1933-10-16 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1933.

BORDERERS' METAMORPHOSIS: LINCOLNS' VICTORY

EVERYTHING else in local league football

on Saturday was overshadowed by the match between the Lincolns and the Borderer's at Sookunpoo:

EXPECTATIONS that it would provide a

rare treat of exciting exchanges were completely realised, but nobody anticipated the astonishing debacle of the Borderers, who were beaten by five goals to nil.

BELOW will be found a special report of the

match.

ONE-MAN TEAM but merely

MORRISON SHINES IN DEFEAT

(By "Veritas").

Kante.

a true reflex of the

The one consolation the Bor derers obtain from the match Is the knowledge that they played far below their form. But it was a sad metamorphosis, relieved only by the magnificent display of Morri--

ROS

Even under the severest, pres- sure, he remained a steady, dour, To the heart-rending wail of and often spectacular defender. "Como on the Seni-er Regee. Though obviously tiring toward ment", emanating from the lips the end he remained in the of a wildly enthusiastic specta-thick of the fray, time after time tor, the Lincolns swept through repulsing the sweeping movements the Borderers at Sookunpoo on of the Lincoln forwards,

Saturday afternoon, defeated them by five clear goals, creat- ed the biggest sensation of the day in local football, and made the "24th" feel that Rorke's Drift had been in vain,

This was the first Army "Derby" of the season, and because of this one could, perhaps, be excused, in anticipating that the excitement engendered by the 'occasion might drive away the skill and science

The Most Tragic Feature

Li.Kwok-ki, the Athletic custodian, runs out to save with his rearguard colleagues giving careful protection against a rush by one of the Police forwards. An incident in yesterday's league match bo tween Chinelo Athletic and the Police. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

HOW THEY STAND IN THE TABLES

DIVISION 11.

Goals

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pls. 2017

20 11 7 1

2 0 1 8 7

DIVISION 11.

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FLASHES FROM THE LOCAL SPORTS FIELDS

SATURDAY SOCCER BLUES: SOLDIER PARTISANSHIP: LESSONS FOR SHANGHAI L.B.A.: GOALS!

(By "Veritas").

THERE was Rome unexpected or that Kowloon second string wero rowing and rejoicing in the various Lurning out half their seniors against football camps on Saturday night, the Club reserves that afternoon. Those who mourned were the Horder-Wall it wasn't quite as bad as that. ers seniors, the two Navy teams and Kowloon contented thomsolres with the Athletic, Inst year's champions of playing Timberlake and Lewis who, the second division. The celebrations under the longue ruling were eligiblo were by the Lincolns, St. Joseph'e, the for the game. Young Indians and the Borderers second string,

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INCIDENTALLY quite a few 100 west, per cent. records went

of the among them being those Berderers in the first division, the Athletic, Artillery, and Navy. In the Becond, and South China in the third..

QUT the old adage that it takes BUT

more than one swallow to make a summer can be paraphrased to ap- ply to foolball. Kowloon, even with the aid of two scalar playing members could not overcome the superior team play of the Club, wha deservedly won.

LAWN BOWLS.

TOMMY Mnin arrived on the Polleo

THE Lincolns, St. Joseph's, and South China in the first division,

Green on Saturday afternoon. South China in the second, Bor derers, Lincolns, and R.A.S.C., in the clutching a black eat and smoking his a bad Gonis third are now the only remaining favourite cheroot. That cat had its

tall well up, and was not P. W. D. L. F. A, Pts, teams with clean sheets.

symbol of the spirit shown by the to the Shanghai manager-captain. OCURING was well up Linrein Reht.. 3.3 0 0 11 1 6 S.W. Borderers 3 3 0 0 # 3 6

average. A total of 71 goals re- South China 2016 34 suited from the dozen games played THE arrangements made by the 3 1 1 1 10 11 3 on Saturday, 27 of which were re- Police Recreation Club were per.. 1 1 0 0 2 0 corded in the four second division fect in every detail, Waling helpers 3 1 0 2 16 15 2 matches, and another 20 in the five laboured from 7 o'clock on Saturday morning to bring about such a satis 302 18third division ties..

factory state of affairs, and both 2.0 1 1 2 0 1

players and public can afford an 3 6'0 3280)

0 2 0 218 0

appreciativo ""Thank You."

