HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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HIGHLAND LIGHT INJi'ANTRY CHRONICLE.91his hands before the game was two minutes old. They-continued to press for the first ten minutes, but superioritysoon told, and the Durhams were called upon to->defend, Duncan placing their goal in danger with some.splendid crosses, from one of which M'Menemy jumpedup to head the ball, when he was brought down heavily·on the brink of the penalty box by the right back, apenalty foul being granted. O'Rourke took the kick,.and the ball was luckily blocked by one of the backs.After some even play Duncan sent a beauty across toHogg, who, with a second attempt, netted the ball,to the delight of the H.L.I. supporters. Right away'from the mid·field kick Hogg almost increased the leadwith a shot which grazed the bar. The goal was notlong delayed, as Duncan, getting away on the left,scored with a lovely right foot drive, the ball curlinginto the extreme corner of the net, leaving the goalkeeperhelpless. Duncan came in for a grand receptionfrom the crowd. Half-time found the Highlanders·deservedly leading by 2 goals to nil.On resuming the H.L.I. at once took the aggressive,Kennedy making a good effort, only t{) be cleverlybaulked by the defence. The Durhams had a raid onour goal, but Scevity, tackling in fine style, brokeup their combination and sent on t{) Marshal!, whotransferred t{) M'Menemy, that player banging into goal,but the goalkeeper was all ,there and saved. Our men. seemed to take matters t{)O easy now, and the Durhams,taking advantage, gave our defence an anxious time ofit, doing their utmost to open their goal register,'which soon came by the centre forward receiving a ballfrom the left and completely beating M'Donald with.a high shot. It was a good effort, and it was alsothe first goal against us in the Murray Cup. Afterthis reverse our men went to work in earnest to makeup lost ground, and excitement ran high as the ballwent from goal to goal. At last the Durhams were.confined to their own half of the field, and the H.L.I.pressed continuously, being at last rewarded with a,single. handed effort of Marshall's, who beat two menbefore placing the ban out of the goalkeeper'S reach,the cheering being long and loud. With only fourminutes to go the Highlanders again took up the attack,the forwards playing a pretty game. The whistle.sounded with the H.L.I. entering the final by 3 goalstol.H.LI. team-M'Donald; Patterson and Renton;Gorman, O'.Rourke, and Scevity; Kennedyand Hogg,M'Menemy, Marshall and Duncan.FINAL, MURRAY CUP.1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS v. H.L.I.The final stage has now been reached, and two localteams figure in the final, a thing that has not happenedbefore in the competition. Below are the performances.of the two teams in the former rounds :1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS.1st round-a bye. 2nd round-beat Essex Regiment by 3 to O. 3rd round-beat Leinster Regiment by 2 to 1. Semi-final-beat Middlesex Regiment by 2 to O. GiJala-For, 7; Against, 1.1ST H.L.I.1st round--a bye.2nd round-beat King's Own Lanes. by 2 to O.3rd round-beat Rifle Brigade by 1 to O..Semi-final-beat Durham L.I. by 3 to 1.Goals-};'or, 6; Against, 1.The teams lined up on the King's Own ground beforethe whole of Lucknow-civil and military. We werefortunate in being able to turn out the same eleven asfigured in the semi-final, and we started slight favour.ites. O'Rourke, winning the toss, eleeted to face astrong sun, with a slight wind in his favour. TheDragoons set the ball rolling, and at once the crowdgave a display of lung power in support of their teams.The Royals were the first to become dangerous, andM'Donald did well to get rid of a smart shot at the out.set. Still the Royals kept on the attack, our menmaking the mistake of ballooning the ball, which wasentirely to the Dragoons' liking, as, being the heavierand taller team,. they benefited greatly. At last thepressure was relieved, and Duncan took the ball downand sent across to M'Menemy, but in doing so he wasinjured in the thigh and had to leave the field for afew minutes. When he returned he limped heavily,and remained 80 during the entire game. The gamewas fast and furious, but