1936-02-24 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1936.

South China's Second League Defeat

FINE DEFENCE BY ST. JOSEPH'S

Sinclair, Costa, Souza Thwart Champions

COPYBOOK GOAL EARNS TWO POINTS

S. China "A"

(By, "Veritas")

0 St. Joseph's

9. China "A":-Chu Sin-hang; Li Tin-sang and Lay Mau; Leung Wing-

This pleture was taken when St. Joseph's were desperately defending their goal from continuel raids by South China forwards. It shows Costa leaping to bead clear while Fung King-cheung and

Elms look on in anticipation. (Photo: Mao Cheung).

SENIOR SHIELD

shui, Wong-Meo-skur and Lee Kwok-wa); The Kowal-shing. Tay qua CLUB HAD THEMSELVES

Fung King-cheung, Wing-on and Wong King-chung.

St. Joseph'oU. B. Souza; L. Souza and Conta; Woo, Sinclair and Elms; Victor, Lee, Leonard, Hussain and Fernandez.

No excuses can be advanced for South China “A's” accond league dofcat which occurred yesterday at Caro- line Hill. They were well beaten by a better team; a team whose defensive qualities challenged comparison with those of any defence in the Colony to-day. While it is true the Chinese swarmed to the attack in the second half, it remains to be said that only once was the St. Joseph's goal endangered. Then a shot from Fung King-cheung hit the upright and the "ball came out to be cleared by Costa.

.

It was a brilliant defence which the Saints offered and on the strength of it alone, do. served the two league points and the distinction of being the second team this year to upset

the champions.

From this display of courageous and ncompromising defence, the two Nouzas, Coat, Sinclair and Woo gnorged with highest honours, but full credit anust be given to the re mainder of the team for their gallanti wpport.

Although St. Joseph's took a first half lead and held it quite comfort- ably until midway through the second powded, I was fully expecting to see) the team tire and the rearguard to collapse under the over-increasing strength of the Chinese attacks.

Rut they continued to guard their Koal most adroitly, so that Souza the Qustodian was seldom seriously worri. sd. In two most anxious maments were in the first half when ahots from Tay Qua Hang Bụi Tao Kwai -alling all but found their mark and called from Souza two reusing saves.

PEAK FORM

BADMINTON

PROGRAMME FOR THIS WEEK

KOWLOON TONG'S INNOVATION

Kowloon Tong's innovation of play- Ing two badininton matches in one evening to be tested this week. This evening they met Sailors Soldiers Home in mixed doubles anil

mixed

they entertain St. Andrew's and St. Agrow's "A" neu's teams.

Four other men's doubles matches

it is probable that mutually re- arranged games will also be played. The most important encounter is that

Wednesday when Recreio "A" are hosts to Chinese Recreation Club. Reria are going to be teated to the full and a thrilling match is promised.

TO BLAME.........

POLICE GET AWAY WITH A FORTUNATE WIN

JOHNSON DECIDES · DISAPPOINTING.

GAME WITH CLEVER COAL

Police

(By "Veritas")

1 Club

Police: Mellardy: Blackburn and Pile: North, Gough, and Parker: Green, Stevens, Johnson, Brooks and Mesa,

Club:-Rodger: H and S. Strange: Skinner, Forrow, and Robertson: Fowler, Drown, Elliot, E. Strange and Bickford,

Supreme pre-match confidence of the Police was not reflected in their display in this Senior Shield semi-final tie, yet it was vindicated by the result. Club supporters will probably find ready excuses, though little consolation for the defeat. Police followers will probably not be prepared to admit anything beyond the fact that Johnson scored a good goal to put his team into the final.

The

MINUS ADAPTABILITY

game was

LEAGUE SOCCER

RULE OF THREE

Superstition Upheld

ATHLETIC DRAW

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on

The superstitious Rule of Three became operative Saturday when Athletic were held to a draw of two goals cach by Royal Artillery Stone- cutters. This is the third week in succession the Athletic have figured in drawn league games.

