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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934.
INTERPORT TRIAL ONLY EMPHASISES BIG PROBLEM LEUNG USELESS Finding the Right Half Backs
AS A WING HALF
CORK THE ONLY ONE TO IMPRESS
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ALLEN AND MO RRISON SHOULD BE EARMAKED: TAY'S PROMISING FORM
(By "Varitas").
YESTERDAY'S Interport trial did little but to emphasise that it will be necessary to conduct more than two such matches before the final selection of the team for Shanghai can be made.
IT would, perhaps, be foolish to attempt to draw hard and fast conclusions before next Monday's game has been played; but the rather provoking fact remains that yesterday's trial afforded comparatively no assistance to the selectors.
The absence of the Gоaano brothers was most unfortunate, completely upsetting, as it did, the Blues team, which could not as a result, be regarded as anything like
possible Interport XI..
Three goals were scored, but all came in the fading light, and werd not of the type which encouraged ane to cinim "Now we have found an attack capable of scoring goals at any given opportunity."
DEFENCES ON TOP.
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hibition. He created openings) and Morrison: Cork, Beltrao and for every member of the Whites | Channing: Yeung Shul-ylc, Tay quintette. In the second half | Qua-tong. Elliott. E. Strange and he and Yeung Shul-yic played Blake.
together with perfeet under- Blues: Combey: D. Leonard. standing, and the young Singa- and S. Strange: Podmore, Pardoe pore player VALM for ever and Leung Wing-chul; Shepperd, endeavouring to put Elliott Tam Kong-pak, Ho Ka-keung, through,
Ridley and Blekford.
As an attack the Whites forward line enjoyed rather more limelighti thán their opposite numbers. Elliott's leadership was queer He was intelligently con- Defences.created the deepest im- mixture.
ball pression, especially the Allen-Morri-structive when moving the
down field, but less successful in
he
Several times inged in great shots, which were either finely saved by Combey, ar they just missed the objective.
Hon formation. They at least play-front of goal Equally so must it cd well enough to be earmarked as possible visitors to Shanghai. Alien acknowledged, he was thorough- shone in all his glory against the luckless, Ridley-Bickford wing, and was never at a loss. He was against by far the most dangerous attacking flank of the Blues, and because of this, and the manner in which he accomplished the task of subduing It, he can almost be regarded as á batural selection.
Ernest Strange NAA again rather individualistic, but there is no denying that even in this type of game, he is a fine attacker. Speed iN JEFL enormeus factor in his favour, and give him an op-
one can
I imagine it will eventuallyportunity to shoot and boil down to whether he shall always reasonably expect a goal. have A. V. Gosano ór Morrison as partner.
Í But this department has never uffered any deep problem. We have at least four full, backs of Inter- port standard in local football just now. The selectors' real trouble will be found in pleking the half back line.
PIVOTAL OR NOWHERE.
THE BETTER COMBINATION.
Despite the neat combination of Ridley and Blekford yester- day, I still belleve that Strange and Bickford are a better pair, and that they are even to be preferred to Ridley and} Hocquard.
Bickford has somewhat stronger claims for the left wing berth than Hocquard because he is capable of coming through a difficult position
May Be Interport Partners
Allan (left) and Morrison of the Royal Artillery who, as a result of their display yesterday, may figure as interport defondera against Shang- bai.
FIELD HAS A FIELD DAY
GREAT DISPLAY OF GOALKEEPING
I am firmly convinced, particu- larly after his display yesterday, that it is of no use putting Leungon his cwn with colours flying.} --- Wing-chui at wing half. I would Ilocquard is essentially reliant on go further and suggest that it his partner providing the opening. would be detrimental to the team.
It is useless contemplating Leung's brilliant displays at centre-half and put him on the Blanks because of
them. Once there he is like a fish
out of water.
onc
Field, keeping goal for the Royal Hocquard will have an opportunity Marines of the Cumberland, played of making me eat my words on
of his best games of the Monday next...
