"The Chinese, however, were not to be outdone and also had their share of attack. Lee and Kiang combined smoothly but the' wingers were weak. Victal and Oliveira were the Portuguese mainstays, The latter was indirectly responsible for the opening weight "championship, to be fought on November 1.—Reuter. forwards were left with only the backs to beat. Peasgood who showed reliability during the game was able to get the ball over the bar but the corner was unconverted. Ward then returned the attack by taking the ball down to the Italian goal and from about 25 yards out putting in a low shot that forced Carani down in order to save. From a spectators point of view the excitement was not sustained and a display of centre-field passing followed. The remainder of the first half consisted mostly of alternating attacks on the goals, which were livened from the spectators point of view by a number of rapid breaks through by the Savoia forward line. Although both teams tried hard to get the advantage there was no score by half time.
Early in the second half there was the first real thrill of the game when Pesce passed to Suzi who took a splendid shot at goal and Peasgood, taken unawares, just managed to get hold of the ball in mid-air.
Quarter of an hour after the start of the second half the Italian forwards took up strong offensive tactics and a long pass from Paccarotto to Suzi was taken by the latter through the Police defence and converted with a fine shot giving the Italian team the lead by one goal.
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