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“THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1953.
SOCCER'S GOLDEN BOY
JOHN CHARLES IS PRICED AT £40,000
By DENNIS HART
The English soccer season is only two weeks old, but already the outstanding personality is evident. Up and down the country, one player's name is on every fan's lips. He is John Charles, Leeds United centre-forward. Managers speak of him with awe.
“Oh for John Charles? Is The sentiment of the clubs, And small wonder, This 22-year-old lad from Swansea began his footbal] career as a full back; was capped as Wales' centre-half at the age of 18. Now he has graduated to centre-forward, and has scored seven goals in the two first matches of this season.
THE SPORTS ROUNDABOUT
The Irishman
Who
Wouldn't Play Ball
By DAVID JACK
In soccer, goals are money. So John's value in. the transfer market is high the highest
ever, £40,000.
Forty thousand pounds. Is it possible that a lad-ean be worth such a fortune, just for kicking a ball around.
The answer is an unqualified Ask any football manager. his
ves.
To raise the money for
| transfer, many clubs would be 'prepared to go to the Hmli `of ilele resources, and beyond.
This poses another question: Why? Other players score goals, 20 many. but their value is nowhere near
The Chris Giles story just had to be told to illustrate admittedly not
the outsize heatnche with which Aldershot manager that figure. What then makes Gordon Clarke, kicked off the Soccer season.
Giles. left-winger, signed by Aldershot from caster Rovers, played one trial match, packed his went home to Dublin.
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Calos arrived
Andershat ing Newcastle United three weeks ago faking along Hearts. a brother, who wanted a job as a inbourer.
Both Giles boys were hyet up in lodgings, and the 550 who duesn't play foutboll was louet a job:
Next move came from their lundford, who reported to Clarke
Friday that on
(wages day! both boys had left, with CURES,
suit-
Saturday arrived and with it
tu Expect the auction when the Fiters are out of League Cop.
Charles so valuable that clubs Dun-are willing to plunge into debt bag.1o obtain his signature?
NONE
und
start) the
to
BETTER QUALIFIED
No one is better qualified suswer this than the man who dlæovered him. Major Frank Buckley, one of the greatest managers of all time.
The Major has had more con- tact with Charles than anyone. but he too stil speaks of him with awe. "John is the plete footballer," he
Talk
about
him? I Most of them stayed together eulogise on him all day." And Junior side with Isthmian the "Major eulogised-and in- Leaguers Ilford just your, batvited me to pull up a chair in the amateurs have now banded their junior team.
Remember the Ilford Boys X1 which won the English Schools Soccer Shilefch in 1051-19527
told
com- me, me. could
The Duke of Edinburgh's yacht, Coweslip, anchored while awaiting a change of tide during the recent regatia of the Royal London Yacht Club.
Lancashire League
May Tempt Aussie Youngsters
We've reached the stage of the year when we turn from the game where payment for induce-
SURREY WINS THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
DESPITE FAILURE AT HOVE
Peter May Again Scores Brilliant Century: 136 Out Of 244
London, Sept. 1 Surrey retained; the county cricket championship today even though they failed to take a point from their game with Sussex who collected the four for a 1st innings lead.
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Lancashire, who in such circumstances, had a slender hope of catching the champions, failed to beat. Middlesex, however, and though they took first innings points they are only level with Sussex and Leicester- shire with 156 points compared with Surrey's 172.
Lancashire, Sussex, and-Surreya hundred out of 145 In 85' rtil have' one game to play but, j minutes when Essex set to score whatever happens, Surrey cannot | 107 in 140 minutes went for the |be hoaded though the meeting of|runs. Pritchard broke tho the evo other rides starting to- | middle stump whin bowling Iley morrow will determine which ond when their 8th wicket sell country finishes runners up to Essex att wanted eleven runs Surray.
t in oight minutes.
Eighteen year-old Savill ran Suey are the first county from the pavilion and stayed to since the war to win the title hit the winning run.
