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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1985.

PLAYERS DISMISSED: FREE FIGHT: PITCH STORMED

RODGER. THERE!-George Rodger is seen making a typical clearance from a corner during Saturday's Senior Shield match between the Club and Palice at Caroline Hill. Rodger let one go!

through whick decided the game. (Photo: Men Cheung). -

JUNIOR SHIELD

GAMES DESCRIBED

THEIR OWN Sandford's

FAULT

HOW NAVY BEAT THEMSELVES

MISSED A DOZEN OPEN GOALS

(By "Varite")

Creative

Football

(Dy "Veritas")

Making a spirited recovery after being a goal down at the interval, East Lancashires yes. terday beat South China juniors 3-1 at Sookunpoo and qualified for the final of the Junior Shield.

The Navy knocked them.

The Soldiers owed practically selves out of the Junior Shield competition on Saturday by everything to their half backs missing a succession of open and forwards, with Sandford the goals. The Royal Engineers most prominent performer of stuck steadfastly to the diffi.

cult job of overcoming a team of superior Footballers and had

It

before goal.

wore value for their success.

na

ideal

the day.

SO THIS IS FOOTBALL!!

SHOCKING

SHIELD

SEMI-FINAL

SOOKUNPOO SCENE

ONLY EIGHTEEN

PLAYERS LEFT ON FIELD

SOUTH CHINA WIN

(By "Veritas")

Players bunched around South China goal during a hot Athletic raid in which Taul Ah-fai (contra-half) figured prominently. Taul ia, seen endeavouring to hand past Pau Ka-ping. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

Unbridled tempers and personal enmity are threatening to hurl local football into the melting pot, yesterday's Senior Shield match being the third disgraceful exhibition within a fortnight. In the course of arriving at a decision which went in South China's favour by three goals to one, it was found necessary to turn four players off the field, whilst there was a very ugly scene when a large section of the crowd rushed the ground to engage in a brief "free-for-all."

The barrier in front of the distinctly more acientific. They alect- terrace on the northern side of ed to keep the ball swinging from the Sookunpoo ground was wing to wing and no more successful tactica could have been exploited broken down when the on-against a team who were themselves

How They

lookers invaded the pitch to slaves to the short passing game. Stand In

join in a fight with two of the Not only did it allow South China to players, and at one time there gain more, ground in half the time, but it saw their defence making more was every indication that the effective clearances. referee would have to abandon the game.

Wong Shek-ping, Mak Sul-hon and Ho Chor-yin of the Athletic

!

The Tables

LINCOLNS LOSE' ADVANTAGE

The Athletic's big failing (and) disappointment) was in the forward; line. Chan Chun-wo ́and Ho Ka- kcung were not only too greedy, but made the blunder of keeping the ball too close. This enabled the quick-wlited South China defenders to position themselves and to counter the operations with ease. Kowloon F. C. I. W. Fusiliers

Lincoins Regt. 0 R. Navy

But I suspect the original trouble

move.

DIVISIONI

CLUB FADE OUT OF

SENIOR SHIELD Poor Game Sees Police Win Easily

ATTACK STRANGLED BY BRILLIANT HALVES

Police

(By "Voritas")

1

Club

Polleo-Perkins; Blackburn and C. Pile; Brooks, Gough, and Parker; T. Pile, Stephens, Johnston, Green and Moss.

Club:-Rodger; Gamble and Strange: Robertson, Skinner, and Dus- can; Fowler, Forrow, Howe, Hill and Bickford.

The most enigmatical football team in Hongkong chose Saturday last to give one of its worst displays of the season and the result was elimination from the Senior Shield. Although before the start of the match I was numbered among those who felt the Police would win, I certainly did not expect to see the Club give a show so diametric to that of the previous, round. The Club were never in the running, and the Police ought to have won by a larger margin.

On this game, neither team gave away with nothing against Robertson, the alightest hint of being eventual But Stephens was a constant menace winners of the Shield, and for sonlor to the opposing rearguard, and Green football, it was very poor stuff. The played much better than he has done Police had the biggest pull in the for a long time. If not very clover, I matter speed. They were yards the Follco forwards were purposeful,

faster than the Club and because of and they never slackened. this had possession of the ball for Blackburn was distinctly botter four-fifths of the game, which in foot. than Pile, his first time kicking show- ball is oven mero important than nina ing excellent judgment. Pile made points of the law,

several errors in the opening stages which a liveller forward line would havo turned to account. But once the Police had taken the load the loft

OUTSTANDING HALVES

Jaz

co

NO REDEEMING FEATURE Any review of the Club as a team

An extremely clever half back no back settled down to his customary reduced the Club attack to potence, while Arm defences by sable.

game, and thereafter became impai Blackburn and Pile checked any sudden breakaways. As a ordinated instrument of attack the Club forwards simply did not exist for as individuale must lead ono into Howe vainly strove to get through critical paths. I could not discover a on his own, but the backs were far single redeeming feature in their dis- too wary and covered every movo play. Had they been up against a in decisive fashion.

