think likely, Lido, newly promoted from the Third Division it a manner that even their admirers did not to the First in this year's S.F.A. League competition, displayed distinct superiority over the East Surrey Regiment's eleven, who only last Sunday trounced the St. Francis Xavier side by a surprising 8-2 score, by five-nil on the Aurora University ground yesterday afternoon in a friendly game.
OK; S. Suen, China's Olympic star and captain of Lido, turned in-his best performance since coming to Shanghai last November, being responsible for all the five shots scored, including a penalty Xie "The veteran skipper tallied two goals from the field in each period with the fine assistance of his colleagues in the forward line. The five goals, however, came as the result of consistent bombardment. Every man on the forward line participated in shooting and it was either wildness or carelessness that prevented the margin from being lengthened. The Surreys also missed a few golden opportunities to break into Lido's goal. Parr, the outside. smacked the ball against the post in, both halves of the game. Besides, the soldiers succeeded in racing through the Chinese defence from the right flank in the first period but their parting shots were not strong enough to beat Loh, who was called upon to make several saves. In the second half the Surreys took long. shots as they realized the futility of working their way through. Lido's defenders were always on the alert and each man played heads-up football.
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Deadman, Jelly, Surreys Kick Off
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