The following were
Arsenal Still Lack
the First Win
twice in succèrsion a feat several counties including Surrey, acccm-esults; plished in carlier years of the At Bournemouth; Yorkshire Arsenal, Inst Renson's Championship.
beat Hampshire by an inning champions, have atill. to Leicestershire who are at pre-and 45 runs, Hampshire 185 and score a victory this season. sent level with Lancashire and 08 (filingworth seven for 22). Playing at Highbury yester-
Sussex having completed their Yorkshire 318. programme cannot finish than fourth, which 19
| highest they” have ovor pleted 11 championship
Worse
At Nottingham: Notthgham day, they shared points theshire beat Somerset an with Shameld United, one com-innings and 07 runs. Somerset of the promoted sides, and pro-117 and 82
82 (Dooland seven for scored their second goal in
for Nottinghamshire 200 10). Then
9B six matches. follow Middlesex 160, even declared Gloucestershire and Derbyshire, Poole not out 08). each 130, Nottinghamshire, 128, At Leicester:
grumme.
C"..
Tribe
Dooland, Tribe
de- Leicestershire 203 for five
AL
dis- his Walsall offer while he did ment is legal, because you can pay a chap what i 100th wicket and having pre 301 for five declared (Tribe not match
a letter in the Alderstiol manager That was the cue for Leyton I first saw him soon after ho from Chris Giles saying: "fm|Orient manager Alec Stock to left school," he went on.
To tired and step in and fix up six of them,mediately I knew that of going home,
fed up."
Cole, Godfrey, Crockett, Hall, Boddy and Shingley rightly say Öriend's nursery. Chase
Chertsey.
As Gordon so "He's not the only one,“
you think he's worth, with no strings attached, to Im the sporting business where it's illegal, but where
it goes on just the same.
Rad-stors I have discovered, bore
with was the brightest of them all.
of "The word 'natural la bandied
lot about a
football, but with in John it really applies. He's got "What about 201 Hedder?
in a wonderful physique, so Ken Rudham, goalkeeper
foot- him. they, the South African international bait was second nature to when asked supporters
could kick - withi heard Burnley wanted Scotland's Soccer team due in England this At 10 he tuntre-forward Lawrie Beilly. month, will be keen to look up either foot -
-head, and dribble old Johannesburg better than a good many Explains Turf Moor manager two of
Ken was a Queen's fessionals will ever do." Frank : Holden stays in the school pals. middle, with 11 Gray on the Igh School pupil along with
the Major It is said that I want to tatance Bill Perry (Blackpool) and Keninade' John.
Ho refutes this, reel ReillyZiesing (Dundee),
"I discovered and helped him," he said, "but 1. could not tezeh him how to play football. This Just came naturally to him.
right wing.
the forward could do that at outside Juft.**
his
Ever heard a football manager Juny Langley, new full-bnel say he's pleased to have u star from Leeds United, had
beplayer unfit? signed three times by Billy Lane
to
before he played for Brighton.
you::
In 1948 Lane, then many forward Terry of Guildford, signen Langley und
amateur festum.
the manager Irishman When
pro-
This does not stop him being one of the most attentive stars Player is Swansen
Town's the
etme. You see, international
he's centre- modest in the extreme. Medwin, and
It listens to any advice, although B Mc-
nine times out of len he would Candless tells in: "Medwin player cane out of
the Army has been passed unfit for Army be better qualified to give it. Lane signed Jim agai S ง
service. Ile has slight Professional.
trouble."
After Langley shad
to Leeds from Guildford. Billy
Kone
ear) GOLDMINE PERSONALITY
"It's his personality, as much Not so good is the news that as his ability, that make him Lane still kept an eye on him another of the Swansea starlets, goldmine to any side. He never and signed him for the third centre-hult Mervyn Charles, ex-rives of any temperament. time when Leeds accepted pects to be in khaki within
# And hele as perfect off the field close-season offer from Brighton.month.
as he is on it,"
IN DEMAND
Bobby Baster, former Middles- brough
WISE CHOICE
Spurs'
left
He was
Rom!-
dour
Ibrox Park tomorrow (Thurs, day).
Today's
RESULTS
London, Sept.sh. football results were: Division I
Shefeld Un. 1
Division II
1 Notts
ant
County 3
Division II (Southern)
(Dooland
Netts County pulled themselves Letzestershire and Warwickshire 124, all these drew wi.h Glamorgan. Glamor-cut of the rut by a fue 3-1 s- feces at Oldham and another out- counties having completed their Han 170 and 28 for three standing away win was that a 20 county engagements.
