1938-02-28 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 28, 1938

COLONY ELEVEN IS OUTCLASSED

CORINTHIANS ARE MUCH TOO GOOD IN THEIR FINAL MATCH

Visitors Win 5-1, But Gould Have Doubled Their Score

WHITTAKER AND AVERY IN LIMELIGHT

(By “OUTSIDE-LEFT")

HIGHLIGHTS OF

YESTERDAY'S

ENCOUNTER-

4.01 p.m.-FUNG KING-CHEONG

Colony lead gave

with grounder which glanced off left-upright.

4.04 p.m.-Leung

few minutes of the game, not be-

Wing-chiu

headed clearance to Sherwood, cause Fung King-cheong gave them whose shot was wide of the lead at this stage, but because mark.

of the way the defence and attack were so cleverly inter-woven. There

4.06 p.m.-Sherwood took free kick for

hands against Bright,

but

shot hopelessly wide from was no hesitation and dilly-dally- ing with the ball. A half-back 17 yards.

for secured. possession, drew his op-

4.12 p.m.-Pearce took free-kick

ponent, whoever he was, and sent the ball up to either a winger or inside forward.

hands from 20 yards and sent in fine drive which Duncan pushed round posts for fruitless corner. 4.18 p.m.-SHERWOOD equalised with

It was as a result of this close point-blank range punt, when Read cleverly drew co-ordination that the Colony team were able to hold the Corinthians in their own half during those first few minutes.

4.25

Pile and sent ball marked leader.

to un-

ED at the interval by the odd goal in three, the 4.21 p.m.--Duncan brought off credit-

Colony or Hong Kong Football Association eleven were yesterday completely outplayed by the Islington Corinthians in the latter's final match of the official series, the visitors winning by 5 goals to

4.38 1, although they could easily have doubled this score had they wished.

WAY

CAROLINE HILL AND THE SURROUNDING HILLSIDES 4.41 WAS AGAIN CRAMMED FULL OF PEOPLE, BUT MANY LEFT BEFORE THE SECOND HALF WAS MANY MINUTES OLD, AS 4.44 THE CORINTHIANS HAD EVERYTHING THEIR OWN AND WITH HAU CHING-TO OFF THE FIELD WITH A STRAIN- ED THIGH MUSCLE, THE COLONY SIDE WERE IN A PITIFUL STATE.

The game was a bustling one with shoulder charges and dan-

able save from Read while

The Colony side were a goal in lying on ground, pushing close range drive round up-arrears at the interval, although on right.

the run of the play they should p.m.-Hau Ching-to took ball in

have been level. and crashed pile-driver which Longman saved with lucky kick. p.m.-READ placed Corinthians in the lead when Sherwood made opening, right-winger coming in close to place ball into net with grand shot.

goal under p.m.-Corinthians'

heavy barrage, but Whit- taker cleared danger. p.m.-Yeung Shui-yick took pass from Fung and crashed in lovely drive from wing which Longman just tipped

A striking feature of yesterday's game, and indeed of all four games played to date, was the complete absence of a decent shot "a la Lee Wai-tong or Gosano.”

over bar.

SECOND HALF

gerous tackling featuring the first-half, during which the whistle 4.59 p.m.-Sherwood placed

was continually heard until a portion of the spectators cried down the referee. Some of the rulings given were difficult to comprehend, and, on ope occasion, when Lee Tin-sang was, in my opinion, guilty Sherwood's of very dangerous play by attempting a clearance off face with his boot, the Referee surprisingly awarded a free kick to 5.00 the Colony!

Several changes were made in the Colony team, Ulrich being an absentee from the full-back divi- sion, and Chris Pile was brought into the vacancy. This was the biggest blunder of the match, as Pile proved the weak link in the Colony defence

and one which was to eventually weaken other departments. Lau Hing-choi was unable to fill the centre-half berth and his vacancy was filled by Bright, who gave a display of forceful tackling and distribu- tion, worthy of future recog-

nition.

