Ill-Behaved Soccer Spectators Liable
To Be Expelled
The League Management Committee of the Hong kong Football Association decided at a meeting yesterday that in future hand-bllis and posters be printed warning. spectators that under the rules of the Association they were liable to expulsion if guilty of improper or insulting behaviour to the referee or players during a match.
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
SPORTING SAM
1952.
By Reg. Wootton
Mr J. or Thurs-
tir 3. C. Gulingan prodded the flowing Tuesday Moves Have Started To Lure
at the meeting.
The
with
of
day, also on the Club ground. deall Committee also
Mr R. M. Omar, Secretary a letter from Mr L. J. the HKFA, oxpressed his appre Channing regarding a protest ciation for the wholehearted co- which was lodged by the South operation which had been given China Athletic Association in by Mr J. R. Henderson of connection with the Senior Hongkong Football Club's rugby Challenge Shield Boundary Street on December matches 7 and which ended in a draw..
Stanley Matthews Back
the
of
To
allocation soccer match section around for football against the Hongkong Police at the club certain dates, and
The Commitice decided to rofer Mr Channing's letter to the Emergency Committee to be dealt with at the same time as the South China protest,
GOVERNOR'S CUP The Hongkong Football Asso- -- "ciation's team against the Hong- Kong Chinese Football Assocla- Governor's Cup for the match on January 1 was also selected.
tion
on
arranging rugby games else where to assist the Association the u spredicament aver shortage of grounds.
►
His Home Town Club
By ALAN HOBY
A bid has been made to get Stanley Matthews, probably the greatest At an Interport Sub-Commit-winger of all time, back to Stoke City, the club which "discovered" him as
SPECIAL GATE
tee meeting of the HKFA, pre- sided over by Mr C. S. Wang, it was decided to arrange for the pre-sale of tickets to the Press and to open special gats for schoolboys and
Servicemen during the Austrian visit over
The team follos.st Deacon (Army), Armstrong Barnicle (RAF), Adanis (Club), (Army), Aruderson (Club, Cap tain), Santos (St Joseph's), Hunt (Army), McGregor (RAF), (Club);
Micton Macao Gardner
BADMINTON
LEAGUE
In the "C" Division Badmin ton League match played yesterday, Tyler boat Hong- kong University by 7 matches to
TWO.
The results were:
Singles: Ko Wal-bong beat 5. K. Leong 15-8; beat B Dhabha: 15-11; U. Sel Lip beat 16. C. H. Wong beat Gilbert 18-3, beat Dhabher 18-
Tyc. 15-8.
Doubles; Ko Wal-bong and U. Sel Llp lost to Leong and Dhab- he: 18-21; beat G. Tye and Tony Gob 21-8; Peppo Arculli and C, H. Wong lost to Leong and Dhabher 15-21; beat Tyr and Goh 21-3,
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Worried by the threat of relegation and falling gates, Stoke have wanted their old star for some time, After their home match with Blackpool, they came out with a firm offer.
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the Chinese New Year holidays. A letter from Mr Wolf Ley-
"We hope they will This offer,
give us I can reveal, was beng, who is in charge of the Aus-
NOT turned down. Blackpool sympathetic treatment." trian team, said that January 28,
the
they would discuss it n which was suggested as
date Baid
So the greatest football enter- for the fourth match on the re- their next board meeting, "Wetainer I have ever seen--the man turn of the Austrian team from want time to think it over," they who has played 64 times
senti- England-may make unsultable.
back to mental Journey
the ested other dates suggested
smoky Potteries town where he unsuitable were found tilho (St Joseph's), Honniball by the Association, and it was
became "household name." D. Kim Kyu-kwan (Sing Tap),
HYSTERIA (Kwong Wah), Pereira (st
(Club), Osborne my
serves: Williams
Was
Re-Leyberg CHS- which
fourth game,
Mr
My said
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Stoke manager Frank Taylor decided to cancel the told me: "We feel that the re- turn of Matthews would bolster Joseph's) and Joyes (RAF). At a meeting of the Emer- the morale of the boys and help Team
Mr L. F. degency Sub-Committee of the to push the side up the League Managor:
HKFA, held under the cho'rtable. Souza.
of Mr A. McAlpine, an "He has always been populat
It was 14 years ago-in 1838- that Matthews first tried to leave Stoke. He caused a sensation by asking for a transfer.
