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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. 'MONDAY;: MARCH 18, 1985.

PLAYERS DISMISSED: FREE FIGHT: PITCH STORMED

RODGER THERE!-Guorgs Rodger is soon making a typical clearance from a corner during Saturday's Senior Shield match between the Club and Police at Caroline Hill. Rodger at one goal

through which decided the gama. (Photo: Mex Cheung).

JUNIOR SHIELD

GAMES DESCRIBED

THEIR OWN Sandford's

FAULT

HOW NAVY BEAT THEMSELVES

MISSED A DOZEN OPEN COALS

(By "Varitan")'

The Navy knocked them- selves out of the Junior Shield

Creative

Football

(By "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 Soldiers owed practically

most prominent performer of the day.

SO THIS IS FOOTBALL!! CLUB FADE OUT OF

SHOCKING

2

SHIELD SEMI-FINAL

SOOKUNPOO SCENE

ONLY EIGHTEEN

PLAYERS LEFT ON FIELD

SOUTH CHINA WIN

(By "Veritas")

Pinyers bunched around South China gual during a hot Athletic raid in which Trui Ab-fai (centru-half) figured prominently. Tsul is seen endeavouring to hand part Pau Ka-ping. (Photo: Mas 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 scientific. They elect terrace on the northern side of ed to keep the ball swinging from the Sookunpoo ground was wing to wing and no more successful

could have been broken down when the on-against a team who were themselves

tactics

exploited lookers invaded the pitch to slaves to the abort passing - game. 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 abondon the game.

Wong Shek-ping, Mak Sui-hon and Ho Chor-yin of the Athletic Lee Kam of South

The Athleile's big failing (and) disappointment), was in the forward, line. Chan Chun-wo and Ho Ka- keung were not only too greedy, but made the blunder of keeping the ball too close. This enabled" _the quick-witted 'South China defenders position themselves and to counter the operations with case. But I suspect the original trouble

10

How They Stand In The Tables

LINCOLNS LOSE ADVANTAGE

DIVISIONI

competition on Saturday by everything to their half backs missing a succession of open and forwards, with Sandford the goals. The Royal Engineers stuck steadfastly to the diff cult job of overcoming a team of

With the exception of the latter and superior footballers and had the gratification of reaping part of the first half, during which China received maching orders, their reward when they obtain the the Chinese scored and were do

a winning lead in the first finitely on top, East Lancashires were only 18 players being left on the

Kowloon F. C. 0 R. W. Fusiliers half of extra tired

the better team. Sheer bad luck field for the last ten minutes.

Lincolns Regt. DR. Navy The spark of ill-feeling which was It was thorough-going football stopped them from taking a two goal

League Table which kept a small, but vociferous lend within the first 25 minutos of perceptible in the earlier stages was with the Athletic was that they under.

Goals crow Interested. The Navy were play, but once they had drawn level tanned into a fierce flame after Lai rated their opponents. Certainly the

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pte. more cohesive and revealed a better it was made fairly plain that victory Shut-wing had scored South China's first five ruinutes tended to give the

second goal. Playing to the creed of impression that the Athletic would S. C. "A" 19 16 3 0 57 16 36 knowledge of technique, but all of would eventually be theirs,

"Get Your Man," most of the players win fairly comfortably. They had all Lincoln Bigt. 20 10 2 8 40 37 22 this was wasted by their inoptitude SANDFORD'S CREATIVE WORK Ignored the ball, and from potty the play, and made around so cnally I.K. F. C.

S. C. "B" 17 0 3 6 41 34 21 before goal.

technical, offences emerged violent that they started their fancy tricks H.K. Polleo

10 7 8 3 34 30 20 Bonnett was an unforgivable offen- 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 6 43 39 18 10 6 6 4 30 29 18 high spet of the game. It was his play. dor. Three times within the space of

safe. a few minutes he lofted the ball over- -admirable ---passes- which kept -- thaja?

But once South China had settled R. Navy... 18 6 3

Chinese A-14 -G-4.08.20-15 A fino match was utterly ruined down there was only one team in W. Fusiliers 16 56 ideal the framework when in

wings on the move and welded thei forward line Into position to score. For a quarter of

dangerous and we, who were there to see tw After their

Initial offensivo

the R. A. ** an hour the Engineers' goal was sub- attack.

teams with splendid playing records

19 G I joet to persistent raids with nothing Ridings was equally to the foro put up one of the best displays of athletic hardly ever looked like scor-St. Joseph's 16 4 3 matorialising. The Shield holders front, but in a different role. Ild the season, were forced to watch one, while the winners were danger Lancashires 18 4 11

ous every time they were un the Kowloon F. C. 17 locked a gift horse in the mouth and netted all three goals, the firet as a player deliberately kick or jump at

23 12 29 7 suffered the consequences,

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

fistic brawl.