BRILLIANT INTERMEDIATE-

LINE

RESULTS OF CORINTHIANS

FOUR MATCHES IN -

THE COLONY

The following are the results of the Islington Corinthians' four matches in the Colony: Versus South China A. A.

won Versus

won

Combined

Services

1-0

3- 31 .5-1

Versus Civilians won Versus Hong Kong won

their team and their forwards had merely to wait for the ball.

Lee

"looked on."

Corin-

as

LACK OF „ANTICIPATION:

Duncan may be a very good goal-

and yesterday played keeper well as he was allowed to, but his lack of inches, and sense of anti- cipation accourted for at least three of the

scored five goals against him.

In the full-back division, Chris thians further in lead when Pile was a bitter disappointment. he headed bouncing ball in He was sluggish in his clearances Colony goalmouth while and in the first half was a continual Tin-sang and Bright source of anxiety to his colleagues. p.m.-Bradbury dribbled to with-He was never confident and his in 25 yards and delivered lack of stamina was evident. long drive which just glan-The Colony halves played a grand ced over bar with Duncan game, but Leung Wing-chiu, in the

turned 5.02 p.m.-Fung

centre by unaccustomed position of left-half, Yeung Shui-yick with head-]found his task a herculean one as er, but Longman just man-he had to play in front of a very aged to get fingers to ball.

beaten.

5.05 p.m.-Colony attack seen in rare weak back. Leung's interceptions in passing bout, Corinthians' the closing stages of the first-half, defence spread-engled, but and fine distribution to Hau Ching- Whittaker robbed Fung at to, marks him as one of our best crucial moment.

*

over

5.10 p.m.-Avery injured right-ankle half-backs. Bright was a tower of moved to left-wing while strength, at centre-half, and gave Pearce at inside-left. Hau Sherwood a gruelling, time, so much Ching-to just shot Corinthians' bar, but strain-so that the Corinthians were forced. to concentrate on their respective ed thigh muscle field.

wings. Williamson was a vast im- 5.18 p.m.-AVERY, despite noticeable provement on last Sunday, and limp, took pass from Tar stuck to his guns, but in the sec- rant and crashed in ground-

The Colony forwards were forced to adopt the "W" formation, but The outstanding feature of the which Lai Shiu-wing and Saw un- game was provided by the Corin- able to gain ground, their task in 5.20 thians' half-back line. They really attack became a hopeless one. Saw paved the way for the success of tried very hard to get the forward

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left and

er with left, as Brightond-half, he was a tired man charged. Latter fell and ball trickled past Duncan into net after glancing off right-upright

lony net for Corinthians

DID NOT USE "GREY MATTER”

very

for Corin- There is not much comment one thians fourth goal.

pass from can make about the Colony attack p.m.-AVERY took

Pearce and cleverly worked except the fact that had the wing- way to close range beforeers used a little more of the "grey

ball in roof of Co- placing

matter" instead of aimlessly bang- fifth goal.

ing the ball-about, more might have 5.22 p.m.--Hau Ching-to back on field, been achieved. Fung tried

but himping about and help hard at centre-forward, but was no less.* Tarrant missed open_goal match for Whittaker's versatility from five yards after Co-to speed.. lony defence held helpless The Corinthians were good. As for 10 minutes.

soon as they had settled down they took their own sweet time about things, their halves working splen- line going, but the quick tackling of didly, while the full-backs, al- Wright, Whittaker, who again playthough harrassed at times by the ed as third back, and Bradbury, Colony wingers, more than held. made things hopeless.

5.27 p.m.

The Colony players made the mistake of keeping the ball in the air. Had they played their usual short passing game on the ground, I am not saying they would have won, but they would certainly have given their visitors a better game, and the spectators satisfaction for the price of their seats,

The Colony halves and forwards were seen at their best in the first

their own in speed. Whittaker again played a major p part in his team's success, while Clark and Martin came into the picture occasionally.

HEAVY BUT FAST-

Read was always a veritable dan- ger on the right-wing while Tar- rant, at inside-right found his best form in the second-half, after a dis- (Continued on Page 193