SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT
THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1955.
SPORTING SAM
By Reg. Wpotton
FIRST CLASS TEAMS HAVE COME, BUT HAVE FAILED TO STARS HUMBLE THE CHINESE
By I. M. MacTAVISH
Last Saturday night Radio Hongkong's triumvirate of Sports Caval- caders gave up almost a third of their valuable air time to a discussion of my article on the influence of people beyond the touchlines on the per- formance of players.
As it is generally conceded that it is a writer's job to stimulate healthy discus- s'on I suppose I should feel sailafled and sm ig that I cne: uraged this group into talk- ing mood but there were so many obvious inaccuracies in Ted Thomas' arguments that I would be falling down in my task if I failed to point them out.
There were three main points, acknowledged the on which I would like to cum ment although I do no: intend to deal with them in quite the same order as he did.
During his
remarks on
by
bali juggler supreme. he was left out of the team and is now Sunderland
hig magic content to perform as a step-gap left winger. Mis former positions us on instde- US forward
Mled
4wo rela ive international merit of Scotsmen, Chisholm and Flem- the Hongkong Chinese tooling. who possess but a fraction bang of his skill, but who do baller Thomps Have it as
first the ball avont. that any tod opinion
froms coming out class team
There the would
England
bent
Are
IN A
dozen
Chinese. Such a statement re-examples.... Hannah
veals un ominous Indifference to
fact. Dare PEGASUS7
Cal
mcution
one
of
D
there is a Beient sense integrity in all three Services to
dinis unt
A.h completely suggestion.
All means By
have let ur healthy discussion uni all points concerning the game of lout- ball, but let the discussion be ba sex
ՍԱԼԻ on fuct, und let presented in a sense of fairness
club to players.
officinis and socce generally.
similar DI New- and Mitchell of
WEEK'S GAMES castle. Oh
is now out of Newcastle who
after being warned There is once again a full pro- the team that he had to cut out the very gramme of League games for the
coming week and there is ako,; sometimes be trills that have made him Mentories
attractive players of course, the added interest of short
...or is it being sug- of the most
There is, 100, a visit from the RAF Far East gested that Pegasus, twice win. in the game....
and Bennett representative side headed by
friend ners of the Amateur Cup, and Tommy Harmer.
Birmingham from old who joined
and five-stur goal-P sporting a bright bevy of con temporary English Inernational-Spurs because the crowd shout-keeper Dave MacLaren.
ed him out of White Hart Lane
Froggart Ists, were not a first class side
of Wednesday paid-and another one who by any standards
still paying-the penalty To sustain such an argument being involved would be anything but compli-players-in-the Jaentary to the British Olymple struggle with Jackie Sovell. Gaines representatives
or professional,
una eur
to ur
By
The League programme is ns Fellow
thr
in a two-buli- sune attack
these
instances all Behind
the thom professional clube who are there is clear evidence of
Jer speed and power yearly knocked out of the FA man char Cup by the Top class amateur
as opposed to skill and perfve sides,
thors,
NOT ALL OF THEM
Or may galo draw atten- tion to the visits to the Colony of teams like Koge, AIK, Admira
All footballers are footballer: and the fabulous Grasshoppers, The Swiss side, who beal tour only in the same way that all English League sides last season, motor cars are mo or cars...
Rolls including the Arsenal by 5-4 at, They are not all in the Highbury, had to play desperate. ly to scrape solitary goal when they
SL
TODAY'S RUGGER
Navy v.
Gunners Should
Be One Of This Afternoon's Best Games
Says
"PAK LO"
Once again there is a varied selection of games being played this afternoon and for a change they will all take place on the Kowloon side of the harbour.
On the Police ground in Boundary Street the Navy meet the Gummers at 3.15 p.m., and following them on the same ground RAF Mainland will play Police at 4.30 p.m.
Though on the whole it looks an almost certain win for the
Police Mainland ride the
Bouthwick, in-
Marne. Andersota,
27 Brigade: Challey, Gadd. Black- ps, Woll are burn, Hubbard, Bertan, Parker, Erakin-Tulloch, Skileck. Tilden, Sottle. Hawkina McCullagh, Faulkner, Maceri, McQakey.
27
Als # 9.15 1.m., but this time i at Kai Tak, RAF Island and 27 Brigide clash, whilst at 4.30 pm. in the ensuing game the HK.elmost capable of pulling off a
Kowloon Garrison
meet
surprise in this match. bu:
RAF stand venus And Club
Jabh
The Club Brigde should also be a very by menns least, the
RAF clo:e "A" and 48 Brigade will oppose
gume, for though
went down last weck one another at 5.00 p.m. on the Island
to the Club "A" they played Army
in Boundary ground
for a good while with fourteen Stree
mun, and it was in that prod
hat the Club did most of sering,
Today: South China v. Police Tit Caroline HW; Club V.
