the Rangers was sent into touch. Seth shot a splendid hard ball which Morgan threw out in brilliant fashion. Henderson rushed in to catch the return, but was given offside before playing the ball. Play was very fast, each goal being visited in turn. Craig caused the
Terrible L. Robertson, goal; J. Harvey and followers Rangers
to feel a
bit shaky. Pellett, backs; W. Jones, D. Whyte, and T. when he made a wild rush out of goal Otty, halves; P. Livermore, D. Sales, G. Jones, and kneed the ball into the corner, which R. Denzey, and J. Butler, forwards. raid by was unproductive. A dange ous the Glory left looked like another goal, but Lapsley cleared with a strong kick. Half-time was called with the score Glory, 1; Raugers, nil. The play during this half was fast and interesting with very little to choose between the teams.
The Glory resumed and a foul against Holmes let them right into their opponents' goal, where offside was given against Cottle. Fouls were beginning to be unpleasantly frequent, first Seth and then Gladwell being penalised. Milford was lying too far forward to be of much service to his side as he was given offside five times in as many minutes, the Rangers wisely playing the one-back game. The Glory were having more than a fair share of the play and with a little luck would have had a goal or two. Following a brilliant run by Seth and a hard centre, Fittock headed a splendid goal, The Glory Morgan having no chance to save. made things hum on centreing, and shouts of "goal" were on everyone's lips. At last the goal came from the foot of Milford but he was again offside in the reforce's opinion, that is. The Glory still kept at it. Craig ran out to clear a shot, and being impeded in getting back to his charge again, a goal seemed imminent. Every one of the Glory forwards had a try, but could not manage to score: a shot from. Moore struck the cross-bar and was cleared Two corners in quick succession to the naval men were fruitless, though they full value for a point. Seth, who was playing a very good game, sent in an A excellent shot, but Morgan was all there. second shot from Fittock went into Morgan's hands. Full-time was called with the score at eng all
were
Twenty minutes extra time was then played, the Raugers kicking off. The Glory were the first to le dangerous, a shot from Ansford being kicked clear by Craig. Still keeping at it, Dawson, though hard pressed by Lapsley, sent in a shot which landed on the top of the net and a minute later another which struck the side of the net. The stamina of the Glory was making itself felt, play being for the most part in the Rangers' half. Bad judgment on the part of Ansford, in shooting instead of passing, lost the Glory an almost certain goal. Milford, who was the most outstanding man on his side, was unfortunately winded. On his recovery half-time was whistled.
Refere-Lance-Corporal Frost, R.A; lines. men-r. F. B. Brown (Club), Mr. A. Burk (Terrible).
The Club kicked off at 4.45 with only nine men sporting their colours, but the full comple- ment appeared a few minutes after the s'art. They were the first to look dangerous, Lowe taking the ball cleverly down the wing and finishing up with a good shot which was stopped at the expense of acorner. The Terrible were not long in transferring play to the other end. The whole front rank bustled up the field to
pots ensned. some tune and several **
At length one was sont in which Kew was success- ful in punting only a few yards away from the goal-month, and J. Jones in centre had a perfectly open goal with the ball at his foot. He had time to steady himself to shoot and kicked hard, but the ball struck the cross-bar and went out of play. Jones so far had proved himself a thorn in the side of the Club defence. He was feeding his wings well and leading the attack in a manner that promised to bring points. The first goal came when the game was 15 minutes' oli and fell to the credit of the Naval men, Livermore doing the needful with a swift shot on the run. Not many minutes afterwards the Terrible in- creased their lead. Butler, taking a corner, landed the ball right in front of goal and in the short scrimmage which ensued Sales banged it throuch over Kew's head. From the centre- kick the Club carried play into their opponents bounds and had hard lines in not scoring on at loast two occasions. Danby was patting in some fine work on the wing but unfortunately was erratic when it came to shooting.
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they showed good form and have reason to be proud of their victory.
RUGBY,
At the Happy Valley on the 14th inst. a match H.K.EU . Navy was played under Rugby rules, and resulted in a decided win for * the Club by thres goals, a penalty goal, and a. try (22 points) against a try to their opponents. For the Club team Foster scored two tries, and McMurtrie and Jordan one each.
RANGERS v. H. M. 8.
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GLORY.
These teams made such a plucky fight on the occasion of their last meeting in the Shield ties, when the match ended in a draw, that fully fifteen hundred spectators lined the ropes on Thursday afternoon to witness the replaying of the tie. Teams":—
Rangers :-Craig; Steel and Duncan; Lou- reiro, Lapsley, and Holmes; Seth, Gladwell, Horton, Fittock, and Henderson.
