Kitchee.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1959,
3,
Police.
POLICE PROGRESS ARRESTED
Boys In Blue Fall Easy Victims To Keen Kitchee Combination
By I.M. MacTAVISH
Don't let the final scoresheet fool you. Kitchee ........3, Police 1 is no real indication of the difference between the sides. Kitchee, in spite of all their faults, were streets ahead of a Police side that sonk to depths which must have shocked their hardworking officials.
The game was switched from Boundary Street to the Hongkong Stadium on account of its preconceived importance and in anticipation of the big crowd that would want to see it. If the fans could have had a warning of the sub-standard foot- ball that was in store the game could have been switched to Happy Valley without causing anyone very much concern. To hit it in the lunest, completely imbued with a shoot- palermition of als mates he care
imsly book it over his shoul- possible terms this Police dideng complex.
The Kitchee forwards
consider.
31 salled high in the was simply shocking.
bined well and if Szeto Man and dropped right on the wall tentied to be ing forehead of Yeung Wai-too
Un any Tsang Wah and The King-san overshadowed by the others they who had no thoughts benevo
thing except Kilchee 10
lence as he nodded it into the The teams turned round with
Gurkeeper Kwok Man-mum, Wong Kwok-k
make
tried hand to give the team in did enough to
ous when sense of stability and responsiune an entertaining
out balily bu art of calling
Wal-tho Young never!an the move,
the Hist Squads they
Dir
looked like getting the Kitchee ; provided the pace, Lau Ch-lam Kitchee well worth their two the power, and lanky Leung Wai-hung produced the pretty which always seemed
thral urler control.
At Sixes And Sevens patams
to have a real purpose.
It is impossible to comment The defence was always at sixes and sevens and, as long on the game without saying
about the control as the full-backs continue to word or two
is generally accepted, play dead square to each of it. It
whic น referee is the other, the side is going to have that
supreme 'Loss his finesmen are plenty of defensive trouble. King Wal-kit had a most in-yital units in the successful con
fool team. He never dille: ent reumed certain when to go into the lackle and when off. He was coaxed out of pasi- tion rather too easily and this time his power of recovery left much to be desired,
hang
is
Est The real trouble in the Police side was up in the for- Ward line. "Forward ling" really something of a taisnummer, for, if there is anything less like a fine it is hard to imagine.
Tapi King-san never stopped trying but there the planned attack began and ended. Evans, slow in mind and movement, was right out of touch and with Mak Wing-hung and Ng Chou- wing also struggling unsuccess- worth- fully to produce a few white ideas, Musa was once again Trultless left to plough a pretty
the big Turrow bu fellow showed surprisingly little enterprise in his attempts to out- wil the Kitchee defence.
even
Without ever, showing ham- plonship form Kitehce prochwed a class of football and generat
The Kitchee boys wer ways tying to find each
At the ball a
Right And Wrong
a
fouls lead.
Lo
We saw a typical spot of determined play by Ray Mosa soon after the Interval when he Jockeyed for position and forced Wong Shlu-woo make a brilliant save to stop his shot from entering the nei The Poller again had a very poor post-interval period and Kitchee were very much in con- mand
They failed to get goals, however, and even Lou Chi-lam
squandered a glorious chance
almost en the line, Leur? wal-hung laid on a perfect pass who had for the inside right merely to tap it over the line ... but for sine etrange rea- son he hesitated and the Police defenders smothered the ball and
In the course of this game the referee refused to accept number of indications of in fringements from the men with the Bags. In one of these 1 thought he was absolutely right.
was when Toʊi King-sacrambled it away. This sent a beautiful lob goalwards during the first half.
Goalkeeper Wong Bhlu-woo clutched is high above his head and as his feet touched riven a the ground he was good old fashioned shoulder charte by Mak Wing-hung. Up went the linesman's flag Waving vigorously for a foul who was la but the referee,
a much better position to see the Incident, very correctly signalled play to continue. Later, however, I thought, he was wrong when he three times the other lineaman's seorhexi judgment and awarded offside
It
Wong Kwok-kee raised
the
with
England's XI which drew 1-1 with Wales last Saturday at Cardiff was the world's youngest ever international soccer team. Its average age was 221⁄2.
Picture here shows Skipper and right-half Ronnie Clayton giving some good advice to his team-mates at a training session before the match Wales. Also in the picture are (from left to right) trainer Shepherdson, Allen, Holliday, Greaves, Flowers, Hopkinson, Howe, Charlton, T. Smith, Clough, reserve John Smith of West Ham, and Connelly. London Express photo.
SOUTH AFRICA'S SUGGESTION FOR FOUR-DAY TESTS A WELCOME GESTURE
Says DEREK JOHN
unfortunately only a faint one that four-day Tests There is a chance -
will be played next year when the South African cricket team visits Britain.