It is doubtful whether the selce-season to prevent the Engine Room tors came any nearer to filling the of the Cumberland from scoring goal yesterday, more than one centre-forward position. Elliott was when the teams met in hockey in some respects, more impressive
match. That he resents the restricted than Ho Ka-keung, and his more aren in which to operate is energetic methods might make him No score at half time gave a palpably obvious: that such re-preferable to lowe. For myself true indication of the tenaclous striction wholly affects his I feel that Dave Leonard is the fight put up by the Marines. Ad- game is also as plain as day-man for the job, but here again we mittedly the Murines backs put in light. Leung has either to shall have to wait until after some fine stickplay, but Field In Occupy the pivotal herth, or Monday.
goal
the. proved
unpageable none at all. Unhappily this Tam Kong-pak, given Shepperd barrier. seems the only alternative.
as a partner, and this after operat The second half saw a lucky Cork, Padmore and Chaning,ing on his own for the first ten shot from a meleg in front of the give the centre-halt, minutes, was hardly offered a fair Marine's goalmouth, normally ench- one a adapted themselves fairly well to trial. Ile accomplished quite a Engine Boom their winning lead. Marines:-Field; Mils, Turner: the flank positions. Channing fell lut of good spade work, but always away in the second half, but earlier found Morrison the final and con- Barton, Welsh, O'Hara: Wisdom. en he had Young Shui-yle well clusive stumbling block. I would Sanderson, Titmus, Brown, Weeks, like to see Ward and Gosano Engino Room:Trition; .I.t. ander control. Podmore had to adopt bustling tactics to subdue the against Morrison, or A. V. Gosano, Brown, Rush; Kefford, Lt. Comdr. speedy and unorthodox Blake, and and I think it is very probable the Goddard; Crocks. Ilsford, Russel, beyond his breaking-up work, the Interport right wing would be Burroughs, Gill, Lt. Richards. Borderers man was not seen to tremendous advantage.
found.
GOOD GOALKEEPERS BOTH.
Cork was the beat wing half on
The exelianges yesterday were the field, and it would be interest-interesting, but lack of goals ing to see if he could operate as robbed the game of excitement. successfully on the left as on the Both Wong Wing and Combey right. If so his claims would he figured prominently in saving some red hot shots, and it is con- ceivable that the
Interport custodianship will rest between these two, with Wong Wing as the more likely nomince.
vory strong.
TAY SPOILS HIMSELF. Neither Beltrao nor Pardoe could be held up as a shining light. The Artillery skipper is nowhere near
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The Arst half was blank.
to capturing his form of a year ago, although both goals were raided and Beltrao has unfortunate in turn and experienced narrow tendency of roaming, thereby find escapes, One glaring fault to be Ing himself continually out-post-seen on both sides was the In- tioned.
ability of the inside forwards to On the whole the half backs keep up with the ball, with the offered, a dificult and complex result that numbers of centres study.
wore begging.
If Tay Qua-tong hadn't allowed his success in tricky footwork to go to his head, and in the second half to have become so selfish, one would have felt it necessary to proclaim him hs the obvious man for the in- side right berth. But it is team work all the time which is needed | in an Interport match, and Tay will have to recognise that if he is to
make the grade. ·
Beyond this one must concedo that Toy gavo a delightful ex-
It was not until the second stage was, well advanced that Ernest Strange bent Comboy and he followed this up two minutes later with a dandy shot which ngalu found the mark.
The Blues retaliated, and Ridler beat the unsighted Wong Wing in a Very bad light, whilst Ho Ka-| koung should have lovelled the scores in the last minutes, but was wide.
Team:- Whites:-Wong Wing:
Allen
MY FORECAST.
FIRST DIVISION.
TO WINI-
S. China St. Joseph's Borderers East Lancs
TO DRAW 1-
Navy Kowloon
JUNIOR ́SHIELD.
TO WIN-
Navy Borderers Lincolns
S. China "B"
TO DRAW-
R. Artillery
Picking The Right Ladies Hockey Team
SUGGESTED XI TO OPPOSE AUSSIES
(By "R.H.B.")
