THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1961.
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT
Meet Tom Finney- the Pride of Preston
By I. M. MacTAVISH
Hello, Tom Finney
welcome to Hongkong,
What a privilege and unexpected pleasure
it is to be
able to write these words on the sports page of the China Mail.
Indeed it is, welcome, Tom Finney.
If the suggestion had been made here a few months ago that we would have the opportunity of seeing this great veteran footballer in oction it would have been laughed away as one of the season's sporting impossibilities. But it is true and for that we have to thank the inspired thinking of the Football Association for his nomination as player-manager of its 1961 touring team.
British football J meny brilliant players hip h
had
strangely few Tum Flag, in als nefive career he Was more Han Just a prat! exponent of the soccer arts: he was--and ba
Krest man
luppy in bi nchfevement but priffinsacst to a degree 5.litan found in successful
m. woo has asked for years in the shulating glow of hero- whip.
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TOM FINNEY with the Footballer of the Year Trophy which he won twice during his career. the first time in 1951 and the second a few years later,
ball Aswelutien....so you los? your bet. The three clubs were, however—ond f'm sure this is Somebody is in trouble...........
what was in your mind one hundred lovely dollars artfual members of the First worth of trouble.
Division of the Football Leogun. Earlier this week I received
Pay up and smile about it, letter from ti local For the general interest of
who, sportsman
facts for stutta tun: here are the of
varly clays D! personal Thing
soccer
United King in the dignity wished to hide
clau The Football Asso- behind the pen name of; elation was formed 98 years 'Bran', but if nothing" ago in 1863 and the follow else that will tell you gimtą were the launching"| where he comes from. Habe Barnes, Forest, Black-
ham, The Crusaders, no-nam ( I hope he knows where Kilburn), War Offer, Eton, Last his money is going. Hadow, Marlborough, Rugby,!
Shrewsbury, Charterhouse....and it is worth
Westminster, anièl i
mentioning that the last seven of the were public schools,
One of the constant spuri- ing arguments in England entred round the relative merits of Finney and his Blustrious
contemporary Stanley Matthews, The only two people who refused to. become involved were Mat- thews
Finney. and
They involved never icted Lo hide their, moet over
DETONAŤ admiration of each other's ability.
Matthews or Finney?
In one
Sad
The First Division of The
not [! Was to a similar Football League
augurated until 1988,
of cus clubs her In a bit of an ard- a beer al te dar anti it nished up with him supports: hee Jouni of view with the statement thas if he was wrong he would seri $100 to a Colony ebarlly.....and he at the other half of the As Mauhewa or Finney? Finney cut lan' to agres or Matthew? There was surely penalty for being wrong. Go in answer. England
They decided 1 should be the
In the truly dve years 19- wonderful embarras arbitrator, which really meant
formation of ment in trying to choose be that I had to Jook tip de tween the tween two men of such
angwer, atu! as I be not feel; Fuctall Association and standing Talent, History will like doing that for t return introduction prodibly do what England did the story dnds it. way into the Louge the face of the
changed considerably and not a Saturday Sports Spot and pan them side by site
single one of the original leanis į the Samas pidesint but that will
The argument
found a place in the new corn- 101 cop he arguments ammung The foils who
petition. The clubs win set watched then jaluy or even atmong men Who i
Here is Mr Brun's statement the great League ides in being
Vitlu, played along with both of Uptr. which torted it all, He said: ↑ were: Acerington, Aston
am certain that Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Botion Wan- Preston North End and Wolver- | terers, Bumley, Derby County,,
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The Footbal game
harplet Wanderers were Everton, Notts County, Preston founder members of the Football North End, Stoke, West Brain- Association'. His opponent in wich Albion, and Wolverhamp- the argument was Just as deton Wanderers.
Starley Matthews has already visited Hongkong and left beling a memory that wilt die alp with the thousands who packed the Hongkong Stadium to him perform, for that finite they were not although he the only way to describe the confesses that he could not superb soccer show he put on for
mone all the chats who were, local fins a couple of years ago.
Now it is the turn of Tum Fanny.
What can we expect from him remembering that he officially rethed fren The "big-time" year ago?
Maxine a clue to the answer Hies In The words of one of Bri- tein's top sportswriters who, in a letter to me a few weeks ago, mude this comment...."Time has been klud to Tum Finney Kod never has such kindness been so well justified. In his ploying days Tum proved kim- self a fine player, a sympathetic +kipper, a faithful clubman, 34 loyal Englishanan....and above alt a gentleman. The game in general, and Preston North End in particular, lost iremeasure- ably by his decision lu retire,
An official salute
"His adnation to lead the FA touring party to the Far Enet and New Zeniand In widely regorded in the United Kingdom as an officlat salute to a man where career brought nothing but everlit to his club and to hi country. However, let there be no mistake about one thing; this is not a token appointment; Tom Finney is still a truly great footballer".
