THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1933.
BORDERERS METAMORPHOSIS: LINCOLNS' VICTORY
EVERYTHING else in local league football
the
on Saturday was overshadowed by the
the Lincolns and match between Borderers at Sookunpoo.
EXPECTATIONS that it would provide a rare treat of exciting exchanges were completely realised, but nobody anticipated the astonishing debacle of the Borderers, who were beaten by five goals to nil.
BELOW will be found a special report of the
match.
ONE-MAN TEAM but merely
MORRISON SHINES
IN DEFEAT
(By "Veritas").
game.
a irue reflex of the
The one consolation the "Bor- derers obtain from the match is the knowledge that they played far below their form. But it was a Bud metamorphosis, relieved only by the magnificent diaplay of Morri-.
Han.
Even under the severest pres sure, he remained a steady, dour, To the heart-rending wail of nnd often spectacular defender. "Come on the Seni-cr Rogce-Though obviously tiring toward ment", emanating from the lips the end he remained in the of a wildly enthusiastic specla. thick of the Tray, lime after time tor, the Lincolns swept through repulsing the sweeping movements the Borderers at Sookunpoo on of the Lincoln 'forwards. Saturday afternoon, defented them by five clear goals, creat ed the biggest sensation of the day in local football, and made the "2411" feel that Rorke's Drift had been in vain.
The Most Tragic Feature
R.
Li Kwok-kl, the Athletic custodian, runs out to save with his rearguard colleagues giving careful protection against a rush by one of the Police forwards: An incident in yesterday's league match be tween Chinese Athletic and the Police. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
Navy
HOW
DIVISION 1:
Goals
P. W. D. L. P. A. Pls. 0 8 1 6 - 338
# 2200 G
Lincaht Regt. St. Joseph's I.K. Club.. To the Borderers the most tragic South Chinn
I.K. Police.. Kowloon feature of the match was the utter collapse of the half back line.
Athletic Podmore covered his usual wide territory but not with the usual.w. Borderers results: Ridley, Higgins and Me-it.A. Gulness were too big a handful Recrtio even for this hard working pivot. Wallace and Underwood both mude
1
20 1 15 84
1 0 0 4 1 2 16263 2
2 1 0
10 17 6
4 1 0 2 3.8 2
3 7 0
3 3 10 0
But if such were the the fundamental error of confiring HARD LUCK
their attentions to the wingers in- stead of going In to help Podmore break up the inside trio from whom emanated the majority of the, nt- tacks.
This was the first Army "Derby" | of the season, and because of this we could, perhaps, be excused, in anticipating that the excitement engendered by the scension might divo. away the skill and science of the game. fears of any of the spectators they were soon shown to be unfounded.
True, the more artistic elements were practically confined to the one team, but as there was additionally
The breakdown of this depart- an atmosphere" about the game, the interest remained at fever pitchment seemed to demoralise the The forward line especially when the Borderers whole team. missed three open goals in the last which the previous week had just oused vitality and cohesion degener- ten minutes.
ated into muddled and bewildered individuals, whose every kiek seem- Of course it was that penalty ined to miss its mark, whether it be a the first five minutes which defeat-pass or a shot at goal. ed the Borderers. When I say that it was a curious decision I am not attempting to find excuses for the lopers. They were thoroughly, completely beaten by a botter team But when Higgins tumbled back wards into Mullane after he had headed away and the right back pushed the centreforward off with his hands, it appeared that he was unly adopting normal measures of netfprotection. Referee Baldwin rul-
That Penalty
Sporo on top.
saw in the By contrast one Lincolns a unified team, working together in sympathy and with rhythm. Starting from Heath, whose clean handling was a treat to watch, as also was his judg ment, down to the attacking quintolte, one could not only fail to detect a weakness, but found it equally difficult to select the most prominent.
Yet I feel constrained to men,
POLICE!
DESERVE TO DRAW WITH ATHLETIC
SMART FORWARD LINE
THEY STAND IN THE TABLES
DIVISION II,
Gouls
DIVISION' III.
