SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT
THE CHINA MAIL
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1955.
SPORTING SAMAN
By Reg. Wootton
TWO VITAL POINTS WERE RAISED BY THE PRESIDENT AT HKFA MEETING
By L M. MacTAVISH
Now that the Annual General Meeting of the Hongkong Football Association is over and the office bearers for the ensuing year have been duly elected the football public will look forward to positive action in re- solving the various problems that confront them.
Contrary to what was stated to be his own desire, but in accordance with the pre-meeting opinion of 'well informed circles,' Mr C. S. Wang was re-elected to the Chairmanship and his intimate knowledge of the current situation should be of the greatest assistance to the Council and the various committees when they are formed.
However, as far as readers of There is not one honest men- ber of the football community this column and concerned there this Colony who will not was one interesing development endorse the presidential com- urising from the business of the ments of Hon. Kwok Chan re-meeting.
The on garding untoward incidents the field of play.
His
Major
Vico-chairman, A. C. A. Walker, told the mem- alubbers that a certain amendment direct appeal to officials must not be allowed to had been made to Law 4 in so go unheeded for it should never far as boots were concerned.
The contents of this amend- be forgotten that the conduct of
been given wide a player during the course of a ment have
and gaine is a sure reflection of the publicity in the
press attitude ot tho management readers will have noticed that who sout him out in their bars and studs on the sole of
to conform colours.
the boot have very clearly defined spectaca- tions.
show of re-
Human nature being what it
the isolated jo, sentment or the discretion coming of the moment stood
but
characteristica
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by its possible lately struck weaknesses if the above men- tioned disclaimer is still repre- sentative of official attitude.
studs and metal Aluminium
permissible #Te now ocatings and it requires little imagina- tion to appreciate that a husty trom could be caused injury the ragged edges of such
metal fitting on atud or Eole of the beat,
1
the
LS
Hard distorted plastic could
injury. and it also leal to obvia from the amendment that the question of protruding nails has not been overlooked in the progressive flush.
noy that with
temporary in-
It rather beats me how Let us shift the calendar back in the heat
can be satisfied referee a bil, Early last season after
Law 4 is being compiled can be undor- an incident in a senior game 1
when
such raised
unless point that it was
he inspects the bools that begin to make surely important that a referee of every player before a guine. the nogular appearances it is up to should inspect every player's He satisiles himself about club officiala take remedial boots beforo the game comTM condition of the pitch, the ball.
the ita particularly
and even the goal nets, and it menced
that it therefore caused
.coms
new the spirit of the The temperamental star' who dangers from an injury
other projections against or
for is fauned on and
fussed over: by natis
in- amendment either to wait I had just previously been
.or Indiscretion where every
Inspection request worso sull, wait until a player sympathetically explained away; delibly underlined in the United and whose own provocative Kingdom.
has received an injury.
sction,
actium and tactics are persis- lends club at tently condoned;
the
well as player into disrepute.
Club petion is far more laud- able than the adoption of attitude that things on the pitch should be left to the referte to sort out. Larrikinism is all too easily barn, but even from its embryo Towdy Lan hooliganism develop quickly.
A CHALLENGE
and
forth My comments brought
trom one of the a quick reply officials in the
dia Colony liability on the claiming uny
inspect part of the referee to foolwear except on request.
IMPLIED RESPONSIBILITY
Now, on reading through the new amendment, one is imme-
The President's exhortation Is timely, necessary, and a chai- lenge to the less conscientious Melals, For the lasting good of this great Emme of Dootball.. one can only hope that it will
not be discarded.
I could not help but feel soyne satisfaction in the Hon. Kwok Chan's references to Tom Sned- фол
he said What
on this matter badly wanted saying by. ranking official of the top
Association.
