Saanen retained the Hongkong Telegraph Interport Cup at} the Canidrome last Thursday afternoon in fine weather before a crowd of 15,000 when the local eleven trounced the Colony footballers by two-nil. A stubborn defence and rare opportunism were responsible for the victory.
Vincent "Blondy" Roboostoff and Freddie Foyn, the city's two speed merchants, each scored to keep the coveted trophy in the possession of the Shanghai Football Association for at least another twelve months.
It was a scrappy game in which neither side was able to combine well as a team. Shanghai showed more aggressiveness and held the upper hand throughout the ninety minutes of play. In the first half the invaders were kept mostly on the defensive and it was only a lack of finish among the local forwards that prevented Shanghai from having a lead of more than one goal at the interval.
Hongkong played a losing game at the very beginning. It appeared that the visitors had made a big mistake in putting A. V. Gosano, the captain and a very fast raider, at centre-half just to keep a close watch on Roboostoff. The versatile Portuguese star did a remarkable job in the rear, but his absence in the front line was so keenly felt that there was little life in it.
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