THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1933.
WELSHMEN IN AN EXHILARATING MOOD YESTERDAY
"PHEWI" SAYS COMEDY—An Interesting study in action and ex- pression in the Artillery Lincolna match on Saturday. Higgins is soen in a heading duel with Allen, whilst Combay, the Gunnera' goalkeeper strokes his hair in either reljef ur amazement. (Photo: Ming Yuen),
LIKE CHAMPIONS
BORDERERS SHOW CLUB HOW IT IS DONE
HANDSOME WIN IN spite of RODGER'S GOALKEEPING
(Ily "Veritas!!).
The Borderers earned for themselves a hand- some Christmas Box on Saturday, when before their own supporters they defeated the Club by four goals to nil. It was a thoroughly decisive verdict: no half measures: in fact another three goals would not have flattered them.
Playing with an air of "The shepacras were abiding," the Club didn't offer the faintest hope of averting defeat. After the first ten minutes it was as inevitable as the sunset. Both teams
short were
of regular players. The Borderers were without Moorison, who was sick, and the Club minua Robert-
As a quintette the attack realised their supportera' fon- dest hopes. The Borderers are bound to figure prominently in the championship race, and I hereby warn all other aspirants,
Look Out!
After bombarding Rodger
for
PUTS THEM IN FINAL OF CHARITY CUP.
ENGLAND LOSE TO MAGNIFICENT XI
TWO sparkling displays by the South Wales Borderers, the second when playing as Wales in the International Charity Cup, put holiday football fans in a good humour during the week-end, and helped to keep alive the festive spirit.
ALL five leading teams in the first division "delivered the bacon" on Saturday: some a little luckily: others most. convincingly. The race for the championship is. becoming more and more keen, but the programme during January will do much to straighten things out. In the first matches of the second half of the season, Bor- derers meet the Lincolns and St. Joseph's, the Navy run up against the Saints and the Lincolns have to face South China.
LOCAL holiday football is specially dealt with on this
page to-day by "Veritas."
FORTEY NETS
9
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THREE
GOALS
Including One From The Copy-Book
COLLAPSE OF ENGLAND'S HALVES
THE BEST TEAM WINS
(By "Veritas").
Without
any hesitation or pose of the Welshmen, and the qualification it can be claimed unity displayed in realising that that the Borderers (i.c. Wales) purpose. are now playing good enough to bent any team in the Colony. They are backing up skilful and artistic work with unbounded | confidence and it requires some- thing uncommonly good to stop such a combination from win- ning.
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SOCCER SHORTS & SIDELIGHTS
MAY
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP: PROBLEM
SOON BE SOLVED: INTERPORT - ITEMS: HOCQUARD CAN PLAY
(By "Voritas"),
ALL that Saturday's' games
did was to leave us where we finished a week ago.” Vic tories by the Lincoins, St. Joseph's, Navy, South Chinn and the Borderers did nothing lo- wards helping us to pick the championship winners. Quite
the reverse.
PUT the two performances of the Borderers during the holidays convince me that they deserve. more consideration than the aly suggestion made in my prospects of last Thursday.
ON present form the 24th are
the hardest team In the engue to beat. That is perhaps negative. Taking the positive angle, I would claim that they are more likely to win than any other team.
THEIR return match with the Lincolna is going to be one of the tit-bits of the season. They have a 5-0 defeat to efface. And I shall be very surprised if they fall to do it.
INCIDENTALLY there WAS
nothing very impressive about
the Lincolns' win against the Artillery. They had by for the worst of the exchanges up to half time, and were very lucky not to be at least one goal in arrears. Heath's successor sparkled during this period. He saved two pile-drivers from Seal which would have done credit to Heath at his finest,
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The display of England offers MULLANE CLEARS The Welsh scope for consideable criticism, right back was prominent yesterday yet such comments must be and here he is seen heading "way THE Artillery actually put the tempered by the realisation that a corner in typical style, whilst col the team was up against a bril. Isagues and opponents watch the re initial 45, but the point was
ault. (Photo: Ming Yeen),
Jiant combination. From the
outset England was forced on the defensive, and thus it re- mained for the major part of ball.
