Combined Chinese
SOCCER LAYS
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1959.
7. Non-Chinese
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THE FATHER WHO
A ROYAL BRICK RISKED HIS JOB
Cheering Crowds, Banners, Bands -Everything Was Regal Until Play Started
And Then-UGH!!!
By I. M. MACTAVISH
Saturday the seventh of March 1959 . . . twenty thousand cheer-
ing fans
a warm afternoon all the trimmings of á
Royal occasion. It was the perfect setting for a momentous moment in Hong- kong football but let us be as honest and forthright as our distinguished visitor has always shown himself to be and admit unreservedly it was a Royal shame that His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh had to sit through 45 minutes of the worst soccer we have seen here in ages. A petition should be sent to Prince Philip telling him in regal language that we can do much better than this: it would be a tragedy if we let him believe that this was our best effort.
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game
Royal Highnes; delighted ; managed to keep nome kind of The
deteriorated crowd with Par carcree
his watch on Wong Chi-keung....stendly. The non-Chinese had geniality.......but I would chum terisi'e
willingly have misher Caln onto the left wing teu-man bd even the invisible wand of given a golden penny for his
and were virtually the life Prince Charming, thoughts" "during some parts of rice. Waison led hard but ervid not weave a spell of in- the game, I'm sure it would without support it was fough
pration over the players.
have been a good buy!!
going against a resolute Chinese defence and the talented RAF bos suffered in the general de- elife around him.
The Combin Chinese wor
this Memorial Cup-tie much Tragedy For Green
mole comfortably than even the 7-1
sugests. The scoresheet
marcin between 1wo teams could easily have been doubled end the Combine nun-Chinese were so uiterly cutelassed that, but for the presence of The Duke, the stadium would have bera empty long before the Huish.
A Great Pity
It was all a great pity............ů great anti-climax at
what
most
It was room obvious that goals had to come and even in the arly stages It looked as though there was going to be a heavy harvest.
store
It was Ating that Hu Cheung- skipper, and Yau, the Chinese head and shoulders above every- one as the outstanding player The first counter came in the on the field, should get the lost Uh minuta and it was a real goal of the day. Tils made the
Green. The Tagordy for
big innl
7-1 and gave the goalkeeper got caught in two little South Chinese star a per- minds and while he was strug-sonal tally of
goals.. four Kling 10 straighten out his indeed a regal performance t thoughts Yiu Cheuk-yin coolly for a Prince." lubbed the ball over his head.
The Chinese played a lot of It wid a clever goal repre- clever football." They were genting the difference in speed worth every inch of their vie
between the of thought
They always hould have bren the
two tory and more. wonderful moment of our foot-tral figures concerned.
played as a team and young The Chinese boys were ror- bull Bes
Lok Tok-hing did surprisingly But let
us get things Intent to play thrust and parry
well in his first big game. He their opponents at this could very easily capture the 1rspective. The real fallure of with the day
They did get the ball left-half position for his own the miserable lage was
into the net again through Loin the near future. display of the non-Chinese alde. Everything else went off
Kwok-tai but the referee very like clockwork... the losers, correctly chalked it off for an unfortunately, had
varlier intringemèrit. Inaffspring!!!
Things looked more promis- The South China Studium is in the 23rd minute when Inked its very best. The fresh he non-ChibwewC gol the paint gleamed, the bright bunt-equaliser. They furced a corner inn ristled fazily whenever a on the right and when the ball breath of wind gave the days any Deross via a couple
ven hint of encouragement, heads
astonishing contortions to nod and 1 kay trhomings around the Royal Box in the minit into the net. This was a fine Stanl marke i colourful | "ag:mple of Halland the opport-
Rist. pictur
What a pity he got so chancEN, Terrible Hash
broken
Hollan
did
of
SONIC
Top Stars
Ho Cheung-yau and Yiu Cheuk-yin were the game's top stars with Chan Fal-hung and Szeto Yiu. also playing big time stuff.
The losers will want to forgel this matelt as soon as they curi, They put up nothing more than the most nominal resistance but if any reputations were inrnish. ed the people to blame were the Selectors. I hope to have something mare to say about this at a later date,
Davies did not have his usual Bon of The Hongkong Regi- The goal was the timely re-competent game. As Ho ment for their excellent pre-minder the Chinese boys needed | Cheung-yau and Yiu Cheuk-yin match performance.
and they flushed right back into shared six goals Halliday and
The soreladors were obviously only to keen to join it: the
spirit of things and they ac-
curdled generous applause to the
be unfair be too critical of
As was in be expected thereaftick. With the bail out on Woodcock must carry a big was no date withdrawal from the right wing non- Chinese shoe of the blante for the day's either side and as Ho Cheung-winger Johnson nipped back to Inglorious effort....but it would you a Roy Moss test out their help his defenders. He got the respective teams the crowd back in anticipation of a won- derful game
it
sat buli but, instead of clearing it, he decided to treat the crowd to of clever stuff; he was dis- possessed and as the ball was whipped roolwards Yia Cheuk- was right on the spot to crock it home. The Chinese were in the lead again and they never looked back.
the 34th minute the non-
In such a frame of mind the spectators must have taken
unless of they were fanatics who wanted only an overwhelming victory.
the Play that followed pretty
badly
Course
Weakness Spotted
And
Luton Enter FA Cup Semi-Finals
Luton last Wednesday entered the FA Cup semi-finals when they beat Blackpool by 1-0 in their sixth round replay at Luton, Bedfordshire.
