THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY,・・ 'FEBRUARY
19, 1934.
THE BEST TEAM-BUT THEY JUST COULDN'T
SAD STORY OF
THE
INTERPORT
ACADEMICAL HONGKONG
FOOTBALLERS
WHO DID EVERYTHING BUT SCORE GOALS
(By "Varitas").
There is only one conclusion to be drawn from the
Interport. Hongkong showed Shanghai and Tientsin
how to play football, and their northern friends showed. the Colony team how to win. Against Tientsin on Saturday, Hongkong demonstrated once again the utter futility of a highly-skilled game unaccompanied by goals.
The terse cables tell their own against the opposing defences; orj story. "Hongkong had three that the half backs hot proved ton quarters of the play, but couldn't | wenk to offer resistance, or
even
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Gragphic picture of the Servicespbtaining possession from a fierce scrimmage during their match, against the Shanghai Interpot XV at Happy Valley on Saturday. (Photi: Mee Cheung).
CHINA RICH
WEEK-END FOOTBALL CHATTER
shoot" "Hongkong were can-that the defence had not played Junior Shield Tie: More
were,
tinually attacking, but could'nt quite up to standard. We score" "..."Hocquard and Ridley I think, a little surprised to hear a team Hongkong had combined well"-but goals there that as
themselves infinitely were none."The Hongkong revealed attack was a like a machine but better than either Shanghai
Tientaln; but to learn that opportunities were missed", "Beltruo was the beat half back players. had lost because the for-
came a little hard.
or
nur
on the fold"--but Hongkong lost.wards couldn't, or avouldn't, shoot,
ONE CONSOLATION.
So we have only one consolation.
"Hard Feelings": The Charity Match
(By "Veritas").
JUNIOR football again held sway THE MORAL.
In the Colony on Saturday, The Navy entered the final of the Nevertheless, I think it can be Junior Shield, thereby remaining We know Hongkong played perfect.
if our warm public favourites for re- football-that is, up to the penalty fairly claimed, that even
to tention of the
South trophy: nres. For the rust, congratulaten did largely contribute
up China won the second division Lions to Shanghal and Tientsin for their defents, they were also displays of opportunism which against bad luck, and this influence championship from the Borderers: rewards. has more than once destroyed the and the Lincolna just managed brought their own' Hongkong were fairly beaten: We morale of a team. Furthermore to keep their 100 per cent. record can say that; for a team which has we must take off our hats to the intact in the third division. every quality bar that of shooting victors, who, although territorially straight, or even shooting at all, outplayed, kept cool heads and
IN FOOTBALL TALENT
SPARKLING DISPLAY BY JUNIOR PERFORMERS
TROUNCE BORDERERS TO WIN THE SECOND DIV. CHAMPIONSHIP
PLAYERS SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED TO APPEAR IN FIRST ELEVEN
(By "Veritas").
SHOOT!
SHANGHAI AND SERVICES
TACKLE FINELY
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BRILLIANT RUGBY ENDS INTERPORT SERIES
VISITORS SHOW THEIR REAL CAPABILITIES
(By "LINE OUT.")
The Shanghai Rugby Interport fifteen played a magnificient game on Saturday afternoon, when they defeated the Services fifteen by a goal and three tries (14 points) to two tries and a penalty (9 points)..
The Shanghai team gave a far better account of themselves į than in the Interport match, and the spectators were treated to a good open game with plenty of thrills.
A feature of the game was the
HOME RUGBY RESULTS
FIXTURES.
London, Feb. 17. Both Cambridge and Oxford Universities won their ruligy matches
good tackling of both sides, VARSITIES WIN THEIR Martin for the Services and Grieve! for Shanghai were purhaps the is but it strongest tacklers,
out any par~: difficult to single ticular layer, as all the backsi got in some beautiful tackles.
Shanghai again played with to-day, the former defeating Black. seven forwards, and obtained the heath by the narrow margin of 11-10,
by 9-3,
The Devonport Servicos defeated South China settled the second division champion-ball just as much as the strong and the latter beating the Harlequins
Borderers Services pack, Chambers hooking
very well indeed. Younger and the Portsmouth Services by 11-6, shp issue on Saturday by defeating the for goals to nil at Sookunpoo, and it is impossible to Poole were often conspicious and and Gloucester trounced Leicester to imagine anything more decisive than this verdict. South both played fine forward games, the tune of 36-7. Chna were those four goals and more superior to the solliers, who gave, what I am sure, must have been ther worst display of the season.
