THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPJ;
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
1934:
ELLIOTT & LEONARD INVITED TO GO TO SHANGHAI
LEAGUE GAMES
There www rejoicing in London when Clapton Orient defented Nor. wich is a keen league match during
SOUTH CHINA'S CHANCE the New Year holiday programme,
TO GO ON TOP
IN RACE FOR SECOND DIVISION
CHAMPIONSHIP
(By "Veritus").
According to the league handbook, the second division programme should end this Saturday, but all of the teams will have at least one more match, and several of them two or three, to play.
Unless the Athletic can upset South China at Caroline Hill, which
is extremely doubtful, it is doubt- ful whether the day's programme the will, bring the solution of championship problem in the second division any carer,
Appearances suggest that every thing will depand on the clash be tween South China and the Border- ers. The "24th" are without a game this week, which means that South China will probably take over the leadership again.
willi the
A win for the Chineso allow them to go above Borderers by one point, both having played the same number of matches, and each with two games outstanding.
In view of the Club's unexpected
Auccess in the Junior Shield last
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spirited their
week, one can expect
from encounter resulting mooting with the Royal Artillery. The Gunners, one of the most im- proved teams in local football (they sem to make a habit of recoverica in the second half of a season), would suggest themselves as likely winners. They have had one or two outstanding achievements to their credit of late, and it is doubt- ful whether the Club's form of a week ago will be good enough to elop the Blue and Reds.
Beyond these two matches the second division programme, holds little, or no interest.
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LINCOLNS' TASK.
MY FORECAST.
INTERPORT 'TRIAL.
TO WINI-
Interport XI
TO WINI-
LEAGUE.
2nd, Division
Navy
R. Ártillery
. S. China.
TO DRAWI
Y. Indians
TO WIN1—
3rd. Division
R. Engineers
Recreio Lincolns S. China
South China will improve their standing at the expense of the Borderers. The Chinese should be able to collect points from the Air Force, and defeat for the Borderers would put them on level pegging for second place, with South China still holding a game in hand.
In the third division, the Lin-is: colns, already established chant- plona, are regarding their tio with the Borderers in rather, a serious light as this is likely to be their only obstacle in achieving a one hundred per cent, league record for the acason.
At Chatham Road on November 18, the Lincolns won with thic greatest ense, boating the "24th" by five clear goals. Since then the Borderers have dropped only three pointa in five mtaches, and a win this week would place them-strong- ly for the rummers-up honours.
The most likely outcome of the day's programme, however, is that
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The full programme for the day
INTERPORT TRIAL Interport XI v Combined Chinese Railway Ground.
LEAGUE. 2nd Division Kowloon v Navy-Kowloon Y. Indians, Lincolns-Athletic Club v R. Artillery-Club
S. China v Athletic-Caroline
3rd Division
-University-v-R.E.-Athlotic,-4.15.
Recreio v Radio-King's Park Burderers v Lincolns-Military
This picture taken during the game alows Robertion, (Clapton) clearing abot attack. Orient won,3-2, Craw ford (2), Mayson, Warnes and Lock- head being the scorers:
SATURDAY'S
INTERPORT TRIAL MATCH
FULL DRESS REHEARSAL: WILL THE RIGHT TACTICS BE ADOPTED?
(By "Varita"),
Hongkong's Interport football team, which in a fort- night's time will be in Shanghai in an attempt to wrest the Telegraph Cup from the Northerners, will participate in a full dress. rehearsal at Sookunpoo on Saturday, a combined Chinese XI providing the opposition, and the stimulus for the Colony's representative side to show what they are capable of.
For the-Grst,-and-only-time. since the trials began several; weeks ago, the selected combina-
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their departure for Shanghai. The game promises to produce some lively and entertaining foot- ball.
At the present time the eleven players who will actually con- atitute the team to oppose Shang- hai are all 6t, and the majority of them have been putting in some serious practice. On Saturday therefore, we shall have the oppor- tunity of obtaining a fairly re- Hable idea of their chances in the triangular Interport.
CHARITY XI SELECTED
TO MEET CHINESE COMBINATION
ARMY VERY WELL.
REPRESENTED
AS INTERPORT
RESERVES
WILL STRENGTHEN THE FORWARD LINE
ALL PLAYERS TO BE ON VIEW
THIS SATURDAY
(By "Veritas")
As was exclusively foreshadowed in the Telegraph yesterday, Elliott, the Kowloon forward, has been in- vited to join the Hongkong Interport team as reserve, and if able to accept, he will play in the match against Tientsin.
The selectors met last night to fill the vacancy left by
Ernest Strange, who two days ago found he could not mako the trip to Shanghai, and they decided to invite. both Elliott and Dave Leonard of St. Joseph's.
If they are in the position to accept, it will mean the Hongkong team will be up its original strength of sixteen players.
