THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, JANUARY
-3, 1935.
INTERPORT TRIAL METHODS | HOME FOOTBALL GUIDE
AS I SEE IT
BY "VERITAS“
NEW METHODS WANTED
IN THE
INTERPORT TRIALS
BLUNDERSOME ĮSIMPLE METHOD
SYSTEM OF PAST MUST BE
FORGOTTEN
THE advent of the New Year
WHICH WILL FIND THE BEST COMBINATION
a probable and possible Interpart
team.
them against each other.
brings with it the realisation how they shape as teams. Their that within a month, Hongkong individual ability has obviously been and Shanghai will be battling for proved or they would not ik: picked honours for the trials. Hongkong's real need Interport football
in Interports is to find a workmanlike welcome thought, but one
team, not a side of eleven individuala which also gives rise to soliloquy who have been given no opportunity regarding the preparations the of playing together and working nut Colony is making for this, the constructive plan of defence nad biggest event of the season. And by "preparations". I am obviously referring to match trials, and endeavours to find the most suitable team.
NEW METHODS REQUIRED
atlock. It does not follow that the
Probable team will have to remain the team fully chosen for. The Match. The selectors can still keep a very open mind, and would; in all prom- bility find one or two positions which required strengthening.
BE METHODICAL
powery
FTTHOUT in the slightest degrerįȚUE main iden is to avente as moon,
altempting to anticipate the fread as possible a strong neurlue of decisions of the selection cominiiter, the final team. This enn only be done the moment doen, weem appropriate by careful thought before the first for a few olmervations concvining the trini, and by adhering strictly to JU proposed trinis. Two dates have len policy of choonisur players who can be fixed: January 14 mnd 27, and on the expected to shake down rapidly Intu results of these matches, plus then cohesive force. Individual skilt as lessons the various reprosúla, a goal-scorer or artistle “dribbler" in live games, which have already been of comparatively small event, and playet this season, the selectoran, will should certainly not come before cen. base their deliberations Although I sideration of'a player's should have liked to have seen an nd- i adapt himself to strange nåctavery, or ditional trial arranged, there should 'of his ability to play good ennstruelive real diffeally in securing auf progressive football. The New sufficient material from the pronged - Your's Day match inliended quite; programme, that in, if the selectars pa vlently that it
was possible t about their tank in the right manner, ¦ moment's, notice to get together:
Ent Just vne team capable of FUTILITY OF OLD SYSTEM
playing a very fine type of football,¦ and Hf the Interport schvetars do not THE methods adopted in the past for allow their vision to become cloudial conducting Interport trials hinn by the corsideration af mannlity several times been subject to criticism instead of quality, and if they are In these columns. Drittekom which wise enuigh to learn from thu tiek afforded an pleasure to the writer, but | takes of predecessors, Į are no reason which, on the results of the games, why, on January 13, Diey should not
be nis
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Rut this action picture was snapped na Columbia marched to a crushing 19-to:0 gridiron victory over Brown at Baker Field, New York. Right End Harry Chase (at right) of Columbia is shown about to catch 'n paar behind the Brown goal line, Halfback Elrod (left) of Brown failed to intercept-and Columbia scored.
Looks like try for goal on a basketball court, dosn't it?
INSPECTION OF
5-DAY TEST MATCHES
NONE TIMELESS IN 1938
HOURS OF PLAY
The London News Chronicle. learns that when the Austra- linas next visit England, in 1938, the Test matches will be of five days duration with
Home Football Innovation
REFEREES
"SPIES" TO ATTEND ·
CUP MATCHES
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ¡UPSETS
Two Referees Plan Commencing with the third:
shorter hours for each day's round of the English Cap, inj play,
which the big clubs make their
was demanded, The Banen of last be able to field team worthy for finat It is believed that play will entry into this senson's tourna year's trish are probably still fresh selection Hongkong's Interport
the minds 01 most football eleven. In any case, the best wishes begin at noon and finish at 6.30ment. enthusiasts. The method adopted was of everyholy will co with them in them. This year the Test matches lo select as many players as possible, task; a tank which can be made much were allotted four days each and put them together as two teams with more simple than in the past if the the final match (neither side out any serious thought as to the trials are carried out in a melodical having gained
kelhood of ether of them settling manner. down into something of a combination and Anally choosing players purely on several their imfivirtual ability, in enses, putting them in positions com- paratively foreign to them.
