The Archive · 1941

Russians Lead 2-1 at Interval

Five minutes from Interval the Russians increased the lead to two clear goals when Premet failed to hold the slippery ball. Kapustin centred and Tuleneff, steadying hi self from about 15 yards, drove towards Premet. There was a spin on the ball and the goalie could only partially stop it With one minute fo go for the frst half the Rest of Shanghai succeeded in lowering the margin to difference of one point. Ward passed to Jacob who tested the visiting goalie with a fast shot, Solo vieff fumbled and L. K. Tal, following up, tapped it in easily. Before the bail was placed at contre for the restart the whistle wont for intermission.

The score was deadlocked at two all eight minutes after resumption. Chia sent across to Ward who hooked back to Jacob. "Gandhi" Jacob, who substituted for Vasco Souza, Grove 10 Soloviett who again muffed the Dall which bounced off his right arm into the nel. In the middle of the second session the Rest forged Into the lead when Jim Ward slamm4 oda grounder which the Russian custodian made no attempt to save.

From then on the game developed into a dingdong affair. The Rest increased their lead 0 four to two when "Gandhi" Jacob scored the frst clean goal of the game,

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