Photo shows a gallant scoring effort by Charnley, Blackpool's centre- forward, as he dives and heads the ball towards the Luton, goal, only to see it tipped over the bar by Luton goalkeeper Baynham.
Watching are Stanley Matthews, Blackpool 'outside-right and Syd Owen, Luton centre-half and captain (right)—~—Reuterphoto,
Disappointing Softball Weekend
TWO UPSETS & REPETITION
OF 'NO UMPIRES BUSINESS
THE MAIN FEATURES
By OLLY VAS
FOR HIS SON
By ALAN MOBY
proud father sat in the stands watching his son play for Arsenal at Highbury recently against Manchester United. And as he watched, just another spectator amid the multitude which, before the kickoff, had jostled so Impatiently at the turnstiles, his mind flashed back to the time when he risked / everything-even his job for that sanre
son...
It WAS An ugly Saturday Instead of dealing in foot- nearly eight years ago when, ballera he will gell sweets, amid howls of "Resign" and chocolates, and eigarofles over "Let Out," BILA DODGIN, | the ecunter,
then Fulhami's team walked down the
at Craven Cottage.
Fists
his
were waved in face. The. atmosphere was electric. Newly
manager. Incicod of counting ulcers, or touchline Jusing his nervous system ond the crazy switchback of foot-
he ball management,
will smilingly ring up the cast: re- promoted gister at his now shop in West Fulham were sinking, into ylleet, near Woking. the Sceend Division,
The "nice guy" the rest team boss Dodgin was getting Bill" is going into, business
football knows as "Gentleman the blame.
Bri
of
Yase rearen For being only it will be a vastly different labelled to scapegoat lay in business from the cut-throat, kla insistence in playing his coich-as-catch-can football cir
A blood-Ecus three decades as player and manager.
I looked at him bellavingly.
flesh Dodgin JIA
team. The Fulham fans didn't like . They said it was family favouritism. They rid that young Bill was raw, Jmmature,
Boos
insults.
dis-
Was
the this really
BIL Dodgin who, at Fulham, hod such a big hand in the zerly grooming, of that trio, Johunj Haynes, Bobby Robson, and Roy Dwight, that today they are worth £100,000?
Was this the of
Hence the boos
the insults
the threalg even of physical violence as his father ran that cowardly gauntlet abuse from the stands.
Bill Dodgin who, while at Brentford, sold
But, to his eternal credit, Bill Jimmy Bloomfield to Arsenal Dodgin never faltered. He fust for £12,000? walked straight on, smiling his "That's right. famous smile....
There wasn't
much money at Brentford," he replied.
"Why did you leave and to Ily?" I asked.
A 'Whisper'
go
I reminded him of that In- famous scene when I called on
Ded | the gwying, 48-year-old
gin, now out of football, at his Worcester Park home last week,
The
"I heard a whisper and I man who played half- back for Huddersfield, Charlton. thought it better to move first.
the
But I stayed on, as requested, and Southampton. who, in
sce-tow Career to the end of the sesson."
Finally, I put stretching back 30 years has
the 19-carat been team manager and coach question: Are you really of Southampton, Fulham, turning your back on it all now Brentford and Sampdoria F. C. that you will soon be a shop- of Italy, just grinned-his old, keep?" engaging grin.
man
bear no grudges," he said. "I played young Bill in the
tcom strictly on merit.
19.
Unforiu-
*Not if someone öfters me a decent Job in footbal," he replied. "But it must be 篇 DECENT job.
after the
"What those Fulham
"Mind you, I always wanted BILITI porters who, gol at me difa't
a business outside the gamo...... realise was that young Bill's but, if anything came along, my inclusion in the defence was family will look helping to cut down the goals shop scored against
And with the emphasis —us nately, the improvement
came always on The idod-tics of the "only," the father who too late."
"That's why you decided to could never do too much for to Arsenal?" his son, shook hands with mé and went back to his gårdening. "Yet." Dodgin replied, "The
-{London Express Service), boos and insults didn't worry
When it happens for the first time you may be inclined to overlook it. The second time it occurs you may not feel so charitably disposed. But when it happens for the third time I'd be the last to blame you if you started penning indignant letters to the Press demanding an ex-transter him planation from the HK Softball Association.
