HOME SOCCER SEASON STARTS
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1953.
LAID THE FOUNDATION
PROMOTED HUDDERSFIELD BEAT PRESTON 2-1; SUNDERLAND LOSE 5-3
London, Aug. 19.
A few hours after jubilant cricket fans had acclaimed England's fine Test victory over Australia, the soccer enthusiasts were cheering their favourites in the opening of the English football season.
Sixty-six of the 92 Football League clubs were in metion today to make an unusual mid-week start of the season.
The best individual scoring fests of the day came from John Charles of Leeds with four, in- cluding a hat-trick in the first holl, and John Downie, signed
Most of the 750,000 spectators who watched the games, generally in brilliant weather, must have gone away satisfied with their first taste of the campaign.
There were the usuni shocks, ! The first goal of the gearon is! Arsenal, League Champions, los credited to Roy Swinbourne, by two clear Houle nt West Brownwich, Prestoty, runners-up In Division One last were beaten 2-1 at home by the promoted Huddersfield, and
£160,000 Sunderland's
team were beaten 5-3 at Charlton,
win rearest for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second minute, This, however, did his side te fo ood for Burnley hit back such good purpose that they foished easy winners by 4-1.
Two Points Slip Away From Sunderland's Cheque Book
Parade
London, Aug. 19.
from Manchester United diring the closed season, found the net three times for Luton.
Sunderland expensive buys during the summer did not im- pres against Charlton who were 3-1 up af one time and should have won more com- Irtably,
RESULTS
THE Following re the results of Tootball matches played today:-
Division I
4. Wolves
Sunderland Portsmouth
Burnley Chariton Liverpool Manchester U1 Middlesbro Preston Wednesday Tuitenham
Chelsea Cardin Buddersfield 1
n
Manchester C Q
Aston Villa
Birmingham 2 full
The huge crowds which flocked to see the opening scrutinised with of the English football season today critical eyes the new men in the various sides,
Sme of the biggest eluse season buying had been | Leeds inade by clubs in the north-east of England, with Sunder-Leicester land, the only club which has spent its entire League Nats For career in the First Division, by far the most lavish users pigmouth of the cheque books,
But Sunderland lost their open- | leader_from Rotherham, ut a fee ing mulch, away, to Charlton of £10,000. Athletic by five goals to three. although lú #hretic bout of signing they acquired the ser- vices
three internationals of
from the different countries at a total expenditure of nearly
£20,000.
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Many other clubs have made signings in attempts to streng- then weak places in their sides. Two of the most notable in the
Second Division were by BIT- mingham City, who paid £15,- International for Welsh 000
Kinsey, of inside-forward Noel Norwich City, and £10,000 for the clever Plymouth Alex Govan.
West Brom
2
Division
tersenal
2 Hull
Notis C.
2
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Derby
+
Oldham
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Everton
Bury
Brentford
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Doncaster
Luton
Stoke City Swansea | West Ham 5 Lincoln
Division III (North) Bradford C. Barnsley Chesterfield 1 Darlingin Grimsby 3 York
Exeter Norwich
0 Gateshead Port Vale Port
1 Southport
Crewe
III (South)
Q
0
Halifax Mansfield Stockport Wrexham
Division Aldershot winger, Aristol C.
1
4 1
Coventry
2
Gillingham
, Leylon
1
1
Southend
A
Brighton
2
4
0 Ipswich OLASGOW CUP
(Firs; Round)
2
-Reuter,
The most expensive was Ray Daniel Arsenal
Wales centre-half, for £30,000 record for a defender. Billy Elliott, Burnley, and
Just to prove that transfera England
a matter of Jeft-winger, cost £29,000 and are not entirely
*** | hard-hended business, Notts Q. P. R.. Jimmy Cowan, Greenock Norton
forwards
Me- Southampton and Scotland goalkeeper, nine Pherson.
County
and Frank Broome Swindon thousand sterling. a high fee.
whose Walsall have joined Brentford,
and player-manager
centre- forward, Tommy Lawton, is their former colleague with | Clyde County.--China Mall Special.
for
a last-line defender, GREAT ATTRACTION With this talentoi trlo, added to such high
highly-priced internu- tional stars as Scottish half-back George Aitken: England Inside- forward Len Shockleton, and Welsh centre-forward
Trevor Ford, Sunderland in theory should bo challengers
for winning the League Champion-
for the B+51 time
shif
1936,
since
In fact, of course, Anding a successful poccer combination does not depend entirely finance, but Sunderland will be
real attraction no Wikт how
fare.