H.MS. Glory- Morgan; Urquhart and Sherbrooke (Lieut.); Watson, Laing, and Wade Dowson, Ansford, Milford, Moore, and Cottel.
Referee-Sergt. Hayward, R.A. Linesmen- Gun. Hayward, R.A., E. R. A. Brown (Glory.)
Both teams lined up punctually at four o'clock. The Glory were lucky again, and winning the toss played with the sun, which was very strong, at their back. They were short of a man, however, and possibly needed Half a every advantage they could get
one of the Glory's minute from the start forwards was hurt in a run up the field, and the game was suspended till he recovered. Simul. taneous with his getting on his fort, the Glory's · missing back turned up, and play was resumed with a vigour that promised well for a good game and kept the specators contiun lly on the shout, this being especially the case when the Glory got on the ball. The naval lads were the first to show up, and Craig's post underwent an exciting bombardment that was only relieved By the plucky nature of the defence. Henderson then tried a run up the wing, but was beaten by Sherbrooke, who returned the leather to mid-field. The Glory's forwards again got on the move, and the Rangers' goal was only saved by Holmes hang- ing on to the man and giving Craig a chance to foot the ball out. Hard play in the open followed, and the red-jerseyed handy men once more set a course for Craig. Moore got the pass at exactly the proper moment, and planted the ball fairly and squarely in the
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corner of the net-an effort that notched the
first goal of the match and was greeted with deafening applause. The Glry backs had been lying pretty well up to centre, but Seth brought them back with a run. He sprinted along te wing, dribbling beautifully, and shot straight for goal, but the ball was nearly spent ere it reached Half-time-Terrible, 2 goals; Club, nil. Morgan, who had no difficulty in returning it, When the ball was again set in motion, the A corner at the Rangers' end gave the Glory a Terribles showed no inclination to rest contented chance they tried hard to avail themselves of; Twice in quick indeed, the ball was sent into the net, but as with their two-goal lead. succession they had a try at Kew's defence, nobody had touched it after it left Dowson's Livermore and Jones (centre) both missing by foot, the referee disallowed the goal. Henderson inches. The Club were not-lying down how- and Fittock were working like niggers on the ever. They in turn took up pressing tactics. left wing; and with the latter nearly lay the He sent in a A splendidly placed kick by Jenkins at half-honour of equalising the score.
of there being swift shot from well opt, and it was only back was lost by reason none of the forwards up. At this stage Morgan's warines that averted a goal. He Bonner had to retire with an injured leg. Bat dropped the ball, but recovered it before" the reduction in their numbers did not dispirit Henderson reached him and sent it out. Despite the Club by any means. Lowe got on the ball, the exertions of the forwards on each side, carried it well down the wing, and shot slant-which were of a turn-and-turn-about description ingly across the goal; Dauby made no mistake that kept the respective defences and custodians and scored a well-deserved goal. Encourag-continually on the move play showed no slacken Club gave their ing during the first half. Craig's post was the opponents no rest for some time afterwards, least enviable, for with the sun in his eyes and and Robertson was called upon to save on such persistent attackers in front he had his more than one occasion. A fine shot by work cat out for him. Two shots came from Danby just grazed the post. The Terribles the Glory's right that for this reason the Penalties managed to break away at last; Denzey and Rangers' custodian had difficulty in negotiating, When the Butler carrying the ball down the wing between but he managed it, nevertheless,
were few, but equally divided. them.
interval was drawing near and play had some what slackened Herton gave a display that called forth even the plaudits of the most rabid of the Glory's supporters. He took the ball from Cottel and manoeuvred it singly past half-a-dozen successive opponents before he lost it. The referee's call of time came shortly afterwards with the score still standing
Without any dallying the Glory left run the ball well down and Craig brought off a splen-ed by this success, the did save from Moore. It looked all odds on the Glory winning, Dowson sending in a beauty, which was excellently cleared by Craig, who at this juncture was the saviour of his side. Ex- citement round the ropes was most intense, and it evidently was taking effect on the play. Morgan ran out to negotiate a shot from Seth, #bat missed the ball completely. As the ball was going into the net Urquhart with an over- head kick brilliantly cleared right under the bar. From now until the call of time the Glory pressed unceasingly-shots striking the car, the net, and everywhere but the required place-but could not get the winning point. The most interesting game of the sea- son, so far, therefore ended in a draw-one each,
Butler contred faultlessly but his partner through over-anxiety kicked a bye Again they returned to the attack. The ball was carried right through the defence and Denzey was just steadying himself to kick into an open goal when he was ruled offside. Time was called with the score standing-Terrible, 2 goals; Club, 1 goal
Considering that the Terribles have not had an opportunity of playing since Christmas Day,
Glory, 1; Rangers, 0,
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