The Spotlight Is On
THE HONGKONG
SPORTING SAM
POOR REFEREEING & ROUGH PLAY IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL
By Vernon Morgan
London, Dec. 20.—The spotlight on sport this week is on soccer referees with a three-point statement by the Footbal Association and further complaints about the rough play in League soccer today.
The three-point statement by the Football Association told referees that, firstly, they are penalising the player who accidentally hits the ball with his arm or his hand; secondly, they are ignoring the rule that a goal-keeper may be charged if holding the ball inside the goal area; and thirdly, that they are failing to deal with deliberate time wasting under the heading of ungentlemanly conduct./
One of the first complaints about rough play was made by the English cap- tain, Billy Wright, who told official referees and players in an address at Wor- takes cester that "there is too much underhand work on the field." "Too much
It spoils the game and causes trouble among both players place that should not be.
and spectators," said Wright.
Wright told him Rsteners that the game had ended I and a
a well-known International hadrut eye, a blackened eye and
beiter the and told him that he
boot marks of a look out for himself when they planted on my rear," next met In a match. "When
International Series Teams
the
Selected
fritid
which
little doubt!
Changes
firmly Two
In Indian
Test Team
Bombay, Dec. 20.-India has made two changes for third unofficial Test week the
are
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on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949.
By Reg. Wootton ›
Perturbs Doping Scare
Racing Authorities
What are the racing authorities doing about the doping scare?. That is a question which is perturbing Britain's racing world, and trainers in particular.
As one trainer put it to James Park: "I take every reasonable precaution against burglary. But it would be a nice thing if my house was burgled and I got six months for allowing it. That is the position I am in if one of my horses iş found to have been doped.”
That is not how the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee look at it. They say the trainer is the only person they can hold responsible, and he must take all precautions. They do things better in the USA. They also have had their doping scandals, and Pinkerton's Detective Agency was called in.
Pinkerton's men have now taken charge and are held re- sponsible. That is not possible In England. In the USA the horses are all stibled in race- course stables. In England they are sometimes stabled in yards
near the racecoursC.
Trainers think the authorities should eci. The Jockey Club own police
·Sportsman's Diary-
EDITED BY
Bruce Harring
played regularly at Wimbledon and in other lawn teants tour- naments. Before the war she won the Irish championship.
HYPNOTISM? NO
A young hypnotist, upset by his local football club's poor record this season, offered to Watson has entered for our mesmerise the team to win. professional
in Rejecting the championship
offer, Isthmian League side Ilford told him it might be better to hypnotisa tach opponents.
Ilford, bottom of their table, have not won a League match this season. Making his offer, self-taught hypnotist Julb, 18, said:
Them Is very that play in English football is at times unnecessarily rough and the man who must obvious- ly lake the binme is the re feree.
It is
the "referee who is in charge of the game.
SOME ARE EXCELLENT Some English referee excellent Only this there wa n degistration in against the Commonwealth
their the large cricket tourists, beginning organized Baly, during
chanted "We watit
March. December force to clean up the rings after at Calcutta refereen
They
the first world war. They could 30.
N. du Romething in that direction All
and 6. 'Mushing the British snecer public, however, by no Chowdhury replace B. Nimbalkar The are strong and C. R. Rangachari. means all referees
If they may do team will be as follows:
Merchant Hener enough even their best to be fal
Hazare. the
S. Mushtaq All, R. Than memorandum
Phadkar, H. H. Football Armela|ion. Dozens of Modi.
Mankad, P. R player and a Adhikart, times one by
Umrigar, 5. Nayudu. C. S
MIC leum. penalised when it
Mantri and N. Chodhury 10 rectly obvious that the player
12th mush will be P. G. Jos what has committed the foul has
Mauhing All, who partneres! done so quite untelentionally
memorable bull Merchant in many *The
the Tetere
opening stands for India, returns the Ted side for the first time 10 This season
Scotland plays China in jerowd
International Soccer fair."
the Club Tournament at Ground, Happy Valley, on Christmas Day at 3.30 p.m. Portugal plays England at Boundary Street on Boxing Day at the same time.