One of the best games should Kitchee at Club Studulm, Navy be the first mentioned, he the v. Kwong Wah ut
Causeway meeting of the Navy with the have Gunners iny.
Gunners. The made two changes in their team which was victorious last week. Gerard, recovered from his to the centre Injury, returns three position, and alongside im in the other centre three position at appears a newcomer, Wyss, This should certainly stiffen up the three line and make them more of danger than they already
Tomorrow: Eastern dosph's at Caroline HB: Sing Pao v. CAA at Club Stadium; RAF V Army at Causeway Buy.
All week-end! Caunes start 5 o'clock.
Tuesday: Kitchee v, Navy ot
Royce eints. One does not judge Carotine Hill: Kwong Wah the performance of every en by HAF at Club Stadium. # through by
thint of the Rolls Royce, nel her does one generalise on foulba}l using Stanley Matthews ns yard stick.
eam
to Hongkong.
AIK were leading the Swedish here they came League when but they fell far short of being masters of the Colony team
the
hard-
14
who sels the
Crealness is an abstract goal for which all may strive but It is the run-of-the-mill achieve-
the ordinary Danishment and Koge became Champions In the season they working player vis.ted Hongkong but the re-everyday standard. cord books ell a significant
Lule of disinal
their here. And I could
Ted
by exacting standards.
The sccund
Judging by several interesung
and
point made by the same person in his broad- cast was that star bull players are in het fully appreciated and encouraged in Britain and
Matthews he quoted Stanley and others like Tom Fluney, mu
who te The Anal point examples of stars
own memories be?
TWO GREAT INFLUENCES
in my urtlele last week the gentleman who was giving his opinion made it clear that there were two great influences in the spread of the 'get rid of it' officials and doctrine... tea spectators.
I wish tu
V
Wednesday: Army v. Eastern nt Club Stadlum; CAA V. Club at Caroline Hill.
Thursday: KMH V. South China at Caroline ; Police v. Sing Tao at Boundary Street.
All mid-week games start at 6.25 p.m.
the
are.
R
"Cin "A": Roberts, Blue, Pen- man, Valentine, Colling,
Russell, Williams. Cole
Barker, Kerr Carpenter. Tolano. Elliott.
LEARN YOUR CRICKET
Driving Practice
THE OFF-DRIVE
The most important thing in OFF-DRIVING is to gel your head; left shoulder and hip.over da to the line of the ball: if they are right, the left foot will look after itself.
cut on to the line of the ball: the left foot will land just out- side that line,
The wider the ball, the more should the back of the left shoulder be turned on the bowler and the wider on the off- Ride should the atrakce be aimed. The bat will, in fact start Its downward swing
from the lhe of fine leg. Keep the full face of the pat moving through the tine of the stroke as long us tendency to "pull" his on- possible:
allowing the right ond and right shoulder to
The ability to ON-DRIVE 15 rare with boys, but if they can
O'Kelly.
Stack,
Hend through
H.K. & R. Garrison; Jones. Wu- Owen-Smithi, Izod, Carter, Jones, Parkhusun, Johnston, Sterlini, Dowling. Hodge,
its
Crom, Singterra, Phipps, Dullett.
For
iho this game I prefer Is lanet
XV for their pack is 27 faster
better and
than Brigade, but the reverse la true
Faust behind the serum.
has
arc да
dropped out of the Island team due to an ulcer, and his place
taken lock has been
by at Phillips, while 27 Brigade re- Ladins their highly successful intocl frem last week The Island threes, while not as good as thefr
opponents', not to be sneezed at, and
should get the greater they share of the ball I select them to win.
EASY FOR CLUB? Thn 48 Brisade XV y Club "A should be a fairly for win for the Club team
retain their team Intact, with one wich in position,
The Navy have also made a couple of changes Sharpe takes over the full back spot, Mahat
Hoit not being available, and moves in as the left wing three
The Nuvy 4s a result quarter. has a strong three the, but the Gusers will probably be the
In attack more susediful they combine woll.
