1937-09-11 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1937.

CLUB-MIDDLESEX SOCCER TIES

CLUB HAVE WEALTH OF TALENT AT______ THEIR DISPOSAL

FIRST ELEVEN HAVE NEW

CENTRE-FORWARD

MOORE AND MAINE IN THE ATTACK

(By "OUTSIDE-LEFT”)

THE Hong Kong Football Club will hold their first practice soccer matches this afternoon, when two elevens representing seniors and juniors, will encounter teams from the Middlesex Regiment, thus giving both an opportunity of team building..

E Strange, above, the Club captain, will be playing at left-half this season.

FRIENDLY JUNIOR

FOOTBALL MATCHES

PORTUGUESE SPORTING ASSN. NEW CLUB TO MAKE DEBUT

(By “OUTSIDE LEFT”) The Portuguese Sporting As- sociation, formerly Liga Porto gesa, will entertain Lyeman in a friendly football game at King's Park this afternoon, while prior The Middlesex will have to field an to this game; Kwong Wab will an play the newly-formed Powhat entirely new combination, so evenly contested game should tan Recreation Club team, on the eventuate.

I am informed that the same ground. first game will commence at 4 p.m. and the second at 5.15 p.m.

The Portuguese Sporting Asso- ciation, who are expecting to do~ very well this season, have great advantage over most teams in the Third Division as there have been little changes in their compliment of last year, when they became joint runners-up

I understand that Himsworth is DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CLUB HAVE LOST SEVERAL OF THEIR FIRST DIVISION PLAYERS, THEY ARE shortly leaving the Colony on for ABLE TO FIELD FAIRLY STRONG TEAMS THIS AFTERNOON lough and will not be available for IN BOTH MATCHES, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE SENIOR the junior right-wing berth, while ELEVEN, WHERE, IF THE NEWCOMERS ARE AS GOOD AS Sloan has been advised by his doctor THEY HAVE BEEN MADE OUT TO BE A REVIVAL IN THE to give soccer a miss for two months with the Ordnance in this divi-

of the injury sion. CLUB'S SOCCER. THIS COMING SEASON WILL BE MORE at least, because

he sustained last season, so a new- THAN A POSSIBILITY.

Besides last year's players, they comer of the left-wing position must will be strengthened by the i be found.

The Club will field either of two goalkeepers, both Stephens who played in one or two games last season, and Olsen, a new- comer, who is reputed to be safe, but not spectacular. The full- backs will be Nicholls and Kemp, in the absence of Hill, who is not playing, this season, and Sydney Strange, who is away on leave at the moment and who will not be back until late in the coming sea-

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son. Both Nicholls and Kemp have played together and should FOOTBALL

form a solid and sound defence.

Desmond Hynes, who played Rugby last season, will be seen at right half in support of Skin- ner, who will fill the pivotal berth, while Ernie Strange re- tains his old position at left half, in sppport of the Bickford-A. Wilson left-wing.

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F. Fowler, stated a month or so ago that he would not be playing soccer but was taking up hockey. but he has apparently changed his mind and will be on the right wing,

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FULLY RECOVERED

Playing in support of him......will leg be Moore, who fractured his early last season and was compelled to drop out of the game for the rest of the season. Moore is a fine footballer and should retain the in- side-right position for the remainder of the season.

A Wilson, the Club and Colony-

seen in his old Cith this ser

TOURISTS

LOCAL ASSN. TURN DOWN REQUEST

clusion of three Recreio players in C. Figueirdo, a half back, and M. Gaan and H. Campos, both good forwards.

Lyemun are uncertain of the com-- position their team, and will be-- fielding practically a new side thi season as most of their players have left the Colony

KWONG WAH-

With the inclusion of Henry Young, from South China, Kwong- Wah should also do well in th Division, but the Powhattan tea who make their debut this The Grazer Sportklub, of Graz, Austria, a continental foot-building and handicapped by lack

are now in the progress of tes ball team who intend touring the a ground, really do not know Netherlands Dutch Indies and when they will settle down, though Indo-China, have written to the they have four good players, who Hong Kong Football Association will form the nucleus of the side. informing them that the team At Caroline Hill, South China will be in Indo-China at the end juniors will entertain the Boyal of November and beginning of Engineers, and many new players December, and requesting that will be in view on both sides. four games be arranged for them

in the Colony.

In their letter, however, they

have requi

the

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oned that they

PORTUGUESE

SPORTING

ASSN.

Liga Change Team's Name

of £300 and gates iation have replied, their inability to ac- have, however, been extremely un-commodate them as the League The centre-forward berth will fall lucky in that the first eleven have would then be in full swing. to a newcomer in Maine, who is re- continually robbed them of players This Sportsklub certainly has puted to be the biggest capture of because of injuries, and it is to be no idea of Hong Kong Football Though the Liga Portuguesa the season. The Club have been hoped that the seniors will provide terms would probably have left granted permission by the Commit

gates, a

team and acceptance of their Football weak in the centre-forward berth an adequate number of reserves this

the Association with a neat debit tee of the Liga Portuguese to ente for several seasons and Maine should coming season without drawing up balance, which would have taken a team in the Hong Kong Foot meet the requirements The left on the juniors to fill any possible wing berth will be as before. Andy vacancies.

many years to wipe off.

League, which they have for the past two Wilson and B L. Bickford

been found that

iation ben

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JUNIOR LINEUP

Payne will be in goal and will be by

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