There is not
a club playing the aegis of the Associa
tion that cannot gain from Mr Sneddon's assistance
and, pro- vided it is clearly understood that tactical discussions are out, there need be no suspicion.
to understand the It is easy doubts that can exist if tho same coach is closely connected internal working of with the
believe that several terms.
an attitude is less Buch fair to Tom Sneddon because,
if he was fully
than
employett on
I
LEAGUE BOWLS
KCC-IRC Match Should Be The Best Of The Afternoon
By "TOUCHER”
No changes are expected in the relative positions of the top teams in the three divisions of the Colony Lawn Bowls League as another round is played off this afternoon.
First Division League-leaders and current Champions Recreio "Blues" will have In their first meeting, the Filipino Club as their opponents on their home green. Champions won decisively by 5-0. The only opposition came from L. S. Silva's four who extended C. E. Passos' four to a 19-22 score.
The play the Filipino vaslly
of
such "Whites," bowlers has slumped to an extent during the last few weeks that nothing short of their exception bowling in remaining matches could save them from being relegated Into next the
Division Second
Ecason.
The "Blues" have made only their regular change Lo one is
Collace comes into team. A. the Recreio twelve in place of A. M. Souza as No. 2 in Rapul Only an upset Luz's luk. victory by any of the Filipina Club fours can prevent the home leam from collecting maximum points,
an
am not after picking argument with anyone on this matter but the moro one reeds the precise wording of the amendment the mere one must feel
implied that there is an responsibility for the referee to satisfy himself that the Law is
from in fact being oboorved. the very start of the game!!!
Recrolo Improve
har team.
but
In They dropped one point their first match when George Souza's four went down to A. A. Remedios and his men by 16-22. 'The Valley club since reorganised its
the better, for alightly should probably still be unable "Whites' to stop the plucky from taking one point out of this match.
The best First Division match will be fought out at Cox's Roa where third-placed and former League-lenders Kowloon Cricket Club will play hosts to Indien Recreation Club.
Though they have met with TOUGHER FIXTURE
in the Fuccogs only varying
so for, the Indians Craigengower, Leaguo Second-placed ou the other hand, will have were largely responsible for the to fight very much harder than downside of the Cricket Club by handing them their the Beerclo "Blues" In their twelve quest for full points against the first defeat of the season in the
first round,
Thank The Soccer Gods
.
There Is Still
A Stanley Matthews
Says ERIC NICHOLLS
The combined selection
Yet another soccer dish has been spoiled. committee got together to cook up some sweet meats for the Great Britain versus the Rest of Europe match in Belfast on August 13. They made a hash instead.
The result le that instead of tomission
with
I
Ko of Ivor Allchurch, their "old pals" act would
inside-for-this far.. his fundamental task of advis- putting the best eleven foot possibly the Anest
point in the The one strong ing on how to get men fit and ballers on show. hotch-poteh ward in Great Britain.
of Is the half back line how to improve their mastery team,
side places shared out
Blanchflower,
John The Swansea star doesn't get Danny of the skills of the game, he between
Home countries, The would have little time or in- very nicely
thank-you.
will look in No, not even from a Charles and Bert Peacock. But clination to
seat with the re- they will need to be on their advise
the best touch club take the field against
serves.
best behaviour, Europe can offer. tactics.
It is not good enough. I the this is an indication that
ВНЕЕП
on
DALDERDASH
linc
For the Kowloonites, this
game afternoon's
may well mdan their exit from the race for the Championship.
Already 4 points behind Recreio "Blues", and having played the League leaders twice, their only hope-a rather slim hope at that of snatching the title is to collect maximum points in every one of their remaining matches and wait for the "Blues" to drop one game.
On the form that most of the Indian players have been showing in the Open Champlon thom 19, I think, extremely ship matches, a repeat win for
kely.
In their previous
encounter
OPEN TRIPLES,
TODAY'S GAMES First Divialon Recreio "Blues" v FC IRC "Gold' v KBGC KCC v IRC "Blues" CCC v Recreio "Whites" PRC (bye)
Second Division CCC v KCC FC v TC HKFC y USRC HKCC v KDC PRC (by)
Third Division
KDC v KCC
KFC v FC HKERC v KBGC PRC v POC USRC (by)
New Zealand Teacher Bans Boxing At
His
School
Wellington, New Zealand. A New Zealand schoolmaster who regards boxing as an ignoble art of aggression has banned it at his school.
