DOWN AND DOWN THEY GO RUGBY SEASON OPENS
Five stars who can
restore England's football prestige
By
BERNARD JOY
London.
The chart tells more forcibly than words of the shameful decline of English football. Last season's record of one win (and that in the last minute against Ireland) and three draws in seven motches - a percentage of 36 - brought England to the lowest abb in soccer history.
A heavy burden falls on Johnny. Haynes, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Armfield and Ron Flowers because they are
the basis of the bid for recovery.
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And sunw of these player... I have faith in our young
shouldering responsi bility for which they are nut quity ready.
Lean spells are inevitabir for any fearn, club or interna- tional. Great players retire and the wide does not recover holze until newcomers been fully groomed.
Double defeat
Jave
The peak post-war of 1947-8. Wiz U draw with Ireland was the only point dropped at 548 matches-thus giving #2 per cent was followed by a slump as Tommy Lalon, fanet Car ter: Frank Swith, Laurie Scuit and Not Franklin dropped out,
After a temporary POPOVPLY ther one the disastrous 1953- 54 stason which was highlighted by the dottle defent by Hungary and an indifferent showing in the World Cup Switzerland..
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players. The problem is to make them mature quickly. Here are the men who can do it, their
shortcomings which xperience will or out.
JOHNNY HAYNES. He is arendy in world class. I have not seen hly morn
or
assured thun this season Although his mantelsans arise from being a perfectionist, he must control them still more in eare they are misunderstood by his colleagues,
JIMMY ARMFIELD. When he faeed Gento, the dashing Ron Madrid outside-left, in Spain, his attitude was: "He'll have to be Kood to get past me," He is vigorous, alert and a good mixer. He must curb the rashness with which he takes chances in the penalty area and in a dribble up the field.
KON FLOWERS. He is the Season 1956-57. wien diraws only man who playet-in all with Ere and trend were the even internationaja last season. only t-tacks in an eight-mal Dynamic and strong, he is witl- lag to subchie his own style for progamme set to new peok.
remiery the sake of the side. He needs The sprigeniar crashed with the Manchester to read the game instead of United team in Munich. Three being Immersed in one
en who had from fire to 10 ponent. Hears of international service in
noticeably he occasionally tries to make his run-in on goal from tog deep a position.
HOBBY CHARLTON. He must recapture the inspiration with which he led the Mar- chester Uniteel side, shattered by the air crash, to the Cup Final of. 1858, He has an eyê for a chance,
effortless acceleration and an explosive shot,
have
PERCENTAGE OF POSSIBLE POINTS
100
90
STARS OUT
80
70
60
Lawton
50
Swift
STARS OUT
STARS OU1
Carter
Mannion
40
Franklin
Rainguy
Dlc kitmjun 196
Scott
Broadis
30
Mortensen
2 8 8 8 8 8 2
20
10
Hardwick
Williaans
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
Matthews '57
Wright 159
Finney '58
Lofthepse 158
Edwards U
Byrnu '50
Taylor '58
KADEMINJAN MA
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
1958-60
· £9-0981
This chart, on a poluts percentage basis, shows the dramatic decline of English soccer
since the war.
UK soccer results
I think the selectors must abandon the idea of Binging In youngsters, ая We dij against Sweden a year ago, H we want to put up a show in the World Cup of 1962. We should turn 10 perlanced players who
neglected in the Past een Bobby Robson justified himself at right-half during England's close-season tour, while Dennis Viollet, who is back in his best position of centre-forward for Swindon Manchester United, did wel! enough against. Hungary, could be Othey: wtie
are Burnley half-back Jimmy Adamson and Neweusly centre forward Len While.
London, Sept. 28. Results of tonight's Brush tootball matches were:
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ō Blackpool Leeds United
ENGLISH LEAGUE Division II
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1 Walford
Hull City Coventry City Division IV
Andershot Crewe Crystal Palace
Chester
• Workington 1 Bradford
3 Southport VB NorHampton (Postponed
SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division II
Full Internationals apainst ep.foreign teams were started in
1920-21. We have played 121 East Fife matches and lost 29. Twenty Falkirk Morton one of the defeats were after Berwick Brechin the war.
Dunbarton The first foreign defeat way
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then-Dunean
Edwards.
