THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1957.
AN OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT FOR SOCCER?
Sometimes A Gag Does Seem Necessary
Says I. M. MacTAVISH
One of the bitterast attacks ever made on the Football Association of England has just been launched by the British pross. Newspapers who in the past have been critics of each other have suddenly been united in a common denunciation of the controlling body of the
game.
The cause of all the trouble, is a directive which the FA recently prepared for issue. The text of the storm – pro- voking instruction is as ́follows:—
"A player, official, referee or linesman shall not allow himself to be inter- viewed or discuss any incident which has taken place during the course of a game in which he or his club have taken part.”
SI It is The directive applies. equally a popular crowd pulling sport, was the only non-Chinese to professional and amateur like football which would count the All-Hongkong side. players and offeinis,
for precious little without the suggested that Moss was not ac-
to
with playing support
the customed of
And thot thousands who fill the stadiums Chinese footballers and grounds of England week Uils upset the team work. What What exoteric utter rubbish!! nfier week
nonsense!!!
The powerful mass circula-nancial tion Daily Express has seen it to describe the proposal as "Hiflerian method of crushing opinion on such a wholesome matics as sport"...The Daily biggest Heraldi calls it "The que the game has ever known
attacks "The Star
the instruction with particular fury, It says "Now we have
Probably it would be more reasonable to ask playere for co- of commersence and moderation in operation in the exercise what they say conectatng any controversy or incident in which they may be directly or in- directly involved.
man
When a "le"
says something it can easily pass un noticed, but when a star makes
Roy Moss has been in Hong- kong for a number of years. He
SPORTING. SAM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hapoel Visitors
the
by Reg. Woottan
JARDINE BURIES THE PAST -AND FORGETS BRADMAN
By CLIVE TAYLOR
Douglas Jardine still finds it impossible to mention the name Bradman. Twenty four years have passed since the Commonwealth rocked under the Impact of the body-line tour, and Jardine 57 on October 23-has mellowed from the Iron Duke in the Harlequin cap to
pipe-smoking a middle-aged business man.
For 40 minutes I sat with him in his
London office.
Three times I mentioned the name Bradman, the man from whom Jardine and his fast bowlers dreamed up the notorious leg-side field placing, Not once did he show a the cars of Woodfull, Bradman, flicker of recognition,
to Sir,With reference report of last Saturday by Mr McTavish about the visitors from Hapoel, the readers of your column may be interested has played in many Interport to know that Mr Chaldy was ill
with the very same and that
very morning was games
who figured in the given an injection. Chaldy players Hapoel bumillation: he has like a keen amateur was eager played cleverly
and he has to play which shows the true I asked him to name the Ofeint Secrets Art for Soccer.
secred many of the goals that spirit of a sportsman when he greatest batsman of his time. Our Football moguls had better
have helped the Colony to vic-arrived Saturday morning has think again. Britain
game "Oh, Jack Hobbs," he said that goes to
tory both at home and overseas having down from a Free Press-and
No doubt football as for Foreign affalis."
Number One week out In the Hongkong Europe, to Bangkok where he about it.
every No doubt you are wondering a statement it is given star bill- and he plays week int and against France "B" Eleven in amoking placidly.
which is predomi-changed planes and flew to time. He was so good on bast why something that has haping. It is quoted, requoted and Police zide
Hongkong to take up his poai- wickets." pened many thousands of miles sometimes even misquoted...but nantly Chinese,
tion that afternoon - It is quite away should for the subject whether the statement is a good
a lot! of this week's column. Let me one or a End une, or whether it is a logical or Illogical one it in- assure you that there is
evitably assumes something of sulle connection between the
the importance of its Instigator. domestie our directive and fcotball affairs in the Colony.
One cannot help wondering, for example, what the FA England would feel about one of their top players making com- ments like these attributed one
General Comment
con-
However, let me say Just word or two of general ment before 1 explain the con- nection.
in
to
Too Absurd
The suggestion that a Euro- footballer cannot play Dean effectively alongside Chinese is too absurd in fact absurd. to be worthy of one of Hong- kong's best players.
the
Ho also suggests that players were lulled into a sense complacency because
of our Colony stars in the vernacular press last week-cd. of
the
In fact one cannot but wonder local newspapers underestimat what the Hongkong Football Ased the strength of the Hapoel sociation thinks about it..
almost as far. sido. That is and if they too feel tempted to fetched as the Moss story..
