SOCCER NEWS
THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957.
OLYMPIC ATHLETE TO WED
SIR GEORGE GRAHAM GIVES BRITAIN'S SOCCER BOSSES
A NEW CUP PLAN
By JAMES CONNOLLY
Sir George Graham, veteran Scottish FA secretary, has given Britain's Also the news that he is prepared to soccer bosses a new cup plan to consider. present the trophy. The Graham plan is for the cup winners of England, Ireland, and Scotland, plug the Welsh team best placed in the Football League, to compete annually for a British Cup.
The scheme was talked over by the FA secretaries in Paris the other week, Ireland and Wales were particularly enthusiastic.
The competition would be run as a close-season soccer week, with each country staging it in turn, Gates would be pooled, with equal shares for all,
Final details could be decided, Sir George feels, by an inter- national Committee with each country represented,
The plan comes before the Football Amachitions of Britain when they meet next June
There would
two first-
round matches, with the winCTE playing off for the trophy and the sets foe third and fourth plures
If the associations Decept the proporals Sir George will sug-
Alam
gest that the first tournament is Tiel in Scotland in May 1958, London, In Belfast
that
ale
thereafter Cardi!, ant arder.
ANNUAL
BENEFIT
Cup
Although the British might look like an annual benefit for Cardiff City, performance
18 zound enough,
the sewine
stand as a Bing und would memorial for the 45 years' tireless
SPORTS ROUNDABOUT
May Neal From Lincoln City
Birmingham City Sign Dick
By DAVID JACK
Birmingham City are favourites to sign Dick Neal
from Lincoln City for £20,000-plus.
a dozen
Birmingham will have to bid against half First Division clubs, but Neal's preference for the Midlands-his wife comes from Birmingham-narrows the list.
asteam to build up
balance.
Aston Ville are as kevn Birmingham, but Villa's Anat. etal problem may force them out of the bidding for the lad who plays left-hair tur Young England.
Lin
Neal joined Wolves six years ago
£1,000, Six years service
of £20,049 Jenks proth shrewd business for me
'NET TALENT
start
who retires work Sir George, this year, has given to football.
Itoyston Swin- Courageous bourne fighis to save his soccer ent cer-in the Wolves third tem.
Swinbourne was an England he got a knee probables til injury in December 1955. The that he hopeful doctors are can come back to the big time. Their advice to Swinbourne out of to play his way trouble, Each time he plays there is a slight swelling on the injured kne,
was
The idea is that with constant exercise of competitive socver the swelling will get smaller
unttally disperses.
Forewarned!
•
Before their
Bournemouth Cup <ilsaster, Spurs had a full-scale practice
at Cheshunt reserves were
when
the briefed to play
like Bournemouth!
report that tho I have to reserves licked the first team 4-1.
UP FOR SALE
Lincoln City. I am sure, will
up for sale in the
EXIT
Brian Hewson, 4-minute miler and one of the British team to compete at last year's Olympics, is to marry a girl who works in the same Piccadilly store as he does. She is Miss Roberta Bassford (22) of West Hampstead.-Central Press Photo.
NOW
TURPIN IS STAGGERED BY TAX MAN
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Randolph Turpin, highest-paid fighter in the history
Howard he jarred a hand and X-rays revealed a years-old fracture.
of British boxing, hils the headlines again. He has tax put Young England Jeti-half troubles, but, as he says, "Who hasn't?" Training for Dick Neal
his British light-heavyweight title defence against Arthur next few weeks,
Neal wants First Division football. Lincoln rate him at a big bank £20,000-plus.
The big spenders, including There's logic behind United's Arsenal, were there to see him Scots at Tox on transfer-listing of England "B" against the
Two former Arsenal goalkeeper Tod Burgin, Gual-Tuesday.
have recommended Keepers Burgin, Thompson and captains Hodgkinson are all good enough Neal to Highbury. For Arst team duly, and with 19-year-old youth International
Arsenal will be first to bid
Alf Ashmore almost ready, the for the rangy, 22-year-old ex- Bramall Lane club have more Wolves "A" team player.
from for
plus a
bike
team in the country.
