THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1936.
NEW FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS ON BRIGHT
SEVERAL TEAMS STRIKE TIP-TOP FORM
NINETEEN MATCHES PRODUCE 85
GOALS: FORWARDS IN FORM
A very bright note was struck at the opening of the new football sea- son during the week-end, several teams giving first-class displays, showing no signs of the usually typical beginning-of-the-season feeling.
Goats were cheap. Nineteen matches produced $5 goals, with visiting teams more than holding their own. Military sides started off in highly promising man-
Our Daily Golf Hint
Stick to it, ignore the bad luck, and go on trying cheer- fully. As many people beat themselves as are beaten by their opponents.
-Poris Chambers.
BUDGE BEATS
ner. Fusiliers and Ulster Rifles both won first and second division encounters, while PERRY
East Lancashires scored victories in the second and third divisions.
There was an evident spirit of goodwill and friendliness between the teams which added considerably to the enjoyment of the matches, and, it is to be hoped, will prove a happy augury for the remainder of the season.
POLICE THRASHED
CLUB'S DISPLAY
LEAVES NOTHING
TO BE DESIRED
STRANGE GREAT
Club
A
(By "Verllas")
5. Police
Tifaum (1) Powter)
in (2) perfectly delightful exposition
Di
of football craft by the Club.{
In fact weldom before if ever, have
I seen such an enjoyable and at-
traclive a match to open a new
Brainy Talbot Bewilders Kowloon Chinese
FUSILIERS SPARKLE IN ALL
Fusiliers.
DEPARTMENTS
(By "Veritas"}
¿enna (1) Talbot (9) Dennia)
5
Kowloon Chinese
..2
(Yeung Kan-fo and Chow Manchij
Wins Pacific Title
FOUR SETS
Los Angeles, Sept. 27. For the first time since they have clashed in tournament tennis, Donald Budge to-day beat Fred Perry, world's lead- ing amateur player.
Budge defeated Perry in the n of the Pacific South-West tourname by scores of -2, 4-8, 6-2, 6-3, my a Reuter message and gave furie evidence of the big advance he ha made in his game.
Only recently Budge carried Perit
Clubhouse Chatter
NOTE
By "Veritas"
We Take A Glance At
Sports
Events Of The Moment
NEW GOALKICK: DID BICKFORD BREAK THE NET? INTERPORT
CRICKET HIGHLIGHTS
reached
score
was
FOOTBALL team defences in apparently beaten Mellardy all ends Notable. Features
Hongkong and their first up and passed through the outside of
NE of the most interesting was taste of the new goalkick rule the net into the top of the goal. Rc-
batsman that every Not so clear on Saturday: From what I sult-reversed decision. saw, and have heard, I don't was whether Bickford's shot (it was double Agures. the lowest being 18 by Pearce, There think it is going to bother them a terrine first-time volicy) broke the some remarkably free hitting dur- โท a great deal. I have heard it net, or whether there was alreadying yesterday morning's play. mid that the rule means the ball tole when the game started. If the the course of 110 minu es,. no less odd runs were scored. nust be kicked only by the goal- latter, then someone In the shape of than 180
hour. were recorded in halt on keeper. This is incorrect. Any a linesman had blundered, for it is while after lunch an additional 80 member of the team can take the duty of linesmen to Inspect the That's scoring! E. L. Gosano ac match complished an exceptional perform the, klek. The express point goals and nets before the
100 In 101 in hitting up ial ance about the rule is that the ball starts. Usually their inspection
started must not be handled by the goal- rather cursory, confined to noting minutes, especially as he
rather labouredly, Gosano was keeper and that it must pass out- whether the net is properly secured the 80's when R. Lee, last man in, The University All- ground. In this respect perhaps the
rounder
Kowloon Chinese did not make a particularly to five sets in the final of the Unite side, the penalty area before an-to the uprights and nailed to the doceeded to clout
football league. Although consisting of about 60 per cent, of last year's Chinese Athletic senior side. the team played somewhat raggedly, and were hardly a match for the very thorough Fusiliers.
Like the Club un Saturday, They were continually left spread-
in England this summer he defeaice the champion in an unofficial team match at Eastbourne.