Though commanding the majority of play, the Chinese could not batter down a fine defence, distinctive among which was Lewis, Gunners' left back, and Oliver in goal.

Lewis played the game of his life. reducing Tang Hong-sum to im- potance and covering his partner so well that Athletic movements which, soomed destined to bring about goals were frustrated time and

and again. structive, Gardiner at centre-half

While Lewis was stubbornly al

concentrated on infusing some sem. blance of cohesion and effectiveness into his attack; but Smith responded poorly and the forward line presented no terrora to the Chinese rearguard. prominent amongst which was Mak Sui-hion, whose faultless display Wa comparable to the lion-hearted work of

his opposite number.

The Artillery mover appeared good enough to win, but they showed their ability to stop Athletic from taking the full complement of points,

NOT BLAMELESS

Athletic

nut were

blameless. Holding the balance between the more of strangers than of old collen-clever and most efficient in approach Though the attack was extremely two camps I would suggest that it gues. and would have been much more satis I award full marks to the Club work, they were guilty of some men's doubles games, and, to-morrow ory if this disappointing match half backa for defensive measures, ball too much. Even though

haphazard shooting and lifted tho ended in a draw, necessitating a but for constructive effort they go to subdued

Lewis replay. On the day's play neither the bottom of the class. Skinner and subdued Tang Kwong-sum, the right winger.remained the inspiration of team would have been mistaken for a Forrow were particularly abject the Sunderland or an Arsenal. In

Chines failures in this phase of the game, fact are officially marked for decision, but there were times when they made af though Robertson redeemed himself supported by Yeun, and ably |

Kan-po, was R Shield match". A surfeit of mean- mockery of the description "Senior in the closing stages and pat in constant, thorn in the side of the

in Gunners' defence, some striking work. He had Green ingless kicking plus forward lines completely under his thumb which attribute of the soldiers. They were

First time tackling was the chief | lacking incisivencas, mado no con afforded tributions to the demand for Better studying the requirements

him more opportunity of

often and Brighter Football..

of his for

left standing by the amooth warda.

inter-passing of the Chinese, but But on the whole the lasors' altack changes, they easily held their own.

when it camo to close quarter. ex- Costa and his partace have never

I was badly sarved with passes and played with finer understanding, nor

Chan Hang-kong put the Athletic made their tackles more promptly or

another illustra- the large gaps of territory which two ahead in the early part of the better timed. They were fasi

existed tion of how unvarying playing con-

between the forwards and Arst half, but Gardiner reduced the Talentless, and for the moal part

ditions in Hongkong tend to SP of a further weakness by the triu.

Intermediates was mute testimony lend from a

penalty before the prevatted without discomfort against

players of their skill in adaptability.

interval. an allack which was done the in

Weather during the work had left the

Athletic were persistently attacking spiration of Lee Wal-long and which

surface soft, but not really dilleuit

upon the resumption but could not yat if the pitch had been ankle deep was in no way reflected in the leader-.

The chief impression left by For neuetrate an enterprising defence and ship of Fung King-cheung,

Kowloon Tong v. S. and S. Home could not have been more laboured It is palpable he has plenty of footing powers to storm the Chinese goal mud or covered in ice the playera rew's play was his experience, the Artillery recovered thier attack- Sinclair played peak football contre-half, dominating Fung, Tay

in their attempts to control the ball ball ability, but he is clearly deficient for Moseley to net the equaliser. Qua-lang and Li Wing-on. He was

Kowloon Tong v. St. Andrew's "A" belum. Saturday's ground conditions use of that talent. He doesn't tackle

and coolness personified under the heavi

maintain their physical equilt-in knowledge of how to make fallest COL of

pressure and constantly

St. Andrew's "Dr. S. and S. Home would have been considered well nigh

Igh squarely enough and emerged with the

V.R.C. bat at his feet.

Y. Recreio "13"

so often in ideal by most junior teams in Eng- marking after being challenged by three op.

