The Archive · 1934

LOCAL HOCKEY SATURDAY'S GAMES

Further progress was made on Saturday in the knock-out tournament conducted by the Shanghai Hockey Association The attraction of "the day: was the match at Hongkong: Park between the Club Lusitano and the German Hockey Club "A." This, was.a hard-hitting affair, and, by securing a -1 victory over the Por-

right to meet the S.H.C. Harlequins faguese, the Germans now gain the in the semi-finals. The Silkh Police gained an easy passage into the final by defeating the plucky Area Headquarters XI by two goals to one at the Race Course, thus eliminating the last of the Second Division teams from the tournament.

Germans v. Lusitans 'The Germans secured an initial advantage when' Lusitano—field-but ten men at the start, and it. was during the carlier stages of the game that they opened the scoring. In the even exchanges that followed, their opponents equalized, and it was not until the change-over that the superiority of the Germans became apparent. The German defence

great many attacks that would hi was vers, sound and frustrated proved successful against a pair of backs. The Germans scored twice in this half without any reply, to finish winners by three goals to. one, German "A."—Nied; _Melchors, Sonimor; Soenksen, Berg,. Pauly Rodde, Kuelps, Wetzell, Stublmann, Beek

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