The visit of the Austrialian Ladies touring hockey team can be looked forward to us marking another important milestone in the history of the game among the ladies of Hongkong. In itself, it will be a unique occasion and for the local eleven a beneficial experi-
ence.
Local trial matches have com- have menced and the selectora been casting a keen eye on the displays of each player. To my mind, the greatest difficulty facing the selectors is the choice of the forward line. For the defence there is an ample amount of talent available.
SOUTH CHINA
OR THE LINCOLNS?
TO MEET SUNDAY IN CLASSIC GAME
CHAMPIONSHIP MAY WELL DEPEND ON
THE RESULT
(By "Varitus").
NOT even the Junior Shield matches can divort atten-
tion from the great football match at Caroline Hill on Sunday when the Lincolns, present leaders of the first division, meat South China, formidable challengarr, and present holders of the championship, in their return on- counter.
ANY repetition of the unfortunate incidents which
marred the Sookunpoo match will be wholly deplor- able. There is no reason, and therefore no excuse for such conduct. Spectators (and they will probably form a record crowd) will visit the South China arena to see- football worthy of two such fine teams and it will mean wilful waywardness if anything. but the best traditions are upheld.
The Lincolns, at the time of citing exchanges.
writing have not selected their Three other teams will be direct- team, but unless Heath is fit, it is ly interested in the result-the changed from that Borderers, Navy and St. Joseph's. not likely to which rather luckily took points But I fear the Navy's interest will from the East Lancs last week. I wane after this week, for many think we can expect to see the of the team will be leaving for the following line-up:
southern cruise on the 9th, and with them all hopes for lengue honours,
Deacon' Rowden Edminson
Dudley Coork Bett
Baldry
McGuiness Higgins Ridley Hocquard
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INTERESTED PARTIES.
The Borderers and St. Joseph's | appear to have comparatively easy tasks. The former entertain the Athletic on Sunday, and I can't see them losing, whilst the Sainta make the trip across the harbour to be received by the Recrelo. A win for South China, Borderers The South China line-up in and St. Joseph's is going to make always doubtful up to the last the solution to the championship minutes, and because of this one problem as complicated as that of This point I know has been enn only surmise the probable international disarmament." raised before, but it is necessary team. They are looking forwards
Оп to state once more that equal to the return of Fung King-cheung
the other hand
the Lincolns have a splendid oppor representation of each team to counteract the enforced absence not essential. It is necessary that [of Wong Mee-shun, and it is not
tunity of putting South China the boat player for each and unlikely that with the idea of practically out of the race, every position be chosen.
strengthening the half back line Sunday's match carries for them a big task and what to other Li Tin-sang will return. If so, the following will probably be
interested parties will mean a heavy responsibility. seen in action.
My team would be as follows: -R. Rose (St. Andrew's); E. M. Gray (Hongkong Indies), A. Fowler (Y. Ladies); M. L. W. Bryson (C. B. A. Ladies), B. M. Pope (Hongkong Ladies), M | Wallace (Hongkong Ladies); E. [ "Selby** (Hongkong Ladies), J. Churchill (Hongkong. Ladies), M. Woolley (St. Andrew's), A. Alves (Recreio) and O. Brown (Y. Ladies),
HINTS TO UMPIRES
By "Bully-Of"
Be quick and decisive with your decisions during the first text or fifteen minutes of the game and you will soon get the game in hand. Penalise any attempt towards dangerous hitting and rough play and the players will soon realise that you are there to take charge of a game and not permit a rough and tumble.
The most enjoyable games are those which need the least whistic so keep it down to the minimum. Where unintentional offenes gains no advantage allow it to pasa unchecked. But lat the player know you have noticed it and that afthough he has been let off he will be punished if the offence is repcated.
Wong Wing Li Tin-sang. Lau Mou Leung-In-chan Leung Wing-chuj Lee Kwalt-wni Yeung Shut-yic Tam Kong-pak
Fung King-cheung
Pau Ka-ping
Tay Qui-iong
CHINESE TO WIN.