The struggle forward should be fairly even but Barker is, I think, the better hooker of the The two big games
two. of
With a plentiful service South China from the week are KMB v.
base of the sertim, but the Gunners enly by a snall margin.
advance
the kick-DIT umes of
NEXT IN INTEREST
If he is
his
easy who
an
Cole moves up to scrum half, wille Roberts drops bock to full
This should bring back. Improvement the service to
Roberts and the threes, capable of taking care of any attacks that develop.
the
the
Is
their
can
Club "B": Martin, Purves, Spencer,
Dyer, Flax Inglis, Wilton, Claire,
Rankin. man, Kaight,
Hangroves Thompson, Clark, Itobertson, MeColl- McCowan.
FINISH OF THE DRIVE: follow steady
E direction bali ILas Conc.
ป
ו'
arquire it they will greatly in- crease their scoring power,
The
first movement
the left slight dipping of shoulder; this will allow the left foot and the line of balance, with the head leading, to come
Tho straighter the ball, the straighter must the stroke be aimed and the longer will the full face of the but be moving The batamTI371 down the line.
resist strongly must
the
drives by
play too big a part; ho must not allow his left hip to fail awny.
For PRACTISING, the bowler stands on a chair about 21⁄2
in front of, and on the off side, of the batsman 80 thni the ball dropped from his out-
stretched hund will fall
just
in front of the latter's left fool
at the end of a forward stride, The batsman drives the ball on half valley of its second bounce.
By altering
the position of his stance, further away from
the chair, nearer to
or
the batsman con in the game way practise both the off-drive and the on-drive.
For
practising the
quick- fooled drive, the "bowler's" chair should be Home four to five feet in front of the bats-
The
with delving practice solid rubber or tennis balls can provide excellent fielding prac tice for other boys, but they should not be nearer than about 28-30 yards from the but,
Taken from "Cricket How to Play," produced for the M.C.C.
Educational and published by Productions, Ltd.)
What Our Youngsters
Need-Real Pitches
And Real Coaching
Şays DON REVIE
of England is pampered. But We are often told that the youth as far as our football youngsters are concerned, I say emphatically we are not doing enough for them. Not nearly enough.
Don't misunderstand me. We have many fine youth clubs; some grand junior teams with good facilities, and our Football League sides do all they can to help. But the cry still goes up: "Not enough grounds and equipment to go round. And we see many fine boy-players trying to learn the game without proper tuition on waste land or a badly laid out pitch.
me
when I saw the
KB
It is
on
a
wanderful
I under-
should win, Ho un, converations 1 Juve had sine and Army. Eastern on Wednes-
last Saturday there is adequate į day. Surely Grasshopper, Adinira support for my visitor's eon-
There will also be good sup-
The Club "A" has settled (who had a must successful tourments that the Ge: Ride It
for port
the Eustern-S..
well, while 48 down fairly an Britain last season), Kugs doctrine is in fact one of the
Next in interest 1 should Brigade, though they won last AIK... and Pegasus, are great evils of present day Bri- Joeph's game tomorrow after. worthy of # hrst clase tag even sh football...... and it is just noun, although the counter a place the meeting of RAF Main-week, did not greatly impress
As they of Sing Tao and CAA land and the Police. that the boundless netion Thomas' appareatly as certain
did during the week the Police and should find themselves in
against
swift wholehearted will my doubt split the crowd enthusiasm
will again play Lloyd at serum dicutes approval of the Chinese crowds Inter-Service interest will half.
is dropping Club three line, and Lelliott Is probably the greatest single centre on the RAF-Army game back,
game Finally the Club "B" the threequarter not to
Matt hos factor in the encouragement and
versus the HK. & K. Garrison,
This truth was brought home We do, of course, get isoistedi
with at Causeway Bay tomorrow and line but to full back John-
For way
him. also should be a fairly development of brilliant ball
cases of this happening. to me, full This the usual Police these old friendly rivals can be stono,
little chat has A players like Ylu Cheuk-yin, Hoelled upon to put up a spirited back,
Many instance, in Shefeld, Joe Mer-stand he has a hand injury re-
Stadium in Copenhagen. even game, but the Club threes
af with his boys before the match Cheung-yuli, Mok Chun-wah exhibition
ceived on Wednesday,
are not the equal of
a British boy's eyes would have eer has invited the leaders the result will stared in amazement and eavy. about 30 local teams to come to and puts them at ease though and Szeto Man.