But this is the first title he has won at the expense of Perry,
season. It would Have been Fusiliers immediately settled down caried. They were also inclined to WIN AND LOSE
easier to believe that the
Club to a display of fast, intelligent and remain back in their own goal area team had been playing together constructive
match for
months.
in
football. The
fettle. excellent
attack instead of moving up with the ball Talbot after relieving a position. Thus the the showed himself to be imaginative genius in the way he selves with yards in which to move them- same Fusiliera continually found created openings, and the majority before being challenged. of
Fusiliers attacks were initiated by him.
for several weeks than to appre-was ciate that it was their first serious
five nearly Police were very small fry in com- speaking parison. Truthfully there was no comparison. Lusers were nearly always scrambling for the half as individuals, whereas Club worked together as an entity.; sometimes effecting really sparkl ing movements.
It is much too early even to sug- gest that Club are going to be in the running for league honours, but if they can maintain Saturday's
the
1ts twinkling feet, fine body swerves and well disguised passes had the Chinese defence bewilder- ed. Lal Kwok-chul could not Inake head or falls of the loside left.
Chinese had their brightest period immediately after the interval, when for ten minutes they looked as though they might turn the tables. But having exhausted themselves they fell away and played very ruggedly, the Fusiliers dominating the closing; stages as they had the first half.
CANTON TENNIS PLAYERS
IN HONKONG
A team of tennis players from the: Canton Citizens' Recreation" Club hold a visit to the Colony over the week-end and engaged in a series of matches against local clubs.
was perfectly content to take the punts himself. Probably because it was about the only thing he had to do all the after noon!
Dressing-Room
Improvements
In
the scores which have been made bowler
sent down some exceptionally
and
overs
and
In
touch it. Police Referees' Association might think for four to reach his 100, Altogether Gosano acored 17 boundaries. Minu, bat- took it a bit scriously. They to issue a hint to linesmen to take evidently didn't intend to wear due core over this duty.
ting all told for about 15 minutes (n tiffin interval interfered) hit up out McHardy. Their first four goalkicks against Club were We Müsn't Get Too
33. Including six 4's (three in suc taken by McHardy, Blackburn,
cession), while Cosano and Lee Cocky
in North and Grieg, in that order.
added 0 for the last wicket about 20 minutes, The unluckiest At the other end George Rodger
of the day was McLellan. by the Interport cricket team in He
the good stuft, but in addition to recent trials, locluding
having match which two catcher dropped, saw several the week-end practice concluded yesterday, were taken on of his deliveries beat the bat
the wicket. For two their face value, one would not hesit-Just shave
he had Goanno tied up ate to name the team as the strongest ove batting side ever to be sent from knots. McLellan was going through But it very quickly, and turning appreci- Hongkong to Shanghai. would be unwise for un to allow ably. It was pure justice that he Gosano's wicket. yesterday's fabulous fotal of 438 to Anally secured go to our heads. Our players can- though it was the outcome of an teams to the Hongkong not expect to meet the same kind atrocious stroke. ball Club will appreciate the of bowling in Shanghai as in this They visited Sockumpoo on Satur- now dressing room accommodation game. Which is not to suggest that Another Perry Report day afternoon and defeated a weak and facilities. So do the club members. Pereira, Goodwin, McLellan Owen-
TANKY, powerfully-bull Bit Til cons to for announcing to The game was all in favour of the Indian it.C. (cam by three matches The whole interior of the pavilion Hughes
den probably had good reason
the presk at ard of play, there are very few rellent support, and it was noticeable soldiers during the first 35 minutes to one, the remaining match being has been changed. The wings have But they all lory bowled tripe.
full use of the loose ones Honolulu that Perry would turn pro- long to be
how effectively the soldiers used the and they deservedly became three drawn, Yesterday, they were enter-j heen extended, so that, both home/t was the Interporters' Hongkong beat them. down-the-middle through pass. It un before Yeung Kan-po reduced the tained by the
now enjoy five make Chinese Recreation and visiting teams Ernest Strange seized the oppor-produced their Grst three goals which arrears.
Is on a tour Club at Causeway Bay In the after-showers each, and changing rooms which contributed to the mammoth fesalanal tennis
The score probably the highest tunity to play an inspired guine;
ever) next ten days. Tilden within the cane in the space of 20 minutes.