He is Mr G. J. McNaught, Headmaster of the New Plymouth Boys' High School. His staff and the school's Board of Governors support him in agreeing "with modern medical opinion that boxing is a harmful sport.”
This Ly the second New Zealand high school to ban F boxing.. Last year, MI A. E Lock, Headmaster of Rongotal
Wellington, created, a
Colce by declaring boxing
dangerous and forbidding it at his school.
His
action provoked a con- But Mr McNaught's troversy. criticism of the sport raised barely a murmur, Boxing can- not really be called the art of ho self-defence,
Gald in to report
school's Governors. It is fighting and The main Intention is to hurl one's opponent.
the
OVERRATED
a
Famous Sports Stars
I Have Met
Douglas Jardine
By ARCHIE QUICK
He was dressed correctly for stockbroking as he chased for a taxi at Victoria Station, London. The rightly shaped bowler hat, black coat, siriped trousers, grey waistcoat, glossy shoes, white He and his
cald, shirt and collar and sliver grey staff, he wanted boxing benned "because knotted tie, set off with the in-
ovitable rolled umbrella. ita virtues as a characterovita
Dashing to his City office, you bulider are much overrated and
and woul
would have sald. You would in some boys it inculentes
been wrong. Douglas brings out bad features such us have
Jardine, most shrewd, most cockiness. C showmanship
successful. most relentless of that general opinion is The
England's modern cricket cap- boxing can be harmful and is talns, was crossing London to more hurmful than King's Cross Station on his way probably we realise."
to the Leeds Test Match.
and
In muay New Zealand high-
It was typical that he should schools, boxing training and albe so attired, for he took the same im- Championship tournament Dreame correctness, still important activities in the maculacy, samo aloofness on to Most head-the field with him when he was
the the dreaded "Hammer said that they Australians."
Jardine
Oxford Eton, University, Surrey and England the orthodox schooling -- but
sports curriculum. masters
questioned
Bubject have
on
in
have no objection to boxing the school as long as 11 is well conducted and carefully. con- holled. China Mall Speelal.
Len Creese Is A Connoisseur Of Cricketing Wickets
wis
of the
there was nothing tender about cap the man in the Harlequin when he led his cloven against "the Enemy from Down Under,"
there although
was naver anything unsporting about it. He was the one
skipper who played to win and who played the Australiasts at their own cold, Impersonal, implacable game.
IMPERVIOUS
How the Hillites at Sydney detested him for his gamesman- ship, and how they hooted and derided him as he fielded on their boundaries, It was much wasted effort, for "DR." Ho was impervious to it all
the on directing. Just
went
campaign with Harold Larwood, Bill Voce and "Gubby" Allen as the spear- heads and England won four of the five Tests.
South African born Len Cresse, once a fine all-rounder for Hampshire, is a connoisseur of cricketing wickets, bodyline" After his retirement at the end of the last war he took charge of the fine ground at Sherborne, School,
Jardine has said to me since:
Sir
BUL
the
was
Pelham)
Now he is at Hastings where he combines the duties of groundsman at the picturesque County ground which I got all the blame for it, and lies snugly under the frowning walls of Harold's historic in a lesser degree Larwood and castle with acting as mine host at a near-by hostelry Len Voce had to face it.
real villain of the piece the Indians managed to win on
"Plum" has something to say about modern cricketers.
