LOCAL FOOTBALL STARTS NEXT SATURDAY
The following are the football fx- tures for the week-ends--
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Seaforths
SATURDAY
First Division .
Y Kowloon
(Sookunpoo, 4,15 pm) Referee: K. K p.
Linesmen: Alridge and Barretto.
Middlesex
Club
(Club, 445 p.m.)
Referee: J. MacCormaë. Linesmen: Johns and Moorecroft Kowloon Chinese v St. Joseph's
(Kowloon, 4.45 p.m.)
Referee: D. Kossick.
Linesmien: Dommee and Gomes.
Eastern
South China “A”
(Caroline Hill, 4.45 p.m.)
Referee: Isley:
Linesmen: Farr and F. da Silva.
Seaforths
"Second Division
(Sookunpoo, 3.15 p.m.)
v Kowloon
Engineers
(Chinese)
Referee: Haylaar
Engineers
(European)
(St. Joseph's 3.15 p.m.)
Referee: Day.
South China
V Eastern:
(Caroline Hill, 3.15 p.m.)
Referee: Rees.
-Club.
(Club, 3.15 p.m.)
Referee: P. Jones." ·
Middlesex
Third Division (Hong Kong)
v 5th Bde. R.A.
Powhattan
(St. Joseph's 4.45 p.m.) Referee: J. Andrews.
Ordnance
(Military, 3.15 p.m.)
▼ Engineers.
Police
Referee: W. R. HIL
Service Corps »
(Navy, 315 p.m.) Referee: L. A. French.
v Medicals
Stanley
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(Military, 4.45 pm) » Referee: J. Gilchrist.
Third Division (Kowloon)
24th Bde. R.A.
Seaforths -
(Chatham Road, 3.15 p.m.) Referee: Silva.
Kumaon Rifles v. 20th Bde. RA.
(Chatham, 4.45 p.m.) Referee: Phillips.
Portuguese Sporting
Association
University
(King's Park, 3.15 p.m.)
Referee: G. D. French.
Police
SUNDAY
First Division
South China “B**
*
· (Club, 4.45 p.m.)
Referee: Reynolds.
Linesmen: Stone and Aldridge.
Police →
Second Division
▾ Kwong Wah
(Club, 3.15 p.m.) Referee: W. T. Smith.
MIDDLESEX WILL CHALLENGE FOR-
HOCKEY TITLE
Following their fine soccer de- but in the Colony against the Hong Kong Football Club, the Middlesex Regiment caused a ma- jor hockey upset when they beat the Kowloon Indians' Tennis Club by the odd goal-in three-last-Sun- day afternoon on their sand pitch at Shamshuipo. A hard-hitting side with splendid wingers and quick shooting inside-forwards, backed up by an admirable de- fence, they should fully extend the Kumaon Rifes and the Hong Kong Singapore Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the Large Units Hockey Tournament this coming
season.
Sports
Chatter
(By "REFEREE”)
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1937.
A BETTER
BETTER SOCCER
PLEA
WHO WILL FOLLOW MANCHESTER CITY'S LEAD?
SKILL MUST BE MATCHED
+
BY SKILL
(By ST. STEPHEN)
Glasgow, August 21. ONE of the most welcome announcements that has been forthcoming for a long time is attri- buted to the manager of the Manchester City club, who is reputed, in effect, to have said that while it would continue to be the ambition of the Maine Road team to win either the League championship or the English Cup, or both, it would also be one of their chief concerns in the future to encourage their players to enter into the true spirit of the game and display the best type of football.
THE only three members of THCOMING
Association First Division `soc- cer team who are affected by the present political unrest in Canton, insofar as they are members of the Canton Police Force, are Lee Tin-sang, right back, Yeung Shui-vick, out- side right, and Fung King- cheoug. inside-right, all of whom returned to their native city soon after their arrival here from Singapore.
Rugby Player As Jockey-
WE GRIEVE, the well-known Hong Kong Football Club and Interport Rugby centre-threequarter, is also a fine amateur jockey.
He
rode his own pony to victory in the first race of the Macau Jockey Club Meeting last Sunday.
