THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, -1952.
THE AMATEUR CUP FINAL WINNERS
Walthamstow Avenue beat Leyton by two goals to one in the Amateur Football Cup Final at Wembley. Here the Walthamstow team chair their captain, D. Saunders after the match.
This Genius
C.B. Fry
Dwarfs Them All
Says PETER
WILSON
He is 80, and although he has It was a man's birthday the other day. become a legend while he is still very much alive, lumbago does not respect even legends, and Captain Charles Burgess Fry, one of the great-one of the very great- characters of our life and times, is at the moment balting on a howler's wicket, but defending himself with skil! and grace,
How do you describe a who has done these things:-
man
1. Captained England at cricket.
2. Played for Southampton in the
FA-Cup-Final-of-1902.
3. Put up the
world's long jump
record of 231, 632ins, in 1892-60 years
later it is only 20ft. 8ins.
Oxford
Alue for 4. Missed an Rugger the game at which he thought he would have been best-because of a knee injury.
5. Appeared at first string against Cambridge in the 100 yards and the long jump.
6. Wos a fine
boxer,
a passable
golfer, swimmer, sculler, tennis player
and javelin thrower.
7. Fifty years ago was described as: "The Bnest all-round athlete in the
British Isles."
an
INTERVIEWED HITLER
To describe him sounds easy-just outstanding athlete who once achieved fame and now comes into the news again because of his age.
But how do you equate with this description a man who was regarded as at least the equal and possibly the superior scholasti- cally to the first Lord Birken- head and Lord Simon, both of
subsequently
whom
became
Lords High Chancellors' specch
A man who wrote a which turned Mussolin! out ol Corfu and Juter Interviewed Hitler on the truth of the youth movement in Germany....
A
SULIZ
man
C. A. FRY Apollo with
wand."
like willow
PETER WILSON turks the po:light on Charles Bur- Eens Fry, exceptional athlete and brilliant scholar.....the amateur In excelsis.....who celebrated his 80th birthday
on April 25.
doubt if he ever spent a single day of the nearly 30,000 that he has enjoyed in doing anything who influenced that he didn't think was of
Winston Churchili to persuade greatest Importance at that the Lords of the Admiralty to moment, let navni endels havė > sea- going ship, and then, to scotch Perhaps that explains why you the idea that training ships were might have found him translat-
form of
English reformatories, ing the
Hymnal inte Greek or Latin verse, or sitting persuaded "Punch" to publish a cartoon with a youngster looking at Church!11, then Harass Secretary, and asking hitr whether ʼn boy couldn't be trained for the seu without first robbing a till.
How do you card index a man who scored a century in a cricket match one day and received an offer to take over the kingdom of Albania the next? (The offer was made by a bearded, whisky- drinking Albanian bishop, who was looking
Tor "an English country gentleman with £10,000 a year." Fry fulfilled the first of these requirements but never, alas, the latter.)
The answer is that you do not, you cannot and you never would be able to card Index C.B. Fry. He was tho amateur in excells, the man who follow- ed every diversified pursuit for love and not for gain. Indeed, I
Marathon Race For "Dowman Trophy" Today-
NOW `.`.monaeted and grey- erested. Looks like Zeus with the lighthouse of Pharos under his braw."
pad and enly once equalled
VICTORY SHIELD MATCH YESTERDAY PRODUCED SOME GOOD FOOTBALL
Says "SPIV"
Congratulations to both the Chinese Federation and the Combined Services teams who served the almost capacity crowd at the Club ground yesterday with 70 minutes of grand soccer and helped to bring the local competitive season to a bright close.
The Chinese Federation won the Victory Shielit with a 5-3 decision, but the Services gave an equally good account of themselves and were unfortunate in not having at least forced a draw.
Much of the credit for yesterday's good soccer was in fact due to the Services . team, who set a lightning pace from the opening whistle and maintained it to the end.