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FLASHES FROM THE LOCAL SPORTS FIELDS
SATURDAY SOCCER BLUES: SOLDIER PARTISANSHIP: LESSONS' FOR -SHANGHAI L.B.A.: GOALS !
(By "Veritas"),
TIERE WA's Rome unexpected nor that Kowloon second string were rowing and rejaleing in the various turning out half their seniors against football camps on Saturday night. the Club reserves that afternoon. Those who mourned were the Border Weil It wasn't quite as bad as that..
era senlors, the two Navy teams and Kowloon contented themselves with the Athletic, last year's champions of playing Timberlake and Lawls. who, the second division. The celebrations under the league ruling were eligible were by the Lincolns, St. Joseph's, the for the game. Young Indians and the Borderers second string,
INCIDENTALLY quite a few 100
per records went west, among them being those of the Borderers in the first division, the Athletic, Artillery, and Navy in the second, and South China In the third.
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BUT the old bange that it takes
more than one swallow to make.
ply to foutball Kowloon, oven a summer can be paraphrased to ap- with the aid of two senior playing members.could not overcome the auperior team play of the Club, who, deservedly won.
LAWN BOWLS.
TOMMY Main arrived on the Police Saturday afternoon clutching a black cat and smoking his favourite cheroot. That cat had its tall well up, and was not a bet symbol of the apirit shown by the Shanghai manager captain.
THE Lincolns, St. Joseph'a, and South China in the first division, South China In the second, Bor Green on derors, Lincolns, and R.A.S.C., in the Goals
third are now the only remaining P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.teams with clean sheets. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts,
CORING was well up to the 9 1 14 7 4 Lineoin Rebt. 3 3 0 0 11 1 8 S.W, Borderers 3 2
S.W. Borderers 3300 199
average. A total of 71 goals re JL.K. Club 3 2 0 1 11 7 4
Police Recreation Club were per- South China 3 2016 34sulted from the dozen games played THE arrangements made by the Athletic
3 2018 7 4
on Saturday, 27 of which were corded in the four second division fect in evory detail. Willing helpers South China.. 1 1 0.04 9 2 Reertio
matches, and another 29 in the five laboured from 7 o'clock on Saturday 2101.7.2.A.S.C. R. Navy
morning to bring about such a satis R.A.M.C.
third division ties.
factory state of affairs, and both R.E. Young Indians 2 1 0 1 6 7 2
Radio 210 15 7 2
players and pubile can afford an: R. A.
Thank You." R.A.F.
appreciative Lincoln Regt.. 3 1 0 2 8 14 2
University 3-0 3-2 11 Kowloon
UNFORTUNATE
IRELAND
INJURIES CAUSE THEIR DEFEAT
0
311 10 14 3.
1 1 0 0 2 0 2 312 15 15 2 02 1 7 8 2
2 0 1 1 2 0 1
0 0 3
28 G
MIXED DOUBLES
L. Coldman and Mrs. Lochner Win
L. Guldman and Mrs. Lochnur holders in 1931 and favourites for the title this year, won their first round match in the Colony mixed doubles SPURS TRIUMPH lawn tenals, championship on Thurs- day, when they bent H. Owen Hughes
U.S.R.C. courts.
(By "The Pilgrim")
In obtaining their first lengue
An England success in the in points of the season at the externational match with Ireland; pense of the Police yesterday, two- London teams on top of the the Chinese Athletic cannot feel Senior League and the defeat of that they covered them selves Clyde by the Rangers in the in glory..
Glasgow Cup final, provided a full fare for football fans at Home on Saturday,
In fact a division of spoils would have only been fair retum for the losers whose display of Initiative more than once pierced the Athletic's rearguned weaknesses.
The Police were robbed of the
A crowd of 35,000 went to Belfast to see the Irishmen lose a gallant fight by threo gbals to uil.
I say n gallant fight because for a considerable time they were without ed otherwise, and from the momenttion the names of Cork, Ridley, Hocquard drove the ball into the Higgins and McGuiness. The first services of Brooks early on and it Priestley of Cholson who twice had corner of the not from the resultant-named--performed brilliantly at did much to disorganise the team.to be carried off. Martin, their 12 yards spot kick, the Lincolna centre-half, carrying out the duties But it did not break -their-fighting lender, received an injury to the face attached to this key position in spirit and twice in the closing stages and had to leave the field. An X-ray
itself.
