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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 30; 1985.

CRITIC'S PRAYER Fascinating Display

ANSWER TO THE FOOTBALL Police And Navy Serve Up

JOHNSON SCORES THREE TIMES

TWO FINE SETS OF FORWARDS

WINNERS RECOVER. FROM BAD ATTACK OF “NAVY BLUES"

Police

(By "Veritas")

4 Navy

Police:-Mallardy: Blackburn and C. Pile: North, Gough, and Parker: T. Pile, Stevens, Johnson, Brooks and Moss.

Navy: Roberts: Stretton and Regler: Clarkson, Bowers, and Crawford: Phippen, Baxter, Cannel, Jones and Wearmouth.

This match, played on the Kowloon F.C. ground yesterday was the answer to a soccer critic's prayer. It was not the type of game which forced one to sit back and observe a succession of futile and puny efforts, or to note with pain and regret the hundred and one blemishes of the players on view as is so often the case: instead one could revel in exciting exchanges, the move- ments of two fine sets of forwards, and the fas- cinating struggle between hard working defences and splendid attacks.

And fellas! Did the Police get those Navy Blues in the first ten minutes! But after that they showed how a team could play like champions without enjoying that exalted honour. The result was a real triumph for the winners, for they wiped off a goal deficit sustained in the first three minutes of the game and in the end waltzed out easy and worthy victors.

Johnson, loader of the Police at times he handled the ball must have tack, scored a porsonal triumph forgatten he was playing a different throo goals and every one stamped code) constituted a lively inside trio. with class. There were no cobwebs Thur machinations, supported by hanging around Johnson. Virile and fairly good work on the wings, drew Opportuniet, he was an ever-present out the best in Gough, Blackhurn and menace to the Navy defence, which Pile, while McHardy was able to held out until half time and then collapsod

NAVY'S SPECTACULAR START

Se fent naves.

glory and

honour

with four

the whole of the first half the could rightly claim to be na When the game started Indications good. if not a shade better, than the the Navy would run riot. Pallee. They were just n Ritle faster on the ball and rather more formida- But thereafter the attack.

WETO

Playing against a glittering sun, 'e in Chris Pile badly miskicked twice in Polleo dominated, and those last ten the first two minutes, and it was minutes saw the Navy defence her- from his

Navy secured a error the

assed to death. which gave them the opening corner goal, Cannel driving in n boautiful

Jolinson's fine forward-line lender. shot which Mellardy did not smell. ship has already been noted. It was minutes the Navy made mest refreshing to see him make such their opponents, and intelligent use of the ball, although

all once or

or twice he was alow in dis. Then tributing and Inclined to pass a bit

too squarely to his wingers.

"For "and Wearmouth

ringe Jonos, womb very close to scoring.

Wong Wing, South China "A" custodian makes a timely save against

the Athletic. (Photo Me Cheung).

AROUND THE GROUNDS

ELLIOTT'S THREE GOALS FOR THE CLUB

ATHLETIC TEST CHAMPIONS

(By "Veritas")

•NCE upon a time a young man came to Hongkong from Kent. He had played a lot of football there: good football at that. Semi-professional county stuff. So naturally he had a bit of a reputation in this respect. He joined Kowloon and was hailed as the goal-scoring machine for which the club had been waiting many years. He played at centre-forward, then inside left, then inside right, and although he did well, he didn't do quite well enough. So he tried the Club. There he figured at inside right, then inside left. But he couldn't recapture that Kent League goal-scoring complex. So the Club, who were really in need of a centre-forward put him there. He looked good. There was definite improvement in the attack. But nothing really startling happened until last Saturday when-,

ALLIOTT (ho's the gentlenian, in, EE Wai-tong was resting an in- question you know) decided to jured leg and did not play, while prove that his "reputation" was not Tam Kong-pak was also an absenten all honey. The upshot was three from the champions side. These two goals (and darn good ones Sir, at faols made an enormous difference to list) against none other than South the team. Athletle easily held their csmo the first Felles fait served Brooks Rave his best performance China-And-when-1-eny South own. Made the running-for-three- so nearly successful that it

into them and of the season at inside left, and withhina ", I am riot thinking of South fifths of the game and should at least Put now heart

As a team. I am referring have drawn. from that point they did not look Moss constituted the most effective China "B" as

wing on view. Stevens was the only to the almost unprecedented fact that back.