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Their inclusion assures & first rato forward line against Tientsin, and it will conceivably be as follows:-B., Gosano, Elliott, A. V Gosano, Leonard, and Tay Qua ton. Alternatively Leonaril may. be preferred to Gosano at centre- forward and Tam Kong-pak takon over to his usual position at Inside left as partner to his club col-
lenguo Tay.
Cork and Brittain are certain to be taken into the half back Ine, probably to the exclusion of Beltrao and Pile.
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SATURDAY'S ARRANGEMENTS.
The selection of Leonard, view of the fact that a severe in- jury has kept him out of football
RAILWAY GROUND IS THE VENUE
FOR INTERPORT TRIAL ON SATURDAY,
NEO
The several hundreds who no doubt intend to watch the Inter- port trial on Saturday should take note that the match is being played on the Kowloon Football Club ground and not on the Hong-' kong Football Club ground. The kick off is at. 4 p.m.
The Interport team will be: McHardy: Allen and B. Btrange: Leung Wing-chul, Del- trao and Pile: B. Gosano, Tara Kong-pak, A. V. Gosano, Ridley. and Hocquard.
The tion probable Chinese combina-
Weng Lau Mau: Leung In-chan, Ho Chor-chi and Lee Kwok-waiting Yeung Shui-yic, Ho Ka-keung, Fung King cheung Tay Quan teng and Tang Kwong-Bum.
ying
Li Tin-sang and“ ·
for the past month may appear Wholesale
to be a somewhat risky move, but assurance has been given Léonard is now fit.
that
In order to give all of the sixteen selected players a chant; ce of playing together on Satur day, arrangements have been made for the eleven to oppose, Shanghai to play in the rat half against the Combined Chinese, and the team to meet Tientsin to play in the second half.
Interport reserves are therefore asked to turn up at Chatham together who have not before Road with their togs, and to be
in readiness to play. played as a team;
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I imagine there will be a general tendency to push the ball through hard, and eliminate, as far as possible, fancy foolwork and ultra-deli- cate Inter-passing.
FRIENDLY SOCCER.
Brokers and Exchange In Drawn Game.
MISSED PENALTY KICK.
Loss Of Players
CLUBS HURT BY REMOVALS
(By "Veritas")..
This month will see a num- ber of prominent players make-their-exit-from-local- football: some temporarily, others probably for all time. At least four first division clubs are affected either by the trooping season or by Home furloughs which fall due before the end of Febru- ary.
The Club, for instance will bo
"Clover" football has to bo adopted with caution. It was the late Mr. Herbert Chapman, for- mer manager of the Arsenal team,
A penalty kick missed by Arculli, robbed of the services of Bickford who asserted that no team could afford to indulge in "clever" foot in the last minute of the extra game, (outside left) and Skinner (centre-
robbed the Stock Exchange of victory half)..
nasistants ball until two goals ahead,
Kowloon lose their against the Sharebrokers" Association, The truth of this has been pro- In the first football of its nature on from the Argylls, namely Yeomans minently Illustrated in local the Club ground yesterday afternoon. (centre-half), fcQuade (inalde lengue soccer this season. It has The game, which was enjoyable left) and Green (centre-forward). been the mistake of South China.both from the spectators' and players The second string will also have
in 4 draw, each side to bid farewell to Grant. and has needlessly cost them viewpoint, ended points on several occasions,
WING TO WING.
scoring three goals.
In
So much has already been writ- Len regarding the composition of the team: its qualities as a com- Six Interport trialists, who bination, merits and feared short- failed to obtain their places in
Mr. N. V. A. Croucher has present The Borderers first eleven will comings as Individuals, that to go the Colony's team are taking
ed a a cup, and It is learned that an- be robbed of Wallace (right half) over the ground again is so much part in a charity football match I am not advocating kick and other match will be arranged later and Harris (inside right), both superfluity.
with definite championship pro- Suffice it to say that if the team, against the Chinese in the Hong-rush methods, but an intelligent in the season to decide first claim on very valuable members of a team
Early in the first half, Omar gave spects. without taking undue risks (and kong Football Club ground on and constructive use of the ball the trophy.
by attnek and defence which will the Exchange the lead and added a
RESERVES WILL BE the excessive care taken in this Sunday, February 18.
and goal, Carroll The team, which is exceedingly allow it to be swung from wing second direction has almost invariably
V AVAILABLE, SA shortest time equalised for the brokers. tho ruined the final trial matches in well balanced also includes half to wing in the
possible. Fast wing to wing at second half, Arculli gave the Four players will be lost to the seasons gone past), plays accord-a dozen: Army players. It is as
tack oftens calls for more skill change the lead with a shot from Royal Artillery first division team, ing to its lights, it should have follows:
than intricate Inter-passing, and the left wing from a difleult angle. notable among them being Combey no difficulty in securing the con-
is certainly more progressive and Ko again found the not to equalise. (gon!) and Allen (right back). fidence of local supporters.