I am of course referring to the absolutely disgusting repetition of the no umpires' business which forced the postponement once again of the Senior softball match between the Saints and the Pandas. This makes
sold,
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me, personally, but I realized that some of the crowd
vig him the bird every
making his
Lite
were miserable,
it three in a row this season with these two Senior teams as the red-time he kicked the ball, And faced victims for the second time running.
The fact that the Plate Um- ing four-bagger, good for two pire who was supposed to off- runs, ciate at this game did not re-
the
The non-Chinese forward line | sbsolve them one bit from tak-
on some loose infleld play by the Hurricanes,
Two homCTS
a
generally, trying to get at mo through him.
Under-rated
“It wasn't fair on the id
mere
American Skier Performs The Hat-Trick
any of them for a team must have elven determined
and it only made ma The Junior Cheyennes fared in the Afth sonwiched between capable plurers from the start. ceive the advance notice by better. They were given a bit
Aspen, Colorado, Mac. B. three shop? slogies #tcounted
Kafermined to secure Bill'
American skilag 100
Bud This one didn't.
Association Jues not of a light for the first few inn- for five more runs to make it
future before the inevitable Werner did the hat-trick in the happened and I was naked to Aspen Skl Championships here looked good enough on pavering the blame for this state brings when the Stardusts trailed 12-0.
by 1-2 for four innings. They
resign." The jogers replied with
today when he wớn the down- bar on the pitch--and that is affairs. Oh yes, efforts were
"And then settled down in the last pair of runs when South Chmu misfired all the way. Moss and made to recruit umpires on the
now," I asked again, | hill event in 2 mins 18.1 secs, three frames Holland worked themselves into spot but a bit of foresight much times and take the game by a
Werner had won the glant him every time totally seven ¦ pitcher Yim overthrew the ball “you watch the ground but achieved de carlier on would have saved the
to first bage and let in the there is a home game at High-alalom and the special allem of these championships on Friday Chinese dropped further behind and Walson had his good and governing body a great deal of shore of nine runs to one. The Hurricanes only talifes in the bury when Green made a terrible Johnson
winners Henry Vianna was in fourth Inning. All in all, o "Yes," said Bill Dodgin, "and and Saturday, og in to the ends from Haba mumenta forno imply embarrassment
grand form on-the-man He
In the downhill today, Stan The Combined Chinese
very disappointing weekend for quite a lot of away games, too. The umpiring situation de gave up only two hits to ron Cheung-you. The bull travelled once dispossessed he was hoppy
the league softball.
This hardest critic, although Harwood (US) pilleda second in into forn as quickly is their fist and straight towards the to stand back and allow his finitely, needs looking into.
When I suggested in this late in the gaine.
Stardusts, both of which come
I must say that I canaider le 2 mins 22,1 Boce, Max Marholt opponents
inito trouble, goalkeeper but somehow he E01 opponent to go on unchallenged,
is one of the mors under-rated (US) was third in 2 mins 22.3-
Becs and Austria's Toni. Marth Right from the start
centre halves in football," of the himself in a knot and the next Coward suffered from lack of column that defaulting umpires
lime Hol of wear in the service from behind but we renalised. As dous car-Unassailable--
An's Kurth in 2 mins 22.5 acc the Chinese Inside forwards back of the net.
"The Aspen Championships are allowing for all these things the before, a solemn werning of Bounded
Five minutes later we were
front rank was still a big dis-
selection try-outs for the Ameri things to cont. Yiu Cheuk-yin treated to one of the new rare
can Olymple ski team for the appointment.
Squaw Valley 1905 -master craftsman that he is touches of vintage Mok Chun-
Franco-Presse. quickly spafted an astonishing wah. The little winger cut weakness at
left-half in the ↑ along the bye line, slipped the pen-Chinese side and quietly ball through Davies legs, and he maved
for to a position | Jald on a perfect chanse over close to Lo Kwok-tal. Together Ho Cheung-yau to make the they ripped the opposing de- scere 4-1,
fence to shreds.
Not that it took lot of rip-
ping. Green was in his most un-
certain mood. In the first couple
A Great Roar Just as we had decided that the Duke of Edinburgh
wus
owe
Ilia
the powers that merely Ignored the idea. Mukes you think doesn't it?
Turned The Tables
VERDICT: We Royal Highness uni apology for filling his valuable time with this. Afth rate stuff. Na Dikhte is attached to the end Chinese players, they did all that Was Liked of then....of their opponents.... UGH!!! The Teams
“GONZALES“ kate midimin is. TheTCAKE THERE ARE TE Pyke
BEATS
HOAD
4
LEW
Evension, Mar, 0, Pancho Gonzales defeated Law Hoad for the second time
inter.se family loyalty oozing eat from every Dodgin pore Yet there was more than
truth behind Bern. of
Bill senior's unabashed pride, in his
own son.
