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(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] SPORT AND ANECDOTE.

BY AN OLD, FOGEY.

THE ART OF GOAL-GETTING,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PREFS TUESDAY, JANUARY 6TH | 1903

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AN OXFORD AUTHENTICS IN INDIA.

it in the course. He entered raors of this de¡ so guneys my in the football of to-day, for I am so.iption in Wales," and also entered gul one of those who like to see a goodly crop of kicking competitions-the bull having to be goals. I go to a match to see guals recorded sent through a space about the size of

and so I say, "Hats off, gentlemen," to Astva cupboard door from a distance of sýmany yards. Villa, who last Saturday thrashed Newcastle This, of course, it just what was required, and United by 70. This is the highest scors of the I have often thought that young professionals season in a class game, and quite reminds ons of It is quite common to take up a newspaper who want to improve their play, and trainers the days I have been recalling. Bat is it not and find the football reporter who treats of the who are various to improve their team, should curicts that such a distinction should be won by Association game lamenting the all-important work on this system. Burely it is calculated to the Aston Villa men, whom we wore frightoned ut Current Rains.

fact that gosis were scarce is the League match | giro a man skill and confidenes, for after all to think of falling into the second section of WM. MEYERINK & 00.

that he attended. The seribs aforesaid assures it is impossible to play football at all without Leaguers and against au eleven whom most [142 Hongkong, 22nd July, 1902.

the public that the Hangers, the Rovers, or the

a belief in one's ozu abilities. The amateur for people regarded as champions in poses during OFFICE DHENIX FIRE

Wanderers could porform all kinds of miracles wards of the day are to my mind when at all the first two or three weeks in September? I good, much better players than professionals, foram delighted to find the Villa. re-establishing prepared to

in the middlp of th playing arūs but kiok a of INSURANCE goal. Surely my experience is shared by nume they go straight for goal without waste of time, themselvon and showing that they are not going rous other folk, who will also have noticed that they show more of the triumph of mind over the way of poor old Preston North Eud. I DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Agents for the Phænis Firs Office, the Rova's were quite the equsi of the Range matter in the manipulation of the big ball, and think I suggested to you bef we that the Villa 28 except in shooting at goal, where the Rovers are often better shots This is because their had resources, and that when their half-back Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.

line was restored to strength and form they CIUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON were so much the superior side that they were individuality has not been killed by trying t

the victors by the convincing score of one goal minke me all alike as peas in a pod. The would rise from their lowly position. The Villa to ave. I assure zay Association friends that modera professional terward is seldom capable will finish in a highly respectible position, and 1 am in no wise exaggerating. Aby student of shooting on a rau fer goal, of volleying a ball will get show that they are not quite the com. of the game must be struck by the fact that as instanter from a contre into the matted space. monest clay oven among the derided footballers. arate scores are small in the days, and IIt is too much the fashion to trap the ball be

Not only did the old Oxonian cricketers who solemnly declare that I heard a man say the fore playing it; that is to say, the forward tupa other day that goal getting was alast art, and it down the sole of his boot until it is stationary, are touring in India lose to the Persideuoy of that wo know as mucikabout the sciencɔ of reor until it is dead, and then he lets fly if, in the Bombay, but they have since been defeated by th

Parsons of that great community. The render ing as we did of the secret of the Cremonese meantime, he is not hustled, bored, or robbed. varnish for violins, and of the production of This trapping of the ball means loss of time, need not be alarmed, for I have no intention“ that luscious deep-blus tase which is the spells dalliance, and produces hesitation. At of covering the grouad which has been traversed point out that, while Captain Greig scored 204 nau was foud of exiggeration, but I can goal wants to take the ball on the more, and as the Scotsman say, drive it home. We do not

in the first match. Kang, also hit over 100 in positively affirm that a friend who is asso

the second match. The cablezrams have bozu ciated with one of the olde t and most honoured require one goals calarging, but we want to

very mengre, but I fancy this is the goutlepas clubs in the League, has asked me what I think develop the individualism of our forwards to a

greater extent than now and combing' personal whe visited England years ago, when we all of the proposal to enlarge the goal itself so as to avoid so many drawo games, and so as to ability with possing power, while within easy found him to be punishing and free bataman. help forwards in their shooting. But I am one range of goal we require instantaneous shoot and probably the bust tilder in the Parico team of those conservative sportsmen who objest to ing, taking the ball as it rolls with the instep of 1888. Indeed, Mr. Pestonjoe Ranga was the tinkering with the implements of our pastimes-of-the-foot, and not with the toe, which presants bearded captain of the combination which came and who do not look with favour upon these such a small degree of surface to this leather in that year. A native of Bombay, he will be nd has been a pas- potty schemes which would do no good, II the that accuracy of aim becomes increasingly

