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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1937.

BRILLIANT FOOTBALL IN KOTEWALL CUP MATCH

ARMY DEFENDERS NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR CHINESE FORWARDS

WEEK-END

CRICKET FEATS

Century By G. Souza

The following were the leading performances in local cricket over the week-end:

BATTING

G. Souza (A. B. Hamson's XI

v. C. W. Lam's Xi ............ I. P. Lim (C. W. Lam's XI v. A. I. Hamson's XI

100.

Painler Army "B") v, Indian R.C. 2nd XI

I. AR (1.1.C. 2nd XI V. Army "B"

C. W. E. Bishop (BK.C.C

Capt. Whilmarsh

M. F. L. Haymes (H.K.C.C.)

70

MILITARY XI OUTPLAYED AFTER EVEN FIRST HALF

their

(By "Abo")

The Kotewall Cup between the Army and the South China A.A. on the Navy ground at Causeway Bay yes- terday produced the best football in Hongkong this soa- son. There is definitely no doubt regarding the truth of this statement. The Army held the Chinese to 1-1 at half time, but in the second period the latter were so superior that their victory of 3-1 was not a fair indica centre-forward, is rushing Tam Kwan-hon, the Chinese goal-keeper, while Li. Tlu-sang (left back) is watch- tion of their superiority. They combined together to ing anxiously. The Chinese won the encounter by 3-1-Photo by Mce Cheung. such effect that they had the Army defence constantly spread-eagled, and only their own poor finishing prevent. ed them from scoring a more convincing win.

from one South China man to another without a single Army player getting his foot or head to it. Rowlands saved a few hot ones, or else the scores would have given a clearer in- dication of the run of play.

Play in the first half did not sug- gest that the second would be so one-sided. As a matter of fact, it was the Army who drew first blood, and their frequent attacks in the 76 Chinese ston! had Mak Siu-hon. Li

The Army forwards made spasmo- Tin-sang and Tam Kwan-hon flus-

dic raids towards the end, but these tered. However, the Army forwards die rai

were often spoiled by did not always make the best use of movements

Izzard made full their opportunities; Izzard, McGul-weak finishing.

failed to use of his weight in the centre, but gan and Thompson often collect the ball when passes were his one gre

one great failing when he

Was result the in possession was to dribble towards flung out to them and as Chinese defence was able to settle his own goal instead of trying to gain down and after it had done so, there ground. Calvert, the inside right, was the most dangerous Army for- was one team in the picture.

Several changes were made in the ward. He was a hard worker und Ariny side. Watson, who is essen- had bad luck with a drive which beat at Tam Kwan-hen, but to his chagrin tially a full back, did not play inside right as advertised, but went it hit the upright.

THE SCORING to his usual position in partnership Aficr

GG

2nd XI) v. C.S.C.C.

03

Llout. Skelton

(Navy) V.

Press ..

58

(Navy) v.

Press

53

v. Army

5.1

E. M. L. Soares (Recrelo) v. K.C.C.........

50

Lieut. Conundr. Puzlɩ (Navy)

v. L.R.C.

48

C. Pope (Polleo) v. Recreio

2nd XI

...

47-

I. G. Robertson (C.S.C.C, 2nd XI v. H.K.C.C.

44

S. A. Ismajl (I,R,C.) v. Navy

41

30

30

son's XI) v. G. W. Lam's XI

35

J. B. H. Lockle (H.K.C.C.) v. Army

3-4

AK. Ismail (A. B. Hamson's

32

W.

A. Reed (Recreio)

and

K.C.C.

31

A. A. Lopes (Recrelo 2nd XI)

v. Police

30

A. II. Madár (1.1.C.) v. Navy G. F. O'Bryen (K.C.C.) v. Recrelo

A. R. II. Emall (A. D. Ham-

XI) v. C. W. Lain's XI

• Denotes not out.

