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KITCHEE 3, SING TAO
THIS KIND OF "SHOWING THE FLAG" IS THE SCOURGE OF SOCCER
By I. M. MacTAVISH
But for a simply shocking decision early in the game this vital championship-relegation encounter at the Club Stadium yesterday could very easily have provided a real sensation.
Kitchee eventually scraped through to victory and in doing so tucked two valuable points into their collection bag but very little was needed in the way of fertile imagination to decide that on this form they. were far removed from championship class ... in fact a stranger watch- ing the match would have found it difficult to understand why the two sides were at opposite ends of the League table,
But first a timely word about the fantastic decision which changed the whole complexion of the game: the decision which sent the Tigers' soaring spirits their play swirling to the depths while giving Kitchee a new lease of certainly never earned.
to put Kitchee interval lead,
into a two-nil The position was as follows: Kilcheo had snatched an early
The second half was chorae- lead when, after being awarded an indirect free kick, they had terised by frequent changes in forward formation tia satisfaction of seeing Yu the Kilchee
which Wu-tale mishandle Chow Man-and the regularity with chi's shot and allow it to drep
Acid for a strongo into the net....but Sing The Sing Tao ployers had to
on leave the
of running repairs other hand had never given miscellany the slightest Indication that this Minor injuries and boot trouble stroke of misfortune had upset took a heavy toll of their play them, and they had quickly set ing strength and only in patches about getting the equaller.
did they
to muster o manage full eleven players at one time. Much of
their man-to-minn
In spite of the depleted ranks play at this stage was delightful to watch and only the lack of a of the opposition Kitchee could powerful forward to apply the not improve their position and finishing touches kept them in it came as quite a rude shock to arreare. Then came just the sort them when instead of scoring of wet squib of an anti-climax they lost a goal.....and quite a
be that can
to goal it was loo. guaranteed queeze the last ounce of en- thusiasm out of any team tight- kg....ne these Tigers were.... for their very existence in the First Division.
Ife which
vided the artistry....and also the bulk of the Kitchee shooting at goal,
The forward line was a great disappointment. Kwek You was. away
on his own out
13 B worker and as a trier, Yeang Wal-to also got through a lot of work but the others must have had little to feel satisfied the final whistle about when blew.
Sing Tao were far from being a good
had some team. They
but there glaring weaknesses were occasional flashes of the traditional inter-passing that has hallmarked their play in recent season. Unless they got D fair share of the brooks, how- ever, they are old relegation to have a hard struggle to A high cross was sent into the
...and what or tragedy that Kitchee goalmouth where Tamwould be for Hongkong football. Nol-huen waited patiently-and confidently to receive it. The other defenders stood back to admire his workc but just as the ball Landed In his arm 10, out-of-the-blue, did the well The raced back to cover his imed shoulder of Tam Sum-
winger Tam Sun- churen cut in from the touchling chun and the goalkeeper
ingloriously dumped in the in anticipation of the pass that back of the nei with the ball Barmed certain to come his way still clutched tightly in his
He weighed up the situation arms, very quickly and stopped dead
Bome fast forward interpass- to split the Kitchee defence lines wide open and
goal little
was
Yu Yukiak certainly slipped up when the first goal Was scored but after that he played as though his very life depended on the outcome of the game and some of hla saves brought well carmed applause, from friend and foc alike.
Victor and vanquished meet at the net after the final of the Hongkong Badminton Association Senior Ladies Singles at the Craigengower. Cricket Club last week. On left Miss Helen Kwong, the defending Champion, congratulates her conqueror, Ming Ulian Khoo who won 1-11, 11-1, 11:9, China Mail.Photo.
SOCCER NEWS
Geoff Bradford-One Of
Soccer's Pluckiest
And Unluckiest
By JAMES CONNOLLY
Stars
Geoff Bradford, the England inside forward, was switched by Bristol Rovers to play full-back against Rotherham last week--but it was no ordinary positional change.
slors.
It was a bid to save the career of one of soccer's pluckiest and unluckiest
Twice Bradford has come back after serious knee injuries that would have finished most men.
ger
"Geoff has made a wonderful physical recovery," says mana- Bert Tann, but he has never fully regained confidence Leung Kit Put on a grand since that second crack. display and virtually ran him- "He has given great enter- self into the ground in his un-tainment value to thousands abso-flagging attempts to counteract with his spectacular scoring, bourd the shortcomings of his young am going to do everything
were | collengues, '.'
possible to keep him in the goal
game.
