THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1999.
Fine Start To International Hockey Tournament
Scotland Fight Dourly But England Too Good
PORTUGAL BEAT IRELAND IN
FAST SEMI-FINAL
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The local International Hockey Tournament started off in fine style yesterday with three mat- ches, all of which proved fast and interesting.
Ireland and Portugal, who were both conceded walk-overs, by Wales and The Continent, respec- tively, decided not to waste any further time and went ahead with their semi-final game which the latter won by the odd goal in three.
China, although they tried hard, were no match for India, who are generally expected to win the Tournament, and went down by 5 goals to 1 after a half-time score of 1-0.
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Finest game of the afternoon was the furious tussle the C.B.A. ground between Scots and Sassenachs.
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time and again. His stickwork was extraordinarily sound bumpy ground, and his clearances were firm and thoughtful.
It was in attack that Scotland foll
England, on the afternoon's per- formance, were much the better team, both individually and as a team, but the dour Scots fighting spirit was much in evidence and when they equalised a bare five min- utes from time, it appeared any odda on the match having to be replay-wing, definitely struck an off day.
down. The forward-line consisted of five individuals who were never able to get together.
ed-it was then much too dark to think of extra time.
However, that gallant last-minute effort proved in vain. England's for- wards went right down from the bully- of and Sydney Fowler netted the most spectacular goal of the match from a difficult angle to once more place Eng- land in a lead they held until the whistle went a few seconds later.
Chief features of the game were the fine displays of the Scots' defence, the dashing methods of England's forwards, and the brilliant performances of the two centro-halves. ~ Lt. Hook, for Eng- land, and D. McLellan, for Scotland.
Fine Display
McLellan, was an indefatiguable worker and was always in the thick of the battle. It was he who instituted most of the attacking moves and he it was who scored Scotland's, first goal -point that gave his side much- needed incentive when they were two goals to the. bad,
He was ably supported by his two halves, Norman Whitley and youthful Kempton, and it was not through their efforts that the result was not reversed.
In the full-back division, Pte. Neave gave an inspired display. In the first half when England were on the attack all the time, Neave, relieved pressure
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Austen, worked very hard indeed, as did Degnam but both Mackenzie Kennedy and Douglass, the right-wing combination, appeared to be out of
on the left practice, while Meikle,
Rob, in goal, deputising for Howlett who failed to make an appearance, showed rather bad judgment in letting through the first goal but thereafter acquitted himself with credit.. But for his efforts the score might well have been greater,
No Flaws
There were no flaws detectable in the England team. Hook kept them together admirably. His stickwork was quite remarkable and his sound distribution and powerful clearances speedily nipped in the bud any of the rare movements the Scots forwards did manage to institute.
On his flanks, both Dilmot and E. Fowler gave him every assistance, while the forward-line combined in a manner which bespoke constant prac tice together rather than an isolated try-out.
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Sydney Fowler, on the right-wing was a constant menace to the opposing defence, as were Gemmel, George Fow ler and Marshall, Dunn, on the left- wing was not quite as convincing as the others.
Bond and Carter, at full-back, were not called upon a great deal, having only to deal with spasmodic Scota raids, but they were eminently sound. Osman had a sorry time of it. Не was hit in the face in the first half
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HOCKEY
·TOURNEY
RESULTS
FIRST ROUND
England India
Portugal:
4 Scotland 5 China SEMI-FINAL.
2. Ireland
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YACHTING
True Blue's Victory
The Sweepstake Race of the Royal Hong Kong Yatch Club over a dis- tance of 6.8 miles was held yester- day and resulted in True Blue, sailed by Mrs. H. Crawhall-Wilson winning, and beating La Linda, with Mrs. M. I. Johnstone, by nearly a and was struck in the chest by a drive minute. which went into goal, in the second. The following are the detailed
Goals were scored by Marshall, Gem-results:- mel and Sydney Fowler (2) for Eng-
Yacht land, and McLellan, Douglass and
Corrected Post. Degnam for Scotland, and England led
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by the odd goal in three at the inter- True Blue val.
Incidently, Sydney Fowler was in-
directly responsible for both England's La Linda first goals, which were converted from
his centres.
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England:-Pte. Osman (R.A.O.C.); | Nereid II V. C. Bond (Club) and L/Bdr. Carter (R.A.); Bdr. Dilnot (R.A.), Lieut. Hook (R.A.) (Captain) and E. Fowler Jean (C.B.A.); S. A. Fowler (Club), E. R. A. Gemmel (R. Navy), G. H. Fowler (Club), Bdr. Marshall (R.A.) and L/Cpl. Dunne (Middlesex).
