SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT
FROM RICHARDS
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1954.
COCKELL'S... . CHALLENGER
TO
SIR
Do You Aspire To Being A World Cup Referee?-
Take A Cold Bath First
By I. M.
MacTAVISH
"CALLING ALL SOCCER REFEREES”. . . . . LIKE A FAMILIAR ADVERTISEMENT I HAVE A PERTINENT QUESTION TO ASK THIS WEEK. DO YOU ASPIRE TO HIGHER THINGS....?? DO YOU WISH TO REFEREE IN THE VERY HIGHEST CLASS OF FOOTBALL? ? ?
If your answer to both questions is in the affirmative, then I have another question to ask: "What instructions would YOU expect to receive in return for the honour of being selected to take charge of one af the international show games of the year?"
These questions are prompted | Arsenal
letter forts
me a copy of the instructiona
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Ah, the Chinese Flongkornat
Referees and the Non-Chinese reader in pleasant anffelpations
Referees. It JA by
qalbeult to know what standard The Funding area who has mat
football will be produced
there will certainly be
of ration
Juugh... The gutation Is being although i am told there is no
IMPORTANT ISSUE
is to be the future of
but
which have just been circulated What
to those referem who have been | Mr Tum Sneddon here in Hong- | assur¥* art to take
uf kong tus in the World Cup Sation
chunge
ID Switzerlangt in dane
The fractions.
ther
umisural and will no duell be of interest to Perals here Longkons Bere they we
arkes on audy nades for at i obvious that the present ailua- tom of uncertainty which exists between
vouch and ti HKPA hardly utisfactory may
Per Nde
Curling
REFEREES ARE EX-; producing
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rought
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not a means fi footbal antage
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designed
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NING AND ANOTHER BEFORE GOING TO BED. (L) TO TAKE A
OF PAIK
SKIPPING ROVES AND
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15 MINUTES PING EACH DAY
SKIP-
ANI
Today & lessons MOR Cluarly relates to those of three or st all. A reach mus
a panties Jong
(TO TAKE NO ALCOHOL! therefore bave
(4) TO RUN A MILE AND A
WHATEVER ON THE DAY tum programme if he is going OF A MATCHL
to do any ot at all
HALF EVERY OTHER
Haphazard
coaching 38572 DAY FOLLOWED BY Grothung and produces nothing. ANOTHER COLD BATH.
The Hungarian footbaljurs, on the othe EARLY
shown hand, have what ran by nevomplished with OF A
Here a might lung terus plan in Hongkong we shall have to
( TO GO TO BED
ON THE EVE MATCH
truth 10 the current rumour that the Chief Justice has been invited to referee,
Speculation is still going on us to whether
of the Astan Games esentatives of Hong- kong and Nationalist China will. meet in a match here,
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My own in presadon 15 tral such a match will take place It' whatever
fantastic the Entmetal race shini hes bebom JE, this on attractive and lucrative Fixture
and as 1 leave Mand it will go on
with tually
without Wir Dening of The Hongkong FA.
You!
(1) TO REMEMBER THAT IN, face up to the important Issue THE CASE OF DEATH ON ut "Po enach or not to coach" THE FIELD THE GAME WILL BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.
THIS WEEK'S TALKING POINT: R is net ofters 121 player gets or takes the chance 1: Day complimerst tr $10 crowds we cheer am
on Aud give him ungement to well, and it was therefore plens- Jag to hear Fotballer at the
Granger
prubllets acknowledge the support he has received from the local Chinese fers during the season. It sxaramed 11 1p very neatly in the words shull have to
work an twice as hund for half as much enthusiastic aptitude for the job | applause when I get back home. Luf couching and i am
A the tribute to nsured
fine sporting what do that Jus Work with the crowds,
Well well. well you think about that
Mr. Sneddon
!h
shown
The youngsters. has been much ap-
*Imost tempted to say the 'end' przetated. It is neither lar, nor of all instructions. As my car-sensible, to keep him here on a
respondent says, there is not one short term busis. If he is the Stan Is
word about actual refereeing,an for the job then he should Neither is these any andiation be placed on
as to be
Ett se
smantler and i
T'on-
right man he should be allowed to move to an arČU
of whose death is revered by the more penetical fooling omous renunder
Anniversely, if he is not considered paragraph. Could it be that this the
at long last regarded as official creognition of the age-where his talent stud niility
Dig a
Je BKore productively Makes you abl
4:00
Coaches nre and employed.
source and there is always a
old intr-referce slagany
hule for hom
think, don't
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with all that emphasis on bathing eat for their services,
ton
WONDERFUL THOUGHT
realised.