The evil that men de lingers
on, but as Dodgif Sr. China Beats East
"Young Bill has had to live down a hell of a lot because of all that fuss at Fulhom.
Into Businèts
Congratulations to to the South China AA Indies who by virtue of a magnificent 12-2 win over the Hurricanes are in Two upset featured the week the ladies'
In unassailable position to win championship this games, The Kame Alvez season. The
game lasted only who was blasted off the mound ave short innlags as the Caro- not so longners Yim by the Choyennes
Lai-sheung limited ago turned the tables on the the redshirts to a solitary Hit trike yesterday when he led the US Navy team from the "Ores" which came off the bat of two successive days today, Francisca Andrade. Yim struck 6-4, 0-0, 6-4, In Jack Kramer's to a shock 4-1 victory against a out eight batters and-had the touring professional tennis play. of minutes he failed to inter-poing to
Combined Chinese: Lau Kla-full Cheyenne nine.
Hurricanes swinging at nothing The Cheyennes were blanked throughout the game.
Kramar, 37, playing for cept a dangerous cross and im- Cynese leading by three goals chung (South China), Szeto You
the first weekend this year to re-himself. mediately afterwards he almost skipper Rey Moss, who had been (Ting Wah), Kwak Kam-hung for five innings before manger
place the 1 Mal Anderson, The Hurricanes' old reliable, suffered his second defeat Kave away a goal by pulming putting tirolesaly to get some (South China), Chan Fal-hung Robert Remedios hit a homur the ball weakly to an opponent life into his side, retreated
a face-saving Frances da Silva was tossed the hands of Ashley Cooper, when he had all the time in the help his overworked defenders. China), Lok Tak-hing (chee). beller part of the game and
(Tung Wah), Lau Yee (South to give his side
The sailors led 2-0 for the Fun.
for 12 hits. South China took world to cluteb and clear.
an early two runs lead on an 8-5. Unfortunately when he got the Wong Chi-keung (South Chico), Sharp was having a most un- ball pway out r
In doubles competition, Hoad many bits and the game was enviable roe.
the left to wok-ul (Tung Wah), Ho second-sacker Uncupther then
In the third and Cooper beat Kramer He frequently, hand corner flug he decided to Cheung-yau (South China), Yiu made it 4-0 in the bellom of practically won found himself confrunted by thrco Chinese forwards and, with the ball, lost it to Lok
do a Johnson act. He fiddled Cheuk-yin (South China), Mok the Afth laning with a round-inning when they made It 7-0 Gonzales, 8-8-UPL with Cain completely bewilder- Tak-hing
Chun-wah (South China).
Combined Non-Chinese: Green
ed by all that was going on, the swept i
arrive to find the
who Immediately galwards for o
full-back was Teft to fight many Cheung-you to bang it home. Army), Davies (Army), Sharp
a lone battle. He did a grand
Moss hung his head as the (Army),
job and even in diétifes he scoreboard went to 6-1,
Holiday (Army) Woodcock (Army), Cain (RAF, A great roar greeted
Sal Wan), Watson (RAF Sat Prince Philip as he stepped into Won), Mon (Holide), Heland He had friendly (Army), Coward (Army), John-
HRK
words and significant gestures on (Army).
for both skippers and his in- Referee: Mak Yeung-dai.
» Bayer's a TONIC
the prere.
Tormality soon put the crowd
at their case.
Unfortunately it did nothing
to improve the football of the Youth Football
non-Chinese and four minutes
pfter the re-start the local boys
went further ahead.
Davies made a late tackle on
Mok Chun-wah in the penalty
International
Berlin, Mar. 8.
Post Germany beat
England
arès. He filed to gết khe ball 4.0, 1 A Youth, mustational
cleanly and Mir Stek Teunk-ful | football match at 'Zwickau to-
pointed to the spot. "Dead day.
WYS" TOWER Hameling made to 1
TUE GAMBOLS
DH DRAR, POOR WAA)....... WELL, MURIEL, I'LL ASK GEODSETE
COME SOUND AND
GEWERFUL
liber THIẾ
OLD MAN GAVE
Until this point dot a word had been uttered about the football future of Bill Dodgin
I told him so. Then Dodgin
gropped his bombshell in three weeks time the man who has kigged and sold Soccer stars worth thogaanŰR
et
Gr.
and
Germany At Table Tennis
DLA
Berlla, March 8. China beat East Germany by eight matches to four in International table tennis match at Erfurt yesterday,
the East German news agency, ADN, re- pórted today.
The Chinese
עמם .woh the
of pounds will begYa new contest 5-3 and the women's J-1. life.
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