BOWLING

XI) C. W. Lam's XI... 5 for 10

Navy

*

An incident near the South China A.A, roal in the Kolewall Cup, match yesterday. Izzard, the Army

HOCKEY

SIGNALS LOSE AT MACAO

Concede. Eight Goals

Marno, Dec. 5,

A spirited hockey match was wit-

nessed by a large crowd in Macro when the cam of the Royal ¿Corps of Signals erigaged the Maçao Hockey Club in a friendly encounter. The visitors were defeated by a score of 0-1,

Mucho commenced the attack with smart silek work on the Jeft flank. Strongly supported by Costo, left- half, Slater and Busnelo threatened the Signals' goal and Rumalho at centro gave the Slangla backs a harassing me.

ULSTERS PLAY DRAW BADMINTON Fifteen minutes team bully qt the

WITH COLONY XI

LOCALFORWARDS MISS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SCORE

(By "Abe")

FIXTURES TO-DAY.

local team opened the score with a neat shot from a sharp angle by 15later.

Albert Alrosa, Inside right, regis- tered the second goal for the local teamy and after another five minutes

With, the postponement of, the tle Slater recred again with a well- between the Club de Recrclo

directed shot from long range. and Chinese Y.M.C.A.. only two inniches will be played this evening in the "A" Division of the Badminton

League.

King's College- and St. Andrew's are evenly matched, and the result should be fairly close. The game will be played at King's College, starting at 6.30 p.m.

Undaunted by this further setback, the Signals put up a goliont defence and vigorously tried to score. How- ever, the Marne half back line was more than a match for the Signals' forwards who generally held on lo the ball too long.

Although they were without the services of several of their best players, the Royal Ulster Rifles were able to hold a Colony

Alex team to a 1-1 draw in an exhibition football match on the Navy

Alrosa, centre-half, and Ramho, centre-forward, were res- A domestic lxture will be played ponsible for the next two goals be- ground at Causeway Bay on Saturday. On the whole, the game

the the was quite fast and interesting despite the fact that there were pat-where the two University teams will

Eu Tong-sen gymnostum, fore the Interval. Bright ches of dull play.

FURTHER GOALS

period of pressure, with Sheehan. Coakley came into

Army took the lead when the outside right berth in place of

n crowd of players from Pearson and Calvert, of the 5th shot past Brigade, was at inside right. The corner kick. The Chinese equal-

Individually, the Colony XI were hard worker but his positioning was other positions were unchanged. The ised a couple of minutes before the

half-time whistle through Chan Tak-the better team, Chinese lined up as announced ex-

but the forwards all wrong and he seldom helped in for this goal went to lacked combination and because cept that Fung King-cheong was at fal. Credit

of the attack. Leung In-chan Cheung Moon-wing and Lai

Shiu- Chan Tak-fai nt inside right and

wing, however. The former took this they were unable to score more listless display throughout the after- centre forward.

the ball down the wing, slipped it to the Lai who, finding he was in an awk-

FORWARDS TOO FAST

gave a

ne

elash.

Resuming, Slater secured the sixth goal, the third to his credit, follow- ing a skirt corner, and the lust two goals for Macno were secured by

Chinese did not meet with any notice-word position, tapped it to Chan Tak- of understanding among themselves, Uisters broke through midway in the 15 minutes' play when Howlett sliol their own as play progressed towards

1 feel sure that

But the

they

were adequate. The forwards were good midield, but near

goal they were lucking in ingenuity and were Ramalho. unable to get past the solid defence than once. Had they some semblance noon, and it was due to him that'the of Hussain and Pile.

The Signals, who appeared some- what nervous, against their formidable The new arrangement of

The Colony side took, the lead after opponents, came much more into or had Howells able success in the opening period. fat. The lost-named player was un-

accepted all the second half to score their equaliser through a crowd of players. There the end of the second half and dis- Fung would marked and as Rowlands had already have Hone back to centre-forward been drawn out of position he had opportunities offered him, a totally was left to Lau to give the best was no more scoring until half way played much

beller team work. had

the Chinese not equalised two only to push the ball into an empty different story might have been told. display at half back, although even through the second half, Leung In- Their many attempts to score were at

goal. minutes from the interval.