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LAST LAP
With the season now almost
The
is
Harry Matthews, the American heavyweight who meets Don Cockell at White City on June 1 in the final eliminator for the world title, seen in training at Solomons' gym.-Central Press Photo,
LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE
SEASON GETS INTO
FULL
STRIDE THIS AFTERNOON
By "TOUCHER”
The Lawn Bowls League season gets into full stride this afternom when, in addition to First and Second Division matches, the Third Divi- sion League will also open with four games.
GORDON
By J. W. TAYLOR /
Never in all its history has the quiet and exclusive- ness of Sandown Park Racecourse known scenes of such inrestrained demonstration of public affection and adula- tion as on the recent day when Sir Gordon Richards, Britain's superb champion jockey, celebrated ħla Aftieth birthday by cantering home winner of the Rose Stakes.
The crowd roared their greetings from the time he cluded the rest of the field to "come home alone" to the moment he disappeared into the weighing-In-room, de- monstrating how deep is the public regard for this son of a Shropshire miner who became Knight of the Turf indeed, complete master of his craft and maker of a per- sonal fortune estimated to be in the region of a million,
Consume
with horses, and his mother and her other six children wept when Gordon departed for his new life.
120day AVIATION for the Q
the Royal Family have an affectionate re- gard for this perthas Jckey. unagrunning the dist Cut Of the
Steve Donoghue was then in saddle and an "straight" nt
nt the game as they make em-is the his racecourse pride, sweeping ambition that w
all before him. He came across him, just as it did throughout the Hartigan apprentice, admired his king anal patient struggle his superb balance and amazing for that! irst Derby
success strength in handling à horse and which he of beng last brought became his tutor, Two year off se brilliantly last year.
later Gordon rode hie
Arat Elis securit aim is to be the winner, Gay Lord, belonging to milionaire and Tragic Arad jockey to le a untulu | **
the
5 00 wirners, which, with financler, Jimmy White, and it normal luck, he should bring oft was a proud son who sent to his by the beginning of next Ma the £10 present White govo
goings-on him, There will be on the course on which he hold dinally establish the great cond!
autumn-ind ethik
MATCHLESS MASTER Y
Soon this superb rider was at the heels of the fashionable and leading jockeys who began to respect the skill of an unusually the rider, particularly that of "collecting" his mount into pro- per balance and smoothly shoot- Ing the tapes in sprint races brifuga whilst the other horses were süll
This pint-size Joan, five feet
all in his size four racing boots dial walking with a pronounced; "salior's roll" manehow
bout change in stature
Appeainee-
anet
here. He loits tw if
hedithering on three legs. oller
He became without poet In e were moulded to it and husfying starts, so important in the
mounts
become an essential part of
whole.
become
So he has indeed, for
F
of Limes
he has
shorter distance races,
Rather
wha Bo
once he takes over the relus he disconcerting, too, he controls a partnership that has often beating the tutor, Steve, formidable racing until the rival cries went up m machine, no matter the form of a cocaphonic scream: "Come on,
Steve: come on, Gordon." The animal.
Scores Top match of the afternoon will be that between Recreio “Blues" and Indian
to his Keeping
favourite maxim: "Play fair, play hard" Recreation Club in the First Division,
astonished owners by coaxing a Recreio "Blues" were the League ('hampions
win out of a mount thought by Gordon gradually worked his last year, but that did not prevent them from getting a 5-0 walloping last season
the stable to have no chance and way to become champion jockey from the Indians when they clashed in their first round game at Recreio,
allowed to race for the sake of and achieve a publie popularity The cuting. whilst refractory and acclaim not equalled since horses that would do little for Donoghue's days. He has
ridden any other der have completely over 4,800 winners, headed the succumbed 10 the matchless roastery
of one
of the finest jockeys list 26 times and won owners nearly £2 million in horsemen in the world today, stake money and millions more home winners before in Bots for the gambling stables, they could hardly realise what culminating this year in the was happening.
