Yugoslavia.
6.
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1961.
Combined Chinese
OH! THE
THE MAGIC OF MUJIC
Yugoslavia's skipper gives a wonderful display as
as visitors
outclass Combined Chinese
By I. M. MacTAVISH
SATURDAY'S MATCH
All-Hongkong's bitterly criticised team gave a blood-warming and face- saving display before a capacity crowd at the Hongkong Stadium on Saturday evening and the sometimes disappointing Yugoslavian national side had to work hard to gain a narrow 2-1 victory in the first game of the series.
In a bright, entertaining if sometimes one-sided game played at
the Hongkong Stadium yesterday before probably the biggest of the occasion and agains! crowd in Colony football history the Yugoslavian national side dazzled and outclassed the Combined Chinese to win by six goals to one. The visitors were truly 'mujic-icent." The score does not begin to tell the real difference between the two
teams. The visitors were yards faster
The teams
Second Test
Test is
is not cricket says the English
English press
London, Dec. 2.
"Question: Is this cricket?" says a Daily Mail sports page headline above a report on the first day of the second Test between India and England at Kanpur. Alex Bannister, the Daily. Mall cricket writer reports from Kanpur: "India today made 209 for three wickets and the second
gathering.
life-
Gr
The pitch is utterly less, helping neither pace spin bowlers. nor stroke- making batsmen.
this type of pitch makes a war of attrition. It is not my idea of cricket."
The local side, with everything prevent the Chinese boys from, kovic, Durkovic. Sekularac and Test has already settled into a to gain and absolutely nothing scoring on a number of ecca- skipper Mujle whose intelligent monotonous groove of slow run- to lose, accepted the challenge | slums
prompting was always In 100 Yugoslavians scored evitiance. strangely unsettled Yugoslavian through Mujic their captain in eleyen they put up a reassuring the first half and added a second and spirited performance.
from Rego after the interval be- In reserve
lore Yeung Wai-yip got o con- solation goal for the home team. Hongkong's five-star players impression of keeping something were Kung Wah-kit-who in reserve but if their finishing never done superior in ball-control
better and Kwok as their Chow-ming, while Luk Tak-hay, quicker in thought and action. more decisive and more de-approach work the score might Lau Chi-lam and Yeung Wai- termined in the tackle and infinitely more intelligent in their reading of the game.
اویر
The Chinese side was a bitter duced anything like his normal disappointment. Not a single cluir form and it was much too: player---with the possible ex much to expect one man to turn Yeung Wal-vip- the tide against this often bril- reption enhanced his status while one, band Yugoslav side. or Two reputations took a bash-
have an ing which
got absoluit- selectors will find hard to for- gei
The forwards may alibi in that they even Hongkong's
Chan Fai-hung had a rank bad game against the Swedish side a week ago but this time he really hit the depths. The Kitchee half-back's football future is now sadly but clear- ly behind him and one must assume he is bring selected Kolely on reputation or cause he is box-office'.
Only one in form
But
hr
was 1101
be-
the only failure. Both full-backs. Lok
clever
ly no sustained service from he hind but even when they had the ball they showed httle un- derstanding of how in break down the well-drilled defence of the opposition. and in fact they never really did
ה
Wong Chi-keung worked hard and ran os far as he al-; ways does but this time the men set against him did not fall for his impish wiles His South the opposite win Mok Chun-wah,
this probably want to forget game ever took place.
China mate wing.
on
Tak-hing and Kwok Kam-hung.! The inside-forwards never got stood well to a terrible roast-
up
out of the iron grip of the visit- ing from the fast and
ering wing-halves. Yłu Cheuk- vin, and Lay Chi-lam (and Yeting Wat-to whe replaced him after the interval) were blotted nght out of the proceedings and have never been less cffective,
Yugoslavian wingers but with goalkeeper Wong Shine and pivot Lau Tan--so often a stoj- wart-joining Chan Fl-bagn the doldrums, the defente really in trouble. Only out-of- position Lo Chung-kong
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I was left to hardworking Yeung Wal-Flp to provide any #breat there was to the big He strong European defence. never gave up trying and his
long
Goalkeeper Suskic again won the hearts of the fans. He is surely among the greatest in the world today
The visitors often
had been as effective
gave the
have been much heavier...yel, yip get four aplece.
