1936-02-27 — Page 20

THE

HONGKONG⠀⠀ TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

FEBRUARY

27, 1936.

SOUTH CHINA "A" AT FULL STRENGTH AGAIN

NOVEL TACTICS OF

SOLDIERS'

HALF BACK LINE

(By "Veritas");

Half back play, the technique of which is a somewhat neglected phase of local football, promises to receive a new stimulus now that the Royal Ulster Rifles are taking part in the Colony's competitions. Though the Ulster Rifles senior team has only been in action about three times since arrival in Hong- kong, enough has been seen of the

CLEVER FOOTBALL TRIO-McConigal, Camp

players to convince that they will con- bell and Nelson, Royal Ulster Rifles senior fooibai!

a certain amount of lustre to tribute .football here.

And pesalbly the most impressive feature of the team has been the play of the half backs. There is a hint of novelty in their tactics so far na. the local game is con- corned. The customary method of positioning Inevitably finds the wing halves concentrating on the opposition wingers; but the Ulster Rifles prefer to cover the middle of the fold and to allow their backs to look after the flanks,

Such methods, which are well practised by McConigal, Campboj! and Nelson, have a two-fold value. It allows them to break up.much casler attempts by the opposition to attack by mass formation, and conversely enables them to be well positioned for intercepting lateral passes to the wings.

Campbell the Ulster Rifles In have a centre-half of outstanding qualities. He has already won his Apura in Hongkong football by being chosen to represent the Army In the recent Kotewall Cup match in which he gare a fine display of thoughtful and constructive foot

bali.

team intermediate line.

THE FOOTBALL POOLS PROBLEM ANALYSED

LEAGUE'S ACTION CAN ONLY BE A DETERRENT

MYSTERY OF MOTIVE WHICH PROMPTED INTERFERENCE

(By "Veritas")

Lee Wai Tong Back In Team

OLD-TIME ATTACK

Wong Wing Is Doubtful

(By "Veritas").

South China “A” are taking no chances as far as the combination of the team is concerned for their important league match with Club de Recreio on Saturday. Lee Wai-tong, despite the fact that he wanted to rest for the rest of the season, has agreed to return to the fold and will again lead the attack. In fact South China will be at full playing strength providing Wong Wing la available. Io la expected to play, but in caso he cannot make it, Chui Sin-hang has been chosen a reserve.

CIVILIANS TEAM AT PRACTICE

This afternoon at 5 o'clock on the U.S.R.C. ground the Civilians team to oppose Macao will have

practice match against East Lancashires. The following Civilians team has been chosen. Ramzan; Guest and Potter; Silva. W. A. Reed, and Oliveira: Divett, 8. Fowler, G. Singh, Pinto and Souza.

BADMINTON

Recreio Annihilate Chinese

C.R.C. LOSE BIG CHANCE

tho

confident

Colony Hockey Reviewad

STRANGE METHODS OF SELECTORS

Persist In Holding

Interport Trials

(By "The Pilgrim")

The men's hockey Interport :

trial last Monday was a failure

in more ways them oner but Deciding

chosen

chiefly because the selectors, having already players, failed to seize the op portunity of taking from them a Probable laterport team and much-needed giving thema practice match as a combina- tion.

are creating, an euphomixm "Practice"

Match For Southorn Cup

NEXT SATURDAY

as the available

od vory

rangement is rather a waste of time. YMCA. have lost the services of

selectors'

Actually the only position in thei Interport team which appears to be at all doubtful is that of goalkeeper. but as they have two or three com petent players from which to choose, the selectors should not allow this to rob them of any sicep.

