1939-01-03 — Page 22

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 3, 1939

SAINTS BEAT ROYAL NAVY

Thrilling Senior Shield Encounter At Causeway Bay

Beltrao, Jones & Gosano In Brilliant Form

WINNERS IN SEMI FINAL ROUND

POINTS FORFEITED

Club VB. Police This Second Division match was not played as Club were unable to field a team and the points will be forfeited subject to sanction of Hong Kong Football Association.

SENIOR SHIELD

Police Eliminate

the C

Club After Extra Time

Taylor And Skinner Shine For Losers WONG MAN-KWAI NETS WINNER

is a long time since a game, so full of thrills and sustained action, fought out at such a furious pace as that, was witness- ed at Causeway Bay yesterday, when Royal Navy met St. Joseph's

Yesterday on the Club ground, Victory went to St.

Police entered the Semi-final in the Second Round of the Senior Shield.. Joseph's, the better balanced side, who displayed more method and and Gosano nearly brought a goal, but Round of the Senior Shield by cohesion than the Navy. The game swung from end to end, each fortunately McAllister was alert and virtue of a 3 goals to 2 win over

The proved equal to the occasion.

Police had the better move electrifying the spectators.

Navy custodian was very confident and the Club. Jones' first-half display for the Navy was magnificent, scor-made a great save from Castilho, div- of the exchanges throughout and ing twice in the space of a few minutes.. That he was rendered ing full length to turn the ball for a Club's goal bore a charmed life.

Another tricky piece of work Police

force did not, however, less dangerous in the second-half was due to the magnificent de-corner.

by Castilho saw him centre, and McAl- fence and interceptive qualities of Beltrao. This player stood head lister brought off a glorious save from home their advantage until the

Relief came to the Navy first period of extra time. and shoulder above all others and there, were many extremely good

when Leonard was penalised for a foul

Police were slightly the better players on view.

nd more methodical team up to on McAllister.

When play was resumed, the game

interval, but Club broke veered from end to end with Beltrae the

and on two occasions This player through how-ever more prominent. needed drove in a free kick which McAllister scored each time. After the in-

fumbled, but none of the Saints' for-

His coolness, method, and distri- bution of the ball turned the tide in the Saints' favour, and it was a fitting tribute that he should have scored the winning goal, crowning a great afternoons' work.

the

the order of the day with neither team claiming any territorial advantage.

TWO QUICK GOALS

It came as no' surprise, ever, when Jones, who

same

Gosano.

Club fielded a weakened team, but put up an excellent fight. Coles, in goal, had a good match and could not be blamed for the goals scored against him. Club had Keown and Taylor in the de- fence and both performed especially the creditably,

careful watching, being very prom-wards were handy to apply the final erval, Police fought back strong-

with fast and bustling A great drive from this player crash-inent ed in from many yards range and hit raids, placed the Navy in the lead, beat- touch. In a Navy raid, Betts missed a y and drew level, but again the the underside of the bar after being de-ing Marques with a beautiful shot tra- "sitter" when only a few yards out. vital goal eluded them. flected by McAllister.

veiling fast and low just inside of the This was a clear instance of the very Four goals in the first-half, three in upright. Almost immediately after poor finishing on the part of the Navy player forwards. Neither Thorburn nor Betts Beltrao the space of 20 minutes. Two efforts this opening goal, the

measure of Jones, by Jones, Navy centre-forward, scored with another great effort. Turn- were playing well; and with were closely followed by two goals ing on the ball, he slammed a left-foot- having the full

Saints were now definitely on top. The from. Leonard and Gosano, respectively.ed drive well wide of Marques.

FAST PLAY

excitement was intense, and so far the

SAINTS LEAD The Saints were dangerous from the Navy were having slightly the better outset, but the sailors responded with of the play, mainly through the efforts

Mid-way through the second-half an attack on the right, both sides play-of Jones. ing fast and accurate football. Jones The Saints took up the running and Beltrao crowned a capital display with which was a gem of a goal to give the Saints the swept through the centre and a goal were awarded a corner,

Leonards' parting lead. Soon after this both Thorburn seemed certain, but the Saints' defence beautifully placed.

the

ball and Betts missed glorious opportunities was equal to the occasion and the ball header was beaten out but was cleared up the field to Castilho, landed at his feet and he made no mis-of placing the Navy on equal terms.

