My grandad, David Donaldson, kept some football lineup sheets from when he was serving in the military in Hong Kong with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was a goal keeper.
Here's a lineup of players selected to play soccer at 6pm on Saturday, Sept. 17th, 1949 at the Merchant Navy Ground, Chatham Rd., Kowloon.
The players were representing the A and B companies of the 1st battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Names Mentioned:
'A' Company
Pte. Donaldson (Captain)
Pte Anderson, Pte Williamson
L/c Saunders, Pte McEnhill, Pte Awty
Pte Anyon, Pte Devlin, Pte Dodds, Pte Flannigan, Pte Campbell
'B' Company
Pte Carter
Pte Fraser, Pte Duncan
L/c Bryce, Sgt Knox (Captain), Cpl Fair
L/c Dickerson, L/c Whyte, Pte Crawford, Pte Howe, Pte Thomson
Cpl Churchill arranged to bring the footballs and linesman flags.