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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1934.

SUNDAY'S SENIOR SHIELD SEMI-FINAL TIE

ARTILLERY'S TWO

NEW PLAYERS

WILL PLAY IN SUNDAY'S JUNIOR SHIELD MATCH

GUNNERS OUGHT TO BEAT S. CHINA

(By "Veritas").

With two newcomers whom they hope will prove to be a strengthening influence, the Royal Artillery are facing their Junior Shield semi-final tie with South China-“B” in perfect confidence.

Hopkins

Rivers Sell,

The new draft of men which arrived here to make the new 9th AA Battery to strength,

South China "B" expect to field turned out to Include two very! useful players in Morton, a right the same team as that which de half, and Fisher, an inside right. (eated the Recreio, and there is They were given a trial on Tues-no ignoring the fact that, although to extend the enough day at Lyemun and fully realised third division team, they are

Hood Dxpectations.

Artillery to the limit.

As a result, the Ganners will have a somewhat different line-up) to that which has operated for the major portion of the season.

Clancy will continue to partner Price at back in place of Lowen, but Morton comes in for Scott at right half, and Scott moves over to the left Bank Lo supersede McDonald.

THE TEAM.

Smith loses his inaide right osition to Fisher, and Rivers will gain displace Hardy.

The team therefore will be:

Wood;

Clancy

Price:

Morton

Hunt Scott:

Edmunds

Fisher

i expect the Artillery to win be cause they are much heavier and In addition are now on the crest of a wave, having met with some marked successen in league and shield during the last two months.

Morton and Fisher may find some difficulty in settling down to local conditions, but it reports

which reach me are correct, this faclor is not likely to play too prominent a part in the game.

PROBABLE S. CHINA XI The South China Hine-up will probably be:

Sang Yat-ming:

Cheung Pak-wing

Tang U-pung:-- Hul Kiu-kwong

Yau Wan-hing

Siu Kit-man: Cheung Ping-lun Kam Sik-wal

Ng Po-kul

Mok Sang The Sin-yu.

Special

Leo Frost, champion Jockey, who scored three goals for Jardines in a match against the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, in a duet for the ball with one of the Bank's defenders. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

Club & Borderers Forced To Make Changes

UNDERWOOD MAY RETURN: BALDWIN

SUCCEEDS ·BICKFORD

The composition of the Borderers and Club teams to meet in the Shield on Saturday is a very questionable matter. Both have lost regular players this week. Wallace and Harris sail by the Neuralia to-day, and Bickford and Skinner will be absent from the Club side.

At the time of writing neither team has been picked, but it is possible that if his injured foot has recovered, Underwood will find his place in the Borderers senior team once again, taking over Wallace's vacated, right! Pallister is the half berth,

to Harris at likely successor inside right.

Mullane Morrison: Underwood

Podmore

Jones: Mathias

Pallister

Fortey

Hazlewood Duncan.

The return of L. G. Robertson A not unlikely line-up will be: will do much to solve the Club's problem. He will come in to take over Skinner's pivotal job. Smith:

FEBRUARY

19TH TO 28TH.

RACES

SCOTTS

SOFT FELT

HATS $19.50

net

USUALLY $29.50.

CHAMOIS LEATHER

GLOVES

$5.00

net

USUALLY $8.50.

MACKINTOSH'S

Men's Wear Specialists.

I hear that Baldwin, who has made two successful appearances for the Club second string this year, will operate on the left wing with Ernest Strange, and that the probable team will be:

Rodger: Ifynes S. Strange: Dominy Robertson A. Duncan: Powler

HII

Howe

E. Strange

Baldwin

This is not a bad team, but I doubt whether it will be good enough to beat the powerful Borderers eleven, especially on the Railway ground.

The Week-End Programme

SHIELD AND LEAGUE MATCHES

Senior and Junior Shield tles and matches in the second and third division of the League form this week's football programme which is as follows:

Club 4.15

SATURDAY.

SENIOR SHIELD.

Borderers-Kowloon,

LEAGUE.

Park, 4.16

RA.F. Park, 2.45

SUNDAY.

ST. JOSEPH'S NOT TURNING OUT

PLAYERS ATTENDING A DEVOTIONAL SERVICE

CLUB'S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE ASSOCIATION

NOT OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF CHANGE OF DATES

INTOLERABLE POSITION CREATED

(By "Veritas”). :

"St. Joseph's will not be playing their Shield match on Sunday”—Mr. R. M. Omar, St. Joseph's F.C. official.

"I have heard nothing about St. Joseph's not playing on Sunday"-Mr. G. T. May; Secretary H.K.F.A. ·

it

the appears

And so once again we arrive refused. Now at one of those all too-frequent alteration has been made, but we the players have made their ar misunderstandings which have have not been officially notified, and arisen between clubs and the rangements to attend a special re-

Sti Association. Football

ligious observance on Sunday. It Joseph's plead that firstly they clashes with the football and it is no official com-impossible to expect the boys to have received munication from the F.A., re- alter their arrangements."