JUNIOR SHIELD
Interesting-Array-of- Matches
The draw for the Junior shield
Li Tinang, whose re-appearance for South China against the Lincoina
on Sunday I possible. Recreio v St. Joseph's-King's Park
Police v East Lancs-Caroline
SUNDAY.
FIRST DIVISION.
S. China y Lincolns-Caroline F!!!
S.W.B. v Athletic-Sookunpoo ▼ Some of the teams already selected are as follows:-
FIRST DIVISION.
B. Artillery:-Combey: Allen
is exceedingly Interesting, and and Wroe: Rodgers, Pardoe and games above the usual standard Worthington: Sooks, Knight, Ber- associated with first round flegmingham, Wood and Scal should materialise.
bec
With such a line-up South China ag
SECOND DIVISION.
THIRD DIVISION.
the Royal Artillery hadn't
unlucky as to run up R. Artillery-Wood: Price and ... South China, leaders of Lowen; Scott, Hunt and Me- can be expected to just about pull th econd division I would have Donald: Edmunds, Smith, Hop- It off. I wouldn't say the Lincolus bee. prepared to make them a kine, Hardy and Shell. were out and out lucky to garner qulet tip for the Shield.
Robson: Clayton, Evans, Setters, both points from the carller The Gunners have sorted to- Lincolns: Wardell: Steens and encounter, but I certainly think gether a very useful side: as a Caclough: Mangahn, Worrall and that South China were not at their team they can give the seniors Robson: Clayton, Evans, Settore, best, and that on their own pastures points. It is not even unreason McGuiness and Toyne. this Sunday they will serve up a lable to imagine them beating South somewhat different display. China at Caroline Hill. Certainly
The lively Higgins and the the Artillery play the right type Lincoins:-Meekin: Martin and subtle Ridley will again be the of football for cup-ties, and if Ramsden: Wildy, Parker, and big thorns in the Chinese defence, they can establish an early lead Thompson: Matthews, Dudley, whilst the attack has the problem their entry into the second round Clark, Harper and Reeson. lof overcoming the dour soldiers' is quite feasible. (half back Une..
The Borderers
appeur good These struggles in themselves enough to pass on safely, but the should be sufficient to guarrantes, fact must not be lost sight of that some exceptionally fine and ex- the Young Indians last week de- feated the Athletic, and on their day are capable of upsetting the best teams in the junior divisions. The Navy cannot afford an-
The United States hockey team met England at Merton Abbey last month, and this picture showi England scoring their second goal, with Miss F. Elliott of U.S. making a tremendous but vain effort to OKTO. (Pix not News).
COULD NOT STAND
THE PACE
other lapse 08 they Buffered H.M.S. Whitehall Collapse
against the Artillery fast week If they are to beat the Athleble. The Lincolns and South China "B" however, should win comfortably.
FULL PROGRAMME,
Against Veteran
The Veteran convincingly beat the Whitehall in an Eighth Flotilla
Hore in the programme, from Hockey Longue match yesterday which it will be seen that the afternoon at King's Park by seven venues for the Navy v Club first goals to one.
In the first half the exchanges
division match, and the Junior Shield tie between the R.A.F. and South Chins "B" have been were fast, and, at times, the players changed.
SATURDAY.
JUNIOR SHIELD.
revealed exceptionally good from, especially Hind and Fossey, "Who broke up some determined attacks, a To illustrate the good fight put S. Chinn ORA-Caroline up by the Whitehall against a bet
ter team, the Veteran only led by
XIII
poo
R. Navy v Athlette-Sookun og all at half time. But the
S.W.B. v Y. Indians-Military | losers could not keep up the pace RAF. v S. China "P" and collapsed in the second half." Chatham Rd ··
Kowloon y Lincolns-Kow- loo!
LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION.
Navy v Club-Sockunpoo Kowloon v R.A.-Kowloon
The excollent work of Lt Comdr. Brower, gave the Whitehall their Jonly gon}.
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In the second half Rimmer acor- cd four goals, while Bellla, Mid. Norman, and Morley each added one for the Veteran.