Are we to believe that Colony gag their players,
Soccer matches are won and last on
the parts reporters' typewriter?
Shocking Game
It will also be appropriate to mention that the Hapoel play ers game in Hongkong was their seventeenth in less than 75 daya, which Includes flying time and travelling
Continent while the Hongkong players have been playing
on the
от their
home ground with a large sup- porting pubile, showed a poor game.
In 90 minutes of play it was plain to that the Hapoel players were the better but the fact is that neither side had any good
hooters.
FACT FOR FACT.
Sports Diary
TODAY
"Is that why you put him above Bradman?" I asked,
He looked out of the office across the City's mar- window, row streets and sald absently
Hobbs, yes."
Ponsford and Co.
Oldfield was hit on the head, And Woodfull over the heart.
in the dressing room Woodfull made his historic complaint that
only one side ing cricket out there is play
Thirteen cables scarred the food relations between the Aus tralian board of control and the MCC.
Now says Jardine "I get on with them very well when I am over there in Australia." is director of a firm that owns For him the Bowral Boy does cattle stations in the Northern Territory, Queensland and NSW. not exist.
So the past is buried-except Tempestuous Tour for one sudden surge of loyalty. Jardine has never forgotten tho
Nor does very much else from fast bowlers who did his work and that tempestuous tour of 1982-Larwood, Voce, Bowes
The brightly-coloured Allen, 33. Harlequin cap that attraced so much hate from the Australian crowds has long been put away. Bodyline? Jardine dismisses
It.
My high opinion of the basic ablity and the true potential of the Chinese footballer is pretty soccer widely known in local circles and I didáve not seen any- thing to make me chonge my mind on the subject. Similarly
Finally he refules any sugges- I have said before, and I say
As you no doubt reen]] several
simply tion that he or his colleagues,
"It is dead," he says quietly, "1 again, that they will never full Colony ployers had a
never hear It metioned now. their potential unless the right shocking gune Biainst Haport in had taken side bets on the result.
credited with saying
Everyone has forgotten It." fendership CUZL kind of
DE the first
recent and Kane of the established... and
unless serius
by the Isaeli that he would welcome any in- played
the hotelful Thus is burlech the players can be freed from visitors. It was very nearly 100 vestigation into the matter.
memories of those Ave days in After all the strange things ile alleged intrigue waten had 15 be true and it was not
Adelalde in January 1833 when thnt apparently surrounds their every surprising
very that were suggested after the
Hapoel
the lust
the crowd bellowed abuse at Serles
ut Division: Recreio v Navy, CCC act and seems to be inseparable pointed comments and criticismis
which
v RKCC "Optimists", Army "South".
the Harlequin cap and Jardine point is the only one Important were made about it.
HKCC many fron
"Scar-directed Lurwood and his fast all really
v Amy North", means anything at Occasions,
Now one of them has ap-in a constructive sense... but plons v RAF. Police v KCC.
2nd Dalvision: RAF DDS, KGy bowlers to bounce the ball round come back at the it will be most interesting to school Army North" KCC Our top class Chinese players|parently.
mast tremendous crities with one of the
see how much confidence the "fornets, Koc "Wasps," Army enjoy rightly
a player who Laurs."
v University, Dic "Souch" and utterly un- HKFA retain in popularity with the multitude of astonishing. fans who throng
.collection of state-fest of all admits to over 12- the grounds worthy.
Boccer where they are in aetton... ineats I have ever heard from dulgence on the night before and as one who Armis believes a star player trying to justify a big game... and then subtly that hero worship is a healthy sign, and who never grudges the I would hero his worstip
yu
a bad game.
He
not have it otherwise. But there comment
is of course the danger that the bad
some
4
the that suggests
Is credited with
ho hud thal
HE because Kaimo
TOO MUCH
the
Interport the Committee doesn't know how to
pick a Hongkong team. Interesting indeed WINE very thing that leads to the WINE sort of gagging proposals now
Д storm lose their sense of perspective. AT A DINNER PARTY Sometimes too they may forgel NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME arousing such CONSE- English soccer, that in football a player is only AND
SLEEP.
