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THE CHIN
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1954.
MAIL'S
SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT
SHOULD A REFEREE TELL? -HE SHOULD IF IT'S ONLY TO PREVENT CONFUSION
Says I. M. MacTAVISH
A familiar question down the years has been 'Should a doctor tell?' After an incident in the first game of the Koege Boldklub's tour in the Colony I would like to alter it to "Should a referee tell.....?'
Let me reconstruct the situation for you. The Hongkong boys put in a strong attack down the left wing and as they were cutting in towards the penalty area the referee blew his whistle, stopped play and awarded a free kick to Hongkong.
The ball was placed about six yards outside the penalty area; captain-for-the- day Lee Tal-fai came across from the right wing and fired the ball through a wall of players into the net. For a second or two it looked like a brilliant goal, but cheers were turned into jeers as it was noticed that the referee, Mr Barnett, was ordering the kick to be re-taken.
the rules to know what part- cular orward is given.
It was learned after the game that
had ordered the refere
In fairness to the players let the klek to be tetaken because
a remark I heard there was encroachment within ine repeat
a top member ten yards of the ball before the being made by kick was taken
AND IN of the local football fraternity: THIS THE REFEREE WAS. I never knew that an in- dtreet free kick could be given ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
the penalty outside After that can one really blame the players if they were con- fused and uncertain about the Incident.
However. And this is where the real Interest in the situation arisca....even if there had been no encroachment, Lee Tul-fai's fine shot would not have count- ed
goal. The decision would have been a goal kick. for the original foul was for obstruction, and the award was a indirect free-kick
GS
th
There is no doubt in anyone's game that mind who saw the Lee Tui-fai thought he could from fe award, and similarly there is no doubt that the referee did not tell him that he could not score,
ware
Now there is no question of the referee being wrong for he is not compelled to explain his awards to the players, but believe that it is both helpful and judicious for the referee to tell the players when ho awards an indirect free kick. In this
It was particular curse
obvious that the defenders, took up post- tion to avert a gout being scored
s the result of street drive and. what js more In my opinion Lee Tul-tai still tried to scere with his second attempt.
Immediately after the game Lhere were yury.ng reactions to the explanations of the incident. Some contended that the play- ers should know enough about
TABLE
ly.
TENNIS
CHAMPIONS
REIGN
YEARS
MAY TWO
It is understood that a 【C-
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,
Pre-
My considered opinion is that the referee could have vented the confusion-especially in a game like this with all its complex language difficulties by clearly Indicating that he had awarded an indirect free kick. although again 1 must emphasise
thai, according to the book, he was not wrong in not doing so,
ENTER SIR GALAIAD
You may have noticed local press comment
on my
recent article about the methods wood to select the Colony teams to
oppose Koege, and you may have noticed too the unexpected "Sir Onland" attitude which nist the commenting columnist adopted. I do
not intent to ent enter into cheap argument, but one or two of the comments need answering, if only because silence might be misconstrued in some quarters,
Last week I said that *arrangemen 15′′ have a strange way of boomeranging, and to that I now add that
'pulling the public leg' is an unpro- in the long run. ftable action This week's Talking Point will explain further what I mean by that remark.
CHINESE SHOULD WIN The highlight of the week- end programme is the meeting of the Koege Boldklub and the Combined Chinese at the Club This Stadium on Sunday. should be un excellent Kane and after the successes of our teams in the first two matches I expect to the Combined Chinese coming out on top.
The local side has plenty of skill and experience in the line- if Yul Cheuk-yin can up and
form: recapture his best
ho should inspire the side to Д clear victory.
II Ko Po-keung and
still unfit Shoung are
be faced with a
reloctors wili
Tong the
big problem in deciding which replacements are brought in.
but from their extensive re- no sources they should have Bul very great task in getting the to bring them out right blond
The League programme restricted to two games today and neither of them can be re- garded
bftructions top as
CAA al Caroline HI and at the same time Navy will be crossing swords with Kwong Wah at the Navy ground at Causeway Bay Existern and Kwong Wuh look good enough to
gather the points in their respective games as both Navy and CAA are go- ing through difficult times,
First of all It would be a Eastern will tackle careless columnist who wrote from hearsay or who allowed Shoulder-chips to Influence his judgment, and I can
assure you that neither factor played any part in my article,
I know the members of the Selection Committoo well and I am fully conversant with their
signicant contributions to local sporting affairs, but that in no way debors me from comment ing on their singular or collec- tive judgment or setlona.
