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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27,
1933.
SOUTH CHINA BEATEN BY THREE BRILLIANT GOALS
How They Stand In
The Tables
Below are the present standings
of the clubs in the local football Jangue,
Division I.
Goals.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pla. Lincoln Regt. 75 11 17 10 11 St. Joseph's.. 7 5 1 1 17 10 11 R. Navy *** 7 6 1 1 23 15 11 -South China 6 5 0 1 18 7 10 7 4 1 2 24 17 9
H. K. Club... 9.W, Borderers & Athletic
4 0
2 24 12
8
3 7 0
4 20 23
6
Kowloon F. C. 7 2
1
4 18 17
H. K. Police.. 8 2
0
0 13 10
East Lancashire 2
1
0.5 2
R. A.
ទ 0 0 6 9 20
Recrcio
8
0 0
8
7 38
0 0
South China
Division II.
Goals.
P. W. 1. L. F. A. Pts, 8701243 14
8.W. Borderers 8002 32 16 12
R. Navy.
R 6 6232 12 11,
Lincoln Regt. 8 G. 1 2 22 10 11
II. K. Club
I. A.
ཝཱ
85 17 23
A017
73
0 4 14
Young Indian Athletic
7 2 0 5 1 23 4
7 39 Kowloon C 800 R
Lincoln Rogt.
Division 11.
Coals.
P. W.D. L. F. A. Pin,
0 0 40 2 18
South China..71 1 16-7 11 S.. Borderera 72 31 13 10
R.A.M.C
Rocrela
Radio
RA.S.C.
11. E.
R.A.F.
University
23 10 21
14 16 23
7 1 3 3 917
21 3
8 14 35
Match Won And Lost In The
YESTERDAY'S CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH:-The Com- bined Chinese and Army met in charity football match yesterday, Picture on the right shows the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowall kicking off, and below Li Hung-ching of the Athletic beating Podmore and Cork for the ball. (Photo:
Ming Yuan).
KOWLOON COLLAPSE IN LAST FEW MINUTES
AFTER GIVING BRIGHTEST' DISPLAY OF THE SEASON
Navy
By "Wanderer."
6 Kowloon 2
IT. was bewildering to see Kowloon go down so heavily after a brilliant exhibition in the first half when their re-arranged attack played delightfully attractive football with real idea and purpose behind it.
Nothing better has been seen on the Kowloon ground or on many other grounds this season than the swift passing bouts which swept them through the Navy defence time and again, with Lewis, Hill and Timberlake in particularly dashing form. ' The reward reaped consisted of two perfect goals, both scored by Lawia and both worked for in the same way. The Navy defence failed to get near the ball, the final movement in each case developing whon Timberlake made a perfect
to give this season, until those last five fatal minutes. Their at back only weakness was where Wills and Martin at no time inspired confidence.
In the first half, Kowloon's half-
through pass for Lewie to snap upbacks held the fort magnificently the ball clear of the backs and and kept pressure off the rear- score at his case,
Disputed Goal
gaard. But in this need, which
First Ten Minutes Soccer
ASTONISHING reversals of form not only incurred two surprise results on Saturday, but croated quite a new position in the league table of the first division of the local football league. Thanks to the dofoat of the Lincolns and South China, both St. Joseph's and the Navy improved their standings. The Borderers also benefitted. THE Club are gradually proving to be South China's bogey team. For the second year the Europeans gained an unexpected victory. Kowloon were again unlucky: the Lincolns were beaten by a better team: the Police were made to look third rate by the Borderers.
QUIET DETERMINATION TRIUMPHS OVER LETHARGIC NONCHALANCE
CLUB'S NEW METHODS OF ATTACK PROVE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
(By "Yaritas"),
South China 2 Club
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AM not certain if I owe the Club an apology, or whether it is due from South China to those of us who had such faith in them as to be prepared to put our last shirt on their winning.
In any case it is a moot point, and if, in my pre-match comments, I refrained from. holding out any hope for the Club, it gives me double the pleasure here and now to acknow- ledge their brilliant success of Saturday.
goal), opportunism, and skilful com-1 bination. In other words he did the right thing at the right moment.
