Anderson send champs Malacca crashing

KANGAR: Former champions SMK Anderson signalled their return to form in the MHF-Milo Champion Schools hockey tournament when they sent defending champions Malacca High School crashing to a 3-1 defeat in the opening Group A match at the Perlis Sports Complex here yesterday.

Anderson schools had won the title 10 times but were sent packing in the quarter-finals last year.

Yesterday, Anderson raced to a 3-0 lead with the Hafizul Aslawi Ainain scoring in the 23rd and 45th minutes and Arshad Rapikh Ali adding another in the 35th minute. But Malacca reduced the deficit through Dedy Ariyady in the 69th minute.

In a Group D match, last year’s semi-finalist SMK Temerloh also had a disastrous start when they allowed a last-minute goal in their 2-3 defeat by Penang Free School.

Free School lead twice but allowed the Pahang team back into the game. But a penalty corner in the 70th minute bore fruit with Izwan Firdaus scoring the winner.

Before that Mohamed Aidil Firdaus and Mohamed Fazly Shah had given them the Penang team the lead in the 21st and 47th minutes respectively. But Temerloh hit back with goals from Mustakim Nasir in the 32nd and 63rd minute.

In another Group D match, SMK Hamzah from Kelantan beat Royal Military College 4-0.

In the final match of the day, host SMK Syed Hassan stunned last year’s third-placed side Johor SAB College 2-1 in Group C.

Group A: Malacca High School 1 SMK Anderson 3

Group C: SMK Syed Hassan 2 SAB College 1

Group D: SMK Seberang Temerloh 2 Penang Free 3, SMK Hamzah 4 RMC 0

Group A: SMK Padang Midin vs Malacca High (5.00pm).

Group B: SMK Tunku Besar vs Setapak High (9.15am).

Group D: Penang Free vs RMC (7.30am), SMK Seberang Temerloh vs SMK Hamzah (3.00pm).

Source : TheStar.com.my09

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