The Shanghai Recreation Clab met with its first defeat in a League petition since the Spring of 1908 in its match against the Navy, played on the Recreation Club's ground on Saturday afternoon. The home team was without the services of Davies and Peake, aod there were rome changes in the forward line, bat it may be said at once that the Navy thoroughly deserved the victory; for the visitors had three parts of the play and the home forwards were very weak on the attack. This was py dae the fact that the Recreation' lub's clever centre forward, RJ. 8, Brandt was very closely warched and had therefore few "pportanities to sco the other hand, the Recreation Job's half-backs could not hold the Naval vanguard apd Brotherton, wh"
playing in goal as substitute for Ross Young, had a very bassy time, In the first half of -he game the Recreation Club had to face ® glaring sun and an oblique wind, and the Na immediately pressed. The Recreativn Club's team showed co: uplete lack of i|combination and Morgan pnt the ball between the posts, bnt was raled offside. The Navy was conceded a corner and bat the shot at goal was turned aside by Brotherton and a corner resulted. Eventoally Brandt broke away and dribbled three-quarters of the length of the field, Gray having t> concede a corner kick. The Naval backs relieved by gord kicking and Soverville came down the right wing at great pace antu well stopped by Wigton, After a lengthy attack by the Navy and capital defensive tactics by the Recreation Clab's backs, Allen sent in a good shot, which gave Brotherton little chance, and gave the Navy the lead by one goal to When the ball was set in motion again, it wan at once carried to the mouth of the home goal, where Gande made a splendid save and gave his forwards possession, Good comb between Brandt, T. Wade and Wilson ended in the last-named shooting at goal, bot the ball hit the upright and rebounded into play. A. short spell of even play was followed by another hot attack on the part of the Nay; bombardment of shots wi the left wing. After Hibbeo at Inst found the net with a shot which Brotherton just failed to gather. A foul agalest the Navy enabled the Recreation Club to invade and to get within the danger zone, bat Gray, McElwee and Lewis were al reliable and the venus was quickly transferred. When the whistle was sounded for hall-time, the Navy was attacking and held a lead of two goals to nil.
Ta the second half, the Recreation Club was the first to press, bat an inaccurate centre by Wilson' spoilt good movement, and the Naval forwards came away. Thacher, Gande and Wixton were conspicanas on the defence and sono gave their forward line a second opportanity, bat no score resulted. For a long spell play was very fast, with neither side able to claim the sdvantoge; bat whereas io the first half of the game play had be n particularly clean, there were now several breaches of the rules—without, however, ent, Que of these breaches, en mitted by Fisher within the penalty area, re-altd io a penalty kick being awarded to the Receation Clab, bat Wigton's shot at goal was well cleared. This wi wed by a corner kick to the Recreation Club, but although the centre-kick was well-directed, no goal accrued. For some iginal fron
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