THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1959.
Arsenal Revival A Boost To Soccer What's Best in Kowloon?
MANAGER SWINDIN HAS
THE MASTER TOUCH
By TOM FINNEY
YESTERDAY'S RUGBY
Club Overwhelm Police,
Are Arsenal tumbling? Or is this just a temporary slip in the climb RE Too Good For Wayfoong
back to the heights of their pre-war greatness?
These are questions being asked wherever football is played, I have a
very personal interest in the answers.
For to me, Arsenal still loom large as a threat to Preston's League and
I
Cup ambitions. And the two key men in their revival, George Swindin and Tommy Docherty, are friends of mine.
to caree
know George, be. A Scottish international, of the early 1950's....the comet-
he is already a thorn In the earery of Arthur Milton.
with English side and I expect to find our exciting Cup clash him a diffenkt mart to best when them of two seasons ago....and Next we meet in a Preston-ihe scre of impending drama Arsenal clash.
I feel every time I walk up the famous seven stopa that front the marble halls of Highbury.
Swindin well during our duels In the post-war Preston-Arsenal Karnes and found him as friendly off the field as he was tough en, As a goalkeeper, I rated him par with Newcastle's Ronnie Simpson Both were si consistently good that they wer ot far more value to their club then meny keepers who gained international fame
on
But Ane player though he was, Ccorge Swindin nevertheless seems destined to go down In soccer history as a manager.
With non-Lengue club Peter- borough, he gave a hint of
Since, his br Things to come. stay at Highbury, the hint k fusi turning into certainty.
He arrived at a time of trouble and unrest. Something was clearly wrong with the famous Arsenal machle, but no one could say just what.
Great Boost Last the we talked, Tommy end; I used to consider Celtic # Kreat
club, but this is the King-pin of them all.
"They have been away from the top where they belong too Terap And, Tom, if there is anything I can do to put them back on their pedestal, 1 do
Even in their days of decline th:re were st enough bit rames to conjure up a waggon- load of memories....nery Alex Forbes, will-of-the-wisp Jimmy Logle, long-legged genius Joe Mercer Compton brothers to name just a few
the
colourful
What Brs ahead for Arsenal? Are they like a rocket, that has
I for one, won't be sorry if he does. It would be a great boost for football the worldbeen aimed too high and will
in Britter at the moment, we are desperately short of crowd- drawing clubs. Time was when the very 1ste of Arsenal was enough to cause the paths at ang ground.
Alex
Master Touch Almost immediately, Georgo Swindon displayed the master As a boy, I remember walling his handlion of eagerly for the arrival of Arsenal touch in
Men The Eddie northodox right-winger Danny at Deepake. Clapton. He encouraged Danny Hayagrod, the red-headed Herbis to rely upon his own portieulag Robert, Wilf Copping, brand of genius, unfettered by James and Cliff Bustin were my team instructions, and so helpedels and did much to shrpe the
youthful dreams to pave the way for u first cap.
Then he made the two sarewd unlly decided me to malte foot signings of Jackie Henderson hall my career, and Tonny Docherty which so dramatically changed the High- bury scene.
I have good reason to know Tommy's value. At Deepdale, ho became something of a legend and playing in front of him was It was quite an experience. like being backed by a restless juggernaut.
I would like to have kept hun on my side, but it was not to
which even-
Amazing Club
"
A rtal Arsenal revival could in the S for thousands of boys today. But it isn't just as boy that I remember Arsenal. Lake many players, my
Alled WILI crapbook memories of this amazing club.
There have been duels with Lionel Smith and Wally Barnes the Arsenal "Iron" defence
FOUR D. JONES
ITS LUCKY THE GOVE HAVE GOT ME TO LOOK AFTER THEIR GOLD,
THIS IS BAD COUNTRY.
FERDINAND
plunge back to earth hefor, the season ends! Or are we watch- in the teething troubles at returning greatness?
Rise Again
I feel we that they are on the way to the top again. They have a long way to travel yet before they begin to recapture past glories and other players may have to be bought along the way.
arc
It they
heading 11lutely in the right directlen ond, with their great tollowing, I think they are certain to rise again. Their recent slide from the head of the First Division was caused munly by injuries to key players and means little.
Preston Certainly
League or battling for either Cup honours at the close of the season, I expect to and Tommy Docherty standing in the path cf my ambitions.
are
By PAK LO
Club, taking the field yesterday evening with a weakened XV but playing throughout a fast open game hammered the Police in their Hexan- gular match by 19 points (two goals, two penalty goals, one try) to nil, while in the first game of the evening despite their obvious keen- ness and hard tackling, Wayfoong could find no answer to the smoother passing Sapper threes.