Hoplessly At Sea
COMBEY, of the Artillery, who kapt goal for the Army had a
much busler time than Wang Kee loung, the
former South China custodian, Combey played * clavor game often relieving dangerous situations with bile wall timed clearances. Here he is seen saving wall, with Wons Mas-shua In close attendance.
(Photo: Ming Yuan),
Shorts & Sidelights
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(Conducted By "Veritas")
HERE were sufficient surprises In the week-end results to make football fans sit up and take notice.
THE Club take order of proced- едес. And this time there Was no sneering "lucky" to bo shouted about the clubhouacs. The Club won because they were the bettor tenni. South China, am sure would be the first to ne- knowledge thin.
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THE way those reserves came in. to the Club team and put all their heart into the job was gront sight. They may have been lacking In finesse, but when came to grit and determination, they held their own with the best.
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It
INCIDENTALLY Skinner was
kept out of the team owing to an injury sustained at practice on Thursday. It seems he was about to shoot, when tackled from be- hind, and his foot was badly hurt. “
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FTER secing both. Chinese
games this week-end I am cons. vinced they have lost a lot of speed. The Bamo neat inter- passing is there, but the ball is not moved quickly enough, allow- ing a nimble defender the op- portunity of intercepting. This was made especially evident" yca- tardar.
CHINESE AND ARMY: IN A POOR MATCH
ONLY A FEW PLAYERS TOUCH REAL FORM
Combined Chinese
(By "Voeltas").
0 Army
'Not even the worthy object of this match-the swelling of, the Tung Wah Hospitals' cöffers could wholly compensate for the disappointment given the spectators by both teams.
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For two elevens, professedly representative of some of the best football talent in the Colony, their display was appalling; Even the Chinese on the cumshaw hillside found it difficult to raise excited and enthusiastic "Hei-yns" at the display!
That the Chinese lost wan com- |--- -plately their own fault: Perhaps -
GURTHERMORE this shortcom- some of my readers are becoming a little tired of me continually offer- ing does not seem to be con- Aned - to South Chino. Tho
ing this as one of the reasons for
a Chinese defeat.. But in this case Athletic players seemed to be a move behind throughout yestor
bud i
It is fairly incontrovertible. They major share of the play, with pronounced superiority in midfield but with pattern-wenving
day's match.
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T. Joseph's have made no bite my words with a vengeance.
To trounce the winning Athletic by 41 is no mean feat. No Siri My congratulations "A.V." and colleagues!
was only too obvious, they were It is not the first time the Club;
stages, but it was Desmond Ilynes, being overdone, and forwards who overworked and it was not sur-have proved champion-beaters,
whose faithful shadowing of Tam lost all sense of direction in their prising to find them struggling to and in defeating South China by
Kong-pak rendered impotent that shooting, their chances of winning young player, who caught the eye faded as the game wore on. Yet Kowloon went into the club-raise a gallop in the closing stages, the odd goal in five at Caroline
In the last quarter of an hour, Pope, who came into the Kow house at half-time with the post-
in his tackling. Quick and suro
Only Few Exceptions In the first half Li Tin-song was tion no better than a two-all draw. ioon eleven at right half for the ill they were merely repeating-
hopelessly at sea with the Bickford-Hynes warded off many threatening In one of the Navy rushes, Skinner rat time, rivalled Ward of the history.
With two or three exceptions, the But this time there was nothing Strange alliance. Leung In-chan saw situations.
Lowaun, again deputising for Fog- scored from thirty yards range Navy as the best half on the field. with glorious shot which Cook He was a better offensive half fluky about it. Any other result would even less of them. Bickford introduced
anything like their ordinary form. was unable to so the match, ly thinking that, like a very similar most dangerous raider on the Navy South China on their merits, nothing all anywhere near the corner flag, beut in the first half he did clear his Win-chui, and in a slightly lesser the tune for the better part of the made no attempt to save, apparent than defensive, but against the have been distinctly uncomplimentary a new and successful note into his well in goal, lind very little to do so players seemed unable to produce OCCUPIED at Caroline XIII, F to the Club. On Saturday they bent methods. As soon as he received the emclently was he covered shoot. Only Allan, Li Tin-sang, Leung but I am told St. Joseph's called
atrociously did South China than
more or less,
ilespatched it first time along the shot shortly before, it would pass side, Skinner, Pope more over the bar. And acar the Inter-held his own for the greater part
Before paricularising. I think this ground to the centre. It produced the linea particularly well when Tam degree, Morrison and Combey tou- game, and that their forwards, Kong-pak get in a characteristle first feled any standard above mediocrity. (who can be nippy and penetrative val, Smith drove in and a hotly of the game, while Yard, added by
match can be described as a triumph Club's first and third goals.