The fullowing will regement their culties in the Intern tional matches
Neotland
Pie Park Kash [KOSHE 11
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Tani Iwan-kan (KMB). La Sh-ping 1Kitcheek, (OAA), 1 Port-chiu Tang Yee-kit (KM), Au Chi-yan
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M. SILVA Mens 10 (SJC) Vice Capt T Tantalon (Macau). A G Santo (SJFC). Alox Arosa (Macau, A. Cunha
isure). J (Macau) Mt Xavier Castilho (5JFC), 7 Pacheca Fast- m). J Gomes JFC). Capt. G Pereira (53) Reserves
Gonano (SJFCL. M Noronha (PCAL Castilho (PCAL T A Xavier
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YOUR SHOE LACE IS BROKEN
(PCA) Team Manager: Mr Ben- striking the hand of a defender rique Nolasco
In the penalty area. The crowd ars Entis," wrging him to nword a penalty. His own co- soning would tell him that the defender was not at tuult and there was no chaner of his being ale to get his hand out of the
England Leyland (Army), Tore: (Novy),
Burner Wouten (Army).
Army), Tennue) (Army), Deardry (Navy), Daley (Navy), Sprays (Navy) Can- way (Army), Dear (Army). Braw (Army) Reserven Brown retuba Smith Army). Edge (Navy), Studd (RAFI, Won (Commande) Bard- wick (Club) Teat Manager Cap 1 Chisnall
GOVERNOR'S CUP
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(captain),
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Park suggests two ex-Scot- land Yard men with the right
They
Mr qualifications. John Horwell, CID chief for six years, and his friend Mr Ite
McCooey, ginni
who knows about racing.
Chowdhury, new ball bowler, played ugariet the Wen Infles in the fourth Teal at Madras las #rason.
day fleuter.
FLYING FANS
Austral Football Club made story before the war as the first football team to travel to gether by air to a match their Supporters' Club follows salt by becuting the 1hs to
air trip. EIZ mrganize
Now
An eroplane has been booked,
others
available
are
The Commonwealth won the Arst unofficial Test in Delhi by and
wickets The second, play-needed, for a Boxing Day trip where Arsenal ed here, ended in a draw to-to Manchester,
Fare, Including play United conch from Highbury to the airport at Stansted, Essex, £355. return. For comprison I quote return London-Minches- railway fares-IDs. third class, 75s. ft.
Chess Tourney
Results
E. M. Marchetti took the lead
the tournament for the Championship of the Kowloon Chess Club when he beat P. L Ogilvy-Stuurt in the second round t the Peninsula Hotel last night.
Drawing
In the
ETERNAL CUP-TIES
The big shots of the League
piny their first Cup-ties with the reason half over. But think
of two humble survivors hard nt il ever since September,
1 refer to Nuncalon and Mossley. first round
The winners of their replay will share with Wex- mouth the distinction of being the first tenins since the war to fight their way through a the qualifying rounds to the third round proper,
with A Archangelsky, Maur-
chotil now han 1% polits, This was the only second round game played last night. Oglivy- Stuart hdd beaten the defending Champion, L. Schure, in the
Arst
had the better of Marchetti
all the game
the way a Financhetto Defence to the King's Pawn Opening.
WHITE BALL
Lenguers. Mossley, Cheshbe
Nunca- (have played nine ties.
ton, in the Birmingham Com- bination, 10. Now the winners pre away to Exeter City. They Those who do the dirty deeds Two more first round matches In soccer do so as carefuly as have been
completed. H. might have been favoured with they can when the referee is not Klinghardt heat V. V. Kolatchufa more remunerative match. inking when he is unsighted. In an irregular QGD, breaking The Governor's Cup game be
Again, many referees are
into his
opponent's defence tween the Hongkong Football | whistling up players who quite within 15 moves. Association and the Chinese legitimately charge the goal- Eugent Taust
beal A F. A while ball for football Amateur Athletic Federation keeper
lo possession and still Tuskla
King's Bishop's these murky mid-winter days. In a will take place Al the Club 24Ի are completely Ignoring
Opening after 57 moves.
