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INTE
TIONAL CUP REPLAY
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957.
AT SUNNINGDALE
BY
TWO GREAT GOALS BY GRIFFITHS SEND PORTUGAL DOWN TO DEFEAT
By I. M. MacTAVISH
For half an hour this International Cup replay promised to be an excellent game but after that the snap died out of the play and many of the spectators were on their way to the exits of the Club Stadium long before Referee Sammy Woo blew the final blast on his whistle...
England-Wales deserved to win if only because they produced occasional bursts of forward enterprise which were in strict contrast to the feckless frolics of the Portuguese quintette. The boys in red left not only their shopling boots but also their drive and dash at home and, it must be a long time since such "Insipid play was seen from a Portugal team in the International competition.
Johnny Rocha tried everything; he knew to coax some sort of response from his males but all his efforts went for nought and he even had the personal morti fication of seeing a thrilling free kick tipped
the bar by Swinburn during a beetle period In the first half,
over
Griffith scored two grand goals
always
fizzled out
crucial moment.
the
the strong as it was, it was
thoughtful and timely inter- Cotrim, who has played so ventions of right half Jaquéa many fine games in Hongicong, that made him the star of the was a great disappointment this trio. The tall fair-headed airman time. He was seldom if ever in improves with every game and In this match his tackling was. the picture,
The England Wales ado won sure and clean and his distri comfortably without
ever mug-bution of the ball was accurate gesting that they were anything and precise,
The forward line as a whole more than a very ordinary com- was
bingtion.
They · had every was a big disappointment. It
but physical advantage
they started as though it was going to often failed to make the best run the opposition into the ground but when the interval use of this.
Swinham had a comparatively arrived it had only one goal to dow show cay evening but in his
for all its
territorial moments of anxiety he showed superiority. Roy Moss worked just what a good gollcorper he as hard as he always does bui is. He save from Rocha's first he seems to be carrying a lot of half free kick was an spectacular weight and for the moment the as it was thrilling and confirmed old snap is missing from his that he was ready to take his play. place in a long line of brilliant Brettell was just Brettell
Colony the biggest enigma, in Afmy custodians.
football Unpredictable, some
coreless, sometimes Big George Armstrong may times
yet always liable now be less mobile than in the thoughtless..
his own. years gone by but his football to win the game on shot, did a spot intuition is as
acute as ever; This cup tie, however, will not
in each half-and one generally the main apearhead of the England Wales forward line, but it was rather suprising to see sich un experienced player becoming sa obsessed with the desire to score that he forgot he
line of was one of
of five. In the second Time after time haff he struggled to force him- self into position for a shot ni goal when a lob, a cross, or simple pass to a better placed teammate would probably have produced the desired result,
Nevertheless
were belillani
his two goals efforts and ปล frat, which came from a fantas-
the right foot
of aerial rock-and-roll
crashing into
second came
the
net,
NO BEEF PLAY
The
His
combined England-
18
AS ACUTE AS EVER
wrong.
The Jaques-Jones-Fowler mid-ERIE CAT to tire of his owni
The Curtis Cup player, Miss Angela Ward, in play in the Sunningdale Foursomes Tournament. She was partnered by Mr M. F. Bonallack, to whom she is engaged.-Centrul Press Photo,
Trainer
Head
INSIDE THE STABLES
L'Astrologue Has A Date At Newmarket
By PETER O'SULLEVAN
Faris...
It is a happy thought that, despite Immense increases in local prize allocations, the prestige associated with winning an English classic Is still of primary importance here. That is why trainer Geoff Watson is looking forward on May 1 to catching up with a boat we missed" in 1951.
That was the year in which Baron Guy de Rothschild's stable, manager counselled missing the English Guineas with Guersant who proceeded to break the Longchamp record in the French equivalent, and later slammed the Newmarket
winner.
, L'Astrologue, a Court Martial antepost position on the 10-1 half sister to Bulsson Ardent. colt with a tally of three wins mark.
and Al Mabacot, in four two-year-old runs, ia Turning back to last year's · NOTE THE NAME the name.
comment on this half-brother to In racing pariance ahee not And April. 14 is the date when Buisson Andent, and first crop very "forward" yet. (though it Geon hopes that L'Astrologue of the very useful but equally was a matter of seconds before will connrm his air of having wilful Mat de Cocagne, I find she exhausted my sugar,supply)
by this observations-
but for later bis here's. The tiamo made very good progress whining at Longchamp.
