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THE CHINA MAIL,
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1958.
BOBBY CHARLTON IS ...And He
He Has To Thank His Mother For It!
Says TOM FINNEY
The rules under which professional footballers are permitted to write articles say I cannot comment on how Bobby Charlton, England's new inside-right, played in the England v. Scotland match at Hampden Park.
Such is life! But as yet I've discovered no rule which bars me from giving my opinions about how a player shapes in practice before a game. So right here and now let me tell you that Bobby Charlton Is one of the most impressive youngsters I've seen.
I put navosk Lic pass from! which
Lit Ebobaby
Third gent-his
nadional gorver.
What in practice, of course!-- England's presses me more than any of aber qualities in this in- Arst in ater. This
credible ability he has of hitting Caboclutely anything with either fool without, the slightesi quiin. an hesitation.
Only Natural
the mathe
tem plunway.
mid-air. T
Ite Tonks the complete foul- I almost con. straight
orballer. And, if you kan out
that's really remember background, Can't
seeing a greater goal.
Famous Sports Stars I Have Met
PETER DOHERTY
By Archic Quick
Many years ago I was in the dingy bar of one of Ireland's taverns, Kelly's in famo Colors in Belfast. In his rich
tural, He Donnes from: thar:
was who taught Bobby the first Judiments of the game, as soon as he rould walk.
The Tension
about the most famous formall I thoroughbreds is the game.
Bobby's mother, Mrs Elizabeth Charlton, had four professional foolballing brothera. Her cousin is the grea! "Wor Jackie." And
I didn't discover it until we Mrs Charton's only disappoint- | were bark in the dressing room, rent life is that, as a girl, bui neven of our team had she wasn't allowed to turn out never played There before - for a League club!
and an eighth. Bit Slater, had
I'm hardly in a position to be able to consent un what the electors thought of England'a alycom at Hampden. But I hope Milbure family, who are just they were of cust satisfed.
From u player's point of view, JU
errtainly encouraging www
that my colleagues to notice weren't upset by the tremendour noise and tension of Hampden Park.
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never feat She's al-mude his only previous up- there as an amateur
i ready made her contribution to permcg
English footbal for she international.
John Charles On Loan To Play
Isin brogue and Jerking his For Wales
re-
head towards the darkesi
saloon, genial 405509 of the
Indiaid Jimny Tohill sold: "See the gintleman in the corner, slumoking and supping Uncrowned hile? He's the
a tall, King of Ulster." I saw athletic Ilgure, ginger-headed, lightest twinkling eyes of the
and blue, nndsome face
of engaging manner. He'd kissed alright, I the Blarney Stone though,
watched the us I huo-worship in the crowd that surrounded him.
on
Agalo, 1 is rother hard for me to comment on Scotland's showing. I do know, however, that my club colleague and Scollano's captain. Tommy Doberly, was very disappointed.
1 think it war essential for World Cup ronfidence la put up In reasonable showing in this game. And the Scottish players, I know, weren't very satisfied with their own glowing.
Crisis
Now from the international
London, Apr. 28. John Charles, the Welsh
International,
loan Club from his Italian "Juventus", was among
to a purely domestic crisis that the 17 players selected occurred in England's dressing today by the Walsh room immediately after the Federation for the final ) game, round of the World Foot- ball Cup in Sweden.
Billy Wright, feeling particu- Iarly happy at having led Eng- land to another win, was brought up with a jerk as soon ho crossed the threshold. "Heard what happened at Wolverhamp- ton?" asked one of England's officials "Wolves beaten 3-0 by and Preston!"
The five other players will It was my first meeting with Peter Doherty, considered by be selected on Monday, All the inside 22 Welsh players will go to many the greatro
Sweden, That was B forward of all ime,
Today's relection was: sunter over twenty years
Goal: Kelsey (Arsenal) Peter was on tres- ago, and posle youth, with an in- K. Jones (Cardit). Pecks: Edwards -epliable joue ut ding mading and
hid peering
shure of
benelit
Shrewd Manager
Glenavon to Blackpool, to Webster (Manchester United),
Mauchetter City In Derby-France-Press.
County, le Huddersfield Town,
to Doncaster Rovers. That was
the path the great Irishunan
touk.
Finland The rolling stone came
to real in Doncaster, and
soccer
Treferees?
was
full-time
FOOTBALLER
THE COMPLETE FOOTBALLER
WORLD CUP SOCCER STADIUM
A view of Malmo Stadium in Sweden where some of the World Soccer Cham- pionship matches are to be played in June - provided it can be readied in time. Sweden has had a bad winter, and the stadium shows the signs of Express Photo.
