Qublai bang on target

Published October 31, 2002

LAHORE, Oct 30: Six goals by Shah Qublai Alam helped Cherat Cement to enter the final of the Members Cup Polo Tournament, thrashing Travel Quest by 12 1/2-0 Wednesday.

Ali Hasnain and Jamal Iftikhar also added three and  two goals while Sheraz Qureshi got his name on th e scoresheet.

Alam who had scored one goal each in the first two chukkers, completed  his hat trick in the third one by scoring  three  field goals.  

He  scored  his sixth goal in  the  fourth  chukker before Qureshi banged home his solitary goal to complete  the tally.

Teams.

CHERATE CEMENT:

Sheraz  Qureshi (-2), Jamal Iftikhar (0), Shah  Qublai  Alam (3), Ali Hasnain (-2).

TRAVEL QUEST.

Kamran Nooruddin (0), Aurangzeb Monnoo (0), Irfan Ali Hyder (0), Amar Nazir (-2).

Earlier, Falcons defeated Sherwood  in  the  subsidiary semifinal of pool “B” 5 1/2-2.

Falcons having allotted one and a half  goal on the handicap,  scored four goals in the match with Umar Sadik being the top scorer with three. Wassay Mehta netted the other.

For the losers, Sufi Haris and Shahzad  Aziz  shared  two goals.