CUP FINAL SENSATIONS
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1961.
The fateful day that Villa won the Cup and League
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Ivor Yorke
(This to the first of. a series of six articles by Ivor Yorke recapturing the most dramatte moments in Cup Final history).
Such speed, such skill.
Never had football been played as it was in that 1897 Cup Final. Sixty-five thousand people- the biggest soccer crowd over assembled watched en- thralled.
The F.A. Cup competition was 25 years old and already an institution in the rapidly-growing world of big-time soccer. The attendance, which exceeded the previous Cup Final best by 20,000, was proof of the tournament's magic attraction.
Favourite is withdrawn
Parks, Apr. 25. The Aga Khan's filly Opa- line, the favourlie for next Thursday's 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, will not run in the race.
Mr Mee Head. the Aga Khan's trainer. told reparters ar the filly had Intestinal trouble.
This was the dawn of soccer's Boyle, their right-half. Look golden age. Exciting changes | a free-kick close in and in the were taking place. The new ramble that followed Hartley technique of passing was re- got a fool to the ball And placing individualism. Protes scored. slunatism-legalised 12 years! Two-011. Vita counterl varder-was Kfting standards | with fast, speedy attacks to new heights.
In the 38th minute Villa were awarded a free-kick, Janics Many
sported Crabtree, players still
their left-half, took heavy
shirts it and it was their turn to ferre The shorts. were worn nutside
the boil into the net with Inalde- 1897 Final left Freddie Wheldon applying The pitch for the bore no penalty spot, but had a
the finishing touch. penalty line marked seross the hek 12 yards from goal.
moustaches and
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RECORD
Thus one record had already been created. Never before had the long finalists scored ingre than a single goal. Now, with the result still in the balcsen, each side bad scored twice.
This served as the penny Area and a player could take the kick from any point along Mr lend added: "I is only a
that line. The goalkeeper, who remain motionless tmporary indisposition and will today must
on the goal-line until the ball certainly not affect Opaline's rcing career 1 expect It to kicked, was then allowed to
advance clear up fairly von.
beforehand to within Villa took the lead again an
the stroke of half-lime, A per was quoted at six yards of the ball, Opaline, who
feet header from a right-wing 2-1 in ante-post lists, was to
Neither Aston Villa nor Ever-eras, gave them their 3-2 in- have been ridden by Aus.ralian Neville Sellwood-China Mail on eluded any big money terval "least. Special.
rinings in their Cup Final line ups. The first £1,000 transfer
CHARITY BOXING
wha s eight years away.
The break came as reller
Robot tennis player Football clean-up
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Robbie, the robot tennis Player, whe cost £100, stands In the Huddersfield Territorial Drill Hall, and Ares off 40 balls a minute with all the Speed of Lew Hoad, plus carð- Index accuracy. Commented a soldier: "What a weapon- If it could throw grenades". Bui Robbie is used for
komewhat more peaceful purpose, helping Sally Houlds- worth to reach the top as a tennis player. Sald 17-year-old Sally: "My father bought Robbie a year ago. He has been terrifle help. The main advantage over human opponents his terrifle accuracy." Robble can hurl 40 balls one after the other, in precisely this same direstlon, or he can be gear- ed to shoot at different angles and speeds. Picture slows: Robot Robble serves an ace to Sally Houldsworth.—Express Photo,
Ambassadors of
Football contest
for players and spectators, ex- The standings in the Hongkong Ambassadors of Football contest, including yesterday's votes,
hausted by the exclicment.
But both teams were house Come the second half and battle i hoki names. They werewas recommenced with renew-
Fouted vigour,
were
are as follows:
UAR wins at
Tingle's Athletic Institute is holding its annual charity box-original members of the ing display at the Hongkong all League, formed nine years Bersted by a strong backont Cricket Club tomorrow at 5.15 Carlier, and
enjoying a wind and inspired by the inde period of success that madeftigable John Bell, the Everton
amon forwards kept up relentless al- table tennis fer but a collection will be such lustrious sides as Preston tack. Whitehouse, in the taken, the entier proceeds of North End, Shefeld United and villa goal, spent most of the
Bo In aid of St, Sunderland.
1741.
There will
be no admission
which will James Settlement.