Still shown
The Soccer Magnet
uttendances at
in
of
Kowloon Cricket Club should
Woh the Indians, whe
look the weakest of their three ang the top entendus
his the rinks and if he and
111631 year, be able t repeat that can hold up, Craigengower will performaner?
the
form have an extremely hard time by the Champions in In avoiding a 4-1 defeat. their last three matches, pres- | pects of an IRC win are quite) rony though probably not be; be well up after their
second afternoon outing this
against the same wide margins.
Filipino Club with th
possible and points,
Kowloon re-Bowling Green Club will prob- against Kowkan ahly atone for their poor 170- Dock last Saturday. They will beginning last week by taking at greatly strengthened this after- feast three points from moon with the return of Jackie loon Duck,
The Recreios "Blues" met with five better
with their SUCUCHAS shuffled rinka
SECOND DIVISION
Kow-
In the Second Division the two
KCC v. HKFC. PRC v. KERC.
!
A Wembley For The North?
Football statisticians, for
Eve Noronha as skip to one of whom the end of the season
rinks and the reversion sheer delight with its Rol
Nu. 3 In his Luz to muisses of statistics to purryounger brother's rink. Stil mood of interroga- tion I have another question to on its lust tap only a handful of jover, have come to the con-
The Indians have only played lending teams, Recreio and KCC. Odsal Stadium at Brad- ask. Thus time I pose a hypothe-games reinant to be playest. This chision that the incumpar-one match so for and that was treal query to mu players. It evening
are not expected to be seriously ford is very much in the Caroline 10 we able Stanley Matthews is against the Police whom they challenged by Talkoo and Hong-news you were River on very special shall see the re-arranged luter: still the biggest individual Bent by 4-1.
these days. There kong Cricket Club. wish for next season what would national match between Great
has been the
most emphatic it i
I believe that the Blain and China This game, ox-office magnet in
They seem to have three well- Most interesting match in this resounding of the okci players would divide their wishes, which was postponed last Sun- game today.
balanced rinks with U.A. Rum-division 15 that between the Northern battle cry to take between a desire to see or play day, should attract a big crowd They have studied the ques-Jahi, A. M. Omar and M. B. Hongkong Football Club and the against the fabulous Hungarlures to the South China Stedim, tion of which teams have the Hassan as skip. They shen KBGC
Rugby League Cup at the Valley. The or to play against Arsenal.
This will h one of the lest biggest crowd-appeal
the had two Second Division players Bowling Green Club stili has a Final away from Southern regret that in spite of a chances the fans will have to Football League, ARSENAL, in doing duty for them At this
clean slate after two outings Wembley, where there is Comment in the possibilities of
their favourites in nction spite of their vicissitudes
match. d
und if the iwo Minu and look as if they are on the but a lukewarm enthusiasm the Hungarians coming Fast, this seuson and, with both sides oratie home fem are, from an brothers were to come in in this upward trend, provided they do for the game, to the Odsal, I doubt very much if we shall longer in collect the trophy, this joverall analysis of the estimated afternoon's match, the Indiana Aot get halted this afternoon. see them this way yet awhile should be plenty of entertaining average
home should provide the "Blues" with
heart of the R.L. country but I have good reason to believe
and away quines, the No 1 at- an exaemely close gunie.
The Third Division matches where the Final would al- that the other wish would have play.
will see not only an Kids are slightly in traction at Highbury and else-
array of ways be a sell-out. a very good chance of being favour of Chius but the inue where with an average
newcomers to the game but also WILL BE CONFIDENT The 50,277 may not be easily decided.
at home And
a good number of old-timers 42,543
back in the fold. Arretul la Hongkong! It's a tame is of Ɖ0 minutes duration
Bway.