chan completely missed a pass swung last rewarded when Austin, inside But each forward never knew what he cannot be said to have been at his out to. Killen, and in a twinkle the left, put in a fine shot. The Signals The Chinese went into the attock did; and the line-up was left changed at the resumption.

litter flashed it past Tam Kwan-hon attack was mostly on the left flank, This right away at the resumption, and the others were doing and Howells best.

into the net for the equaliser, was just as well, for the forwards though they were attacking continu- was too slow; and the result was that! Nearly all the raids made on the

France, outside left, breaking through one and all had

got used to their ously they took a long time to find Pickering and Stevens, the full-backs, Uisters' goal by the Colony forwards

The Ulsters nearly scored again in

on several occasions. the net. They went ahead through positions and their subsequent com- Fung, who drove the ball into the and Connor, the goal-keeper, had so were lacking in method. In almost the last minute, but Moore's shot] bination proved not only too clever corner with Rowlands well beaten. much lime to make their clearances every case, it was just kick and rush went just outside the post. It was But much too fast for the Army de Cheung Moon-wing was in the lime-

und trust to luck. These tactics are just as well, because the Colony XI fenders. Good support by the half-

light

that they, even found them for later-never good enough against two cool certainly did not deserve to lose, at this juncture, and it was backs,

Kam-hung Chli

Lau

from another of his centres

Teams! Hing-choi and Leung Wing-chiu en Chan Tak-fat was able to head the

-backs; thus against Pickering that passing among themselves. phasised the superiority of the side. ball past Rowlands.

Stevens, they proved abortive.

Colony XL-Tam Kwan-hon; Hus- I was particularly plensed with the

Promising movements were often sain, Pile; Leung In-chan, Lim Tak- Arst-half performance of Bright at

spoiled by somebody getting off-o. Lau Tin-sang; Coakley, Howlett, Howells, McGuigan and Hau Ching-

A. B. Hamson (Hamson's

t. Горо (Poller)

Recreio 2nd XI ........

5 for 39

A. R. Minu (IR.C.)

V.

5 for 41

A. K. Minu (1.R.C. 2nd

XI) v. Army "B"

4 for 13

D. S. Robb (H.K.C.C.

2nd XI v. C.S.C.C.

4 for 21

- C.-W.-E.- Bahop-(ILK.C.C.

2nd XI) v. C.S.C.C,

4 for 21

L. G. Gosano (Recreio

4 for 30

4 for 33

to

the

Lee

4 for 33 (K.C.C.) y.

Recreio

4 for 10

L D. Wodehouse (ILK.C.C.) v. Army

4 for 51

L AU (LIL.C, 2nd XI v. Army ""

4 for 53

Recrclo

3 for +

Y.

el Arelli (Press) v. Navy

3 for

*

2nd XI) v. Police

A. P. Pereira (Recreio)

v. K.C.C.

Capt. Carless (Navy) v. Press

B. D. Lay (K.C.C.)

Capt. Alcheit (Army) V

II.K.C.C.........

Capt. Whitmarsh (Navy) V. I.I.C....

F. Baker (ILK.C.C.) v Army

3 for 11

3 for 10

3 for 21

R. G. Robertson (0,5.C.C. 2nd XI) v, ILK.C.C.

3 for 26

Llcul. Barron (Army) v. II.K.C.C.

3 for 20

Pte. Hatfield (Army) v. HL.K.C.C.

3 for 30

V.

I.R.C.

3 for 30

Parsons (Ammy "B")

FANLNG GOLF

Results of the Recond round of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club chum- pionship at Fanting old course yes- terday were:

The features of the match were the Teams:

fine defensive play of A. J. Hussain centre-half for the Army. He kept hon; Mak Siu-hon. Li Tinesang: team, and the many fine-saves brought South China A.A.-Tam Kwan- and Chris Pile at back for the Colony such a tight-hold on-the Chinese in- Leung Wing-chiu, Lau Hing-chot, off by Connor in the Ulsters' goal. side trio that they were unable to Chin Kam-hung: Young Shiu-yick, ilussal and Pile were steadiness get going at all. Chon Tak-fai es-