Sports Diary
TODAY
Badminton
Presentation of Ladies' Recreation Club badminton prizes at 7 jan
Soccer
1st Division: Kwong Wah * AFS (Club) 830 pm: Eustera y Caroline
331 (Police) 5.20 pin.
them standi
nut Even
itimo either diving to, or pick-
ound,
Coiro, Apr. 25.
Everton, League championsing heref up front, the The U.A.R. today defeated
in 1891 and runners-up on two other occasions, had already been losing Finalists.
Villa,
*** Yeigning--- Longue Champions, had appeared in three previous Final and won two
Now
mi
Cu
ONLY ONCE
were
Finally, inside-left Elear Chadwick-broke-through-on
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SENIOR TEAM Wong Man-wal (Happy Valley) 538 Be Chedog yau (8.5.5.A.}
2430
Kung Wah-kit (Pöllee) .... Wong Chi-keung (S.C.A.AJ Yiu Cheuk-yin “erang Main Mak Wing-bung Police Chaw Shid-hung (K.MD... Lau Kia-chung (S.CA.A.) Wong Bi-we (lappy Valley)
Kwok-la) #Tung Wah).
JUNIOR TEAM
The Kam-kit (Salesian)
| Ko Hon-shoung" (Wah Yan HK) Les Kwok-fun tSoong Ching) D Chan Yu-wan (Elizabeth)
102
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Nigeria 5-0 in a friendly
Wong Sin-keung Wah Yan FÚC) 100 table tennis match.
Cheung Kwok-hing Elzabe(1) _83 U.AR champlair Fawzi Chan Kwel-wing (La Salle) .... his own and fired in a shot Nebrashi beat West African that seemed booked for the singles champlon back of the net-until White-Alagbala 21-12, 21-10. house brought vlt another superb save. That
mighty Villa
last
was. Eyc, ton's
Yiny Kong-tung (Wah Yan HR) | Cheung Cheuk-hung (Wah Yan
Kowloon
Ting-kow (Wah
Coul
Yan
K. Sadiku of the Nigerian team said his team was unlucky and will try to do our best in to strike for the chance. The final whistle Found
the coming games."
Teang Cheuk-wah (Clementi) .. Beserve Divinen: Eastern v Cams "doubler of winning the Vita lutching to their prvelous here on
The Nigerian team arrived Tam Kam-shing (Soon Chingi dad, the League. This Jend.
Friday from Peking The Earl of Rosebery, where they represented Nigeria Interpart "Sub-Committee; had been accomplished only presenting the trophy to John at the world table tennis cham- Devey, Villa's captain, spoke of pionships. They are scheduled the "Olympian struggle" he had (le play two more matches here. just seen.
Meeting
he Paller) 4 pos
HKFA meeting at fiports-road, pro.
TOMORROW Alcoting
HKAAA Executive Committee meeting. Education Dept, 230 pm.
HKFA Courell meeting at Sporte. TORO, ( qui,
flol!
once before, by Preston, in the 186-89 season.
By Cup Final day, April 10, Vilà
were virtually certain to retahs the Championship. They Shek Club Ladiest Guests Day,; jed the Lengue by a comfortable Flag Competition, 9.15 .
margin and
could be caught only by Derby, who had to win Fall their remaining matches
while Villa lost all theirs.
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villa went into the Final with #confidence born
of supreme ability. The passing of their English International right wing tyle of loward Spencer, John Reynolds and Charlie Alhor smith dissected the Everton de- fence with the precision and incisiveness of A surgeon's senlei
been
lald
had
DECISIVE
While Villa were engaged in winning this Olympian struggle another decisive ioneir crent was taking place Lip in the Lancashire Industrial town of Bury, There, the home side ad- ministered a 1-0 league defeat en Draby.
So on the afternoon of April 10. 1897, Aston Ville clinched ; the Cup Final and the League Championship.
They finished the season in fitting style, The Anal tally saw In the 10th minute, after the them eleven points clear of their Everlun defence
again nearest rivals,
With seven Cup Final victories bare,
Athersmith forward John Campbell whose allpped The ball to centre to their credit Villa have now wall the trophy inore times than 7D-vard drive swerved in the any other club in the country. high wind and deceived the
Another factor has added to Everton gvall:eeper.
Villa's Cup tradition: the astonishing number of times that Everton came Back with the team which, has behten them *remendous courage and deter- in an early round has gone enj Imitation, Almost at once they to win the Flul.
-AP.
