THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1956.
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ASIAN CUP AFFAIR-
IT'S WORTH EXAMINATION
By I. M.
MacTAVISH
The first Asian Cup series is now almost over and it is probably timely to stand back a little and take a wide view of the whole project. Some of the games have produced entertaining and exciting football even if the soccer depths were reached in the Israel-Vietnam encounter--- but, speaking generally, the competition has provided a most acceptable start to our new season.
The fans have obviously enjoyed themselves and their generous support has ensured that the Hongkong Football Association will not, after all, finish up in the red. This is news I am delighted to hear and glad to report.
There is not kne stiglatest doubl that in this particular cuse for
foolbalt
wan suggested they slund be put as the care of Street Sleepers Association.
There's Enough Talent
England On
For Some Years
Says BRUCE DOOLAND
Top
One of the best young batting prospects I have seen in this worst ever Henson is A. C. Walton, the young Oxford Univetsily batsman. If this lad links up with a county club a little later on-and some of the Countics will be mighty slow if they don't step in—ho could be an England player in two years,
He is not there yet. He is still making the mistakes of the apprentice. But the basic quality is there and, I believe, the temperament, too, It would be a thousand pities if his talent were lost.
DONG
And there are other young | give me the impression that in These things seem to move in & very low years! üme Middle-cyrits and it now seems bọ be sters I have seen and liked as 1 have played around the place *x will be back among the England's turn; for the basis of who deserve
(hampion hip challengers. mention, Arthur
England's present team is young: Milton of Gloucestershire is not
After all, Freddle Tiimus, tha jana now thic
all thes Englishinan to do exactly a novice but he always
theyoungstern coming up behind to double this year, strikes me as the ideal young
is only 24, challenge them and keep them player who should have had far He, too, is elcarly an England on their toes, Lucky England!
of the more opportunities In
slow bowing repre-project
School us opposed to Bennett's than he has
faster stuff,
I have they
or they didn't even ask for the | names of the officials who would
Their ganes
play 14) nothing else.
How well they played in livin two cup games is already his
They displayed skill and
tune has favoured the brave and control in spite of the epiculated rank, wantedİ that was taken in accepting the commitment i am glad that all has turned uut well
Nevertheless it was very much. touch-and-go and one can only wonder what wostkel have hap- If the Turnstties pened of Israel-Vietnam gains and opened The programme Had the curtain raiser been the drab and dismal on Wednesday I'm attair we struid it
It would have taken all the wiles of the putibedy mon to baye coursed the fans lack again
The weather Pas als bests most vo-operative Two Typheems
d neur Footbolt worry
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VISITING WHISTLERS We have w bar the bortunity of watching Young referees from three differ Countries doing duty and I think
safe to say that
Duty Mi Plesner Trim Israel showed the cluss w
come to expret We have from referres control of 10- ernational matches The visit- ng whistlers Both Korea and Zicibum revealed lack of pre- Jalon in their work and there van always senpe of vagte- sess in matry of their decisions, Mr Pusher, on the other hand, Controlled be Rome with great precision and there was no luck
about his awards. definition
they were easily under- tood by players and spectators like usel
|
Wile
t yet seen the cartoonists' pro-sentative cricket posals after the Viethun match had.
but I dread to think of the fate suggested for this time!!
As a close observer I feel that
; sportartunship of the highest order and the personal control of the player
when Chu w orders off at a vat stage of the match
wan
• with Isinel magnificent testimony 10 dava spllave of particularly on the vicio de Listen wag of the have over HUVIL
fente
Worst I
OVIE,
alecer
Visitor
pel have brought a great deal of this on themselves. Hongkong
ka friendly place Gei 19 hopitaly is known the world
The officers
the Foot- ball Association make a genuine ffort to honour their obligations 10 every
who comes this way: accommodation The series outride the alathom
in his busy tourist centre is afler
the Korea-Israel
adways a trustrating problem; Thotisutids were unprecedent st of fervent football fan pucked fair undertanding and co- is all Superation from venters $1 ara to cheer the Koppal | That The HKFA asks.
They Hayers to their bu pight
to
seem to be.