路
the "Now we've balanced
from woks www Can
That's Jon Merer's scratch," reply to erities who accuse him of selling the Shefeld Linded
Don Candy Beaten In Singles Final
St
Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 6. Mervyn Rose beat Don Candy in the all-Australian final 10
Singles of the the Men's Andrew's invitations International lawn tennis tournament here to- day by 2-6, 9-7, 6-2,
In the Women's Anal Darlene Hard (United States) beat Mrs Betty Pratt (Jaualca) 6-2, 6-2.
Koalkeeping talent than
who
one
Immediately people asked the than ten years cannot fall much £160,000. He should obvious question: Why should below
in
Oght be a rich man, but is he? "I'm Turpin, alone the second meeting with not rich, and I'm not poor,' said Sugar Ray Robinson-collected Turpin. These earnings aren't £70,000, continue to fight what they seem as I've been with a suspect hand unless he trying to Tell the tax man. is desperately in need of money. To find the answer I hurried
to Turpin's home, And Turpin, But Birmingham City are just the usually relicent, any
as keen, and Neal is married to On the Birmingham girl.
Who said penalty kicks should outside, just wondering if they
When Aber-ean never be missed?
afford to bk, are Man- Reg Morrison Chester City. *keeper dren stopped George Merchant's spot- Aberdeen kick in the Falkirk
the other Scottish Cup game week it was his 21st consecutive penalty save!
Reward for Oliver "Narker" 27-year- Norris, controversial old hero of Bournemouth's amazing Cup aun, may well be
Irish international cap. Newcastle United have made inn
Cox has re many strange moves in the Manager Freddie
to the transfer market, but I'm not commended falling for the story that they selectors, who have promised to were prepared to give nway watch him as soon us possible. £22,000 centre-half Bill Pater- If any club wants Pater- son he's on offer for £5.000.
POMPEY TARGET
Norris
Ulster-born Norris, a former
player,
Joined Middlebrough Bournemouth from Southern two Worcester City League years ago at a purely nominal fee.
Is Target
Portsmouth for Arthur
Inside- Fitzsimmons,
Thrusting, goal-conscious and left of Middlesbro. Arthur could
Pompey's always ready to use his initin- play a big part in fight against relegation, but live, Norris plays in any of the Middlesbro don't want io part three inside forward positions.
with their Irish international,
Is the Women's Doubles final
Is Tommy Lawton bound for Darlene Hard and Brazil's Maria Bueno beat the British Wight (Yeovil Town in succession man Cup pair Angeln Buxton former manager Ike Clarke?
and Shirley Bloom 8-6, 6-0.— China Mali Spectal.
HOME SOCCER
London, Mar. 6. Results of Irish Football Cup Fecond wund replays today
were:
manager
FAIRLY CERTAIN Coventry City are fairly cer- Lalo to And the goalkeeper re- for placement
£22,000 Reg Matthews in Scotland,
Charlle Drum- They want
The mond, of Raith Rovers.
of
Spiers, Cyril Crystal Palace, is writing to the Welsh internationa! electors about his 21-year-okl goalkeep- Scottish club will do business "There isn't al-but not until they are out of er, Vice Rouse. heiter young Welsh goalkeeper the Cup. Since they look like
Into the getting
semi-final, anywhere," "saya 5 Splers.
Coventry may have quite a wall. Meantime Coventry might be Biggest Kale of the season at Plymouth Argyle's Home Park selling. Both Preston and New- is expected on Mar. 9. The at-easlie fancy hard tackling Roy traction? RUGBY game between | Kirk, who has asked for a move Devon and Yorkshire-with
Linicid 2, Glentoran 1. Portadown 2, Distillery 4-possible 35,000 attendance. Reuter.
LOVOMOT
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