of
A game of special Interest will take place at the Club Stadium when the footballers of 1st Bn. Dorset Regiment will be in town to tackle the Club When one lu accused
for the 'Old Comrades Cup'. hurling insults, however, that This trophy was presented by Messes A. S. Watson some years H very different maiter. Surely the greatest insult the ago and was Arst competed for selectors could suffer was con- by Club and the Middlesex lained in the implications of liegt.
this
defence current
The World Table Tennis
which The Dorsets were invited to Championships may in suggested that they knew so take up the challenge after the future be held once every little about the players in the Middlesex Regt. left the Colony Or and they are very keen to add two years, instead of year- Colony that some 'expert'
this cup to their other sporting 'experts who REALLY KNEW THE PLAYERS, had to make trophies.
Club ore turning out their and Longland, the Army and My
what my, my, fotched
Colony players, to give a touch suggestion that the of steadiness to the for the Skinners,
Youngs,
soldiers' the Championships have risen and Georges, the Hides, the Wangs side a close game is expected.
WEEKEND
LOCAL SPORTS
INTERPORT HOCKEY TEAMS
The number 13 proved to be lucky for Macao and the reverse for Hong- kong. In the 13th match of the annual Interport hockey series, Macao defeated Hongkong on Thursday by two goals to one.
Shown above are the victorious Macao XI. From left to right are: (back row) Luis Cunha, Fernando Marques, Lourenco Ritchie, Augusto Jorge, Albertino Almeida; (middle row) Herculano da Rocha, Alexander Alrosa, Augusto Cordeiro; (front row) Jose do Rosario, Cesar Capitule Almada and Armando Basto,
The Hongkong Interport team in the bottom picture are from left to right: (back row) A. L. Nery, S. N. Ponniah, Baghat Singh; (middle row), R. A. Collaco, M. M. J. Petters, T. M. Forde; (front row) C. Anthony, S. A. De Cruz, A. A. dos Remedios, Jr., A. A. Marques and P. Gardner.-China Mail Photos,
LEAGUE CRICKET
Tough Going For Army In
Their Remaining Six First Division Matches
By "THE
ZOMBIE"
Army start on their final and toughest stretch towards the Senior Division Cricket League title when they clash with RAF this afternoon in the first of their six remaining matches.
A decisive win will place them in a more than favourable position in the other five matches, two of which are against the Scorpions, two against the Kow- loon Cricket Club and one against the Optimists.
A defeat for Army will, how- | last two solution suggesting this will be out lists of possible selections strongest side, and with Reeves
heard when the International for their guidance.
Table Tennis Congress meet in London this Aprill.
Each
year expense
2 for
the
at Wembley in April there will and the Woos know so little THIS WEEK'S TALKING be a record number of nations about our stars and potential and competitors playing,
POINTS
has
ECL
ever, bring Scorpions, who e Craigengower they chalked up the dies in one season in outings. Against fprobably not be able to achieve distinction of scoring a 10 points behind, within striking 188 runs for five wickets and distance. In their remaining six against KCC last week-end they league matches, but
207 extremely good chance of pass matches, the Scorpions are ex- ran up the good total of
nggregate of just pected to take full points from
ing Dodre's runs for five wickets.
over 700 runs last season. University in both matches, fron Navy and from Craigengower, in FATAL TO PLAY BACK
In the HKCC versus the Rest which event there is a possibliity
who? These Ilsts without doubt players who took their places, game against the RAF, KCC and play back to orpions
un
And
PARADE
TODAY'S RUGGER
Pentangular Tournament Matches At Kai Tak
By "PAK LO”
The main events in this afternoon's rugger tąką. place at Kni Tak, where in the second round of the Pentangular Tournament, the Navy play the Club; ut 3.00 p.m., followed by a gume between the RAF and thei Police at 4.15' p.m.
The first game should offer some good rugger as most of the Club players have been playing very well lately and if they keep up the form which they are showing they should give the Navy quite a lot of trouble before they are finally subdued by the better team.
The Navy are na usuál putting The 'RAF, whilst also inclinedy out a good, strong and heavy to pass weakly, appear to have a pack which should win the set better ides of the game in general- and loom scrums, and possibly than the Police and under the the lineouts too, as the Club Is Police tackle well should win by rather hard put to and someone a small margin. who can jump and catch at the same time in the lineouts.