Kilelice total to three in the 78th This long-overdue suggestion has come from the South African Board of Cricket Control and will be discussed at Lord's in November by the Advisory County Cricket Committee..
when he hammered minute grand first-time shot into far corner of the net.
Miserable Close
#
Foal and
the!
'Demotion'
that a ift day should be avail
up time lost able to make through bad weather. And al- though next year's Tests have uiready been prestalonally ar- basts, a five-day ranged on there
why the is no reason change could not be made,
Support
The past two visits to Eng" land of India and New Zea land certainly support the case for four-day Tests, And while the South Africany
much provide
stronger
Most starting point aboul the South African kurgmation is that they
willing to play four-day Tests-"demo- will
on" In the eyes of some countries—without any quali- lination that others' should do the same.
Mr S. C. Grimh, MCX "The Assistant Secretary, says: The Kame now dwindled, to-point was raised unofficially by close butr Arthur Coy, president of the miserable wards
South African Cricket Associa- surprised everyone Evans
ure, himself, tion, when he was over here in including. I' when he took a speculative prod, the summer.
"Mr Cay is very concerned at the ball away out to the right
watched with that Test cricket should be a of the popping eyes as it trundled past brighter spectacin," everyone and into the net. The head of goalkeeper Wong Ship- woo hung in personal disgust:: understanding that the Polier : decisions against Kitchee.
Was clently apparent that the maybe Evans blushed.
Wing-hung Inside left Mak could never match.
al-fineston-Who was in excellent
was booked for an infringement other pession to give on opin: on
was adamantate in the game which ended mij scerpt Kovach openin
Though Toding Bald Pu-lang, had is for the that the Kitcher player involved
had a enough. The linesman
bai hat tares powerful pivots a idea was was NOT olid
laud the harg during in clear his line with hefty in no rake
ull, Thou! of them Janet they any of the three incident, which safety-finding kick-the
already started for horne. their strangely enough, concerned
VERDICT: There is no doubt Arete most intelligent u
about it. Kliche won even ase of the open space,
more decisively than the score in the Union provided some of surrests. They were far and the slowest scoring and dullest away the belier football team cricket in Test history,
will Admittedly, South Afrien'a and the gl'eller officials have to do some serious think visit to England in 1955 pre- their vided twa splendid matches Ing if they are id keep
among the league which were won by the visitors up side
thix
three minutes to form they with only Iraders, On
two long spare in one game and very won't be there for
they will not hours in the other. But Eng- ... but surely
land's three victories were, ail won inside four days.
More Purposeful
ورة الوار
1
In spite of including new. 0.18 Wo Kwong-sing at Vip-back, the Bamar' were the much be contact and purportlul side. They had Ideas and they had bulli
and the individunt speed talent to carry them out cul- lectively. On this form Kilchee are no world beaters but they have the potential to produce polished football and in this game they would, with a bit of Juck, have run up a very ean- siderable goal total.
very
Duneluated
Wong Sblu-woo did the that came his way in fashion competent
here and there with an eye-catching spot of the spectacular staff which is goalkeeper's
the successful
slock in trade.
The whole half-back
In the fest Gulf the inside
lat Volleye # maguifteen! 1 goal from a pass by Wong Kwok-! lee unly tie a decision to against hit on the grounds that another player was offside.
even
Ca
i
In the und half he had n fine oppertunist god chalked off which he was adjudged to be offsite afthough the ball was was actually played buck to
imand finally he got an play so badly again,
her shock when he ran into! The Teams position to accept a brillant
Police: Kowk Man-tum, ihrough pass. Ite lonked to be
Cheng Wing- at least three
onside Yuen Hoi-pong, when the ball was played but kang, NY Chak-lau, Kung Wah- again the referee decided he kit, Tsang Wah, Ng Chaut-wing. Wing-hunk. was offsidie...end again it was Evans, Moss, Mak against the opinion of his ex-Choi King-sang
Siu-woo, cellently placed linesman.
yards
Small Crowd
The game stracted a sur- prisingly sanall crowd to the Stadium and there were only
Lans about 10,000 Ing
present when kick-off time was due.
Kitcheo
were quickly
functioned well but Chan Chi-
kong must have been surprised
at the eary passage he had
in
against Evans who seemed to be Bultem and Kwok Mun-sum got
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
It is a most welcomo gosture, As many people, who saw the 1956-57 England-South Africa Those Tests series will agree,
The South African idea is
Pre-Olympic Soccer
Klichee; Wong
Tel Aviv, Oct. 21. Israel Wong Kwong-sing, Szeto Yiu,
and Yugoslavia drow Kwok Yau, Ko Po-keung, Chan 2-2 here today in the first leg Chi-kong, Wong Kwok-key, of their qualifying to for next Lau Chi-tant, Young Wal To, year's Olympic soccer touTNA- 1-0 at Wal-hung.ment. Yugoslavia led Szeto Man, Leung
half-time-Reuter Referee: Mr Darbyshire.