The whole affair was in his tracks in order not to golutely fair and above. aff-side; he remained stationary on the blind side of the Kitchee and the Kilchee boys single right back until the ball was pegged back to a
good old- played forward, but the second lead... and by a
fashioned shoulder charge that it was in motion he was round his man in
flash, had the ball was not penalised!!!
And just 029 under control quickly had it tucked away in
the back of the net.
WASTED...
WHY?
At this stage the greater ex-grasp.
turn,
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Cheung Man-chi also played at full stretch and it was no "I believe that a run in the fnuit of his that his side had to defenor, playing with the ball see both points slip out of their in front of him, will boost his conadener. Then he căn go back In the forward line, perience and strength of Kitchee The forward line was clever certain he will crack many
and annoyingly inept in Sometimes Individual bursts more goals for Rovers"
throw the Kitches defence back and combined attacks would on its heels, but the efforts were not sustained or rounded off as they might have been if there had been more punch and the centre-forward mobility in position.
began to have its effect, The young Tigers Ured visibly under pressure although some of their approach work was still clever and profitable... in everything Ti except goals,
brilliant effort Ft Wus which combined Ano footbs!! and lightning thought, but
as are 80 many Was wasted, sindlar moves these days, by the anties of a Bag happy linesman and an indecisive Referee 11! On this occasion the linesman holsted Tam his dog to indicate that referee's own actions clearly be-
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clear-
afron) in this grim struggle for their Senior existence.
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THE CUP FINAL - Who referees the Cup Final?
would
will-the Bollon man is out. If dwell on the glories of that Cup they lose he 13 odds-on run.. favourite.
The Dean Court groundsman Murdoch
be an was ill so Fred rolled the play- interesting choice. He played ing pitch himself on Friday as a right winger in Scottish afternoon. Junior football before leaving
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Sicilian Defence
Undergoing A Thorough Test
Summing up the first
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LEAGUE CRICKET
ARMY SOUTH MAY STILL WIN, BUT IT'S DOUBTFUL
By "RECORDER”.
Army South beat the Irailan Recreation Club by 89 rung ni "Bookunpoo on Saturday and have now finished - their Senior Division League programme with 69 points ----14 wins, three losses and three draws.
Should they fail to see Army North deprive the Kowloon Cricket Club of all four points and the Indian Recreation Club at the same time arrest the Optimists' chances with at least a draw, they may yet collect the small consolation that I personally feel they were the only attractive cricket team of the past season,
I have been quite honestlying opposition as Bell, Carnell bored to tears with most of the and Falhall, Two of the an cricket matches I have seen clents" plus young Stanton con- this season: except for the tributod a fair share taia "prob- occosional vikli to Sookunpooable' victory, Where were
to watch "South" in action, I loud cheers as new Scorpion nover regretted one of these Clarke tried to put a sting Into visits which invariably afforded the tail, but, the game faded out nn afternoon, of never-say-die, as it had to fade out in another cricket,
victory for the KOC..
However, the season l's just about over and this is the situation with two "critical" matches left to go:
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Home Soccer Standings
London, Mar. 23. English and Scottish football League standings after today's matches were as follows:
First Division
W.D.
Royal Navy.. 18 0 16 2 2 Manchester Un. 122 0
Preston
Chelsea: Luton Town Everton ...
The two "critical" matches Tottenham left involve Army. North against Blackpool KCC and the Indian Recreation Arenal
Wolverhampton Club against the Optimists. It Leeds Un would be a fitting end to the Briton season fr both frst-mentioned | Burnley ... teams here emerge the winners West Bromwich
Newcastle and allow "South" a replay or Birmingham the consolation of a two-way Anton Villa tie at the top of the table,
My friends at the KCC may Wednesday came down upon me ke the Manchester wolt on the fold for these re- marks, but I have watched them quite a few times this season and fall to see why, with all the talent at their disposal, they also have managed to lose two games and chaw thret.
Lelooster Notta Forest As for the Optimista, they Blackburn Stoke City have boer extremely lucky and Liverpool. I sometimes have a feeling that Brita Ilov. all elevoni members of their team Shefeld Un plus the 12th, 13 and 14:11 middleabro
their fingers crossed Swanson Town Jorep
Huddersfield between Saturdays.
Doncaster
Bunderlant Portmouth Cardiff City Charlton....