CHELSEA
have wonderful thought, for, although but should it finish in a drow no
Another good next best honte The Gunnes are not quite the extra time will be played.
with averages
47,000, match fores they were
uple of
followed by NEWCASTLE, Calgengower Cricket Club and Tomorrow. also at
Police Caroline 45,000 and EVERTON, 43,000. sensens back, they sie sta
the Valley. Both ingleal name in football and
1, local football enthusiasts Cup holders
Cup
WEST BROM-teams are well in the running amung fotballers in every cor- will get their chance to salute WICH ALBION
The custodians of third WICH
for the title. The Champions of 1954
the law are still flushed with nt of the world.
when among the First Division visit-
"White" last week EVERTON and LEICESTER-in [ "W!
and with that order are in Division 11's the two bottles of whisky they the evening
Ken Bodie's top four, and promoted PORT earned through Trophy will
IPSWICH (BRIGH- rink, and it will be a confident and TON
the Third lot who will oppose the Craigen- next), lead seems ittle doubt that Division groups. 11 spog hle that the firal there
gower men this afternoon. contact nu443
semi-officked their supporter will therefore BLACKPOOL fact be a
the Eme fccter but I understand that the turn in fores to give them the list with only 25,420, yet arr Arenal have strowu a real the obeer which their success second to ARSENAL away from terest in the project And like deserves.
home with 41,821. many othes I shall look for
The "auditors" say the answer Monday evening under is not for to ward to heuring some official
scuk It is that floodlights ut the Club Stanley Matthews news on this subject in the near the
12 stul the Stadium Combined Services wili future.
What a tonic
t visi meet the Combined Chinese in biggest box-office draw in the would be.
come
will be
at
First Division that between
I believe that in indienti s of | KMH meet The Real In 11 ing team; BLACKBURN, their 4-1 triumpli over the the Highbury club's willingness exhibition match. to consley seriously a tour in the Far Eas
Durlag be received here very suot. If It has not, Championship
presented
in foot, lady arrived.
cult
On
to the Busmen
VALE and
Bodie's rink is at present at the top of the skips table with three straight wins and if they produce the same form as they showed in the second half (not the first half, which bordered on the terrible!)of their
gamo last week, they should be good for one point.
such
This could game when he is playing away Expensive... Yes the Victory Shield. but it should not be dif-well be an excellent game and its home ground.
They add that Stanley's other to shed and share some of there is sure to be a big crowd| Seaside international colleagues,
Ол form Hayward's rink the Gianelal load of an attrac-in the comparative cool of the Mortensen, Taylor, Jolinston, with Metcalfe, Sandy Hircock tive Now like this with our evening.
Farm and Brown are other and Charlie Gough as the other foolball essoclates In tho
capped personalities who un-
more con- members, are the vicinity.
failingly pull in the crowds, Bistent and look good for four another point. Perkins
1a underglood that as It
It stimulating thought with curtain ralar to this game, a which to close vur senson...match will be played between
POP
IM GLAD I MADE YOU CHANGE INTO
YOUR OLD COSTUME, ESPECIALLY VOITH
VOUR. ANATOMY
WHAT'S WRONG
WITH HAVING AN ANATOMY
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NOTHING - BUT IT ÁLWAYS GEEMS "TO' LOOK BEST ON
YOUNG
PEOPLE!
1
- Round one
The Indian Recreation Club, an last year's runners-up, seen to be the pre-season favourites, but one cannot know as yet what new lawn bowlers the Colony has been producing during the last year.
TODAY'S GAMES
First Divialon
Recrelo "Blues" v. IRC. KDC v. KBGC, FC v. KCC. CCC v. KCC.
Second Division
CCC v. IRC. HKFC v. KBGC. HKCC y. KCC. TC v. Recrato, PRC v. USRC.
Third Division
IRC v. CCC. USRC v. FC.
OPTICRAUD
Don't risk your sight-
it cannot be
replaced.