(now only one rink and by the Anal, The selectors, who seem to possess the ability to drop clangers with the same
score of 3-2. Taotles will play After 33 wickets had fallen through all the non-commissioned Warner. He set down or Lord's, ranks. Now, thought the whole thing out as remarkable regularity that Rocky Marciano drops misguided opponents, have
En important part in the anal in tho Sustiex-Warwickshire and commissioned obviously decided on a "let's be pals" policy for this all-important game.
result of this afternoon's match, match for only 423 run on au damaged left kaco has ended an antidote to Wordfull Fons ford, McCabe, Bradroan, Richard and
unless the KCC bowlers beautifully prepared pitch Creese her active career. Perhaps that son, Kippax and Fingleton, and the WRAC finished then devised its operation. We full value and eald only rank bad batting was was why Pppreciate the
and Royal importance of back woods responsibic, "That wicket, third to the RAF
poor
ericketers were only tho against the aggressive play of even in the fourth innings," he Navy in the Championships. instruments, but we took the the Indians, a 4-1 win for the said, "Is good for another 400
Capt. Williamson will leave brunt of the blame from the rums." I inspected it. It was.
shortly for a two-year tour of Aussies," Indlans is more than likely.
The result was that in eight Yet the first three innings had duty In Singappro and should
influence on innings Bradman got only 380 great produced 178, 100, 133 totals, have a
runs, and in two innings more The bowling was never high women's athletics in Malays.
adid Woodfull each iconhe Richardson tolalled Tomorrow, Interest shifts to class," said Len, "but they all
only 169 the second round games of the played back and let the ball
runs between tects Douglas, They were hectic Open Tripics. Cham-turn and beat them instead of Colony
days and smothering pionship.
"but there was nothing illegal going forward
Tom Dollery was the only With Hong Sling's three alone to do that and it gave him ready eliminated, two combina- 82 runs." tions are regarded as strong favourites for the title this year. One is that of the Luz brothers and another the Indian Recrea tion Club three of L. Ai, M. B. Hassin and A. M. Omar.
The Luz brothers have quite major obstacle to surmount when they cinth
had
TOUGII ABSIGNMENT
For they have the tough
tour Russian As Wolves' clashed with this match it was It is pretty certain that he some muddle-headed misman- known that the team would be has been asked in the past toagement which has handicapped without Bert Williams, Billy signment of blotting out the all- Hive such advice but it is show British
14 powerful Inside trio of Puskas In soccer affairs the Wright and Deals Wishaw. balderdash to suggest that he past
continue is to
the (Hungary), Kopa (France) and into the was also known that as
starts a week Kocsis (Hungary). would play the cloniced traitor 1955-56 season, then the time Scottish season and carry information about has come for a few resignations before English professionals get
And the attack? Thank the one team's tactical plan to, age to be tendered.
down to workt,
the Scols
soccer Gods there Is sill D other,
issued on emphatic "lay off our Matthews, Much of the respon home players” order.
ill-conceived, elbility
for this
will lino the-formed forward selectors would wish for a fair-rest on his slender shoulders.
The result? A with for the ly representative side. was not to be
that Rest by 3-1, expected
THE TEAM
that
there are
17
Joe McDonald of Sunderland I reiterate
has
never appeared for his few players-however expo country-Scotland-is an inter- enced who cannot be improved national. Yet he is given the in akill or in stamine,
left back position, the employment of Mr Snction within that framework is o couraged and exploited, then
the
aruck players, their clubs eventually the Association and the publie must reap the Rovio beneilt.
BRIGHT YOUNG stan
Don Footballer of the Year,
dads himself ол the trainer's bench in reserve. And veteran Billy Liddell is given art outside left over Labor in the weak the Hong-preference
a bright young star as kong Referees Association held such Its Annual General Meeting and Chelsen's Boy Blunstone.
It
obvious WARE
Name
Jack Kelsey Peter Sillett Joe McDonald
that
But
Club (Arsenal and Wales). (Chelsea and England) (Sunderland and Scotland)
Danny Blanchflower, captain (Spurs and Ireland)
John Charles
Bert Peacock
Stanley Matthews
terland wizard Len Shackleton? Out in
Bobby Johnstone
Roy Bentley
once again the Chairman was And whore is re-elected, Mr L. Young
G.
in resuming his place in the the cold, cold nowhere! chair will no doubt have his own plans for implementing tho But is the Welsh who have Parent Association's recomman- most reason to cry out, They
to dation that every effort should will raise their voices
praises, ne the astounding
the
be made to raise the standard)ekins, but not I feel, sing of refereeing.