NOT A DIFFICULT JOB
T
is high time this haphazard and unsatisfactory method were alan-
doned, and suceeded by a clear and progressive policy. It la not difficult
MINOR COUNTIES
More Points Given For A Win
As an
additional incentive lu
1451 advantage) was played to a finish.
CRICKET IN.
1935
S.A. TOURISTS AND THE FIVE TESTS The South African cricket
tu select, even at random, a reasonable Win, the Minor Counties, at their team, whose list of 39 fixtures Interport side. It is, in fact, perfectly annual meeting at Lord's decided for their tour in England next simple to choose 22 players who are to increase the number of points summer was ratified at Lord's far and away superior to their con- temporaries, and pat them into the for a win next summer from five last month, will open their pro- Asid on two distinct teams. To work to six. Also, that in the event of gramme with a match against on the belief that it is Impossible to form any tangible iden of an Inter. draw in the Challenge Match, Worcestershire, at Worcester, on port team until something like 40 the win for points be incorporated Wednesday, May 1. players have been given trials jajin the final table results, ridiculous, and an insult to anybody
who follows local football at all closely.
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PROBABLES ▾ POSSIBLES
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Five Test matches, each of three Glamorgan and Middlesex will days' duration, have been run teams in the Minor Counties ranged, but it was announced by Mr. W. Findlay, secretary of the Championship next season, but M.C.C., that if the rivals had gain- Monmouthshire have withdrawn.ed no advantage at the end of the re-elected, fourth contest the Baal one would
Dates andi balance-be allotted six days,
grounds:
in on these premises then that on All the officials were would appeal to the selectors this year to make the utmost of their two and the
accounts and
trials by selecting, from the very start, {sheet showed a loan of £78.
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At Nottingham, June 15, 17.
At Lord's, June 29, July 1, 2
At Leeds, July 13, 15, 16,
At Manchester, July 27, 29,|
30.
At Kennington Oval, August 17, 19, 20.
of
The tendency to spread county) programmes over A number towns is on the increase, and this is shown by next season's first class fixture list, made at Lord's. Somerset, for instance, break fresh ground in two games, meeting Surrey at Yeovil and Worcester- shire at Wells, while Glamorgan meet Leicestershire at Newport.
Ench the will be attended by a member of the Referees' Com- mittee, who shall within four days after the date of such tie, send to the secretary a state- ment in writing of his aplafon manner in which the of the referee and Ilnesmen have
RANGERS BEATEN BY PARTICK
HAMILTON HELD
TO DRAW
London, Jan. 2. The second programme of the New Year Holiday matches in the Scottish Football League, played to-day, was featured by a number of upsets, leading teams failing to maintain form.
OUR "FORM" GUIDE
How Your Team Has Been
Faring In League
The following table roveals how each team in the four divi- sions of the English league have fared to date, the results includ. ing their last five more matches up to yesterday.
The first figure în ez-3. --se, of course, is that of the team concerned.
FIRST DIVISION.
THIRD Aldershot Birmingham.. 0-1 0-2 1-2 0-4-2 righton
-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-2, Bristol C. 3-3 1-1 1-2 6-3 - Cardif
Derby Cha
Aston Villa Chelsea..
| Middlesbro'
Leicester Liverpool Portsmouth Trenton Wednesday Sunderland Tolteniam West Bromwich Wolves
Blackburn Arsenal Grimsby'
Stoke ... Huddersfield .. Everton ...
DIVISION (SOUTH)'
1-4 1-1 0-2 0-3 2-2 Clopton O. 8-2 2-1-2-0 3-0 1-1 Coventry 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-3 2- Exeter... 6-8 6-3 0-3 3-2 1-3 Gillingham 1-1 3-2 2-2 2-0 0-2 Lalon 2-4 3-6 0-0 3-1 ndon 3-3 1-2 3-5 2-1 1-3 Crystal P. 1-3 2-1 4-0 1-1 2-1
Bristol R. 4-2 2-3 2-6 7-0 3-0 Watlerd 1-1 0-3 2-1 2-5 0-2 Charlton 2-1 3-0 0-3 2-3 1-2 Reading 2-15-05-1 0-4 3-1 Northampton 1-1 0-0 1-3 0-2 2-0 Newport 8-0 1-3 5-3 1-2 1-1 Torquay 2-4 3-1-3-0 1-2 3- Southend 1-2 4-1 0-3 3-0 1-1 Queen's P.R. 1-0 1-4 3-0 2-3 0-3 tinurnemouth 2-8 6-2 0-7 6-2 2-2 Millwall
Manchester C. 2-3 0-3 2-1 3-0 3-2) THIRD
Bradford
Brentford
SECOND DIVISION
Burnley Bury Fulham Manchester Nolts F. Oldham Port Vale Barnsley Norwich Southampton Blackpool Plymouth
| Bradford C Newcastle
| Shelfield U. Notts C..