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Newcastle United, another at- tractive sile of the North-East, also paid heavily for a player to stiffen their holt-back line-
Jimmy Scoular
Scolirnd, £25,000 siping. whole hearted play should be most valuable In
support of The skilful Newcastle attack.
Middlesbrough, a thi.d big
north-eastern club, also made a Ave-ßgure close-season capture. which may prove one of the best of all, the youthful Game-haired Ken
McPherton, forward from Notts County, Ile centes a great
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Watford Bournemouth 1
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WALES
HOME TALENT
TO SEEK
By W. CAPEL KIRBY
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When Scotland soft-pedalled their protest against winners and runners-up of the coming season's Inter national Championship automatically qualifying for the World Cup series in Switzerland next summer, they were not unmindful of the fact that Ireland and Wales relled chiefly on the generosity of English club for the release of their international players.
Bill Edrich, England's opening batsman who fought his way back into the Text side. His patient un- defeated 55 laid the foundation of England's victory by the decisive,margin of eight wickets in the final Test at thẹ Oval yesterday,
All England Jubilant
"ASHES" REGAINED AFTER 19 YEARS
London, Aug. 19. England regained the cricket "Ashes" after 19-years by defeating Australia, the "world champions" by eight wickets in the fifth Test match at Kennington Oval.
It was on the same home ground of one of her famous stalwarts, Sir John (Jack) Hobbs, that England in 1926 had gained her last win in a geries against Australia at home.
1932-33
the
England Won the series in Australia, when controversial "bodyline" bowling of Harold Larwood caused diplo- matic Intervention, bin Australia took revenge in 1934, since when the had remained supreme until today.
This latest victory by England, gained with more than two and
SCORES
FINAL Australia-lət innings England —ist innings Australia-2nd trednes
England 2nd Inning, Hutton, run out drick, not out May. c. Davidson. Miller Compton, not sui
Extrad
Total (for two)
Falle of wicketa: 1-24, 3-88,
Howling Analysis
a half days Lo spare, was ber 57th since the official series was begun in 1870. Australia
has zinwall won 68, and 38 have been drawn. les including the first four of the Johnston
ATCBET series just ended
Mast lorrie
The "Ashes" became famous before the recognised Test clashes. In 1882, following Alt talla's Orst win over England-in Test, an English sporting newspaper printed
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COUNTY CRICKET
BAD STARTS BY MIDDLESEX AND LEICESTERSHIRE; SURREY COMFORTABLE
London, Aug. 19.
Middlesex, the County Cricket Championship leaders, and Leicester- shire, who are lying third, made bad starts in their current matches to- day.
Middlesex had 344 for nine hit against them by Gloucestershire, who then declared, and Leicestershire collapsed to lose six wickets for 65 runa in reply to the Essex total of 227.
Surrey, second in the table, Earlier Smith had bit 04, with | were only 70 minutes of play put themselves in a promising two sizes and seven four- for becauro of rain, position against Northampton- Essex.
At Northampton Surrey 273 shire by scoring 275 for seven, Lancashire, fourth in the table, for seven (Subba-Row 125, 10 which their
to 70 minutes Brazier 92). Northamptonshire Indian player, were restricted Roman Subba-Now, contributed play against Gamorgan, during to bat. Stump were drawn a fine contury.
which they scored 37 runs after early owing to bad light. and Martin loring Cyril Warħbrook without | . Ai George Engett
Chesterfield; Derbyshire Young gave Gloucestershire a tun on the board,
1328 for seven declared (Hamer fying start against Middlesex The best bowling feat was Rc 71, Revill 84), Somerset 24
147 Ferks six for 03 for Wore:ster for one.
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back but
with an opening stond of in two hours. Emmett made ashire against Warwickshire. "The brilliant 82, including 10 fours. 41-year-old fast meilum. bowle: F. Tilms, the young Middle took the wickets in two quiel SCX all-rounder. had a good batches of three each, spell in which he sent
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES three
batsmen cheaply.
