Tientsin 1: Shanghai Vientsin 4: United Services 3.
Favoured with delightful weather, in the presence of between 8,000 and 10,000 spectators for whom the excellent and adequate _arrat ments wade before hand secured convenient entry and comfort able accommodation, the first match of the interport series Letween Shang. hal and Tientsin sams took place The miserable weather on Dec. 28 could not fail to invest the match between the United Services (Shanghai) and the Tientsin Inter port teaing at the Stadium with a certain amount of depression und. only comparatively small attendance resulted. The game was, on. the whole, well worth watching, but on Christmas Day at the Stadi ium. inclined to be patchy. Johannson The game started promptly and Sun of the Tientsin team took follows: pam, "the teams lining up as] tions being filled by the two rerest on this occasion, their posi-
Tientsin—A.M. Koxburgh, J. Wad- serves, Foster and Taylor, while oad (capinin), 8 mant one.) of course, the United Services are Singer, He Ee Rodger [fielding two different teams against Tientsin and the Korean team re-Chow, ¥. Y. Yoong, spectively, which necessarily divides Falmer, J. W. Tote lion, their strength, Hefty kicking by oth sides' defence made for end-chow Ile Colfaco, Lo. Tai play and the game practical. ly consisted of periodical forward Tientsin Opens the Attack movements interspersed with some desultory midfield play. Some For the first 15 minutes the twenty minutes of fairly even play Tientsin team kept Shanyzhal maine elapsed before Tientsin scored the with only: first goal from a combined advance of break away, and by their forwards finishing with a moment occurred when cross shot by Rodgers, which was Linger found himself in possession defleered into the met by. Parker with only Chow to beat but shot ore initiated almost imover with his first-timer, The goal mediately and Jones had very hard kick relieved the pressure and the Inck with a splendid shot which ferwants went awa ceexcive raids. The fr rided with Wilkinson "Wut. mz over and in the second foray struck the upright with terrific Another rush by Tientsin ing to wing pass gave them goal through a nice shot later.
The Services then began to assert themselves and gommarded most of crossbar. Again the forwanls evoked audible the crowd end well game until A shot by Gainham from the left wing was fumbled by Roxburgh and Hurst met the rebound smartly to put the Services before the interval. In It is hardly necessary to detail the run of the play—the Foreign team, kicking aguinst the wind, opened an offensive the fir minute which continued throughout the game, with only an occasional brilliant breakaway by the Chin forwards which either ended in a miserably hopeless shot wide of the mark oF was broken up quickly by the fine foreign defence.
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