SPORTS-ROUNDABOUT
SO LUCKY HE'S A CRICKETER!
By W. CAPEL KIRBY
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL
CORBILLON CUP SMILES
18, 1956.
Unassuming Stanley Malthews is quietly packing 'em in here, there and al Bridgwater on everywhere for the benefti funds of lesser-known players, but Wednesday, April 25, he plays in a match' with a difference.
Whereas footballers' benefits are halved by tax cuts the beneficiaire ut Bridg- water will get the lot because he happens to be a cricketer--Maurice Tremlett, the Somerset skipper.
Football
Eric Maurice Football, maringe
Taylor In doing
asked the FA three months ago proud. Bristol tovers are send-
Shefeld not to consider
any ful League team to ug their
players
the for Wednesday,Wednesday play Taunton on
South African toje, May 2, for lua beneilt and while I have no doubt the tds are glad to help in a good cause they will ponder the unfairness of the dividing ne drawn by the Chancellor between the two professions,
ford.
MISSING
What happend to Jick Uraw-
Hovers kruide Albion forward due to play for Peter- horough in their Cup-ties
Huats Scur
George Swingin met
the train in from Scotland, Cynwford was
-
T Blackburn's penzeeled Dutch tour materibilses they will link up with their beres Johnny muges The Eire Clepy, wher teamy Holland, on May und
days four against Deck Inter
i
gouf a match at centre-forward for Lincoln reserves. Barry's fast-team promotion is deferred his transfer was only because negotiated after the deadline.
care
Jov Mercer predicts a dia-
Alf for finguished Ashmore, Oft goalkeeper, in h under-18's team which won the Cuner Youth Tournament over Also for outside the holidays. left Joe Nibloe, son of the Renfrewshire-born former Shef- feld Wednesty Internationa!
Which would you choosema ' full-back. certain trip Ju Melbourne Olympics or the slender chance
England cap?]
of winning but
1 pot on it and Terry Miller. Brimi's No
water-pelo marksman, prefera | Burscough? The shadow to the substance,
Jasnet been heard of size
4 free transler
SCOPET
Son
Crawford
Ir Alton
On
Was 1:1
With demands for fett-wangers exereding supplies several clubs, Including two in Lanchshire, are Interestert In the direct two- footed anding of Ray Shinbrook Unfortunately for inquirees, thus son of the old Wolves and Liverpool player as a key ma in Coventry's future proinoljon
texun
HOW RIGHT!
Pricket
thuainsty
WHAT OFFERS?
Whither Louis Bimpson, Låver- pool inside-forward from nearby Says Anfield boss Don Welsh: "We don't want to port, but would consider u good ofter finale."
StudTo
1* shiniki
slick foot- work at the wieleet
Eddolder? Boily turns out for Norton CC whose profesional is Frank Worri Port Vale's Inside
fnward schḥmer built up a bik putation as an all-rounder in London lab cricket,
THAT'S SERVICE
What constilule El 10xxk More than £10,000, it
Bhat since
WUN Joa Mervey was prepared to pay on Shefeld Dujlet's behalf,
y deciding to take a course at St Lake's College, Exeter.
Welsh young
Inside-forward Michael Jones has turned down Coventry !! Lincoln
professional ༞༥:༥༥་་ career He will now McPherson from Mickifestarugh with Portsmouth. in pov. and cutting drift Barry Hawk-play for Exeter as an amateur. Divisionings, who has since overaged a
11 w's tha for confirmer and intel get andre.paliba" pation
Push
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Nominate YOUR
Hongkong Footballer
Of The Year
Ken
Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current
season.
It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.
The two qualifications for nomination are: (1) Footballing prowess
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play Nominations should be addressed Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
To the Editor, China Mail.
to
ON THE TRAIL
After Three months in the fines George O'Brien decided tex do his National Service in the Army. If he is ported south of the Border Stoke, Cardiff and Notte County will be on the trail of this 20- year old inside forward of Dunfermline,
Sunderland alm to incre their Scottish contingent by signing big Jack Kelly, the Parkhead centre half-back dục
for demeh on Wednesday, and Larkhall Thistle full-back, Ian
Weir.
Annual Royal Air|
Force Athletic Championships
The finals of the RAF in dividual and Team Champion- staps are taking place at HAF Kai Tok this afternoon com- mencing at 2.30 p.m.
There are 18 events, In- dividual and team. witch teams the score
The points for
all unlis
the coming from
In addition to these Colony. evants an "Open 880 Yards" is scheduled for 3 pm. and certain more light hearted events in the form of veterans, children. and ladies' races take place throughout the afternoon.
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into regard his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play is
of the.
(Signed).
OK OPEN THE CAGE
Table tennis players Mrs Angelica Rozeanu, left, and Miss Ella Zeller were successful in keeping the Marcel Corbillon Cup for Rumania when they defeat. ed a Japanese team in the Women's Doubles final of the recent International Table Tennis Tournament.— Express Photo.