MAMAK LEAGUE

The selectors' Idea presumably The concluding match in the Caur (By "Veritas")

was an attempt to discover some last- Clark Cup tournament will be played Chinese Recreation Club's minute material which had hitherto at Sookunpoo on Saturday, bully-off at were 3.16, when the Hongkong Ladies moot hopes of finishing first or caped their notice. They

vastly disappointed.

the Y.M.C.A. to docido destination of second in the men's doubles

the Southorn Cup. Now they have decided to hold a It seems very doubtful whether the division of the badminton league crashed last night when further so-called trial, which seems Hongkong side will be at full strength

to be nothing more or less than a

aistera Balloy

are not were annhilated by match between. Interport defence and they

and Mas Glover is also a Recreio "A" in a needle match attack. I can't help thinking that in doubtful starter. The team has not. at King's Park. The failure using the word "Trial", the selectors been selected at the time of writing, for but Miss Dalziel should experience no of the Chinese to win a single

grent difficulty in folding a capable game came as a big surprise,

nun ser In any case, whether the match be team as she has a as current form suggested they

a trial or a practice, its present ar- good-reserves. would give the Recreio a very The English Football League 1ling facilities for supporters or

The Caroline illites' old-time

good run for their money.

What the Interporters need is prac- Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Henry, who are has "declared war" on Foot-know, until the last minute, whether they have to travel may be the

forward line expects to be on duty

But their three couples tacked tico as a team, not in opposition to away from the Colony and these gaps ball Pools; and it seems that length of the country or are play

with Fung King-cheung partnering balance. Although S. P. Chan play- one another, and as the Impossibility will be hard to fill. Miss Sybil the organisers of these gigan- ing on their own ground. Further

TAD Kwal-shing on the right wing ad cloverly, Woo his partner failed to of raising a sufficiently strong "Rest Dalziel the team's skipper is again and Ip l'ak-wa- playing inside to lead adequate assistance; Gordon side to give them that practice is an quite fit and a great deal will depend tic undertakings can do little more they have doubtless begun

to realise that although this Longue Tay Qua Hinag

Half backs and backs as usual. Aum was affected in the same way in incredible suggestion, one is simply on hor if they are to win.

A good game is anticipated, but I about it themselves Their action must act as a deterrent to

his partnership with S. W. Liang, and left bewildered by the

think the Hongkong ladies will Just Pools, it will fail to powerful team, but not unbeatable, although Choy and Ho revealed a fair strange policy.

about win. only weapons of defence ap- Football pear to be public sympathy, abolish them. It will require an Beltrae has bottled up Lee Wai-tong amount of team work, they were not Act of Parliament to accomplish before now and is capable of doing it a combination strong enough to McConigal and Nelson, two of

Recreio the fastest wing halves seen here which is not to be doubted, this, and as the Pools are essential-aguin. Only danger so far as Recreio withstand

LAC, for a long time, compare favourably

and reactionary measures by ly parl-mutuel systems, which are are concerned is that if Beltrao has couples.

to concentrate exclusively on

much with any of their contemporaries.

clubs participating in the foot-exempt from the terms of the Bet Fung and. Ip may be given too

ting Act, it seems unlikely that latitude. Not excepting the Chinese, they

ball leagues who, are beginning even legislation can be effective Fernandez will be given a thorough probably have a better understand- ing with their forwards than any

to show resentment at the con- against the Pools without also testing at left half and if he can hold

affecting horse racing, dog-racing, in something which many more hand cross-court drop shots, gave INTERNATIONAL

Teo. Kwal-shing he will be accom- other intermediates in local foot-

trollers' arbitrary decisions. etc.

plishing ball. This very strength is some-

experienced players in the Colony Recreio a fine start to the evening times in danger of becoming their

Viewed dispassionately it is not Football Pools have developed would like to be able to boast about. when they overcame Chen and Woo 21-1. The visitors did not score weakness, as they are so keen in

саву to discern exactly why the Into such a gigantic and influential Nevertheless better defensive quali supporting the attack, and even