Police and

man, gets in front, instead land: WEDNESDAY.

was his hesitancy which led Club permitted of behind him. This faulty position- directly to the first goal as Stevens ponents at one time.

to ruin what should have been ing makes it easier for the opposition was able to collect a ball which other them

match.

to sup passes clear of him. very fine

wise he couldn't have reached and la idle to pretend that Club Hill and Rodger were tho main- to give, Johnsen a nice pass which 'could not, and should not, have won. stays in defence. Strange scented to the

the Police had scored their be as nervous as a kitten and seldom verted..

centro-forward cleverly, con- goal, seven minutes after half-time, have I seen him guilty of such in- there was only one team in the pic- ture. But

and

at

Woo was another star performer and he quickly exposed n left wing weakness by obtaining a vice like grip on Li Wing-on and Wong King- chung. Those two young players could do nothing right and wore ob- viously ill at ease among their more experienced colleagues and opponents. Up forward St. Joseph's were always more progressive than the Chinese, the ball being 'kept moving with wide and long passes. Victor was the weakest link and he missed ¿wo simple chances of scoring. Fernandez on the opposite wing, though opposed to one of the best backa in the Colony, was not often at a loss and frequently got the ball into the goalmouth. Loenard quired caraful watching and it cannot be said that Wong Meo-shup fulfilled Choas duties to the best effect.

COPYBOOK COAL

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But Leonardi'e crowning plece of Work was the goal which he scored. He took the ball on the valloy while running sideways, and hit the under- meath of the crossbar with a terrific Stick before the ball finally lodged in Che net. It was a copybook goal,

Forward line changes clearly upset South China who never settled down to a normal game. There was not enuch wrong with the defence, Li Tin- sang being especially prominent with aomo magnificent clearances, And the half backs held their own most of the time.

None of them were too sure about their tackling and positioning, but when it came to creative work they piled it on thick and fast only to find their vanners Incapable of turning the efforts to account,

very

Primary fault of the forwards was lowness. Another big relatako was starving To Kwai-shing. in the #cond half when the winger had already shown himself to be the most Ilkaly player to score goala,

Fung King cheung played' a passivo part" in the game, with the result that the ball was chiofly going ko: Tay, Li and Wong Those throu performers raroly know, how to make the best use of the ball and generally Look, auch a long time to consider it Chat St. Joseph's were able to jump in and relievo anything like threatening situation.

(Continued on Page 9.)

The week's prograinme as at pre- serit known is as follows,

MEN'S DOUBLES

THIS EVENING

TUESDAY

# v. Fire Brigade v. Chinese R.C.

Eliot Hall "B" Recreio "A"

MIXED DOUBLEŚ

Kowloon

THIS EVENING

TUESDAY

Kowloon Tong v. St. Andrew's

FRIDAY

Fire Brigade Recreio "A" Kowloon Tong Taikou

v. St. Andrew's v. S. and S. Home

Once

it was

not a pretty

v. S. and 8, Home picture; colourless, only two dimen

sional, and lacking in Imagination.

Club's crying nood was, and has been for same time, of their move- a forward line capable of rounding ments. Ernest Strange lost all sense of direction in shooting, and other wise insufficiently used his boots for this rather essential purpose. Elliot certainly fired in a couple of grand shots which deserved to score, but he wasn't bustling enough, nor did he do that amount of foraging so necessary by a centre-forward when the rest of the attack has proved its ineptitude to make the most of op portunities

v. Chinese R.C. v. St. John's

INEXPERIENCED ---

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decisive tackling and kicking,

It

(Continued on Page 6.)