the
game.
tack.
were Ilero
bo
to England. He
THE GOALS.
ball into the net during the
disallowed for offælde,
HOWE IN ACTION-Thl. was taken during the Charity Cup match yesterday, when Howe headed the ball in from the goal line and Ernest Strange narrowly missed with a first
timar. (Photo: Ming Yuan),
DUNCAN used to figure on the right wing, but as centre. forward he is much more suc- -cessful. Quickness in selzing un opening helps him to many goals which other players would never enjoy. Bell definitely has football craft, and is dangerous to any defence,
THE Kowloon juniors followed
up their success
against the Club with another ereditable per- formance and drew with the Young Indians. The Y. I. appear to have become somewhat vulner-
IT was not until ten minutes from able during the past month, and the end that the Lincolns scored have failed to sustain some Im- pressive victories scored in the their first goal from a penalty.arly part of the season. The second came just before the final signal was given."
also fattored St. THE score
Joseph's, but they did well to win, and cannot be begrudged the points. The result can best bo explained by stating that the Saints snapped up every available scoring chance.
son and Dunean. Honestly I don't twenty minutes, the Borderers went. think their inclusion would have into the lead through Fortey, and made any difference to the result. crossed over with this goal. The Only the brilliant goalkeeping Club defence went to pieces in the of George Rodger and some bad second half. Firstly Rodger made juss stopped the "24th" from cross-the mistake of coming too far out ing over three goals to the good. of his goal and being unable to get
Certainly England couldn't sup- Rodger, making his first appear back to stop Hazlewood's droppingly it yesterday. Confessedly the
Ernest Strange strove desperate- ance of the season, gave a typical shot. Then Hynes badly miskick- absence of Allen was badly folt, As a consequence the attack bely hard, but one found him too display, and was blameless excepted and let In Fortey, and, repeat for It meant Teomans being came thoroughly disorganised, often on the halfway line to for one lapan in the second half tng the offence a few minutes from brought in at left half, and a con-minus Intelligent and constructive very boneficial which yielded the Borderers their the end, allowed Mathias to cut. Insequent weakening of the middle cohesion, and without any pone-often got the ball out to Bickford, second goal-
and-pass-the outcoming-Rodger.-- ine. But Pile played as well astrative power. Individualism was but falled to
The Club had only about one Allen could have done at right the alternative and against such "Bunny's" centres went begging.
follow up, and Ile saved miraculously from scoring opportunity. Howe broke back, and the truth is that as arearguard, as the Welshmen, this Harris, Hazlewood and Fortey through in the first half, and then team, Wales were immensurably was next to useless, in the first twenty minutes, and allowed too narrow a margin for superior.
Altogether a disappointing at. although Ilarris had him beaten error, and sent by the far post
The English forwards with a rasping pile-driver which when only five yards from goal,
That old tog "The best laid badly supported by halves. hit the underneath of the cross-
It was impossible to reconcile the
schemes of mice and men gang was the real weakness. Yeomans bar and came out, and Fortey Chrb with the team which bent
aft agley" is applicable enough simply couldn't do a thing right: It took exactly three minutes for eventually passed him with a South China.
