1958-10-20 — Page 7

South China

→ THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1958.

5, Army

Week-End Rugger

DULL AS DISHWATER CLUB "A" JUST MANAGE TO

90 Minutes Without A Thrill Or Any Decent Football

By I. M. MACTAVISH

Lau Kin-choung, South China's goalkeeper could have taken his favourite book to the Club Stadium yesterday afternoon and as far as the Army forwards were concorned he could have read it undis- turbed.

FOUR UP FOR SOUTH CHINA-Lee Yuk-tak, the South China centre-forward scoring South China's fourth goal as he beats goalkeeper McNicol with a header

In the closing stages of the game.-China Mail Photo.

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less forward line as the quintet Wong Chi-keung und Mok in the opening thrusts and in the Lee Yuk-tak who wore the white shurts yes-Chun-wah were always cupable fourth minute terday.

into wasted an absolute sitter of of carrying the ball right the Army defence lines and chance after the big pivot hnd with the men

mkklle made an awful hash of things In the managing to turn a few of their right in front of McNlcal, efforts to advantage they really laid the foundation to the side's victory.

In the first half the Soldiers' inäide-left, Cumming, sent a shot a yard wide of the post and that was the only time in the entire ninety minutes that South China came close to losing a goal. The final scoresheet read.. .South China. ... The Army...0. The Triple Champions might easily have doubled their ac-

Johnson LOOKED good in count but I doubt if this shotless, spiritless Army side

possession but It got no further would have scored if they had played on right through than that and this player just is not realising his potential al the hours of darkness.

the moment. Holland-who Kot La knock in his first run down you the side us his replacement was comments From the

the field-worked hard enough might imagine that 5th China a long way short of the class were super side. The fact is needed for this standard of foot-and wns a late victim... albett they

Indescribably i bull. too

| totally unnecessary victim... pour at times but even at that

f a typically thoughtless tackle they were very mach superior

by Lak Tak-imy. to the Army side which Theked leadership..

fight determination. The soldiers gave up far too easily and until some thing can be done in polish top the wing-half positions there is a bean time ahead,

were

The second disappointment in the tine up was the late indis- position of left-back Shop. His knowledge of South China would have been a valuable asset the very shaky Army detence

Jenkinson, Cunming and Co- word

No Great Shakes

But South China

were

no

great shakes although they were much too strong and experienced

and venatile... for the

opposition. fussed

Addled, and

However, let us be quite fair and objective in eritrisen

fur besind the scenes the Army side was in trouble tong befor the kick-off whistle blewe

start the game.

Absence Felt

to

which incidentally gained little or nothing from the intro- duction of Finch in place Driver in the middle line.

Biggest Let-Down

D

and

With refereeing filing so much achieved nothing at all and they were the contributors-ki-chief to

of the public mind it is pleasant Lau Kh-cheung's pleasant Sun-lo report that this match was day afternoon.

Too Spasmodic

What of South China? Ocen- The biggest Tel-down in the sionally, like the Army, they Army side, however, was Wood- ↑ would "produce a bout of attrac- cock. The big red-hended plent ¦ tive football but it was alt too was right out of touch and very spasmodic and apart from the nearly lost a couple of early ecensionat pleading cheer in their During the week, skipper Me- goals by missing the ball com-favourites to turn on the hent Kenzie was admitted to hospital¦pletely, Later on he was more the spectators and there as a result of an injury received | prominent but he was always | were some 10,000 of them... In the game against Caroline struggling and the fact that got precious little for their

il and, although he has not centre-forward Lee Yuk-tak got money, yet struck his best form this three goals and missed twice ag

senson, his absence was sorely

felt in this game. Most of all did the side lick someone of ht strength to hold and move the ball with

real parko Coward who was brought Into

|

many chinees tells its own story, Woodcock is the earnerstone of

He Cheung-yau started badly but improved as the game went on and it was one of his brilliant

this defence... when he is off | efforts that eventually gave the form the side. Is in real trouble, | crowd a veminder of the sort of It must be a long time since football this South China side the Army fielded such a feck- used to play regularly.

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strongly handled by Mr Derby- |shire. Twice The first half he missed offside flags by his lines inen bitt he was always in con- trol and I was therefore a bit surprised that he turned such a

eve to Luc blind

Tak-hay's shocking tackle which lald Hoi- land low during the second half. He seemed to be for too gener-

was

a

well the

In the next Bfteen minutes the only happening of note when Cumming sent placed shot just outside South China poal.

With twenty minutes gone the Champlons went into the lead. It was a scrappy sorl of goul

melee and after clearance the ball rebounded to Lee Yuk-tak who immediately snacked it into the net,

BEAT GREEN HOWARDS

IN FEATURE MATCH

Overpowering the Tanks with their swift moving twisting throes RAF Mainland won in a cantor at Sokong on Saturday by 26 points (one goal, five tries, two penalty goals) to nil in

a fast but scrappy game which showed up the weak defence

of the Tanks.