CLUB CAPTURE

MAKES GOOD

Junior Shield Ties

(By. "Veritas")

One day some kind soul, who likes than an odd geal for their entry at any stage, and although Royal

DOYAL Engineers were botter value Eastern could not catch up with them. to see Youth progress in the right way at football, will take Fowler into the Junior Shield final. on Satur- Engineers are no smalls themselves,, aside and gently explain to him that day. The holders were always super-It is likely they will find themselves not even Hulme, one of the finest or to Liga Portuguesa, and should outpaced in the final. right wingers ever to play, shoots have hold a longer lead than three- nil at the interval. At the samo time

at goal from an angle of ten degrees Liga made a very fine response to n

or less when about three yards from well-nigh hopeless position and two the touchline. He will point out to goals in the space of a few seconds the Club winge

that his

Once he has mastered that

Mr. Ling's Wild Cat, winner of the Valley Stakes, with T. L. Wong in the saddle being led in after the race. (Photo: Men Cheung).

Our Daily Golf Hint

There is great virtue in the gospel of playing your own game and not worrying in respect, to what the other fellow is accomplishing.

H. H. Hilton.

East Lancs Beaten In Macao

YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY

(By Our Own Correspondent)

Moeno, Feb, 23. A friendly hockey match took place this afternoon between the senior captained by Laertes de Costa, and teams of the Macao Hockey Club, the East Lanenshire Regiment, cap- tained by Lleut. J. P. Williams. in which the visitors were defeated-by four goals to one.

citing

Play was very fast and many ex- movements were observed. During the first half the home team missed several accoring chances, and it was not until just before the In- terval that a splendid goal from a short corner was registered by Costa. Not at all discouraged the visitors

constant attacks of the Macno for- wards and eventually, some twenty minutes after play had been resumed, 4 clever run enabled the visitors to equaliso, Williams scoring with a good shat from a short corner.

WANDERERS SHOW GOOD FORM

PREPARING FOR MACAO VISIT

GIVE PUNJABIS CLOSE GAME

(By A Special Correspondent)

The Wanderers hockey team which is to visit Macao next Sunday had every reason to feel satisfied with their practice match against the Panjabis senior team on Saturday. True, they lost by three clear goals, but the score did not accurately. reflect the game which, at least territorially speaking; favoured the Wanderers equally as much As it did the Indians.

Furthermore the loners were very unfortunate to have a goal netted by Fowler disallowed for "sticks", and to see another fine shot by Pracht hit the upright and the ball robound into play,

the

In the first half, during which period they built up a two goal land, Punjabis wore definitely the belter team. Brown, who was feel- ing sick, did not Pracht was disappointing. He fell get going and into the error of folding the ball too long.

NOOEY'S FAILING

The Wanderers wore beat served in attack by Whitley and Fowler who formed a pretty right wing. Noory was continually receiving perfect passes on the left, but the winger was prone to run into offside post- tions. Unhappily this is a common fault with the Club player, and one which he would do well to eradicate.

The second half, which saw the Wanderers have two thirds of the play, was fought at a terrifle pace, And the players experienced difficulty

in

keeping their feat. Pracht missed an opeh goal before hitting the up- right with a very fast shot. From this the Punjabis rushed away to net their third point.

Farmer played a steady game for the losers, but did not cover offough ground, Tremlett, who has been crocked for two months was some what naturally off form, but im- proved in the second half when he played on the left and Sommer changed to right back.

Potter was an effective half back and held Lal Singh fairly well

General impression left was that the Wanderers possessed a team which would give an excellent ar- count of itself against Macao.

RACE MEETING OPENS

put up a strenuous resistance to the First Day Successes By

Owners & Jockeys

Eve stable led the list of winning owners and Mr. Leo Frost the wing

The three remaining goals were re.ning Jockeys in the first day of the gistered in quick succession towards annual race meeting which opened on the end, being secured respectively Saturday. The complete list of re- for Macao by A. Airosa, H. Rosario, sults follows. and F. Nolasco..

1

On the whole the visitors were un- lucky not to have scored more than goal. Cox, full-back, and 'Southam, goalkeeper, played excellent

one

gamen.

Kowloon Golf Club Handicap Competition.

