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RESULTS
London, Sept. 2. Results in tonight's English and Scottish football matches wora:
LEAGUE TWO Shefeld United 0 Charlton
Athletic 3,
West Hun United 1
burn Rovers 1.
TODAY Tennis
Tennis
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Championships: Culuny Ladies' Doubles, Colony Doubles, Colony Idles Mixed Singles, Club Men's Open Ungics, club Men's Heap Bleries.
Swimming
Colony Diving Chainpionships at LRC, 4 p..
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LEAGUE THREE SOUTIE Colchester United 2 Queen's Park Rangers 1.
Coventry City 1 Newport County 2.
Colt
Junior Golf Competion at Silk-
TOMORROW
Tennis
LRC Tennis Championships: Colony Mixed, Daubles, Club Men's Singles Open, Club Men's Singles Handleop Colony Ladies' Singles.
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Triples: Quarter-finals
Millwall 3 Crystal Palace 0. Port Vale Sherewsbury | KBCC, 3.30 p.m. Town 0.
LEAGUE THREE NORTH Accrington Stanley 3 noch-
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3.
Barrow Hall City 0.
Bury 1 Halifax Town 0.
Crewe Alexandra V Chester
Gateshead 2 Bradford 4.
Mansfield Town 2 Carlisle United 0.
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Glasgow Cup Semi-Final Replay
Queen's Park 1, Thint Lanark
Scottish League Cup Flay-ult First Leg
Scottish League Cup Play Off
Montrose 1, Hemlion Acade. micals 0.-leuler,
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London, Sept. 2. The British Fumpire Games to 1:ke place next didly at Cardi, Wales, wil have ports teams from 27 states or territories, 11 was learned litre today.
Among them are lengkong, Australi, North Boruto, New Ghana, Pakistun, Zealand,
411 Singapore Saraw Franco-Presse.
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1957.
CONCLUDING THE BILLY WRIGHT STORY
FITNESS AND HARD WORK-TWO THINGS ABOVE ALL TO WHICH
HE ATTRIBUTES HIS SUCCESS
By TREVOR HILTON
Billy Wright has not been without his critics as a' player, and there have boen those who claim that if he had not been the blue-eyed boy he would have been dropped more than once. But those critics were silenced during the World Cup of 1954, when Billy took over as centre-half, and despite his lack of height and natural aggressive, attacking style, gave wonder displays which brought praise from friend and too alike, and stamped him as one of the truly great players of all time.
Wright is like a terrier, quite fearless and very strong on the ball; when, as he occasionally does, he attempts to burst through by himself, he is extremely hard to dispossess. His positioning is excellent, while his passing is generally accurate; playing with Wolves who favour the long, hard-hit ball, Billy seems to have lost the deadly accuracy of his short passing,
Is tacklion is strong, hard heading is immaculate. Short for stead of just starting ca the Cullis greeted and ninety-nine times out of a la centre-half, Dilly nevertheless hundred sitccessful,
his gets up in on amasing fashion to and
best the tallest of centre-for- wards. This is due to his peak tness which enables him 10 leap upwards on if he were on a Trampoline.
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CATHAY PACIFIC
"THEN IT WASN'T ENQLASH TO PLAY IN PRIVATE --BOTH COUNTRIES HAD TO WATCH! A HUGE STADIUM WAS BUILT-
WHY ARE
You CRYING ?
WÖBLE ABOARD ONE OF NE TROOP-LADEN CHOPPERS....
NOW, WHICH ONE OF YOU FLVING FUGITIVES
BROUGHT A PUFFLE BAG ALONG? THIS IS A COMBAT AUSSION, NOT
A FLYING. FURLOUGH!
Fitness and hard work are the two things above c to which Billy attributes his success, and he makes no bones about the fact that he considers far; too many of our modern youngster do not take the game seriously enough.
