In the fist round football match of the Tze Ling Cup, the Area De-j tails team defeated the Hotspurs by
very dull and uninteresting, in v score of 3-0. The game wi of the fact that the Details were far stronger in defence than were the Portuguese team in attack. Consequently the game developed into a succession of corner-kicks and goal-kicks at the Hotspurs' end.
The soldiers did not score however until the second half, when their centre-forward, Andrews, scored two goals and inside-right Phimister put the finishing touch to a good pass by Sutherland. The Hotspurs' goal keeper, Palma, played a very good game and kept his goal intact until, during the second half, he was injured in a collision with the burly Andrews. He had a very able deputy in Braga, who tock his place between the this player stopping some shots including one at point blank range from a distance of not more than ten yards.
The teams were:—
AREA_DETAILS:—Forsyth, Chalmers, Weir: Sutherlam Howes, Phimister, Ferguson.
HOTSPURS:—Palma: Grout, Remedi E. Braga, Pereira; Semra, A. Remedios,
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