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But of tune. He could do the goals were scored against PauT was sprightly football, with a dl8- In the faal analysis it was the

Police defencey nothing right, and as is Ka-ping. And if three goals in one organised South China team strug superiority of the

The so often the case, the ball did not match against Pat is not an achieve gling hard in the first half to avold which made victory possible.

attack was just as brilliant ns run kindly for him. Pile naturally ment of worthy rank, tell me what Nabolice, but they were up against had to suffer bit as he did not relat

There stronger

was ceive his usual supply of passes, but opposition. Hothing

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A heavy deficit. They succeeded in keeping it down to a single gual, but had to thank their lucky stars it was no. They became rejuvenated after

Hongkong's Toam

The following have been selected to represent the Hongkong Ladies against the Shanghai Ladies in the forthcoming Interport Hoc- key match to be played at Shanghai during the Chinese New Year holidays next month:

Mrs. J. Lunson; Miss E. M. Gray, Miss A. Fowler; Miss J. Wong, Miss M. Bryson, Mrs. M. Bell; Miss M. Smith, Miss S. Dalziel,

Mrs. M. White,

Miss J. Adey,

Miss M. Westcott,

Reserves: Miss I. L. Wool. ley and Miss P. Gittins.

Men Play In Ladies' Hockey Trial

AN INNOVATION'

(By R. H. B.)

Geoffrey Divett, of the Club, and In couple of British Nuval leers, lent a hand at the ladies' final hockey trial played at King's Park yesterday morning, the Probables defeating the Tonaibles by the old goal in seven, The winning goal was a scorcher off the stick of Miss Marle Smith.

The presence of men in a ladles' trial is regarded by some as being a somewhat dubious policy but to all in- tents and purposes they did much to improve the standard of play. They played in the Possibles defence and thus the Probabler attack was put

the utmost test.

In the second half, Divett led the ronaibles attack and scored a goal

FOOTBALL IS A

FUNNY GAME!

PARADOXIES OF SENIOR SHIELD REPLAY

·RECREIO STUNNED AS ST. JOSEPH'S PILE ON THE GOALS

Recreio

(By "Veritas"}

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St. Joseph's

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Recreio Marques: A. V. Gasano and Bowen: V. Marques, Beltrao and Gosalves: Castilho, Campor, B. Goxano' A. Alver and J. L. Alves.

St. Joseph's:--U. B. Souza: L. Souza and Costs: Woo, Sinclair, and Elma: Victor, Ward, Leonard, Hussain and Fernandez.

Football's a funny game! Ask Recreio, although they may not see the joke right now. You get such paradoxical results. This Senior Shield replay provided one of them. There was nothing in the game to suggest St. Joseph's should have won by three clear goals. Re- flecting on the match one wonders why any goals were scored at all, but as they were, why they didn't go to the losers. Not that the Recreio can blame anybody but themselves for the upset. It was bad defensive errora which gave the Saints their goals and futile finishing by the forwards which kept the Recreio's score sheet a blank.

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The game had its absorbing mo- from bad positioning by the Portu ments, but generally speaking it was guese backs when Woo took a free hard to realise that two senior teams kiek well beyond the penalty area. were playing. I can remember more Nevertheless Gosano was the better than one outstanding individual per- of the two backa, who were not too formunce, but I try in vains to recall well surved by the wing hulvos operat any brilliantly conceived or soundly inc in front of them. Both Victor and

were allowab too strategic concerted efforts. Costa's Fernandez

much superb first-time kicking remains a freedom, so that St. Joseph's attacks vivid menery Ward's sparkling Bula were able to develop up to the penalty distribution deserves an honourable area before they were seriously mention: Belirno's untiring efforts to lenges. pull the Itecreio together demand com- Beltrao at centre-half played brave. mendation. These men almost suc-ly, and outalde of Ward was easily ceeded in resurrecting the game to the most constructive player on view. something of importance and lively No pivot in local football pushes the interest.

ball along the ground to his forwards I am not going to deny St. Joseph's better than Beltrao, and when he has the merit of their victory. They got | to adopt a policy of obstruction, he the goals and that's what really mat-does so with outstanding success. He tora, even if the first and third were had Leonard well covered.

Miles F. Marsh was given a trial very doubtful points. There was no at right wing and she played for arguing about the second, and that THE CAMEL AND THE NEEDLE

haif, while Miss Olive Dalziel | was enough to put St. Joseph's into` played in the second half. Neither the second round. were particularly outstanding.

at left back for the Possibles in the

Miss E. Thomson was brought in

second half. I understand that she

is likely candidate for the vacancy

af resorve back.

Miss Smalley Out Of Luck

(By R. II. B.)

Joan Smalley, of the H.K. Ladies Hockey Club, and one of the stendiest full backs seen here for a

Miss to choose between the respecteken as a whole the Police attack half back lines, but after the played high-grade football and were interval,

Strelton-proved to be a real always interesting on the move.

in the nautien defence, oakneus

It was his blunders which led to Johnson scoring his first two goals. Regler, his partner lack was as solid As a rock and played a sterling game.

and

Bowers at contre-half was delight came a sixth forward. He too, like tho Club attack with more enterprise

fully constructive, but he should have paid more attention to Johnson, who was obviously in his most dangerous formi, and mprited a chao watch.