S. A. Rumjahn (Indian R.C.) beat twice the size of the old ones.
and he is astute enough a showman Forrow was only u shade less pro-
K Lau (Canton) 6-2, 6-4.
bar (pressmen, take note!) has also recorded by an Interport team in a
little bit of publi- Wilson was the brains of a
INDIANS DEFEATED minent;
But his been enlarged with generally happy practice match. I say "probably" to realise that a attack, and Drown the hardest working player on view.
Dennis opened the scoring when . M. A. Razack (Indian R.C.) Jost results botit in appearance and com- because truthfully I don't know. city will do him no harm.
was somewhat mediocre, the Inter-one a bit dablous as to the grounds performances these stick in
completed a neat Talbot-Evans move to K. Chan (Canton) 6-4, 4-0, 9-11. fort. Altogether a nice enterpris All the same, even if the opposition rather sague pronouncement leaves.. porters' batting was most encourag for it. On the face of it there does the memory..
ory. But chief impression
ment by running through and shool-
M. O. Hoogen (Indian R.C.) fast to ing plece of work.
Ing. ing along the ground first time. Y. F. Liu (Canton) 4-6, 6-8, 3-0.
There were several notable not seem to be any reason for taking was that Club had at last abandoned
Evans capped this shortly afterwards)
features about the innings..
(Continued on Page 4.) their old-time dilateriness in plan
S. A. Kumjahn and I. M. A. Razack When A Goal Is with a fine display of opportunism, (Indian R.C.) drew with K. Lau and ning
match! campaign. In this
BETTER IN EVERY PHASE and another piece of initiative pro-W, C, Ho (Canton) 4-6, 6-4. there was method behind everything.
duced a third goal
A. M..Rumjahn and A. R. Kitchell, The attack was not confined to the
Fusiliers
better were
in every
(Indian R.C.) lost to W. T. Lee and forward line; the whole team moved
powerful
Yeung's rejoinder for Kowloon with the ball. The effect was phase. Cresty played a up with
the Pallee game instantaneous. Unless
at centre-half, completely Chinese was a good effort, but he had P. Szete (Canton) 1-8, 0-0. backy could clear with good-length smothering Au Ping-ming, at the to thank Wheeler and Keating for punts they found the Club inter-same time playing well up the field the opportunity. They suddenly be
Taylor
came entangled, and allowed him to was one of mediates waiting to pounce on the with his attack. ball and push it through again to the best half backs on view and had slip rough unchallenged. waiting forwards. Thus Dlackburn Tang Kwong-sum, Kowloon Chinese The Chinese started off the second and Grieg were elven no rest.
VITALISING FORCE
• teams in
dividual
sland-
Evans und Dennis rendered ex-
Evans's honest-to-goodness work at centre-forward was an admirable feature of an interesting match. He was us tenacious as a terrier and as result had the two Chinese barks crowding each other in their efforts to stop him.
INITIATIVE
he
CHINESE R.C. VICTORY Taul Wai-pui (Chinese R.C.) beat Lou King (Canton) 8-4, 0-4.
W. C. liung (Chinese R.C.) beat Liu Yat-fong. (Canton) 6-3, 0-0.
H. S. Kwok (Chinese R.C.) beat
there was always Keating, whose through Chow Man-chi. They per- Szeto Pik (Canton) 0-1, 6-2.
Not A Goal
SPECTATORS sitting in the covered stand at the Hongkong Football Club on Saturday afternoon rubbed their eyes in astonishment when, after Bickford.had crashed in a shot which left the ball in the roof of the net, and the referee had signall- star forward well bottled up. And if half in a very brisk manner and Ho Wing-chan (Canton) 6-2, 6-3. ed a goal, nearly the whole of the he falled to stop the speedy winger, within two minutes hand scored S. W. Liang (Chinese R.C.) beat Police team rushed up to the official, expostulating and pointing excitedly timely Interceptions and very fassisted for a brief time and Fusillers Lak Ding-cheung and Wong Siu- to the net. For half a minute the The vitalising force behind the tackling made hime the most feared appeared to be getting rattled. The wing (Chinese R.C.) beat Ho Wing- refere remained obdarently to Club appeared to be the half backs. defender on view, Wheeler played Strange was so completely domina nicely judged come at right back the soldiers re-asserted themselves chan and Lau King (Canton) 7-5, entreaties, which were
the net, but when one of the inspect and again took charge of the game. 6-4, ant over the Stephens-Gough wing and, Rowlands was the epitome of Ten minutes from the end Talbot lu Tak-cheuk and Iu Tak-tom linesmen waved his tag to indicate that he always found plenty of tine safe goalkeeping, those big hands of went through eleverly and made the (Chinese R.C.) lost to Li Wal-chol that something was wrong, thd and in which to use the ball in the best his fielding the ball like a star base-tully fout, winle u minum from Time und Chan Chi-keung (Canton) 3-0, ein walked finn the pitch and hot possible manner. And how beaut ball entcher.
