The Shanghai Association' Football team places Shanghai sport [deeply in its debt in providing the only bright spot in a dismal record lof interport defeat. Hongkong made Shanghai's golfing pretensions appear very meagre. The rugger match showed Hongkong. always Jdangerous and, if. Shanghai had been less. gentlemanly, perhaps the fall scoring capacity of Hongkong' three quarter line would have been revealed, Except for a plucky pack and one or two praiseworthy individual performances outside, [Shanghai hardly made any effort to extend the visitors. Low tackling, following up and a touch of the [devil were qualities which the home fifteen chiefly lacked. However, the soccer men well carried Shanghai's feolours in the Colony. After leading at half time and losing th ead within ten minutes of the fina whistle, they pulled the game out Jof the fire by sheer tenacity and Won a memorable game. "It is pleasant to note from Reuter fgraphie report that the Shanghi team played so well and with ssu evident dash, combined with a fine for ¢, with halfoacks and a [sense of sportsmanship. A brilliant
goalkeeper who made up for the foceasional aberrations of the rest of the defence, gained a big victory.
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