"Mabsoot shows n lot of
the In- But I think you can rule out white in his eyes and he could this 20-1, Derby quote as an easily develop interests outside Epsem prospect.
arucing... But If he takes to the Which brings ..., me to quite game, he'll be good at it." spntrary, ndvico relating to the Aga Khan's Al Mabsool,
YOU ARE WARNED "Definitely "QUT, as far as the Guineas is concerned," declared Alee Head during the course of. a three-hour tour of the 123 horse-power Lavandin áläble,
A timely announcement".. especially in view of Al
Delays
His Big Race Plans
By
JAMES PARK
The Alec Head story makes quite a romance. It is just 10 years this week since I first met him. He came from France to ride the presumed certainty, Le Paillon, in the Champion Hurdle Cop at Cheltenham.
Charlie Elliott has told me that a good jockey should be able to ride in any country and on any course. It did not work out that way with Head that day at Cheltenham. He seemed to find everything so strange.
before experience and quick think- go Into his memoirs as one to be after an inspiring save his legs many yards of specially remembered. Leonard
was quicter than usual, is maturing into
Owen was in one of his most through pass by Roy Moss and running. Hogan this time his flashing left foot well
really accomplished defender:
Every lime often tantalising moods. the
known and drive had Valente in the Portu-rustrating Hoganisms are dis- he was in possession he looked gaf goal' beaten all ends up.
appearing from his play and in Just the man to bring a flash of this game he seldom put a foot relief to the rather drab pro- coedings, but he danced and pranced his wowards the end into soccer In-
Wales skle enjoyed is bla dle line must have looked like he physical advantage but they Hadrian's wall, to the diminu-fiddling Buffing and decided never resorted to anything that ive Portuguese forwards but, to take a hand in the shooting anyoured of "beef-play"
and big
business, but his elevation and and fleet-footed
his direction, were sadly out.
gallant old Hörge taken out in three lots for trainer's opinion was the best Griffith had a grand first half National Spirit frustrated the
out about 45 in one. already Important contribution Paillon returned to France, to lot that gives some idea of the would have been
oa magnitude of his responsibilities. en- win three of his four races
fat and finished
I ho spent just one off by
minute hanced If he had been more the fat
winning
the Prix de l'Arc de in each box at stable time it year, because of a leg Injury Triomphe
would take him two hours to but is sound once more. I do not know whether that go round. Cheltenham defeat had anything. to do with Head changing his vocation. but the next. I heard
the
players had every on
to play their
normal
garne
Toledo had the right idea and from the right back position he
sen long passes
down bo
hla
wings, but so inept were
colleagues that his efforts were generally wasted.
it 03.
appeared
Home Soccer Results
- Goalkeeper Valente did many kis sate clever things anxi handling, which was always uc- complished with his body right behind the ball, stamped him us Cardiff
London, Apr. 3. Results of today's Association Football matches were:
FIRST DIVISION
Aston Villa
Blackpool THIRD DIV. NORTH
1
a goalkeeper above the average: | Tajon Town 0 Birmingham
The diminutive middle line West Brom 1
and Bradford
of the Cunha brothers Santos was frequently worried by the weight and height of the oppoetion but they defended stoutly and some of Santos" distribution was first rate.
Young Souza did not find it easy to fit into this forward ne and it might have been better to have moved him to contre- forward and to have played the more experienced Fernandez
in the inside position.
Johnny Rochie was away out
0
0
3
0 Derby County- 2 SCOTTISH LEAGUE First Division Kilmarnock 1 Queen o'South 3 Second Division
'East Stirling 1 Clyde
-Reuter.
First In 22 Years
Amsterdam, Apr. 3. Germany beat Holland 2-1
on his own in the attack and today in the first soccer inter- Occasionally from his prompting| national!
between the. two
we saw promising moves from countries in Holland for. 22 Assumpeño, but somehow they years.China Mall Special.
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To the Edit
*That
to
troductions among the exten- sive Juvenile collection, one that cannot be overlooked... (because he's the biggest, two-year-old I've øyer seen).... Aftack by Palestine.