stars themselves muy sometimes DRANK
IN HAD,
as big as the performances he QUENCE, SPENT A produces on the field
or LEGS NIGHT. he
the validity of the excUSES offers when he has a dadi gorne!! When things go wrong the big names sometimes say things that don't look so good in cold print and there is little doubl prompted something like that the ruling body in England lo instrue- their "gogging" plun
lon. Maybe toc, In spite of all the criticism, they had serious provocation
sorne
That-if is a true and accu- rate Interpretation, and I am Here is a assured. it is, must surely be the classic of all time. player selceled to represent the Colony in an important inter- national gome, yet who thought so little about the honour that he drank too much the night! before
and now allegedly offers the story as an excuse for s bad game!}
Well .. well... well... 1.wnler what any other asso- ciation would do in similar cir- wander 100 rumstances: and what the HKFA will do with terribly a player who is as unreliable
One principles
S apparently and in spirit, in trying to in- making himself out to be...11 terfere with any aspect of the
before get-
ting down to the business of preventing a repetition.
Financial Support
I believe the Football Asso- ciation is wreug »
in
› wrong..
both
press, Parti-
Next the credited comments of the freedown cularly is that so in the case of go on to criticise Hoy Moss who
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Paddy Ryan.
2. The 5,000 metres.
Traberi
3. 1953. Tony
Vie Soixas. 4. Sonja Henie, the
skaling champlon.
5. A. L
Cricket
Cen-
1st Division: RAF v Kitchee (CJ p.m.: Kwong Wah v Club (Navy), Police KMB (B9) all matches at
p.m.
Reserve Division: Police v Kмй (19) 3.30 pm
2nd Division: RAF Sai Wan South China (C, Gymsnelle
Tramway (Navy).
Telephone
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What A Difference
Leicester City won promotion lost season on tight rein by calling on only sixteen players. cleven in only This season games they have used 21, and they are. bottom of the table. Their changes have been 3rd Division:
CMR Dodwell | right-balves, (V). RL Kin Godown Marcantile V6 & 5 Tamer Happy Valley Rediffusion all! halves, matches at 3 pm.
Caroline (H), 3.16 p.m. in v Navy (IV) 6 pm*
¡fockey
Ladies' League: Victorians Recreio "A" (17) 2.30 p.m.; King's V. Recrala (KP) 1.30 pm: Gremlins V KGV (KP) 4 p.m.
Bowis
Atl Shield: FC v CCC, King' Park. 3 p.m.
Gutarrez Shield Final: nt KGC 3 p.m.
Rugby
"They were better than Eng- land's present men," he says. I had quantity as well as There are not four quality, today as good as those."
Express Attack
Slowly le sums up the pre- express altack. ent England There
is Trucman and this laddle from Lancashire (Statham), but after them no body els is pushing for an
That place.
fellow England
(Tyson) from Northampton seems to have faded."
But he is amlable now, the austere Douglas Jardine, shy of controversy.
DACO
He is reluctant to compare to- day's cricketers with those of his time wickets and legisla- tion have changed 50 much since my time, it to impossible. But Peter May would bayc carned selection in an internat- tional side at any time,"
Lour left-halves, four
He lives quietly in the dormi- four Inside-rights, three centre tory village of Radlett, in Hert- three outside-rights, fordshire. He watches most
out- Test two centre-forwards, two
matches, is President of side-lofts, two goalkeepers, two the Association of Cricket Um- left-backs, two inside-lefts and pires, and
have mでは
sits on the ericket. just one right-back-Milbum. In committee (the body that safe- contrast, fellow-promotionists,
guards the game in England) ot vho were Notts Forest,
Dever Lord's. Leicester, Impressive ne called on only fourteen
through this season-and that Injuries and are near the topi Funny game football. Same in Southern Third with re- Swindon and sides elected
pro Norwich challenging for last season's Imotion and
suc
and cessful clubs, Colchester
the
and
Noyal Novy v AF island (Club) 3 p.m.; Club "A" V 48 Brigada figure-(Club) 4.15 p.m. Garrison v Police (19) 3 p.m.; RAF Mainland v Club "D (89) 3 p.m.
CAS Inter-Zone Unit Min! Soccer Final at Southern Playground, 3 pm. Torquay wallowing.
Valentine (West
Indies). 552 balls against England in 1950,
5. Clive van Ryneveld.
7. (a) Rugby, (b) Hockey, (c)
Lacrosse.
8. Five times.
9. (a) Bradman, (b) Hulton,
(c) Richards.
10. Dal Recs.
THE
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