Thé"Hongkong Intkrport. soccer:
Satvray afternoon, seeded game' -gestenday onthe Pioneer 'Field, East China- (on, other words, a team representative of Shanghai Chinese) supplying, the ppotition. Te was a bitterly. cold afternoon, but despite the: weather [about 8,000 persons: were present at the start, most of: them' being, of course, Chinese. Some fell during the second half."
The teams were ax follows:=—
Feng and Har; Wee ae Lee, Howard, - Huberstone, H Leslie, ite' sounded with inners by four! coals to one.
They were more than worth it, in all departments but especially in the forward line.
Rodger had very little to do in the Hongkong goal; and Wynne and Wheeler, though at times kept busy, were never overworked. Stewart played a fine game at centre-half {ill his unfortunate injury occurred; and Howard deputised well after his departure, Good as were Mackleworth snd Batler, Humber-stone was easily the best forward on the field. Charlesworth had comparatively little to do, On the Chinese side, the halfback line impressed one most. Woo at left half was particularly good and his partners were always hard workers. The Chinese forwards pointing, Ting at out-was of practically no use in the first half, but improved to-lards the end of the game. The right wing players had no cohesion either among themselves or with their halves, and Lee at inside-left has played many a better game. The trio of first-line defenders—Loh, Feng and Har—played up to their reputation,
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