Krakatao's Offspring Appear To Be First Class
Says RICHARD BAERLEIN
The man has not been born who can say in advance whether a racehorse will make B great sire, No professional racing man would have believed after the 1933 Derby that the exceptionally easy winner, Hyperion, would never sire an Epsom Derby winner.
the
RING RUSTINESS CONTRIBUTED TO MCATEER'S DOWNFALL
Says ARCHIE QUICK
Another British pipe dream has gone up in smoke; another fistic bubble has been pricked. With an unbroken sequence of forty victories in his professional boxing career British and Empire Middleweight Champion, Pat McAleer had been moved into world class and a fight for the world title held by Sugar Ray Robinson was being hinted at.
An all-Lancs fight for the British and Empire crowns with Billy Ellaway had been conjured up for the near future. The handsome lad from Birkenhead was rated just about the best of the home Champions,
Botafogo,
who have
tha
Kont
All that was altered by Scot-1
been been all wrong though it lish born Jimmy Elliott, long touring Czechoslovakia and Bel-English side had got a drubbing. resident in S. Africa at Freddie glum, inter meet Burnley, Brent- One player we are going to Mills' promotion at the Empress ford, Plymouth etc. before going hear more about is Ken How-
He on to more Continental Earl's Court, London." Hall,
coun-king, the South African
obtained overwhelmingly outpointed Mc-tries. Then some of their players keeper whom Fulham
and Brazilian from Clyde Inst October Ateer over 10 rounds at a pound wii! link up with the over the middleweight maximum national team
plays who broke his jaw in his first which and the return contest for the England
noxt Wembley
game for them. This was hla Empire title must be the logical | month, They are well-placed, "come back" and a great succes
11 is sald, in Brazil's premier he made of it with some sterling league. If that is any criterion saves from the Brazilian sharp. Ring rustiness undoubtedly England has nothing to worry shooters.
outcome.
at
contributed to McAteer's down about In May. Botafogo pullesk fall.
TEAM OF RESERVES
Botafogo,
I was surprised to formed in 1004,
He had been out of the out many delightful touches, but | learn, were ring for five months with a they were fur removed from entered Brazil's First Divisori broken hand and the result of three-star ranking.
In 1906 and won their first this period of idleness was seen
Championship in 1910. It maken In his lack of punching power,
one wonder when exactly Eng- and
Jand started troching the world timing, ring generalship absence of his old straight laft What did upset the crowd was how to play this game! In those Fulham charged hand hitting. Pat knew he had that
top curly chys of the present can truly
prices defeated admission
and
not been well and
the tury Soccer was
far and was quite willing to put up folded halt a team of reserves. moved from its infancy in the Championship in another As it happened, they were com- country. Certainly, it had only fight wiüs Elliott. "I can never petent enough, It would have recently required" its majority. Bight so badly
dly again" was his afterwards. Crodit, argument however, must not be taken from the performance of the rugged Elliott, and he would be at least an even money bet in another bout, so heavily one skled was this one.
FINAL ELIMINATOR
The British Boxing Board of Control however, will probably say that McAleer must first meet the winner of the Ellaway -Lew
Lazar nut eliminator,
un- have
'Forgotten Don' Sets Cup Problem
NOW FANS SAY REVIE MUST STAY
By BOB PENNINGTON
Don Revie, "forgotten" Footballer of the Year, is ín line to play his first Cup game of the season--at Wembley.
although in the Cruiserweight Division the Board
Revie. of England and, switch Bobby Johnstone to the concernedly ignores the official
climaator o
between Alec Manchester City, hus been con- right-wire for Bill Spurdie. Buxton and Terence Murphy- gratulated officially on
Buxu
won by Buxton-And allowed brilliant Easter ""come-back" Randolph Turpin to come in games at Sunderland and in the with Champlon Ron Barton. Cup Final "rebcursed" with What a blue-eyed Loy Turpin is | Birminghum recently. But Buxton is protesting. manager Jimmy Wicks told me that at the Empress Hall tourn ment weigh in.
The fans who boued him off the field against Charlton a forl night ago are now clamouring for Revie tu viny, All Freddie Mills is going to re- Manchester City manuger Log match Ellaway and McAteer at McDowall will say is: "It will Earls Court. Naturally, so, for sort Heeft out in the next five it would fill the hall, but much more likely McAteer's next fight
miling for the will be in defence of his home first time in months last week and Empire ties at Liverpool as he returned from having an Football Club's ground at An- injection to
pulled thigh field and his opponent then muscle.
WEMBLEY HOPES
Ail Hyperion did produce the 1941 Derby winner, Owen should be Billy Ellaway. Tudor, but the race was run at Newmarket.
Merseyside will want to see that set to. Later Blue Peter proved one one has occurred between of the best horses seen by the threp. present generation of racegoers and only the war robbed him of the triple crown.
after
2
weeks."