The meeting also arranged when
on three Chino Motor go to Blackpool after the war. headlines
that the Senior Shield manich: between Sing Too and Kwong!
A
was
alow hours of the
declaring
that "not happy." Jeading industrialists got together and decided to call a public protest meeting."
seven
of review of sentences in Stoke, even though we let him Whithin
I am certain he would do his old Matthews club a power of good."
Mr Taylor said the fee Stoke
was 'n decent suggested
one Naturally they told us they had received big offers for Matthews
Wah, originally Axed for Satur Bus Sports Club players last day, January 3, on the Navy season was considered.
It was decided that the throe ground, be played on Sunday, January 4, on the Club ground, players, Mok Yul-chol, Ho Yat- and that the Kowloon Motor chi and Yuen Fu-hing, could Bus versus South China match play again as from January 1, fixed for that day be played on 1953.
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Soon every hoarding seemed to bear "Stanley Matthews must not go!" bills. Hysteria swept
Potteries. the
The
city stopped working until the matter was adjusted to everyone's satisfac- tion and Matthews decided to stay.
whole
·SURPRISED
Finally the Master did quit the club where he signed as profes- sional at the age
of 17 after Joining the ground staff straight
from schoDi.
And if he does-what a gala day that will be for Stokte!
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HKFA Dinner
Arthur Morse Appeals For Loyalty To The Association
Play the game, play it well, play it hard but play it fair was advice given by the Hon, Sir Arthur Morse.as President of the Hongkong Football Association at a dinner at the Ying King Restaurant last night.
The occasion was the Association's annual dinner to Players, Referees and the Preasa large gathering which also heard Sir Arthur appeal to members to give their loyalty to the Association.
and
Sir Arthur began his speech with a tribute to "Our Players, his remarks that "we all realise, we owe everything to players" were received by exclamations of "hear, hear
applause.
Our
the past men of the best have taken will take an interest in the rising an interest in us. We in the future generation of footballers."
It was a fact that men who had
aften been applauded by the
And what does he say about and lou would like to add. Sir doing so."
the possibility of his return? 1 contacted Matthews and told him the news.
There have been rumours that I would return to Stake," he said. "They have been going on
But he
the port of lle te hung up bacts, usefully retire by going Linto acume or third team and in
thair stuff" in teach- Ing and showing the younger Arthur said, that players should players how to play. realise and fully appreciate thaten who are prepared to do that they owed a great deal to the deserve far greater honour than if they were playing the game them. selves,” Gir Arthur sald. administrators.
He added that he had been told that -Messrs Lal Shlu-wing, Tung
Kam-hol, Armstrong, and
ever since I left for Blackpool. clation controlled the game King-cheung, Tam Hong-pak, Chan
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an exhibition-of_doubiful character. plonships here, had an passage into the second round realise the functions of the An.. today, defeating P. C. Mehta 0-2, cociation.
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to players and to great deal for the success of football Colin like to
stance, had a very dificile fob to Hannam Impressed in his first club officials he would say that Hongkong. The Police, for in-
should
regard as their first perform and he must my that they they defeating today, appearance
Police had a great tradition behind Khalid Saighal, 6-0, 6-0 in the duty loyalty to the Association performed it extremely well,
them, and it was up to their ro first round. Hannam, playing a (Applause).
"Unless wo, can depend on natives to món. Unas that mos game, carried
a powerful
that loyalty of members of the motrie was carried on to the field of
Turning referees. Sir. Later, partnered by India's Association I see no real future play Edward Abrecht, he won his for football in Hongkong", Sirad that they were the ones which Look command of the game, yet Men's Doubles second round Arthur declared.
He appealed to them to be they were the people who got very
Ittle credit. They were neverthe malch, beating Subban
the Association, to abidele doing a splendid job of work, Shivarao, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0..
Su Arindewald he would par Moliram is expected to meet by its decision and to remember India's No. 2, Naresh Kumar, in that its men were working in leubely like to mention those re- of their time which could be spent the semi-final. He is also fancied an honorary capacity, that they ferees who were giving up so much with Mrs Mottram to win the had no axe to grind and that in leisure and giving so much of was the interest | their silention to refereeing school- Mixed
boy matches." Doubles, Associated their interest
of football in the Colony.,
More power to them and more Sir Arthur, sid thai 19 thán
credit to them," B. Arthur ad Colony there had been produced amidst loud applause, some extremely line players and "I wish you all the future the great number of players worthy to
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