GEORGE WHITING
INVESTIGATES
The Case Of The
Confident
Cop
If you want to know the time-don't ask P-c. 385, of the 'Berkshire Constabulary, kooper of the peace on the rural
riverside beat of Sonning, Earley, and Woodley,
For P-c. 385, known as Stan Eldon to his pals down Reading and Windsor way, is slightly slap-happy on the subject of time and motion- having once had his athletic young life blighted and his wife, Marion, reduced to tears when he failed to recognise the difference between 2.45 p.m. and 3.16'p.m.
this summet.
1,200 Miles "Alin Mimub.
Eye-Popping
Come the Honeymoon
winner
English Cricket Season Opens
Cambridge, Apr. 28.
A sparkling 72 by E.R. (Ted) Dexter, the Cambridge up. tain, was the feature today of the University's friend- ly match with the champions, Surrey the opening game of the English first-class cricket season. was the second day of the match, but rain prevented a start on Saturday.
Put in tó bat on a soft pitch, Dexter, n continte for Test place this summer against the New Zealanders, and his Aus- traline
Mc- partner, 1. M. Lochlan, scored 89 before being separated. Then Surray took
3rd Division Promotion Undecided
London, Apr. 28.
The promotion battle in the Third Division Southern Section of the English| Football League was stlif undecided after tonight's games.
complete control And Com-. bridge were dismissed for 164.
When Surrey united May hil eight fours to complete his 30 li 65 minutes. Surrey, only 41 runs behind with oight wickets to fall, finished in a strong posi tion.
CLOSE OF PLAY SCOREA M Cambridge, Chmbridge Universally 161 (E. Dexter 72). Survey 120 for 2 (T. Clark 39 rot out, P. May 59 not mut).
_A!___ Cordift.—Glamorgan - 180 (L. Devereux 54) and 10 for no wicket.
177 Somerset
(C. McCool 14, M. Tremlet:), 60 (two-day friendly).—Neuter,
£16,000 Paid For Derek Hogg
Brighton, the favourites, lost 1-0 to Brentford and still need) - one, point from their inst game at home to Watford on Wednes- day to gain promotion. They are third of three teams with 58 points and have the poorer. goal
on
overage.
Brentford are top, with Ply- but both have mouth second, finished their programine, Defeat for Brighton
Wednesday would give promotion to Breni
Results in teclght's matches; DIVISION 1
ford.
Newcastle:
1 Burnley DIVISION II
Sheffield U.
DIVISION Birnford Queen's Park DIVISION Darlington Hartlepools Mansfield
1 Fulham.
IN ROUTHERN
1 Brighton
3 ShewULY
NORTHERN
3 Oldham
Scunthorpa,
3 Gatesheadl
1 Worldngian
SCOTTISH
SCOTTISH
Dundee U Vortar
IRISH
Elallymena Cliftonville
Queen o'South
1 Cowdenbeath
1 Brechin
3 Kent Stirling 5. Johnstone StenhouseTNIŠ LEAGUE 3 Glenavon Derry
Reuter,
3
1
0
0
London, Apr. 28; West Bromwich Albion paid n £16,000 to transfer fee of Leicester City for Rs 28-year- old left-winger Derek Hogg, it
I was announced today,
Hogg plays his Brst match with West Bromwich Albion ሰኔ Thursday against the Spanish tenm Bilbao-France-Press.
KID GAVILIAN IN TROUBLE
Havana, Apr, 20 Cuba's former world welter- weight boxing champton, Kid Gavitan,
here was arrested
today for an automobile gċ- cident.
His car seriously injured a
| 50-year-old. Chinese pedestrian,... ...
Jose Wu. France-Presse.