Reading On tho Southend Two grand-Individual por elated (Tompkin 52, Palmer ground. formances marked today's cric-68, Smithson not out 53).
the Glasgow Cup Worcester: Worcester-th ket, outside the games concern-
the
Both hire drew with Northampton-nal, those old rivals, Rangers Ing
anet Celtic,
มิ fought shire. Worcestershire 145 ́and and went to
players Gearge
109 for six (Kenyon 104, Tribe struggle without result. The was 1-1 and the claimed his four for 41). Northamptonshire Anal score
Is to be replayed at out 101). viously reached 1,000 runs be
At Hove: Sussex draw with came the first cricketer of the senson to complete the double. Surrey. Surrey 220 and 244 for one of woven men to two (Miny not out 136, Constable perform the feat last season, his not out $4). Sussex 221 for eight What prompts me to that line of reasoning on the Arst in English cricket. Alt declared.
At Cliston: Essex best War- ¦ Arsenat much to do wickshire by two wickets. War- changeover from an eminently more successful cricket gether Tribe had
with Northamptonshire taking wickshire 120, and
203 for six Oldham season than I, for one, had dared anticipate, to a Soccer
Drst innings points. **
Essex declared (Horner 122), season which I hope will bring even greater sporting
127 for five declared and 200 Bristol City 4 Walsall DOOLAND'S 'FINE FINISHI
for eight (Horstall' 107). prestige to Britain, is the cash transactions, and rumours
Bouthend 1 Reading drew Watford At Lordi: Middlesex. of them, which go on outside the "big time."
Nottingham- Dooland, ended
Lancashire. Middlesex shire's season on a triumphant with You've all heard of under- | supply Fazal Mahmoud and
174 and 107 for eight declared Carlisle for. after hitting his the-counter payments to Foot-Hanif, the Echcolboy
60, Statham Southport wonder highest score of the season-08 Brown not out
four for "Lancashire 175 Tranmere ball League players. Authority who got a hundred against the he followed with his best
for three declared down MCC at 16, as replacements. has never, pinned them
Glasgow Cup Semi-final TWO WAYS TO BET.
bowling performance-seven for
cut 87) and 62 for four,
Rangers satisfactorily, but they exist.
19-and his country got home From the
side pay-out
of
At Bristol: Gloucestershirq Now it's spreading outside -
with more than an innings to drew with Derbyshire, Glouer (To be replayed on Thursday), sport to IT!
vein-tho lighter the orbit of the game's elite to get-some-in aide. That is, if spare past Somerset..
tershire 140 and 147 for two de- Ballymena non-League lesser lights, you're lucky. Sir Allan Herbert,
All the excitement of theclared (Young 02). Derbyshire. Cliftonville 4 Derry and I know of one non-League obviously a pools fan as well as
(Tom Oravency. Surrey-Sussex game was crowd- 207
ive for Portadown club in the South which
has
In urcat humorist, is the latest cd into the first hour when 28)-Reuter. recently paid £750
over the addition to the ranks of the Sussex struggled Guccessfully odds to persuade Longue club authors who'll help you get rich for first innings lead and, im- transfer-ilsted enen to join them, with "Pools Pilot" (Methuen,mediately declared. Thereafter with the promise of more 10 B.).
there was little hope of a follow.
definite result but the later play saw Peter May again In batting form. His 180 not out included 19 boundaries.
the
While he offers some novel In fact, it might soon be ways of picking your treble mare profitable to sign outside chance matches ilke "God Save the Football League than in it. The because when they don't have Reign" to give you Gillingham, Queen, Long May She to pay transfer Jees In
case.
any Stoke, Tallenhain, Queen's Park the non-LeagueTs obviously raise the "olly."
can Rangers, Leeds, Mansfield, Southampton, Raith Rovers, he doesn't say just how it'll throw éricket, however,
out your calculations if the happen to print "Spurs" instead
Tollenham" on the coupon.
In
It's
different. For years some of pools promoters the League clubs in the North have been mooning that they can't pay their way, but the at wage clause En professional contracts keeps going up and
"A4
up.
I can tell you that there are
1wo
A widely discussed question Charles' winger George in English soccer is
He und Scotland centre- Robb told me just after making best position on the field. half, now manager of Cowden- his dazzling professional debut has been capped for Wales bath, has discovered a 19-year-that he has no intention of giy-centre-half and Inside-right. old left winger who looks the ing up is teaching position.
