HLI Chronicle 1910 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

48 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.
held under the auspices of Miss Sande's
Soldier Home, and we held our own as regards
prize-winners. In the high jump we gained
the first prize, which was won by Pte. Sheffler,
" F " Company, who jumped 4ft. llins. The
100 yards fiat race was well won by L.-Corpl.
Henderson, " K " Company, who had a couple
of yards to spare. In the relay race we were
represented by a team from the Corporals'
:lIess, who gained second place, after our last
man to run (CorpI. Shawl had gained the lead
and then had the misfortune to stumble and
fall, but he quickly recovered, and just got
beat on the tape for ]st place. Our team
was Corpls. Shaw and Milne, L.-Corpls.
Bllchanan and Henderson. Our final triumph
against our various Garrison Companies was
the tug-of-war, which we won by pulling the
King's O,vn in the 1st round and the 20th
Batt. R.li'.A. (our old Dinapore companions)
in the final. Conditions~Teams of six; allover
pull. Out team was as follows
Corpl. Turner, L.-Corpls. Buchanan, Mills,
and Oswald, and Ptes. Dulake and Anns.
Coach-CorpI. Staines.
On the 3rd of January we packed up and
marched off for our Brigade training to Raipur
Camp, about 9 miles' distance from the cantonments.
On arrivul in barracks from camp we had
something to look forward to in the shape of
the Polo Tournament, Horse Show, Race
Meeting, All-India Boxing Tournament, and,
last but not least, the Murray ]'ootball Cup
Competition, which we were runners-up for
last year. In the Boxing Tournament we
only had two representatives, and Pte. Rudd
got beat on points in the 2nd round of the
Featherweights by Pte. Yufa, of the East
Surreys, who is a well-known boxer in India.
Rudd ran him very close for the verdict.
MURRA Y CUP.-FIRST ROUND.
H.L.!. V. KING'S OWN.
In the Murray Cup we were once more called upon
to meet our Garrison neighbours, the King's Own
Lancaster Regiment, in the first round. The game
took place on Monday, 7th February, on our own
ground, which is now easily the best football ground
in Dilkusha, thanks to the energies and patience of our
Quarter-Master, Lieut. Stevens, who has been untiring
in his efforts to improve the playing pitch.
Four o'clock on the above· mentioned date found an
ernormous crowd round our enclosure. Sergt. Lawrie,
winning the toss, chose to play against a high wind,
which promised to prove very troublesome during the
game. The Kings set the ball a-rolling a.nd at once made
tracks for our goal, and Lawless, spooning his kick,
put our goal in danger right away. The ball was
cleared, however, but was soon sent back to our goal,
and in attempting to clear Lawless and Scevity collided
with each other, causing Scevity to handle the baU
as it was going over the line clear of the goal. and resulted
in a penalty being awarded against us. Excitement
was tense, and everyone was eager to see how our
new goalkeeper, L.-Corpl. Seagrove, would fare. To the
delight of our supporters he brought off a good save
and sent the ball down the field, where our forwards
fastened on and soon put the Kings' goal in danger,
Welfa.re having the misfortune to see a powerful left
foot drive luckily blocked by one of the backs, and a
corner resulting. The corner kick was taken by
Marshall, who dropped it nicely in front of goal, and a
desperate scrimmage cnsued; the King's Own eventually
getting the ball away, their forwards, by a pretty
piece of combination, made our half-backs onlookers,
and gave our backs some work to do. Patterson,
with a fine punt, sent them back again, but it was not
for long, as the wind was difficult to play against,
and the King's Own had the most of the game, giving
Seagrove a lot of work to do, which he did in a very
effective manner. With half·time drawing near, the
Kings made raids on our gc al to gain the lead before
crossing over, but our defence was t{)O sound, and halftime
was called with our forwards making a vigorous
onslaught on the Kings' citadel, Patterson, our inside
left, sending in a magnificent shot, which all but found
the net, so the score-sheet was blank on crossing over.
On resuming the wind had abated considerably,
and there was a prospect of better football. Welfare
kicked off with a pass t{) M'Menemy, who sent on to
Lawrie, and our outside right took the ball to the
corner flag and then dropped it in front of goal; the
ball was sent behind by Patterson. From the goal
kick the Kings made an effort to break through, but
Gallagher and Scevity proved too big an obstacle to
them, and the Highlanders once again pressed for all
they were worth, Welfare being robbed when well
placed. Soon after this Welfare and 1I1'Menemy
changed places, and at once a decided improvement
set in amongst our forwards, Lawrie being kept busy
with well-timed passes from Welfare, the left wing
getting little to do. Time was wearing on, and the
supporters were continually shouting for a goal, which
wonld settle the tie. With 12 minutes to go Gallagher
gave a judicious pass forward to Patterson, who warded
off the half-back against him and neatly tricked the
right back, leaving him a clear run in on the goalkeeper,
and so scored a very clever goal by placing inst.ead of
shooting the ball into the right corner of the net. The
goal was greeted with rounds of applause, the cheering
being long and continued. Aft.er the ball had been
kicked off, the H.I•.I. at once took the game in hand
and kept the Kings in a state of siege, having hard
lines in not increasing their lead. Full time was called
soon after with the score unaltered, the H.L.I. entering
the second round by 1 goal to nil.
Our team against the King's Own was as under:­
Goal, L .. Corpl. Seagrove; backs, Pattcrson and
Lawless; half-backs, Gallagher, L .•Corpl. Scevity, and
Coilins; forwards, Sergt. Laurie and CorpL M'Menemy,
Welfare, Patterson and L.-Corpl. Marshall. <
During the interval between the 1st and 2nd round of
the Cup we had a practice game with the 8th HU8sa;rs,
who had already been beaten in the Murray Cup by the
Gordons by 1-0 at Cawnpore, so we expected a. hard
game from them; but expectations were not realised,
as they proved rather easy victims, the score being 5·1
in our favour, the scorers being M'Menemy (2), Patter.
son (1), Welfare (1), and the right back of the Hussars,