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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 11,

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2 INTERNATIONALS INCLUDED IN VISITING GERMAN HOCKEY XI

II. M. Wetzell, a German Inter. national, I captain and senior member of the Shanghai German Hockey Club. He plays, at inside. right,

R. A. FORWARDS

FAIL TO NULLIFY

EARLY SETBACKS

Little More Time Needed When Shooting

HANCOCK OUTSTANDING

BETWEEN STICKS.

RECREIO AT

THEIR BEST

KOWLOON

TROUNCED

AT SOCCER

DELGADO RECORDS "HAT TRICK”

BELTRAO SHOWS GLIMPSES

OF INTERPORT FORM

(By". "ROVER")

In a re-arranged premier League soccer fixture on the Kowloon!

Hans Melchers, the vialling, right-fullback, has a brilliant hoc

Interporter

ground yesterday evening, the Re-key record and creio, after a fairly even first half, ran riot against Kowloon, and were casy winners by the wide margin of 16 goals to 1.

Delgado capped a splendid all- round performance by recording a hat trick. His shooting was always on the mark, and Cairns had a busy time in the Kowloon goal.

Magnificent Intermediate Line

The Recreio forwards, magni- ficently supported by a trio of hard working halves, were far too fast and accurate in their move ments for a.shaky Kowloon de-

The Engineers just managed to fence. gain the points over the Artillery,

Alves and Gomes formed a very left-wing," and the in their Second Division soccer en-dangerous counter at Happy Valley yesterday, formar delighted with hle many of fortless and well-placed centres. winning by 2 goals to 1.

Considering the good standard Gomes was speedy and showed .ex- of football which the Sappers have cellent ball-control; produced lately, the Artillery are turns and twists had Everest and to be congratulated on putting up Eastman tied in knots.

a very good show.

Shanghal

The Shanghai German Hockey Club team, who arrive in the Colony to-morrow by the ms.Tatsula Marn; are here shown with the German Consul General Herr Kriebel and Frau Kriebel From left to right are:- Kuelps, Tienerbacher, Siemisen, Stuhlmann, Bommer, the Consul Gen-" eral and Frau Kriebel, Wetzell, Melchers, Neelmeler, Berg, Remmele and

Borsken,

PARKER EXCELS

BRILLIANT

DISPLAY IN

HOCKEY TRIAL Poor Ground Ruins. Encounter

OLIVEIRA"AGAIN SHINES

(By STICKS") Depleted teams, coupled with de- plorable ground conditions, ruined

his quick The Kowloon Football Club's premízt eleven, above, were defeated by the Civilian hockey trial on the

Bertie Gosuno was a little out of

6 goals to 1 by the, Reerelo in the First Division of the soccer league yesterday. (King's Studio).

Towards the final stages. It the picture for most of the game, 20 appeared as if the Gunners would chiefly through the admirable posiete level the scores, and, had a little tioning and tackling achieved by "more" oare boen taken when shoot- Bliss. Delgado, working in par-55 ing, they might have accomplished fect harmony with D'Aquino, sup- plied much of the danger to the

It.

Hancock Prominent

A particularly good display was

given by Hancock, in the Artillery.

Kowloon citadel, and featured a (Continued on Page 5)

UNIVERSITY DEFENCE

a

t

CRUMBLES

Club ground yesterday, and which featured by poor displays. some of the most consistently good performers. Bank

Both teams played throughout without goalkeepers, and this ta some extent, was responsible for the glut of goals, both teams sharing 10 goals.

SOUTH CHINA'S EASY WIN

South China gained a convinc- There were many absentees, ing soccer win over the Univer- among them being U, B. Souza, the Caroline Hill yesterday when was playing soccer for Kowloon, sity in the Second Division at White's goalkeeper, A. & Biles who they won by 8 goals to 1 in a W. A. Reed who failed to put in fast and clean game which was an appearance, and W. J. Brown full of interest.

and JM, Pinto, of Colours.

gual; he made some clever captures Yesterday's Results At UNBEATEN TEAMS

in the earlier stages of the match.

The Artillery backs, Grant and

Hall, shone and managed to keep

A Glance

FIRST, DIVISION

the Sappers forwards at bay on KOWLOON *** .1. RECREIO numerous occasions.

BECOND DIVISION

1. 8. CHINA

For the Sappers, their forward UNIVERSITY

line was better than the Gunners, ARTILLERY 1 ENGINEERS

in that they were speedier and the YESTERDAY'S GOALSCORERS fine centres by Creagh, outside-left,

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FIRST DIVISION..

gave them many excellent oppor-Delgado (Recreio) tunities of netting.

Gomes (Recrelo) Revell and Denham were the B. Gasino (Recreio) pick of the Sappers defence. This V. White (Kowloon)

SECOND DIVISION was not their usual defence, as it is understood that Slack and Dud-Lai Sat-chal (South China)

Darby (Engineers)

ley, the regular backs, have been Howlett (Engineers) rested, and will return for their Reece. (Artillery) encounter with the East Lanes in Li Wing-on (South China) the Final of the Junior Shield on Blake (University) Saturday..!