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WILS
NO Lith-
Sports Diary
TODAY
Воссет
Asian Cup: Vietnam v Korea (NK, Stadium) at 5.40 p.m.
Lawn Bowls Colony Opens KBOCA 4.9m.
Div, 11 HKPC_Y_CCC; Recreio v FLI UBRIC V KOC, POC V KDC "W", PRC V KDC "D",
delt
Triplex Final 累
Shell "Buver Cactus" wutramont at New Course, Fanting.
TOMORROW Bowls
1
FastTY
Gullerrez Shield: Round: Philippine "A" v Portugal
(IRC); Wales v Pakietsu Australia "A" y Chink
1
V tretmand
"A" (TC);
Recrolo
cl Beotland "" + KB" (KBGC) all matches tą ConMTHETKO 13.30 p.m.
Colony Ladies' Open Palts Final at Ki at p.m.
Boccer Exhibition Match HKFA KI Bouth Korea at itongkong Stadium, 3.43 ..
Shooting Pinal try-out test for Olympics at Hongkong Gun Club JIKIA Pray.
Mange. theo Shout, Stonerufters
12)
Swimming First Annual Nwimming zala [
Lifesavers
Clturk Sing Pavilon, '10 a m
03
Compton's Records
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Wales, England, Hungary
and Austria.
2. England, England, Australia
and South Africa.
-3. (a) Howe racing (b) grey-
bound racing.
4. Cyrl Washbrook, The Re- verend David Sheppard and Denis Compton,
6. Baseball, basketball, Воссет
and ice-hockey.
0. Donald George Bradman, Denis Charles Scott Comp-
ton, Raymond Russell Lind- wall and Keith Hose Miller. 1. (a) Aintree (1) Epsom. B. Cricket, horse melag, rugby
and boxing.
9. Cricket,
Ice-hockey.
golf, hockey
10. Randolph Turpin,
and
World Title Holder Doubtful
Holder of the world swimming records at 220 yards, 200 metres and 400 yards individual med- ley, Scotsman Jack Wardrop Su returning to his native Mother- The Final
the England, Austraila į well after four years in Test at the Oval skry records United States of Michigan Uni- full to Deni Compton
It is doubtful, how- atmost versity, unnalloed.
run of The third
ever, if he will be chosen for his second monings 37 ut out Britain for the Olympic Games took him past Str Len Hutton's for the ASA decided that selec- rocort Tan aggregate for Eng-don would be my form in the
94 In the
matches and first | International land, and his innings meant that, as a Middl - Championships in which War- sex mam for England, he went drop did not take part.
22-year- past Patay Hendren's
of uld record against Austrail 1740 runs and 13 half centuri s.
That suid, however, 1 must protest that this has been the wettest and most dreary scason Or the even younger can ever remember. I see that He has the temperament Valtors
Middlesex school
Lancashire have calculated that like the open the innings or to be the
of and 100k
promise
the they lost over 140 hours ideal number three or four or
ex-Norfolk
lad
don't know how Paratt,
n playing time, Ave Ana ho
Cuz feld bril- Hamly
looking
hander; many hours Notts lost, but anywhere. The
En- good
Gage. another powerful Jertean say that we always seemed land Selectors seek
to have
Fioulter, (1 hard to be dashing in and out of the taken casual looks in his diree-hander and histing right
They've pavillon and it inviting - occasionally "The
ton hun as twelfth man but they got a long way to go but they comfortable and distracting that well on the right am sure the quality of cricket, have never given him the real roud.
and interest, suffered tremen- break he deserves,
A clip off the old block who dously,
of the right |
SADDEST TIME looks to be made stuff is Harold Rhodes, son of
the saddest Usually this Dusty
Rhodes, the old Derby-time of the cricketer's year-the (sture all-rounder
in Just 20
for packing away
your and is now in the Services, He pads and bat and with unly the has the talento do great things bowl off-spanners but is long winter months to look for- word to with the stories of that concentrating on soumers. and this rouk be his big ebaner,
have the hat-trick, that century, or the re- # could be that he neeils a kuk
tent to make, the change and sult that would have been so bit of gingeriet up to give him still make good.
different af the umpire had only that extro little bit of top clans Then there
John been IS YOUDE
Uwake, But this уса for confidence
Mortimore of Gloucester, resentative:
He 11 sense
relief.