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as potentially the greatest match. by Spain in Madrid in 1920. I Stenhousemuir
织 Put hope winner in my experience,
auspicious Stranraer alongside Di Stefano in the all-colneidence that Spain are the
To them Was added the normal wegunge chused by the retirement of Krvat players, Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney. Billy Wright, Nat Lofthouse and Jimmy Dickinson,
had who among them the experience International Built from 315 appearances, Finney and Loft- house share the England goal- scoring record with 30 gouls.
ensure
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It is too easy to lay the blam on the Fontial Assention and team manager War Winter- bottom. The fact is that seasoned international players who can consent performance are not yet available,
Winterbottom points out that our decline la paralleled in the uther British countries. In fact England have been beaten only four times-twice by Scotland and once each by Ireland und Wal in the 42 post-war home internationals,
Winterbottom says: "Although have more than held our ow at lune, our results have suffered against forgion c tries.
Ne standards are still rising abreed and we meet different tacles which are hard to master, On 11 South American four, for exmaple, the sercrning and obstruction methods
upset
players who were hot used to them".
HKCC teams for cricket trial
have
Leams The following been selected for the Hongkung Cricket Clubin cricket triat match on Saturday, Oct. 1:
J. B. H. LECKIE'S XII
1. L. Stanton, D. Barrett, K, Sillett, B. Jones, D. G. White, P.. Mann, 1. Buchanan, A. Johnson HU, 1. H. Kendall, J. Robson, L. Scott.
G. H. P. PRITCHARD'S. XII G. T. Rowe, J. Corkhill, W. & G. Williams, R. H. Hughes, 11. Raayen, J. Watson, J. Scult, P. Brockman, I. C. Menzles, R. J. O. Bridgeman, R. D. Wyatt.
Zimmern and
Reserves A.
J. A. H. Tilley.
Umpires: D. W. Leach and J.
Priestley.
Sunderland sign up Hooper
Surzlerland, Sept. 28. Sunderland Football Clubi ko. day alened Harry Hooper, the Birmingham City and former West Ham and Wolves wingor, for a feo believed to be in the region of £20,000,
Last Friday Hooper refused to go to Sunderland, but inter changed his mind and decided Fir to join the club for whom wad once registered amateur badure marting his League oarger with West Ham.
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Beetham almost assured of world
billiards title
Recreio XV beaten but not disgraced in first appearance
By “PROP”
Last night at the Stadium in Happy Valley, the addicts were treated to a double portion of Rugger. We saw plenty of running, not too much kicking, and some extremely good tae-. kling,
The first game saw Club Dragons (as the "B" XV will in future be called) take on the Club Re- creio who were playing their first game as a full side-their previous appearances have all been made as Seven's.
Unfortunately threes decided
rare
the Dragons' Phillips was having very early on tussle with Edwards in the line- that they were not as fast as outa, in which Bedford and their opponents and apart from Menzies gave great support to spirited running by Watson, they the former whilst Steven shone were more than content to leave in the loose rucks which often It to a helly pack to push the op- followed." position into the ground.
It was also noticeable at this The score of 14 points to nil stage that Roberts and Penman and allowing Tancock reflects this superiority on the were Dragons side, but the Portuguesó (Wilson little room to manoeuvre, whilst Uitley and Johnston were boys were in no way disgraced.
not quite so effective with their "charges."
Toured
end
A penalty owarded to the Club The sei soruns and line-outs went the way that most critics on the twenty-five and about ten yards in, saw Moore send supposed they would, with wide, and play was rushed to the Plle hooking most efficiently
other
where Johnston for Dragons and Hall shining relieved pressure with
u good in the line-outs, where it must pick-up on the run and a kick be admitted he towered over
to touch Suddenly Penman's everyone else.
threes embarked on a period of Collins gave of his best and
Intense pressure when Fidler Johnston was also prominent in the loose.
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and Maunsell both featured in breaks for the line,
From one of the periods of
Somehow Club weathered the Dragons' Edinburgh, Sept. 28.
pressure Hanson-
storm helped by good defensive Abbott dropped 50-year-
goni Herbert 'Beetham, the
and play by both Digby-Bennet' and from Recreio were three points down McTavish. However the latter, old English champion
with little 'more than Derby now sõÉMA RESUred of
ten tying well up on his man, was minutes gone in the arst half. Micceeding Wilson Jones of
at limes guilty of pulling the They were not unduly worried whole line out of position and India *# world amateur
and fought back strongly with consequently Fidler featured in billiards champion,
sonne extremely fast breaks
Following today's win over Wilfred Asciak (Malta), he is unbeaten after six matches,
He has only one more game to play, against W. Dennison (Northern Irealand) on Friday. shakily
started Beetham against the champion of Malta, but ended the Arst session lead in by 082-508. He had a break
of 228 in the second session and went on to win by 1,451 points to 910.-AFP.
