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Saturday was the Hongkong Football Club's joy day, for not only did they score their first goal in the League contests. but also had the satisfaction af thus registering their initial success, annexing a brace of the much-sought after "pointy." Upon the result of the exhibition depended more or less, the award of the weedon spoon," and by thus disposing of the Tamor the Chib, should now be able to confer the uncoveted honour apon their opponents. Is it too much to hope, now that the
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It ing could be brought against none. was good to see the inside forwards always well up, ready to accept the centres of their, wing men. The pivot, P. Wilkie, showed a good example in this respect, and he did not shrink from bund- Jin in at times. His two goals were the rightful of No. 4, DES VEUX well merited, and were
Croucher, who oune in at outside right, did his share in the attack, and his centres from the touch-line frequently embarrassed the sailors' defenders. Viveash, who con- sented to turn out at the cleventh hour, aleo displayed a capacity for dribbling, which seems almost a lost art to Hong-
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and tackled surely, Hamilton being parti, cularly in the picture. Impassive and, unpassable, not only did he prove a bar to the Pars' forwards, but occasionally he made his presence felt among the opposing intermediate line, and I copied bim at one time on, the verge of the other site's penalty area! The home half-
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those who know the players concerned. won for himself, at a comparetively early Bath. Both are really good footballers and are age, is illustrated by the fact that he was recognised as being among the most scru appointed last year by the Board of Trade pulous players in the Colony, Kelly to be a member of the Load Line Com being certainly one of the cleanest for mitier which is now sitting to consider wards I have seen play. I am convinced the existing Freeboard Tables, and was that if they did transgress in such en-selected as Chairman of a Sub-Committee sure as to merit marching orders, they did to prepare draft rules for submission to so only under the greatest provocation, the International Conference to be held Professor Abell's duties in this I understand that a nice point is likely later on.
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