In view of the somewhat smaller number of senior teams, it was decided by the S. F. A. Council that every effort should be made to hold two rounds of fixtures in the senior section—that is teams will be required to play each other twice, was the practice before the hostilities, However, should it be found impossible to hold a double round competition the championship will be decided on results of the opening round alone. In that case, the second half of the fixtures will be cancelled and some other form of contest will be substituted. Play in the Reserve, Second and Third Divisions will commence on Saturday, October 22. Fixtures in these categories will be the usual one round, each team playing the other once.
Followers of football will be reluctant to hear that the Seaforth Highlanders have Suddenly been ordered to leave Shanghai, for Hongkong. Their whereabouts in the near future is uncertain and it is not improbable that the local League will miss them for the rest of the season. The Highlanders, in their debut against the champion Association Sportive Francaise last Sunday morning at the Canidrome, displayed the kind of form that will make any eleven aspiring for the next title feel uncomfortable. A lead of three goals in the first half is sufficient to tell the Scots players' capabilities,
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