And not even the persuasive garding the re-arrangement of the match, and secondly that in powers of Mr. Archic Goldenberg, any case, members of the team if he cares to exercise them when return from Shanghai to- are attending a devotional ser-he Ivice and will therefore not be morrow, are likely to alter this decision. When rumours were dy available.

ing round earlier this week, It was Hon. suggested that the players would the meantime the Secretary of the Association is iube prepared to accept Mr. Golden- entire ignorance, and so far as he berg's ruling in the question. match is an but this apparently, is not so, and is concerned the established fixture for Sunday "the boys" having "got together" afternoon, South China having have arrived at their own definite already signified their willingness line of action. to the altered date.

*In

ST. JOSEPH'S CLAIM.

INTOLERABLE POSITION. But this decision has not yet St. Joseph's, who were not re-been conveyed to the Football Asso- presented at the Council Meeting clation, the Saints' attitude being, inst week when it was decided to "we have not been officially noti play off the tie on Sunday instead fled about Sunday's arrangements of Saturday claim that the only and therefore we shall Intimation they have had of the ready to play on Saturday."

the change in dates is through

It is a position not now in local newspaper reports of the meeting football, but that does not-make-it

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turn out

Furthermore, as they have any less intolerable. South China heard nothing to the contrary, are presumably, not to be even con- Sunday the players have been told to sidered. They have signified their turn up to the Club ground on willingness to play on Saturday.

Instead of Saturday, but unless the Association care to take any notice Nothing, I understand, is likely of what is written here, the Chinese to cause them to alter their decl-presumably will turn up at the Club sion, because, as it was put to me, ground to find themselves indulging "it is rather hard on the boys to in a wild goose chase. expect them

to turn out now.

When we applied for permission to

The situation is one calling for play the match on Sunday it was a strict official enquiry.

FIVE MINUTES FOOTBALL.

Trying to Beat the Third Back

QUIXOTIC SITUATION CREATED ́ ́BY DEFENSIVE CENTRE-HALF ·

Clubs have created the defensive centre half, making him to all intents and purposes a third back to give extra protection to goal, and now they are searching for ways to beat him, It is truly a quixotic situation.

(By "Saracen"),

on

OFF

MY FORECAST.

TO WIN

SENIOR SHIELD.

Borderers

JUNIOR SHIELD.

TO WIN-

R. Artillery

LEAGUE

SECOND DIVISION.

TO WIN,

Borderers THIRD DIVISION.

TO WIN-

Lincolns R.A.F.

TO DRAWI

Radio

SEQUEL TO SOCCER INCIDENT

COMMITTEE to MEET TO-NIGHT

SOME STARTLING REVELATIONS LIKELY

(By "Veritas").

A. M. Omar, Captain of the Young Indians football team and Razack, right half, together Athletic with the Chinese player who refused to divulge his name to the referee in the incident which led to his being sent off the field, have been ordered to attend a meeting of the Emergency Committee to- morrow evening.

The Committee will then receive a report of Mr. Shobbrook, the re- ferce, who was forced to abandon the second division game between these teams last Saturday, and will also enquire into the clr-

Razack, the Young Indians player who was concerned. 'in the football Incident last week which will come before the committee to-morrow. cumstances which led up to the affair.

From what I hear some rather startling revelations, will be made. The match was abandoned after 29 minutes play, when the crowd in- between Athletic and Young vaded the pitch following a brawl Indian players.

ALLEGED SENIOR PLAYER..

WAS

It is alleged that Razack was From an attacking point of position or even still further view the centre hair who is coutent to the wing, but if the half under-dollberately attacked after ac- he cidentally tripping up the Athletic

outside left. The latter follows. 2nd Division

to be a "stopper" has set up the stands his job thoroughly

But plans are being worked out ordererd off the field, but, accord- greatest problem in present day

and they may succeed because of ing to eye-witnesses, he refused Borderers v Lincolns-Soo-football. He ange about in the kunpoo, 2.15

penalty area whenever there is a threat of danger and under no the surprise which they create to go, and further it le belleved I understand that it has been 3rd Division

conditions does he ever stray be-Billy Walker, for instance, has told that he refused to reveal his name, forces against the established that he is player who 18 not attacking Lincolns v R.AS.C.--Sookun yond the half way line. And all how the Wednesday arranged their

the time oven when he poo, 4.15.

Radio Univerity-King's, directly concerned in the play he Arsenal and how they once jockey-has thrice appeared in the Athletic 8. rubbing shoulders with the ed Roberts into a false position to first division team, this season, in- enabia Dewar to score a goal. The cluding games against the South Wednesday's plan was to have only China on December 80 and against

front line, the Borderers on January 6 Engineers-King's opposing contro forward.

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and if defence continues to be Boction)Able Amazon, helpless.

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and W. Greig.

JUNIOR SHIELD, Artillery & China "B"- Club,

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year at the annual general meeting of the Kowloon Dock Rocreation Club:

Chairman, Mr. R. G. Dmig: vico chairman, Mr. J. Revie; hon. socret. ary, Mr. C., R. Logan; hon, treasurer, Mr. P. B. Farks;: bar convener, Mr. W. G. K. Mackie; 1brarian, Mr. W.

committee, Mosers. J..

H.

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