Here
Bramall Lane to get up-o-date deep down I'll bet he is more It would be ativantageous 10 A newcomer appears on the Opponents and
depend on the forwards,
Imagine a vast park with at FA coaching from himself and worried than anybody else, Club wing named O'Leary.
advantage hive the allowed to play the game their make concerns Ted Thomas the mid-week games as some of the fighting Irishman pls name in the set scrums, but their least 12 pliches beautifully laid George Smith, who was until
Put yourself in the place of You short way. How
Busby. eas. disparaging comment that it is
the matches this week have implies he will be a help to the lincout work requires a lot of out; turf as smooth as a billiard recently the senior F.A. conch.
table; goal neis; fine drossing in some other arcas similara Manager like Cusy to build reputations for finished in something more than Police. The Mainland fifteen
rooms with showers. It made schemes opente.
And a boy. He is a good foot- young players
baller. You take him on the particularly semi-darkness and in the closing has made only one change, and I improvement before they servicemen, who come to the stuges players have had
remember my youth, when the that Is the hooker. Walters be satisfied.
ver and Claire will Dyer
be the I kicked a ball around on But the gulf between school staff and coach him. In time he Anyone who gets a greatest difficulty in following who did so well the other night halves this week, and thould be Colony.
of land In stretch waste
boy football and the first-class makes the grade, and you think single game for one of a pro. the light of the ball.
against 27 LE Bly gains
tun improvement. Wilson drops place, and should do woll.
back to the left wing position Middlesbrough. Yet this KB game is always a difficult one to he'll be a complete player. So fessional club's junior sides is
THIS
Stadium isn't exclusive, be on-
WEEK'S TALKING
cross, and it can't be done pro- one day you put him in the first and Purves insido immediately stated to
POINT
How many senior The main danger to the Police with Inglis
for anyone who wants to play party unless training of young team, maybe through an injury chance to Given the lert him clubs could satisfy
srs is done an organised or something. their-books....was the ght of
be Lewis on the the legi- should one remark he made.
settle at fly half.
this could be a fairly football.
scale. They do it in Copen- Umate demand of a referee for wing and Cornah
I a tense moment; an in- a while ball for use during the Both are very fast and fully good line, but the Club for
hagen They do it in other
an attack 01 perhaps, But not Jury Continental countrica,
behaviour
the second half of mid-week games capable of scoring off their own words will have to give them a
of lot of cover. The Garrison side
What took my eye most was, in England.
crowd, one false move and all that finish in semi-darkness...? bats.
have Parkinson at scrum half the sight
25 footballs] of
of coaching can be Those years the and he alone
should be the
outside arranged neatly
lost overnight. That's why fold: wns greatest danger of all, and he dressing rooms. 1
Of course when boy-players most managers like to try their Any has a irst threequarter line "They are always thore,
bridged the gulf and youngsters out arst of all be- behind him.
one who wants a game can have have
the professional gamefore home crowds. This looks like being another a ball out at any time." Imagine entered defent for the Club "B" team, that happening in Britain! The they get plenty of encourage
I know how I felt when I those
Saturday we saw footballs ment. Last leave but probably by a much smaller Danes
nio played for the first time with margin than last week and quite safely, and none of them several, teenagers coming
the first Leicester City at the age of 17. a chance they
League football for thero is just
ever disappears,
lime. They made me wonder We played against Wolves that could pull through and win,
fortunately I had I wish we had something like whether the crowds eyer ap- day....and THE TEAMS
Ho Smith alongsido. Sharpe, Postin Lloyd, the KB Stadium. In this country.;preciate what this means to the Sop
that day and is the larger, the Hewitt, Halt, Davion," Sherwood. Many of our professional foot- young players themselves and "fathered" mo
Davis, Gaic, Smith,
helped me in forgot my nerves Janes, Day, ballers wouldn't mind, in off what it means to the Manager, or British golf Turner, Voyce, Pogson.
and the shouts of the crowd. Gunnar Howe, Anderson, Gerrard, duty hours, going along to have
Glen, Jackman, Wyes
I take my hat off to Malt
WARM WATER ONLY? Barker.
Collett, Kelly, game and coach the young-
Busby, the Manchester United the maximum Chandler,
from me--it Take It manager, for the successful way length of an Association Robinson, Buckhy, Gatehouse. Cun- oters..
ningham.
RAF Mainland: Logu, Hobros, What a thrill it would be inhe grooms his young stars, Last
озву for a youngster in Wecken, Fraser. Lawie, Oronah,
first match nor Milburn
Bobby old Wilt. McGuinness--to play for his manager. от the Wimbledon Luens. McDonnell, Walter, Davies, Nowcastle, far inginnes, to have Saturday he brought in 17-year-
Lamb. Panther, Page, Thomas, Tuton. Jackie
Police: Lolliott O'Leary, Brown. Mitchell giving a few tips to against the Wolves of all teams, owes a lot to chaps like Matt Marali, Nasis, Waikar, Lloyd, Brown,
the local lays as they kick a Yet young Wilf, like so many Busby, Stan Cuills, Jimmy Cuningham, Purves, Groene, Daw- Bon, Bryland!