Why not? Que was used in the ground on January 1.
the time wasting which goes on One Brst round game was ad-
recond half of the match Second round games for the under their very nose.
journed. M. Feldman having
ngainst Italy. Now the Amateur Challenge Shield to take place
must be able to Geometerlal superiority
the
Cup holders Bromley, want 10 an January 7 and are fol
player deliberately sealed
against
adopt permanently. low:
wastes time. Senior Eastern V.
Only by strong refereeing can Joseph's; Police v. Club; Army the game of soccer 1z. properly *. Kitchee;
News played. A V.
recent poll by one newspaper of its readers showed Wint seven writers complained Junior --Prisons or Dockyard about the low standard of re-
Vendors.
KMB
when
St.
v. Club; Commandus ur Sollet- tors v. BAF; SCAA
chee
Nav
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Army: CAA
it
freeing Lo every une Lizzel KR-praised IL. It is. therefore, clear that the soccer public is fully aware of the deficiencies of the: mon in charge.
re-
Police
Mr A. L. Gordon hos placed Mr Harris as representative #n the F. A. CAUSE OF ALL TROUBLE Council,
Mr A. J. Hussain replaces of all the trouble that occurs A weak referce is the cause Mr Harris on the Disciplinary in matches as
not only the Sub-committee.
The Disciplinary
Football Association but players Sub-com and officials are ready to see. rnittee will meet on Friday at
Men ke Billy Wright would 5.30 p.m. to discuss the beha
not have to complain as he does viour of Leung Sheung-tak who (and Wright is not the sort of was ordered off the field during man to accuse people Inisely, the CAA-SCAA match and for he is an even tempered and the conduct of one of the lines clean player) if the referees men in the Prisons v. Eastern did their job properly. match. Both games were play. ed last Saturday,
is
The Football Association out: to see that they do.-Reuler.
..BOUND FOR OPERATION POTHEEN ...
HOW DEEP'S THE LOUGH?
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Day
Christmas
Match At IRC
Television likes a white ball, but there are other points in its favour. Visibility for players and
matters, 100. smilookers Only in snow would it be a disadvantage.
In future Bromley will use such a ball in all their home
An Intra-club cricket match matches, Dennis Roberts tells will be
played at the Indiane, it other Albenion League R.C. at Snokupoo on
clubs agter, Christ-
They hope other mas Day at 10.30 am. between clubs will follow their example. the Under 37's and the Over 37's, So do I. Teams are as follows:
|CHAMPION FOR ENGLAND
Over 31-A. el Argull (Capt.. A. Minu, A. 1. Madar, M. f.
G, J Watson, protezatonal Rezaei, F. M. el Arculil, A, 11. 1. A. K. Exmail, 4. M. Humjalin,
squash champion of Australia. Minu, M. A. Randahn, 8. A. Ismail, S. X. Zmn! V. A. Ruin-
is now on his way to England. and A. M. Waliob He is a player tahn (umpire)
prowess, is Incres)
year Mahmoud Karim, of Egypt, Under 37.-A. II. Kitchell (Captur Professional Open Champlon, A. R. Abuns, A. IL Dakar, T. Crabtree, I. All. S. H. Khan, D. M. was led 8-2 in the Arts game Omar, 1. M. Omar, A. A: Humjaha, by Watson, In the inal chal- A. K. Markar, M. A. Wahn, Selange at Sydney Kurim again
A. Ebrahim (reserve): G. Monly won by Dutt tumpire) and T. I. Barman
(scorer).
Mister Conquest··
LATER..
ATIS BOTTOMLESS. THE NIGHT WE LOST TOMMY DUGAN OVERBOARD-WE GOT
A POST-CARD FROM LONDON
THREE WEEKS LATER ASKIN'
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Biree games to
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The
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Guest of honour Thames Rowing Cup dinner was Sir Harcourt Gold, knighted for Two hum services to rowing. stories fold at the dinner de- serve repetition,
The
JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN
THEY MUST BRING MATTHEWS BACK
Acquit us right away of ever having been in the Matthews-at-any-price class that was prepared to see Tom Finney thrown on the dust heap rather than cast the slightest shadow against Stanley's outside-right throne.