Brook had put England ahead every detall. Attacks were broken the Athletle cltadel tollered but saved examination was carried out Inter. up and forwards fed.
The Police have a well balanced almost in the first minute of team full of hard workers. The de-ame and with only nine
stop them, England twice plereed the fence revealed a tendency to become home defence, Grosvenor and Bowers flustered under pressure.
scoring one each before Priestley last two gonis were Athletic's
returned after his, first injury.
The visitors were strong in defence menneed. and were never seriously partially the result of this,
forged ahoad after kept their one goal lead to half post
The team which a week before had promised to become champion beators, were subjugated by a combination which had previously experienced the greatest difficulty in defenting lesser fry.
Ridley's Dazzling Display
The
STING EXTRACTED., Britain, Channlings and Shep. herd formed a good enough half back line and succeeded in taking quite a lot of the sting out of one of the clorerent forward linea operating in the league,
time
anu
the
men to
the
match was one of the fow blessed by fine weather,
It was the signal for fireworks. Thr30 minutes later IIocquard put across a perfect centre which Mul- lane and Smith went to clear and Higgins to convert. The latter emerged successful. Within an-
Ridley has started the season in other two minutes the Lincoles had obtained their third, Baldry put dazzling style, and on present form Ling Higgins through after pro-I cannot see how he can fall to walk -fitting from a mistake by Morrison into the representative games, not (the only blemish of an afternoon's excluding the Interport. He is the brilliant work), and the Borderers' real brains of the Lincoln attacks. But Ridley is not just n schemer fate was sealed.
The superiority of Rangers over His game is suficiently mobile and
the Clyde Club in the Leaguo was clover to allow him to finish off
Gough, the former Royal Artillery reflected in their Cup Final engage movements which he has himself conceived somewhere about the forward promises to be anment, the winners having a
acquisition, although I think the paratively easy tasks. It is doubtful hallway line.
His
on Saturday Police will do well to bring him to the if they could have won by such a own goal Was glorious exhibition of in- middle of the field. He was out-margin had the final been played last
Higgins dividualism. In
and side right yesterday and the previous censon. Rangers have maintained And as the game wore on the McGuiness he received support week at right half. Last year he their 1932-3 form while the runners-
SPURS DO IT. Lincolns became moro aggressive which le so often denied the scored a lot of goals and is go-ahead up have sadly declined.
methods might prova of inestimable
The most exciting fixture in the and more scientific in their aggres-cleverest of tacticians.
English League was the visit of the nion. The sheer speed of the first Higgins was tireless, and obvi-value from a more favourable position, for minutes was augmented by well ously a subscriber to a paraphrase Willerton is a trior and his follow-Spurs to Portsmouth. It was rather of the old proverb "While the ball' ing-up three times embarrassed the expected that Tempoy would pull off ຄ tosa of conceivel, movements between de fence and attack. The difference in play, there's hope." In other Athletic defenders, once to such ann narrow victory although between a team working as a unit words he is an opportunist, and extent that the Police scored their the coin would have been a reasonable guide to the result. The White Hart and of a side of cleven separate and this quality earned for him three second goal.
Lane club carried off the honturs by totally incompatible units became goals,-a pretty useful afternoon's
last minute solo goal by O'Callag- work.
a magnificent conclusion to one of the more and more obvious.
keenest engagements of the season. Playing without their star, the Irish Priestley, who had been released for game, Chelsea de-
Aggression and Science
Green gave an impressive account of himself on the left wing, and if Brooks had not been injured, the Athletic defence might have been
The Lincolns seem to have made This, in the final analysis, was
a discovery in McGulness. The tallriddled.. the distinction between the two elevens. And if the fact that ex-insido right revealed many touches pressed in terms of goals, it ended not dissimilar to the characteristica with the Lincolns five to the good, of Ridley, and his duels with Morri it was no lattery to the winners, I son were always worth watching..