The match demonstrated at least one thing: South China in rich in football talent, and if by any chance they lose any of their first division players, they have no cause
Tingle broko away to lead up to worry. Excellent substitutes, waiting only for the opportunity, to the first acore, passing to Torquay are available to fill any position, and Bidwell, who is a most dangerous Army fill it with credit, at moment's attacking player, for the latter notice.
deserves, only to taste the bitter reized their mengro chances with the machinations of her lady How They
fruits, disillusionment aid'dernut hesitation. feat.
Up to a point the Colony players ship, Good Fortune, were left to We in Hongkong do not attempt more than justified themselves, their own devices, and found. their to hide our disappoinment in the It was merely that they forgot to masters In the Navy. The Shield outcome of the Interpott hot so take shooting boots with them. holders were full value for their much in the actual defeats, but They paid for their forgetfulness, win. They called the tune through- in the manner of the defeats. but let us hope there will be no out, and if anything, the Club The last thing suspected was weak repetition, for after all no amount escaped rather lightly with only a finishing among the forwards, of clever stalking will get you the three goals defleit. We were prepared to hear that the fiber if you forget to take your attack could make no headway ammunition.
How Tientsin Drove In The Last Nail
PILE ON THe score afTER BEING COMPLETELY OUTPLAYED
THE well organised Navy attack
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Stand In The Tables
LOCAL FOOTBALL
CHAPPELL is an uncommonly Anal
fine winger, and an of portunist of the first order. The forward line as a whole plays to well defined purpose, backed by skilful manipulation of the ball.
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ADVANCED TECHNIQUE
An interesting game was that be- tween the Army and the Civil Service, FLY HALF WEAKNESS. The Services missed Cheyne at The military team was too good and fly half in which department they won by 14-5.
Full Acores of, garąës
played were rather weak. Walker played foflow: there at first, but soon Irving, who Blackheath. is really a wing three quarter, Bristol tried his hand there, but was in-Devonport clined to run straight to serum.
the Gloucester
Northampton Oxford U. Richmond
10 Cambridge U. 1
17 London Scot. -
5
0
7
11 Portsmouth
35 Leicester
6 Coventry
Harlequins
8 Rosslyn 10. Plymouth
14 Civil Service
Old Merchant
Taylors
10
8 Headingley
7 Newport
Glangta
8 Acas,
3 Watsonians
-Reutor.
HOLIDAY GOLF.
Bogey-Pool-
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to swerve past the defence and Bedford score far out. Jenkins took the Bradford kick but failed. Shanghai soon Cardiff
Wanderers The advanced football technique scored again, when Grleve ran Edinburgh ¦ RESULTS
of these youngsters on Saturday, strongly down the wing, and was, at least was prominent, and if the
over for a try me, a revelation. passed to Younger, who had back- Stewartonians Artillery provide the opposition in the final, as I think they will,
The following were the results They have inculcated the principles up well to run
The Services play now improved, this is the department which in local football during the week of attack and defence so cleverly which Bidwell converted,
the club, and their knowledge of but Shanghai wore again the next score when a fine passing promises to give the Gunners the end, together with the up-to-date exploited by the senior members of most anxiety.
tables.
the game is not merely theoretical. to Junior Challenge Shield-Semi-
They outplayed the Borderers by movement among all their backs fast moving of the ball, perfect found Bowerman left with a clear D. H. Blake Wins Fanling 1. Navy 3 Hongkong-Club-0 positioning sound-tackling-and run in, and he made no mistake in
accurate Hongkong League-Division II.
shooting, Burely the scoring, Jenkins found the kick too 7 Kowloon F. C.
epitome of good football. One did far, the ball rolling over before
D. H. Blake (10) won the Fanling Lincoln legt.
4 S.W. Borderers
not have far to seek for the reason he could get his kick In. South China
-Young Indians *Athletic
The Services then pressed hard Bogey (Par) Pool over the Old Course of their pronounced superiority in Match abandoned.