A LIVELY TRIO

Baxter, Cannel and Jones, the latter being the Navy rugger player (who, Judging from the number of

NORTH OUTSTANDING North was the outstanding half back, and in the closing stages he Chris Pile, started shakily and then settled dawn to give a fine display, Gough covered a lot of ground and

speaking, held his

own generally against Cannel and Co. Parker was seldom in difficulties and usually did the right thing, at the psychological monent,

No praise can be too high for the

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Royal Ulster Rifles Boast Fine Boxing Talent

JACK HARE SPOTS TWO UNCROWNED CHAMPIONS OF ORIENT

(By "Veritas")

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Jack Hare, known in almost the way out to Hongkong.

Farrel is a welterweight of excep- every civilised part of the

tlonal promise, and the presence of world as the globe-trotting these two boxers in Ilongkong means pugilist-cum-No. 1 ship's cook that our pugilistic talent is going to is in Hongkong again. He be enriched.

was Elliott's Day. I doubt if even ho will dispute the suggestion that it was the best game he has played since finding himself in Ilong- kong. It was not just scoring three goals, though they were important enough, but his general display. Albert Howe at his best did-not lead

or skill. No better goals could › be desired than Elllott's first and second the latter being the Club's third). in the first he and Bickford took the ball right down the field by means of a delightful bout of passing before the centre-forward udited the finishing touches, and the other resulted from a dandy piece of headwork which brought the ball down from an in credible height. It would have turned Tom Keng-pak green with envyl

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IT was a magnificent encounter, this match between South China and

'T. T. HOCKEY MATCH POSTPONED

an-

We are asked by Major R. C. Bates, the Army Hockey Secretary, to nounce that owing to unfor- seen cirumstances the Tri- angular Tournament hockey match between the Army and Navy, arranged for this afternoon, has been post- poned.

tho interval, and with Tay Qua-liang the Club. The sort of exhibition restored to the attack and Tau Kwai- which restores one's faith in thing at his best, the Caroline ability of local teams to play high sunt become more like its true self. enlibre soccer. Action was the key- note, and it thrilled the crowd and

|result than a draw would have been

completely out of place,

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Shanghat. Mesars, Lin

Linstead

and Davis cannot

Not only were the Recreio forwards distractingly inept in front of goal, NOT QUITE UP TO THE MARK but they went about the job in the wrong way. The quick and decisive I may be wrong but I can't help tackling of Costa, Souza, Woo, Sin- feeling A. V. Gosano in not playing clair and Elme called for the adoption. No well these days. Mind you, when of tho "open attack." Instead the it comes atopping a traight-Portuguese kept the ball close that. forward attack he still has no I couldn't avoid being reminded of the superior in Hongkong. But under parable of the camel going through stress, when the unexpected hap- the eye of a needle. The left wing pens "A.V." arems to get furried could never get going and Castilho, and commits blunders which provi- on the opposite side of the field made -gunly could never be associated with the mistake of trying to take the ball- him.

up to the goal line before parting Take the Saints'

first goal for with it. By then Costa, Souza and xample. There was a rush attack on Sinclair had recovered their positions the left wing. Ward, I think it was, and simply waited for the ball to be lobbed the ball woll forward. centred in order to kick clear. Marques had it covered and could have St. Joseph's offered a strong con- felded it with ease. But Gosano pre-trast. They eschewed the fancler ferred to try and head it and succeed- touches and went for goal by the most ed only in putting the ball on to the direct route. It proved disconcerting feet of the in-rushing Victor. Next to the Recreio rearguard and paved second the ball had crashed under the the way to success. Ward permitted forward line play, but they were

long time, is unable to make the bar and bounced over the goal imself to reveal the finer points of The Recreio defenco was also at always of such an enterprising and trip

Apparently fault with the other goals When constructive type that one never fall-·

Ward romped through for his pointed to be interested when he had the spare her services.

the backs were horribly spread-earled, ball. Victor was a go-ahead winger Her inability to ranke the trip is while Victor's second goal materialised

(Continued on Pago D.) a sad blow to the Colony for it is nimast certain that she would invo been selected to partner Miss Gray, her Club mate.

Miss Anne Fowler has been chosen to play left back.

INTERPORT TEAM LEAVES JAN. 18

Returns Last Day Of Month

Two Surprises In Ladies' Interport Team

BUT SELECTORS HAVE DONE THEIR JOB VERY WELL

(By R. H. B.)

The ladies Interport hockey team to deserving o place in the team, is given defend the White Shield ngalasta position (right-wing) in which sho Shanghai in the Northern port next has never played. She is Miss Marie. month was selected yesterday morning Smith, of the Central British Associa at the conclusion of the final trial at tlon. It was obvious yesterday that she was not at home as she was in- King's Park.

left a picasant memory. Any other FOR the second time this season

(By R. H. B.) the selectors made the mistake of putting Wong Bee-shun in the

Hockey History in the Far East forward line. He missed three easy chances of coming in the first half was made in February last when the Shanghai Ladies paid their first and very wisely, and not a

In the defence the team is all that clined to wander into her old position minute

visit a "lying visit" at that--to could be desired and contains no surat Inside right and thus bungle (Continued on Page 9.)..

