STANLEY MATTHEWS »ays.
These Spot Tricks Are Remembered
I've taken penalties in my time-my record in four goals.out of six attempts
but I'm not claiming to be an export at the job. Ila nôt só casy as it looks, And this brings up the argu- mentis it a good thing to have a regular taker vi penailles,
it better to share the responsibility among the torm?
مل میں
Most peoplo would go for the regular taker-but have you ever thought of the ostuteness of our League goalkeepers?
They memorise the style and tricks of the regular penalty
they are watchful men.
akcers."
GENERAL PLAN
I have seen penalties saved because the goalkeeper remem- bored the kicker's general plan All this because the Maseral Harry Schell huve left Maserall Firmanl, who used to play...uften one that beat him in
works
inside-forward for Chorlton, hus a previous game. He anticipated Modena, to drive BRMa. Northern Italy, have announced Despite stories that he will iden of settling in native the move and war there to get that it will not
part retire, expect the great Juan South Africa eventually, but the ball. officially in any motor races Fangio to make a bid for his says: "I would love to play in next season, either GP or sports rixth World Championship. He England football again." events,
may drive as an Independent Does this decision really rob in a Maserati, as Moss did in next season's programmes of all 1954, or he may be lured by a their interest? Does It really big offer into the Ferrari camp. spell the end of Grand Prix Fangio's decision to leave the racing?
Maserati team may well have been the deciding factor behind their withdrawal from racing. But the reason given was that motor racing has become too expensive for such a small firm. Most probably the trouble stems from the FIA decision to
Of course it is a severe blow to the sport. But it does not Recessarily follow that 1038 rating will be devoid of interest. Nor that the sport is doomed,
car
cars
Best rule for penalties? You
Like playem
Exidio In four years time, when he got will be 28, he will have com-Shimwell who crack the ball pleted three two-year contracts ke д bullet....others ilicer ride- with Sampdoria of Genoa. He Tom Finney prefer to thinics the club might give him foot it past the bewildered
gooliceper. a transfer them,
Apart from salary, Firmmi
Peter Doherty wag tho will have netted about £15,000 greatest penalty-kicker I have in siguing-on fees, and he thinks ever seen. He took them. In he will have saved enough to the same nonchalant start П garage and another that ho played the garac, business in Capetown.
the ball and strolling up to But all is not milk and honey slapping it woll out of tho for foreign players In Italy, goalkeeper's reach. Firmnul says: "Team work la better in England and foreignacing the ball was better than
He proved the theory
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At the age of 45, Wilfred Wooller, one of Wales's greatest sportsmen, has announced his intention of retiring from active sport.
"Next season will be my last," says the man who has" been captain and secretary of Glamorgan County Cricket Club since the end of the war.
And there is no doubt that he means what he says, Glamor- gau CCC is advertising for "a Art-class cricketer as captain- secretary.... Generous salary for suitable applicant."
manner
that
accurately to the corner of the het, is the best way.
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Plenty Of Thrills Provided other motor works change over to aviation fuel for Formula cars and to limit do not follow Maserati's lead, the engine capacity for sports bulteve there will be quite ears to 3 litres.
players are suretimes resented
cracking it hard, although many. chough competition to provide
Without doubt the manufac by their Italian teammates. plenty of thrills, Only Ferrari turers have not been
other players, including myself, given
The high cost of living runs believe that the hard shot, sent will remain to defend Italian
enough time to design. and away with our salary." Grand Prix develop cars honour in the
for the modinod fields bui there should be a
formula. And it present only really strong British challenge.