half-time arrived with a blanksheet-O-O.M'Menemy opened the second half Vfith a pass toMarshall, who was cleverly robbed by the right halfback,who passed out to his wing, only to be sent backby good play on Renton's part. The Highlanders atthis period seemed to tire, and the Dragoons did allthe funning, the centre forward being very dangerous .On one occasion he appeared to have the net at hismercy, when Gorman charged down his parting attemptamid great applause. This put our team on theirmettle, and they at once made tracks for the cavalryteam's goal, only to be repulsed by the veteran rightback, who was playing a great game. Every minutewas of extreme importance now to both sides, and theywent at a great pace to secure the coveted goal whiChwould settle the tie. At this point the conduct andremarks of some of the crowd anent the referee hinderedrather than helped their favourites. With a couple ofminutes to go Kennedy raised enthusiasm by a runaway on the right. but it was not to be, and "time up"found no goals scored. Extra time was the order,10 minutes each way being played. The Dragoonsopened, and at once made for H.L.I. territory, butPatterson, who was our mainstay, sent them back.It was not for long, however, as with only three minutesgone the right half of the Dragoons crossed the fieldwith the ball, after beating two of our half-backs, and,to the surprise of everyone, found the net with a leftfootshot, the goal causing a scene of Vfild enthusiasmby the Dragoons-players and supporters-who werenaturally jubilant. The H.L.I. now made desperateefforts, which were frustrated by occasional kicking outon the pa.rt of the cavalry backs. Half-time score,1-0.The second half was a repetition of the first half,play being confined to the Dragoons' cnd, and theH.LI. doing all in their power to save the game. Hoggalmost pulled the game out of the fire by a header,which just went over the bar,with the goalkeeper beaten.The Royals now packed their goal, and the minuteswere slipping by, which would give them the cup ifthey kept their goal intact. We had bad luck in notequalising before the whistle went, leaving the RoyalDragoons winners of the Murray Cup by 1 goal to nil.The winning team received silver badges, and therunners-up bronze badges. Of course we were dis·appointed, as our previous games had given us hopesof being able to carry the cup off. Doubtless we shallgo one better next year, when, I hope, we shall Vfin thecup.
92HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.DIVISIONAL ASSAULT·AT.ARMS (LUCKNOW).THE Assault·at.Arms meeting was held from the 8thof March until the 13th of March. In the tug·of· warwe had two teams entered, one catch.weight and onelight. weight team.In the catch.weight competition "S" BatteryR.H.A. were our first opponents, whom we mastered bytwo pulls to love. Our old Dinapore companions,the 20th Batt. R.E'.A. were our next victims, allowingus to go forward iuto the final to meet the GordonHighlanders. This was a very stubbornly contestedtie, and the Gordons proved superior to our men inweight and tactics.Our light. weight team, after receiving a bye in thefirst round, were pulled over by the Essex after a hardstruggle iu the second round.In the bayonet v. bayonet (open) we did very well,having two representatives in the first three, L .. Corpl.Barton being second man and Corpl. Phillips third.TUG· OF. WAR NOTES.As a guide to choosing the men for the Regimentaltug.of.war teams, an inter.company pull was held, andresulted as under:1st round-" D" pulled" A," "F" pulled" B,"" I" pulled "K," and "G" pulled "H," all thewinners having two pulls to love.2nd round-" D" beat" F," and" G" beat" I.".. G" CQmpany were victorious in the final by 2pulls to love.CROSS COtTNTRY RAOE.To enable us to select a Regimental cross countryteam for the Assault.at·Arms, an inter.company racewas run off on the 1st of March. Teams were 6 menper Company, to run about 2 miles. "F" Companywere hot favourites for this event, and, as they had beenputting in a bit of extra training at the Redoubts,odds were on them. As opinion went, the race was adecided win for" F," who had four men in the firstsix home. Points decided the result, which was asfollows (least points to win) :" F," 13 points; "H," 48 