He thinks there has been an overall decline in the keenness of our youngsters not Luly to play roccer, but to play it really well. As a kid he and his pals always had a ball with them, which they used in the school playground, the parks, the rough ints and the back streets unlit nly bedtime brought them to n stop. Today these things do not happen because there are far to many alternative Brausements. including the menace of televi- sled; with the result that youngs- ters are taking the easy way to wards rinuserment.
road to the top-and the only way to the top is hard work and then more hard work; and when you have reached the top you con poly, stay there by even more hard work.
them with, "Well, the holiday is over," and these Wolves got down to it. A! other clubs the first day of reporting back is usually spent in leisurely fashion, swapping hollday reminiscences, soring our kit and limbering up gently. Stanley Matthews, whose Nothing like that training schedule, self-imposed, they
the Wolves; would make the average young and there can be no doubt that belleve in super-fitness man blanch, s the iden theirs is the right polley, for they example: Stanley of 42 is still always finish fresher and terrific self-discipline and hard (And this accounts for the aum
but 1 is stronger than their opponents, work which keep him there.
on top of the heap,
ber of games they, have won or et lenst drawn with as many as
nilly believes that far too three goals in the last quarter of meny cluba ere lax by their fan hour. trabting discipline, particularly towards their younger players. And there is no relaxation He thinks that the youngsters, durlug the
Monday season. whether or not they have made morning they report for light the first team, should train every training and games, which keep incrning and have
They have the a coaching interest alive. torsion every afternoon,
afternoon off. On Tuesday they aprt with lapping, followed by They have a pretty stiff als spriating: then there is stiff log schedule at Molineux, as spell of P and six-a-side one would expect from il genes. In the afternoon the manager as tough and enthusias-whole programone is done again, the us Stan Cullie. And as Cullis Wednesday morning they con. and traiter Joe Gardiner
will contrate on ball coniy 1 and then tell you, no one works harder have a full-scale practive match; than Billy Wright. I remember the afternoon is free. Thursday the criticism from other clubs is a repest of Tresly. Friday and players when the Wolves more Inpping and sprinting, and Billy has said that far too | reported back at Melineux after then team and tactical talks in many youngsters,when-they-the summer break, und were preparation Kr the following. sign professional forms, think immediately sent out by Cultis day's match. thy have rtached their goal in- 'on a cross-country run.
MORE HARD WORK
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
"UVING CRESSMEN MOVE ON HUGE SQUARES, DIRECTED BY THEIR KINGS"
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By Ernie Bushmiller
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That is n pretty stiff pro- gramme, but Billy Wright leal- ways anxious for more. He is always supremel fit, and that Is why he so seldom misses a gaine through injury. Of course, like every other player he gets knocks but he throws them off clmost overnight.
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It has always been most 1.ticeable when I have attend- cd England training and coaching stions before an international that Wright, who works harder than anyone, always joins the group ecutaining young new- eamers. Not to boss or bully, but to encourage by example
and adviso. The new boy, especially the youngster, always feels Hlle strange when he Arst joins the England party; thrilled his selectlan, nevertheless there Is natural tendency to bc overawed and shy amongst all these famous names; in probability he will keep in the background by himself, not wishing to intrude. But not for long. Over will come Billy with that friendly infectious grin, to chat. Introduce bin to the play- ers he doesn't ktow and ski- fully to see that the led be. comes one of the porty,
Consequently, when the time comes for the lad to line up, he feels he Is one of The team, amongst friends und rico he knows, and those awful hidden fears of getting black looks from bis seniors do not exist. Obviously he will have those butterfles in his stomach before the kick-off of his Arst international, and ore many famous foot- will tell y021 how grateful they were in the first few minutes of their Arst inter- rational, to get that encouraging prka ark cheery word from skipper Wright,
there ballers who
GENUINELY LIKED
I can konestly say that never once have I ever heard anyone say anything to Billy's detrimicut. He is genuinely liked and respected by friend and Ing allke; and, by the same cri- terion, I have nover heard Billy
say anything unkind about anyone clse, Yet would bo foolish to 17TM derestimate him in any way, particularly on the football neid and in training.
For there in one thing Billy abliers--and that is a slacker or player who is not giving 100 per cent effort. He never gives any-` thing less than himself and ha expects his colleagues to do the fame.
That is Billy Wright, the first, gentleman of Icotball, end prob- ably the greatest captaki Eng- land have over had..
Long may that men of fair heir aden our football fields and be
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