has
it took a magnificent exhibi- Top marks in the visiting side tion of goalkeeping by Seskie to were collected by Soskic, Rada-
an
personality yet one who some fore nearly 30,000 fans withle law, The Olymple how contrived to remain
the the
champions stadium and
record had Mikolic at centre hall for unobstrusive gendral for
gallery on the hillsides nearby. Markovic and Strojanovid, perioda.
from Right
the
start
the acrobatic young giant, took over visitors showed that their easy in goal. manner of the night before had left thom One immediately sunsed they meant business and strangely enough from the first kick he had at the ball was just as cbvious that it was be Chan Fai- the going to
tang's day. Nothing went right for him.
the
and, having had a brief took at his deputy. Stojanovid, in second half, we realised would have to be just that to keep his place between sticks.
MUJIC
Durkovic and Jusufi never put a foot wrong
real was fitting reward for a Full-backs in of chasing and prodding. The visitors proved
been
Four-goal spell
he failed Aller five minutes
a simple to get the ball in tackle.
raced Mujic
ahead. swept the ball back from the line and threw his arms in the air in delight as Jerkovic bang ed it home.
Five minutes later another bad pase by the Chinese right- hat let Mujic away again and to the consternation of the local fans Wong Shiu-wo mishandled the ball and it rolled under his body into the net.
In the 15th minute Rego eleverly flicked in a pass from Jerkovic to make it 3-0.... though to prove how
and as easy it all was Soskle lobbed the ball downfield from the Yugoslavian goalmonth and Jerkovic got it under control,
All Hongkong: Kwok Chow-ming. Lu Tak-hay, Lee Kwole-wah, Fung Ki-wan, King Wah-kit. Ng Chak- au. La Weon-ching. Laulam, Kwok Moon-welt, YeungWai-rip. Leung Wal-bung (Subs: Fung Ki Jeung Yeung Wai-tc).
Yugoslavia: Soshic.
Durkovic,
Ju6. Rodakovic, Mikolle, Vasovic Cebinar. Sekularac, Jerkovac, Mulle, Gutte, (Rego).
setence; ir Luk Tek-sun.
Venue for
Badminton
exhibitions
R. A. Roberts of the Daily Telegraph describes the pitch as "of almost
macabre slowness and that is no sort of progress towards a positive result."
Lifelessness
English collapse
Kanpur, Decr. 3. Remarkable leg-break bowling by Subhas Gupte and Chand- rakant Borde, who captured- all eight Englang wloken to fall, helped India to a strong position on the third day of the second Test here today.
of the
one
England, verformances in
poorest batting
many years, had collapsed 165 for eight when bad light ended play eight minutes before the close in reply to India's first
of 467 for eight de
have
inninga
Roberts adds: "It was a great pity that the lifelessness in the turf was a bar to a inore ad- vanced position one way or the other, yet Indie should been further on this
evening when the way was shown to them by Manjrekar.
"Durani....contended himself with nine runs in 98 minutes. There was neither
rhyme reason in this and one can only conclude that India will always struggle to attain winning holds when such acts of timidity are perpetrated and
apparently
nor
clared.
STIFF TASK
With 103 runs still néédéđ- to save a follow-on, England face a stift task to save the match when play resumes on Tuesday after tomorrow's rest day.
For Gupte no praise can be too high as there was nothing in the pitch to excuse the bats man's failure.
The visitors settled down to a steady game and in the 58th minute a beautiful movement involving Cebinac, Majic and Jerkovic saw the big centre forward push the score up to 5-0.
The Combined Chinese were now combined in name only. However, in the 77th minute
Owing to the heavy demand countenanced." fine inter-
for tickets the charity badmin- they produced one passing movement which was ton exhibition matches featur- worth a wor
goal but they did ing former world champion
Peng soon get one five minutes later when Wong
originally Yeung Wai-yp whipped the scheduled to be held at the ball into the net.
Craigengewer Cricket Club and This stirred the visitors to the Indian Recreation Club on more serious action and it was Dec. 7 and 8, will now be staged appropriate that in the closing instead at the more spacious minute Mujic carried the ball Queen's College Hall on both right into the goal and had the dates. satisfaction of seeing an attemp- ed clearance strike his legs and rebound into the net to make imare
A special concession will be
Ruanne, Dec. 3. to schoolchildren, who
The New Zealand Rugby 8-1.
will be charged only $1 for League tourists beat Ruanne standing room on production of 28-4 here today after leading less effective, for 28 runs their school cards at the gate.