He look to it well enough to win one and be placet in each of his other three races in 1951. If he's as good as he's big, But there were. Indications there'll be some overcrowding that he could yet turn "dodgy," in the winner's enclosures this end last December Aly Khan season,
Envisaged an French
campaign
for
entirely Expect further profitable re-
this
turn visits (with the morènt on II this Ascot) from... · Midget am confident that, when he 0.900, And Karali (a Kemp=" returns to Faris shortly he will to poesible; he runs at Lo change his mind. Al Mabeool's Tremblay first) apart from one "lad," Jim Watkins, con of B of the only sexlor hornés. In the successful trainer In Italy, and
yard-Chingacgook. himself an ex-trainer, only has the
to
whisper
a rebuke for
HIGH OPINION boy to behave like
Thirty-two-year old Alce little Lord Fauntleroy
Head has always entertained a Jim has never been to Enso very high opinion of this horse but he expects be there on
to
who,
because of June 5, as a sequel to Alec's
tion for
minor ac
than 12 months.
plan to run Al Mabroot, early cident, has been out of circula-
month and then in the Text Prix Hocquart (May 12).
All a well as he Is
coloura
bo
now, Chingargcol could be the WAIT FOR IT
horse to keep the Plorry (Lavandin) Wertheimer All of which should not be dying in 1957. interpreted as an "invitation to
A major objective support Al Mabroot yet
the King George VI and Queen There are 14 other / Derby Elizabeth Stakes for, which, entries in this stabiel. One of incidentally. (there's" them the the same ownership sort of larte-year-old in the alicly "A1," is very highly esteemed stable just around the corner. Prince Taj.-
This is the yard from which Another Malacon III (whow the top French prize winners two-year-old fat Has been emanate yent after year. The
"by pino owner, of course M. Márcel, carly season-winners); în owned | Boussac,
(London Esprits Service). by the trainer's wife,
(OOPYRIGHT) This "sor of Derby fourth La Tyrol will probably be over, for Hurst Parke's White Rose' Stakes)
and got two great goriss French gamble by a length: Landrning exertlag, "and as he three-year-old in France in 1935. wdly advertised:
further
team-minded later in the game. VERDICT: Gook! entertain- ment for half-an-hour..
after that the standard, deteriorated. great dis. Portugal were appointment. They never fought back as we have seen them do
times in the past...only Lafite, many Toledo, the Cunhas, and Johnny Rocha showed the right spirit ....the others accepted defeat
100 easily.
THE TEAMS England Wales:
Swinburn; Armstrong, Högan Jaques, Jones, Fowler; Brettell, Leonard; Mors Owen, Grimth.
Portugal: Valente; Toledo, Rocha; Cunha, Cunha, Santos Assumpeão, Souza, Fernandez, Rochia, Cotrim,
Puskas, Kocsis Are Now "Suspended"
of
him he was training a big string of horses at Maisons
RESPONSIBILITIES
Today he has more horses at Chantilly than any other trainer In France. They have -to-be
Tom Finney Is Footballer Of The Year
Hmo
can send
I did not spę AL MABSOOT. the best two-year-old in the stable last year with only three placed, above blm in the Free Handicap,
WAY. BEHIND The horse could not run last
Head also has 25 alles in the Daks, but on two-year-old run they were a long way be hind the colts.
,
Among the nilies Nigms. whom you may have seen at Kempton last censo, has dont exceptionally well but on the,, Chantity-Paris road phe I saw a lot of other horses a drives through a village named excrcise during 'my: visli, and
Sarcelles de took a liking to THE PROPHET. When I inquired about three. He is a typient Palestine colt year-old plans the trainer bald with range, and scope and frequent reminder to recall to it had not been possible to make might be a proposition for the any destilte programme. That 2,000 Guineas. is oazy to understand no ho has so, many untried three-year-olds in the stable.
MAIDEN
the
Head mentioned that position was not quite the same this year as, the Fresch Derby has been stepped up in-valça and in all probability it will be more valuable than the cottes- ponding race at Epsom.
-{London-Express-Service};-
(COPYRIGHT)
French Badminton Championships Seedings
Paris,
Alec has no need of this
Why Do We Have This Mad Scramble
Every March
him the name of the English Asks STANLEY MATTHEWS
filly who can away from Nigma (and all-dise) in the 1950 Imperial Produce Stakes.
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“It Survelle is all right "imys he, "I really do not see much point in coming over for the
READY FOR OAKS
London.
Foolban's big yearly sales fontnight is over. The other Saturday, was the deadline for Specer- Irunters, and pizyers signed after the clock struck 12 part in arky of this
League matches.
face-saving have
been
wingi over, the.
