Third Far Eastern Games 1917 (Tokyo) (original) (raw)

Results | Additional Match Details | Squads

Results

NB: all matches at Shibaura Ground, Tokyo; matches 2x30 minutes

9- 5-1917 Japan 0-5 China
[Fung Kin On 3, Fung Kin On 22, Kwan Kin On 28, Tong Yuk Hong 0-4, Fung Kin On 0-5; half-time: 0-4; ref: Wiles] 10- 5-1917 Japan 2-15 Philippines
[Fuji (2); Alcantara (2), Altonaga, Llamas, Marco; missing scorers last ten goals Philippines; ref: Wiles] 11- 5-1917 China 3-0 Philippines
[Yip Kwan 5, Tong Fuk Cheong 10, Tong Fuk Cheong (pen) 55; ref: Wiles]

1.China 2 2 0 0 8- 0 4 2.Philippines 2 1 0 1 15- 5 2 3.Japan 2 0 0 2 2-20 0

Additional Match Details

9- 5-1917 Japan 0-5 China
[Fung Kin On 3, Fung Kin On 22, Kwan Kin On 28, Tong Yuk Hong 30, Fung Kin On 0-5; half-time: 0-4; ref: Wiles] [Japan: Genya Tomita; Gokichi Haga, Gunji Takei; Hirosaburo Yoshiki, Hirosaburo Takeuchi (cap), Kumanosuke Ueyama; Toshitsuna Watanabe, Hitoshi Sasaki, Junichi Okubo, Harikichi Fuji, Noburu Nukata; China: Leung Tai Fong; Cheung Wing Hon, Fang Tai; Leung Yu Tong, Fung Ping, Au Kit Sang; Fung Kin On, Kwan Kin On, Tong Fuk Cheong (cap), Kwok Po Kan, Tin Yuk On]

The Chinese were strenghtened when the Kong Shenghui and Lin Lang/Lin Lam players united to reform the South China Athletic Association (Nan Hua), and the club grew to become an icon of Asian football. They dominated the rudimentary Japanese students team which wore the brown shirts of the Tokyo Higher Normal School with the Rising Sun Flag as a badge to indicate that they were representing Japan. China played in black and white striped shirts and black shorts. Tong Fuk Cheong took a corner and Fung Kin On scored after 3 minutes, then the same player got another some 20 minutes later. When Tong Yuk Hong scored from 30 yards on the half-hour the Japanese visibly wilted; Fung Kin On completed his hattrick to add the fifth Chinese goal.

10- 5-1917 Japan 2-15 Philippines
[Fuji (2); Alcantara (2), Altonaga, Llamas, Marco; missing scorers last ten goals Philippines; ref: Wiles] [Japan: Genya Tomita; Gokichi Haga, Gunji Takei; Hirosaburo Yoshiki, Hirosaburo Takeuchi (cap), Kumanosuke Ueyama; Toshitsuna Watanabe, Hitoshi Sasaki, Junichi Okubo, Harikichi Fuji, Noburu Nukata; Philippines: F. Evangelista; Joaquin Loyzaga, Manuel Nieto; Luis Moreno, Joaquin Lopez, Federico Garcia; Jose Llamas, Jose Genato, Paulino Alcantara, F. Altonaga, Ramon Marco]

The temperature in Tokyo was low this year and the Filipino players suffered from the cold, but the difference in ability was still clear. Philippines included the legendary Paulino Alcantara, who was born in 1896 in Iloilo City, central Philippines, to a Spanish soldier and a Filipino mother, and moved to Barcelona as a boy. He made his debut in Barcelona's top team at the age of 15 scoring a hat-trick.
After that, Alcantara returned to the Philippines to go on to college. He remained in Manila, playing for Bohemian, for two years before rejoining Barca. One of Barcelona's all-time greats, he was a record goalscorer known as the 'netbuster'.
In those days matches lasted an hour (2x30 mins) so the goals came virtually every four minutes; the Japanese reporter was obviously peeved and stopped recording the goalscorers after the fifth.

