Police Lose Once Again in First Division Football; Souza Scores Two Goals AILING to overcome a 10-men Clube Lusitano team on Christmas Day at the Race Course and finishing on the short end of a 2-1 score, the S.M. Police received their eighth successive defeat in the current' S.F.A. League.
The law officers were in the worst of form and had only themselves to blame for inability to break into the winning column.
None of the three Portuguese veter rans, namely Adidi Costa, Louis Marcal and Humberto Collaco, was there in the game and the Club had to use several reservists. Before the match got under way the Police were ll- generally expected to win their first [game of the season, but the whole team fared disappointingly and in the eleventh minute gave the Portuguese a l-goal lead, Both teams were weak in shooting as many chances went begging in the goal-mouth. Louis Oliveira, the Clube pivot, and Varsco Souza, the Clube inside-left, were the key men on the winning side. The former broke up numerous Police raids while the latter proved too clever for the lawmen's defence, Souza scored two goals, the second one being a penalty kick in the middle of the second half.
The teams were:—
LUSITANO:—M. Souza, C. Remedios, a 0, E. G. da Silva. L. Oliveira, J. Maher, V. Souza, H. Lut 1. Remedios, L. io.
POLICE:—W. Ward. Stangaard, Victal Simpson, Crook, Clarke, Chooktanztzeff, Bader, Westwood, McAloon, Davies.
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