34 18 9 7
Second Division
P. W.D.
West Ham -
'Here I`shuli dwell briefly on Leyton Orient.. my latest visit to Chater Road, Fulham
Rotherham Even up to late yesterday after Grimsby, noom 1 have kept running Into Bristol City people who assure me that the Bamley Scorpions should have won on Baturday..
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Lincolns Bur Notte County
Port Vale
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Third Division (South)
Colchester Torquay #
I do not ture ''a widely- expressed opinion, The Scar- pions pride themselves on be ing a team of ancients and it Interesting to note that some of Ipswich their best available talent pccasionally to take a rest if for
has Brighton
Southampton Bournemouth wal Breationt.
no other reason than just to avoid getting stale or more an cient,
Aldershot
Reading Q.P. Rangers Shrewsbury The were certainly not at full Northampton. strength on Saturday, which Millwat cxplains why they could not Newport conceivably have work Old Cillingham Owen-Hughes did'
quite a Watford job, including a Southend lovely catch at backward short Plymouth deg, but how can one man pos- Ezeler
Crystal Pal,
a match?
Lincoln City Inside-forward. Tommy. Northcott wants to get back to the West Country; Lincoln, who paid a fairish for Cardiff two seasons ago, won't hold him.
Ready to bid tire Torquay, and Plymouth may be in with them.
Northcott, ย strong utility
is man,
a former Torquay
Paris, Mar, 24. Even now Tommy Lawton might change his mind about
'SHOCK SELECTION
The first third of the 24-game the Notts County managership
Alan Hodgkinson,
Sheffield world chess championship at which he turned
the starlet, Moscow; between down some United's 21-year-old
world A GREAT JOB
weeks ago.
may well be England's shock champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, selection against Scotland, atani Vassily Smyslay ended-to- Yu Yuk-tak did a great job of
Tomurry finishes with Kettering
next month. on May 3 and he wants to slay
Weranson
day with Baryalov winning the Klichee thwarting the cager
keeps another eighth game, Tase news agency Veteran Chang Kam-hoi has in football. forwards who strove to increase
England 'B' Ted Burgin, reported. County
"keep, haven't made any their slender lead and some of obviously taken over the role of was off-ride and, although the
240 | his neck-or-nothing
footballing father for the further bid for Lawton, but I out of the United League team.
Near rival is Ron Reynolds. Smyslov, who is 90 years old LOCES were Coalkeeping at young Tigers, but so slow has believe that they will be after
ho deplaces whb
Ted today, gave himself: a birthday red the fact that he was far its very best. Just when it he became that nowadays there him again before the end of the the man
Dutchburn, England's current present, in taking the eighth from being fully satisfied with seemed that he would deny is a grandfatherish look about season.
his portly presence, Hils bril
game and giving himself a lead the validity of the decision, the the opposition the satisfaction
At the moment Frank Broome, goalkeeper, in the Spurs team.
Burgin
has asked for a move. with 4 points to Botvinnik's goal was phalloed off. How the of another goat Lee Loy upended land football mind is still very a former playing colleague of
Ditchburn much in evidence, and given the Lawton's at Brentford and
Ion't likely to have 8% pointa, crowd howled and how right Kwok Yau in a manner not
and room and the time to work he Notts, is acting manager at the same reaction. He will try catered for in the rulcs they were !!
to fight his sull does, clever things....but Meadow Lane.
third back. way not the slightest Szeto Yiu cracked the ball inte he is a luxury Sing The connot
of the championships, Yakov There was
Newcastle want £12,000 for Rakhlin, the Tars chess corres- doubt that the winger was yards the net from the penalty spot.
Reg Davies, their Welsh inter-pondent, had this to say: "What clear of everyone when he actu- This should really have Anish-
29,000 from Southend in 1951. chrzivo character of the eight Grimsby soon cooled off when games of the match, ...which they heard the price.
bears. evidence to the”, excep-
RCC first lenge of the Peterborough United are wel- tional tensity of the struggle,
wicket included some exception. al batting by Frank Findlay come visitors to League -clubs:
"Neither the. these days.
