The Archive · 1937

Some Surprises

Advance reports of the Coton} team's prowess wore nat wholly cow firmed. The first surprise came when the Shanghai forwards, who were packing 3-4-1 held and pushed Hongkong, who were scrumming the thodox 3-23. The Shanghai pack in fact played a great game. They were outweighted yet they more than held their own though In the second half, particularly towards the end, when the more compact 3-2-3 formation of Hongkong started to tell. Even then the Shenghai forwards brought off some grand foot rushes.

Where Hongkong outshone Shanghai was outside, the serum. Man for Hie mae one nlstake $ Mieke (Pol in "not stopping LID. Bidwell when the latter scored but that was pardonable considering a player of Bidwell's type of running. Bowerman worked extremely hard, His

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