1933-04-10 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933.

SWOBS' FOOTER FUNERAL WITH MILITARY HONOURS

Senior

Shield

SOUTH CHINA ALL OVER

BORDERERS

GAME. RUINED BY BAD TEMPERS AND TOOT MUCH WHISTLE IF ever there was an example of the triumph of skill and science over impulsive, intimidat- ing and methodless football it was seen at the Club ground on Saturday when South China, potential champions of the local league regained the Senior Shield last won in 1931 by defeating! the South Wales Bordeners, aspirants for the coveted double by three goals to one.

It was one of the most clear-cut | and indisputable results

possible.

The Chinese were easily two goals better than the defenders of the trophy, and but for the masterly de- fence of Williams, Mullane and Morrison, would have assuredly add- ed another three goals to their tally.

South China laid the foundation of their victory by adopting the inila- Live, taking the early sting out of the soldiers' attack, and obtaining a grip on the game which remaind un- relaxed for the whole 90 minutes. „

FRAYED TEMPERS.

As a spectacle, the match fell very much short of the junior tie which preceded it. There was far too much display

of temper

on both sides and the incessant demand for the whistic, the constant cautioning of players far questionable tactics, and the cul-

inating episode of Tam Kong-pak | robbed the game of the pleasant. features of football and left a dis- agreeable taste in the mouth.

Both sides were equally to bame, and if anything the Borderers got away with more than the Chinese The methods employed were entire ly without justication and con- tributed only in lowering the stand- ard of football.

The first half produced the best ulay. It saw the Borderers des perately trying to overcome a ner vousness which affected practically the whole team, and South China, making the utmost of the somewhat unexpected opportusity and gaining an ascendancy which they, together with everybody else know, would, once acquired, be never lost.

HEADS-Eager South China for- wards engage the Borderers defen deri în à hòading contest around the soldiers' goal during the Shield final on Saturday. (Photo: Ming

Yuen).

SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS OF THE SHIELD FINALS

DRAMATIC LAST MINUTE PENALTY GIVES NAVY JUNIOR TROPHY: TAM KONG PAK SENT OFF THE FIELD

BOTH MATCHES SPECIALLY DESCRIBED BY "VERITAS" SOUTH China and the Navy gave decidedly negative replies to the "Telegraph" question on Friday “Can the Borderers Pull Off the Shield Double?" A dramatic penalty in the last minute brought to an end a breathless, palpitating struggle for posses- sion of the Junior trophy and left the Navy worthy winners by the odd goal in three, whilst the sensational dismissal of Tam Kong-pak (his second marching orders of Wong Mea-ahun the season) in the closing stages of the bitterly contested senior tie between the Borderers and South China contributed but one incident to three hours of real top speed cup-tie football,

Muliano.

SOUTH China's success was most decisive. Holding the complete measure of a depleted Borderers side from the kick-off, they gradually strengthened their grip as the game progressed and finished in dazzling style. The Border- ers adopted vigorous tactics from the very start, which the Chinese countered with the more subtle methods of unfair use of elbows and feet tapping. The bitter feeling which smouldered for over an hour leapt into a flame when Harris and Tam Kong-pak came to blows. The crowd were amazed to see Tam given marching orders, for it appeared that Harris was the aggressor. THE junior tie was spectacular and one of the finest shield finals seen for many a day in Hongkong. Opportunities galore were missed by both sets of forwards, the Borderers throwing the game away because of glaring errors in front of goal. The Navy had to receive two penalties in the last five minutes be fore they could clinch the issue, but their superiority in the second half entitled them to the victory.

CHECKMATE FOR

whilst Wong Mee-slun, although carefully shadowed by Morrison, found many opportunities of setting his colleagues in motion, and crowned WELL BEATEN BY a useful afternoon's work with a spectacular goal from 40 yards range.

line

THE REST

·Beyond the defence, and Under- wood and W. Harris, in the half back;

the Borderers failed to impress. making allowance for the absence of Johnson and Davies who INFERIOR HOCKEY BY

China.

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ATTACK v. DEFENCE.