Fung King-cheong. Chun Tak-tul. Decals half. Though he managed | wing.

and bad time against this

el La Shiu-wing and Cheung Moon personified, but the former fell of somewhat five minutes from the end score once in the first 45 minutes,

goal was "mide" for him by han; Evans, Bright, McCusker; Conk-nt the

and was extremely fortunate Ariny--Rowlands, Watson, Suce give away a goal in the last minute not to Cheung Moon-wing and Lai-Shi- ley, Calvert, Izzard, McGuigan and Ulsters time and again: he was very Kame. Connor saved the ng: he had an open ont when Lai Thompson. Wing; tupped the bali In his recoveries,

cool in the face of danger and the although in fairness to him it should

wild shooting of the Colony forwards be stated he was not alone in this

made his task easier than it might. have been.

inability to cope with the bewildering LADIES'

speed of the Chinese, Even Evans and McCusker, two of the most ex- perienced halves in local soccer, found diflcult to keep up with the opposing forwards.

CHINESE PRESS HARD For fa

i

TENNIS FINALISTS

Week-End Match Results

fully 25 minutes after the re- sumption, the Chinese hemmed the Army players in their own half aud (during this time scored twice. The Chinese seemingly found the net two more times, but both were disallowed. The Arst, a beautiful drive from a free kick just outside the

penalty aven by Fung King-cheong, was dis As a result of the matches played counted because Leung Wing-chiu over the week-end, the Analists got himself off-side.

Another shot, the ladies' tennis championships a first-timer by Cheung Moon-wing, the Colony are: entered the net, but the Army backs appealed against it, maintaining that ind got in by the side and not between the sticks. After examing the side of the net, the referee up- held this appeal.

The Chinese forwards provided the thrills, but nearly all their move- were started by Lau Hing- ments

and Leung Wing-chlu. The choi Chinese centre-half was in brillant form and dominated exchanges in the

A. E. Lissoman beat L. t. Au-, middle of the feld. Playing with drewes 6 and 5.

SINGLES

Miss Rose Perry

* V. Miss Madge Griffiths

DOUBLES

Mrs. A. Oliver and Mes, 9. Milla.

V.

Miss Perry and Mrs. Chlu Chun-chliu

in of

On Saturday, Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. two such. men, Chia Kam-hung was Mills defeated Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. naturally outshone although he also Shirley by 6-3, 6-3, while Miss Perry O. E, C. Marton beat Major Shan-played his part in keeping Coakley and Mrs. Chiu beat Mrs. Rice-Evans non 0 and 4.

In check.

and Miss Grimths 0-7, 2-6, 0-1.

D. S. Robb beat I. Newton at the

10th.

D. S. Edward beat Col. Blake by

n hole.

Army defence was so completely out- played yesterday Miss Perry put out During the Chinese pressure, the In the semi-finals of the singles

played that until Rowlands saved a Mrs. Oliver by scores of 7-3, 6-3, ond shot or when the Chinese forwards Miss Griffiths beat Mrs. Chiu 6-3, kicked outside, the ball was passed | 0-3.

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TEAM WORK

Apart from Connor, no one in the Ulsters really shone. They relied in team work as they did when they The Colony intermediate line of won the Hongkong Lentue champlón- Leung In-chan, Lim Tak-po and Lau | ship. East season. Plekering and | Tin-sang was a great disappointment. Stevens were sound without being Lim Tak-po, at centre half, was a particularly brilliant, and the halver

Howells left in undisputed porro zzion, with an Ulster player lying on the ground. An Incident in the exhi bition match between the Koyal Ulster Rifles and the Rest of the Colony on Saturday,-Photo by Mce Cheung,

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TO-DAY

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For the visitors, Morgan, right buck. : played an excellent game: Macno's teamwork was generally creditable, particularly in the half back line. Alex Alrosa displaying his usual prowess.

Macao.-C. Almada; R. Rosario, Lammert; J. Nolasco, Alex Airosu, Costa: Lyle. Albert Airosa, Ramalho, Slater, Rosario.

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