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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931.
SHANGHAI GAIN A WELL
EARNED VICTORY.
HONGKONG'S FAILURE IN THE
SOCCER INTERPORT.
GASH'S INSPIRATION.
THREE GOALS IN TEN MINUTES TURN THE TABLES.
By "Wanderer."
B.
of the finest defensive exhibition seen in Hongkong for many a day.)
Demons for Work,
These Shanghai men were, not only demons for work, but their judgment was superh. Gash, in the pivotal position, tied A. Go anno up hand and foot. Not unco In the whole game was he beaten in a tackle, and his headwork masterly. Pote-Hunt, with Mon- roe boliind him, did not concedo an inch to the Hongkong left wing of which so much was expected. while. Segalen's failure mate D. Gonano an easy mark for Costa and Martin. Above all, not one of them allowed his individualism to obtrude to the destruction of cohesion.
Constructively, the Shanghini half-backs were equally success ful. No forward line could have failed to shine with such splendid support. Graham was the most Widmore impressive forward.
and worked well, and Collaco Sinclair were always alive to the main chance, while Elliott pave a The apt phrase to epitomize and the next goal fell to Hongkong. capital exhibition after the in- terval. Monroe was the better of Shanghal's brilliant, richly earned A burst on the right, a melee in the
His kick- four-goals-to-three victory in yea-goalmouth, a great shot by twe excellent backs.
and terday's interport sacser mulch, Goanno, a certain scorer but for ing. tackling positioning
His methods with its Boniewhat sensational Martin's intervention. He was ad- were perfect. tinlab, does not occur to mind judge to have handled and A. V.minded one somewhat of Paddy readily. It was n game full of Gosano made no mistake from the Wynne at his zenith.
things and crudities put. grea! strangely mixed, and requiring a little
tu more. time properly
One can only be sure of digest.
Thus at half-time, Hongkong one thing, that the result did not huid an undeserved lead of 2-1 and do Hongkong an injustice. Theyhey proceeded to consolidate this had their share of bad luck, it is advantage by their best play of the truc, as witness the accusion near day soon after the interval. the end when Gosano, striving for
Hongkong's Chance.
Ip
TC-
Wae
Apart from Clark, there only one department of the Hong- kong team that justified itself, the half-tack line. Hedley, Lam yuk-ying, and Yeoman fought a great losing battle. They had the Shanghai attack well held for
this
and
doubt,
an equaliser, headed against the Pak-wa awong the ball up the mid- three-fifths of the game, they all lylle. Gosano successfully hampered worked so well and with such erona-bar with Chow hopelessly Martin in his clearance and slipped success that the weakness behind
clearly exposed, beaten, but that was a detail; the
weakness, no all-important fact in this match the ball to Fung King-cheung who was was Hongkong's inability to get flashed the ball past Chow's left
of their passen thai so many a grip on the game after establish-hand. The Shanghat goalkeeper contributed largely to the fact! ing a head of 3 goals to 1 with tied just as he was, about
went astray. It is difficult to be only twenty minutes remaining renke bis dive for the ball.
At this stage, Shanghai must harassed and accurate. for play.
have come to the conclusion that
ta
In this, as It happens. lies their luck was “dend out.” If they most of the story with Shangdid, the only sign
1 still
Too Much Whistle.
WIN
mnat
The game was not productive of
It was excit- hai undismayed, jinging indeed harder striving. Pote-Hunt, Gash high-grade football. though they were leading instead and Costa gol right on top of the in rather than skilful. The for- of in arrears, giving of their last Hongkong attack and for the rest ward work of both sides ounee, it was a siluntion calling of the game almost the visitors were extremely serappy for the For generalship, not necessarily proving what a brilliant goalkeeper art, Hongkong being least in- for a master footballer, but for a Clark is. Pote-Hunt's constructive pressive. Some excuse, however, Header, and there was no-one caggenius showed through it all. He inny be accorded to the players in able of sounding an effective rally
The defenders battled sunde Widmore's goal--a brilliant that there was far too much inter- *hot-and I การเร Graham'sruption for {1: mheet trivial lantly in their own particular which brought the teams level.
offences. When Mr. Archer began ways, up to a point, but the coStrange was badly at fault with whistling up for mild infringe- operation demanded was missing this one. Graham eluding a' tackle | Stability, which would have sured the victory in Hongkong's
rall
wrap, there was none.
Shanghai's Teamwork.
сп
the wrong side with the greatest of vase and scoring with a fast oblique drive.
Shanghai on Top. But even conceding how great
There was no real light for the was the opportunity offered to winning goal. Shanghai continued Hongkong by the circumstance, to dominate the game. Clark saved one had to be satisfied with the superbly on several occasions, by result because Shanghai were so obviously the better side. Their running out and kicking or sweep- Hng the ball from the tues of the defence came with big reputa- tion; individually and collectively Shanghai forwards, but he had no
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ments, one took it to be a little object lesson for the benefit of the players, to establish his control, but when he continued, it was out of all reus) 21. On one occasion he Widmore for hands penalised when the ball enught his heel and then his swinging hand. -Wid- more could not see the ball, far TUNGSHAN GOLF CLUB. Gilman, who are leaving Canton after
less handlelit intentionally. With
so much whistle, the players may
Phouo 28121.
be excuse for some failure
to
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BANKERS WIN THE HONG FOURS.