now about 43 years of mouth of the goal was widened there would be diflcult. I foul sare that if my idoes ate

sjonste cricketer from his youth, Ha ased to just this-saran possibility of drawn games, which elopter we shall hour less of the cry that goal-puzzling left-banded howlor, for bis de are not so hurtful to football as a sport as getting is a lost art. they are to cricket. At the summer recreation of the nation a drawn match is a nuisance, inasmuch as all effort, time, and money have been wasted; but at football na indecisive issue conclusively proves that the teams are on a fair measure of equality, and at least on this par- ticular day were on all fours for ninety minutes, [ORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-1 forwards cauuot shoot a big ball about NILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1901, £15,722,693,

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livery was curious, and his fores considerable. There are several Kangas, and they have all In days of long ago we used to hear of Preston played oricket, but above all they have mostly North End scoring in wholesale fashion: In best self-taught. I do not think we neel 1883-84 they put on the books 171 goals against bemoan the fact that, the English team is 50, but how far is even this compared with their losing matches. Lair reverses will not do record of 18:5-86, when in 64 matches they hal England any haro, bat they will gratify the the ecloesal cheek to notch 318 goals as against Parsees and sluniate the native playors of all 50, nu average of over 5 to 1. I have a vivid castes. This, I take it, is one of the objecte of the tour. I like to see the Indians win, for 27 inches in circumference through a spara recollection of Preston obtaining 14 to 9 against eight yards wide and sight fant high, then Notts, 12 to 1 against Bolton Wanderers, and these successos must be a soures of great Il to 1 against Aston Villa, not to emphasise pleasure. I have no doubt that the Porseus they ought not to play football.. I do not think the art of goal-getting is as assinously their well-known. bag of 26 to 0 against Hyde conducted themselves like good sportsmen when I remember a book concerni g I. AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 0 0

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687,500 tighter scoring. It is true that teams are more Prestes were in a class by themselves and have cricket as played in India, and the native PAID-UP CAPITAL.

2,695,648 5 2 on an equality then ever they were, but in my never been approached for either deadlines of author in quaint English observed: 'Bobave The Undersigned, having been appointed pinion we so fower goals, especially fewer attack or soundness of defence, let us come to liks gentlemen after the game is over. Avoid AGENTS for the above Company, are prethrilling goals in our League and Cap-tie strug more modern days, In 1891-92, when Sunderclapping and ughing in the face of the Lanune champions, they persoas you larg defeated. If you have any pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIR agles, because the modern forward is generally and were th

a degenerate. There has been so much nonsense chalked up 217 goals against 67 in the book to be signed by the captain of the Current Rates.

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Quest's Park 8-1. Now last Saturday Sunder teaching of cricket among our follow-ab- these days loses all his individuality in nine cases out of tea. If he has say genius for foot-land and the Albiou could not shoot a goal in jeols of alien race, ball in his toes, be must not show it, else he will their League mateli. Just compare this with be accused of geltishnass, of hugging the ball, the meetings of the train a few years ago, fer and the spectator will take particularly good in October, 1892, Sunderland trampled eu the care to shout at the poor fellow until he is Throstles" by 8-1, and again in Jeauary, imbued with the ides that az soon 28 he gets 1896, by 7-1. It is when I think of these things- possession his sole duty is to part with the ball that I cannot help lamenting the impotanen as a " to somebody else. What is the result? There general rule of the up-to-date passing maching is too much so-called passing, too much pushing which is know as a professional forward. If the ball this way, that way, and the other way, we look down the merit table of the First Divi- too little individas! character thrown into the ion of the League we shall see that only West

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tho. Trostles" had done what sional forwards as a body try to play as if they Park,

either division of the were all cast in one mould, and in my opinion the other team in amateur in the attacking departasia often League had accomplished they had scored fessional forward is as a rule not overburdened bad secured one goal, six times two goils, once with brains, and the passing system is so drilled threa goals, once fire goals, and once six goals. into him that he thinks it his duty to do nothing and the facility of the Albion in goal-gutting Hongkong, 10th Novembw, 1872.

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