We have oven put ourselves in the painful position of questioning the great man's progressive usefulness and gone to the extent of quoting fellow travellers in the same England sides who professed puzzlement at his apparent waywardness,
All this while we were still a half to work in. None, with of Finney, can loudly proclaiming that he was the exception the greatest ball player and in- so easily keep out of trouble. dividual entertainer we had None can go more boldly to:
the tackle when he wants to jever seen on the field of play.
nor shoot more strongly when the occasion demands.
him Now, having Feveral times recently, and particularly against Chelsea at
Fit? As a fiddle. He is a Stamford Bridge, on Saturday, we found the rostrum to pro Spartan Uver, devoted to his Tuesdays he claim once more the greatness condition. On
Grilst
and to demand does a system of body exercises skipping, and then As England's out-and some his return
ten sprints-full "out off the side right.
mark for 20 yards, fading for another 20 and folding at the hundred mark
THE STAND SIDE
SPRINT PRACTICE
On
You have to go back into the mists of football history to and the like of him...to the old men's talk of such as Bobby Wednesdays the same. Templeton, of Glasgow Celtic, Thursdays he cuts the sprints Newcastle United, and 'Scotland, to eight and on Fridays he cuts the
devastating out the body work and reduces man whoso
блу, caused the the sprints to six. All the skill, they crowd to sway and the stand time, he walks on the road. In to collapse in the Ibrox disaster other words, Matthews at 34 18 at the start of the century; the as it as any schoolboy of 16 man who would play outside with a body on him they half if that ought to be right in the Drst were the stand side, and thon Slade, muscle by muscle. at outside left in the second halt, because he liked to re- friends in the main with his stand.
a
drawing at the
He is too good a sportsman to be disgruntled about being discarded by England, "but Bitle disappointed, naturalist."
years at
A bobbydazzler if ever there He could and should bo there
flye William was one, the old hands will tell for the next
you, but
comparative least. youngster. Now Stanley Mal-
hews, at 34 years of age, has Mortensen played like a hero, the same compelling quality. with a cold you couldn't have Jiftes with a bulldozer, and
his
Ол
"I've watched Ilford
piny many tines this
season and 1. The Hev E. T. KULk they have been awful, I would (there representing cricket) cox- hypnotise them to "win' evers'j
He does not have to wait for what a cool, Immaculate centre Thames as a schoolboy, but match.
the mists of time to envelop half was Chelsea's John Harris
Uhis broke up an eight, and there
performance. the legend. The legend is here on 11ford committee after confined himself in cricket!
nlmost any performance for Camsidered the offer. decided to with him now, wrought by 2.A. L. McLeod, the
two mngle feet, by his ice-cold that matter. to win their bridge Blue, captained the Lady continue trying Margare
surumer matches on mert Quite right, body, by his sure Instinct, his bratr by his perfectly tuned VIII jast which made such history. Their too.
artistry in everything he does. colour la scarlet, He was sold After Je trave been discovered Ute regalta, arms clasped round aple-box, proclaiming with Intense emotion: "Well rowed Lady Maggie?”
CONGRATULATIONS
SLIGHTLY SUPERIOR
Any England leam That
-(London Exprem ServicE)
Tom Finney CILI be accom- Polo & Hunt Club
More fun among the minnows doesn't and a place for him- Paget Rangers,modated at outside left or any of football. Central Amateur League side, Inside position-Isn't an England bent Evesham 24-1.
Any advance on this? Footnote. In 1885 Arbroath A
1x borg
Ealing bent Bon Accord st son
30-0 in a C. Mrs
F. 0. Lister, Scottish Cup matchi,
Like formerly Thelma Jarvis,
Mrs Lister has her husband,
-(London Express Service)
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