Two Quick Goals

K.F.C. SOCCER TEAM

The Sappers scored their two

The following team will repre- goals early in the game, in quick!

sent the Kowloon Football Club succession. Following a kick, Howlett headed nicely for against the Club on Saturday on

Darby to net.

corner

CLASH

Recreio "B" Triumph Over "A" Team

MIXED DOUBLES BADMINTON LEAGUE ENCOUNTER

Play for the first 15 minutes was Although the play was fairly very even with both defences on fast, good passing and first-time tep, but the speedy South China clearances were impossible owing forwards soon gained the upper to the very bumpy nature of the hand and little was seen of the ground, and consequently short- University forwards in combined passing tactics were employed, but movements.

with no great measure of success. Bad Covering

Good Varsity Defence

The University's defence was

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BRILLIANT ATTACK FEATURES SIDE

EXPECTED TO OUTSHINE MALAYA ELEVEN

CAPTAIN CLUB-MATE OF

MACAO COACH

(By "Referee")

THE Shanghai German Hockey Club team, un--

the Colony - beaten champions, who arrive in t to-morrow by the M.S. Tatsuta Maru for a series of games against Colony sides and Macao, are a and are likely to very formidable combination a outshine their Malayan rivals when they clash with the Hong Kong team.

Led by H. M. Wetzell, a German International, and a won- derful forward, the Shangha! German forward line is said to be the finest ever seen in China.

There are several other outstanding players in the team among whom is B Sommer, brother of G. Sommer, the Y.M.C.A: and Club back, who plays in a similar position for the Shanghaf

ide

B. Bommer, the Shanghai Ger man's left-back, is an elder brother of Gommer, the well-known. Y.M.GA, and Club: fall-back.

Wetzell, the captain, learned to play. hockey in Berlin in 1915, and played several years for the Berlin Hockey Club He is a club, mate of Lt. Da Costa, of Macau, who' played in the Berlin representa- tive team In the four years that Wetzell was captain. He has re- presented Germany in the Euro- pean championship. He has also captained the Shanghai Interport side against Kelo University..

Rudolf Berg, the visiting centre- half was born in Shanghai, and is well known as "Mosche" in Shang- hai social circles, and throughout Germany.

Another Internationa!

He has been a member of the Uhlenhorst Klipper Hockey Club of Berlin since 1922, and gained, his International cap against Hol land and Inter against Denmark, In addition to representing Germany

PUNJABIS OUTPLAY against English representative

EAST LANCS Army Inter Unit Semi-Final

LOSERS SCORE FIRST

ground yesterday

The game started sensationally. with the East Lancs pressing and within the first 10 minutes they

One of the most evenly contest-

In a fast and exciting game led 'badminton matches in this sea-

White and Rodrigues, the White the Punjabis beat the East son's league series was witnessed on Tuesday night at the Club de very good, Lim being safe in goal, backs, failed to cover each other Lancs in the Semi-final of the whilst the backs. Low and Ang and consequently Awtar Singh Army Inter-unit hockey league the tackled effectively. Lew was the broke through twice to score easy by 5 goals to 3 on the Marlus Recreto, King'a Park; when Club de Recreio "B" defeated the better of the two, his clearances : goals. "A" team by the odd game in nine hoing better placed.. in the Mixed Doubles League.

The halves were one of the Prior to this match both teams stumbling blocks to the side's pue- had maintained their 100 per cent. cess, their forward – passes rarely |** LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE reaching their mark owing to the nippinens of the South China players; consequently the Inside Mixed Doubles

forwards had to fall back in an at- Gamesen P. W. L. F.A. Pts.tempt to take the ball forward

Youg and S. Lee were the best 10 10 10 70-20 2037 1H1 63 18 16 of a harrassed forward line, Goon

844 30 368 being well shadowed and never 114758418lowed to get too far

the Kowloon ground at 4.45p.m.;

Cairns; B. Everest and A. East Recrelo "B" Within five minutes the Sappersman (Capt.); Boyd, A. Bliss; and Recreio "AY added their second and final goal Sinclair; Oppenheim, J. McKelyle, Fire Brigade

from another corner kick

G. White. V. White, and Knox. "Bt." Andrew's Reserve. Willis, Winch, Thom--Y@M, C, A

This close time Howlett scored from range, during a skirmish in the

son..

Artillery goalmouth.

After this the Artillery settled down to some good attacks. About six minutes after the Engineers' second goal, the Gunners scorad their only goal, following a smart run through and a fine shot by Reece, their centre-forward.

Engineers Selleck; Revill, Denham; Boyling, Coleman, Jewell; Callard, Budden, Darby Howlett and Creagh.

Artillery:-Hancock Grant, Halli Brookes, Sargent, Gardner: Nash, Latham, Reece, Bloor, and Sparks,'

China Mail Sports Diary

TO-DA

Game forfeited. A

has shown better for (Continued on I

CIVILIAN TEAM were two goals up, Nolan and

SELECTED

WA Reed Dropped

Johnson scoring the goals.

Stung by this reverse, the Pun Habis settled down in a ve Edeter

mined manner,

hitting

hard and accurately

200

The following were selected after casion to keep their forwards con- the game to represent the Civilians' finually, on the move, Hockey eleven against. Shang

the next 10 minutes through hal German Hockey Club on the goals scored by Lal Royal Naval ground, King

on Monday

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(Police)

A. M. Rodrigues

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J. Parker rett (Club) P bachan Singh Fowler (Y.M.CAS)

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CORNER BADLY INJURED

(Continued on Page 5)

Rudolf Berg the Shanghal Ger- man centre-half, is well-known throughout Germany,

מעט

of the finest exponents {the game' "ever to visit the East:

TO-DAY'S COLONY

TRIAL

W A. Reed May Not Be

Playing