Chiness intermediates if the Recrels had roached 19. Subsequently Lum

little operating as additional forwards, Football League has seen fit to in-industry in England and Scotland ties will have to be shown by the their point until the Recreio players unfortunate to that good length clearances by the torfere. Football Pools system is that it seems very unlikely they quintette are to be stopped. They have and Lilang were a

will allow themselves to be wiped displayed sharp falling-off in this lose to Carvalho and Silva, Liang opposing defences sometimes finds not new, yot the Longue's out of existence overnight. If the shared the game during recent missed several easy "klis" after Lum the Ulster Rifles left with insuf- denunciation has come without Football League is going to publish weeks. It made a contribution to had created the openings with some ficient means of withstanding a

warning. One, is left guessing fixture lists on the day preceding their defeat last week, and may casily clover deceptive shots, and valuable counter-attack,

Recrolo players quickly discovered The trio will be soon in action whether the action is in deference the matches it is a certainty that prove the team's undoing on Saturnees word thus thrown away. The

vulnerable on gainst Chinese Athletic on Sun- to the appeals of religious bodies the Pool organisers will find means daaroline Hill enclosure will prob- that Liang was

and the National Anti-Gambling of continuing to accommodate their

ably be capacity-taxed for this match. backhand and proceeded to concen- South China expect to turn out as trate on this accordingly.

The C.B.C. pair also had reason to follows.

Wong Wing for Chui Sin-hang); feel upset about their match with The problem appears to be not L Tin-sang and Lau Mau; Leung Sousa and Alves, another Instance of away chiefly so much the desirability of elimin-Wing-chul, Wong Meo-shun and Leo winning aces thrown ating betting from football, as the Kwok-wai; Teo Kwai-shing, Fung through impetuosity in dealing with practicability of any such attempt. King-cheung, Leo Wai-tong, ip Pait simple.returns. If the Football League's attempts Nobody seriously wants to see foot-wa and Tay Qua-liang,

or any of its sister games

day.

CUP & LEAGUE FOOTBALL

LATEST HOMESIDE

two.

'nouthern

RESULTS

London, Feb, 26.

of the match--Reuter.

U. S. BOXING

League, or results from the dis- covery of big gambling commit- monts by league players and officials.

WILL NOT BE POPULAR

patrons.

ball

venue

PRACTICABILITY

RECREIO MAKE AN EXPERIMENT

Delgado Playing At Centre-Forward

BRILLIANT START. Oliveira and Remedios, the former smashing in best style and his part nor pulling out some gorgone back.

Nevertheless this does not gainsay the superiority of the Portuguese who touched some of their best form. The C.R.C. would have been better advised if they had split up their pairing, putting Lum with other Choy and Chan, Lum's badminton was interest- (Continued on Page B.)

S.

China “B” Select 14 Players

SAINTS LEAVE WELL ALONE

TOURNEY

PREPARATIONS IN HAND

TABLES

Records In The Two- Divisions

IST, DIVISION

Radio Sports

Club K.LT.C.

Argonauta Royal Engi. SEMI.. Police

PROBABLE

FINALISTS

(By The Pilgrim”).

песть

For. Agat.

P. W. D. L. Goals Pts.

9410

7 4 2

G. 4 1 0 18 7-0

04 0

+7 3 $

5 1 2

R. Signals... 1 HMS.

Parthian... 40

St. Andrew's 1 0 0

Preparations are now in C.B.A.

2ND. DIVISION

10 6 8

19 5 8

0 89

8.0 4

2

18 /1 080

4 16

full awing for the first round. Engl., B... 8 4 2 27.10.10

12th. Btry... matches of the International R.A

2-12 14 16 6 1 2 3 11 16: Tournament to be played on Nomadsk March 12, Portugal boasts & Polico Indiana 4 1 1 2 3 10 S very strong representation, Departmentals 5 10 4 3 10 a

Mule Corps.. 0 1 and may well cause an upset by beating India in the semi- finals which I am expecting them to reach,