With the score at three-all the ro-Rodgers (right half) and Green- likely to earn goals. It places (ferce (Dr. Selby) decided to play shields (any position)
are. also the opposing defence at an im- EYES ON THE HALF BACKS.
mediate disadvantage, for they extra time. In the closing, minutes on the removal list.
of the second session, Oniar was
The one consolation these teams- have much less time in which to fauled and the Exchango were award- make their tackles, to cover up ed a penalty. Arculli missed with have is that the second division mistakes, and to anticipate the the kick, acnding the ball over the programma is almost completed, which will allow good reserves to next move,
Attention will chiefly be directed towards the half back line, where Chris Pile, nt left) huif is something of an experi ment, and the allocation of centre-half and right half posi-: tions to Beltrao and Leung, Wing-chul respectively still re- quire some justification,
Cord (Kowloon)
Mullane (Borderers), capt.
Morrison (Borderers) Podmore (Borderers) Thompson (E, Lancs). Bliss (Kowloon) Mathias (Borderers) McGuiness (Lincolns) Steven's (Police) E. Strange (Club) Blake (Kowloon). The reserves are: Ward Joseph's), Rodgers (H. Artillery); Hynes (Club), Seal (R. Artillery) If this trio can prove itself and A. Duncan (Club):"" capable of breaking up the Com- bined Chinese attack, many of us
St.
bar.
Ko
Ex
FIRST DEFEAT
I am looking forward to seeing For the Exchange, N. V. A. Crou- be drafted into the vacancies. Ridley, Tam and Beltrao push cher kopt a good goal, while Weill through forward ground phases and Whitham were safe backs, the block for the Association forwarda. to A.V. Gosano, for then shall we latter proving to be the stumbling 800 goals scored B they were For the Association, Cooper, who meant to be stored.
played in goal in the second half, I would also like to suggest to brought off many fine saves, while
also clearod (LYMPUS GO UNDER Hecquard that, instead of banging Sequeira and Kitchell
-the kicking. On
TO PERSEUS the ball over to the middle im-with frat-time will be prepared to reconsider our able to fold a pretty strong team, med lately, upon receiving from whole, the Sharebrokers' forward line
Yesterday afternoon at Happy views on the composition of the including the entire South China Ridley, he seizo any opportunity displayed better combination
The teams lined up as follows:
Valley, the Olympus sustained half back line. -*-
defence, at least two of their half of giving the Inside left a return
Stock Exchange:-N. V. A. Crou There need be very little foar backs, and Young Shui-yic. Fung paas. One quality of Ridley is check Exchand J. P. Whitham their firat defeat in the Eubmarine about the defence. It has already King-cheung and possibly Tay that he is always well up for such (Capt. P. Silva, B. C. Randall and League, the Porscus defeatines been well tried in the fire and has qua-tong among the forwards, a pans, and numberless times have Mok Hing-wing: W. Zimmern. Choy them by the only goal scored. come out puro From this dis. If the forward line is made up I seen openings lost through the Wing-hay, S. A Ismail, H. M. Omar A strong wind made ballo
trol practically Impossible.". tance the forward line is still by Ho Ka-koung and Tang Kwonk-position being ignored. It to and O. al Arculli, somewhat problematical. The sum It promises to give the Inter- qufres judicious alternation of the Sharobrokers Association:-F. 8. Olympus, winning the toss, had talent is thero: possibly all that porters plenty to think about. quick centre, run up the wing, and Tong: 8. Boqueira (Capt.) and A the wind in their favour, but fa needed is the Inspiration, and It will be interesting to see what the short pass to the inside for Kitchell: G. Cooper, S. Leonard and Butler and Bolton the Perseus,
Man-I; Cameren, II. Esmail, P. It is to be hoped that the import type of tactics the Interport team ward to make a wingman wholly Ling and R. A. Carroll full backe, kept them in chock. ance of the occasion will provide uses, I believe they are going on offectivo.:
A DRAWN MATCH playing a brilliant defensive the possiblities of the to the field with a definitely plann- We know the
Jardines stall who recently beat a game, ed line of attack and defonce. To Interporters as individual players: team from Mesare Buttersfeld and Following the interval, the POSSIBLE CHINESE XI. --
do, otherwise, in fact, would be wo can hazard n. Infrly good idea gwire, played a drawn match with position was reversed and the Although robbed of the services ignoring an elementary principle of their potentialities as a team: the Hongkong. Hotel on the Kowloan Perseus assumed the role of at of Tam Kong-pak and Loung of football, particularly whore it is now up to them to justify the Football Club ground resterday after tracks. After ten minutes, the
noon, belther side sooring A
(Continued on Page 0) Wing-chul, the Chinese should be you have eleven players thrown promise in both instances.
this.