Revie was
Not even this Injury could depress him. Itevie knows that
Six Fulham reserves and five he has at least three weeks to These thoughts came to me of the regular first team men clinch his Wembley hopes.
watching Harry Wragg's hold Botafogo FC to a 2-2 draw To make room for Revie at colt, Talgo, walking round the in the Brazilian club's first centre-forward City could bril-parado ring before the War- Three Year Old which Handlcap at Birmingham on
Apart from his racing Hance he came from a sire line wickshire (Phalaris and Fairway) had been continually at the top | April 3. over a long period and it seemed only natural that he would follow in the family footsteps when he went to the stud.
of
KRAKATAO'S SON
Lour match of their first
England. Strangely enough, all
four goals came in the course of five minutes peculiar defensive lapses by both sides who were atherwise solid in that repart- ment.
WATER-POLO ENTRIES
Talgo is a son of Krakatao and
At the Water-polo Committee
of was among that aire's first crop
the Hongkong The Fulham goals were scored meeting He is a great siro brood of foals. He is developing into
Amateur Swimming Association mures and got one wartime a magnificent individual, and I by two of their bright young
held at the Sassoon Baniting in various stables starlets, Joe Hall and Roy Derby winner in Ocean Swell, have seen
Corporation, Holland
House some really first- Dwight, the same Dwight who but he has never been leading this season
announced the sires table year after year class stock sired by Krakatao had done the "hat trick" 48 yesterday
four seniors both two-year-olds and three hours earlier against promotion-that eight teams, had as his grandfather did.
and four juniors
entered seeking
Liverpool in his first for the water-polo league which League match of the season.
year-olds.
TRIPLE CROWN WINNER
winner, one of the finest-looking The
For instance, Peter Thrale has
crown triple
IL
was
and
In appearance this former Eng-will commence on June 6. The Championships are open
two-ish Youth International outside- The teams are: Senjor: South to elvilian and service specta-
Athletic Association, asked to enter Bahram, went to America too year-olds in England in Vol- right is remarkably like Albert China
Shing, CYMCA, the Chung and has many of to be ano, also a son of Krakatoo, tors who are
Quixall, Shefeld Wednesday or condemned outright, but, in his
star's Hoi Tin. of a mile, about a quarter
Now through the large entrance gate carly in his stud carcer
in
Krakatoo was only ne England,
touches He is now a centre- past the inain short stay two bus stops. runway road-crossing on Clear- did not produce what his race-handicapper, though a very good o
course performances would have one, for he won the Chesterfield forward, 22, and has been oft letle Association. Royal Navy, water Bay Road.
Cup at Goodwood with st. 716. the Fulham staff since he left the YMCA. led one to expect.
school six years ago. He looks In all, however, he won legg
to have a bright future. I would only have been a than £8,000 in stake money.
Club.
An additional attraction this!
the Royal year is
Air
Force
No, you can't have any more raw meat till half-time
ha
Juniors: RAF, Eastern Ath-
The entrance fee will be $28 and $20 for the Seniors
and
meol-
Band of the Far East Air Force naturel sequence for breeders He stomps his stock so well I Dwigh! is like Quixall,Juniors respectively, which will be playing under the to expect Epsom Derby winners that there can be no question of Hall has modelled his game on There will be another
not proving a first-class Lt. W. of Flt.
G. from Hyperion, Blue Poter and him
Bahram, and yet to dato not stallion, though whether his off- Johnny Huynes, and also appears ing on May 1, 1950 at the came
place and time. spring will measure up to classic to be a future senior. standard remains to be secr
direction
Newman.
DO NOT TEASE THE PLAYERS
BIRMINGHAM FC. ABOUT TO TAKE THE FIELD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A MANCHESTER CITY SUPPORTER.
SWEEP OUT THE CAGE FOR YOU
MISTER?
Stop grawing them bars or I'll put you in the
Reserves
NOTKE
Directors an
Players to Co-operate and refrain from ealing teamers ・between meals!
ULLYETT
One would hardly thinkc
09
from his racecourse perform- ances but one cannot get away from the attraction of his off- spring.
Southern
will see racegoers Talgo in action in the Duke of York Handicap at the Kempton "Jubilee" meeting, where he will carry his small penalty.
By then he will be an even better looking colt and a fine advertisement for his sire.
-(London Express Service).
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Barry Cup Golf
The draw and starting times for the Barry Cup Competition, to be played at Bhek O on Sunday April 22 over 30 holes against bogey, is as follows:
0.30 a 1.30-A: G, Donn/E. W. S McGregor: 9.55 & 1.35-37 Dickson Leach/. D. Bell: 9.40 & 1.40——A.D Henningen/T. de Jong: 243 & 1.40 -Dr 3. Gray/3. Shoemaker: 9.30 50-W. Stoker/R. J. Newton;
·M. 7,684.50GHED. Smart/8. Garrard 16.00 2.00
jack/MP, Fox: 10.06.00-02.
Jonew/E. Boycott: 10.108:10. C. Burem de fruttemeier: 10.18 *RIVKY., Campbell.
~Port, sairies will be accepted pró-
·vided, they are made; in pairs.
is the last
and: LollowILNA p.mt-the-priker Dompetitlarim dhaka
Solution number two: Play Johnstone in bla Scotland position, inside-right, and move Joe Hayes to the right-wing.
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