Calgary. feeling of A This had nothing to do with | lry but neither am I say~! mateles And Peter May could has the right idea with his astute (Cricketers want to get this sea- wadhathok I hover seving that their mannen of protest; be just the man to help him. vatih bole of pites and spin He son over- and look forward to u The ones fans cheer the sullen we fully Realities
would develop harlo a really good | fresh and beiter CaSON next Yate dove or the stuhing Indon
11-spinner. The Swerks
Why ettered |
lo shake burl with do as ther 14 201 sig- 114 That The anginal acvonus Hein every yard at the joy modation provided for the sruct to the hotel
party was Rion) of wet satisfac.
St Mohan Barun
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11
a the Swiss after they bul savithrat vaste red
football defrat to Hongkong. but this wrong tinies
It was somethides uterent Thus line
was the true clamation
"unebtrusives Hifle man who had made good against apparently heavy odds a sort of sabe e to ti nd-won
How do pont has been the shery of Israel From the
thest luxury. 21304143612 arrival they have covered them- selves with a veneer of super- arty They talkasi balernational from the moment they set foot
کدا
EARLY DEMANDS
was
ap-
I am please, to see that Jan
butsrol 45 Parks, the Sussex getting mother touring chance He is one of the last three for
J the South African tour.
|- a xohl
an egialas there
for Engli mte of rus this lad
JA
They could have proved how Of the younger school i Jave
JIKFA the
by (been struck by Uw steady all-
ur rouc producing sal world class
improvemetik
of young Iti 421 Don Bennett
ur Middlesex the eld or play, but they: There is a packet of the cricket didn't, and what they did even- lev him nok at a time when all- Judly produce made their early rounders are zo conspicuously demander
look absent in, England can well and threate ruthie hoflow. und gave the see him taking over for England
where Trevor Balley, eventual unjustifies Ty, leaves off. He is only 23.
GOOD ONES, TOO
maller of fact Middle-
to mu to have sex scen aboul completed their transi tional period of changing over from the old to the new school players About eight of of their regulars this seaso11 ury youngsters-good ones, too, who
tung
<if
A
Loud Hin? Was a great in the Colony they played hard-the great stars who have made
mulaffervatorget, but truth to tell they In spite of !!
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The Hongkong fans have long navmories for footballers. They can reall for you the names of but fleeting appearances in the in Colony farver texty proved 'big' only
Of the present Isruel Useir own caltanation
team they will remember only Schneur for Die woll-known Chinese writer
hiy grand cap- in their own imagina-
tamey: Hodorov for his brilll- ut it..
anee in the opening
Hume; and Cluzer for
versutility. the others will be forgotten in a week or Two What more need i bald?
WOEFULLY INSIPID
work of the other two refrier. is M Pie ang whe big en the centre of met of the con-
roversial
discussions hat have taken places regarding match control and 1 am glad ure to have another D- borlunity of wring hun at work
The wrath of setre ad ext Tues
when he Juke
1 Importance is a valuable alt harge of
All-Bongkong bule to my sporting group and fersus South Kore, garne
where the more valuatij* not of cre
Ashan than a dded team ided they
bars for
'Ing its the Trebles
Cup
hatch Litt The fact that South
Korea
eftemimated Nationalist
China from the cup serie, given he Rame a suble importance as
ar as teal soever farts are con- erned.
tu
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the
16 sume
Importance.
far
steelied only
ttab tte etlga **f the
otre insider the es the
Musiasm und
his
It has berg dreiąred ove; and Per again that this Asian Cup is a lukenut soccer goodwill, That goodwill must come from visitors as well ng hosts.
•
The afternoon South Korea
Tonkbut they payed here was inget Vietnam in the last game The Kores,
In strict con- 1 rant
Asian
neither Cup other
for important, diet. the Asian Cup series. A vie bug
tory will take the trophy back to isilors, have clught the fines
inter Seoul and I would be a major whatever! the football public and there
up if the Koreans fall to certain lo
capacity *
These tennis met before in 4 [rowd to see this very attractive
game that is reculled with little ixture
pleasure either by those who saw
א
pre-
10
it certainly Honal class. their reputation it พย Sully unsiparet,
Wil SATIC
WIN
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A
-yor.