Lai Shut-wing was the star of a

JUNIOR SHIELD · The Engineers were energetic and a little luckily and the third from a engage in a very determined. Not even an penalty,

R. E. So dominant was this Influence on bright forward line, but Young R. Navy

Shui-yic ran' him a close second. South China 1 advorac balance at half time could Neither Griffen nor Mather gave the game, that in retrospect one finds Yeung

E. Lancashires was much too clever and dampen their ardour, and fintily they the inside forwards the support they it difficult to dissect the more attrac-nimble for Ng Tak-wing, and when

DIVISION It deserved. The former could not get tive and enjoyable contributions. the bail in front of goal, while Mather

Wong Shek-ping engaged him Young Kowloon F. C. 0 Chinese Ath. kicked too weakly.

STREET URCHIN TACTICS generally managed to got in his centre. Eastern Ath. 1 Univeralty

The brains of the attack were certain- R. Navy

6 R. W. F. That South China wore for andy on the right wing, but one cannot the contributions of Henry

word value for their success.

un

SPLENDID GOALKEEPING

&

Harwood and Steele ranked an

were stolid,

half backs.

move.

Goals

10

3

0

16 7 2 7 30 28 16

13 6 3 4.34 20 16 16 7 17 30 26 16 14 6 26 26 25 14

18 3 6 10 20 50 11 17 4 1 12 16 53 15 19 16 30

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SENIOR SHIELD

Poor Game Sees Police Win Easily

ATTACK STRANGLED BY BRILLIANT HALVES

Palico

(By "Veritas")

1

Club

Police: Perkins; Blackburn and G. Pilo: Brooks, Gaugh, and Parker; T. Pile, Stephens, Johnston, Green and Moss.

Club:-Rodger: Garable and Strange: Robertson, Skinner, and Dun- can; Fowler, Forrow, Howe, 11 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 slightest hint of being eventuail But Stephens was a constant menace winners of the Shield, and for senior to the opposing rearguard, and Green football, it was very poor stuff, The played much better than ho has done. Police had the biggest pull in the for a long time. If not very clever, matter of speed. They were yards the Police 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 even more important than nine ing excellent judgment. Pile made points of the law.

several errors in the opening stages. which a livelier forward line would have turned to account. Police had taken the lead the left But once the

OUTSTANDING HALVES

An extremely clever half back line back settled down to his customary reduced the Club attack to

Ir game, and thereafter became impas potence, while firm defences by sable. Blackburn and Pils checked any sudden breakaways. As a ordinated instrument of attack the Club forwards simply did not exist. or an individuals must load one into get through criticni paths. I could not discover a

Howe vainly strove

Co-

NO REDEEMING FEATURE

Any review of the Club as a team

on his own, but the backs were far single redeeming feature in their dis tos wary and covered every move play, And they been up against a in decisivo fashion.

The Police wore 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 haft back trie in opposition, and with Gamble decidedly shaky and Sydney Strange not quite hie uaunt self they were often able to drive their attack right up to the Club goal-line. But here the forwards fell down badly, miasing splendid opportunities by wild shoot- Ing, undoubtedly the product of over- cagerness. Green and Johnston were prominent in thesa errors, whorens Stephens shot magnificently through out the game and was twice, decided ly unlucky to see his efforts cleared.

So far as constructive football went the difference between the leams war as chalk to cheese. Not that the Police could be mistaken for the Arsenal in this respect, but at least they did make some sort of effort to tinge their work with s bit of science The Club on the other hand just kicked... kicked

kicked,

BROOKS, THE BEST

vastly superior team it would have

ARMY TEAM FOR THE KOTEWALL CUP

STRONG COMBINATION TO

PLAY SOUTH CHIŅA. The following have been select- ed to represent the Army ageinst South China in the Kotewall Charity Cup triangular competi tion on the Navy ground at Cause way Bay next Sunday.

Howlands (Fusiliers); Swain and Steele (East Lancs.); Keneg han (Fusillers), -Morton (Artill cry), and North (East Lanca): English (Lincolns), Horner (East Higgins (Lincolna); (Lincoln) and Baldry

Lincolns).

Reserves:Wheeler (Fusiliers), Thompson (Lincolns) and Sand- ford (East Lancs.).