The bugles were set going| again after that fantastic evening when a world's record attend ance for a Rugby League game of 102,875 (receipts £18,050) was set up there at the Warring ton-Halifax Final, when people were still trying to get away from the vicinity of the Stadium at midnight along roads blocked for miles around by 19,000 cars and conches,
Now comes the announcement that a powerful London financial group are to introduce the first stock-car racing for £1,000 in prizes over to be held outside London-racing in which or- dinary saloon cars past their best days may be drlyen дз recklessly and crazily as
the drivers think necessary in order to reach the finishing post first.
There are no rules or barred holds, and drivers may even reverse smack into an oncoming opponent. Some 20,000 would-be spectators were locked out when the sport was first introduced to Britain at London's New Cross Stadium at Easter.
البدر الفيدي
HI 36
well-earned award of a knight- years in the
suddle hood,
the began when two girls office where he worked as a 14-
When he does retire, and that, year-old tuy office boy wrote seemingly, is not far off, he wití esking trainer Martin Hartigun set up as a trainer with his son, ap Peter, already in the business. soon One thing is certain--Sir Gordon way will not lack patronage.
fur his
ppointment
prentice Kekey Martin found that Gordon had a
FAMOUS SPORTS STARS I HAVE MET
"Old" George Gunn Is 75 Years Young
By ARCHIE QUICK
"Old" George Gunn is 75 years young. He is called "Old" only to distinguish him from his son, “G.V.”, now Worcestershire's coach, for there is nothing elderly about one of England's finest opening bats.
George now lives in one of the northern suburbs of his native Nottingham, and it can be taken as read that his immaculately clad figure will be seen at all the first class county games at Trent Bridge this summer.
Gunn is "King of the Pavi- | Well he shook the cricketing lion" at all Nottinghamshire's world by opening the innings in Test with deputy games, but best of all he loves the first Test Matches there.
skipper F. L. Fane....walidng Then he expands to his enter down the wicket to hook and fast bowlers. Colter, taining best with
a host of drive
Saunders and Hazlitt
and nnecdotes of cricketing day walked out with 119 to his long-ago: It is almost certain he credit-a century in his arat will be wearing a small brown
titled back at a raklen Tost innings. ale, brown overcont and st perfectly shone brown shoes, a dapper malacca Inevitably, a long brown cigar between his teeth.
cane,
απώ,
He followed It, with 74 in the second inniegs, and got 05, 43 and 122 in succeeding Tests to anish top of the averagest His 450 total was more than 180 nuna botice than any
other player could aggregate, Ale
FOR A CHANGE.
For a change sometimes he will leave his beloved pavillon In cold figures ho totalled and walk round the back of the 35,000 first class runs and 62 #lands behind Parr's: Trẻo, and | centuries, but I like to remember tell the Inhabitants of the him best in the mellow days of Press Box that cricket is not his career at rustic festiváls what it was in his day. And to like Horshamh where he was judge by some of his achieve both the idol and example of mente maybe he is right
Nottingham players, like "Lar- wood.
At Odsal on opening night over 60,000 clicked the turnstiles and more as the summer season continues. The authorities at Odsal, however, consider the
His brother John and, his possibility of the Stadium be- coming the Rugby League Wem- uncle had played for England,"
It was he who poked a ball bley of the North to be "detut although he had beca won at a Hirahama Zainground
at the county game out of Larwood" "arme (in front. George had not risen to the of the oncoming Ascot traffic
un action which almost) lost.
Anitely not yet","
bulwark
Says Chairman Harry Horoby: | helgtits, } "It could be made - suitable, in"f.......
attes What
tìmò, The Rugby Final roepečí. Not until he took a holiday England her great fast bowler, como as a complete surple tond went to Australia in 1907 to us and there will have to be witch A. O. Jones MCC team great developments here before play the "Old Enemy", da war to bed our Stadiumcari compete with Wembley."
Meanwhile the 'slöck-can racing promblors think that will have another surprise for
For Jarw009 rothment:för his,
Alved
I
It was a tour which, was”, të stund How he svage see him leap to fame. Jones, part he saw, at sun." was taken ill and George was :Row: Vaureat co-opted into the party whale Gunner did this last-minute selection, fincident which h
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