West Ham
Accrington Crewe
0-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-3- 0-1 0-2 0-4 4-1 0-0 3-3 1-1 2-2 0–4 1–4: 0-2 1-2 3-3 1-2 1-3 -2 2-0 3-0 3-1 0-0
6-3 0-4 4-0 5-2 4-3 2-1 0-0 2-3 4-1 3-1 363-1 0-1 2-5- 4-1 1-0 4-0 14 13 4-7 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-62–0 1–7 2–2 2-5 4-3 2-1 1-0 0-0 7-4 3-1 1-0 7-0 4-0 0-3 2-1 6-0 2-3 3-1 6-1 1-3 2-2 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 2-2 3-4 2000 01 07 1. 2-1 1-7-12-25-0 5-1 3-6 0-2 2-1 3-3 2-1.6-3 1-3 2-4-1 1-2 1-2 3-2 1-4 3-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 1-2 1-3 DIVISION (NORTH)
1-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 Darlington N-1 2-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 Gateshead 1-2 3-2 0-3 2-1 0-0 Halifax 1-2 2-4 0-3 1-1 1-5 Lincoln 2-0 0-2 0-0 2-2 1-31 Rotherham 3-12-1 0-1 0-2 3-0 | Strekport 2-1 0-4 5-2 3-4 0-2 Tranmere 2-4 1-2 0-1 2-3 9-2 Walsall 9-2 1-1 1-0 (-3 0-3 Wrexham 1-8 2-0 1-2 3-1 0-0 New Brighton 2-3 1-1 2-5 3-3 2-1 Doncaster 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-3 York 4-1 2-1 4-0 3-2 1-1 Chester. 3-2 1-3 0-0 1-1 3-1 Mansfeld 1-2 4-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 Rochdale 3-0 6-2 1-1 2-0 5:1 Chesterfield 1-2 1-2 2-1 3-0 0-0 Southport 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-0 4-0 Curliste 1-0 1-1 2–0 1–1 2–1 | Hartlepon|N 1-1 2-4 4-2 3-0 1-2 Barenw
OUR FORECAST
FOR SATURDAY MATCHES
The Rangers journeyed to Par- The following is the Telegraph tick, but wire beaten by the only forecast of matches in the Engilah al scored, while Hamilton and Scottish Football leagues for Academicals only managed to Saturday next.
raw ngainst Airdrie. St. John- tone also suffered a partial set- back, being held to a division of| respectively discharged their the spots by liberalans.
duties.
This is one of the resolutions already carried by the Referees' Committee, others being:
(a) Thut each competing club shall within four days after each the send to the secretary a statement, in writing. of the manner in which they consider the referee and linesmen have discharged their duties as such.
(b) That the secretary cause; such statements to be tabulated and produced for the inspection and consideration of the mem- hers at each meeting.
FIRST DIVISION
Stoke
Birmingham DERBY
V
V Aston Villa
Blackburn In the English League, Bolton LERDS
LEICESTER V Chelsea and Burnley played off their post- Liverpool -------- V. Arsenal. poned He, the second division | PORTSMOUTH. v Grimsby leaders delighting their suppor-PRESTON ters with a seven-nil victory.
The following are the complete results.
Balton
Airdrie Ayr
ENGLISH LEAGUE
SECOND DIVISION
7 Burnley
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISION
(c) That no member of the "Celtic committee shall be appointed to Dundee visit and report upon a lie in Dunfermline
he Falkirk the computition, in which may in any way be interesed in libernians Motherwell one or other of the competing Partick
St Mirren
terms.
TWO REFEREES PLAN
A plag for two referees to con- Launek trol the field of play is also to bei
discussed, for the referees com-
2 Hamilton
2 Kilmarnock
- Queen's l'ark
1 Hearts
I Aberdeen
2 Clyde
1 St. Johnstone
Albion
1 Rangers
1 Queen 'Sth.
SECOND DIVISION
mittee have tabled this resolution: Queen's Park
V Everton Wednesday
Manchester C. SUNDERLAND v Wolver TOTTENHAM v· Huddersfield
WEST BROMWICH v Middlesbro'
SECOND DIVISION
BRADFORD, "
0 BRENTFORD V
Burnley
Bury
FULHAM
Hull
Plymouth
Newcastle
Notts C.