Fine gesture
1 was a fine final gesture to see skipper Mujic run straight over to referee Pratlett at the end and shake him warmly by the hand in acknowledgement
took a few steps. and with of an exceptionally good job of
cool precision placed the ball
work. In spite of a lot of un-
man Mak, Mr Pratlett gave 2 Arst class performance with the whistle....often by not blowing
it at all.
In the back of the Hongkongnecessary intrusion from lines. net. "Twas goalscoring if two easy moves. The visitors realised they now had the game in their keeping and eased off. This is always dangerous and they nearly lost a goal when Markovic headed off the goal line after his goal keeper had been beaten.
Eased off
VERDICT: No question about it....in this game the Yugoslavians showed them selves to be in a different class from the local boys yet they never once resorted to belittling tactics. Their foot- bill was often brilliant and their conduct was always
Forms for the 5th Race and convincingly how misleading but it was wing-halves Radako- invic and Kozline who really hit Meeting 1981/62 to be held on
their form of Saturday had the high spots. These men were
This time they were the indeed Saturday 16th December, 1961
great and complete complete side and after scoring half-backs. weather permitting may be four goals with almost ridiculous btained at the Secretary's case in the first 18 minutes they The visiting forwards all had Office, Alexandra House; the csted to a dignified and well- their shining moments. Cebinac Club House. Happy Valley; dese
deserved victory Their per- and Rego WCTC tricky, tast and the Stables, Shan Kwongance was often a delight to raiding wingers as well as tine
Jt was all Yugoslavia but They had no tantrums entertainers while big towering waw
******* Muk Chun-wah fred a crisp .10 cheap dramatics. Jerkovic was a deceptively slick and, above
ove all,
shot into the goalkeeper's grasp no hint of dis-power in the middle, If litt respect for the referee and the Kovacevic was the least
ttle and almost immediately after con-
Onwards Yiu Cheuk-yin blazed one laws of the game.
spicuous it was merely because over the top from six yards out above reprouch. The curtain Skipper Mujic was the vital he was content to play the im- when it seemed easier to score, cog that turned the Yugoslavian portant role of purveyor... and Hongkong started the second is coming down for some of machine. He was superb. Heat that he was cffen uncannily hair facing a four-goal deficit Hongkong's wilting person- dictated the whole course of the accurate.
and they brought in Lau Kinalities....and oh, how game and it is a long time since last we saw such a commanding glorious
was played in
Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON 痕跡 Tuesday 6th
December, 1961.
By Order of the Stewards,
F. D. ANGUS,
Secretary.
TITONI
The game
Airmaster
The Times
correspondent "It was an unfriendly says: wicket for the bowlers." The writer comments that Manjrekar's batting was "that of a true artist.” Durani "was seen in a strange light, like a man groping about in the dark."
-China Mall Special.
Kiwis win
7-4 at half-time--Reuter.
As soon as he was introduced he troubled England players, and in the course of a shatter- ing 18 balls broke the back of England's batting by getting four wickets for six runs in- cluding those of Ken Barrington
and Mike
over,
Smith in the same
Gupte claimed the first five wickets to fall for 52 runs, finishing the day with the figures 30-12-67-5.
Borde then took the next three wickets, being scarcely
Reuter.
SATURDAY'S RUGBY
DRAGONS BEAT 1/RNF
IN UNINSPIRING GAME
By LANCASTRIAN
In a rather uninspiring game at Stanley Fort on Saturday, Club Dragons beat The First Battalion, The Fifth Fusiliers (RNF) by 17 points to three, and though halfway through the first half scores were still level they never looked as though they would have to pile up too much pressure to emerge winners.
These two sides played a with anything. It is an under- He could the more easily have we fortnight ago at Sookunpoo and statement to say simply that turned outwards, but he de- cided or perhaps the balz
ly have been more different
chung and Yeung Wai-to for need the commanding pre- Dragons just won; the pattern French has played before. trann suisine be- Wong Shi-w and Lau Chi-
sence of a team skipper like play on Saturday could hard- All credit to the Northum decided for him to go on in- Mujic. In this community from the earlier match, but 1 brians, then, for keeping at it wards toward a defender or the skipper is the man who would hazard a guess that for hosker, showed bags of guts
as they did.. Rutter, their two, but nevertheless he got in his hand to it first and Moore tosses a coin for choice of the Club team only Dwyer every phase of the game and added the goal points. That ends and hands over a suit-matches in the same positional as knowledgeable, did as·
found himself playing in both the other seven, though. not made it 3-11 at half-time able banner. How different and, all told, only a handful of
In the second half. Pro added two more tries; Some things are in the Yugoslavian Club men played both games well as they could.
