The Archive · 1939

Scotland's Team Chosen To Meet Palestine

Conquerors of France to Take Field Again Scotland will field the same soccer team that beat France so easily by 7-2 in the opening round of the International Cup Series when they meet Palestine this Saturday after-moon om the Race Course, Ground 2, at 230 p.m.

Cochran, Interport half-back who wears the colours of the Public and Thomas Hanbury School this season, proved a "find" at the centre berth as he registered no less than four Of the seven goals against.the Frenchmen. Therefore, he is given the position again.

The following list of players came from Mr. J. Watson, Secretary of the Scottish team, yesterday:—

Sinclair (Rowing Club), Gibson (Police), Turner (Police), McAloon (Seaforths), Cheney (Seaforths). Muir (Rowing Club), MeCorkindale (P.T.H.). McGuigan (Seaforths), Cochran (P. T. H.), Duncan (Seaforths), Thomson (Seaforths)

Reserves:—Sims (B.A.T.). Campbell (Seaforths), Adams (Seaforths). Peachy (Seaforths), Beattie (Rowing Club)

Palestine's line-up will be:—

Schnierson. A. Caplan, G. Greenberg. N. Shusterovitch, N. Greenberg, H Waldman, S. Tutüemam, R. Levey. M. Belinky. 'S. Greenberg. S. Jacob, Re-Serve: D. Lipkovsky.

With the completion of the first round of league hockey matches, it is the United Hockey Club that heads the tables in both the First Division and the Second Division while Khalsa is at the top in the Third Division.

In the First Division, the United is followed most closely by the Shanghai Hockey Club "A", only one point separating the leaders.

It was announced yesterday that the big fixture of this coming week-end. the game between the United "A" and the S.H.C. "A" is to be played on Sunday at Kiaochow Park beginning at 330 p.m. instead of on Saturda as previously announced.

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