In stating that the whole of the timer, and once or twice before the An illustration of the i onais- when they like) had the Lincolns" of quiet determination over lethargie disputed goal was awarded to the the fact that Elliot was inclined
Came cluse, he ran out and
relieved the tencies of the game was furnished | renrguard at sixes and soyons. Navy. Willis kicked the ball clear to hung back in his new position nonchalance, born of over-confidence. Chub's attacking movements and the mere fact that the ballat inside-left, had Kowloon's left
And although generalising is not from the left wing, it suggests that bucks.
the forward line was unbalanced. Up Without desiring to take any gilt in the winning goal. It was scored to be regarded ILA Anally lodged in the aland behind wing fairly under control.
the best method of to a point this was true. Fowler had a off the success enjoyed by the Club, 1 by Greenshields, who throughout the goal chats doubt on the justice McGuire played a nice game at expression, I am prepared to go a real pff day, and was obviously still do not hesitate in claiming that South had played as though he was enT is no excuse for the soldiers"
far as asserting that Ernest Strange of the referee's nward. It totcentre-half in the second half, dis- brat South China in the first ten suffering from the effects of his in China largely contributed to their own tirely out of his class of football-1 defeat to state that Ridley was
tributing the ball with splendid minutes of the game, when he not Jury.
But Howe led the forwards well judgment, while Kowloon's pivot, only scored two of the peachiest goals until a wrenched knce fifteen minutes Jones, was "curious mixture. imaginable, but put the Chinese de-
fence on such tenderhocks, that they from the end put him off the field for the remainder of the game. Dominy, were never able to settle down. although out of touch with the nt
tucks, was pinying to instructions, and Contributing Factors The Club finished the first 35an a fourth half did bla share of good
work minutes with three goals to the good.
dicult to explain how Willis could kick the ball round the post if it had passed inside.
His tackling was well-timed and accurate and his passing good, but several times the eye caught him standing still walt- ing for something to happen when he should have been make ing his contribution,
Even in the second knif, when the Navy clearly reversed the run of play and indulged in the bulk of the attacking work, no-one anti- elpated the final result. Only Afteen minutes word left for play whon Langmead burst through the Kowloon backs to put the Navy into the lead for the first time with
Blfs had a hard day, running a splendid goal, and then Kowloon between Smith and the speedy came back strongly for Blake to Hudspeth, Martin failing to back put in two rasping drives, the first him up..' of which Liddington saved but failed to hold, Elliot handling the rebound to spoil a great chance, and the accond of which missed the loft-hand post by inches.
The chief contributing factors were
their extra speed to the ball, and their fust moving of the ball when In
OBCASION."
I raise my hat to Andy Duncan!
He gave his best display of spoiling
defent.
Too Much Fag!
The whole team played as though it was too much fag to do so! There wasn't a sparkle in any of the attacks; the half backs broke down completely, and Li Tin-sang and
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There were several spicy and suffering from an injury and was entertaining pieces of individ therefore handicapped. But equal- ual cleverness in the match, but ly so it will not be denied that it the team work served up was meant an all-round reduction in very uncomplimentary to the the strength of the forward line. real meaning of that phrase, Both teams made changes, Lau
in at right back,
Ovel
The Army
La Mau, thrown back on their own Mau was an absentee, and Cheung resources, were forced to realise Pak-shung came their shortcomings. The collapse of the intermediates work in two years. Yeung Shuf
owitelting vick, the only forward in the early made all the difference between victoryTin-sang
the stages who suggested danger to the and defeat; for in the second half Club defence, was, before the end forwards might have scored a few to left.. subjugated by the ludomitable half goals had they been properly sup hack, whose interceptions and ported. Not even Leung Wing-chul brought tackling made him the best inter could get going. His passes went all Greenshields for astray, and he never looked capable Ridley, and Jones The absence of Skinner and Nobert. of stopping Strange.