The following were the close Gloucestershire then took com- of play scares of first class mand again.
cricket matches today: Andrew Wilson, the little wicket-keeper, and R. Nicholla, opened an attack which put on
Ai Doyer: Ken 336 for ina (Fang 72. Woollett 98, Cowdrey 70). Yorkshire to bat.
At Leicester: Essex 227 (Sinith Leicestershire 63 not out 04). for six.
At, Eastbourne: Nottingham- At Lord's: Gloucestershire 344 shire 252 (Simpson 38, Hardston for nine declared (Emmelt 82, GG). Sussex $3 for no wicket.
As Birmingham: Worwickshiro Wilson 07, Scott 53). Middiesrx
181 Wolton 55, Perks aix for
89 in 10 minutes and when none for no wicket. they had gone Colin Scutt scored A1 Swanses: Lancashire 3102). Worcestershire 123 for five-
53 in 45 minutes, including 10 for one. Glamorgan to bat. There -Reater. fours.
A fourth wickel perinership |
of 200 in 205 minutes by Subba- Row and Alan Brazier deminated the Surrey innings and saved thent from moderate total. Coming together when Surrey;¡ had lost three wickets for 43,
the pair played attractive cricket.
Subba-Row batted for four Hours 15 minutes to score 125,
15 boundaries. including
Bru- zier's 92 was his highest score in first class cricket, After the stand was broken three more wickets fell for 19 runs.
England Averages For
The Test
Series
Londen, Aug. 19.
English batting and bowling averages in the Test series which ended today were:
ANYTHING BUT Leicestershire looked anything a prospective County Cham- but
the fast | Hutton side against Fionship medium bowling of the Essex W. J. Edrich
Preston and Ray W. Watson .... pair. Smith. They lost their first D. C. S. Compton three wickels for 25. At 45 T. E. Bailey
Ken
216 Smith struck again to get two J. H. Wardle
other men caught at slip on P. H. May
162
successive balls,
INDIAN SOCCER
TEAM TO PLAY
IN MOSCOW
London, Aug. 19. The East Bengal Football Club, Calcutta's premier team which took part in a series of friendly mutclics at the Fourth World
{T. W. Graveney
T. G. Evans
R
T. Simpson
J. C. Laker
A. V. Bedser
D. Kenyon
G. A. R. Lock
BATTING
Matches Inn.
N.O.
Buns H.9.
Aver,
443
143
55.37
250
04
20.00
·
160
109
33.00
234
81
33.42
222
31.71
29*
28.30
39
20.83
76
24.14
117
44
23.40
24
31
18.50
48
10.00
30
25
12.00
20
10
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21
9
7.00
0
*Not Out. Also balted: F. R. Brown 22 and 20: J Statham 17 not out; R. Tattersall 2 and F. S. Trucman -10,
Festival of Youth and Students A. V. Dedser at Bucharest, has arrived G. A. R. Lock Moscow, according to Tars, the|J. C. Laker official news agency..
They matches
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203.1
51
17.48
41
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58.5 153,3 143
9
57
344
20.48
43.37
Eng-hyen 1.
~Router. AT LASTI
J. H.. Wardle Londor, Aug,' 19.
will play in friendly T. E. Bailey Ensign "England has won.
with Soviet football Jus done it at last. The Ashes tenens. Their first game in-Also-boxied:-F. R. Brown, 32-11-135-4; D. C. S. Compton.. "whose body would be cremated are oure again,”
Morzow will be with the Moscow 3-0-21-1; J. B. Statham, 43-10-88-2; R. Tatterra, 20-5-31-3; F. S..
A mack
nbituary—of...... English ericke
new
and the ashes taken ta Aus- These are the words that "Torpedo" team.--Router. tralia."
| went from mouth to mouth, that The real "Ashes" come into swept the country and being lator when an England throughout the eneket-leving side, captained by Lord Darnley peoples of the world This (then the Honourable Ivo Bligh) afternoon.
beat Australin by two matches to one. To mark the occanlon, some Melbourne Indies burnt the stumps used in the third me and presented them in an urn to England's captain.
Whoever wins the series, the
Camo
In other words, tu, search the founder member of Huddersfield terrifle impression Inst
highways and byways for their Town,
LAST MAN IN
season with his dash and hard shooling and seems certain to jown talent. improve considerably with ex- pe:fence.
