Another injustice was done to Ire-Jand on Saturday when she was beaten by the Sassenach in the final round of the International Cop Competiti played on the ground of the Shanghai Football Clab. No fewer than four clear goals were piled ap by the Englishmen and had they adduced " little extra effort there is no doubt they could have obtained s much greater victory. Apart from the closing minute of the game, when Freeman was [requently called upon to save, Ireland was seldom dangerous. Indeed, on the few occasions that their forwards wore permitted to get within the firing zone, they shot with incredible inaccuracy. From the first moment the issue was never in doubt and at the close of the ninety minutes' strenuous play, the Englishmen did not appear to. have turned the proverbial hair.
1t_was four minutes after the start) that Ireland's citadel was first captured, although the Englishmen ought really Davies badly mis kicked. How got through earlier when
was through another mistake by Davies that Clifford got through with the ball and volleyed at goal. Anthony partially stopped the ball, bat before be could recover himself Robinson dashed up and pieced the ball finally in the net, Ireland shortly afterwards attacked and Hall shot over the bar.
England again took up the thread of attack and then occurred darted off up' th hogging the) fringe of the touch line, Nearing goal he moved inwards and suddenly Doyle, Ireland's contre-half back, deliberately threw himself down before King and the outside right fell heavily to the ground. Of course the Irishmen were penalized, bat such tactics are quite outside the pale of association football.
Retribution quickly followed, for sab-sequent to another Irish invasion, in which Bell and Mallens distinguished themselves, King again got- under
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