THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH..
MONDAY,...
1938. FEBRUARY ⠀ 28,
ISLINGTON CORINTHIANS BEAT ALL LOCAL TEAMS
CIVILIAN FORWARDS FAIL
TO PENETRATE TOURISTS' DEFENCE
PENALTY GIVES LOCAL MEN THEIR SOLITARY POINT
(By "Abo")
When the Civilians commenced their match against the Talington Corinthians on Saturday at Caroline Hill by attacking, they raised the hope that they might be the first team to extend the tourists in the Colony. This hope was not realised, however, and the Corinthians went on to win fairly comfortably by three goals to one.
moments of
The game and its thrills, especially when the Civilian forwards got away a few times, but the local opposition on the whole was not strong enough to
the mnke visitors give of their best. As a re- much ault, play seldom rose very above our own first division sandard.
Had the Civilina forwards FUC- ceeded in rettling down as a com- bination, they would probably have made a closer fight of it. Bickford,
the on left wing, played a better game than he has done for a long while, and Howlett was clever with the ball, but there was little co- the ordination in
Hoe. Freddie Fowler.
on
the right wing was starved by his colleagues and was
not given the slightest opportunity
to reveal his truc
worth,
Neither D.
Islington Corinthians” Record In Colony
The following is the record of the Islington Corinthians' four matches in the Colony:
Beat South China A.A. 1-0 Beat United Services .. 3-1 Beat Civilians Beat Colony XI
3-1 5-1
Knox, at centre forward, nor Wong seldom called upon to do anything in Meo-shus, at inside right, was able goal; he had little to do anything outstanding
through-
chance to stop Wong Mec-shun's sport-kick which out the whole 90 minutes. The best was a very good one. thing Wong did in the match was to convert a penalty given against Whittaker for hands in the last few minutes,
Knox was too lackadaisical in his play to be of danger to the Corin- thian defence. He lackerl
thrust
FINE WING halves Bradbury and Wright were wing- halves of the highest class, and were as prominent in attack as in defence. Whittaker, in his role as third back, had Knox completely bottled up, and for the first time
in the present
Lee Tin-sang. Colony right back, and Sherwood. Corinthian cenic-forward, in a peculiar pose in the (Photo: match between the tourisis and he Colony XI yesterday. Pearce is on the right looking Staff Photographer),
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WHAT OUR VISITORS THINK
OF FOOTBALL IN
THE COLONY
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF CORINTHIANS' LEADER
(By "Abo")
gramme of "official" matches in the Colony, football enthusiasts and moreover did not appear to be series was seen to move up at NOW that the Islington Corinthians have completed their pro- trying hard enough. It was pureris-to join in the attack towards the will be interested to hear what the famous English amateurs think
latter part of the game. ing, in view of his poor display, that
Sherwood,
of the local standard of play. At the conclusion of yesterday's making his first appear- In the second half he was not moved
ance, was impressive as leader of the match between the visitors and the Colony XI, I had a talk with the attack, place in
He scored all three goals for "Pat" Clark, the visiting captain, in the dressing room and he had the Corinthians, two with his head and the third with a left-foot drive some illuminating things to say regarding soccer in the Colony. after beating three defenders.
to the right wing and Fowler brought
in to take centre.
over his
GOOD DEFENCE
very
оле
It will
hig point, ho asks local men On Par With Malaya The Civillon deferice did
Pearce's display on the left wing
to study the methods of J. K. on the an Improvement well Indeed, I thought, to hold the] was
First of all, it is Clark's considered Wright and Len Bradbury, who were Corinthians
goals. against the Services, but Read on three down to Sherwood was such an energetic the right wing was always danger- opinion that football in the Colony wing halves who could bear compari- leader and combined so effectively ous, although he was often benten is on a par with that of Malaya. son with the highest standard in
It amateur soccer at Home. not put Certainly he would with his colleagues that half a dozen to the ball by the Junky Costa.
As usual, Avery at inside left was higher; but at the same time, he have been noticed that Wright and goals would not have flattered the tourists. But Male Shul-hon and great schemer and made several would not say that the standard of Costa, the backs, and Gough, the openings for his colleagues while play here was lower. centre-half, rose to the occasion and Turrant continually harassed kapt out several dangerous raids. Civilian defence with his
It was particularly pleasing to see methods. Gough give such a good account of himself, especially as his chance
been indisposed.
the visitors ding'
the
bustling No Team Work
THE SCORING Thirty minutes after the start;
lead-by-heading-the-ball-into-the
men
que INDIVIDUALLY,
local compare very favourably with
Bradbury always formed a link with the inside forwards and because of this co-ordination the Corinthians in- variably gave the impression of being superior in midfield play.
