CHINESE TEAM LOSES, 4-2

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27695, 27 June 1955, Page 9

CHINESE TEAM LOSES, 4-2

association FOOTBALL

MATCH WITH SOUTH ISLAND HEAVY GROUND RESTRICTS POSITIONAL PLAY (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, June 26. The Chinese Association football team suffered its second defeat in New Zealand, when it was beaten, 4-2, by the South Island eleven at Carisbrook yesterday. The ground was in bad condition after heavy overnight rain and sleet during the morning. The teams were:—

Chinese. —Pau King-yin, Szeto Yiu, Dau Yee, Luk Tat-hay, Ko Po-keung, Lee Chun-fat, Chu Wing Wah, Ho Cheung-wau, Lee Yuk-tak, Yiu Cheukyin, Mok Chun-wah. Reserves: Chu Wing-keung, Lau Chi-ping, Tang Sunlay. Kin Chung. South Island. —J. Stephenson, R. Naus, A. Robertson (Otago), D. Charlton, A. Laffey (Canterbury), P. McFarlane, W. Berry, I. Walsh, A. Forbes (Otago), T. Chase, C. Steel (Southland). Reserves: D. McMurdo (Southland), W. Logan (Canterbury). The usually immaculate positional play of the tourists suffered sadly at the finish, especially after the Chinese had lost their right-half, Luk Tat-hay, seven minutes before time.

The Chinese scored two goals in the first 25 minutes, and the South Islanders equalised before half-time. The standard of play was not generally as high as in the mid-week game against Otago, but there were some delightful displays of the short-pass-ing, positioned type of football in which the Chinese specialise. , This was especially the case in the first spell, when, although South Island dominated play territorially, the home players were often hopelessly astray in trying to counter th? elusive Chinese players’ moves. After clever attempts to score, the Chinese were sent back again by brilliant saves by J. Stephenson, the South Island goalkeeper, and solid work by the South Island full-backs. A. Robertson and A. Naus. On the few occasions when the Chinese tried to score from further out, the ball went wide or the goalkeeper handled it competently. South Island Gains Ascendancy Gradually, however, the sting went out of the Chinese attack, and they seemed to become dispirited as the ground deteriorated still further during the second spell. They still threatened in sporadic breakaways, but for the most part in the second spell, South Island held the ascendancy.

Many of the South Island shots at goal went well astray, especially from far out, but 15 minutes after the adjournment, a shot, from D. Charlton, the Canterbury half, hit the cross-bar and rebounded down on to the goal line. It was cleared by Lau Kinchung, the Chinese goalkeeper, but the referee, Mr W. Dodd (Timaru) ordered a bounce on the goal line. From this, W. Berry scored, to put South Island ahead. Towards the end of the match, South Island made persistent attacks on goal, and after 31 minutes in the second spell the issue was put beyond doubt to make the final score 4-2 in favour of South Island. Scorers for the winners were A. Forbes (two). W. Berry, and C. Steele. For the! Chinese, Cheu Wing-wah scored once, and once his shot was deflected off the knee of A. Robertson into the net.

Outstanding for the South Island were Stephenson, R. Naus, P. McFarlane, D. Charlton, Steele, Forbes, and Berry. The stars of the Chinese side were Chu Wing-wah, Mok Chun-wah. and Yiu Cheuk-yin, among the forwards, and Ko Po-keung and Lau Yee among the backs.