Your Last few chances
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Kid Bassey To
for nominating
Fight French
wife's
West African
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Hongkong's Footballer
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London, Apr. 28. Hogen "Kid" Bassey of Nigeria, World
Featherweight · Boxing
York
Clyde Motherwell. 1 Dundee But oll's well that ends with flangers
1 St Mirren But Introductions first. If you Having a zo menat mopping?
diamond-hard deter- have not yet heard of 22-year-up all opposition at 'all distances Eldon's
the track Albien old Stan Eldon, I um assured at school and in the Army, and miration to repeat
has started so FC- I was just having visions of a (Charlton), tremendous struggle for the that you very soon will. For, flopping in a pretty large way what be
of cross-country "Lidst |"Střábrace Distressing Inck of know- Hopklus (Tottenham), and Lengue Championship when the on the evidence of the stop when it came to international soundingly over the lumps and Montrose
watch sticklers, this alight recognition among the big shots bumps
last few weeks. about the ultimate! Williams (West
Bromwich Aloffelal gave himself away by young steuth/with the raven of 1957. leder
Add that to his bina).
laughing Only then did Billy hair is about to licks all creation wherd
"Definitely no1 ti success," Hall-backs: G. Baker (Car Wright realise he and it natural Irish galety,
being on the athletics tracks of Europe admits Ellen. was not surprising that Poter dlt). Bowen (Arsenal), Crowe kidded!
the Olymple Marathon was always moving on from
(Aston Villa), Sullivan (Car- However, Tommy Doherty and
in Melbourne, enn me flat on my He has run 1,200 miles since club to club in order to collect ) and M. Charles (Swansea).I were there to be among the Over The Top
face in the six moltes against January 1. He adds to his tally Forwards: C. Jones (Tolten-Best-to-congratulate him and Move along there. pieuse, France at the While City, at the rate of 80-100 miles in), Medwin (Tottenham), Bill Slater, Wolves are.certainty | Gardon Pirle and Derek Ibbol-falshed last in 10,000-metres | week between spells of duly Allchurch (Swarsen), J. Charies worthy champions.
son. There's * policeman in Polund, sixth in the 3,000-among the peace-lovlug vilingers (Juventus), Leek (Northamp
İyour track-a policeman who metres in Finland, and fourth of Sonning, Earley and Wood- iun), Vernon (luckburn) กร Full-Time Refs?
aims to catch you, pass you, the 5,000-metres In Germany.ley, and he tosses bis pulverise you and charge you My running went all to pieces, fint-irons around 19 Finally, a word-about-an-idea-with-feltering-over three miles and I was pretty depressed limbs that are going to that has been with me for years: when the sun begins to shine. about the whole business." space at the While City Is there a place in our English A policeman fanatically
MO
points, west this summer. set-up for
keen that he deserted his bride
Els 12-rooned, police-awrie for a dolly dozen over the green
with nuse is knee deep in trophies Champion, will fight Jules Teutr I don't join the crities who, helds of Guernsey
a te from French. West. Africa in o during his Maid Marion last October-andarded boisterously by
named Simon. He is non-title out scheduled for 10 tals recsen particularly, have recent honeymoon.
in thetriever
logo. Pirie, Ibbotson, rounds here on June 24. A policeman sn condent that eye-popping success for referees. Like everyone he came up with this kind of cross-country season now giv and all other, pedestrians the time. I've played under bad statement when I called for his way to the summer awelfer af advised to hustle or be booked night since he retained his title ones as well as good ones.
Ly knocking out Maxico's But I would concede this point
Of 18 races, Eldon won 17-for joy-walking. "I think I can beat both Pirle beginning a pealt period wills
cardo Moreno in Los Angeles to all of them: They have far and Ibbotson. I've beslen them the Southern Couniles
every more responsibility in
first both at cross-country this win- over the Belle Vue club he Finland gained a 3-0 winning match than any player in any ter and I am confident I can do pionship at Parliament
lead over Luxemburg in gamej yet stored.
nine-mile course, and. hitting their first-round European And I believe it's quite ime kewise on the track over three Fields in 49min. 50sec, for the
miles.
the history books with 46min. Zone
Davis Cup lawn we considered making it a
"The only two runners I 20ɛec. to win the. International tennis match at Mondorf recognised profession rather than
are title at Cardiff in March. part-time-hobby-cum-part-respect for the new season
Piric and George Knight. No- Les Bains today when they lime-job.
Disliking the hard, flat Cardiff radical body else worries me, and, that course with its artificiel hurdles, " Buch won the doubler.
auggestion has been made in the cludes Ibbotson. Personally, I and remembering what Monsieur Mimoun had done to him or the past, it has been met by a storm think he's over the top.
"Don't expert any world reTrack, Eldon belted hard and of protests centred around the demand; what can they do all cards from a country ind of 22, so fast over the five-barred gates
but you can say I've got it all that even The Times was moved tist, Tomas Ramon, today brake? the week between matches?
do to compose
performance the The answer should be simple, mapped out. I feel I can
world parachute "jumpingi times than with those of such eminent (record with 40 consecutive To be 100 per cent efficient they good times, better must be as it us any player. Pirie or Ibbotson - so,
why cross-country practitioners As Jumps.