LK i
vigs description If the ebullient Korezne have
The vernacular press. which een the darlings of the represents the bulk of the fool- badi public in this Colony, han There is ent competition loubt at all that Israel's play- rut been słow or reluctant to ng representatives have pro- express R's disappointment with
ided
the disappointment the lamel efforts on and off the
Held upreme,
The argument on "inter- Hongkong football folks had national' class hotels which high- o reason to look forward with lighted their arrival was ready- leasure to the arrival of themade meat for one star cartoon- ontingent from South Korea, ist. After the Brat Rame her their as, visit some years ago suggested they should move into 723 u dunial future and only huts; after the Korean game it
jew short months ago they aused confusion and conster- ation here by failing to arrive or a series of games after al he necessary arrangements had cen made. Their extreme dis- y-qulle apart from dis- buttery ppointing the followers of the ame-cost the HKFA a lot of and there was little enthusiasm for their
honey
mmcial
resent visit.
MINOR FIREWORKS There were those people who at back expecting some minor reworks
Arrived when they
jut by their co-operative spirit nd their obvious" keenness to
They
to
rove their worth in the only vay that mattered-on the neid play the Koreans soon won ho admiration of officials and ans alike.
no objections about accommodation found nothing to rumblo about in the playing chedule, and in fact they were a* action against Hongkong Within a few hours of stopping ff the plane od Kal Tak, ́I am
Aberdeen's Soldiers
1
No fewer than four of the resent Aberdeen first eloven ained 'representative honours ith the Senior Army Bile. ady are Martin, Glen, Torsion nd Hoy and the first two svo since won International onours.
THE
WEEK-END
As
MAVIONOM
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seema
to
And there are many more i would like to mention-young Geoff Pullar and Peter Marner of Lancashire, for instance, unei Doug Padgett of Yorkshire-all just around their twenties and bristling with talent.
VERY ENCOURAGING But the moral is very clea and very encouraging, It is, simply, that despile your dread- weather Eastland is turning
year.
Compton's aggregate in an Tests Mozley For Europe
is now 3931
OLD
FAITHFULS
There are about 1000 players on the books of First Division
Six clubs, biat only
of the were with the same clubs when
تالية
When Bert Mozley,
shocked
: full-back.
did
10
England Derby
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111
by County's supporters
thut he was taking counting
hotel
Joù manager's D Canada he
not expect ever to relu
Europe relum
from Bui
Bert has made the War stunted 17 years ago!
his mark in Western Canadian They
Ditchbum ad football, and is almost certain Nicholson (Spurs). Wright and
to be included in The "All Mution (Wolva), Merrick (B Stars" party which is to tour So, with congratulations to | mångham) aud Finney (Pres- Russia and other Iron Curtain" Stuart Surridge and Surrey on
(on) Every one on Interne- countries. their brilhant
hand of tional too! Loyalty evidently
#3 Championshipa k
lo cricketers everywhere for the SUCCEZISIN Reel Tun they have enjayos, I'll say goodbye till the next time with the finat couching hint of every season to every cricketer.
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Clean up every part of your gear, from your bools to your บ now cricket talent of tho highest possible potential every
cap; clean of your bat and dry this just season;
cite,
out your gloves; and put them ironically its enough, despite wetness, all away carefully. Cricket gear, probably more than usual. And these days, is too damned
•You'll that indicates to me that Eng Pensive to neglect, land is likely to remain top of appreciate them all anew next the international poll for quite Spring. some time.
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or those who took part. We are assured! that bygones now bygone and that today's match will be played in the the declared spirit of the Asian Cup.
The Korrans will be in actiun
again next Tuesday against Hongkong in a game that should catch the public fancy
and if Korea wins today It will give just that ittle extra punch
to Tuesday's encounter.
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The "dads" of Stan Charlton, B Dodgin Ray Goulden. Jim Stalles and David Herd were all top-liners in their day.
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Four thousand people turned up to 900 a Indieg football match at Quarry Bank (Suffs). The next evening Quarry Bank the FC played Stourbridge on same ground and the attendance was only 200.
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