By

Pak

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On the other side of the har- bour the Navy, playing with fourteen men for most of the first half and thirleen men for most of the second went down to the Palice by 16 points (wo goals, one try, one panalty goal) to 11 polrits (onę goal, two pen- alty goals) while in the main match of the afternoon a very wenk Club "A" by eight points (one goal, one try) to six points by the other threes was weak, (two tries) in a hard fast and and throughout the Tanks pass- at times rother dirty game. The Ing was bad. The referee geta other game between Club "B" {no bricktbats from this column and the RAF Island was post-but his two assistants on the poned until a later date as the touchtines deinitely do, for they

airmen found themselves unable had a very week knowledge of to field's full skle.

what was required of them.

RAF Mainland v.

1st Royal Tanks

Before many minutes had pass- a partialed in this game both sides were reduced in fourteen men due to injuries, but even find the Tanks played with their full comple- ment they would have been no maich for the strong three lue that the airmen felded,

Writing On Wall

The writing was on the wall from the start of the second half when and It was no surprise Ylu Cheuk-yin put his side two up just three minutes after the re-start.

Wong Chi-keung made 1 three in the 62nd minute when

he headed in a short chipped

o to a player whom indiscre-cross from Mok Chun-wah

numerous,

Hony of this ind are far too but the Army defensive cover

ing and the fallure McNicol attack. to Intercept the ball in tight were the real causes of the Army's Inglorious moment.

The game started with n bout of neat combined plny by the Army right flank ond it was a thousand plites that they never managed to reproduce such stuff again later on.

Woodrock sent the shivers down the opines of the Army faithful by missing the ball twice

By Leo Falk and Phil Davis

LOOKS LIKE

A FEW OTHERS HEARD ABOUT

THESE JOB

TOO.

THEY MUSIN'T

GOIN

Lee Yuk-tak scored two Inte before the end, ane after brilliant work by Ho Cheung-yau—yet on each occasion the defence lu general, and MoNicol in particu lar, were very much suspect.

Sheaffer's

At a talk with the referee after the game it was suggested that in future It might be a good idea for each XV to name their touch judges in advance. If these touch judges take their place re- i gularly it would then be possible for the referees to instruct them fully.

Club "A" v. Green

Howards

unsetlied. Nor were the Club forwards much better until in

the closing minute they sudden- ly rallied and Williams aposted His record by getting an ordin- ary but necessary try,

The game towards the end became a little dirty and rough and a stronger hand by the re- been appre-

foren would have clated,

Navy v. Police

The Police were lucky in this game for had it not been for in- juries to Navy players they would not have had the gaps in the Navy defence to go through, but such is the luck of the game, and when the Navy lost Hunter half way through the Brst half their fate was scaled.

For the Police Rach had 1 grand game but did not feed his threes and insisted on going blind from every scrum so that as often as not the sailors were waiting for him, but in the end the Nivy found the strain of watching every gap too much and though they tried is only the Navy enn try, to hold the Pelice they jam could not do it. For the Navy Williams kicked throughout so well that he made a big difference to the Navy

The RAF pack took a little while to settle down but once they did they were always in The Club "A" took the field | wore, but the Palice have found contrul of the forward, play, with a weaker side than thal | in Roberts a kicker to replace though they took some chances originally published, and the Johnston who has falled, to find in the lineouts where they con- strong heavy and forceful Green his touch so far this senson, tinually palled the ball back, Howard pack using bustling tee- The Police threes tackled poor- and had the Tonks been quicker ties proved too strong for thely, while the Navy dki just the they could have Club, and though the ineouts opposite, which was just as well. of the mark seriously hampered the airmen's and seruins were shared the The packs were very equal and Club scrum-half had a hard time shared the lineouts and serums. of it, for as soon as Bennet got the toll the Green Howarda pack were on top of him. De- spite this he still managed to give cut a very good service, and O'Kelly, feeding his centres with perfectly judged short grubber kicks upset the Green ciently for the Club to gain en- Howards perfectly defence sum-

other victory.

The two RAF halves were excellent, while Martin was in a class of his own In the centre of the threes, and was exceed- ingly well backed up Coombes and Brackenbury, The Tanks big error was to tackle around the neck, with the re- sult that it took two men to sto one airman, Icaving a gap which Martin was all too quick to ex- ploit.

For the Tanks the start when they were getting a share of the ball Bede-Cox hud some goods runs but the backing up

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Madrid, Oct. 19. Peter Allisa, of Britain, Won the Spanish Open Golf chom pionship here today with u 72- boles otal of 250.

The Club threes were the better generally, though towards British golfers Alled the first the end they showed their weak-three places, John Ponton being ness on one wing and for second with 278 and Bernard while even MacTavish

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