Play was mostly of a kick and rush variety, with the Portuguese having much the hatier of the exchanges and only the dour defence put up by. St. Xavier's preventing,.th Portuguese from scoring on seversi occasions before they netted for the first time—some thirty minutes after the start, From this time till the end the play. was of an extremely poor description and one gathered that the Portuguese were taking things rather easily. They even tually won by five goals to two, a score which by no means indicates their superiority. Mr. Craigie-Ross refereed.
Tsr-nine Cur, Sextrixay Interest' in this game was centred 8, St. Xavier's 1 wholly on the first half, when there was rome semblance " of equality between the teams, and a struggle more or less even resulted in the teams crossing over with the S.F.C. holding a lead of two goals to none. In the second half, the St. Xavier's defence could do little effective against the Club attack (in which the Club halves took a prominent Part) and though, soon after the resumption, St, Xavier's managed to reduce the lead to 2—1, there was nothing more of interest in the play, and the Shanghai Football 'Club' ran out overwhelming winners by eight goals to one.
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