Adopting an aggressive, game, Conspicuous among them were they kept on pounding at the Chen Ka-sau and Ng Kej Chinese goal at repeated in elcung, with prac'ically every tervals, and if they lost yester-one of the other defenders play- weil above their average day, it was due not so much to Ing Inferlor scccer as to the failure form,
Kwok Kam-hung and of the bold gamble of pitying a
Shek sustained slight leg in forward and offside, game.
juries during the frat half and for a short were incapacitated period.
WEAKNESS IN CENTRE The only evident weakness was in the centre of their du- fence, through which repeated
TEC
In the second half Chan Ko-
breaks hroughs were made by sau sustained a cut on the temple
an
The Chinese increased then lead to 4-2 in the 18th minute half. A firai- of the second lime forward pass by Lee Yuk-
Font ink
King Lok-Beng through.
Gammon made
gallant attempt when he dived at King's feet for the ball, but could not hold it. King topped the rebounding ball into empty goal.
a
the
Dalziel reduced the Services'
but
the Chinese resulting in no less in a heading collision with deficit when he got the ball in four goals, although one Dalziel, but on the whele it was a melce in front of the Chinese two minutes a chan rebus, and hard-tickl-goalmouth, was a doubtful off-side case.
Man W29 Ano her goal was the result ng game readered alle dan later, Szoto
jowarde the gcal- #f desperate attempt by censer:us perhaps by the slippery streaking
mouth, from a pass by King tre-half Tomlinson, who in ut-condition of the ground,
One good
lesson perhuis
Lok-sang, and. ou the Services tempting to get to the ball at
carnt by the Services players rofende stood stilt waiting foot in King Lok-sang's through run, dipped it past an yesterday was that they played for the cffside whistle, Lammed The right game to beat the the bell rast Gammon to give oncoming Gammon,
Chiness ccnibination and would the Chinese their 5-3 win. probably have ding so with a lightly stronger defence, poril- ularly in the centre.
The two wing-halves, Lobb and Osborne, however, gave a performance with tackling and
their were
measure
in # responsible for holding the two
dangerous wings in lith minulo Colony, Ho Ying-fun and Hur- Ching-to, well in check,
THE TEAMS
-Hongkong-Chinese-FA-YU_Y{lia. lak. Chan Kar-sau, The Kam-hung. Tang Sum, Ng Kee-cheung, Kwok Shek, Yio Ying-fun. Szeto Man. Leo Yuk-tak, King Lok-sang, Ilau Ching- Combined Services Dammon. Churchill, Kirkland, Lobb, Tomlinson. Osborne. Johnson, MacGregor, Ethe- ridge. Dariel, Thompson.
THE GOALS Lco Yuk-tak opened the the tearing for the Chinese in the
to. Ho Ying-fun worked the ball
up on the right-wing towards the inside- right position and squared it to whe nicely trapped the ball
The forwards never played better and werc definitely strengthened by the choice of
by Str Donald Bradman on lar Etheridge at centre-forward, who and drove it low and hard to
| mincle cert
with a willow
afte a ball past
he corner of the net,
wand, he now, eye from the gains; ; Yue H
grey-crested goel had been
their side, they put
house of Pharos under his brow. There can never be another
SELF-SACRIFICE
Fry.
the
REFEREE'S MATCH
by two
2
easier surfaces and against far
In an interesting match on In a flash, however, the Scr less classically variegated bowling gave the attack a powerful punch.
Twice, they gave the crowd en vices draw level. A right-wing the Club ground yesterday, the have been thinned by age.
defeated by Etheridge found Non-Chinese Referees Not so "The Captain" himself. idea of what they were capable centre
Chinese Referees hended the ball past Where he once looked like Apollo of, when in the twinkling of sn Dalziel
to one to win the Cup present- od by Mr Kwok Lam-po, Pre- King
got to Lok-sang
sident of the Hongkong Chinere looks like Zeus with the light-yue Yiu-tak in the Chinese goal, and streaked for the goal in the The Chinese referees took the
past through pass in the 12th minutasid
Football Referees' Association, Pick of them was right-winger
Rothe: im- entre Tomlinson raced from Johnion, who
was lead early in the game when gave another
too behind and the
as Gammon
Cuan Tux-tal netied with a advancing, pressive performance and
Trying to tip the hug: ovation given him by the ball away. Tomilnson succeeded reat hender, but before the in- George scored the Chinese crowd when he went up only in pushing it past Gammon terval, to receive his medal at the end into the gual, to give the Chinese qu of the match was elequent appre-
The Chinese made tour now ciation of a great game played.