Commented the Major, In foods. Henry Young favour of full time football, he's the complete footballer, he name and he's already interest-Wise lad-enpecially as he has can play anywhere. But he at least four clubs in the North
the blessing of his two bosses; was wasted at centre-half. With | just waiting for the day, Arthur Rowe and the_head-the modern third back game years hence, when they can master 00 Christ College, anyone who is big and can kiefs approach two of the defented Finchley.
and head makes a good centre- Australian tourists' half.
young boys they're contract- ted until that time. fine ศ hls best The two? Queenslander Ron best Archer, Just 10, and 23-ycür-old
This is
When talents.
they at centro Davidson. Soccer forward-as it's the goals which back to England my bet is that FOOTNOTE. — First
it will not be as Tourists, and club to elect its
own
beauty count"
I'm told that each of them will queen is Bristol Rovers. Barbara
be able to command roughly
£2,500 for a season's cricket.
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Don't be surprised if golf ́is added to the list of sports in future Olympic Games. proposal has been discussed alposition is where ho the highest level.
"John has developed
So The football brali,
Fels
of
But he does quote some per- mutations from Bernard Ward, News pools Empire
experi, which goes to prove that he is niso Interested in systematic betting. Praise be!
Cambridge Rugby Fifteen Leaves
use his head and his physical New South Wales alarm For Japan Visit
Bully Stan
As a parting shot I said to the Pratten, who has becn chosen Major, who as a manager, has Queen of the Rovers, reserved stand seat for all home covered such stara as
Wright, Bryn Jones, matches along with
the title. Culli: "Do you really think What about it, Accrington? Why not a Miss Peel Park?
World Polo
Title
Deauville, Aug. 31,
The Woolmers Park polo team, which Included South
American, Indian and British players, dominated a successful
that John is worth £40,000."
"Forty thousand?" ho
como
Twenty six members of the Cambridge University Rugby
team captained by My P.
Wheelor, which arrived here on
Monday' en route for Japan for
a series of games left by BOAT yesterday for Tokyo.
So once again it may be the big shots who'll suffer because county clubs just can't compete Owing to lack of time and with that sort of money.
training no arrangements were One place, though.
where made to match them with local claimed, "He is worth a hundred cricket is ready to do it "on ruggeriten, but it is hoped that the cheap" If there's half they may agree to play here should their return journey permit a stop over here early in October.
and forly."
cx-
-{London Express Service)
WIN COUNTY
CAPS
London, Sept. 1. polo season, which, ended here Peler Lender, the fast-medium yesterday.
bowler, and amateur. Bateman
chance, is India.
note
...!
10%
سم
237
(Place not
2 Millwall Division III (Northern)
3 Grimsby
3 Darlington
5 Rochdale
1 Celtic
IRISHI ULSTER CUP-
1 Glentoran
1 Arda
-Rouler.
India's Choice For Asian Championships
Bombay, Aug. 31.
Misa
Sultana, four
Umea
Lancashire declared with onc-run lead over Middlesex whose second innings wickets tumbled to raise visions of a Lancashire, win but Middlesex rallied and cheekily declared efler which thicro were mi- mentary siges of a sure Mid- diesex win
Warr dismissed BS three Lancastrians with only 18 India will be represented at Indian National Champion; »dia runs scoret and Young rid the Second Asian Table Tennis not participate in the Champigné. of another at 20. But Washbrook Champlonships, to be played in ships at Siryapore Inst year. stood firm and with
Wharton
tort Tokyo from September 7 to 14. balted out time for
draw by a team of six-four men and which ended any championships two women. aspirations Lancashire may have had.
GRAND WIN
Miss Samuel has improved rapidly this senson, However, she The team will leave. for is still not up to miernationa Japan by plane from Calcutta competition and much of the on September 3.
success of the Indian team wil) depend on how well she. téama The men's team will include | wih Mies Sultana in
* The finest finish today gave Rombir Bhandari (Bengal), T. Women's Doubles, Easex their sixth championship Thiruvengadain (Madras), D. P. win of the reason at the expense Sampat (Bombay), and
Warwickshire. This was Vyas (Bombay). mainly due to Horsfall who hik
of
WOMAN CHAMPION
Sycod Sultana and Irene
the weakest India has sent out The men's team is probably.