"LUB ́must be feeling they did the their latest "capture" to the serves instead of playing him against.

wrong thing in putting Wilson, DRAW & STARTING

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TIMES

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WINNING.OWNERS

L. Dunbar Eu Tong-sen Mrs. Dunbar

Dynasty JF Macgregor Ling Mrs. E. H. M.

Shiu-pang Kwok Hin-wang

LI

Hom Harbrad

Limburg G. Tinkon K. W. Fung Quartermaster

Tester & Abraham

V. M: Grayburn Pau

Job is to get the ball in themary nearly, had the effect of causing the Police on Saturday. An to the best advantage for his colles completo ewing over of fortunes. witncas tells ma timt Wilson is a The following la the draw and "Chiu Cheong fan little task he can begin to worry Hate the Sappers that form he must walk into the senior

class player and that on Saturday's starting times for the High Handicap Broadway about scoring goals from impossible "A". It will be a sad day for the with two goals; the passes wore no Lee Waltong is to South China outfit. Ifd presented George Duncan

competition of the Kowinon Golf Club Ll Po-chun angice. Perhaps Fowler has been

to be played over the Kowloon City Why told this; If so he must bear with jured and put out of the team. The could not avoid scoring.

Engineers if Howlett should get in perfectly timed and made that Duncan

course on Sunday, March 1st. repetition.

winners played well above their

9.00 E. G. Judd and J. G. Charlton. L. Reidy 0.05 J. W. Martin and J. J. King, league form, the half backs capocial

9.10 H. E. Longbottom and C, E.

ly raising their game to high plays real Glasgow football" standard. They are a typical cop

Bald my informor, "Creates

walked

THE EXCEPTION Drown was the one Club forward who played as though he knew what fighting team and for this reason will ideal openings and shpats strongly he was doing. The insido. right's prove themselves doughty opponents with both feet." Clearly an acquial progressive tactics were a pleasure when they meet East Lancashirea în tion, not only to the Club, but to to watch and he made better use of the final.

local football. the ball than anybody else..

Bickford's work

somewhat TAST. Lancashires, who WAS

ALEC Pearce turned out and gave spasmodic. Sometimes he put the over Eastern to enter the last such a polished display that the ball in the middle with wonderful ac- round of the competition, now have Club have reason to bowall his pre- curacy, but ho wasn't too consistent a good chance of accomplishing the ference, for cricket. In fact as one The familiar Bickford-Strange com- double Junior Shield and Second enthusiastic supporter observed 11 bination which used to break up the Division Championship. Thoy, mustwo had this toam throughout Mrs. Dunbar's Bear. Claw (Leo. best of defences seems to be a thing be named favourites. Spood is

the Frost) after winning the Maiden of the past. Strange

a season' we should win the champion- was never vital factor in their play, and they ship." Cortainly a clear-cut three.. Stakes on Saturday. (Photor Mecgiving his partner proper support. seem enough to maintain a nil victory over Chinese Athletic

Cheung).

and their understanding was typical startling pace from start to finish, lends a basis for this assertion,

Terry

9.16 W. J. Geail and E. O. Murphy. 0.20 F. L. Rapley and II. C. Bornor. 9.25, C. J. Roc and E. F. Barnes.

Roven

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1st 2nd 3rd

12

WINNING JOCKEYS

1nt

End -Ard

Frost,

Norda

9.30 A. Andrews and H. G. Mancell 9.86 W. J. Woolley and E. WT. I Wong

Gardinor.

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0.40 J. S. Smith and W. Orr. 9.50 HF. Westlake and L. Jack 0.45 A. Gellatley and E. Christensen. 9.56 G. C. Bloss and W. H. G. Hirst. 10.00 W. Stoker and T. Whitley. 10.05 C. G. Anderson and W. Kershay. Course Stewards:A. Andrew's and W. Stoker.

F. Marshall B. Proulx

Q. Encarnacno, D. Black D. S. LI G. A. Harriman H. C. PH

N. Delt

Y. T. Fung