Shanghai Engineers Decline to Play Chinese on Pioneer Field 'The Honorary Secretary of the 'Shanghai Football Association has' asked us to give publicity to the following announcement:
"The First Division League! match between the Three Cultures Athletic Associ and the Shanghai Engineers, which is scheduled to be played at the Pioneer field on Saturday, January 1, 1927, has been postponed owing to the' Engineers' Club having definitely declined to play at the Pioneer field, in view of the incident which followed the match between the Chinese and Foreign teams on Monday, December 27, 'The matter will be dealt with by a meeting of the Full Council of the Association which is to be held at the Cathedral School on Tuesday, January 4, and an official announcement' will issued by the Shanghai Football Association as soon as possible after the Meeting. The Meeting in question is not open to either the public or the press."
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