Whilst

And thus it proved. After the

sailed by the Lancashire last week, the first quarter of an hour it was .con- entire absence of team work canie as Blant struggle between the Chinese surprise, especially in view of the attack and the Borderers defence, | soldiers' exploitation of this quality. with the latter's vanguard almost in their league victory over South completely out of the picture.

The brilliant work of

of Williams, deputising for Johnson in goal, together with the tireless in hours of Mullane, Morrison anul Underwood not only kept the Chinese at bay for much longer periods than the ex- changes indicated, but they helped to illuminate intervals of drab, colour- *less football,

South China's team work, which has, now come to be regarded as u model for local duba was a very decifed factor in the run of the gams, and it contrasted vividly with the less cohesive and more individualistic style of the Border

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Thus the Chinese attacks were al ways dangerous and more difficult to counter than those of their opposites. They were planned and executed

Jones started as though he, even if the rest of the forward ·ilne collapsed, was going to give the display of his life. He headed a wonderful equalising goal in the first ten minutes, and then pelered; nut.

HARRIS STARVED.

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H.K. LADIES

CAER CLARK CUP ENDS

By "Bully-06".

Junior

NO WANCHEE GOALS!

NAVY & BORDERERS REFUSE THEM AS GIFTS

Shield

THE Navy scored a dramatic last minute victory in the junior shield on Saturday, when, in the dying seconds of the game, they were awarded a penalty--the second within five minutes and Murrell, taking the 12 yards spot kick converted with a perfect ground drive which reached the corner of the net.

RECIPIENT-Miss H. Knill re. ceiving the Caer Clark Cup from Mr. A. A. Dand, after the Cham- plona v. Rest hockey match on Saturday. The Hongkong Club ra- tain the trophy for another year. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

CHAMPIONS Artillery

Again Winning

Thus early on were the Borderers' hopes of achieving the double com- pletely set at nought. It was a Biting climax to a game fraught with exciting exchanges, and if partisans ahould regard the Borderers' defeat · by the odd goal in three a little un- fair on the run of the play, they should bear in mind that it was large- ly the fault of the soldiers, who, by glaring errors in front of gonl, 'dc- privod themselves of an early and Buabtantial lead..

In every respect this game was far more entertaining from the specta tara' viewpoint than the one which succeeded it. A Arst half, featured by the amazing speed of the players and the no less extraordinary in- eptitude on the part of all the for ward to shoot, straight, had its reac- tion after the interval.

MIRACULOUS SAVE.

But the exchanges never lost their interest. The Bordere tired first, and in the last fifteen minutes it was almost all Navy. That is, they enjoy. ed the bigger share of the ball, yet never attained a dominancy, and it necessary when they were awarded was odds on that extra time would be

their first penalty.

Rawson took the kick, a real good goal-scoring shot, the ball heading low about two yards from the up richt. But Smith, the Borderers goalkeeper, by a clever anticipa tion, ret across the goal to it, and cleared his lines to the accompani ment of rounds of applause,

It was one of the finest saves sech on the Club ground this season..

After this escape it was thought SATURDAY'S tinetly late for half an hour pre- that the Borderers, who had been dis- LEAGUE FOOTBALL did make some sort of effort to infuse

vious, would come into their, and they

THE Artillery retasted the sweet life into the attack; but the rekindled fruits of victory yesterday, and flame spluttered out in two minutes at the game set South China the task and the Navy came back and secured of obtaining twe further points in the deciding goal as already describ- order to take the championship from cd. them.

GIFT GOALS REFUSED..

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One of the most

4 Gunners were value for their none the less pleasin paexpected, but holding the upper hand throughout the match was the scientific manner Goals came with the-regularity which in which the two teams played. one expects when a team is in the wards were carried out with precision Movements between halves and for- ascendant, and if there were periods

when the Artillery goal was, in on both sides. Each forward line dis- serious jeopardy, such incidents were played high skill in attack, but by only natural witi a forward line of the same token, were hopeless in the

type of the Athletic,

their finishing,

CATURDAY'S pot-pourri of league matches were full of surprises. Kowloon held the Lincolns to a draw.