Hongkong.

Next month the cordiality that prines. But when one comes to the matters both for herself and for Miss

forwards the selection at Miss M. Sybil Dalziel. exists between the Northern port Westcott to fill the position of left The pivotal position has been allot-. and the Colony will be further wing, is almost sensational in its un-ted to the very capable Bliss M. cemented by the visit of our ladies, expectedness.

LLIOTT, although walking off with most of the honours, was not the only performer to catch the eye. Sydney ("Oliver Hardy") Strango always happy against the Chinese, scintilated. I still want to know his secret of being able to carry such enormous weight around the field at such a terrific speed. It must be a sobering thought for opposition for- wards that over 30 yards there is not

COLONY BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIPS

It will be the first. Interport ladies |~| The

team

from Hongkong to visit Shang-

hal

The local team sails on January

18 (Saturday) aboard the lner

paid his customary courtesy While at Home Jack Hare met Jacka faster runner than Strange in loc-1 Entries Finally Closing President Jefferson and I am sure

call to the Telegraph sports de partment and waxed enthusias.

to about some boxing talent

Petersen and his wife after their soccer.

honeymoon: Peteraen told Jack that he is confident he can "drop" Harvey THE Club too are Happy to вес

when they meet. Petersen blamed

his

Blickford recovering lost form. in the Ulster Rifles, the new father for his defeat, by Walter He did wilt for about three weeks, but regiment to be stationed in Nouse. The English boxer had made he has regained confidence, always

up his mind to K. O. Neusel in a big factor, and is now operating on the Colony.

cortain round,

but mont can be rolled upon) the Uisters have in L/Cpl. Whoofan and Rifleman

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To-morrow

Those intending to participate in the Colony's open-senior and junior billiards championships are reminded

they will be given a rousing send off. They are returning, I understand, on January 31 This will give them at least ten days in Shanghai.

NO INTERPORT- CAPTAIN YET

According to Jack (and his Judgin of the towel is father, throw the left wing with old time skill and that entries definitely close to-morrow

lost him the fight precision.

and must be sent. In to kir. N..M. avers the fighter.

Rakusan forthwith. Incidentally although Jack Hare is THE spectro of a lost record dangled Entries hayo already reached gra- Farrel, two "uncrowned' champlons of ship's cook, teaching chaps how to "A" for three-quarters of their game petition 25 players have ontored, he sponds all his time before the eyes of South China tifying numbers. In the senior com- training and

The captain of the Hongkong Ladica Wheelan is holder of the feather box. He has produced more than against the Athletic yesterday. Then white 44 are at the present certain to Interport hockey team has not been weight title of Egypt and Palestine. ono authoritative brochure on the fiatic in the closing minutes they made a take part in the Junior championship. selected as yot, pers It's boon hia for the last two years, arts, and his cheering personality is supromo effort and secured the goal Thene include champions of various

The Interport team will have a trial Ho& a grand fighter vows Jack Hare, known in every port from Southampoossary to keep those 100 per cent. clubs among them being Army, For-natch on Sunday on the Glub ground, who helped to keep him fit while on ton to Shanghal,

figures intact.

tugueso, Chinese and Polico.

| King's Park, starting at 10.45 am.""

tho Orient.

omission

up

Bryson, of the C.B.A. à-truly stalwart of Miss Phyllis player. She is supported by flas Giltins, one of the Jessie Wong and Airs, M. Bell (formerly Miss BI, Wallace), and wili fnent forwards at have behind her in the last lind-of the present time, la defence, Miss E. M. Gray and Miss inexplicable. Com-Anne Fowler, a strong pair. Miss pared with Miss Gray covers up well and Mins Fowlor Westcoll,

has a lusty hit. Miss ittins is by far Mr. Margaret White (neo Woolley)

he

better player will lead, the attack and with Miss And has a command Adey, and Miss Dalziel the trio should of the difficult ro- be able to get together and collect Porn slick shot some goale for us which Miss West- The choice of goalkeeper wont to cott seldom, if ever. Afra, Lunson. It is probable that brings into her playersjac

Mrs. Roso could. have got away sho One would have thought that on her would have been picked. However, display yesterday Miss Gitting fully Mrs. Lunson is always up and about i Justified selection. Mise Gittins bas between the sticks and keeps a kaen played on the left wing. What is vigil. moro she has experience and this goos The team takon with it the best of long way in a match of major luck. Don't forget ladies! When you come back to bring the White Importance.

Another player who, although fully Shield with you!

Pa