· Hor
the country
But come Onke Day (June 7), with an extra half-milo to be trying to bulk up their playing covered, the model parade', whil have an emphafle Gallle favour
Few have winterod
flattering
the last, gespe do we have the mad scramble every March? It has
years
and I can- puzzled me for ye
bee the real "reason". one it so atera
-riot
The March 16 deading
Why
London, Apr. 5.
I do not think that will way British sports writers and
the Aga Khan if, his colt proves commentators today elected
Maliyan badminton ace, David then, Shlkampie half-sister to be up to Derby standard. Engilsh international Tom Finney
The French Derby may be more Choeng was given top-peed in Tehmany, who looked as though "Footballer or
the
valuable but it does not carry the men's singles and doubles she had ovezdano a slimming det This was
the same prestige. It is generally and the mixed doubles of the as a two-year old, but is now
a good one. If we made to endowed with that Finney had been accepted at victory In the French international badminton
atóp chube buying themselves awarded this, distinctioni
measurements. Epsom Derby pule £50,000 on tournament vien the draw was
out of trouble.avben; relegation Committee Nomad captala of PrestoDahorse's value,...
Band, has 68 internationals, if Al Mabeoot proves the
made in Paris today.
Nor does Rose Royale, a fuent loomed aliead and to stop others buying theseWes into a higher The Championships are to be St. Cloud winner: Last you be lengun NAS DAR
pear to have gone backwards, the 34. best three-year-old in Head's held in Paris from Friday fo Another of the Kamchorus, goalkeeper of stable, there is not the slightest Sunday. City, won last doubt be will run at Epsom and
not at Chantilly."
Budapest, Apr. 8.
The Disciplinary
of the Hungarian Football As- sociation today
took sanctions
to
Berk
crodit.
|Against Hungarian: footballers, year-op #rautmaram
a former club manager and in Manchester doctor who stayed abroad after year's ute. the
Yetu,
· Hungarian uprising last Blackpool's wizard of football, Stanley Matthews, who won the nward in 1948, was fifth in this year's voting---France-Press),
At a meeting, the Committee Suspended Ferenc Puskas and zoltan Gzibar for
one year, Blog Roods, Dula Grosics
and Intvan Coolnok for six months, and Latilo Brabo
Aston Grazadely (OR
months.
Endle Osteochor, former manager of the "Honved" Club, and Dr Tamas Fried were suspended from sports functions for life.
The Disciplinery Comeniiden in to inform the International Federation
Franco-Presse.
Breen Lowers His
* Own “Record”
Sports Diary
TODAY Keating
HKAAAAEleucutive Meeting, Education
Committe
ICC Two Tract: Chumpiocable: Mixed Doubles Handicap Fioul.7
TOMORROW
Championmbled,
Colony ending final pool at the, 57 nak NYMCIA, 16 p.m.
Enrico, who has yet to appear In the men's singles, the first in publie, looks sa though akt four seeded players were; 1. could do credit to her Head has 15 horses still in David Choong (Minlay), 2 Unguished parents, Nearco the Derby and it will be tur perry Sonneville (Indonesia),
Plume II, in time. prising If there is not one better than last year's winner, W. H. Macintyre (Scotland) and foun 4. Ghislain Vasseur (France).
Lavandin.
*WEAKNESSES: {
mowdnjuries and other Occasionally, mako to io cout and buy the wink=
#before
fine
plan to the deadline date,
bring I believe it would be a good forward to
·would
Talyar's two-year-old Diablerets (out of Diablerella) had not long been inv-from was shown MALACCA, who is in, the Derby but is sill In the men's doubles, the Arst exercise when we found him in what leap lying down malden. Head was at pains to four readed pairs, were
*1. Choong Ind Sonnevile, 2. psrently a characteristic attitude woul be amach fatrer, fluist» to point out that it is much too Bloomer, and Macintyre (Boot of indolent grace. early to formulate ideas on 3. M. Mathies and 8 All he sets to know about planing and buyin future platis,
Pelizza (France); and 4. P.IA
is eating and sleeping days becomes throu That good mare MIDGET-11 Lendir and Vasseur: (France),
timos lark And, „eilte (over) has fined down since her thro your old days and one of the England's Betty Grace was Valve the pr objectives will be the queen top corded for the women's This is the sort of temporo- often spells racon Elzabth II Blaken at Arcola kingics:and. Miks Graco and Miss ment that October meeting, Another who R. Ryder (England) were top harde La Akely to be seen in Britain seeds for the women's doubles. is CHINGACGOOK, who in the France-PYDE
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