11- 5-1917 China 3-0 Philippines
[Yip Kwan 5, Tong Fuk Cheong 10, Tong Fuk Cheong (pen) 55; ref: Wiles] [China: Leung Tai Fong; Cheung Wing Hon, Fang Tai; Leung Yu Tong, Fung Ping, Au Kit Sang; Fung Kin On, Yip Kwan, Tong Fuk Cheong (cap), Kwok Po Kan, Tin Yuk On; Philippines: F. Evangelista; Joaquin Loyzaga, Manuel Nieto; Luis Moreno, Joaquin Lopez, Federico Garcia; Jose Llamas, Jose Genato, Paulino Alcantara, F. Altonaga, Ramon Marco]

The Philippines started brightly but the Chinese defence held out and Yip Kwan opened the scoring on a quick counter-attack. This stormy match was abandoned after Tong Fuk Cheong converted a penalty, following a foul on Kwok Po Kan making the score 3-0, after which the Philippines goalkeeper punched the Chinese scorer and fighting ensued, leading to the withdrawal of the Philippines. They left the field, but were persuaded to return and finish the match as the crowd were becoming increasingly agitated.

Squads

China [Wade Giles / Pin Yin / Mandarin] GK Leung Tai Fong / Liang Yi fang / Liang Ti fang (Nan Hua) Cheung Wing Hon / Zhang Ronghan / Chang Jung Han (Nan Hua) Fang Tai / Feng Dai / Feng Di (Nan Hua) Leung Yu Tong / Liang Yutang / Liang Yu t'ang (Nan Hua) Fung Ping / Feng Ping / Feng P'ing (Nan Hua) Au Kit Sang / Ou Jiesheng / Ou Chieh sheng (Nan Hua) Yip Kwan / Ye Kun / Yeh K'un (Nan Hua) Kwan Kin On / Guan Jianan / Kuan Chien an (Nan Hua) Tong Fuk Cheong / Tang Fuxiang / T'ang Fu Hsiang (Nan Hua) Kwok Po Kan / Guo Baogen / Kuo Pao ken (Nan Hua) Tin Yuk On / Tian Yuan / D'ing Yuan (Nan Hua) Tin Yang / Ding Yuan / D'ing Liang (Nan Hua) Wong Pu Ying / Huang Puxiang / Huang Pu hsiang (Nan Hua) Fung Kin On / Feng Jianwei / Feng Kinon (St John's University)

Japan GK Genya Tomita (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Gokichi Haga (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Gunji Takei (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Hirosaburo Yoshiki (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Hirosaburo Takeuchi (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Kumanosuke Ueyama (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Toshitsuna Watanabe (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Hitoshi Sasaki (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Junichi Okubo (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Harikichi Fuji (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Noburu Nukata (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Kinichi Osugi (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Seiichiro Toyosaki (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Mitsuo Ishikawa (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Ryuichi Yamamoto (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School) Iwao Kageyama (Tokyo Koto Shihan Gakko / Tokyo Higher Normal School)

Philippines GK F. Evangelista (Aurora) Joaquin Loyzaga (Bohemian) Manuel Nieto (Bohemian) Luis Moreno (Bohemian) Joaquin Lopez (Bohemian) Federico Garcia (Bohemian) Jose Llamas (Bohemian) Jose Vicente Genato (Aurora) Paulino Alcantara (Bohemian) F. Altonaga (Aurora) Ramon Marco (Bohemian) Ricardo Garcia (Bohemian) Eduardo Yrezabal (Bohemian) Eduardo Rodriguez (Aurora)

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About this document

Sources included: [lib] (no. 9 and 10);[Kni 91]; Tribuna, American Cablenews and Vanguardia (Philippines newspapers); South China Morning Post, North China Herald (Chinese newspapers); The Philippine Football Golden Jubilee Yearbook

Thanks to Bojan Jovanovic (for earlier version of this file) and Neil Morrison

Prepared and maintained by Ken Knight for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ken Knight Last updated: 27 Oct 2023