This match wax ployed on the Lancastrians' groand at Hongkew, and resulted in a win for the homesters. Tu the fret half the Lavesstrians scored the initial goal and, although they attacked hotly, the (lub could not until clove on ball. to be given fa too often, but if the referee had pulled up players for every infringement tore would have been little play. In the second portion of the game the Len-cestrians attacked hotly, but were repulsed and the Clab made a great effort to score. The forward line was advantage of any delay in shooting.
ally the home team made an opening and the forwards passing nicely beat their opponents and scored the log goal. Result:—Lancastrians 2 goals; Hockey Clab 1 goal.
The ground at Hoogkew ie small and the striking circle is made proportiooately smaller than usual, whereas the role on the point says that "in front of each goal shall be drawn a white line four yards long, parallel to, and fifteen yards from, the goal line. This how shall be continued each way to meet the goal-line by quarter-circles having the goal-poste as centres." It is for the Leagae Committee to say whether or not the striking circle may be made smaller in proportion to the size of the ground. Although hard hitting on such a ground must be at disonnat, yet on Saturday there was great deal of it and at times one would have thought come players wore playing cricket.
WANDERERS v. siKHB, Thi game was a fast one throughout, and resulted in win for the Wanderers by five goals to four. The Sikhs pressed from the start, bat the excellent combination displ.yed by the Wanderers enabled them to withstand such tactics on almost every occasion. At half-time the score, stood at three all. Soon after the resumption of play Wingrore scored for the Wanderers, but Creasy soon evened up matters. This was the score at the call of time, so it was resolved to play a farther five minutes each way. Brand scored again for the Wanderers, thus leaving them the winners by the narrow margin of one goal. The goalkeeper for the Sikhs played an excel lot game, and ea did Bremoer for the Wandeters, For the winyers goals were obtained by Brand (2) Wingrove snd Hawkings; snd for the losers by Creasy (2), Ran Singh and Dal Singh.
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