Agzin almost immediately, changes in the second half, but the Services equalised. A good the Non-Chinese Referees, who substituted Barretto for by Johnyan to had movement Etheridge saw Etheridge send in Bissett in the first period, con- another
good diagonal ground tinued without any change, cross that was well taken by Thompson in his stride. Thomp son had little difficulty in put. ting the ball past Yue at point-
can
Maybe an exceptional athlete, his country at who can lead cricket and ever lose a ге presentative game - who reach the highest standard as an amateur playing with and against professionals at Soccer, and who can put up a world field record, will prise.
Maybe this phenomenon will also be able to use the language
The
and the
FAST PACE KEPT UP The Chinese started off slowly but, forced by their opponents, gradually kept up with the fast pace and countered with the same type of slip-siap soccer of direct method; rather than fancy
a 2-1 lead.
prose of passing...d-fun and Hau Ching-blank range.
great Birkenhead is alleged to have visited the train- ing ship Mercury and referred to it as a backwater" for man of Fry's talents..
square
Man Another Soviet
.cqualiser,
The winning goal for Non- Chinese Referees was scored by George following a well-placed cross by Barretto.
of Homer
Non-Chinese Referees. --- Barnes, Barnett, Manson, Bissett (replaced by Cicero.
found themselves well mark- Just before the interval, the
Barretto). Morris, Ribero, Scar. But I wander !! such a genius 10,
Cake, Darnell, Barnett, ed by the two halves and two Chinese again took the lead.
Chinery Referees, Hsu Keag-ring will also have the self-sacrifice,
pass from
(tepinced by Mak Young-fal), Tong the sense of true values and backs, and although dangerous Receiving
the Lee Yuk-tok just past the mid-
lid- Yau-ming, Chan Shlu-chuen," eternal verities to turn his back whenever in possession of ot what the world regards as ball had their assaults from the field, Ho Ying-fun first-timed Ful-fook frenlaced byen, Trang the bull forward to sad Lechin), Weng Wah-gay (replaced by success and spend the high noon wings well blunted.
The ability of the inside for through in the middle LCG Cheng Moon-winy), Tang Kwang-
Kin-chuen). Lre W-Lang, Cheun of his days and the autumn and
to the occasion evaded the opposing centre-half, Chan Tak-tal (replaced by Ip
and drove the Moon-wing (replaced by Chan Man the owly encroaching winter of wards to rise
chona), Wong Kiha chúng. his life in investing in the youth with direct through passes gave and right-back
them their victory. Lee Yuk- ball hard past Gammon of this country?
The Chinese led by 3-2 at the tak was responsible for two of
Lok-interval. the Chinese goals, King sang, though a litle erratic, for another two, one with the help of Tomlinson, and Szeto for the fifth goal.
The
detence Chinese shaky through the inidal stages, with their hands full trying to tave off the blitzkrieg alücks of the Servlece forwards.
They were swept feet with the Services' first two
A Russian weight lifter gouls, but successfully heki on when the Services simulated on- bas established a world re-
the quick cord for
two-hand attempt of st other
qualiser as the score mounted snatch in the middle heavy- to 3-2 in the Federation's
weight division, the Soviet favour.
official sports paper 'Soviet- aki Sport' reports.
our
The youths, the young men," und the bearded sea captains who sail the cceans for their destiny would prosperity and senreely endorse the great jurist's opinion.
For it was Fry, who could have bzen
just a "lannelled fool and muddled oaf," who taught them how to read the stars, reckon the fathon, and use God as their Compass.