Ro, Belley.
ball around or Roy Bentley of the Busby youngsters, came Scod and Tom Whittaker who RAF
Cornish, Hodgson, and Tom Lawion passing on a fixough the test with flying groom thens youngsters for
ming. McGarrity, Lewis, Cody,
Thoir "Longin' baptism. Fairhurst, Wort Edwards, Gale, fow hints to the lads in London, | qajours.
Such statement is, as far as I know, without foundation and Stanley Matthews has now been a long time in the game its implication is grossly unfair hut can I ask on how many to those genuine professional occasions England has tumed players currently playing in the
Leam without him while Colony. he was at the peak of his sarcer, fit and available. Can 1 remind
you
cuit
too of the grea!
press campaign
Here for example is a series
SPORTS QUIZ
1. Which
In the
of extracts from the official for Matthews registration lista of the FA In of several Army OR Finney, but not both... or respect
present the public and press attitur players that there was no roam in the tam for these two great same
who players
slowed up
team****
the
Egerton,
(Bolton Gordon Wanderers) Wing Hall, H. Gʻ9, game by "playing" with the wt. 10. st. 11 lbs. Signed from ball,
Ideal football in 1953.
Len Shackleton is, of course,
Hall, Peter (Bradford Park
the perfect example of what we Avenue) Left Hall. Ht. 5'11” meant laat week. At the start we
of this season in spite of being
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB ––
12 si. Signed Normanton 1951.
frum
Mullett, Joseph (Birmingham: City) Wing Half. H. 5'11" Wt. 11 et. 4 lbs, signed from Mall- mill Utd. in 1955.
(Burnley),
White, William, Inside Forward. Hi. 57 WI.
The Programmes and Entry 10 st. 10 lbs signed from
Liverpool in 1984....and there
Forms for the 1st Race Meete similar records for others ing 1956/50 to be held on like Charlesworth and Mc- Saturday 6th and Monday 4th Loughlin. November, 1965,
(woalber
*****
To imply that there is any- permitting) may be obtained thing spurious or Imaginary at the Secretary's Omes, about these reputations' is to Alexandra House; the Club infer that the records of the House, Happy Valley; and the Football Association have been tampered with or are franccurate Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
what 19 mora important from 'n local point of view, is Entries close at 18 o'clock the suggestion that club quiciale NOON on Tuesday, 25th have for obvious reasone do liberately Anverted phoney. ro October, 1956, - ̈
putations for their players, By Order of the Biowards
A. EL ARNOLD
• Ncaretary,
Only the Services are really involved in the implications and whlia“: I have taken the Atmy By an examplo I am certain that
of the following world boxing tiles did Henry Armstrong hold (a) Featherweight (b) Light- weight (c) Welterweight?
2. How many countries belong to the FIFA (a) 40 (b) 00 (b) 80?
3. A cricketer takes off his and folds the ball URB with it. Is this allowed? 4. Where is the Wall Game
played?
5. Fill in the missing name: Gus Lesnevitch, Freddio Mills. Archle Mort.
POP
6. In which sports do the following compete (a) John Surtees (b) Alan Oliver (c) Max Faulkner (d)
Wrac Johnstone?
7. Which
American ball?
3. What is
Football pitch?
9. Who won
Men's Singles title in 19527 10. Which sporting
captain drives himself into office?
(Anawers Soo Pazo 17)
WE ARE NOW
TEN THOUSAND
FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL
WHEU ∙AT'S IN
OR OUT
Navy:
Harrison,
WHEN WHArts
[IN OR
OUT?
ALWAYS THERE
Tensing moment
THE TOE
ENCOURAGEMENT
Valentine's
nerves,
The
isn't
his
ezsy gamo
-Tho« question of how to keep út lạ, on over present topic of odaversation among footballers, Stan Matthewa ia great bo- Hover
In doop
breathing exercises. I myself te a lot of fruit Juices in my, diet,
But I heard a new one this weak from Jackie Milburn who t-lost the electrifying burst
of speed. What are his training Inda?? "Well, Don,” he said, "I never drink tos. I prefer to drink nothing but warm water."
MEAT JUICE I imagine what the ton
The Real
Beef Extact!
drinters in this country may may jabout that. But" us for as I'm concerned, I know that it. I [could" dovelon Blu" speed by drinking when walar, I'd may | goodbye to ton tomorrow.
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