In many years.
Bhandari, the likely captain, (11yderabad) is on the down-grade and ́has Samuel (Bombay) | failed to win a major. Indián
Shirai Signs For make the women's tom Utle for some time. Thiruven-
Non-Title Fight
10
The team is considered, to be godtim's pal-ball-gaine is woak and not representative of vulnerable to players using India's table tennis strength." the pen-holder grip and he, line Indian National Champion K. never been ablo-to do well. Javant of Bengal, who gave an against them. excellent performance in the
Sampat, although he has won in Singapore competition in year, is unable to make the trip much of his confidence, and two (ities this season,” lacks because of business.
Just
Tokyo, Sept. 1. A spokesman for the Japanese boxing promoter, Huki ilama- moto, announced that a contract was signed to-day for a
und non-title bout, between the world flyweight champlon, Yoshio Shirol, and the Filipino the triple crown in the fral Yatin Vyas is the only player Ree Espinoza, on September 10. Championships at Singapore is expected to play well-la-Japan en route by sea from 316 is in peaks form and re
who won stroke play.
Gool Nasikwália, who
uing
The team which will go ant in Detober under the Common, wealth label to play overy
The spokesman said the fight Bucharest where she attended cently defeated Bhandari at tha State XI will fly by BOACs. V. Perry (manager); P.")
Members of lite team are: would take place at the Osaka the Youth Festival. Comet
She was, Bangalore Championships. Manager George
Ho therefore, not invited to make is expected to be the backboram Duckworth gets his way,
the trip.
of the team-United Pres
Cooper (relero0); P. J. F. Baseball Stadium, Reuter. But Wheeler (captain); D. C,
Allies;
fly
J.P.K. Asquith; I.D.B. Beer:
If the Indians have the Inst word the well-knit unit will
ouristi
THE BOY WONDER
When the names arc
4.5
D. Bland; M.H. Bushby: J.W.
Clements: K. J. Dalgic New World Record Davies; H.W.W. Evans; 1.8.
R.L. Hitch
an cock; D.G. Mwe, D.R.J.
0.
M.J Raman Subba Row, both of nounced i expect to find Aussie Massey; B. Maelwen; T. C. During the three-week, sea-whom aro expected to tour Ben son, they won all their slz India this winter, with the Com-Buckinghamshire.
Barnett, domiciled in Pearson; 3. H. Pretty; J. Ro- matches, including the Goldmonwealth cricket team, have along with
skipper, berta; T. E. V. Stephenson; D. Cup of the world championship]been awarded their County caps George Emmett, Frankle Wor-
Reggio Simpson R. W. Bilk; P. M. Usher. ePrice,
Me" by Burney..
rell, Desmond Barrick, Jack
Allan Watkins, Bob
Crapp Roy Marshall, Sam
Artive In Japan
Tho
Recognised
Stockholm, Aug. 31.
International Weight-
urling-body," gathered here, in connection with the 1853:world weightlifting championships, ani: An outstanding member of Loader burst into County Loxton,
nounced last night · thất: the the team was Colonel Premiericket in July, taking 34 wie Berry, Sonny Ramadhin, David
**---Tokyo, Sopi. 1. heavyweight, jerk of 180 kilow Singh of India,2007)
The Cambridge University grams, By-Worpost scheinenaky kets for 271 runs during the Fletcher Raman Subba, Row, Rugby team arrived in Tokyo for the United States ourilor this Captained by Mr.L.A. Lutens course of nine days, Bubba Paul Gibb, Peter Loader and by air to-night to begin a year, had been recognlaod as a of Britain, the other members Row Cambridge Blue, has Jim McConnon m month's tour of Japan. "The | new, world record parkas of the team were, Pancho vam giao thown splendid form since The West Indian pair will by 24-man team will play eight. Scheminalak wan tho^* 1953. taburungy
of Chile and Carton he entered in Surrey side in de la Senia of Ule Arginine-- July!» He scored two centuries Reuter:
O
an in mid-tpur to play at home games against Japan's best work filio in the midale haavić mainst the Ashes victors, and teams before leaving for home, walchi que, here young ras Pakistan, will most “ skóbably); on October 6--Reuter,
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