It was pretty ofron sadly weakened the Club half
There was no sugar coating to the Club movements, They were made with a purpose (and with such procl alon as to satisfy one that they were also pre-conceived.) The ball travelled fast and accurately from player to player, with each of the threr goals: Taking the game by and large, the materialistion of this Kowloon, looked a highly emetent campaign, team when attacking. When the
Navy Well Balanced
It
Plan
'mediate on the field.
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for Wallace:
Jones, after giv- ing two magni- fleant displays' at (loft half for the
Borderers,
Was
practically
UNC- 'exa, and scarcely, put" a
JONES.
foot.
Bath
tho SAMO back line, Boyd (in the pivotal well on the Li Wal- Brake, Club of the ruler of vanguard to their job, and it was their deter-
bottled up Fowler, The offort having failed. Kow-tido ran against them, their de-1) was quite a new interpretation by position) and Rawlins stuck gamelyatory loon shot their bolt and fivefensive weaknesses were apparent, play, and if they couki, guarantee tajlnation whleh pulled them through/kwok certainly but he made the minutes from the end, Willis put
The Navy were a well-balanced apply it cach week, I can't see many big ordeni.
mintako of con- Defence Sound teams stopping them from winning. through his own goal trying to
his side fore and aft, over pursuing" The display DE
centrating Ernio Strange clear, the defence crumpling up the direct method, clean and in- brought bomo more forcibly than ever. Royd was constantly being, benten
on Tong pashes completely from that moment. clalve in most of their work, solid before how rich local football is at the for possession, but his quick rowan, when the Langmead scored two further
rather than brilliant, always present with inside lefts. Wo have coveries often made. them on, tom-left winger had goals, one threo minutes from tha end and the other one minute from pegging away, even when their Ridley of the Lincolns, Hazlewood of porary defeats, and he gallantly ful- amply demonstrat
defence was having a trying time. the Borderers, Tam Kong-Pak of filled his mission in taking the stinged that it was his "Big Day." Teama: Kowloon:-Cook: Wil- South China and Strange of the Club, out of Wong Bee-shun.
Rawilugs was fortunate in having Their current form makes them all
Even allowingy Kwan was never any danger. Quite left
do is wing, the reverse. He more often defeated fielency, it
diflcult to make Wong Mov.shun. a own ends.
The soundness of the Club defence excuses for the atrocious play of the was again emphasised. Syd Strange Inside forwards. Pau Ka-ping seemed
(Continued on Page 8.).. carly earned the honours in the
timo,
Woak Kowloon Backsi. Lewis, Timberlake, Elliot,
lis, Martin: Popo, Jones, Bliss candidates for the highest local a real weak wing to mark. Tong for the obvious
For Kowloon it was a diang. Dinko, trous finish to a great game in Navy: Linndington; Buchanan, which for the most part they West; Purkins, McGuire, Ward; had given as good a display of Hudspeth, Smith, Langmead, Bar real football as they are likely nott, Skinner.--
honour.
This was undoubtedly Strange's finest display since being clerated, to the senior team. His game was n happy mixture of constructive Indfyldan lain
Becatid (per that
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WHICH is tantamount to saying that without Ridley on" top Torm, the Lincolns loso much of thoir potentiality. Which, fur- there, I do not deny.
UNDERWOOD, the Borderers left
half, who was recently suspend- ed for his part in a fracas with Tay Qua-tông of Shuth China is not like- 'y to appear again for the 24th this SERSON,
TT is said that the Powers That Be, other than the Football Assola. right then, have taken a norious view, of
Spoon-Fed Forwards
Even with these altered line-ups, one fully expected to see a brightor show. But the Army half backs
the case..
PART from this Underwood would' And it difficult to reclaim his
could never settle down; and al- position, for Jones is proving such an though useful in defence, offered adept substitute, and Hazlewood such little or no assistance to their for a brilliant successor to "Hooker" at: Inside left, that, tho' Börderers would wards.
Harris at Inside loft played his naturally humitate to change their
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winning combination.
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