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HOCKEY CANCELLED

to destroy Football Pools are made dominated by gambling influences Charlton did themselves a bit of purely in the interests of public and any watertight scheme to keep good in their efforts to gain promo-morals, it is fairly certain that theso factors in chock deserves tion to the first division when to-day they scored a home victory against popular feeling will be antagonis complete support. But the Foot- Newcastle, winning by four goals to tic, for if there is one thing ball Pools have developed extensive the average man dislikes it. Is ramifications and they affect many interests, Revelations made re Bradford entertained Doncastor and won by three goals to one and in the this form of suppression. And cently in these columns show that

Recreio have moved Delgado from

Portugal boast a powerful dofenco, TWO MATCHES NOT PLAYED section of the third division, when it comes to arguing morals the abolition of the Pools would the half back line to the attack, and

and their line-up probably will be:- OWING TO WET WEATHER Clapton Orient defeated Crystal Pa on an issue such as this, there is throw a new army of werkiess on introduced a second team player at

H. B. Souza; Remedios and E. L Gosano; Silva, Gonsalver, and The Mamak Hockey Tournament Ince by the only goal scored.

In Scottish Cup third round replaya, so much to be said both for and dozens of local unemployment ex-left half in an attempt to strengthen

Oliveira; Nolasco, Beltrao, Pinto, match between St. Andrew's and the Clyde virited Dundee and won by three against that it is impossible to changes; that the Post Office re-all round the combination to ment

Souza and Angelo. They have, of Kowloon Indian Tennis Club, which would suffer by severni South China "A" at Carolino Hill on clear goals, and St. Johnstone, were reach anything like a whole-hearted thousands of pounds; that football Saturday, will lead the forward line

courac, a few other players to fall was to have been played yesterday, beaton at unexpectedly

back on. home by

was postponed on account of the jclubs would "lose 凸 conelderabe with Bernie Gosane at inside right,

Inclement weather. Aberdeen, who netted the only goal or unanimous agreement.

jamount of money..

I believe this is the first time Delgado

India, too present champions, will It is not very surprising, after

depend on the following players!- Another hockey match, that be- There also remains the question.has played centre-forward for the their first wave of enthusiasm, to

Ramzan; Karnail Singh and Kishen tween the Second Battery, H.KSRA football as a game suffering senior outfit, and it is an experiment sce football clubs showing resent-Is

me interest. of Bome

Singh: Dullah Singh, M. H. Hussan and the Club de Recreio, arranged mont of, and outright opposition adversely from the influence of the

Rocroio, in fact, are flelding just

(if available) and Alaf Din; Kuda to be played on the Marina ground far, the Football to, the League's action in rofusing Pools? So

team and one about 100 per cent.

South China "B" have not finally Bar, Awtar Singh, G. Singh, Sarnagat yesterday afternoon, was also Portland, Ore., Feb. 26.

called owing to the wet state of the an even settled on the combination of their Singh and Lal Singh. to divulge weekly football program. League has not stated why it has which stands more than Al Spina, 123 lbs, knocked out mes until 24 hours before they are taken its arbitrary action, so that chance of winning, A. V. Gosano Is team to meet St. Joseph's next Sun- They have many other players at ground. Young Tommy, 12294, the Loa

day Fourteen players have been ad- their disposal and in any eventuality in defonce which factor. Speaking guarantees a distinct check on the vised to hold themselves in readiness ATO Bure turn out a very strong! Angeles Filipino, one and a half due to be played. The clubs have one cannot say what has been its being retained

and it Beltrao and the team will finally be selected team.

talent. England should be able to minutes after the fight started. It quite a lot to lose, and so far as motivating was a ten-round schedule.

can be seca, nothing to gain, by generally it is fair to say the Foot Chinese forwards,

ball League has acted without maintalus form at centrehalf, it is from three backs, four half-backs and In the top half of the semi-final reach the final,

England should meet Scotland, and Scotland should experience no undue Jack Curley (134) gained the de- the League's action.

apparent reason, but It is clear the quite possible South China will suffer alx forwards, cision from Pastor Calope (135),

The following are the fourteen England will call on the following difficulty in disposing of Germany to (Manila), in four rounds-United their fixtures, arrange for travel-main as it is at present.