DIVISION I.

Lincoln Regt.

St. Joseph's

Goals P. W. D. L.. F. A. I'ts. : 3 3 0 0.8 1 2200 6.,3 4

1

01 15 8.4 71.2

S.W. Burderers' II.K. Club

Athletic

South China..

2

16 0

R. Navy..... 2 1.0 1 75 2 Young Indians 2 1-0 1 6 7 2 R. A.

2 1017 2 Lincoln Regt. 3 10 28 14 2 0632 11 0 B Kowloon

R.E. Radio RAF. Univerzity

Police

R. Navy

HI.K. Club To the Borderers the most tragic South China ..

IL.K. feature of the match was the utter Kowloon collapse of the half back line. Podmore covered his usual wide Athletic territory but not with the usual S.W. Bordorers results. Ridley, Higgins and Me-R.A. Guiness were too big a handful Recrtio even for this hard working pivot. Wallace and Underwood inth made

of the game. But if such wore the the fundamental error of confining HARD LUCK

their attentions to the wingers in- stead of going in to help Podmore] break up the inside trio from whom emanated the majority of the at- tacks.

fears of any of the spectators they were soon shown to be unfounded.

True, the more artistic elements were practically confined to the one team, but as there was additionally

The breakdown of this depart- an "atmosphere" about the game, the interest remained at fever pitchment seemed to demoralise the Borderera whole team. The forward, line especially when the missed three open goals in the last which the previous week had just oused vitality and cohesion degener- ten minutes.

ated into muddled and bewildered individuals, whoso every kick seem-

That Penalty

Of course it was that penalty ined to miss its mark, whether it be a the first five minutes which defeat-pass or a shot at goal. -ed the Borderers. When I any that

POLICE!

DESERVE TO DRAW WITH ATHLETIC.

SMART FORWARD. LINE

1 0 0 4 0 2

UNFORTUNATE IRELAND

INJURIES CAUSE THEIR DEFEAT

Reertis R.A.S.C. IR.A.ALC.

.MIXED DOUBLES

L.

L. Goldman and Mrs. Lochner Win

Goldman and Mrs. Lochner holders in 1931 and favourites for the Litle this year, won their first round; watch in the Colony mixed doubles

SPURS TRIUMPH lawn tennis championship on Thurs

day, when they beat II. Owen Hughes. and Miss II. Hancock 0-3, 6-0, on the U.S.R.C. courts.

(By "The Pilgrim")

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net-Anders EADING individual were: Tale of the Lincolns second string (4) and three each for Higgins (Lincolns) Fowler (Club), Nelson (Borderers third string), and Botelho (Reerelo),

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AN Improvement in the state of

the ground at Sookunpou wasi noticable. At least some sort of) effort had been made to shorten the grass, but a little more attention in harm. this direction will do no There were patches where the ball was brought up almost dead, and there were one or two instances of players overrunning.

TARONupporters

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in Shanghai they had the im

pression that the visitors need. ed, to win this Interport to make the scores level, but actually the position was reversed. Both l'orts have now eight Interports to their credit, but as a result of the sys- tem of playing three matches, In- troduced in 1930, Hongkong have won 13 matches to Shanghai's cleven.

By contrast one saw in the It was a curious decision I am not Lincolns a unified team, working] attempting to find excuses for the together in sympathy and with thoroughly, rhythm. Starting from Heath, losers. They were completely beaten by a better team. whose clean handling was a treat But when Higgins tumbled back-to watch, ns also was his judg to the attacking wards into Mullane after he hadment, down headed away and the right back quintetic, one could not only fail pushed the centreforward off with to detect a weakness, but found it his hands, it appeared that he was equally dimcult to select the most

necount of the final. An-TT was over the telephone on Butur only adopting normal, measures of prominent.