The Rest justified all ex- pectations on Saturday after- noon when they defeated the Hongkong Ladies, champions of the Caer Clark Cap compeți- The deliberate starving of Harris tion since its inception four. on the right wing was one of the most

years ago, by three clear goals. amazing features of the match. The score by no means indicated Early on Harris demonstrated that the run of play for the holders of the he was capable of holding his own trophy, who were handicapped by true she was playing in a strange time hit from a diffeult angle just Luckily it is admitted, but its figures against Leung and Lau Mau, but the absence of E. M. Gray at back, position at right wing P. Gittins, the insible the circle.

In

ON THE ATTACK-The Rest were continually on the affentire against the champions in the final Caer Clark Cup horkay match on Saturday, and this picture illustrates an incident in the game.' (Photo: Ming Yuan).

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ethodically and purposefully, and son failed to recover from their first the Rest custodian, had to the third goal, S. Dalziel E. Bell, J. Dalziel, H. Knili, J. Chur-¡ THE Recreio are all improving.i

were so potent that Mullane and his colleagues had to content themselves

which count. The University heaped. after receiving a few passes in the P.

coals of anguish on the Air Force by Saints' regular left wing who has Pope, centre-half, P. M. Harrop, M. initial stages of the game, he was

Hongkong:-J. Harris. Walker: M. Police, very jonsy indeed, collected a | scoring the odd goal in three, and the completely ignored and was forced to centre forward, M. Alun Jone's inside showed great optitude in the for-

right and E. Selby, left wing, were ter position, was on the whole Bird, and B. Franklin; E. O. 'Hagan, couple of points from the Recreio.. hold a watching brief on the line, hemmed

their own territory disappointment. She was, however, D. Rebertson, and A. Owen Hughes; Forty and Matthias were "all over practically throughout the game. So responsible for a good pass which the shop", and for some strange rea-one-rided was

led the play that B.

of the Y.MC.A., whose position attack of nervousness. They were a day

could have been filled by A. hesitant and uncontrollable in the No better player could have filled Alves of the Recreio whose exclusion did much to reduce the attack to im- Rest than, M. Mason who played the surprise, was weak in front oftable. Bestanding game of the afternoon, although her tackling was creditable. Podmore did not have a happy her scoup passes taking the Hong-

WEAK IN DEFENCE. afternoon. He worked like a machine kong defence by surprise on many. all through, but his anticipation was occasions to

give Woolley ex-

Hongkong's chief weakness was in (Continued on Page 9.) cellent opportunities. Though it in defence: but 1. Bird who is the re-

Gift goals were allowed to slip by for want of stendincas or enter prise. The Navy scored first-a typical Rawson goal, yet the Borderers should have been three goals to the good in the first quarter of an hour. The same as- cusation can be levelled against the nauticals in the second half, when, often for lengthy periods, they were making, the soldiers defend desperately, they failed miserably to make good.

With such an evenly and well con-

with dashing in and clearing their last five minutes as the first, and it the position of inside right for the from the team caused considerable (Y3LC.A.); E. Xavier (Recree the second Half, but luck was dead tested match it is not easy to singlic

lines with practically no thought of

direction or length.

This, together with the shawdowing work of the South China halves left the Borderers with small chances of developing workninnlike attacks and it was only nt brief intervals during the second half that the soldiers caused any, anxiety to Lau Mau and Tam Kong-pak.

ONLY ONE WEAKNESS. The only weakness to be found among the Chinese was the shoot- leg of Fung King-cheung, In every other respect a great leader, alwars scherming and constantly getting the Swols" reguared flum. mazed with his long sweeping passes to the wings, Fung let him. self down badly before goal, miss-| ing at least three "sitters."

potency.

Pereira Closes Cricket

Season with Hat-Trick

THOSE who regard cricket as a slow uninteresting game without incident would have had cause to readjust their views had they visited Pokfulam on Saturday, where the champions of the first division-the University-engaged the Rest in the annual raatch which winds up the local season.