International Soccer Win For W. Germany
an, early taste of what was alcat for him. He got a goat cheer in the 15th minute for a brilliant save when some- how he managed to fingertip a
Bonn, Oct. 21. shot round the post after it had
West Germany beat Holland been deflected away from him 7-0 after leading 2-0 at half- by colleague Kung Wah-kit, time in an international soccer
Jannediately afterwards the match in Cologne today.
Centre-forward Uwe Seeler Police defenders got themselves
twice (30th, 79th Schmidt 88th minutė), ing 1959/00 to be held on were presented
twice 20th and 70%
and the other
Programmes and
Entry
Forms for the 3rd Race Meet in a terrible, mix-up. Kitches scored
dine and
with a take the lead but acorod Saturday 7th and Monday 9th chance to
Wal missed the un minule) (weather Leung November, 1959 permitting) may be obtained defended goal with his Balshing wore by: Von Bruells
Ofee, at the Secretary's Alexandra House; the Club
effort.
He made amends a little later prowling behind him hie
the net.
House, Happy Valley; and whom he left the Police definer
jinute) and Siedl minute),--Router.
Koala
(14th
(00th
the Stables, Shan Kwong aided the ball occurately into Denmark Keeps Lead
Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON
on Tuesday, 27th October, 1959.
By Order of the
Ing by his next netion right back
In World Yachting The Police apparently hova a sort of benevolent fund to Porto Alegre, Brazil, Oct. 21. struggling opposients and judg- Denmark retained first placs. after today's second co- In the. world yachting Yuen Hol-pong murely qualified Snipe Close Stewardes te No. 1 administrator. There championships head.
There was a file south windi. when obeolutely no danger as ke Secretary,went for the ball away to the the third sape will be held, on
Sam" right of the goal but jo tha quo- indday -- Noubar,
A. E. ARNOLD,
Soccer Results
London, Oct 21. Following are the result's of today's football matches:
Sunderland (English accond division) 5, Rapid (Vienna) 2.
Wrexham (English third division) 3, Victoria (Berlin) 1.
—AFP,
YOUNGEST EVER INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
YOUNGSTERS NEED A BREAK
Give British Soccer
A
10-plus Exam! Says STAN CULLIS (Manager of Wolves)
Where are the Didis and di Stefanos of Britain? I think they are to be found among our school-
boys from the age of 10 years and upwards. Yes, Soccer needs such a Ten-Plus Examination. Our Continental cousins have a system of train- ing young schoolboys who are allowed to belong to League clubs.
In England, professional clubs are treated almost as criminals
by the FA in showing interest
La schoolboys.
Yet at the same time we are condemned in the FA bulletin for not doing enough to Improve our football standards.
I feel sure that one of the funlaanentais to be tackled to improve our football is to give opposition I still consider that 24 youngsters the chanco of de- skill which they do beveloping hous of cricket should
not have today. ample for any Test match
It is no use declaring that would also bring a rauch-needed
not take boys would pease of greater urgthey to the
interest. Given the game.
facilitios I LE
the certain youngstors would respond,
It
tho
enough
It is only four years since the Imperial Cricket Conference, constating of the Test-playing excurries, acted to 30-bour of five-day Teats
visiting England,
when
I fear that officials may now
to change ba reluctant ruling no soon.
the
over players to see that they practise ball control.
have
10
The players should enough pride in their work put the necessary effort and prove practice makes perfect.
and It may seem repetitive boring at times to go over the Bare soteer training dozens of times, but surely it is not halt as monotonous as pulling ́a lever and stamping something out on
factory bench.
Training is the key, specially, at schoolboy level.
there Sooner or later hovo to be a compromise promise between the English
and
will bc-
I also say that the "big boys," Schools and our League clubs our professional players, should to find a way of developing the take a far greater pride in their schoolboys' talents for the ulti- own standards of bail control mato good of football,
will we see and treat any deficiencies they may have as a challenge.
some of them emerge as future
Only that way
It should not be necessary for di Stefanos and Didis-London traiberg and coaches in stand Expremo Service,
Easy Win For Come To Daddy In Cesarewitch
Come To Daddy, ridden by D. Smith, trained by W. Lyde and owned by Mr T. H. Farr, finishes an easy winner in this year's Cesarewitch Stakes which took place at Newmarket last Wednesday.
Second, several lengths behind in Seascape, ridden by R. Singer, trained by T. Leader and owned by Mr H, J. Joel. In third place is Bali Ha'i 111, ridden by W. H. Carr, trained by Boyd-Rochfort and owned,
Reuterphoto. by the Queen Mother.
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