University Plays Stubborn Football But Succumbs Four-Nil in First Division Encounter IHE Seaforths had no easy win when they beat Aurora by four goals to nil at Kiaochow Park yesterday afternoon.
The University team played constructively, showing concerted efforts that were at all times lacking in the soldiers attacks.
With McAloon in the role of spectator, and under the impression that it would be an easy win, the Seaforth team settled down from the commencement of play to individual performances.
With only one goal against them at half time it seemed as if the University players were going to hold theirs own but an accidental injury to Wolfin early in the second half put the goalkeeper out of action, and cost them two goals, SEAFORTHS:—wskinson. Cheney, Campbell. MeShannon, McCusker, Sin Ko, Wilson, Gilmour, McDonald. Fraser, Thompse
AURORA:—
Walthar Wangtson Bizel Kou, Ching Aurora kicked off with a stiff breeze blowing against them and though they made valiant efforts to get through the Seaforth backs they were eventually forced down to their own half of the field. For the first twenty minutes there was a hot battle for the ball around the Aurora goal. In this scuffle the Seaforths had chance after chance to score but were all too apt to hang on to the ball instead of getting rid of it at once, Time after time the soldiers' forward line were robbed of the ball through hesitating and even when they did shoot for the goal the ball invariably went wide. Wolfin was a great help to his defence and showed great reliability throughout the first half, on one occasion bringing off a fine save when Fraser, taking a pass from Thompson, banged the ball towards the corner of the net. Wolfin could not stop himself and the two collided. Thompson's knees strike the goalkeeper on the side and bac he knelt down. The incident was quite accidental but the Aurora defender was so badly hurt that he could not recover in time to get the ball clear and Gilmour was left with an open goal for the third score.
Near the end of the match the University players were forced bai into their own defence and Thomr son took a long shot from the wit which twisted into the goal. Wolfin who was by this time a total pssenger made no effort to get tae ball and first watched it go into the net In all the succeeding attacks he hardly able to move and kept hi: hand to his side all the ti the Aurora defence packed the [so well that the soldiers never managed to get another goal though they forced a good many corners, Japanese Softball Comprising 31 teams. a Japanese softball baseball league organized by the recently-founded Japanese Young-Club, yesterday opened a se of weekly games at Hongkew Park.
Games will be held every Sunday, Mr. Sinya Saka, director of the Police Bureau of the Japanese Consulate-General, is the first president of the Club.
England Beats Scottish Amateurs 8-3
London. Mar. 11
Playing at Durwich today, England beat Scotland by eight goals to three in an International Amateur Soccer match.—Reuter.
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