POP
(YOULL HAVE
TO. GET RO OF THATT NEW GIRL!
Jimmy Mellroy Billy Liddell
(Leeds and Wales)
Age tomorrow
24 against A. R. A. Rahman, M. 22 J. Divecha and U. A.. Rum 20 Jahn. At least average form is
28 needed of them for this game,
OLD COLLEAGUES
Croeso went on to say that some of his old colleagues in the Hampshire Leam-Phil Mckid, George Brown, Lond. Tonnyson would have reaped a merry
ali
SPORTS QUIZ
or unfair about 'bodyline" as it was 80 wrongly called. Lar- wood's
accuracy was the crux
of the whole thing, and as for bowling at the body he hit the sixteen times in his stumps series total of 33 wickets. That average shows he was bowling at the stumps."
Milc 1. Who ls. Britain's
harvest on "The trouble is," running Champion? said Len "that they are worrying today, shout averages:
thoir
2. Race driver. Siirling Moss last week won an event which no Briton had previously won,
"Trite, County committees look What was the event?
23
(Celtic and Ireland)
20
2A A., M. Omar's three will also at there igures when they con
บ
do have no mean opponents for aider future employment, but I
(Manchester City and Scotland),
(Blackpool and England)
(Chelsen und England) (Burnley and Ireland) (Liverpool and Scotland)
Reserves: Fraser (Sunderland and Scotland)
Byrne (Manchester United and England) Docherty (Preston and Bootland) Revic (Manchester City and England).
WHAT-BEFORE FINDING OUT
WHAT HER CARAQLITIES
SHAPE
1 MEAN
JUST" "THAT
a. At Anoot Britain's most
27 Uheir match in the Recreio com-think it batsmen showed greater valuable horse race was for the
30 binations of A. M. Baptista, E enterprise they could tame the first time won by a foreign entry, 27 M. Alarcon and A. A. Lopes, prostat day's poor
crop
of
4. Namo
odd man out;
D. R. Jarding is now 84 years old Ho made 85 first-class and still holds, with conturies Walter Hammond the third wicket record for a Test Match
Australia 202 against Adeialde Oval in February 1929.
RACECOURSE BETTING
at
All-Time Record
Name the race and the winner Certain To Reach 18 All these three are fine drawing bowlers quite quickly in most
men and can provide the unext matches, thereby providing bet- Nature antec pected should their more fas tor entertainment for. the crowds, oured opponent strike one of It would pull in more people John Landy, Roger Bannister, those days when they keep on and
* knows, "cricket 7 goodness.
5. When was the off-side law "passing by the wladow",
needs w now
of life Athletics
haya takon over a changed in British Association the most popular summer-apost," Rooibali?
6. What was the previous law and what is the current une?
CALEY
make
erful
wonderfu
hocolates
ATHLETICS
J
When
Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand's racecourse bet ing bill, is certain to reach an all-lime record total of probably more than £30,000,000 sterling this year.
With two months of the racing year to go, the amount handled
on and off course botting, to the
One gumy missing from the 7. In 1925, came an important by racecourse totalisators from
Athletle Cham, change in cricket laws. Inter-Services pionships at Aldershot was Capt. was the rule and what was the end of May totalled more than Audray, Williamson. This WRAC amandment?
officer bag dominated
Services U
Iph
nine years
rd
has won two dozen. Inter-Borvicng-1)
220 yarthe onck in the Lock Hamp
A reoped this which
be equalled
(this year was
B. What
sportwould you expect to 0. ut (a) Twickenham (b) Edgbaston (a) Allverston (d). Harrie HIL? »
£1,000,000
£28,000,000 sickling an cronse of ZOTO sterling on last tHo
• Serioda JEAN PRAGUre for
+
The Agures, produced by the Now Zealand Racing Conference aro" "for" '160' taka mentiriga hald
New
0 Who, in the "world Three ning land- from the be-
the racing
Ing Champion?
many Australians August 1, 1944, to the end of won the Men's Singles tile May this year. The year biel will include bottingy at 20. more.