The annual complimentary match between the winners of the Senior Division in the Shanghai Schools' Championship, and a team selected from the defeated schools, was played off on Wednesday, afternoon in the Hongkew Park. This season's champions—the Shanghai Public School—were opposed to an eleven drawn from the St. Francis Xavier's College, the Thomas Hanbury School and the Shanghai American School.
The S.P.S. were not at full strength, but nevertheless opened the game with a determined and well-organized attack. Following on a brilliant run by T. Madar, a corner was forced from which Siemssen opened the scoring for the School with a well-placed low drive. The Rest now took up the attack in earnest, but the S.P.8. backs—Weill and Caccia—were covering each other's play so well that the opposing forwards could make little headway. Soyka, at centre-half for the School, gave throughout the game a masterly exhibition of the manifold duties of a centre-half, and it was from one of his most accurate opening passes that the forwards ran away to see Moosa score the School's second goal.
On the resumption of play in the second half, after a perfect piece of combination in which the whole forward line had its share, Siemssen secured a third goal for the School. A fourth goal was added soon afterwards by Moosa, who scored with a long dropping shot.
At this stage the Rest made a most determined rally and narrowly missed scoring, Carlson—the School
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