Heavier Ball Needed
from
we
only came after Lee Kwok-wai had Sherwood put the Corinthians in tho amateurs in England, but in team THE Corinthians, as a team, are of Leung In-chan and Bliss, the two not from a centre by Read. ThPigy we fall rather short-of-the-Home the opinion that the ball used in
standard. This is probably due to wing-halves, were never completely was the only goal scored in the first luck of coaching facilities in the Co- the Colony is too light, which they
lony. In the four matches he has think, prevents local players at home and seemed bewildered by half. the quick positional changes made Six minutes after the resumption, played in Hongkong, Clark has form- showing the improvement which they
there was should, The visitors say
a heavier by the Corinthians. Bliss started off Sherwood registered his second goued the impression that
conse- quite well, however, and played no with a neat hende: this time froin plenty of good football in the players ball is used in England and
to down Road on n pass by Pearce. He completed his chosen
against play
the quently a higher standard of play is part In
wing.
"hat
trick" when the second half Corinthians, but the best was not seen reached. Clark himself says that if
old by breaking of them owing to Use fact that instead a heavier, ball was used locally Though he improved as the game was 25 minutes progressed, S. Tsang, in the Civilian through on his own and scoring just of eleven men working together as a would find ourselves playing much team, they were generally eleven better football in a short me. It goal, did not inspire much confidence as he was tackled. at the start, but in the second half, In the Civiliang rare raids. Individuals doing the best they could. gives players a better chance of cen-
of he held few bot ones
n from the the referee awarded
tourists were so superior in the games Corinthian forwards, and helped to against the Corinthians for penalty This was the main reason why the trolling It.
down.
against Wh keep the
Whittaker. Wong converted played against local teams. In spite of the fact that their easily thus completing the scoring. superiority was never in doubt, the
Corinthians.-Wingfield; Corinthians
Clark; Wright, Whittaker, form which they showed in the first Bradbury: Read, Tarrant, Sherwood, game the week before. The inter-Avery and Pearce mediates again were their greatest Civilians.-S. Tsang; Mok Shui- strength. With the Civillan attacks hon, Costa; Leung In-chan, Gough, mally nipped in the bud in the Bliss; Fowler, Wong Mee-shun, D. centre of the field, Wingfeld was Knox, Ifowlett and Bickford.
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Praise For Referees
Is Loo Wai-tong To Play Again ?
(By "Abe")
Mr. Wong Ka-tsun, the General Secretary of the South. China A.A., told me yesterday that a return match between South China and the Islington | Corinthians will be played when the tourists come back from their visit to Manila.
He also said that he would make an attempt to persuade Lee Wai-tong to turn out,
Lee told me some weeks ago that he definitely would not play against the Corinthians as his leg was not yet strong enough. But it appears that he is now uncertain. Will Mr. Wong succeed in making him take the field again?
COLONY TENNIS TITLES
Full Programme For To-Day
An Interesting programme of mat- ches will be played in the Open Tennis Championships of the Colony at the Hongkong C.C. courts this afternoon. Five ties will be decided in the singles and three in the doubles.
TN conclusion, "Pat" has a good word to say of the referees in the Colony.
S. A. Rumjahr, a former cham- though! the four men who plou and runner-up Inst year, will be would improve considerably if omelated in their matches were quite opposed by Major F. T. Baines, a
had we were to get a good English coach good; anyhow they would rank high newcomer to local tennis champion- ships, in one of the singles matches. officiated in their present tour. Re- out from Home to teach us the finer in the list of referees who points of the game. He points out
M. W. Lo and M. K. Lo, who play- that football is not a game in whichgarding the technical offences for players
hope for continued which the Corinthians were pulled up, ed a prominent part in the succoss if they go out on the field the visiting skipper said the referees competitions some years ago, return without some preconceived plan of were entirely in the right to blow to the fold and will make their ap- campaign. All eleven men should the whistle even though it meant pearance to-day against D. K. Leung play tonellier in harmony and with slowing down the play on
some and B. Szelo.
can
South
China,
OPEN SINGLES
local
H. I. Ho
V
Major. F. T.
Baines
V
P. S. Leone
V Ma Nal-kwong
OPEN DOUBLES
Luk Ding-cheung and Wong Shiu- wine v. A, and If. Chan,
a definite idea of what their roles are occasions. In this connection, Clark The programme is as follows: in certain contingencies. Here les gave an explanation, which, I am the value of a good coach. Off the sure, is not realised generally. In feld he could teach the players the the rs
game, against
V A. Crawford theory of football, which is just as several Corinthians were playing Marstand
important to any good team na skill out of positions and in consequence Leung Ping-chlu v in moving a ball up and down the were not quite at hoa. One player, S. A. Rumjahn ground.
for instance, whose ucial place was at back, had to go out to the right wing. F. V. Harrison Our Men Are Not Fit There was such a dissimilarity in the E. C. Fincher
two positions that he was frequently ANOTHER point which has struck "ali arms and elbows," and the re- right in pulling him Clark is that most of our players feree was quite are not fit enough to last De minutes up. There were other players in that of fast football. This is true enough, team who were out of positions and as those who have followed local they too committed offences which football closely this season, will might not have been intentional but realise, even though the charge may which nevertheless fustified the
fereo for blowing his whatic. hurt. The pace in which soccer played nowadays requires every man to be in the best of condition. It is a case of the survival of the fittest. In only one match, against the: Services, were the Corinthiana hard- pressed in the second half; in the oilier three games, the greatest opposition from local players came in the first period.. Those who have seen all four matches will appreciate the truth of this.
