Anumber of matches were played last Saturday between local and various teams drawn from the units of the Defence Force and some excellent games resulted; whilst all matches fixed for Sunday had to be abandoned owing to bad weather.
Tt required 360 minutes of hectic play—a record for Shanghai football—for the Beds. and Herts to defeat H, M, Navy in their match to decide the second round of the Skottowe Cup, but there was no denying the superiority of the soldiers when the two teams met for the fourth ti on the Police ground last Saturday afternoon, Changes in both teams added-spice-to a match that was in the lap of the gods, but the rearrangement of the soldiers' vanguard had the desired effect of more "punch" in a lino that had previously suffered from this defect and the return of Wiseman caused much satisfaction, True to expectations, the Saints defeated the Northamptons Regt. at Hongkew Park, bat the visitors wasted many chances that might have won the game, The opening half was contested at a rare pace, in which the soldiers had the better of the play, but their finishing efforts were weak in the extreme and at the other end Loveland and his backs seldom were in danger.
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