It means they cannot advertise position will not be allowed to re-their third defeat of the season,

Recreio hope to line up as follows: players: Wong Wah-guy: Leung In-players: Jessop:. Guest and Cox: reach the Last Four. The following Pross.

Marques;

and chan, Loo Xam, Yu Hing-yuen: George Potter, Williams, W. A. Reed, Parker players will be available:-Howlett, Bowen: V. Marques, Beltrao and G. Tang, You Wah-hing Lam Tak-pa Divett, Wraith, Dawson, Burch and Rodger: Blackburn, Gilchrist, Mc Fornandez; Castilho, B. Goesno, and Henry Young; In Yan-po, Lai Wass.

Lellan, N. Whitloy, C. Angus, T. Delgado, Gomes and Alves,

Shui-wing, Ho Ka-keng, Ng Po-kui, Another player deserving of consl- Whitley, N. A. E. Mackay, S.-Blac Cheuk Shek-kany und Young Shul-deration in Farmer of the C.D.A. I Nider and Cameron, ylek.

have seen him play several splendid) I fancy England and Portugal, to St. Joseph's, perfectly contented games at left half. With the above reach, the final. with last week's performance, kro letting well alone and the same team which unexpectedly beat South China "A" will take the field ngainst the second string.

of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and the Hongkong Fóstball Cinh which mat f Urugby, fantun last Bunday, Bosted in the centre in Mr. V. M. Grayburn, chief manager of

ank, and Mr. G. H. Pötts of the Football Club.) (Phötài: Men Chena);S

A.

Gosano

ULSTER RIFLES TEAM

Not Anticipating Any Changes

Royal Ulster Rifles, who meet Chineso Athletio on Sunday, expect to make no changes from, the team which lost a fortnight. go to the Club. Players have reported thom- salves fit and the team has been doing light training during the interim.

The team is: Souza; Souza and Costa; Woo, Sinclair and Elma; Victor, Loe, Leonard, Hussain and Fernandes,

KOWLOON TEAM

No Changes Against

East Lancashires

MAMAK CHAMPIONS

CHALLENGED

The Mamak League is just reacb- Royal Engineers and Police, who have Ing its mont, Interesting point. conceded six points each, though the Five teams are in the running for Sappers enjoy two games in hand." championship honours, and although It would come se no great surprise the K.IT.C. reigning champions. If either of the four teams mentioned have only dropped one point in live beat the K.I.T.C. There is nothing matches, they have a long way to to choose between the playing go with a series of stiff encounters strength of those first five teams and before them.2.

It is quite on the cards that a new No team changes" report Kowloon

They must twice meet the Police club will annex the honours for their match against East Lanca and Argonauts, as well as Radio and Central British Association, leaders shires on Saturday at Bookunpoo.

Royal Engineers once each. If they in the second, division, have won all The aume team which lost a fort got through these matches with the nine games and are certain to win the night ago will therefore operate, loss, of no more than three points the title. At the same time they cannot namely sad je AMAN championship will be theirs again. be classed as good as the leading Boyer Everest and Eastman Radio and Argonauta are next teams in the first division, though it Kemp, Bliss and Boyd W. Knox, G. league table position, each with the will be extremely interesting to see noon Laity Shenton has kindly, pro-White, D. Knor, V. White and Honn-loss of four points, but with Radio how they fare against the champions mised to distribute the prisen

If the team plays as anticipated It will be:-Conner; Coyle and Stevens: MeConigal, Campbelt and Nelson; Killen, Doherty Ferguson, Erwin and Hartigan.

St. Stephan's College Sports: will be held at Btanley on Saturday after

bail

holding a game in hand. Then comes in the finale, devel

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