vastly superior team it would have

The Police were in every depart ment a better team. The forwards, by intelligent, if not very skilful means, made much better progress| than the Club. For one thing they found, a much less effective half back trlo in apposition, and with. Gamble decidedly shaky and Sydney Strange not quite his usual self they were League Table

often able to drive their attack right Goals up to the Club goal-line. But here P. W. D. L. F. A. Pa. the forwards foll down badly, missing

2 3 12 21 30 7

JUNIOR SHIELD

1

2

2

3

BROOKS, THE BEST

With the exception of the latter and Lec Kam of South the gratification of reaping part of the first half, during which China received maching orders, their reward when they obtain-time the Chinese scored and wore de only 18 players being left on the

winning lead in the first finitely on top, East Lancashires were

the botter team. if of extra time.

Sheer bad luck field for the last ten minutes.

Tho spark of t-feeling which was was thorough-going football stopped them from taking a two goal which kept a small, but vociferous lead within the first 25 minutes of perceptible in the earlier stages was with the Athletic was that they under- crowd interested. The Navy were lay, but once they had drawn level fanned into a florco flame after Lal rated their apponents. Certainly the more cohesive and revealed a better it was made fairly plain that victory Shui-wing had scored South China's first Ave minutes tended to give ins. C. "A".. 19 10 30 67 16 35 (splendid opportunities by wild shoot- second goal Playing to the creed of impression that the Athletic would knowledge of technique, but all of would eventually be theirs.

"Get Your Man," most of the players win fairly comfortably. They had all Lincoln Ret. 20 10 28 40 37 22ing, undoubtedly the product of over- this was wasted by their Inoptitude SANDFORD'S CREATIVE WORK ignored the ball, and from petty the play, and made ground to easily B. C. R 17 9 41 34 21 eagerness. Green and Johnston were 84 30 20 prominent in these errors, whereas technical offences emerged violent that they started their fancy tricks K. F. C... 10 7 6 3 84 30 20 Sandford's creative work was the breaches of the rules and of fair before they had put any goals in the Club de R... 17 7 4 0 43 30 18 out the game and was twice decided- 16 0 4 30 28 18 Stephens shot magnificently through- ILK. Police Bonnett was an unforgivable offen-

safe, der. Three times within the space of high spot of the game. It was his play.

Chinese Ath.. 14 5 5 4 88 29 15 y unlucky to see his efforts cleared. a few minutes he lofted the ball over admirable passes which kept tha

But once South China had settled

16 3 A fine match was utterly ruined, down there was only one team in it. Navy

23 15 So far as constructive football wings the move and welded the

7 27 23 the framework when in

K. W. Fusiliers 15 5 6 5 32 28 15

went the difference between the position-to-score. For-a-quarter-of forwardHns into a dangerous and Wohledu After their initial offensive the s

teams with splendid playing records Athletic hardly ever looked like scor-St. Joseph's

-----10 51-12-31 61-13-

teams was as chalk to cheese Not attack. an hour the Engineers' goal was sub-

Rldings was equally to the fore put up one of the best displays of ing, while the winners were danger Lancashires 18

16 4.3 0 17 40 11

that the Police could be mistakenj ject to persistent raids with nothing

for the Arsenal in this respect, but! #4 11 28 41 10 materialising. The Shield holders front, but in a different role. Hd the season, were forced to watch one sus every lime they were on the Kowloon F. C. 17

at least they did make some sort looked a gift horse in the mouth and netted all three goals, the first as a player deliberately klek or jump at

of effort to tinge their work with o suffered the consequences.

result of fine opportunism, the second another, or a whole bunch of them

Lai Shui-wing was the star of a

bit of science. The Club on the The Engineers were energetic and a little luckily and the third from a engage in a stic brawl.

very bright forward line, but Young R. Navy

1 R. E. So dominant was this Influence Shui-yic ran him

other hand just kicked... kicked very determined. Not even an penalty.

close second. South China 1 E. Lancashires 3

kicked, Neither Griffen nor Mather gave the game, that in retrospect one finds Young adverse balanco at lalf time could

was much too clever and

DIVISION U dampen their ardour, and finally they the inside forwards the support they it difficult to dissect the more attrac-nimble for Ng Tak-wing, and when

deserved. The former could not gettive and enjoyable contributions.

Wong Shek-ping engaged him Young Kowloon F. C. 0 Chinese Ath, the ball in front of goal, while Mallor

generally managed to get in his centre. Eastern Ath. University STREET-URCHIN TACTICS SPLENDID GOALKEEPING

kicked too weakly.