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gular 'keeper, played at right back and had the misfortune to be struck on the leg twice. M. Mason proved Loo speedy for B. Franklin, and sorely n.issing the presence of B. M. Pope, the halves could not frustrate the continuous attack on their citadel

H. Kuill, who appeared for the first time in the pivoted position, was weak in close play and on several occasions lust her allek, at critical moments. There is only one other forward worth comment and sho A.G. Orme, who, deputising for E, Selby possessed a useful burst speed and kept E. Xavier nay. Her one failing was an inclination to it all too far ahead and the control.

chill and A. G. Orme,

Rest:-B. Almada (Recreio): Cferior to the men of law. In fact They were never, three goals in- (Recreio), A. Damund

Fowler they were infinitely the better.team in Bryson (St. Andrew's); P. E. Gittins ball reached a much higher standard out players of merit. All played E. M. Beavis (CBA), M. L. Wgainst thens. Incidentally the foot (St. Andrew's), M. Mason (Y.M.C.A.), as one might e porto dwy their part in M. Wolley (St. Andrew's), S. Dulziel such lowly placed teams. It

fing contest, although (Y.CM...), M. Remedios (Recre) certainly more worthy of the first were

was among those who caught the eyo the Borderers' custodian, (Continued on Page 9.)

division than some of the games be who touched the peak of his form, Blair, the Navy right back, whess tackling

and clearances

persistently

League Aspirations of

sured.

havoc to the Borderers' al- tacks: Henshaw the Navy centre-half

Civil Serivce Bowlers dazzling dribbles were a never ending.

[tice on the

new

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GHASTLY SHOOTING.

The Borderers were especially well served in defence, and up for yard, Morris and Hazlewood on the left wing were. two of the most dangerous attackers on the field. Ghastly shooting by the fasiden rendered all their preparatory work, some of which bore the stamp of renies, null and void. The terrific speed of the Navy

was another player in a class of his own, whilst up forward, Brookes scurce warry to Suter and Recce and NO. 3 CIVIL SERVICE.

of delight to the onlookers. green. When a club has a new bowl-several enthusiasts liave tried it out Already

Rawson was a little too anxious and ing green and a happy and en- and next Saturday will probably de inclined to hurry things when steadin. thusiastic band of bowlers, then a Probables v Possibles match areas might have reaped a richer re its close association with league

ranged.

ward, whilst Murrell at inside left less than 34 players have inheld on to the ball far too much; championship honours is as-timated their desire to take part in albeit he was a hard worker and re- A "hat-trick" by Pereira, the LR.C. did not cover themselves in glory in

the bowls league, and among them quired careful attention. fast bowler, a spirited partnership be- their efforts to counter it, and apart

Which is the reason why this article are a few youngsters, who have de-. The absence of Li Tin-sang from tween Omar and Burnett which pro- from A. T. Lee, gave a display of

concerns the bowls section of the Civil veloped a taste and falz for the in- the back division robbed South Chinn duced 84 ruus, and a great effort by batting much below form.

Service Cricket Club. This summer tricacies of the biased woods, of Tam Kong pak ut inside left and the Varsity trundlers to dismiss

BATSMEN ON TOP.

they possess both the assets mentien- The Club will be entering two Leung Tat-wing, who deputised, was

There was little of interest in the ed above, and when one takes into teams in the league, as usual, and hardly the success expected. He Powerful batting side cheaply were

Batsmen held the upper hand in caught the disapproving cye of the von comfortable of my threw the other representative match in play itself, the Rest dominating the consideration other factors, it in rat both are looking forward to improving -referee early on,

on, and although he

style by the Rest, which Craigengewer, charopions of exchanges. They took the champions unreasonable to state that their pros-on last year's record. As in ench after who, commited no flagrant breach of faired the champions for 67 rune,

completely lay surprise in the first tespects for the forthcoming loss case the teams were placed third in scoring 170 for 3, dismiss the second division opposed the Rest minutes when they neited two goals season Aro probably brighter than the tables, it can readily be th play rules, he indulged in unnecessary Pereira's three victims in suc and forced a creditable draw.