Full credit, however, goes to the Bank forwards who played like men in- spired and held the heavier Sapper pack led by Winn throughout.
white
Hoigh
In the antl
The Club started well and got the ball from a scrum, cut the loose, and twice looked like thereafter never looked back. through and sidestepping three a scoring but g Club defence Their forwards played extremely men who should have got him, helt though Marlin had the well, and though the Police cored near the posts for New-spectators' hearts in their mouths dominated the serums and the bigging to
several times, to convert.
For the Police Shelley and Another attack by the Club a incouts they patted the ball back in the linecuts over their few minutes later saw Lochrie Counsell worked hard new serum-halt's head and this try to go through on his own trung seen fustered him and he began and having done so he kicked Roberts shone in the loose but
not Ret to gather and they Pasting badly. As a result the for Penman
enough Poller threes were mainly on score near the posts, Newbigging backing. the defensive, and in doing this again converted, 10-0. they lay loo flat so that even when they hat the chance to attack they had no one to sup- port them.
Just before half me blgging put the Club
New- further
0
did
ahead when he converted Wayfoong v. Sappers
penalty from a good forty five yards out 13-0.
always going Maintained Pressure
The Club back row played very hard fast game in the
ense and were through on to the Police threes. who with such a flat defensive the found themselves con- tinually in trouble for if a Club player got past them there was
from the no supporting enver ather threes or the forwards.
Finest Try
The Club threes In compari- son with their two halves Lochrie and Tancock playing a "blinder" and sending the ball smoothly out all the time had the Police on ice frem the word
.
McTavish
was outstanding and scored what was undoubted- One thing I know. Friend orly the nest try of the evening the fifth minute ho not, there'll be no quarter given. when in
HOLD IT KID...
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TAKING CANDY
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STAND JUST WHERE Y'ARE. DON'T MAKE A MOVE.
SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YA, KID. HAND OVER
THE DOUGH,
NANCY
WHY THAT
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I
ALWAYS WEAR IT
BULLY
THERE'S A NEW WHO HANGS AROUND THE
BEACH
DOWN HERE
HI, GOILS
by MADDOCKS
G*G*G*QOSH DON'T TELL ME
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By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
T
forwards were Wayfoong marvellous and their backs in
Within two minutes of the defence did everything that Fecond half kick-off, the Club could be expected but the Sap- were further ahead when after pers threes with a greater share a series of scrums on the Police
of the ball moved very smooth- attack and gradually five-yard line Lochrie got the
odd opening ball and tried to go through. found the He was caught but the ball made, all the difference.
The Bank boys tackled went loose and Taurock got
demons and though most of their tackles were high they
and whipped through to ccore in the corner. No conversion,
16-0.
and
The Club maintained the the Police were Pressure penalised only ten yards from their own line for not releasing the bell after a tackle and Now bigging went back to the 23 and converted. 19-0
After this the Police forwards come moro into their own in
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were so keen to win that often two or three of them tackled the same man at once.
Both
forwards and backs backed one another up but in attack they lacked finesse and their three line did not settle.
Outhooked
The Sappers with Winn to the fore took the incouts and outhooked the Bank in the scrums and once they had settled down they attacked steadily, For the Bank Wiggelt and Steward were excellent and Laville got in some nice runs on the wing.
For the Sappers Sanderson at fly-half was outstanding and it the was his breaks through centre that gave the Sapper the chances they needed для deserved.
The Bank started with a fine attack led by Utley but they did not back each other up enough being too keen to get at the ball, end gradually the Sappers worked their Way
back,
The Sappers missed a penalty and from the drop out the ball moved across the Sapper threes to O'Neill on the 'wing and he sidestepped nicely past the full back and scored in the comer. 3-0-
Then the Bank went Into the lead when they fly kicked ahead from a lineout Afteen yards from the Suppers line and the full-back stood and looked at it until Leonard came up and scored. Wiggett converted. 3-5,
Lovely Run
Sanderson put the Sappers back into the lead with a lovely run and then passed the bail and It moved across the threes to Hoggard who scored in the corner. No conversion. 8-5.
Just before half time with the Sapper threes attacking, though they lay too fat to do any real damage at this stage there was a kick ahead and a lineout five yards from the Bank lino and Cleary got it and crashed his way through to score. No con- version. 9-3,
In the second half the Sappers looked
and more composed playing a wide open gante and the Bank reeling back from at- lack after attack, Sanderson' broke through the defence from a incout and went all the way to score well out. No conver» sion. 12-3.
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