The brains of the attack were certain- R. Navy

6 R. W. F. Hurwood and Steele ranked as Hurat stood out at contre-half na

That South Chinn were far and ly on the right wing, but one cannot about the shakiest pair of backs ever away the better team and were full ignore

League Table the contributions of Henry one of the most conscientious workers to appear in a winning team. It was value for their victory is beyond Young at inside left and Tsang King-

Goals P. W. D.L.F.A. Pt. on the field and the Sappern ewed not Steele's miskick which allowed Chan dispute. Before they too dropped

ki at centre-forward. doggendness. But Tak-fai to nip through and score past the level of street-urchin tactics, Bouth

Lincoln Reg 17 16 0 154 17 82 Tong Kwan made a highly success-E. Lancashires 10 12 1 3 60 14 20 chief honours went to Selleck, who the sutcoming Haramworth. Fort China played brilliantly. goalkeeping would have done credit unately for the soldiers the halves line of great intentions and endowed liant display at left half, and Lau R. W. F. 14 6 4 4 37 21 16

A forward ful return to the game with

bril-R. Navy 18 11 2 5 58 33 24 to any first division custodian. He wore stolid. negotiated shots from all angles and

The Chinese, who played very good with the ability to give concrete ex-Taku was quietly effective against cleared his

with delightful football, were well served in defence. Fires

them simply waltzed Ka-keung and Chan Chun-wo. South China. 13 63.4 pression to confidence. Several times he covered while Ip Yau-po at outside right was round a slow and uninspired set of the sure-footed kicking of the two Chinese Ath. 16 7 17 25 15 up mistaken by the backs,

backs and their neat positional play R. E. half backs.

14 6 2 a constant source of worry to the Howlett was

20 26 14 pleasant features for the H.K, F. C... 18 3 6 10 20 60 11 Led by Tsang King-ki, these for- were An aggressive

and East Lancashires. It was the hustling wards shot at every opportunity and academically-minded, while Pau Ka- Eastern Ath.. 17 4 1 12 15 63 2 dangerous attacker and it was thanks tactics of the, epldiers which put the being on the target, ning times out ping was very efficient between the University largely to his efforts that the Sap- Chinese of their game and snapped of ten they just had to get the "stick" in spite of his pers' forward line remained a potent their confidence.

curious Kowloon F. C. 17 1 2 14 0 68 4 force after the Navy had taken the expect to see the East Lanes win necessary goals to put the team into Idiosyncrasios,

DIVISION III (Continued on Page 9.)

the Shield final,

All three goals were beauties. It

TSUI AH-FAI ON HIS OWN R. E. was Henry Young'a anticipation which Apart from Tsui - Ah-fai none of R. W. Fusillera allowed him to get at the ball before the Athletic players came out of this Sul Tim-ling and so head in for the game with enhanced reputations. opening goal; it was Lai Shui-wing's The faulty tactics of Chan and Hla ability to seize an opening which throw the forward line out of gest, E. Lancashires 10 15 2 2 10 20 32 allowed him to fire the ball into tho and although, until the interval the RAS.C. net with a perfect drive; and it was intermediates played some sparkling Lincoln Regt. 10 12 3 4 co 25 Trang's initiative which saw him take football, their stock also sadly dropped RAF

18 8 4 6 33 20 the ball on the run and net the third. In the second half.

| R.A.M.C. 18 9 2 7 81 34 Taul Ah-fal was consistently good, Club de R. 18 6.5 0 43 43 16 ATHLETIC'S BIG FAILING and Ho Chor-yin until he was foolish R.W., Fuelllors 12 706 85 23 14. enough to be censured by the referee R.AO.C. 17 7 0 10 36 42 14 put up a very strong game.

H.K. Police. 18 3 2 18 19 60 8 Mak Bui-hon's clearances were an R. E.

19 3 2 14 10 50 8 (Continued on Page 9.) R. Rec. C... 17 3 12 23 71

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ARMY TEAM FOR THE KOTEWALL CUP

STRONG COMBINATION TO

PLAY SOUTH CHINA The following have been select- ed to represent the Army agrimat South China in the, Kotowall Charity Cup triangular competi- tion on the Navy ground at Causo way Bay next Sunday.

Rowlands (Fusliers); Swain and Steele (East Lanca); Kenog- han (Fusiliera), Morton (ArtiÏÏ- ery), and North (East Lanca); English (Lincolns), Horner (East Lanca.), --- Higglas (Lincoln),

Ridley (Lincoln) and Bridey Lincolns).

Reserves-Wheeler (Fusillers), Thompson (Lincolns) and Sand- ford (East Lanen.).

The match, which is the first

of the series, starts at 4.30 p.m.

boon different. But givan' normal Brooks was the best footballer on performances, the Club could always the field. He brilliantly smothered compare favourably with the officers Bickford and with Gough rendered the of the Law. Club left wing completely ineffective. Tho.importance of the occasion seem- Brooks hasn't the deftness of Parker, ed to throw them right off their balance. but he is whole-hearted, and it was For sheer lack of co-operation and hla first time tackling and very fast concerted effort It is dificult to com. movement which left Bickford beaten pare any other display in local foot and bowildored.

ball this Gough also played capital football, Engineers and the Navy who figured Benson. Both the Royal holding the Club inside trio without in the Junior Shield match just prior being too busy to neglect his own to this game put the Club to shame forwards. Parker improved tremend- in this respect ously after a poor start, and before half time had Fowler well in check.

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