Pl bicycle marathon
Manila, Apr. 25. - Seventy-two cyclists, includ
ing eight from South Korea, pedalled off today on the 1,354-mile tour of Luzon bicycle marathon. The pelists will compete for cash prizes mounting to 41,000 sos (£7,484) during the 13. day murathon.
The prize is 5,000 pesos (£802 sterling),
The Koreans were the foreigners in the tour.
only
Most of them are Olympies and Asian Games veterans. Reuler.
UK football
results
were level. Scottish Inter-
It happened again last STA- nattore inalde-right John Bell, son, and the season before. No put frengh by centre-forward wonder they say in soccer that Hartley, racett between the the team which beats Villa wins Villa harks, drew Immy the Cup. Whitehouse from his goal, and Tottenham Hotspur, 3-0 win- calmly, Aickej the ball past ners at Villa Park in the fifth Leeds him into the net.
round this season, now stand 90 minutes away from proving the criby
Brentford The surprised Villa sup-saying again and of equalling Watford porters were due for a further Villa' G4-year-old record shock, Everton, playing. As achieving the double.
Doncaster assuredly as their opponents,
Morthampton stormed into the attack and
Spur Oldian Look the fead,
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Tomorrow: When were the underdogs.
of
London, Apr. 25. Results of football league matches played tonight were;
Division 2
2 Scunthorpe Division 3
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3 Mansseld
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Italian wins Grand Prix
ot
Syracuse, Sicily, Apr. 25. Italy's Giancarlo Baghetti
in a Ferrari won
the Syracuse, Automobilo Grand Prix when he eav- cred the 56 laps over 308 kilometres in 1 hour 50 minutes 8.2 seconds an average speed of 167.791 kilometres оп hour here today. America's Dan Guerney In a Porsche was second in 1 hour 30 unles 13.2 reconds and Sweden's Jonchim Bonnier also in a Porsche was thini, lap behind the winner.
one
Australia's world champion, Jack Brabham In a Cooper, was fourth aud Britain's Roy
Salvadori
also in a Cooper was 11th, both one lup behind the whurer.
Britain's Stirling Moss In Lots was eighth ni four laps. Dan Gurney. clocked the
a fastest lap when the covered the 54th lap, ot an average speed
of 172.323 kilometres an hour AFP.
campaign urged
I presume that the H. K. F. A. was officially represented at the football match on Sun- day between Police ana Kow- toon Motor Bus and that a report whit be submitted to the Asociation on this game. In the event that this presump-
lon is correct, .1
should like as a paying spectator to make known to the HKIA. through the medium of the presa and as a maller of
interest
tny acer
dear
steadily deleriorated.
As the present time the I.K.F.A. faces a challenge-a challenge to re-establish its authority. Ita Integrity and character and Its ability to handle football- Ing matters in the best in- teresis of clubs, players and the raying pubilo alike.
Ecneral disgust at the sorry specincle perpepirated in the name of soccer. At Boundary Street last Bunday. All the more so because one of the teams re- What is holding it back? If our
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prosents the
Force which
with a high
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Polico associated
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degree of
were to believe all the ru- moura in circulation, the H.L.F.A. 1 slowly drowning in
cesspool and power intrigue.
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personal rivalry, were
cipline and self control. Both of these, attributes were conepleuous by their absence and its dificult to under-
stand why the team officials didn't toke positive steps at half time to censure the players concerned. If they ald then it should be
clear what to do next!
Having been associated with the game in Hongkong boili as a player and spectator for more than a decade, seldom, fever, lave I witnessed such combination of sub-standard
foul- football, Indiscrimlcate Ing, complete contempt for
such weak control exer-
the referee and and Ineffectual elsed by the referee-al In one game.
The playing con- ditions may
not have been to good conducive
football but no effort was made by either team to adapt them- ibese conditions. selves to Instead we witnessed ä
ä serles much of personal vendettas, whistle blowing but firm action by the referee until late in the second hal when he booked several last 15 players and in the seconds of the game sent off the Police outside left. What dk he think he had achieved by this belated setlon? The came had fallen to its lowest depths long before and in this writer's Judgment the referee would have been. completely justified if he had abandoned the game. This sorrowful exhibition mus! be added to a long line of Incidenis on the footballing home front in recent years.