The Police can always at least. be relied upon to keep on trying Only Douglas shines in this and they could with a little luck part of the game, and he cannot beat the RAF in this game, All to everything. Behind the two in all these games should provide : packs the Club have the better some very close results and and faster men, Ross and Craig should be well worth the long
seem to have found their feet at journey, last and should once more start
INTER-UNIT FINALE ; some good moves which only Also on the Kowloon side, but hard tackling will stop.
this time at the Police Recreaå». However, it is in this depart-tion Ground in Boundary
nt that the Navy backs excel there are two games t
ment
ralecr between the
and they should be capable of to be played. The first
The curtain stopping the Club threes, Navy threes, once they get under Gunners and the Rest at 3.00 way, are not to be sneezed at, p.m. This will be followed at but sometimes their passing is 4.15 p.m. the Army Inter- poor with the resultant chonces Unit Final between the Welch
given
to away
their Reat, and the 72nd Light Aiß, This should be a first clas
Poing
by
How would class them] game with the Welch starting
as nearly as good as the Club the strong favourites. The Welch? threea
which therefore leaves Regt. have the better forwards the winner to be decided upon and this fact should give their between the two pucks. For this backs every chance to succeed, reason the Navy should win as but in the 72nd they may meet their pack is fitter and faster their match as the 72nd threes and follows up much better than are not only faster but by
It should, however, the Club's.
the better players. provide a good game with the Navy only increasing a small half time lead in the closing minutes of the game.
POLICE V. RAF The second game of the after- noon between the Police and
Should the 72nd LAA pack hold the Welsh Regt, auf get the ball back to their thos they stand a very good chance of emerging the victors, but the Welch pack's superiority should seo the latter win,
The Inter-Unit Cup will be: presented by the GOC, Madon General R.C.
Cruddie, and will probably be handed to the Welch Regiment.
the RAF should settle the ques- ifon of which team will receive the "wooden spoon" and a win would certainly for the Police liven up the interest in the bottom half of the table.
The Police are a very variable quantity, One week they barely Gunners will probably win by lose to the Navy and in the fol- small margin.
lowing week or so they lose to
The Gunners versus the Rest game should provide Interesting migger
the
ÏHE TEAMS teams which are classed as "B" Club: Kirkwood, Ewat
und teams,
over which they Watson, Turville, Roberts, Ross, should have won with case,
RAF, who started
The
the Craig, Petrie, V. Russell, Barker, Douglas, Hargroves, Lambert, sease with a burst, have tailed Farquharson, E. Russell off lately, in thet since Davidson
Wikeley.
was injured, but now that he is Navy: Crosbie, Harris, Davies, completely fit it is to be hoped Moore, Lloyd, Smith, Reading, that they
will once again gearsley, Owen, Woodall, Hall, down to it and win a few games. Charliek, Robertson, Annandale, The Pelice have a strong pack Police: Brearley, McNiven and their only weakness is in
Scott, Rustell, Nash, Brown their following up, but he threes
Lelliot, are very much inclined 10 pass wildly when cornered. The Police Shelley, Harris, Bryan, Carpen-
stand some inter, Mo
McDonnell. tackling can
NAF: provement. The idea is to dive at
Perry. Dirkin, Clark,
Davidson
Bath
a man's knees, not to hang on to McKenzie, Gammon, Parker, his neck or worse sill, to lie en Gibbons, Mildon, Davis, Chatter- the ground in his general dirceton, McDonnell, Griffiths, Bright tion as certain players have been well,. Edwards, Brown, South- observed to do.
wick,
How Arsenal Was Humbled
By Norwich City
3
half-time, Logie, from a position of no apparent danger
When Arsenal scored at Highbury a minute after: 4 20 yards out, suddenly pivoting and driving the ball inte the left-hand corner of the net, this match appeared. to be over, writes a football correspondent of the London, Observer.
10 minutes, however,
If they can reproduce the match last Wednesday
Norwich had fought with robust spirit, but they stars that they required to be (1) There is considerable re- that the Scorpions may be able me batting form there is a Thursday, Souza compiled 133 If it is decided to adopt the given neatly prepared Hists of sentment in many places that the to edgo out the soldiers at the more than 50-60 chance of risks and if these are included seemed to lack speed on the wings and the ability to cut resolution. then this will cut the two sets of eleven players and All Hongkong aide took the field finish by taking all the points in their
1,000 their openings sharp enough in the centre. carlier in his aggregate costs for the entertaining coun-nine reserves to guide them in without Ko Po-koung and Tong their two matches against them. defeat, They will have to watch track in all first class matches
avenging their
Arsenal make a habit of these cu the ball at tremendous speed try, for their turn will not come making their choles.
Sheung. This feeling is not in-
indifferent alaris and very often beyond Kelsey's groping-DIKAS, round so quickly.
