The Archive · 1926

Shanghai Football Club 8 Public School for Boys 0

Played on the Police ground. Both teams were strongly represented, the Football Club having Goldman and Stokes back in the forward line. There were some drastic changes in their defence. Gowan, it seems, has not proved an unqualified success at back and was' re-ins~ tated in his old and more suitable position at centre-half, where he gave a normally. excellent display.

Moor and Boyce, who may be considered the Club's regular—backs, were both hors de combat, and that! most accommodating player Phillips (who seems to play an equally effect. ive game in any position) and the untiring Prica were placed at back, with Blackwood and Schaffer part-noring Gowan in the middle line.

The story of the game is the storp of an almost continuous attack on the School goal, with the School forwards, outweighted and outclassed, very seldom in the picture except in assisting their defence, was obvious from the beginning that the School were in for a drubbing The teams were so obviously matched that there was not the slightest doubt as to the result. The School, apart from one fine shot from Tingle, never looked like scoring, and were outclassed in every department except goal, _where there was no opportunity of a comparison, Large having so little to The teams were as follow:

SP.C-—Large; Phillips and Price; Blackwood. Gowan and Shafter: Baxter, Sinclair, Goldman, Hood and Stokes Horstong: and' Tuttiemen, Police R. C.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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