BRENTFORD DRAW Double Tenth
AT BLACKPOOL
Yesterday's Home Football
DIVISION
COMING FROM THE MANAGER OF A SIDE THAT - WON CHAMPIONSHIP ONLY LAST SEASON, SUCH A STATEMENT IS ALL THE MORE INVIGORATING, FOR IT MEANS THAT A LEAD IS TO BE GIVEN TO ALL THE OTHER CLUBS TO TREAT THE AC- TUAL PLAY AS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE AND NOT AS A MERE INCIDENTAL TO THE WINNING OF POINTS OR CUP TIES.
In the post-war period far too much importance has been at- tached to this latter phase both here and in England, and it is wel- come news that a least one club officially recognises the necessity for a switch-over to better football. Their lead, it is to be hoped, will inspire others to follow, then perhaps we will hear less of "the good old days" and a bit more of the thing that really matters, the present time.
'It does not necessarily follow, better times would be in store. It- of course, that every team in the is the fear of relegation that is the land have not always striven to root cause of the worry, but as the play the best type of football; promotion by merit system must re- indeed, that would be a fallacy. main with us the football public In Scotland, for example the Ran-would not stand for any other gers, Celtic, Motherwell, Heart of ja lead in the crusade for more skil- Midlothian, and Aberdeen have in ful play must come from the inside-
SKILL BY SKILL
brought about
TTH the inclusion of L. Chinese swimmers who would of play that reflects great credit on
That is why the Manchester City ordinarily have participated them, but there are others who have in the China National Games, not seen fit to try to emulate the statement is significant. Successful- which were scheduled for the
lead given. It has been the same as they were last season, they Double Tenth (October 10)
over the Border, with the result realised that there is nevertheless
but which have since been can-
that football has deteriorated.
something amiss, and they are seek- ing a way to remedy matters. They celled, the Colony Swimming The good playing teams, too, cannot do that on their own initia- Championships, which will
might easily have done even better tive, however, much perhaps as take place in a fortnight's time,if opponents had entered into the they would like to, and it all de- promise to be the biggest true spirit of the game and endea-pends upon the response from the function of their kind yet held voured to counter skill by skill in-others as to whether the game is here. Among the stars par- stead of resorting to tactics which, to benefit or not. ticipating will probably be L. while fair enough in so far as they
WHAT WILL BE RESULT Oliveira, one of Shanghai's conformed to the laws of football, They have made a gesture, splen- fastest short distance sprint- were nevertheless a negative did as it is challenging, and one ers and favourite for the 50 quantity as far as actual ability wonders just what the result will Yards free-style, Mak Wai-was concerned.
be. It is not easy to forget that ming, best Chinese middle and It is the consequences of defeat, much of the trouble in recent years long distance swimmer, and of course, which is the real cause has been occasioned through mis- Ng Lin, a fine back-stroke of the trouble, and if these could taken ideas as to what constituted 1 swimmer.
only be minimised there is no doubt the type of game likely to appeal
London, To-day. The following are the results of Football League matches played yesterday:-
FIRST DIVISION
Blackpool
1 Brentford SECOND DIVISION
1
Blackburn
2 Fulham
2
Sheffield Utd. 2 Burnley.
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Millwall
Walsall
Reuter
University Aquatic Meet
THE Hong Kong University Union Swimming Section will hold their annual swimming champion- ships in the European YMCA. swimming pool on Saturday, October 2, commencing at 2 pm, when some very good swimming should be wit-
nessed.
Hynes Needed For Soccer
Tis doubtful whether Desmond Hynes will play Rugby this sea- son as he will probably be playing - soccer for the Club first eleven. He turned out for them ainst the Middlesex Regiment las "Saturday and scored the Club's only point with with a fine header.
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to the crowd. It is agreed that suc- cess makes a wonderful appeal, but it is also true that the manner in which success is obtained is a still greater attraction.
Some successful teams, for in- stance, have won their way to the top in a way that has not always appealed to the football public in general, simply because the tactics employed by them have not been just what one looks for from those sides gracing the topmost League positions. Destructive measures- and they have been employed large scale everywhere--have introduced in recent years in a formerly unthought of, with the sult that the game has suffered as a spectacle.
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