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WEEK-END LATEST

FOOTBALL FIXTURES

FOOTBALL FIXTURES

Following is this week-end's Football programme.

Saturday

FIRST DIVISION Kowloon

V Eastern (Kowloon, 4.00 p.m.) South China. V Middlesex (Caroline Hill, 4:00 p.m.) Police

V St. Joseph's (Boundary-Street, 4.00 p.m.) Kowloon

SECOND DIVISION

30th R.A. South China

(Kowloon, 2.30 p.m.)

Service Corps v

V Ordnance (Caroline Hill, 2.30 p.m.)

Navy (Military, 2.30. p.m.)

V

V Kit Chee (St. Joseph's, 4.00 p.m.)

not let his enthusiastic leadership end in erratic shooting at goal. The supreme test of his foot-craft is the moment when he is in a scor ing position, his team's success de-

have I seen centre-forwards with-

and keeping ac-i

How often Club in scoring range kick wildly in Sing Tao inovément.

excitement, teen thrown away by a centre-skying the ball over the cross-bar up the field and in so doing bethe ground. Of course, if at an forward who will position too far to the consternation of their team. Make a point of shooting along come the easy ploited "off-side rule."

prey of an ex-

This lack awkward angle it may not be pos- of control is very disheartening to

sible to do this, but at reasonable the wing men who have man usually score if correctly placed. the team as a whole, especially to range, and unhampered by the de-

fence, a hard oeuvred

ground shot will an opening for him break through, and which is spoilt by faulty positioning.

to

member he is expected to be the A centre-forward has also to re- leader of the attack and the get- the crowd, expect him to win the ter of goals. Both his team, and same, and this mental attitude to- wards him calls

(This in the last of four articles which have appeared. in "The China Mail).

NO SOFT JOB Ruth Whitmore,

for rnore con- softball

wife of commissioner, was

V Middlesex (St. Joseph's, 2.30 pm.)

Signals Engineers

THIRD DIVISION

V International (Military, 4.00 p.m.)

20th R.A. 24th RA.

(Boundary Street, 2.30 p.m.)

V 36th R.A. 35th R.A.

(Chatham Road, 2,30 p.m.)

12th R.A. (Stanley, 2.30 p.m.)

V

V

Sunday

FIRST DIVISION

Kwong Wah

Navy

v R. Scots

(Boundary Street, 4.00 p.m.)

V Sing Tao (Causeway Bay, 4.80 p.m.) the

SECOND DIVISION the Kwong Wah V Engineers the (Boundary Street, 2,30 p.m.)

V Police (Sookunpoo, 4.00 p.m.)

fidence and self-control on his part only woman scorekeeper in than from anyone else in the team. national softball championships at R. Scots

Finally a centre-forward must 'Detroit, U.S.A., recently.

1941

THE PLEASURE OF YOUR

As there will be no In- terport with Shanghai this year, the League Management Committee of the Hong Kong Foot- pall Association met last night and arranged the programme for the va- cant dates reserved for the Interport.

Following is the Chinese, Holi- day programme:—

January 22:--Kotewall Charity Cup Competition.

January 25 and 26:-Postponed League games.

January 27 Chinese New Year:- Semi-finals of the Lai Wah Cup Competition.

January 28--Kotewall Charity Cup Competition.

SMALL BOYS' SOCCER

The

presentation, by Mr. D. P. Lai, of trophies of the Kowloon Inter-School Small Boys' Miniature Soccer League took place at the McPherson play- ground. Homuntin, yesterday.

7th R.A.

THIRD DIVISION

V Shell (Causeway Bay, 2.30 p.m.} A.S.A.

ν Air Force (Sookunpoo, 230 pan.)

1941

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