The match, which is the first

of the series, starin at 4.30 p.m.

boen different. But given normal Brooks was the best footballer en performances, the Club could always the acld. He brilliantly smothered compare favourably with the officers

• Hurst, stood out at centre-half as about the shakiest pair of backs ever away the better team and were full ignore

League Table

Bickford and with Gough rendered thef of the law. one of the most conscientious worker to appear in a winning team. It was value for their victory is beyond Young at inside left and Tsang King

Club left wing completely ineffective. on the field and the Sappers owed not Steele's miskick which allowed Chan dispute. Before they ton dropped taki at contre-forward.

The importance of the occasion seem- Brooks hasn't the deftness of Parker, ed to throw them right off their balance. P. W. D. L.FA, Pbut he is whole-hearted, and it was For sheer lack of co-operation and doggendness. But Tak-fai to nip through and score past a little to his

Lincoln Regt 17 10 0 1 54 17 32 his first time tackling and very fast concerted effort it is difficult to com- chief honours wont to Selleck, whose the outcoming Harsworth. For the level of street-urchin tnetlen, South Tong Kwan made a highly success-[E. Lancashires 16 12 1 3 60 14 25 goalkeeping would have dano credit

movement which left Bickford beaten pare any other display in local fool- to any first division custodian. Hetely for the soldiers the halves line of great intentions and endowed ant display at left half, and Law W. P... 14 6 4 4 37 24 16 China played brilliantly. A forward ful return to the game with a brill-R., Navy.... 18 11 2 5 53:33 24

and bewildered negotiated shots from all angles and

ball this with the ability to give concreto ex- Tak-po was quietly effective against R. A.

Gaugh also played capital football, Engineers and the Navy who figured The Chinese, who played very good pression to them alimply waitzed Ho Ka-keung und Chan cleared his lines

Beason. Both the Royal. with delightful football, were well served in defence

Chun-wo. South China.

being too busy to neglect his own to this game put the Club to shame holding the Club inside trio without in the Junior Shield match just prior confidence. Several times he covered while Ip Yau-po at outside right was round a slow and uninspired set of The Bure-footed kicking of the two Chinese Ath.

forwards. Parker improved tremend- in this respect up mistaken by the bŋcks.

a constant soureo of worry to the

Lacks and their neat positional play R. E. Howlett was an aggressive and Enst Lancashires. It was the hustling!

ously after a poor start, and before Led by Teang King-ki, these for- were pleasant features for the H.K. F. C.

half time had Fowler well in check.he was far too well marked to be dangerous attacker and it was thanks tactics of the soldiers which put the wards shot at every opportunity and academically-minded, while Pau Ka- Eastern Ath.

It was a one-man forward line, and largely nera forward line remained a potent their confidence.

Tommy Pile figured prominently in able to repeat his success achtoved his efforts that the Sap- Chinese off their game and snupped being on the target nine times out ping was very efficient between the University

of ten they just had to get the ticks" in spite of his curious? Kowloon F. C. 17 1 2 14 9.66. 4

a fair attack, Johnston was never against South China. Fowler had op- force after the Navy had taken the

impressive, while I expect to see the East Lanca win necessary goals to put the team into uliosyncrasies, (Continued on Page 3.)

Moss could get the Shield.

the Shield final.

DIVISION SIT

(Continued on Page 9). All three, goals were beauties. It

TSUI AH-FAI ON HIS OWN R. E. wn's Henry Young's anticipation which Apart from Tsui Ah-faj none of R. W. Fusiliers 1 R.A.M.C. allowed him to get at the ball before the Athletic players came out of this Sui 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 Ho ability to seize an opening which threw the forward line out of gear E, Lancashires 19 15 2 270 20 32 P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. allowed him to fire the ball into the and although, until the interval the RAS.C... U 13 2 4 48 32 28 net with a perfect drive; and it was intermediates played some sparkling Lincoln Regt. 19 12 3 4 60 25 Teang's inltative which saw him take football, their stock also sadly dropped R.A.F. the ball on the run and net the third. In the second half.

18 9 4 6 03 20.20 R.A.M.C..... 18 0 2 7 31 84 Tsui. Ah-fat was consistently good, Club de R. 18 6 3 43 43 ATHLETIC'S BIG FAILING and Ho Chor-yin until he was foolish R.W. Fusillers 12 7 0 5 35 The goals epitomised the whole play enough to be censured by the referee R.A.0.C..... 17 7 0 10 of the winners. Both fore and aft put up a very strong game,

H.K. Police ∙18 3 2 18 Mak Sui-hon's clearances were a R, E.

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