New Year Meeting, the second division; they play well and following a line out on the when he Division II.
enough to defeat many of the first | Shanghai line, Pascoe threw himing the Ched a card of 2 up dur. Capt. D. B. Michell (11) and Dr. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis. division teams. They are extreme- seif over for a try. Lloyd's kick J. E. Devey (17) Lied for
while other scores of the day was the defeat of
China 16 12 0 3 48 13 24ly well-balanced, and probably this folled, and half time came with the Borderers in the third divi- South
has been the big secret of the sea- no further score. sion,
son's success80s. The winning goal came It. Navy.... 16 9: 3 4 54 21 21 actually in the last second of the S.W. Borterera 15 10 1 4 44 23 21
R.A.
16 8 1 7.28 20 17 scored again from a rebound from game, and the result has material- Lincoln Regt. 15 9 3 3 40 20 21
25 the crossbar, and Tientsin crossedly affected the Borderers' aspira Hongkong F.C. 15 61.8
8 21 over at half time with a lead of three tions as runners-up.
Young Inlions 13 4 1 goals to one.
Athletic 14 2 1 11 20 63 SOUTH China
now lead the Kowloon F.C. 15 11 13 13 673 LEAD REDUCED.
Divisior II. Welshmen by three points and Hongkong commenced the second
5 University. Recreio
} half in aggressive style and had the each have three games outstand
own Ing. It le not likely that the R.AS.C. penned in their Northerners
South Chin were Chinese will drop more than two goal ares, but the forwarda most feeble in their shooting, there points from these matches, and Lincoln Regt. being innumerable missed chances. they can afford to do that, and Hocquard scintillated with wonder- still finish second to the Lincolna. ful phases, and it was from one of those that B. Gosuno headed into the not to reduce the arrears.
Shanghai, Feb. 17. Hongkong won the Wooden Spoon in the Triangular Inter- terport Football Tournament, when they were defeated by Tien- tain here to-day by four goals to two. They had already lost to Shanghai by 6-2.
A crowd of 8,000 were present in poor weather, a steady drizzle falling. throughout the game..
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Hongkong were again dogged by the worst luck. They outplayed Tientsin for three quarters of the game, but the refusal of the forwards to shoot was the main cause for the Colony's defeat, Thoy literally made rings round the Tientsin defence, but sorely lacked the essential finishing touches.
Strange, A. V. Gosano, B. Gosano, and Hocquard were the outstanding players in the Colony team, which combined in perfect manner.
A sensational start to the game was provided when A. V. Gosano cut through the Tientsin defence to score the first goal, three minutes after the
kick-off.
Encouraged by this success the Colony team continued to pross vigorously for the equalizer, and the Tientsin goal was subjected to many sensational hair breath escapes.
After the referee had ignored a From a centre, however, Rodger unanimous Hongkong appeal for n equalised, and, though the Colony penalty, when a stinger from A. V. team dominated play with delightful Gosano struck the hand of a Tientsin combination, Tientsin secured the defender, the Northerners ran away to net their fourth goal, and thus load when after 20 minutes scored from one of the few break-maile the match ante-Reuter, (Continued on Page 7) aways Ten minutes later
Fener
Jones
CHAMPIONS—The South China sleven, who by defeating the Barderers, won the second division championship; (Phetor Mae Cheung),
PERHAPS the biggest surprise
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Goals
3 S,W. Borderers
3 R.A.M.C. RAF.
1 'Radiu
Division III.
Goals
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EXCITING TUSSLE.
second
place with included Surg.
in the field of Lt.-Comir. E. J. K. Weeks (13) 1 up, K. S. Robertson (6) all square, and There is nothing top-heavy The Services forwards kept the II. H. Pethick (12) and Surg-Comdr. about them; from the centre ball from a scrum on the Shang- A. Craig (18) 1 down.
Surg. Lt. Comdr. E. J. K. Weeks forward to the last line of de-hal twenty five line instead of (80-1867) won the Modal Round fence there is solidarity: not a heeling it and Tingle was offside over the Old Course from a field of single player is out of tune with for Lloyd to land a penalty goal. 21 entries. his colleagues, and the result is The game now became most ex-
BORDERERS' FAILINGS.
