The Archive · 1940

Shanghai, Dee. 15

LoBriz (Fr. Navy) cautioned, Douglas (SMP) cautioned.

Karoliteh (SEX). suspended for one League or Cup match.

D. Yuan (3 Cults) suspended for three League and/ or Cup matches. national soccer series at the Canidrome yesterday afternoon when N. Z. Lee, the inside right of the Chinese side, pushed the leather with his toes into the lower come of the net from about 10 yards range to register the onl; ly goal five minutes from termination, While approximately 15,000 spectators, the largest congregation of the season, were expecting an extension of time to see the issue, the Chinese forwards suddenly swept across the field to tear down the air-tight English defence which had successfully pended for two mate F. HI Loh can tioned.

Z. Thiang (¥.T-T.) suse pended for two matches.

One Club fined $5.00 re Linesmen. kept the fast, elusive Chinese al K, H, Huang, playing in the pivot~ position, initiated a movement in the midleld in the 40th minute of the second session and lobbed to L. K, Tal, The veteran Chinese centres forward manopuvred in the English back area for a favourable spot to drive the Teather, but in vain, o3 his passage was entirely covered by the opposing defenders, Tal, _how= ever, swerved around and passed to:

Lee, who in his customary lyle' slid to reach the sphere, Wheturer or not he meant to lodge the ball in the remote corner of the: net for the deciding point, only Lee himself could tell because tug only attempted to push the ball ahead, The slow grounder howev: r, trickled Into the met to beat Willie Ward.

Ward Saves Penalty Well tu the middle of the second half China was awarded 9 penalty kick against Harry Madar who stopped a certain goat with his hands tu front fof the "English goal-mouth.

Lice was delegated fo take' the 12 yard spot kick" and drove chest high to Wills: Ward, who executed tone' of the finest saves of the con= test,. Scoring the solitary point five minutes from the end, Lee redeemed ungelt and received the cheering ind applauding of a hero from the ito Chinese crowd.

The alerting defence by the Bar lish ropresintatives was the lih= ght of the tussle, Although Willie Ward was none too steady with some of the ensy shots, he made no mis takes with the more. difficult ones and his wonderful anticipation in. fnogotiating N, 2, Lee's penalty kick was beyond praise. Jim Ward and Harry Madnr, the full-backs, worked like Trojans to afford cxceltent protection to the goalie, Madar's Sands" was somewhat unavoidable Tale fast drive from close range fined straight at the Bnqlish Calle back,

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