Alekhine- and Davia. Coffey. Findlay had | Derby Peterborough want to buy Capablanca match nor later con-his Innings appropriately ter those of their players who are tesis had so low a percentage of minated behind the wicket by *****
retained by League teams draws as the Botvinnik-Smyslov Pat Dodge after reaching 34 and Workington with a transfer fee on their match. Only three of the eight Coffey was in one of als best Bradford City heads.
games ended in a draw..... h
moods as ho reached his 50 in York City
Chesterfeld 48 minutes ANKA
Barrow City to name the price for Ray is that every game
"Another outstanding feature
Hull City Talding all this into considers Wrexham ls marked
horpe tion and always bearing in mind Sew by extremely involved and tense situations replete with the "glarious uncertainties of Rochdale
Cariida team, which took the majority Only last reason Stan Crow dramatic collisions. They bring cricket, I still think that 188 LAR
was quille a
a miserable effort for Oldham of team and individual titles at ther was worrying to get away forth vivid samples of the HCC wo the recent Stockholm World from Villa Pork because he Soviet style in chess.
against the Scorpions Brand
Yo Darling even allowing for the fact that test Just another goal when their fag at a vital stage of the game, Kitchee; Tum Nal-huen; Sze- Championships, arrived
didn't like playing. Inside- Young Wal- they might have got the shock to Yiu, Leo Shiu-ping: Chan Fal. Buttapest from
FAVOURITE WEAPON EL. nother Weller or Knight really sandeld to allpped through the defence of their sophisticated lives.
quality to be termed "ancient,” hung, Lee Ping-chul, Chow Man- today, Radio Budapest exported.
KAVA the 21-year-old
Describing the
On paper the Boorpious had more The Japanese players, after a former Bilston lod
openings, Tam Nai-huen had a very or chal; Szoto Man, Yeung Wal-to,
You, successfully player
in Czecho- right half, and now the keen-Rokhiln, mid: "Both Grand all the batting in the world to re dinary game indeed and never Ewok Ying-tok, Kwok
slovakia,
to play
play against a tackling, falt-haired youn sfer Masters display great variety in ranch 189, despite such dayastai- suggested that he was comfort- Szeto Sum,
Hungarian team in Budapest is a key man in Villa's Cup run their chalou of openings, The able in the conditions or happy Bing Tael Yu Yuk-tak; Luc tomorrow and Tuesday,
He has forgotten anything Sicilian Defence Botvinnik's in handling the slippery ball Ping yiu, Leung Cheung sum Tho. women's encounter will was ever mentioned
favourite weapon is unders about Szeto Yu wan the better back Cheung Manchi Leung Kit, Les be held in the Budapest Sports leaving Villa Park,
me going a thorough test, Frovsous- and if Lee Ping-chul provided Loy Wong Kwok-kee, Le Kam- Paince tomorrow and the men's (94)
Bonly the world champion never the power in the middle line it chuen, Chang Kam-boi, Tsang encounter
Tuesday,
mustained a defest while playing Chow Man-chi who pro-King-inwong, The Sun-chauen.
the opening its important incet-
Wong Kwok-kee, Lo Kam-
The choice narrows down to national winger who cost them slides one most is the con- sibly be depended upon to win Coventry
ally played the ball...but this cd the Tigers but the Sing Tao did not represent any illegal boys still host a park left in advance
this represented
the many good things and in a win-Murdoch (Sheffield). only the fruits of fast and brit the old spirit.bug and in the chue. and Tam Sum-chuên"did | Jack Clough (Bolton) and Alex llant, football thinking: thinking corveg seconds Le Kam-chen ning team they would claim a that was unfortunately, both carved his way through the lot of the limelight,
entire Kitchee defence to bog
too fast and too bright for the another goal and so crown a fine
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solo effort.
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VERDICT: A very ordinary same played in maddy condi- tions which tested the players 40
of
It is easy to understand why Having watched Kitchee the dull. The coal cantrips such a decision could knock the through this game it is astonlah-Chow Man-chi and, the whole heart out of a team with as fog and difficult to realise hearted endeavours of Yu Yuk many youngsters in the line-up that they managed to bang five tak provided the playing high- as the Tiger had. In this game goals into South China's net lights.....on untimely, flag pro- Their early enthusiasm,
siasm, which only a week ago. They started|vided the sort of deep depression climaxed by off this time with an
the brighter should have been
all too that blots out superiority the equaliser, was instead damp obvious
memories. complex
ed and partially extinguished and that their subsequent play never i
in the
of reaction they justified and, but for that fntal
old --tam-'mate
BASKETBALL
Ae Barcelona, Mar. 24.
Spale beat Italy by 50 points 10 57 in an international basket ball game here tonight..
THE TEAMS
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