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were the giants of the
It surpassed every expectation, chance when Li Tin-sang let Col-settle down.
Monroc. Pote-Hunt, Gash and) Not only were the defenders algo through to give Sinclair the
Li Tin-Graham
Canton, Feb. 18. brilliant cohesive force but there all unmarked, close-in.
team, Clark, Hedley In the Hong fours played here you was cleverness and artistry in sang got back in time to Thai-Shanghai
must everything they did. The lenge. but Sinclair made no error, and Yeoman were the most impresterday, the following teams competed:
aret.
not of the same Near the end, there appeared sive Hongkong players. forwards were
Enll control was, anything to be a case
The tennis were: breed.
af huds against but a strong point with them, but Shanghai in the penalty
Hongkong:-Clark; Strange, Li Tin. they had this virtue, a keen One of the linesmen, in fact, was
SASE; Hedley, Lam Yuk-ying, waving for the infringement, but realisation of the whereabouts
Yeatmat; B. Cosano, Segalen goal allied with readiness to work one folt gind that it escaped the A. V. Gosan, Fung King
cheung and Ip Pak-wa. In notice of the referee. Hongkong
Shanghai:Chow: Monroe, Martin; Pote-Hunt, Cash, Costa; Elliott, Collaco, Sinclair. Widmore and
and
work and work again,
all, there was a urity about the did not deserve to save the game. whole side which does the highest Only Clark had prevented Shang- possible credit to the captaincy of hai from making their victory: Stanley Gash, who inspired his more emphatic. men by example as well as pre- cept, giving what must have been one of the greatest displays of his
career.
Hongkong's Weaknesses..
It would be an easy thing, in assessing this game, to laud the Another point which struck one Shanghai players to the skies and most forcibly the game througho condemn the majority of the was the difference in team spirit. Hongkong players to the nether. Every man on the Shanghai nile most regions, but it would not be went into the game with a fervour which had to be met by equal quite fair. The Hongkong team lut undoubtedly, disappointed enthusiasm and determination f
The they did their best and if it was
it was to be mastered,
not a good best this was not en- majority of the Hongkong players appeared to have no more west for tirely the fault of the players. the game
thun
had it been another Segalen and Strange came in for Το of those tiresome trial matches. the most criticism after the match. The net result of this was a fore-without entire justinention.
Shanghai be candid, I think both did almost conclusion. gone appeared to be yards faster on as much as could be expected of the ball. Time and again their them. Segalen was too slow to players came from "nowhere" to keep up with the Hongkong at- intercept or dispossess when tack, he was easily robbed, and Hongkong players stood waiting facing Costa, a brilliant half-back, for the ball to come to them or he was subdued. On his form in were dallying too long. This dif-the trials, it was to have been ex- ference, too, may be attributed to peeted. The same with Strange. leadership, or lack of it:
He had never played alongside Li
Few
prople Tin-sang before. Shanghai Score First.
really believed him likely to back Shanghai opened the scoring up Hedley in the stopping of the four minutes from the start, after lively Shanghai left wing. Hed-
twice Clark hád
saved from ley was running between Graham Collaco.
A corner on the left and Widmore while Strange. look- There was a. yawning gap placed by led on. wonderfully WAS Graham and Clark in a desperate between the Hongkong backs for effort to save turned the ball into the greater part of the the not..
Good positioning would have sav-
was
game.
The cheering had hardly ed every one of those Inst three died away when free kick goals. Yet both Strange and Li
Kiven
Gaah Tin-sang did extremely fine wo against just outside the penalty area as individuals. and Chow misjudged Hedley's. The greatest Hongkong disap- wonderful shot. Another great pointment was the failure of the shot by Hedley caused Chow to ex forwards, yet one can hardly criti- tend himself a few minutes later. else their methods, except in one Shanghal returned with a series of particular, that the inside lively rush attacks, swinging the only half did their job. They did Ill from wing to wing in great not go back to forage for them- style, keeping Strange and Li Tin-selves, which was the mora neces- half- sang on the fun. Widmore had a sary on a day who their good chance and struck the bar backs were too harassed to place with Clark benton, and Pote-llunt their passes with accuracy. did precisely the same thine,
Thoir failure in othor directions.
men
Shanghai swarmed round Clark, their badly-timed passing, kick but their forwards lacked finish, and run tactics, wore the result
Graham.
Hongkong Bank Build ng.
Mr. some seven years' association. William Galloway, in a short speech, said the Club were very deeply in- debted to Mr. Gilman for his untiring efforts as a Committee member, the results of which, the improvements to both house and. grounds, were a far more eloquent testimonial than any- thing he could put into words. The City Bank, Kowloon Club were about to suffer the loss of a very keen member and a very ablk Canton Railway, Chinese Maritime goifer in Mr. Gilman, and it was his very pleasant duty to ask Mrs. Gilman Customs, and Messrs. Reiss Massey.
The National-City-Bank-Messrs. to accept a small token as a mark of Manning and Dagan won with a reit the Club's esteem and respect score of 158.
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Mr. G. W. Greene heartily seconded Mr. Galloway's remarks, after which This was made the occasion of alver tray was presented to Mrs. Gilman. Mr. Gilman replied suitably. farewell tiffin to Mr. and Mrs, W. F.Our Own Correspondent.
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