I say a gallant fight because for a poned on

was that be day morning that I was told in a Beprotection, Referos Baldwin rul-Yet I feel constrained to men,

The Poller were robbed of the corsiderable time they were without other postponed match w

volec approaching" resigned- despair, ed otherwise, and from the moment tion the names of Cork, Ridley, Hocquaid drove the ball into the Higgins and McGuiness. The first services of Brooks, curly on and it Priestley of Chelsea, who twice had tween Celtic and Clyde, corner of the net from the resultant named performed brilliantly at did much to disorganise the team. tis be carried. off: Martin, their centre-half, carrying out the duties But it did not break their lighting leader, received an injury to the face attached to this key position in spirit and twice in the closing stages and had to leave the field. An X-ray every detall. Attacks were broken the Athletic citadel tottered but saved examination was carried out later. up and forwards fed.

PERHAPS is not Hongkong's business to advise the Shanghai L.B.A.. what to do, but it is not to be HERE was a refreshing display of expected that the Northern Associa- Tpartisanship at the Lincoln and flon vill misunderstand Mr. J. Rus- Borderers clash. The more sensitive soll's references to the value of select- Both Luten und Lincoln confirmed might resent the mild barracking ing a Reparate team manager.

into An England success in the In their recent disappointing form by awarded the players who kicked in obtaining their first league points of the season at the ex-ternational match with Ireland; losing at home whilst on the other touch; the old cries of "Keep it on the THE desirability of this procedure

and the

out of the has been proved beyond doubt in counting pense of the Police yesterday; two London teams on top of the hand West Ham United Journeyed to

the delighted other sports, and Hongkong know followers. But when ono from experience how wise a course it the Chinese Athletic, cannot feel Senior League and the defeat of Notts Forcal to bag a, brace,

wrung a point from that they covered them selves Clyde by the Rangers in the Rotherham & helt futile appreciates the spirit in which the in

Glasgow Cup final, provided a full pile whilst Chesterfield wont merrily, chair, advice and expressions of opin- in glory..

IN fact I think the Northerners can gain a lot of valuahlo ex- much of the glamour of the game is In fact a division of spoils would fare for football fans at Home on on to retain their lendership of the ton ore, exchanged, one realises that

Longue by four points.

perience from the recent series. The invincible Motherwell's margin to be found in this display of partisan-

The selection of a team of skips have only been fair return for the Saturday.

might. In theory, suggest an un- losers whose display of initiative more

hentable team. But as in all team than once pierced the Athletic's

of iwe may be reduced as the Ran ship. gers' visit to Third Lonark way post-

games there are positions which -(Continued pu. Page ¡0:)......... rearguard weaknesses.

Ridley's Dazzling Display

12 yards spot kick, the Lincolns ware on top.

It was the signat for fireworks, Three minutes later Hocquard put across a perfect centre which Mut- lane and Smith went to clear and Higgins to convert, The latter emerged successful. Within an-

Ridley has started the seasum in other two minutes the Lincolns had! obtained thoir third, Baldry put dazzling style, and on present form ting Higging through after pro- cannot see how he can fall to walk fitting from a mistake by Morrison into the representative games, not (the only blemish of an afternoon's excluding the Interport. Ile is the Grilliant work), and the Bordererarent brains of the Lincoln attacks. But Ridley is not just a schemer fate was scaled:

The team which a week before IIis game is sufficiently mobile and had promised to become champion clever to allow him to finish off beaters, were subjugated by a movements which he has himself combination which had previously experienced the greatest difficulty in defeating lesser fry.

Aggression and Science

And as the game wore on the Lincolns became more aggressive and more scientific in their aggres alon. The sheer speed of the first fow minutes was nugmented by well conceivel movements between de fonce and attack. The difference between a team working as a unit and of a side of eleyen separate and totally incompatible units became

A crowd of 35,000 went to Belfast to see the Irishmen lose a gallant fight by three goals to ni.