In a few days he will arrive In the Colony In charge of the colourful band of professional and Binateur sporismen who are carrying the FA goodwill banner across the world, Fin- hey's personal integrity guarantees the wholesome endeavours of the visiting team. The fans can look for- ward conildently to 1wo
timulating games.
Here in Hongkong we are used to the passing parade, Sometimes it is good and seme- times bad. Distinguished visit- ore like Blackpool leave us with nothing but the finest memories of their efforts. others, like Madureira, make us shudder everyme we think about them.
Remembering all these things I piediet that this FA ide will be like a breath of fresh air after our recent misadven- tures with the Swiss Brazilian travellers 1 refuse to deshmate them foolbars— and for that reason I say again "welcome to Hongkong Tam Finney."
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.but a certain Mr; 'Brum' will get no change out of nice crisp hundred dobjur bill. Ah, sweet charity,
Raising the money for such a venture is no great problem and I could get a ground ----- or better still if government planned a modest sparts arena in the area my colleagues ariti 1 would think seriously
and Mr
Bray, the District Olleer. Rot torcher with the legal Kai Fongs and derided that¦ wist was good enough tori Victoria, Kowloon, and points; burth was good enough for Sal Kong Without more ado for ball league was formed.......... JUL this one bat n sube rference-It had no pitch on witch to play its matekta.
However it takes more than a little thing like that to damp
enthusiasm. The local fishermen come ashore tong enough to enrol the inter of the soldiers and polive in the bres and between them they noon levelled cut a ruitable pieze of ground. Good Irlund In the Hongkong Poller Spuris Association supplied a set of galposts and before you could say "Sir Arthur Morse knew what local tocetr really novels ¦ ed" the competition was under why, Ten teams-two from the Army, one from the District Ones, free made up of locaj fishermen, one from the Polles and three from the village it- reit-started, and Anished, the
tenson,
A grand affair
But what's 4 compe.ition without the trimmings? A grand end-of-season matci be- tween the champions and the Test preceded a dinner and preteniation of prizes in the local restaurant where Mrs Illingworth, wife of Superintendent, of Marine Folice, did the honours.
According to reports it was In grand affair and there was
a special word of praise for young soldier who, believe it or not, refereed all the games.
This is one of the most re- freshing stories I have had the pleasure of writing in a lon
Tip your and that's
would say topper Tav" just what I'm going to do.
Werk's Yuen Long
of pushing ahead with the ilme, As dear old Sporting project in the very near future. Sam story aroused a surprising
Tsun Wen is going to be one amount of interest. It is t the busiest centres in the obvious that 1ootball Colony and a successful football folks are
the side would be a tremendous tiring of
To Sal Kung's enterprising art enthusiastic folks who play same old not-so-merry-goort in. I assure you this Is
not a roke; it is not à stunt for football for football's Bake the round. The monotony publicity for I insist that my name MacTavish topper Is gently as much as the suspicions to be revealed under any eased cut of its mothballs, and coubt-is strangling circumstances at The present donned at a rakish
ange, and the game and many people time: I am very serious about doffed in sincere salute.
tie ideo nnd I am see in the decentralisation present developments with great Kung spirit be
watching How can such as the Sui
denied whoi of the activities of the rest".
knows maybe In the not ico Hongkong Football Asso- That 1;
stimulating distant future we shall see the
and ciation a breath of good| rvaethin' to the Yuen Long story. fishermen
their friends i new fresh air in a stuffy Tiere is another. Strange as it following in Yuen Long's foot- depressing environment.
may seem it comes from out-steps by showing their skills ca
the lush tort of-the-way Sai Kung.
at the Hongkong Some weeks age 1 told you
A ver anto Me Chambers, Stadium. How welcome they about the businessman in the
O.C. Sai Kung Police
would be. sun Wan aru,who harla are! plans to induce a of the pre- sen F-1 Division clubs to shift its allegiunev to tit font de- Ane he read veloping area. last Saturday's mite! he teles w. had fungh phoned me and together.
1
that his zoebilio.ss
have not
i cooled off in Any way and 1
It is rather sad to read at think the success of Yuen Long
when thin monent,
Preston has in fact stimulated them North End have jus bẹơn rẻ- | more than ever. Sorry, Mr....Aston Villa, legated to the Second Division, Preston North End and Wolver- that they were the champio...) hampton Wanderers were NOT fot that first competition. in at the 10rmation of the Foul- Times change
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