to most football teams, but not Cork went all astray in his pass- the Welshmen to show that they similar shot in few minutes Inter,
so with Wales. Their attacks ing and Parking,tch of his time meant business. They swept AS far as my information rack, the honours of the duck between
were soundly planned and trio, found too much of Rodger and the Borderers attack
carried out without a hitch, occupied in trying to subdue the down the field in a series of magni- only the Borderers and South went to the goalkeeper,
Their swift movements allied Duncan-Hazlewood wing to be able ficent movements and had the China played true to form. What with accurate passing, perfect to pay the right amount of atten-, Eglish defence "hendy" in the a match when these two meet! positioning and a strong finish lon to the needs of Hudspeth and first five minutes. That a goal jeft the English defence be- Langmead. wildered,
would not be long in coming was Pile defended bravely at times obvious. It fell to Fortey, after brilliantly; and it was no fault of about fifteen minutes play, when Fortoy celebrated the occasion his that England lost so heavily he neatly hooked the ball pasa with as no a hat-trick as one Strange, with extra work thrown Combey. could wish to see. Ha second goal on his shoulders through the total
He followed this up culminated a gem of a movement ineffectiveness of Yeomans, falter Forty movement previously de with the Morrison-Hazlewood- which started from Morrison some fed in the early stages, and later where near the Welsh penalty area, played under the handicap of an scribed, and almost immediately The left back broke away, passed injury which kept him off the afterwards broke right through to Fortey, who sent on to Hazle- field for nearly ten minutes. wood and then ran into position. Hazlewood did not hesitate, but Can Portugal do to China to-slipped the ball through and Fortey day, what Wales did to Eng-finished off with a classy daisy cut- land yesterday? This is the way. A spectacular copy-book ter which had Combey beaten all question which will intrigue a number of football enthusiasts
goal! and should help to attract
FOWLER'S LESSONS. Apart from Rodger, the Club were poor lot. The half backs were overrun, and so quick were the soldiers' movements, that Hill and Strange had no chuive to settle down,
The forward line was at, sixes and
Bickford became serena. dangerous when given a chance, but for the most part he was an unlooker. Strange worked vainly; Howe was crowded out: Dominy was never there and Fowler à pawn in the hands of the ubiqui- tous and mobile Jones. Fowler lina a lot of leasons to learn. One is the offside rulo; another ball control; and `a third that In- variably loss haste means more speed,
Portugal And China This Afternoon
IN CHARITY CUP MATCH
(By "Veritas").
+
FORTY CELEBRATES.
The sting of the Welshmen was in their speed. Whether, tackling, large crowd to the Club ground passing, dribbling, or recovering this afternoon for the second lost ground, they enjoyed that
Hazlewood to gain his hat-trick, completed the good work of the Combey, beaten to the wide first half by beating Combey for by all six goals, played as well the ball after Harris had sent in the fates would allow, a high dropping shot which fell and better than most gont-near the upright. keepers under the clrcum- stances, His Was
дв
miserable experience.
BIG THINGS.
were
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rather.
England were already beaten, but they showed up slightly better In the second half, and terri torially speaking more or less held their own. But they had to walt
ran the first division results game cannot be sold for the second according to expectations, the
Syd Strange was hurt and off the field, and during this period Pile, who had been doing the division, where victories by work of three, had the mlafor-Artillery and Club surprised. Lune to deflect the ball into his own goal.
HOCQUARD.
the
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THE Borderers have not lost- a league match since November 5, and between then and now have scored 18, goals without having their defence pierced
Charity
once. Including the Cup games, the "Swebs" have
ett- won five counters in a row and scored 25 goals with only two against,
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A interesting piece of news has unomcially come to light. I hear that Llout. Hocquard, who was nominated by the Interport net as Selection Committed to captain of the team to go Shanghat decline the invitation, has next February, and who had to since discovered that he is available. If wanted.
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THIS leaves the Committee In a
rather peculiar position. Per.. haps the most significant point about Hocquard's pre-trial nomina- tion is the implication that Ridley will automatically be chosen at in- alde left.
S a matter of fact the selectors
ficult task regarding the composi- - tion of the left wing. The solec- tion of team colleagues is now be- coming the fashion, and it is not unlikely that the method will be applied to the Interport. Thus combinations such as Hocquard- Ridley, Strange-Bickford, Hazle wood-Duncan, Tay Qua-tong Tam Kong-pak, Mathias-Harris, etc.. are indiented.
The Borderers played an ex cellent brand of football. And this despite Podmore having a semi-final af the International extra yard throughout the game, the chief reason why the forwards came.
I have already tried to suggest a long time before the Arat goal off, day, and Morrison's deputy Charity Cup.
and then Howe went arade a heap of difference. falle. Yet And it Inviting anything but confidence.