-Landon Express Service>
oft
MALAYA CONFIDENT OF RETAINING
THE THOMAS CUP
Singapore.
was
thei
Will the Thomas Cup - trophy for the international badminton competition remain in Malaya after June 17 Badminton "brains" here say the chances are very bright and indeed it will.
It is predicted here, that, the Jess With the challenge tle than a month away, six players United States will
Weightlifter Breaks Record
London, May G.
A copy of the April 29 editlon of the seit received here today Vorcvylev of Sverd- lovsk lifted 295 pounds (134 kilograms) to better the mark set in Milan in 1951 by the World Champion, Norbert
of Detroit.
Scheeky's recrod
la the new division, ecmpeted for the Arst Lime in 1951, was 20414 pounds (133.5 kilograms).
basis
In Olympic competition, la which the Ruslans are entered, winners are determined on the of the aggregate weight of the three tests-press, snatch and jerk.
Vorovylev's total
for the three lifts
was not given. Associated Press.
Ladies' Golf
ultimately will be cheren from among 13 challenge Malaya, although Den as a delegate on the Indian ro- prospective players. The in-mark is given a good chance of presentation at the League of ability of some players from upsetting the applecart. Nations, or volunteering in 1942, Penang and Selangor, in North The three players to turn out to Singapore for Malaya in the singles are us At the age of 70, to go down the Malaya, to come. coal mines.
in time has forced a postpone good as nominated, unless pɔre- thing unforeseen happens be- But perhaps, above all, that ment of intensive training.
Mrs H Cleland qualified in date for In early tryouts, only two tween now and tho
Wong
the Captain's Cup for the month The Police marathon road explained why be made his real
and of April with a nett 74. race for the "Dawman Trophy" life work training boys, British players were fighting nt. They nomination of the terr.
clars by The LGU best scores were will take place this afternoon boya-many of them from squalld were Wong Feng Soon, Singe- Peng Soon, Ooi Telk Hock al 9 o'clock,
under-privileged backgrounds pore, Malayan, All-England and Ong Poh Lim are in
176; and the LGU Extra Day The trophy was presented by to learn the glory which created. Danish Champion, and Ong Poh themselves and the selectors need Silver Division, Mrs Hayes, nett
not
Among
ong the 13 players chosen Sliver Division, Mrs Dawson- be put up for competition an- swashbuckling courago of
the rat victorious Malayan for training no less than 11 of Grove, nett 77; Bronze Division, nually by divisional teams of Drake, the pioneering valour of a
Thomas Cup team, is almost a them are first class, doubles Mrs Willauer, nett 71; and Mrs Goldman, on, the Extra Day, four runners,
exponents and Anding three
kett 70. ALL QUARTERS Prizes will also be awarded hip of a Frobisher, to the first three to finish.
For 42 years he was the Com-All quarters are confident of material should be a
Cosy by Mrs Goombs with a nett
7234 The race will start near the mander of the training ship that with Intensive training Job.
selectors aro
Chief Insp. C. Dowman and will the first Elizabethan England, the La Telk Hock, the here of go further in their search.
1
1
Raleigh, the nautical statesman-cert" for incluso streng paira from this wealthe Easter Eclectle was won
mould
the solcciors ·
The
Far East Motors in Nathan Mercury and for 42 years he planned for telephould leaving no store unturned to to Fanlian during the summer For players who like to go Road at 3 pm, and end at the received no remuneration for this plaid a team sufficiently strong find the two most formidable the Ladies Commies have de Police Sports Club in Boundary work. Street.
Today the devotees who saw to ward off any challenge on pairs, who will be good enough cided to hold a Running Ecler-
31 and June 1, let the to sweep aside any and all optie Competition. Fry in the days when he made May Hung Hom and Kowloon City alx successive centuries in first- challenger be the United States, position when the time comes.
United Press. class cricket a record never sur Denmark or India,
The
route will be through
to Boundary Street
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