Scotland: Pte. Robb (R. Scots); D. Taylor (Y.M.C.A.), and Pte. Neave (R. Scots); J. Kempton (Y.M.C.A.), D. Mc- Lellan (Y.M.CA) and N. Whitley
Capt. (Club);
Mackenzie Kennedy (Royal Scots), Lt. J. A. H. Douglass (Royal Scots), Drum Major Degnan (R. Scots), A. F. Austen (Y.M.C.A.) and Pte. Meikle (R. Scots).
PORTUGAL ▾ IRELAND
In their semi-final game played on the "Y" ground yesterday, Portugal emerged the victors by the narrow margin of one goal when they beat Ireland 2-1 in a fast game. Playing furiously, both teams were held scoreless. at half-time by the res- pective defences.
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Opening the second half with a furi- ous attack, the Portugal team minutes, N. A. Beltrao of the Portu- met by stubborn resistance. After 15
guese team, scored on the second at- tempt. His first shot was stopped by the goalkeeper, Dove, who slipped and fell. Beltrão, pouncing on the ball, pushed it into the net.
Five minutes later, Portugal again scored, this time through J. M. Pinto, the centre forward, who netted with a powerful drive.
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SAPPERS BEAT AIR FORCE
Royal Engineers beat Royal Air Force in an interesting game at Soo- kunpoo on Tuesday by 24 runs. Engineers-123 (Spr. Shaw 18, Q. M.
S. Goodger 15, Spr. Ratcliffe 26, Cpl. Denyer 35; P/O New 4 for .27).
R.A.F.99 (Paling 22, Lillie 17, Haw- kins 15; Cork 3 for 21, Denyer 2 for 19, Shaw 2 for 5, Goodger 2 for 12).
CHINA'S SOCCER TEAM
The following have been chosen to the Final of the Sunday Herald Inter- represent China against Portugal in national Charity Cup Competition at Sookunpoo, on Sunday April 18 at 4
p.m.
Tam Kwan-kon; Lee- Ting-sang and Hau Yang-sang; Kwok Ying-kee, Leung Wing-chiu and Lea Kwok-wai; Tang Kwong-sum, Fung King-cheong, Lee Wal-tong, Lai Shui-wing, and Hau Ching-to,
Ireland trying hard, and showing Reserves: Chung Fal-lum, Leung superior stick-work and combination, Pak-wai, Yeung Tse-cheong, Lau Chi- worked hard for the equaliser, but Por-chan, Cheuk Shek-kam and Yeung Shui- tugal's defence frustrated all scoring yick, efforts.
Not to be denied, however, Ireland finally did manage to get through the Portugal backs, and after a fine com- bined movement, scored through Daw- son, their centre forward, within the last 40 seconds of play.
The game which did not start at the scheduled time, was umpired by R. J. Reed and H. Gubbay, two players from a neighbouring club, who kindly con- sented to officiate, owing to the absence of the two official umpires.
Ireland: Dove; Painting and Gorman; Crowley, Land and Courtney: Blount, C. Wall, Dawson, Sheehan and Holland, -Portugal: E. V. Alves; R. Xavier and Dr. E. L. Gosano; R. A. Marques, J. B, Gonsalves and A. M. Alves; J. Fonseca, Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, J. M. Pinto, N. A. Beltrao and A. P. Souza.
INDIA CHINA
India beat China by 5 goals to At the end of the first half, the score was 1-0 in favour of India,
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tonished China goalie in the last five minutes of play in the first period.
In the second half, India really started to play, scoring goal after goal.
China, trying hard, succeeded in scor- ing, when K. S. Oh managed to snap a shot past India's goalie who was so startled by the sudden about face of the China team that he did not make much of an effort to stop the ball.--
The goalscorers in the second half were, Duda Ram,-Pyara Singh, Liéut. Pritam Nath and Partaub Singh, who scored the last goal a few minutes be-' fore the end of the game,
* China: K. L. Ng; K. E. Tam and J. Taul; W. H. Liew, 0. H; Tooh and F. Lim; L. H. Tam, O. 8. Locke, E. S. Oh, L. H. Chiang and P. 8. Bun.
India: San Gupta Gasan Singh and Datta Ram: Duda Ram, Hassan and Malik,
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD. Lieut. Pritam Nath scoring a smash-ik; Shah Well, Ryare: Singh, Ident
ing goal that flashed past the as
Pritam Nath, Nermin Singh and Par taub Singh.
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