surely, sooner or later. which must spark the local football
administrators into n lona awalted clean-up campaign. It has been saty before and can bear saying again that since the departure of Sir Arthur Morse and Mr Jack Skinner the
of administration
the game and playing skill have
CHESS
By LEONARD BARDEN
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politics. What place. there unsavoury subjects could have In administrating a sport such as football I cannot guess and one would like to believe them to be a lament of someöno's Imagination.
flowever, I would be tutila to blind oneself to all the things that cloud the, KOTCET BUC11C here in Hongkong. The, lime has come for positive action without by inch of cotražn regard for personal prestige and reward. If the axe must and players fall on, octals who seek to discredit the au- thority of the Association, for whatever, purpose it may be, let it be wielded unrelentless- ly. We can do without the
need scealled soccer stara it
be and ley should be made Aware of thin. Elsewhere. particularly in Eurape soccer is striding forward. In Eng- land the "wind of change" has certainly blown new ideas and a new refreshing atmosphere into football there. Having recently returned from that country. I have seen the now approach to the game. In comparison we are far behind but what is more important we are lacking that sense of
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purpose and urgency combined with a Blue print to re- vitalize and re-edurals Hong- kong's footballers.
feel sure I express the opinion the street" thorn-stilės ticking over, when I urge the I.K.F.A.-
of the "man in who keeps
(a) lo stamp out, rulkiessly if necessary, all dirty May by penalizing players with He suspensions in apprD- priate.comes; (b) to film all "necale" games
and "bring to book" Cluba whose players engage in on the ield petlvilles de- sloned to influence the re Luft of a game: (c) to enlist the
services of the Government Tax De- partment to examinè, the books of unofficial spon- Bora connected with sozio Ciuba to eliminate as far as possible payments in excess of legitimate ex- penses;
(d) reverse
the apparent polley of appeasenient in matièrs of football,, ad- ministration and adopt a tough 'no nonsense', policy with all clubs, kreheclive of whom it effects; and (e) consider engasing annual. ly a summer beach from England to give added Impelus to the work of the Association's official
local coach.
The knowledgeable people in our football fraternlly, may And nothing new in these sug- gestions but at least it some were implemented we might have morn weriky, foothill to grace the fine stadia in long- kong. For gcod reson 1 frust remain.
12th MAN.
World of sport
By JOHN COTTRELL
London,
Beware of "Morty." That's my warning to the globe-trotting tennis girls now converging on Britain at the start of the two-month lune-up for the Wimbledon Championships.
ships In
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The European outdoor season missed her life's ambition after is now getting seriously under halding a point for the first set
the opening of the against. Althea Gibson. way with
Now British Hard Court Champlon- | Miss Mortimer has Hitle hope
Bournemouth.
Stora of winning through this arduous include parade
American championship, but she can still Darlene champions
Hard. enuse plenty of uparis. Dritain's Ann Haydon, bacit Within four weeks of this from an Impressive Caribbean year, dour, determined Angela tour, and Christine Truman, only has won four major
covered girl to take a set from Maria ecurl titles those of Germany, Bueno at last year's 'Wimbledon, France, Scandinavia, and Great Britain. Her vicllms included Ann Haydon (twies) and Chris- tine Truman.
These three. plus Sandra Reynolds (South Africa) and fari-improving Karen Hantza (United States), are regarded as
While she lacks the power to be regarded as a great threat on
The chicf challengers to Misie last grass of Wimbledon, Mias Buens in her bld to score a hot- Mortimer's consistent, deadly trick of Wimbledon singles acquinte baseline game can still victories.
ww down the greatest of But don't forget "Morty," players on covered and hard otherwise slim, 20-year-old courts. Angela
Mortimer. As the She has beaten such Wimble- of tennis, she don champions as Doria Hart, "forgotten girl" (2018)
ahook the experts by reaching Shirley Fry and Althea Gibson. the Wimbledon
And she has won the British final of 1958, And she could be the big cur- | Hard Court Utle at Bournemouth prise packet again this season. three times In 1955, 1856 and
Here is a problem by Q. Guidell (Good Companiona, 1951), White to play and mate in two moves.
London Express Service.
In that Wimbledon final, she 1959.
The championship goal
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Picture shows: The goal that made the score Tollenham 2, Sheffield Wed- nesday 1, and clinched the championshili för Spurs Les Kiled scoret it, ääd Bobby Smith (No D, and wliờ scöfeu thẻ Bpürs' first göal) jumps for. Joy - Express Photo.
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