BOLTON
v. Norwich
Y BLACKPOOL.
MANCHESTER U. v Sheffield
2 Notta F.
OLDHAM
Port Vale
5 Swansea
4
1
:
West Ham
Southampton
Barnsley
የ Bradford C.
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
2ị ALDERSHOT
ין
0 BRIGHTON V
5 Raith R
FRIENDLY
3
1 Corinthians
3
The Referees' Committee res-Reuter and Our Oven Correspon- | pectfully request that the Inter-dent.
national Selection Committee
give a frial to two referees, one in each half of the field of play, In the Amateur International Trini Match on Jan. 5, 1935, and In the International Trial Match in March next.
On the action of the Inter-i
Essex return to Ilford, receiving national Selection Committee ol Middlesex there in July and Kent the F. A. will depend whether the
at the beginning of September scheme is tried out or rejected. Derbyshire, too, are giving another; match to Burton-on-Trent,
CRICKET BOOM
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1,000 More Seats At
Wimbledon
The Emergency Committee will
Many improvements are being | report to the Council many sus- pensions und the fact that made for the convenience of the three clubs-Sheffold Wednesday, {public and, the comfort of the Coventry City and Folkestone-players at the Ali-England Club have been ordered, to post notices for next year's Lawn Tennis of warning to their spectators. Championships at Wimbledon.
Workmen have been busy on the the county had in the weather for construction, of a lounge, card the match with the Australians. room, rest room, restaurant and For the first time since their Receipts amounted to £2,120 and bar for the use of competitors: admission to the county cricket the game yielded a pront of £1,000.
One thousand removable seata championship in 1899, Worcester- Then the club membership Increas-with backs are being made for the shire Cricket Club have made a ed by nearly 500 to 1,976.
Worcester's First Profit
| profit-of £254,
Further, the bank overdraft has been reduced by £1,000 to £1,050, this though the share of profits from
wost open stand on Court 1, while
G. E., B. Abell, the old Oxford the women's dressing room will wicket-keeper, who is to play for have a new red asphalte floor. Worcestershire next season scored The executivo, are considering| 210, made three catches and stump-plans for the protection from rain
HOLLAND
Queen's Pit
Charlion
BREWERY
LIGHT LAGER
PAN
GENT!
TRADING
the Australians tour has yet to be ed two men on behalf of Northern of Courts 2 and 3, so that play Sole Agents:-- received.",
India, who beat the British Army may be resumed. Immediately after
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at Lahore by an innings and 62 the heaviest showers, as can be This financial success is attribut-runs-Scores: -Army--203 - and done at present on the Centra led primarily to, the wonderful luck 204; N. India, 459 for 7 (usc.), Court and Court 1.
1-2 2-5 (-2 1-2 0-5 2-2 1-0 5–1 1-2 0-2 5-0 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-0
1-3 2-2 2-1 0-3 2-2
4–1 1–2 0–2 0–4 0–4 0-0 2-0 4-2 2-1 1-2 2-2 2-5 4-2 1-2 0-4 4-2 1-5 0-1 2-1 4-0 0-0 0-1 2-1 1-1-1-1
3-1 0-1 6-2 2-4.1-2
1-2 0-4 1-3.5-1.3-4 1-3 0-2 1-2 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 3-1 2-0 Out 0-1 3-2 2-5 2-1 0-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-2 4-0 3-1 4-8 3-1 1-0 1-3 2-2 2-0 3-1 2-4 3-0 2-14-0 1-42-1 2-1 4–0 0–5 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 4-2-5 1-0 1-2.
TO BEAT. THE BOOK
HOME:-
(By "Rabia")
Derby Sunderland Brentford Nott's F. Swansea
Cardiff Coventry
Millwall
Halifax
.Lincoln
Hamilton
Rangers
AWAY:
Arsenal
DRAWI
Bristol C
Bolton Reading
Portsmouth Fulham Brighton
CARDIFF
CLAPTON O. COVENTRY
NEWPORT
v Crystal I
Y
Northampton
v Bournemouth (Continued on Page 9.)
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