The newly arrived Second Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, gave their first performance on a local sports feld when the hockey team played against the Shanghai Hockey Club yesterday afternoon at the Race Course in a League match in which the Army eleven tasted defeat by three-one.
Given only three days to shake off their sea legs, the soldiers definitely showed a lack of practice and played a disjointed game. The defence was up to local standard. Despite the loss of three goals, the backs and halves were distinctly better than the civilians' rear lines. Outstanding among the defenders was Lieut. Clift, the pivot whose stickwork was about the prettiest this city has ever seen, He was.a former all-round Cambridge sportsman.
The Club possessed a fast forward line in which Capt. Cole and J. W. Pote-Hunt were the spearhead of attack. The wingers were rather erratic but. they showed occasional bursts of speed.
SHE. N. Brazel, E. Beech. ing, H. A. Crickmer, S. M. Carlisle, D. S. Harley. B. K, Wallace, J. S. Kenyon (Capt) T. b. Shellam, J. E. Cole, J.
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