Really, who la
Despite their good lead, Army Dowiing and Kave probably by still within his reach. trying to fool tended as a criticism of the cannot afford to drop a single now realised that it is fatal to
The result will depend largely proceed to score half a dozen This was the header of a life £3,000 LES8
on which side. bats first. To times before they are through. time closing 18 minutes English Table The
Tennis hud behind them a subtle im-
but it is felt that, as stories had Optimists and will have to show
Both
For the and avoid a draw Craigengower will Within circulated Association, for example, who plication
the that here were the
for days before the real good form to deserve the stage this year's Championships players who
at home to have to, put the Indians in first Gordon had centred from the Arsenal played for the first time the game that neither player was fit Senior Division League Cham-Recreio, who are would fil
as if they envisaged Hot-skin- and try to either get them out Norwich right wing and John- and Navy
University at Wembley (April 6-13),
ex stadium whether the selectors stitutes had in fact been decided play and suggested that sub-
pionship.
pectively, should have Jitulo
Hittle within a reasonable time or keep ston had nodded the ball very plag. Attack after attack whe pect to lose about £3,000 and thought they
dellberately wille of Kelsey's made, but each shot, and there were the best this is lower than expected at available players or not.
upon,
official statement
ir Once
the again
airmen's difficulty' winning their down their rate of scoring.
teft. hand. of To give Souza the chanco
were a great mony, was block- first.
should have been issued by the chances of upsetting the soldiers matches
ed by a Norwich defender Im comfortably. Herrings dragged across the HKFA as soon as it was known will depend on their batting The host country is
at getting, another century, how-Argenai still looked the more Craigengower-IRC they path do not necessarily destroy that the players
บ.L because
were unit form. In their last meeting the Happy Valley will see the two.
Night. at a draw and claim the potential. pocket mainy
"Their ***courage" possibility of a
horoic. must pay for transport, feeding, the scent
prepared to weigh up the
The Norwich hacks, shot curled out
Two minutes from the ena housing and entertaining foreign and cons of the the Pros cheap ruse to withhold the in- for a meagre total of 78 runs rivalry. Additional interest will the optimum conditions of light, actual, firepower of their for competitors.
be centred on the batting per time and wicket by batting Orst. wards,
ericket Lewis and Morgan, tackled like hands in goal and
•bright and merry For To centralize the competition not be put off by the gallant, drawing power of the two absent Dowling caused all the damage
by accounting for six of the formance of George, Souza in the best match of the afternoon Higera, and the_wing halves, and cut down the number of but misleading, defence of the South China stars.
wickets at a cost of 34 runs, this match.
only a foot from the player competitors, the congress might methods of the Selection Com-
Vast improvement, however, Wit already aggregate of will be that between Kowloon Ashman and McCrowan, hurled be
which has now European In favour of
leave the field of play without was shown by the airmen in this 635 runs to his credit to three Cricket Club, and the Optimists themselves about the laid with minute lat
High scoring a disregard for their own safety fielding and antici Championships,
made.
department of the game in their more matches to go, Souza will at Cox's Road,
should be the feature of this that was truly Oriental in its superb.
"Berigth fỏ -A” crí match, and 1 expoot Rory fatalism.
Milton; › and NO. THREAT Macpherson to cope well into His own be the top provider of.
fireworks,
POP
out
of
mitice
and those who are Many people feel that it was a whole RAF side were dismissed | Valley clubs renew a tradition, they will have to risk the likely 'alde, if mainly because ofing himself into the ne
been
formation and to cash in on the
(2)
when does a
permission...???
HALLO COLONEL! LOST IT AT "THE RACES AGAIN?
NO! AT *THE
LAUNDRY
Bracing up
Sewing and Netting.
is hard on eyes.
TODAY'S-GAMES Virus (Divisiózá...-- RAF v. Army Arts Scorpions v.. Navy KCC v. Optimists CCC v. IRC Recreio v. University Second Division Army V. RAPAR IRC, V. KGV School University V. DES Navy
TOMORROW
rallier than
wan
wich to cheer
the ilay and to,
* Foulkes, at centre-half, gave Holton sp. little change that the, Arsenal centro-forward
beaten opponents, had
The first half was not dered disconsolately on the left wing and held no subsequent out incident: In the threat whatsoever. Logio and minute ontston Milton, though they had lasted the ball - pas much of their earlier pole, both Norwich nevertheless still produend : a wore racing thro fow touches that made jane | Kelmoy; to beat think style would evitially tripped and
penalty of an hour stomach
But with a
to go Gavin, the Ndewis