HLI Chronicle 1921 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

6 aIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.
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Highlanders, but t,his was negatived by facing a
dazzling sun. The game was very keen from the start,
"but not keen enough to cause any robust tactics on
the part of eithel' side, only one foul being given during
the first half.
At the outset Guttcridge and Thornton took possession,
and paAsing to Thompson he managed to beat
Piper and Oakes, but narrowly failed to score; It
"similar fate attending an effort by Milne Play "continued
in the vicinity of the Sherwoods' goal, but our
efforts at scoring lacked the nee )ssary finish." Piper,
Oakes, and Blackshaw were in excellent form, and from
a good clearance by the latter play was transferred to
midfield, where some keen play was indulged in liy
our forwards and the opposing halves-Parker, Butler,
and Crowder-who managed to transfer play to our
end, where Wright scored a brilliant goal, giving
Simpson no chance to save. Kicking off from this,
our side made straight for their opponent's end, where a
corner was forced, which Mortimer took so well that
it landed amongst the defence, one of whom, unfortunately,
scored against his own side. This made
matters equal, and play was rather keen from now,
and a good deal of the play took part in midfield, from
where our forwards broke through, Thornton missed a
grand chance from oniy ten yards out, but Milne got
the ball from the goal-kick and neatly passing to
Gutteridge, our speedy winger easily converted it,
which caused the score to read 2-1 "in our favour.
The Sherwoods got to oUr end straight from the kickoff,
and Bimpson did some grand saving, our goal
being bombarded very heavily, Wright, Fiest, and
Button each in turn sending in stinging shots. Our
forwards took up the running from a clever clearance
by Hyman, and Mortimer taking advantage of a miskick
by Butler, passed neatly to Milne, who scored our
third goal. Half-time was called, the scores being
H.L.I, 3, Forresters 1.
On resuming clever play was served up by Hunt and
Button for the Forresters, but they failed when they
came to Stocksy, whose powerful kick sent the ball in
the vicinity of Blackshaw. Parker, Butler, and
Crowder did clever work in breaking up our determined
attack, led by Milne; Thornton made two unsuccessful
attempts to score but failed rather badly, Gutteridge
also losing a splendid chance by unacconntably shooting
high when under the crossbar, Play changed to our
end again, where the Sherwoods gained a corner,
which Wrigbt almost scored from, Simpson going full
length to save, Play in the centre was the feature
for the next few minutes, and Dawson, Richardson,
and Huntor did good work in keeping back a determined
set of fotwards. Milne at last forced an opening,
and passing neatly to Thornton, he in turn pa~sed to
Gutteridge, who scored his second goal and the fourth
for our side, scores reading 4-1. . On kicking off,
Wright, Fiest, and Raine played right through our
defence; and Fiest managed to score a well deserved
goal, i.e., 4-2. Play got a good dCjl.1 faster, and the
Forresters made determined attempts to get within
striking distance of Bimpson, but one or two miskicks
spoiled some promising runs. Their perseverance was
rewarded shortly afterwards by Wright scoring his
second goal. The game slowed. down considerlJ,bly,
and five minutes before time a penalty was awarded
us from which Dawson scored. The l'orresters made a
"final effort, but were still unsuccessfully a.ttacking our
defence when the whistle called· a halt on a very
enjoyable and sporting ga.me. Result-H.L.!. 6,
Forresters 3. .
F. W.
SERGEANTS' MESS NOTES.
IT was my original intention to dedicate these
notes to the members whom we expected to
leave behind to' join the 2nd Battalion, but,
as everybody is due to proceed to the U.K.,
I must keep my manuscript by me till the
occasion arises again. At anyrate I must
endeavour to describe the doings of the Mess
up-to-date. Our Dance wag held on the 27th
September. It was run on excellent lines,
and everything went off splendidly. Everybody
enjoyed it, and our next will probably
be our last in Egypt. We have had two
shooting matches against the XIth Hussars,
of which we won one and lost the other. At
football we have played the Corporals of the
Battalion twice, being beaten each time, but
it is only fair to add that we were weakly
represented on each occasion, Sgt. Brackenridge
being absent from the first match and
Sgt. M'Cafferty being unable to turn out in
the second. The games were thoroughly
enjoyed, especially by the spectators.. At
!!hooting, C:S.M. Si~pson gained second prize
in the Divisional competition and also captured
prizes at the Middlesex meeting,
C.Q.M.S. MarshaJI, C.Q.M,S. lVlilne, and Sgt.
Coleman also gaining a few H akkahs" on
the same occasion.
On Sunday, 17th October, the majority
of the members made a trip to the Delta
Barrage, thirty-three members proceeding
with " B" and " D " Companies. It was a
most enjoyable excursion. After the usual
"camera exercises" we had lunch, whicl:l
consisted of roast pork, roast potatoes,
custard, and Bartlett pears. Everybody
loosened their belts for the occasion, with
the result that, for a week after, each one
was asking the other "What's this about
the roast pork!" . So, under the circumstances,
although the catering was excellently
carried out, I do not think it advisable to
publish the caterer's name I The rumour
season has had an auspicious start. Of course,
we are for " Home"; everybody has " The"
official date, and the lobe of my ear is stretching
an inch a day with people, shorter than
myself, pulling my ear down to tell me H Der
Tag." At anyrate, it is now settled, and our
Webley instructor has, with his most inimitable
sang-froid, informed me that we leave
on 3rd of November! So much for that, and