Shrubb, Holden and Sando, That Lakes time. And when shouldn't I say ko?"
Mimoun kissed him, every was they've finished training, they
he was duly
the
*
Advances In
broth of a bhoy becane, shrewd rlub mutinger tout The Rovers in the Second Division on a shoestring bank balance, discovered the players like Harry Cires met Allck Jeffrey, and then quite recently when a domestic storm Uteke
moved on to Ruide the destinies
of Bristol City..
Home
Davis Cup
Luxemburg, Apr. 28.
Peler gained many "caps" - eighteen
against the countries and there would have been many more but for the War break during which he served in the RAF.
Doherty,
Reino Nyssonen and Sakiro himself as a poultry farmer, has Salo beat Gaston Wainpach and collected Ireland's finest side, Frank Baden of Luxembourg International Championship, 0-1, 6-7, 4-0, 6-4, 6-4.
Mexico, Finland now meet although he has lost the ser-
bye in the huck
Arst vices of Jackie Blanchflower.
also who
fancles
who
Off the Beld Peter has moulded round.
⚫ great cleven; on the
fickl
berufe pretty tough
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in
testimony the other morning.
the trucks.
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(COFYNIGHT)
45 Consecutive Parachute Jumps
Buenos Aires, Apr. 20. Argentina's civilian parachu-
The former record of 40 jumps
This will be Bassey's first
at the beginning of April...
This will be Touch's Oght in Britain-France-Presse
Of The Year
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Mot later than
1
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MONDAY,
Nominate YOUR
Hongkong Footballer
Of The Year
Members of the public are invited to held by his compatriat, nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the
'Made Me Ratty' body cheered, and young Stan Jose Medrano. could be used to tremendous Pas-advantage by county associations Did you ever hear such a con-Eldon reckoned
for the fragedy Using a manually oporated Year for the current season. to lecture referees in their areas,fident cup? Maybe hot, but P-crecompensed
India today completed a 5-0 skipper Danny Blanchflower victory over bianuco by winning sults have been famous victories the last tivo singles.
All Akla beat Georges over Italy In Belfast and over England at Wembley, There is
quier 0-3, 6-3, 6-4, and Romana- Roland a big roncensus of opinion that than Krishnan best Doherty's men will prove to be Borghini 3-7, 6-3, 0-2, 6-0, the best of the four Home coun- Chile completed a 4-1 win over Turkty, and will meet tries in the World Cup com
France in the second round. petition in Sweden In June.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
As it is, there is very often Eldon speaks with soild achieve and tribulations of the National rip cord and a 20-foot diametro It is a popularity poll organised by the a widely different interpectation ment, behind him largely, in- Championships at Birkenhead a parachute canopy, 29-ycor-oldi
Ramon took six hours 44 minutes China Mail, and nomination coupons of the rules across Britain. It is spired by the unknown shok-short while before. inevitable-there is no regular patter who knocked him flying was here that our absent to complete the 45 jumps. standardiloed advice from any of the impressionable age of 15. minded policeman, having token Elght parachute packers help will be accepted until the closing date to In the last two singles today, one controlling body.
After nil, you cannot do things a week's leave and carica along ed Ramon in his record-breaking be announced later. Rodriguez at Chile beat Suzan This would be a totally new like that to an embryonic police all his relations to watch him Jumps. Gurel of Turkey 8-2, 6-1, 6-2 | Reid. But I'm positive la man without retaliation.
perform, mistook the lime of the Ho has now made a total of and Nazmi Bari of Turkey beat corploration would be a stride in
"Made me really útly. From race and arrived when the rest 160 jumps since he was awarded Achondo of Chile 3-0, 3-0, 6-3, the right direction.
then on I determined to have a of the field were over the hills his parachutist's certificate in 6-3, 6-0/Router.
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go," snapped P-e 385.
and far away.
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NOON on Wednesday, 30th
April, 1908.
By Order of the Siewards,
AK ARNOLD,
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FUMBRELLA I BOKSIT YOU
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By Barry Asotel-
"TAMI MOL
LEFT IT AT THE OFFICE
STERDAY
Time on your hands...
RADO
The two qualifications for nomination ares
(1) Footballing prowers.
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of platy. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
G
To the Editor, China Melt,
My nothinalion for Hongkong'a Footballer of the Year, inking into account filà playing ability and blu apleindiadly on the aud of play is:
of the
(Signed)