KNF passing by the forwards side... Mujic is very much at all.
looked rather Indeterminate and Goss, and McCrae were There was a loose scrum which
for Club, put a stop to good ENE won; Woodburn tried to
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the boss on the field....and The Fusiliers were not as that's how it should be. yes....it was all truly "Mujic-icent",
The teams Combined Chiness: Wong_Shi-wo Lau Km-chung), Lok Tek-hing Kwok Kam-hung Chan Fai-hung. Lau Tim, Lo Chung-kong, Wong chichcung. Eau Chi-Jam (Yeung Wardo), Yeing Wet n Thị Ch
ying Mok Chui-wah.
• Yugoslavia: Soakie (Stojanovid), Durkovic Jusif, Radakovic Mar kovic (tele), Kozlina Cebinae (Taket), Jerkovic, Music, Rego.
Referee: Mr. F. Fratlet.
TOTCON
TOPCON F: 112. LENS,
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DIAPHRAGM ACTION.
First appearance
Roberts
Dragons
strong as before; Hope waS nursing an injury on the Dragons' halves, and tonchline; and one man was partnership they formed; to clear but Penman charged down. sway playing for the Arms. wards the end Moore came up the kick and crossed, the line Woodbara, a good sound back from full-back to fly-half, and soon after the ball end wow forward as a rule had to he showed he hasn't forgotten
scored work the sorum and hard | How to perform there. This was Towards the end Club got a work he found it, playing McCrae's first appearance, and nice shove over try. They behind a
pack, beaten at an out-of-position one too. But tried once but moved with heeling from both tight and in Saturday's company he look- such determination that they loose.
ed good, with a very clean pair
forgot to
ground the ball and But this
is not to discount of bands
let a defender do it, but within- RNF's mauling power. All eight Club won the ball from the looked most determined in tack?- scrums, yet their wings hardly
seconds they were in the same position and this time Nichol ing hoofing on a loose ball-saw. Alas their centres for
son made no mistake. The RNF, incidentally, played their Army Cup maten, origin- ally scheduled for last Satur
perhaps idle ball would be a the day were unmccustomed to better military description--and their temporary berths - Bill generally getting stuck in when Wilson the less so. Had It was
was required. But having got Stewart and Wylle seen more day, during the past week. stuck in, the ball found itself of the ball the score could have They led at one stage by six in the same situation and the Seen more, For my part, 1 points but Gnally 54 field referee was forced to blow for would have liked to see Wylie Squadron R beat them 1248, a tight scrum which meant
ore 1 each side scoring a penalty the ultimate.... possession for the Dragons.
Outscrummaged
There were occasions when the soldiers showed that they knew how to play outside the
centre.c brought in to
Moore moved up from full-back and rest being tries Goss given his turn on the wing the
But I'm not a selector
and more's the relleft
scrum when the ball did coine their way, Holt in particular twice like
Pentangular match,
There were only six enfrenta
to this year's Land Pro
Moore
re opened Club's að- count with a good penalty after twelve minutes or Soon afterwards they looked Regiment have the RNE CE have now been further ahead mingled, so that wanvie using to advantage a jink and a but a Bedford Whitely, duet 64 Squadron indbliko
defences change of pace (though he min beld by
and reganen her the and Tackle stopped who have hath byer p never be put in the fast cate-willdris having the line at bis into the semi-finals "In on
BEST
Chub
then
gory).
Tackling outside was not one mercy after Bedford, Whitely In a friendly 54 Squadron the home side's strong points, and Ponman hed each handica ed Club Selection on Sat
"huda non-passing centre
like mastere
and lost by 19-0. who clearly had one plan in
But the next score was the when he got the ball and Fusiliere Gartner, Moked a that was to get through
pensity-goal from bot too good
too often he allowed caly a sight,
end
to, for quite some distance
The Fusiliers were out.
serummasted: but I must go
Sovavavar tre
Shay that this was af Dragon vor de side of an experienced Wyllo, id a rare
Bedford Lormed d-row and one need Dwyan
look: Jack Williams and WN dro formidable, men to
Saturday's, other info Cho Pontangular batwe save and tub Arm Ppredicted; ul these
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