The Archive · 1939

Defence Outwitted

The game was fairly even in the first few minutes, both goalies being called upon to handle good shots. Jacobs and Levy combined well to outwit the Sokol defence, but Bocevich saved the latter's shot at the expense of a corner, which however brought no result. On the other side, Ushenko centred a beauty only to see Belikoff miss the goal inches, Sokol attacked. again and Sdobnikoff was guilty of missing the goal when well placed, The IRE. left wing brought the' ball up, but his centre was wasted by Rowing Club had an easy time at the Race Course when they beat the JAO, eleven by 16-0, after leading 6-0 in the first halt. Starting the game in the whirlwind manner, de Rowing Club forwards gave the J.A.C. defenders no chance whatever and scored with ease. The J.AC. could offer no resistance in the second half and the Rowing Club found the net ten times more. There were actually no outstanding players on the field, but Fabián, the Rowing Club back, gave the J.A.C. forwards no chance io bring the ball near.

DOWING CLUB:—Downie, Fabian, Pether, Sim, Harrison, Muir, Harris, Thornley, Jenssen, Cunio, Smith.

J.A.C.:—Tiveheff, Borgeest, Chang, Backart, Jovino, Barros, Sequeira, Silva, Roza, Barros, Maher.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account