islington Corinthians Beaten Deteimined Local Players Score Thrice in First Half; Dogged Defence in Second Half Shanghai, April 3, (PO Islington Corinthians went down before the Shanghai Football Association eleven by three goals to nil in a well contested game, The game was fought out from start to finish on the hardest possible lines.
If the score did an injustice to either team, it was the visitors.
'They played good, football; in point' of academic skill they were well ahead of the locals, but ample compensation for the shortcomings of the local players was found in the whole-hearted and enthusiastic manner in which they tackled their work, 'The crowd estimated to be about 12,000 spectators were kep' on their toes as the visitors continued to serve up studied move ments, but all their midfield superiority was lost when they teache the penalty area as they tried to break through a defence that was well nigh impenetrable.
It was the Shanghai defence that! actually. carried the day. Marcal and Collet were veritable trojans in the rear. 'Thomasson, who did "not start off well, was a' powerful asset the defence, The lanky pivot time and time again saved! the situation when the other defenders were beaten, The wing halves, Brown and Symons, were hard workers, making, strenuous efforts to turn defence into tack, The forwards as a whole were hot on a par with the defence, the wingers finding the opposing. backs a dificult proposition to beat. Sousa failed to reproduce anything Mike the form which he showed in the trlal_ game.
'T Ikea the way in which both Buchanan and Clarke positioned themselves. 'They rarely wasted a ball when clearing, and when they sent It forward it" usually reached one of their own side, Their halt Hine had a good rio of the game for long periods. Whittaker, the pivot, was Inclined to give' Roboostoff rather more scope than I had expected. Stil, whether in defensive work or offensive, he played a fine game.
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