Willarion, whose following-up rushes constantly troubled the Chinese Athletic defenes: yesterday; le faan here making determined tracks for Ei Kwok-k!, who disposed of the ball, but only just in the time. (Ming
Yune).
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net-findors Individuu! LEADING
were: Tate of the Lincolns second string (4) and three each for liggina (Lincolns) Fowler (Club), Nelson (Borderers third string), and Botelho (Recreio).
N Improvement in the state of the ground at Sookunpoo was! noticable. At least some sort of effort had been made to shorten the grass, but a little more attention in this direction will do no harm. There were patches where the ball wna brought up almost dead, and there were one or two instances of playera overrunning.
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TTP in Shanghal they had the int pression that the visitors need- ed to win this Interport to make the scores level, but actually the position was reversed. Both Ports have now eight interperts to their credit, but as a result of the sys tem of playing three matches, in: troduced in 1930, Hongkong have won 13 matches to Shanghai'a eleven.
PERHAPS it is not Hongkong's business to advise the Shanghai L.B.A., what to do, but it is not to be was a refreshing display of expected that the Northern Associa Borderers clash. The more sensitive sell's references to the valua of Bolect-
ing a separate team manager... Both Luton and Lincoln confirmed might resent the mild barracking their recent disappointing form by awarded toleries "Keep it on the THE desirability of this procedura losing at horae whilst on the ether touch; the old crios of
Borderers supporters by the hand West Ham United journeyed to Island", and the counting out Notts Forcat to bag a brace,
and Miss H Hancock 0-3, 6-0, on the artisanship at the Lincolna and tion will misunderstand Mr. J. Rus-
Rotherham
kicked
of the
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TN fact I think the Northerners
has been proved, beyond doubt in delighted other sports, and Hongkong know a paint from Lincolna followers. But when one from experience how wise a course it WTHER pile whilst Chesterfield went merrily, chaff, advice and expressions of opin- New Brighton to add to their little appreciates the spirit in which the la.
much of the glamour of the game is League by four points. on to retain their leadership of the ion are exchanged, one realises that The invincible Motherwell's margin to be found in this display of partisan- gers' visit to Third Lanark was nost of five may be reduced as the Ranship. poned an account of the final. An IT was over the telephono on Sutur day morning that I was told in a voice approaching resigned despair, other postponed match was that be- tween Celtle and Clyde.
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can gain a lot of valuable ex- perlence from the recent series. The selection of a team of skips might in theory, suggest an un- beatable team. But as in all team games there are positions which
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PLENTY OF INCIDENT. There was plenty of incident in this ghted game. The first was the initial attack by twlce netting in as many minutes unfor- on the Chinese goal which saw the and they were particularly erosa-bar struck twice in quick succes. tunate in failing to clinch the result sion. Later Mellardy brought off aith such a good opening. The lowly remarkable save from a penalty.I placed Middlesbro ware after pointa grim and Brooks sustained slight concussion; and they settled down to
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The recent advent of Newton has
Au Ping-ming opened the Athletteleen powerfully reflected in the Read- account and he rounded off a delighting club's last four or five fixtures. ful movement for the second. Green The collapse of Walford to reduced the lead, but saw it regained ef'aix gonls to
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In the second half Willerton bundled month ago: Watford were unfortun
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the Police second, but the issue was through an injury to their goalkeept. put beyond doubt when Au Kim-fung acored the winners' fourth.
CREDIT TO ARSENAL.
Arsenal pulled off creditabio victory over Newcastle at Highbury whore Nelson, captain of the visitors, inado desperato but unsuccessful attempts to turn the tables.
On the Marina ground yesterday afternoon, in a fast friendly hockey fixture, the Incognitos defeated the
Blackburn suffered a severe solbäck Jats by five goals to nil. At the at the hands of Everten who register- interval, the Incognitos led by 8-0. margin of six goals. Weat goals. J. M. Plato and R. C. Reed taking both points from Birmingham. P Soun claimed three of the Bromwich Albion's performance Edited one ench
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