1940-02-05 — Page 17

KWONG WAH SOUTH CHINA "B" WELL

BEATEN BY EASTERN

LOSE PIVOT

AND TWO POINTS

(By "SPORTSHAWK")

Displaying better tactics, Police yesterday defeated Kwong Wah by 4 goals to 2 at Boundary Street in their -First Division football League match, after loading at the interval by 2-1.

Both sides were at full strength and Police made only one positional change, bringing Wong

from right-wing to

Man-kwai

centre-for-

FORWARDS GOOD

IN APPROACH BUT BADLY LACK FINISH

(By “REFEREE”)

Whatever hopes South China "B" had of being run:

ward instead of Johnston, who took ners-up in the First Division of the Football League were

over the former's position.

INTERPORT

·DATE MAY

BE CHANGED Doubt exists whether the Soc. cer Interport against Salgon will be played on Chinese New Year's Day owing to the fact the Bal- gon team left later than anticl- pated.

This change was very much to the sadly shattered when they were beaten by 4 goals to 1 by BADMINTON

good.

Gough was slow in the pivotal posi-|

Eastern, one of the strongest contenders for the title, on the Club ground yesterday.

tion and inclined to be uncertain and

Eastern did not deserve to win by hesitant. North and Rose held their such a margin, as South China, for the own well, the former especially giving greater part of the second half, did a fine display.

most of the pressing and yet were Outstanding player for Police, how-unable to score due to faulty shoot- ever, was Blackburn, whose tackling ing and the splendid display of Lau was very impressive, while MacHardy Hin-hon in goal. saved several good shots.

The first half was evenly contested | For Kwong Wah, Wong King-chung, and the teams crossed over sharing Chin Chi-fun and Lau Fook-chuen two goals, but a perfect centre by displayed good football, especially the Cheung Yung-sum early in the second first named, whose speed on the left-period proved the turning point when wing was very much evidence. Ng Kee-cheung headed in to give Their intermediate line was best ser- Eastern the lead. ved by Yeung Tse-tsong, pivot, who both stopped and distributed well, while in defence Lee Kwok-wai was the only impressive player.

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POLICE BOON TWO UP After a good movement Howlett drew first blood for Pollee, and shortly after Wong Man-kwai registered second goal. In the last few minutes before the interval, however, Kwong Wah reduced their arrears through Wong King-chung.

Three minutes after the interval # free Kwong Wah were awarded kick from which Lau Fook-chuen .equalised.

Thereafter Eastern increased their pressure and were awarded a penalty, After that from which they scored. South China played better, the for- wards doing well in attuck, only to lack finish.

some-

FORWARDS HANDICAPPED Cheung Wing-chol, though what at fault with the second goal, brought off several good saves in the latter period. Hau Yung-sung, was China the better of two South

and backs

cleared well, but the intermediate linc were poor in in their tackling and worse their feeding. The forwards did not In the last 20 minutes Yeung Tse-receive the best of passes and in con- teong, Kwong Wah pivot, injured his right leg and had to leave the field. Police thereupon crammed on pressure and netted two further goals, both through WongTM Man-kwal, who was on both occasion well supported by Terrier and Kong Hing.

sequence were not as effective as they otherwise would have been.

not able to score and Hau Ching-to added to Eastern's score in the closing minutes when he broke through the defence and netted.

WALK-OVER

TO 'VARSITY

South China "B"-Cheung Wing- choi; Hau Yung-sang and Yuen-she;

Owing to the difficulty of raising a Yeung Kan-po, Lam Tak-po and Luk Tat-hung; Chung Kee-shing, Tam team, as several of their players have Chan-kuen, Chan Tak-fai, Kwok left the Colony for the Chinese New Ying-kee and Lee Shek-yau.

Year holidays, Chung Wah has given Eastern:-Lau Hin-hón; Kong Seng- king and Tsang Chung-wan; Lau Tse-a walk over to the University "A" in chun, Hsu King-sing and Lo Wai- "A" Division of the Badminton League kuen; Chung Yung-sum, Cheung Kam-

This game was to have been played hoi, Lee Tak-kee, Ng Ke-cheung,

this evening. and Hau Ching-to.

SATURDAY'S SPORT IN

RETROSPECT

NAVY gave a much better perform- Lai Shul-wing seems to have fal- ance than anticipated in their len off recently and he missed many Shield game against South China "A", chances of scoring, while his passing holders, and were only beaten by 4 was bad. He, however, scored a good

goal from outside the penalty area. goals to 2.

It is gratifying to see Thorburn in eve of the such good form on the Interport. He netted both the Navy's with good FOOTBALL goals

It is true

efforts.

that he did not do much to help his forwards but he played a good game for all that.

Navy were without the services of

Bearne, Navy left-winger, was pro- minent in attack, but Goodwin, on the right, missed many chances and had he taken the opportunities offer- ed Navy might have drawn this game.

Lam Tak-po, in the pivotal position, was a greater stopper, but he was in- clined to clear with high kicks in

Assisted by several First Division stead of keeping the ball along the

players owing to camp, Club juniors ground for his forwards. Chan Tak- On the whole, Police undoubtedly fai and Kwong Ying-keo

were the

shared the points with Kitchee in a played a better game than Kwong Wah | pick of the losers' attack and were the Hendy and Roughly, their backs, but game that was marred by two players only dangerous forwards. Chan Tak- the reserves, Styles and O'Regan, who being sent off. Dobbs, a newcomer fal did not receive the through passes was brought in for the forward line, to Club, Skinner and Eardley played he so much desired and found Hsu did well and kept the Chinese for well for Club, Kin-seng a stiff hurdle. Kwok, his wards out. inside-right, worked hard but had little winger. Lee combination with his Shek-Yau indulged in too much fancy KWONG WAH-Wong Wak-gay: Lo Shu-work to be effective and throughout kar and Lee Kwok-wal: Chung Failam. Young Tse-isong and Tse Kam-hung: Tim the afternoon sent over only one good Yung-fat, Lau Fook-chuen, Chin Chi-fun, Chow Man-chi and Wong King-chung.

in the first period, but the latter im- proved considerably on the resumption and if Yeung had not been injured a different story might have been told.

POLICE MacHardy: Blackburn and Chan Kon-yue; North, Gough and Ross; Johnston, Howlett, Wong Man-kwai, Ferrier and Kong

Hing.

Playing in a friendly soccer match yes- terday. Royal Air Force beat Royal Scots by four goals to nil. Hjthlam (3) and

- Cuthbard were the scorers.

centre. He was too well watched by Lau Tse-chun to be dangerous.

CHAN SETTLES DOWN LATE Chan Lam-sing was nowhere in the picture in the first half but in the second period did better and sent across several fine centres. He, how-

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For Eastern, Lee Tak-kee in the centre-forward position was not of much use to his team. He displayed poor ball control and his passing to the other forwards left much to be desired. Ng Kee-sheung was more have used prominent, but he could

Hau Ching-to to better advantage as this winger was far the more

gerous.

Lau Hin-hon was the the Eastern defenders.

dan-

best of He gave

one of his best displays in goal and

in the second perlod, when pepper- ed with shots from all angles, kept his charge intact and came through with colours flying.

EARLY EASTERN' LEAD Eastern took the lead in the first half when the ball hit the upright and was held by Cheung. The referee awarded the goal in spite of the lines- men's signals.

South China were not in arrears long for in a pretty combined move- ment Chan Tak-fal netted with a good effort. -

In the second period Ng Kea"oheung headed in from a perfect corner by

Yung-shum, Chung

and shortly after Cheung Kam-hol increased the lead from a penalty. South China pressing after that but were

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