that they have ambitious eyes tactics

The game saw L.D. Kibeo (65 and rough M. Mason and M. Woolley. they have been for several years. and being pulled up, concessive balls were A.M. Rodriques,

Before the interval three gift goals Last year the civil servants played the championships, and with 60 tinually robbed his side of promising the University skipper, F. R. Zim-. Al not out) added auto went by the board, S. Dalziel missing on patches: and quite logically this much in their favour there is ab- openlags.

mern and E. L. Gogano, yet actually the Rest total after the first three a sitter when practically on the goal was reflected in their play. For the solutely no

the reason why For the reat South China played Gordon Burnett of the K.C.C. Bnished eventually the fast declared at 150 line while M. Mason and M. Woolley first seven league games in 1932 they should not pull off something in forwards was an eye-opener to many. like champions. Their goal fell to up with the best bowling analysis. only the Rest declared at 180 just missed the past.

headed the table: and then collapse, honourg, brillant heading effort by Jones, but it read:

This cummer they boast an entirely

has again been made in the and Rawson employed his nippiness. Entry thereafter never looked likely to con-

good effect when he rushed clean new green, and already it is looking Spey Royal Cup and the customary through Suter and Reece and put the cedo points. Lim Thin-chan was

the playing wonderfully well. To club tournaments, including In the early stages of the second ether, with this goes the advantage singles and pairs championships and

Navy ahead. completely safe in the citadel; Lau U.M. Omar had lives in plenty replised 02 made the Craigengewer half, Hongkong brightened up con-of having retained practically all of handicap events will occupy the at- Mau and Tam covered each other whilst compiling his bighest score of quite safe, and at the draw of slumps siderably but their forwards were

The advantage was short lived, with precision and made standing the sensen, 67 not out, but he took they were in the commanding position held at bay by sterling, work on the their old players, not excluding the tention of the bowlers during mid-Merria making use of an easy op Before

them were Leung Wing-chtu,

week. whe pretty well bottled up the whole risks and smashed the bowling to of being 46 runs in arrears with six part of A. Fowler and C. Osmund redoubtable Arthur Grimmitt.

wickets in hand.

About half way through this

The Civil Service have not yet car-portunity, and thereafter the ex- a possibility that the period Borderers vanguard single handed, claim a dozen hits to the rails.

The Rest were in a rather bad way

F.K. Lee performed brilliantly for the champions fell away again and services of

ried off the first division honours, changes were ding dong in nature, rink last year until Omur and Barnett became as the champions, following up some lut for some excellent clearances by No.. 2.02 tratton who play but the second 'string won Division 21 goals galoro being in the air, but sociated, and these two carried the great bowling which earned for him. Harris Walker, in goal, the Rest will be lost, as he may be going in 1930, whilst the Club annexed the never materialising. score along from 86 for 8 to 170.

the figures of 4 for 61 in 13 overs, would have added considerably to home on leave, but apart from him, Spey, Royal Cup in 1028. The league Although giving full credit to the with an aggressive display of batting, their lead. As it was they were only the personnel of the two teams records of the teams last year were: the decider netted by Murrell. Oo

'P. W, D. L. fu, F. A. Us Rest allack for its accuracy and which left him top scorer for the alle to notch one goal twilliantly promises to remain the same. * Lei Tanza 148 - 10 811 704 100

scored by M Woolley with a first The chief need of the club is prec- steadiness, the champlons, certainly match.

Zad Team 18 - 6, BLE £29. "$

and Tong Kwan and Leung In-chan, who offered "worthy support.

CLEVER WONG.

Up forward, Ip Pak-wa and Cheng

Shu-hong were worrying raiders,

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Wita

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7.

An even more prolife third wicket

partnership between F. K. Lee (09 not out) and S. Abbas (25), which

CHAMPIONS BRIGHTEN UP.

and

There is

Dp

club

to

The 80th minute of the game saw.

| the run of the play the Navy deserved

their succes).

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