The
Other scores included Capt. D. B. tackling was (87-16-12).
a highly developed type of citing and cach side fought hard Michell (82-1171) and J. Forbes akilled football which la almost to score. startling in this grade of soccer: deadly and no one was allowed. Lt. Col. E. D. Matthews (10) won much scope to get away with the the Bogey (Par) Pool over the New ball. As it was Shanghai scored Course when he ended up all square The Borderers had nothing to again to make certain of a win, a feld of 16 entries. D. H. Blake
(10) was one down.
Mrs. Tottenham and Major East- P. W. D. L. F.A. Pts offer in comparison, although I am Bowerman going over for his
Bure they are capable of much second try following good hand-wick-Field, and Mrs. Lafford and H. SOUTH China seniors are also Lincoln Regt. 17 17 0 0 75 8:34 China 10 10 2 3 29 20 22 well in the running for the South
botter things. The occasion seem-ling by Bidwell, Jenkins and Lafford tied in the Mixed Bogey first division honours, which if S.W. Borderers 15 0 15 50 27
27 42 40 15
ed to "get them." They were alow Younger. He attempted to convert (Par), over the New Course with 2 down in an event which attracted 14 (a unique nhortcoming for them), but failed. R.A.B.C.
finished when entries. To win the
The scoring were guilty of maldistribution of secured will completo a highly Recreio
The putting R.A.M.C.
the ball, were too often caught in Forbes broke away from the successful season.
cancelled. Radfo arst and second division and finish
an excellent runners-up in the third is no mean | RAF.
two minds when tackling, and lack- scrum, and made R.E.
6 16 26 77
ed the finely conceived movements opening for Simmonds, who play- achievement for any club,
University 13 0 2 11 11 52 2
of their opponents.
ed a sound game on the wing, to
to. win. This was the contrast given in cross over for a try. Lloyd's kick Shanghai full deserved Chinese the first ten minutes, after which failing.
They gave a fine exhibition, and Strange had the figured, in an incident" on 80. NOE again the Young Indians
caused their defence on edge from the word period one realised that it was just The result came as a slight sur-showed that they are a very good Saturday which game with the Athletic to. be "Go," and scored a clever goal. a question of waiting for South prise, but on the run of the play side.
China to score the goalk. They all
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13 2
11 2
abandoned after half An hour's play. Two players squared up to OLD-TIME Chinese reactions to came from a sorely harassed and ench other, and the crowd, al- a deficit were noticeable when over-worked defence being caught rendy excited by the keencas of the Rest, secured a two-nil lead. hopelessly entangled, and if there about the exchanges, swarmed the pitch The opposition faded out, the was any shadow of doubt to add their private opinions.forwards throwing up the sponge Leung Tat-wing's position when he Football this season seems to as though Ibiwere a physical im-received the ball to net the second have been one long stream of possibility to recover from such n (and personally I thought he was easily onside) there could be no arguments, ighting and displays set-back..
quibbling about the other three.. of bad temper.
The third goal, scored by Kam EARLIER on the Chinese de- turned out a served to score, but the cause Bik-wai was a gem, meeting the THE Chinese
strange looking team against of the blank sheet was not all bad ball first time from a right wing the F.A. team for the charity joss. Pau Ka-ping made some centre, he flashed it into the net
in front of from 15 yards range, the vanl match yesterday. The forwards shocking mistakes included Tong Kwan and Li goal, and generally speaking the keeper not even getting a smell of Kwok-wal, normally half backs, inalde forwards failed to give full the ball. It was a first class piece. and nolther Lau Mau nor Li Tin- support to a couple of lively of opportunism, the sort of thing Bang figured in the defenco,
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winger.
needed in Shanghai on Thursday and Saturday Just; -
CLEVER RIGHT WINGER. South China were excellently Rest nerved throughout. The defence
SPIRITED game saw the Rest WHEN Podmore took over the win comfortably by three clear pivotal position in the second voals. Among the fentures was half, it was the signal for a gen the left wing combination of Sea! eral improvement; in the and Strange. The former, once team, and it la not without blighted, the Borderors movemente again in prosentative football, significance that all the goals before they had time to develop.
(Continued on Pago, 7). played his best game of the sea-1 came during this period.
competition
The South Walso Bordarüks stond divi fon team which lost the champion
ship by losing to South Chins on Saturday. (Photo: Man Chaung).