Ferrari seem to have a suitable Britain's strongest challenge
Vanwall and Formula I racing.
ready for next year's will come from the BRM, The Vanwall Britain's greatest racing ear for
The New Formula more than 20 years, and the
And here lies the crux of the BRM is now over its long teeth matter. Will other firms have ing troubles.
the time, or even the money, to And the big personalities will prepare new
for next still be there next season. terson? To compete with any Stirling Moss, with the Vanwall, success under the new formula will be trying to full his they must completely redesign greatest ambition: to be the first their present ears or build en- Driton to win the World Cham-tirely new ones. pionship, Jean Behra, chain- So far it seems that Ferrari pion driver of France, and will be the only official works icam in the Argentine Grand Prix next month (a sign that the others are lagging behind in the development of their cars). Ho led Glamorgan to their Rut Raymond Mays of the first victory in the County BRM team has announced that Championship in 1948. In rug- hls cars will appear at Monte by, he helped Wales to bett Carlo in May. Colin Chapman New Zealand at Cardiff in 1995. of Lotus has announced that he He won his cricket and rugby wil feld a team of Formula | Blue at Cambridge and rightern cars in the major Grand Prix Weish rugby caps. He played races next season. And it is rugby for the British Army believed that there will be a agilnst France in 1941; he now Grand Prix Aston Marthi { played
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Will Wooller was a schoolboy of eighteen when he played in the first Welsh rugby team to win at Twickenham.
Wales in 1948.
squash racquets for Millionaire engineer Толу Yet Wooller has still not ful- Vandervell has not yet com-filled all his sporting ambitions. mitted himself. But after He would like to "win another spending about half a million cricket championship, get down pounds on the development of jo single Agures at golf-and his car I can scarcely believe he catch a record-weight salmon.” will drop out now, when his What a sportsmant machines have given Britain its biggest-over Grand Prix
tortes.
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Travel Plans
So, provided BRM and Van- Australia ahoy! Travel plns wall really take
up the
have already been made by the challenge against Ferrari, we
MCC for next year's trip to may
an exciting Australia, season next year. The fuel Nineteen berths have been stipulation may mean reduced cooked, on the liner Iberia sait- speeds,
But the competitioning from Tilbury on September could be as keen as ever, and i 20..
Fijian Team
The battle for the World Cham- George Wareham, a member pionship considerably closer, of the MCC who is also a travel agent, has flown to Australia to hotels and internal Barefoo cricket at Lord's! arrange
travel arrangements—all by air. Yes, it could happen-it the
All previous England teams MCC accept a proposal that a Fijian
have travelled to Australia by team should come tu England on tour in 1959.
But this may be the last, And it would not be so comi-
The sea voyage's rest lonle cal as it sounds, These Fijian and team-welding objectives are overtaken by Thu "fuzzy-wuzzies," who play in uw being bare feet and skirts, are really frequency of tours and com- useful cricketers, They have Plaints of wives about long been playing the game for BB absences.
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foured New Zeatorul In 1948 and 1954, when they delighted spectators with their tremendous Blogging and of ylous zest for the game.
And last year they even beat a West Indian team which in- Victorian cluded Test players Ramadhin, dwindling crowds, have decided Valentine, Goddard, Sobers, to floodlight the famous Koo- courts, with the Collie Smith, Palraudeau and yong Centre
idea ultimately of playing Weekes.
championship matches at night. Mr R. M. Vroland, the Asso- ciation's President, speaks hope- fully of the experiment, but the players are not so keen.
The West Indian cricketers stopped at Fiji on their way to New Zealand to play a dc- monstration match. They UX- pected an easy game,
The MCC's final decision on Neale Fraser, for instance, the proposed tour deferred polals to the dimculty of ident- until next year. There is one tying loba dropping out of the snag: the tour would clash with dimness. the visit by India.
But I sincerely hope the They Fijians make the trip.
ure the fastest scorers in the world-and English fans, crying out for brighter cricket, would love thom.
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Soccer star Edilo Finnani. who was reserve to the Italian football team in their "friendly" match with Iroland, wants to return to English football in four years me when he plans to leave Italy,
His wife, Pat, is anxious to return to England, She is the daughter of George Robinson, azzistant manager of the English League team, Charlton,
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