Value Of Wing Halvos
to
bo
THE proper functions of the wing
halves do not scem properly appreciated in the Colony, nays Clark Local wing halves do
Corinthians To Play On Wednesday
Club And Police
- Provide The
Opposition
TC-
been ar
not give suffolent support to the A football match has forwards when the line moves up in ranged between the combined Hong- attack. In most cases, the attacks kong F.C. and the Police against the on the Corinthian goal failed because Islington Corinthians played on the the forwards were invariably on their Club ground on Wednesday at 0.15 own. All five could not take
Dart
In the attack all at once, he points
out, and when it came from the wings,
One of the reasons why this gama the function of the wing half was to has been fixed up
To illustrate i move up in support.
give thosel (Continited on Page 0,3
A. W. and M. K. Lo v. D. K. Loung and D. Szeto.
A. Warr and W. A. Land V. F. H. Kwok and 9, W. Llang.
COLONY ELEVEN FALTER AFTER A
FINE START THRILLING SOCCER IN FIRST HALF OF MATCH
(By "Abo")
The Islington Corinthians completed the ront of local teams in their official programme in Hongkong when they trounced the Colony XI yesterday at Caroline Hill by five goals to one. Local hopes soared when Fung King-cheang scored in the first few min- utes but the tourists fought back splendidly and were decidedly the better team in the second half.
rate, they might have managed to draw the game,
The
The final score perhaps flattered the Corinthians who, though they were superior in the closing stages,
Corinthians again featured did not deserve to be 2-1 in the lead their game with fine positional play, the and their greater speed and greater at the interval. Furthermore, local players were extremely, unfor- fitness told in the end. Their for tunate to concede the last two goals, wards also worked together with both of which were scored by Avery fine understanding and presented a In one case, Avery was definitely striking contrast to the Colony play- off-side, in my opinion, and in the ers when they were on the move. Whereas all five Corinthian forwards other he was suspiciously so.
attacked in unison, the Colony men seldom made concerted efforts. And whereas the Corinthian wing-halves the invariably went up to support forwards in the attack. Williamson and Loung Wing-chlu were too in- tent on defending to give much help to the forwards.
Two chinnges were made in the Colony team. Chris Pile, of the Police, was included in the place of Ulrich, of Kowloon, who is under- stood to be Indisposed, and Bright of the Middlesex came in for Lau Hing- chol.
White Bright played the game of his life at centre-half, Flle was un- certain at left back and falled to hold Read and Tarrant in check. It Bright uny fnull could be found with at all, it was that he did not give more ground passes to his forwards instead of putting the ball in the air in view of the superiority of the Corinthians overhead.
STERN OPPOSITION
QUICK IN RECOVERY
Williamson and Leung, however, could hardly be blamed for not mov- the Corinthians were so quick in ing up with the forwards because their recoveries that had the Colony the aving-halves gone up to assist the forwards, the defence would have been considerably weakened when the tourists broke away, as they often did.
In the face of the 5-1 score, it may
Sherwood, as he was the day be- seem rather atrange to say that in yesterday's match the Corinthians fore, was the spearhead of the Cor- received the sternest opposition they inthians' attack. A hard-worker, he had yet encountered in the Colony, is indeed a dangerous man in front Nevertheless that Js my opinion, of goal. He scored twice yesterday. Certainly the local men were just as Read, on the right wing, had some ane tussies with Leung Wing-chlu good as the tourists in the first half,
combination of and crowned a fine display with a and the left-wing Saw and Hau Ching-to had the Cor-goal. Until he moved out to the inthians defence worried. But Lal wing. Avery did some clever things Shlu-wing and Yeung Shlu-yick, and with the ball at Inside-left. When in a lesser degree, Fung King- he was outside-left, however, he was prone to get off-side and was lucky cheung, were far from impressive, Had they been as good as Saw and to have two goals credited to his
His shooting in each that name. conceivable Hau, it is even
(Continued on Page 9.) Hongkong might have won; at any
A typical save by Cyril Love man, the Corinthians goal-keeper, yesterday. Fang King-cheung is here seen harassing bira while Whil- taker is rushing in to ward off the Colony Rfaff Photographer),
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