points. "F" Company'steam was Corpl. Shaw, Ptes. GaUagher, Joyce, Kane,J ewitt, and Clayton.HOCKEY NOTES.AFl'ER a trial game between the representatives ofDinapore and Dum.Dum, a team was picked to playin the Bechtler Cup v. the 4th Worcester Reigmentfrom BareiUy. The game was played on our ground,and the visitors took command of the tie from the start,half. time finding the score 3·0 against us. The secondhalf was much better contested, and we did not fallso soft as in the first half, our defence being pierced onlyonce, whereas our forwards had hard lines on a fewoccasions, the game ending-Worcester, 'i; H.L.I., O.Team--Pte. Cameron; Lieut. Low and Pte. Hen·der80n; L .. Corpl. MarshaU, Corpl. :~Hlne, and L .. Corpl.M'Caskie ; Pte. Sim, Pte. Corrigan, Sergt. Stocks,Pte. Patterson, and Corpl. Shaw.An Inter.Company Hockey League is now monopolisingour attention, great interest being taken in it byall ranks. The League consists of 7 Company teamsand 1 team of Sergts. and Corpls.. "F" Companyhaving' been broken up owing to our detachment havingprocew.led to Ranikhet. Two games are played everynight, the two grounds being in close proximity to eachother. The matches are causing healthy rivalryamongst the Companies, a.nd, in consequence, the'standard of hockey has greatly improved. The Leaguehasbeen going on uninterruptedly until the last fortnight,when we had a miniature monsoon-whlch isa most uncommon occurrence at this period of the yearinLucknow. Towards the finish of the competitionit was seen that it was going to be 1\ neck and neck race·between ., D' and" I" Companies, and when the twoteams ml't in thpir retnrn game" D " Company held anadvantage of 2 points more than "I" Company.The game waq a huge surprise to everyonl', " I " Comp!l.1lyoutplaying their opponents on all hands, andwinning by 5 goals to 0, which result left the League'very open, each team having three matches to play ..Both teams won two of the three games, and theChampionship depended upon how they fared in the'last match. "I" Company played" G," and were'defeated by 2 ~oals to 0, leaving " D" Compa.ny todraw or win against" K " Company to top the table.This proved a very stiff struggle, and " D " Companyhailed the final whistle with relief, the score being 0·0"thus giving" D " Company the badges. The winnersare due all congratulations, as they played a hard and'bustling game aU through.The League Table is as follows :Matches. Goal •. ,,--"--. ,.-'Teams. Plyd. Won. Lost. Dm. For. Ag1Jt P ...a."D" Coy., 14 8 2 4 25 13 2/}·"I" Coy., 14 7 2 5 23 9 19Sergtl!. and Corpls., 14 5 3 6 26 17 16" H" Coy., 14 3 3 8" 8 7 14"G" Coy., 14 5 6 3 13 16 III"A,j Coy., 14 4 6 4= 10 17 12'"K" Coy., 14 4 5 5 16 18 11L",)"B" Coy., 14 1 10 3 5 28INTER-COMPANY FOOTBALL LEAG1:J'E AND REGIMENTAL.HOOKEY MATOHES.The above was started on Wednesday, the 5th ofMay, on conclusiotl of the hockey, the conditions beingthateach team meets each other once, 7 games bein~played by the teams.During the progress of the Football League we triedconclusionp at hockey with one or two teams in thedistrict.Our first game was with the Mohamed BaghClub, which is entirely composed of Officers of the·garrison, our team being-Mundy; Cameron and Hen·derson; Maudsley, Corpl. M'Menemy, and L. Marshal! ;Sim and Stewart, Patterson, Sergt. Stocks and Corpl.,Reddy. f r.;1The Mohamed Bagh played the better game, and wonby 3 goals to I, Sergt. Stocks scoring for us. Thegamewas referecd by Lieut. Harvey and Corpl. Milne,.H.J~I.Our next match was on our own ground v. The King'sOvm Lancs. The following eleven represented the'Regiment: - Mundy ; Cameron and Henderson;Stewart, Corpl. Milne, and L .• Corpt Marshall; Simand ScoUins; Patterson, S'3rgt. Stocks and CorpJ.Reddy.This game was hard and exciting, and a'large turn·outof spectators witnessed the match, which the H.L.I..won by '3 goals to 2. Sergt. Stocks got 2 goals and Pattersonl. Lieut. Harvey and one of the K.O.'s refereed.We played a return game with our Brigade neigh.bours, the King's Own, on Thursday, 20th May, our'team being as under: - Mundy; Maudsley andHenderson ; Stewart, Corpl. MHne, and L .• Corpl.Marshall; Sim and L.-Corpl. Passfield, Patterson,.Sergt. Stocks and Corpl. Reddy. Refereed by L
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