^A hearty welcome was given the Hongkong ladies interport hockey team which arrived yesterday morning on board the Indo-China S. N. Company's s. Vu Sang. The ship berthed at the Roosevelt Terminal Whart.
Miss L Woolley, captain of the invading team, stated that three of the Originally selected members, Miss Fowler and Miss Wilmot were unable to make the trip because of unforeseen circumstances and substitutions would have to be made. Two of the players, however, will arrive today. They are Mrs. Dalzeil and Miss Greig, according to a telegram from Hongkong yesterday, and will arrive in the Terekuni Maru.
According to Miss Woolley, the visiting squad is stronger than uny of those which have represented the Colony before, and the chances of winning the White Shield for a third time are good. Although the trip was none too pleasant, the players were not under the weather and are in perfect condition to fight for honours.
The nucleus of the team is composed of players who have appeared in previous interport, no less than five members of the side having played against Shanghai in the past.
Mrs. Lunson, of Hongkong Ladies, will be in her second interport match as goalkeeper tomorrow, She has been in the front rank in Hongkong for many years and is expected to impress Shanghai with her cool and collected tactics Miss G. White, right-back, is quick attacker and a hard hitter and usually clears the ball the first-time She played for St. Andrew's Mrs. Stone, right-half. been has outstanding during the trials. She played on the "Y" Ladies side a:
Dossesses a fine knowledge of con. structive play, opening up the game and passing the ball to the wing forwards.
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