Brock had put England ahead. balanced almost in the first minute of the The de-game and with only nine men to become stop them, England twice pierced the

itself.

The Police have a well team full of hard workers. fence revealed a tendency to Bustered under *pressure.

gonix Athletic's loat two partially the result of this.

The heme defence, Grosvenor and Rowers were scoring ono. each before Priestley returned after his first injury.

STING EXTRACTED. Brittain, Channings and Shep. herd formed a good enough half back line and succeeded in taking! quite a lot of the sting out of one of the eleverest forward' lines. operating in the league.

The visitors were strong in defence and were nover, seriously menneed. They kept their one goal lead to half time and forge ahead after resumption.

tho

The match was one of the few blessed by fine weather.

over

The superiority of Itnagers the Clyde Club in the Longue was Gought, the former Royal Artillery reflected in their Cup Final engage conceived somewhere about the forward premises to be ment, the winners having a

acquisition, although I think the paratively easy task. It le doubtful halfway line.

His own goal on Saturday Police will do well to bring him to the If they could have won by such a was a glorious exhibition of in middle of the field. He was out-margin had the final been played last dividualism. In Higgins and side right yesterday and the previous person. Raspers have maintained McGuiness he received support week at right half. Last year he their 1932-3 form while the runners- which is so often denied the scored a lot of goals and his go-ahead up have sadly declined.

inethods might prove of inestimable cleverent of tacticians.

more and moro obvious.

This, in the final analysis, was the distinction between the two elevens. And if the fact that ox-inside right, revealed many touches pressed in terms of goals, It ended not dissimilar to the characteristics with the Lincolnia Ave to the good, of Ridley, and his duels with Morri it was no flattery to tho winners, son were always worth.watching..

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SPURS DO IT. Higgins was tireless, and obvi-value frem a more favourable position, The most exciting fixture In the English League was the vleit of the: ously a subscriber to a paraphrase Willerton is a trier and his follow-Spurs to Portsmouth. It was rather of the old proverb "While the ball's ing-up three times embarrassed the expected that Pompey would puit cir in play, there's hope." In other Athletic defenders, once to such an a narrow victory althought a toss of words he is an opportunist, and extent that the Police scored their the coin would have been a reasonable guide to the result. The White Hart this quality, earned for him three second gani.

Green gave an impressive account Lane club carried off the honcurs by goals,-a pretty useful afternoon's

of himself on the left wing, and if last minute goal by O'Callag work.

conclusion to

of the magnificent The Lincolns seem to have made, Brooks had not been injured, the discovery in McGuiness. The tal/Athletle defence might have boon keenest engagements of the season. Playing their star, the Irisit ridled.

who had been released for PLENTY OF INCIDENT. Pernatonal game, Cheisen de There was plenty of incident in this Ighted Stanford Bridge supporters game. The first was the initial attack by twee natting in as many minutes on the Chinese goal which saw the and they were particularly unfor cross-bar struck twice in quick succes. tunate in

in failing to clinch the result alen: Later Mellardy brought off alith such a good opening. The lowly- remackable save from a penalty. placed Middlesbro were after polls

a grim and Brooks sustained slight concussion; and they settled down to when his head met that of an Athletic careful game which brought them the dofender as they jumped together.. requisito three goals two points. The recent advent of Newton has

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"Road-f Au Ping-ming opened the Athletic heen powerfully account and he rounded off a delighting club's last four or five fixtures. ful movement for the second. Gregg The collapse of Watford to the tune reduced the lead, but saw it regained ex goals to one brought Reading's before the interval, when Ho Ka- goals total to 20 for, and 11. koung beat Mellardy,

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In the second half Willerton bundled month ago. Watford were unfortun

ato in conceding a last minute gent| through an Injury to their goalkeepr.

L Kwok-ki into the goal to register the Police second, but the issue was

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