For the first time in 19 years, England had wrested the Asics from Australia and had at last toppled the men "from Down from the pinnacle of Under
cricketing supremacy 0.5 as Compton made the
their
soon
winning hit.
Trueman, 20.3-4-90-4.-Reuter.
Mr Hurley Gets On The Cockell Bandwagon
By
GEORGE WHITING
All sorts of people have been trying to climb on to Don Cockell's bandwagon since the one-time Battersea blacksmith outpointed Harry Matthews out in Seattle- a cash-rattling performance that should put at least £6,000 Into our Heavyweight Champion's smallholding in Sussex.
Some Welsh FA officials are a little tired of this cap-"Arhes rest in the pavilion at in-hand business, plus the petulant attitude. of some of Lords, recognised throughout the
A delirious crowd. swarmed as the head- the more established stars, and are prepared to vote for Commonwealth
orto the fields. They wanted quarters of picket-Reuter.
PLAYERS MOBBED
Len Hutton. They wanted Alee return to the policy the late Ted Robbins adopted to
Bedser, secure the Wembley label.
As England's victory be Beas They wanted Trevor
reality today
Bailey. Indeed they wanted the roar went up
whole team that has set md the name in these last few days.
England crowd broke through the Police
In almost every offfee in the bartlers and swarmed across the One good item of news for the With a fellow like big Bill feld. The players were mobbed and, in every factory, on farms Welsh selectors is that Walley Alley in the side, Eric Hayward with the Australians receiving na
and on the land, among house-
And who was firat in the backslap queue? · None other than Jack Hurley. The biggest tee paid by
Barnes' knee has stood up to the doesn't hesitate to take over consoling pats on the back. wives werking in the home or
the slick binder of spells who manages Matthews. Southern club has been the £20, most rigorous tests at Highbury, when asked to captain Block- After the match, Hutton, gave dopping in the streets of London 000 with which Chelsea ported Yugoslavia's nippy attack proved pool cricket team, but pity the his opinion of the much discussed countryside everywhere, all these Hurley greeted Mathews's-de-Hurley proposed that Cockel there possibilities.
for the villages of the English
For public consumption, Mr¡ not 4 single recrimination, is our Mr Simpson insensible to for Peter Sillett, talented young beyond question that the Welsh: centre-half when he skippers
pitch.
"Had I batted throughout full-back from Southampton. defence needs tightening.
Binckpool's cricketing footballers
the sur
hout people in all these places at five feat with a hurt expersion and should hurry back to the United summer on exactly the same minutes to three today came to a ye was robbed wall-all States-under Hurley's The London side's none
and
sets about making out the kind of pitch I would back my-standstill in a encmen: of quiet in the true traditiart of the noble management, of course while await the heating of Cockell' reliable defence should bencht
21 HOLES IN ONE
batting order.
helf to
10 make 2,000 runs. Lockt considerably,
of peace act of self-defence, But not for the Don's manhandling of Mat-left Comedian Dave Morris was in
All 11, not excluding pint- got something out of this wicket that was like a haven
the sen tumultuous one moment was the gnashing of shows is sull fresh in American decided until Den gets home sized
which few bowlers could achieve. Ernie Taylor, want to gu
In the Queen Mary," Simpson good form when I met him
Emotion on which they had been teeth allowed to interfere with memories. in
In last.
I had pot broken up and it is forced ever since yesterday.
tells me, business, still a very good type of
Cockell would He had just been to
They looked at one another an 'un-
"We'll Bob Berry's come-back for wicket."
Less than 24 hours after the in silence, smiled, then smiled usual party at licaton Moor Goil
Simpson f'ould Avas Hurley The England skipper paid o again as they realised to the h
inverting Club to celebrate professional
tribute to Lindwall and full
a transatlantic tele-maybe even Mr Hurley, would about. that England had really dollars in "They are the finest won
hone talk from Spate, USA, Įmake money.
too
Lancashire causes me to wonder
the thrill of a cricketing life-
10
local
make money, make money,
and
I well believe t.
mahoeuvres
There are
But the dollar drive mat
eye. "Nothing will be
have plenty to talk Everybody wants capitalise on Cockeli.. In addi- tion to Burley, I've had three British promoters offering
propositions
บ.