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from the loose. Danny Figuei-ul another break which Club rede on the wing tackled splen- were hard pressed to clear, In didy us did the other winger Ruis Remedios and inevitably
Great run whenever Watson, the Dragoni most dangerous three-quarter, Play switched to the other had the ball he was well and
end of the field where D'Eath surely grassed, The score at
was very
by well tackled half-time stood at three points Stewart as he twice tried to. to nt in the Dragons' luvour, speed along the touchline.
With the upeaing
On the other side of the feld recond-helf Recreio fattered to the wings were evenly matched for on at least, fun with Bennell bringing the crowa deceive. breakaways in the loose only Its feet with a great rus which seemed to have brought to see long runs wasted for him success only for the referee
the of
pecasions they bad very good
lack of a Rugger "know-how to disallow the effort.
Alex Xavier ran brilliantly from Efs own twenty-five to
Hobbs saved weil for Penman's
well within his opponents' half, in very difficult situations as and from the resulting scrim first Wilson and then McTavish maze the ball was kicked to resorted to the diagonal kick in Michael Figueredo at full order to counteract very close. back. He ran strongly for the marking. far corner, only to be pulled book in full fight by the re- terce for an infringement by the
by Dragons. This,
the way, was but ono of a series of hard-to-understand decisions made by the
last evening,
referee
Monopoly
Just before half-time Club were awarded a penalty for a scrummage Infringement 20 yards out and 15 yards in from touch. With good kick he converted the chance and Club' went ahead by three pokala Just the whistle blew for half-time.
wns
The second half again open- ed. quietly untit Menzies, Suddenly Recreio heeled, and breaking fast from a line-out were away in full cry for the threatened danger. The situa Bine, bul
however, relieved, a bad pass robbed ton them of this chance. Dragons and play switched from end to fast pace. Leung scured again in the run of play end at a for, they had a virtual monopoly used the touch line well in na of the ball in the tight. Hoeiing effort to get his side into an attacking position, buut the from the loose the Dragons
went away to the right and Club's superior fitness was al- Thorburn eventually fed Hall, dy beginning to show itself. Phillips still continued to da who, although well tackled by well in the line-out where his opponent was now
Figueredo, fell over the line for a try. Watson missed the lock from about fifteen yards but.
Again Dragons scored when a foot rush took them close and a mass of bodies fell over · the line on the ball.
It was difficult for anyone to adjudge Just who it was who go the touch-down, but Dragons did for
not improve on the score Watson again missed a kickable Boal.
main
Steven,
The highlight Eventually after a long kick from McTavish had gone out of play, Menzies broke from the loose and gave to Kelly who showed great determination in his successful bid for the line. Moore failed to convert from difcúlt angle, and the score went to six points to nil
Riddle shone with some sound defensive work, for Club were
Pile ren strongly, and Tur prisingly fast, for a front row man in scoring the Anot try for the Dragons, which Watson did now seeing a great deal of the bail. Williams had the crowd manage to convert.
The stars of this Dragons on their feet, and Penman on Hall, his seat, with some quick think- side were undoubtedly Rocke, and Pile of the forwards, Ing which did not, however,
full-back meat with the referee's appro and Watson and the
Steward behind the serum, It vel, would be invidious to single out
Suddenly came the highlight
10 Recreio boys for special of the evening as Kelly picked muntion for they alt played up a loose ball in mid-fold and weli. One thing is certain,streaked past six men to put it the post. This There is no kener bunch of down under
individualiai" tey of the ""addicty" in the Colony. They was
highest calibre. Moore, stanci tell me they intend stepping up ing en ond. good log he had their training to THREE NIGHTS A WEEK!
The big game
suffered
an Injury earlier knocked the ball, over for the
extra pointe to make Club worthy winners by two goala The kig game of the evening and a penally goal, 13 points. started slowly, but did not re-to nll. tain this characteristle for very long.
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the Wlison was early into picture witha a neat piece of running and a good klak te tough waléh cleared a moment of pressure on the Club line.
Perman's XV seemed to settle down more quickly than Boxing Amoob-lion. the lab and' Kief Won the seamen, Hofing at Kacation
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