a looksce. He found a gaping hole fully he pushed that ball through
couldn't see for what) and Talbot LI Yiu-wing and Chat Bing-fan in the side of the net near the Iron As a team the soldiers played shook the roof of the net with a (Chinese R.C.) beat Liu Yol-long support which runs from the goal- extremely enterprising football, flerce shot
and Szeto Pik (Canton) 6-1, 6-1. posts. Bickford's shol, which had
was
combining speed with cleverness
In perfect proportion. Onco àgala they reveal a rugged defence and alick attack, both being ably
by supported
methodical halt backs. There appears tobe' enor- mous possibilities In this team.
to Wilson and Bickford! It was a pleasure to watch.
Forrow's work
somewhat more defensive, but its value incal- culable. He tackled purposefully. and skilfully, and I liked his fresh- ness at the end of a gruelling test.) Forrow is promising to become! Jimmy Stewart The Second, and it hard to offer a higher cumpliment.
Without wishing to be unfair, {|
Kowloon Chinese were a triffe dia- should say the biggest surprise about appointing. The old Individual this match was the combinative efl skill in ball manipulation was there, ciency of the Club attuck. The num- but their movements were not sum- ber of times n.Club forward line hus clently comprehensive. They were displayed the same form during the usually the efforts of two mcn. last three years could well nigh; be Seldom did the whole forward line counted on two hands.
participate at one time in an attack, The
genius was Wilson, whose Furthermore there was too much elever ball control on a fast ground, concentration on the right wing. his precise knowledge of tactics, and where Yeung Kan-po and Tank his adoption of the dingonal run from Kwong-sum - were very severely left to right, had Blackburn, Brooks subdued They needed to swing and Grieg completely flummoxed the ball about against such fost He would be an asset to almost any tacklers as the Fusillers. Their short team: to the club he is the answer passing was obvious and could easily
committee's
be anticipated and checked. prayer.
to RC again.
To
Club
ONE BIG DISADVANTAGE. played
an apparent weak- ness. Skinner may not have come
The team suffered one big dis quite up to the high level set by Forrow and Ernest Strange, but he advantage. The half backs had so Was good spoiler. The defence was much of their time taken up in trying never in difficulties. The attack was to fathom the trickery of Talbot and progressive, determined and cohesive, his inside colleagues that they could Three qualities which will invariably pay little or no attention to the needs produce goals.
of their own. vanners. In con- sequence there were large gaps be- tween the forwards and Intermediates which made any sort of concerted
POLICE INSTABILITY.
Police, not without reason showed movement out of the question. typical start-of-the-senson Instability. File from the defence and Johnson Ho Chor-yin, though by far the from the attack were sorely missed. Oneal player in the Chinese defence, Their prestnice, might not have saved could not be expected to hold up the the Police from i detent, but they oppositionalrigle-handed. Chen might have provided sumu Borgl Hong-hong, his partner, hardly came needed euatifbrium,
toto requirements Most Klaring neforward lind wor": impotent; blunders of the defence, however. (Continued or Page 4,); were in tactics and positional play.
Fusiliers were awarded a "enalty (1 | 6-3, 4-6.
McHardy, Police goalkeeper, making one of his daring saves during Saturday's match'against the Club. Wilson, Club Inside left can be seen advancing to challenge him, while Blackburn, Police left back rushes forward to offer protection. Looking on anxiously is Brooke, contra half. (Photo: Men Cheung).
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