In addition one had to appreciato
further reflection through in traditional style, using But Jones, who is developing (in With Wong Moo-shun's suspon their team work. The understand compels one to admit that they his body swerve to telling effect. one of the best left halves in the exactly what China's line-up willments allowed the attacks to be machine-like movements fact has aircaly developed) into ion in force, it is now not certain hig which existed in all, dopart played below standard only by comparison. Ал against the Colony, Wallace on the other be. I was reliably informed developed cleanly and quickly. Welshmen they
of the Bank and Mullane behind, per during the week that in the event At times they delicately caressed poor lot, but on their face value pretty formed with such effect that of Wong being a non-starter, Tay the ball ono to the other
and one could often discover promise their colleagues inconsistencies Qua-tong would be brought into seldom was a man wrongly placed of big things. But thone Big passed almost unnoticed.
the forward line, Tam Kong-pak for the pass. It was the Borderers Things came as single efforts, un- taking Wong's poaltion, and Tay best display of the season. I found the forward line die- occupying the inside loft borth. Without exception the team gave to a quick death. There were tack, and the arrears had been re-then the Club were a bit lucky to England returned for Langmead I only saw the last ten minutos or supported, and therefore destined to finish off a very
the Club-Lincolna encounter, but strong at if they provided any criterion. tinctly impressive. Hazlewood and Actually Ho Ka-keung was pick-n 100 per cent, display, and if one times when Duncan had, a field day. It was ed as reserve, and normally er two shone a little brighter it Bickford, and Strange
Howe, Langmead,duced to three goals. But Wales win. Probably nobody were more the best game Duncan has played should have suggested his in-was not because their colleagues their best form, but as
touched refused to concede anything like surprised than the Happy Valley- He put the ball elusion as being absolutely vital. were off form. But one remembers ready been pointed out they were ball five yards from goal, drove past across first time and almost with But Ho was hurt in Saturday'a vividly the brilliance of Morrison Individual efforts, without back-the helpless Comboy.
has al- this, and Hazlewood, receiving theites. out exception his kicks landed match against St. Joseph's so that (it is dimcult to aco how he can lang in front of the goal. Hazie-China will probably be left with be left out of the Interport team
Ing. wood schemed adroitly in addition no other alternative than to intro. if he is free to to Shoghal).
EORGE Duncan and Bertio to scoring a neat goal. Fortey led duce Tay to the team. Au Kim the splendid backing up of
ilowo scored a delightful goal, England:Comboy: C: Pile aid Bell have found their niche in the line with dash, and netted two fung, of course, is another reserve, Inne,
and experienced tough luck with 8. Strango: Purkins, Cork and second division football. They en- glorious goals. Harris was good but Au did not show un very well power of Wallace and Jones, the half. Langmead did not.
inexorable driving, two good attemple in the second Yeomans: Hudspeth, Lantmond,joy the experience of having served Back Into Interport form on EORGE Rodger jumped straight bla aproach work, but unhappy. In the representative Chinese team masterly scheming of Iazlowood very well at Inafde, right, and the
ft in Iowa, E. Strango ant Bickford. In front of goal. Mathias was "which lost in the Lai Wah Cup, and the opportunism of Fortey:
for one or more seasons with the Saturday last, although I noticed rather overshadowed by the un And Tay therefore,
right wing was
zaniors, and this makes a world of that he has not ridden himself of Wales: Smith: Mullane comparative SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE -udgally ŝne work of his ennfraron" Portainty.
But chiefly there remains the but fleetness of foot by which to Jones: Mathias, Harris, Fortey,picked, they would have to be in of goals through this weakness, in difference. If a representative that tendency to wander from his fallura, for Hudspeth had nothing Morrison: Wallace, Podmore and second livision team wore to be charge. He has conceded a number memory of Clio singleness, of pur-bent Jones and Morrision for the Hazlewood and Duncan.
cluding one against the Borderers.
this season.
ADOM...
on the opposite winr.
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tho
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Team:
and
cluded.
IT will be noticed that in the "first Interport trial' fixed for January 6 that the Strange- Blake and Ridley-Bickford com- binations are befrig tried: The latter pair will be watched with especial interest, They suggest a first-class, left wing