The end came with the Navy striv- who squared the ball into the Navy take from close range. Following good

but the the ing hard for the equaliser, goal area to completely deceive McAl-work on the left, Alves crossed lister; fortunately Bellis had fallen ball for Gosano to equalise with a high, Saints defence played magnificently to back onto the goal line and prevented a rising shot McAllister being helpless, hold the sailors at bay until the final certain goal.

Both defences were playing strongly whistle. Then Jones again dashed through with Dixon and Beltrao the Saints' defence, this time sending strength in their respective teams. in a hard shot which Marques did well

NAVY HARD PRESSED to clear. Fast and open football was Neat work on the part of Leonard

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Jones, Dixon and Still were outstand. ing for the Navy, whilst Hunt worked hard. The man of the match was un- doubtedly Beltrao, St. Joseph's pivot, who gave a brilliant display, being al- ways cool and methodical in his work. Gosano was the best forward on view and was always a thorn in the Navy defence. Saints' wingers had a good match, their speed and accurate cen- tring always providing a menace to the Navy goal.

NAVY: McAllister; Bellis, Fisher; Honeywill, Dixon, Still; Armstrong, Thorburn, Jones, Hunt, Betts,

ST. JOSEPH'S: Marques; Remedios, Souza; Hussain, Beltrao, Woo; Castil- ho, Gosano, Leonard, Gomes, Alves.

THIRD DIVISION “A”

P.W.D..... 2

Electric.... 1

latter who is better known on the Rugby field.

The half-back trio all worked hard with Skinner, in the centre, the pick of the three. In the forward line, Fowler when in always threatened danger ceive much support, Club made the possession of the ball but did not re- mistake, especially in the second half, of feeding Shaw, on the left-wing, who was definitely out of his class. Bick-

hard but ford was sadly missed. Duddridge, at inside-right, worked very kept too far back, whilst his partner, Pile, did well in the first half, but was starved in the second. E. Strange, on the left, was not as prominent as usual.

WALTZED ROUND CLUB Police were slow to settle down, but when they did get into their stride they simply waltzed round Club, but had an amazing some atrocious luck as

different amount of their shots hit parts of the woodwork with the keeper well beaten.

Aitken, in goal, made some good saves, but appeared shaky on occasions. In defence, Parker and Chan Kong-yue defended stoutly, especially the latter. whose kicking was of a high calibre,

The Police half-back line was perior to the Club's. Brittain, the pi vot, played a splendid game as did Fan Kwai-choi, on his right, but North was the pick on the trio and worked excep- tionally well with Howlett. A

su-

Howlett was outstanding in the for-

A keen and interesting junior game was witnessed at Causeway Bay be tween P.W.D. and Electric, the former winning by the odd goal in three. draw would have been a much fairer reflex of the game, but P.W.D. took ward line and kept Kong Hing well supplied with the ball. Moss in the advantage of two of the very few centre, was very slow and was easily chances offered by the opposing defen- beaten by Taylor. Ferrier had an off ce to score, Electric had only them- day, but his partner, Wong Man-kwai, selves to blame as they missed a pen- showed a rare turn of speed on alty in the first half of the game, wing.

the

and

CLUB'S EARLY LEAD At the outset the P.W.D. were the

Play opened with

some desultory better side and a resourceful move on

real the part of Ho Kar-keung opened exchanges, but during the first their scoring. The Electric took up Club attack, E. Strange received the the running and Lai Sum brought the ball well outside the goal area scores level. At this stage, Electric flashed a beautiful drive into the cor- should have been in the lead, but poor ner of the net to placé Club in front. finishing by their forwards proved Police, crowded on pressure, but were very costly. Electric were awarded aunable to score. penalty, but nothing came of the re- sultant kick.

In the second period P.W.D. again secured the lead when Chan Cheong, their right winger, cut in and placed the ball in the net.

Pressure on the Club goal was even- tually relieved, however, when Dud- a nice over-head dridge performed kick to Fowler, who jumped high into the air and netted a good goal to`place Club two up, against the run of the

POLICE DRAW LEVEL After the interval, Police again pil- the

Outstanding player for P.W.D. was play! Ho Kar-keung, who had to be watched very carefully by the Electric defence. Tang Kwong-wing was the best backed on the-pressure and reduced

netted clean arrears through Ferrier, who on view, playing a sound and

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