FROM WALTHAMSTOW Chelsen will also have the Manchester. full services of two fine players from Walthamstow Avenue, the amateur team which did so well in the Cup last season. Centre Charles Chevaller's feat of hold- what has happened to his old spec forward Jim Lewis has promised ing out in one for the 21st time,ound staff colleague, Johnny Chelsea first call on him, though thus beating the
England won the Ashes when to Basingstoke England, Jate Sandyngham, of Hollinwood, who had pair of opening bowlers I have
ever faced. ho is remaining an amateur, and Herd's world's record.
I regret to think Compton hit a ball from Morris egling John Simpson, Cockell's many, many months and many, fights, plus two
from Johannesburg,, ananager, with a line of sales telk morgin time when he bowled Bradman we shall not see them again In to the boundary. The wing-half Derek Saunders has
between sold in the nets before the Old Traf- this country. At least they
of England's victory they smoother than
title fight with Rodity Marcjans ford
In 1948. Test
cannot be so deadly if they come won by eight wickets does has the Huricy oll floved more sock and any hope of a world --but Hard-nut Hurley would be not bear witness to the hard Johnny was
"AH I can say at the moment then 16 and had with the 1950 team."
SUPERLATIVES - .' Hassett said: "England earned į struggle
en admirable side at the bar is that we are after the big stuff, put up by Australia ja grin as wide as the Ship Canal Here's one for your quiz book when the Australian macstro for after years of per-How many League clubs have said "That was a good one"
this their win from the first ball to throughout
tense und Prefacing his remarks with agining table, and in the collec-encoring Mardiano, for as much nsion they induced the Finch-
the Just
over"
exciting day.--France-Presse,
few well-chosen superlatives, but tion of dollars vacanwhile, No: as we can get. Why should we ley amateur. George Robb, to maximum (120 x 80 yords) and his stumps went askew.
fight Uddiers? become a professional for them, minimum
turned professional.
Another London club, Totten-
ham Hotspur,
claim the best
deal of the close season, how-
Dave
"Durn me if he wasn't within foot of doing it again,"
*
(110 x 70 yards)
Many nirers of England playing pitches?
üdmirers
EYE ON OVAL?
DX
Not so long ago I queried Charlien's South
amateur International Robb Answer is two in each ense- consider him likely to become maximum, Nottingham Forest whether
the best left-winger in the and Gillingham; minimum, African footballer, Eddic Fir- country and certainly his Gateshead and chances of full cap must be United,
high.
All he cost Totenham
West Ham man!, would be the first player
•
was a signing on fee of ten What Amos Brook ittrat pre- sterling.
aides over the FA 80th on-
One
of Italian extraction to figure in first-class cricket if he joined Kent
n fast bowler.
news of another COMES NEWB : of the biggest blows Iniversary proceedings. he will secking_
place in county cricket suffered by any club last sensen also be celebrating, just anti-player
Beangal, who was the fist tragle retirement in advice, his
re-signed by Crystal through a leg amputation of century male Soccer legislator. Palaco. This teen-age all-round sporting product of London's How different it might have "Little Italy" is
Derek Dooley, Shemėla Wednes.
disor been if`n weak heart hadn't put | trial with Surrey for
have
A
been.
day's Bery centre-forward.
Wednesday, badly ganised, just escaped relegation a stop to his Rugby-playing Several clubs from the First Division, and activities for Huddersfield at 18. attracted by Bemgni'a : promise they have now signed for Ite was associated with a York- as a centre-forward, but the lad Dooley's oká place Jack Shaw, shire amateur tengat in 1994, is a mosaic waker and slowin's
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"A. Matthews prolazn?: Wo |wouldn't mind--for 30 per cent.. of the 'gate' at the White City or Earls Court
"But you can forgat Ekor | stories about Don hijing the Canadian, Eur). Whils, What has While ever done to 'rate in Time" pire Championship?”.
MEMO: Promoters are ad- vised not to bother Cockell /un-- less they are ́ ́ prepared to start the kidding at, say, 148,000,. Cab Heavyweight Champion bar Trot / Lörgotten that, only few short months ago, some of the surna promoters wern writing him ou as rather, too, large, a portion.ed deach duck, That hurterand so
[as to be dil§:IDT)