THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1950.
The Year's Most THE CAMBOLS
Extraordinary Tennis Incident
Year's most extraor- dinary tennis incident is reported from the Victoría championships at Mel bourne, Australia. It in- volves American singl champion Art Larsen, whe after being footfau several times, walked off the court when the score was 6-2 against him in the first set.
He was persuaded to return- and went on to beat Australian Ken McGregor 2-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6--2
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TOP SIX IN DIVISION I ARE THE SEASON'S CUP FIGHTERS
Says IVAN SHARPE
The big Cup draw........and no one has mentioned Aston Villa. How times change!
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What's the matter, Villa way? Six times Cup winners in 30 years, they have since had no such win in 24 seasons. Nor have they made amends in the League,
A pity. Up and down the world, claret and blue have meant so much. Now rivals are stealing the thunder.
In the 25 seasons of play since gramme, and the long pause the first world war only 26 that cuts across team-building clubs have appeared in the Cup for
the
England v. Scotland Final This is because Arsenal match in April. The following matches are and Huddersfield Town have This time the selectors and England XI down for decision in the Kow been there five times apiece, managers of the
be Cricket Club Sunday Chief Cup-fighters in modern surely won't
sorry to go This happens in unimportant leon
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underground. Look at the flood matches, but it has always been Morning League
5 Finals: Arsonal (won 3, bost of advice they are receiving: taken for granted that the act December 24 commencing at
2), and Huddersfield Town Return to international trial of leaving the court without. 10.30 am.
Red Socks v. White Socks; (W. 1, L 4). consulting opponent or umpire
3 Finals: Bolton Wanderers matches a season are sufficient. constitutes
the Blue Socks v Green Socks. ceding of а
Teams will be chosen from (won all), and Wolves, Manches-. Anyway, trial match.
There's no the following and all those who ter City, Portsmouth, and Pres- proved misleading. are unable to attend
"bite" in them. They are just are re- ton N. E. (each W 1, L 2). quested to get. In touch with
Of the clubs who have con- friendly frivols. their team Captains as soon as tested two Finals,
.only New- possible:
castle United have won both.
This situation seems to be covered by rules 28 and 20. The latter says that play shall be continuous. Rule 28 states that the decision of the umpire is final in all matters of fact.
ex- There may have been tenuating circumstances in this
Red Socks.-Mrs R. Stack (Capt). Mrs B.F. Benjamin, Miss J. Watt, K.M. Getz, G.M. Gillard, Capt Tottle, Capt Bretton, J.D. Mackenzie.
White Socks-Miss N. Lambert Baker (Capt), Miss M. Fisher, Mrs G.H. Wren, C.R. Tier- Whitney
R. Stack, R.N. Manley,
A.
nan.
TWO FROM SIX This year's Cup fighters? As League and Cup football are be- coming more and more alike, we shall not be far wrong in
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games. But six representative By W. Capel Kirby
games have And David Jack
England may ask for extra international games. Again, six opportunities are plenty. If the selectors will give caps to a man of 38, they must expect to find themselves left with gaps.
Brentford, who since their re- legation from the First Division have been struggling to build a good team, may be forced to sell two of their best youngsters be- cause of financial difficulties. The. lads wanted are Jimmy Hill, a useful inside forward, who has improved a hundred percent CLUBS AGAINST
since moving to wing half, and inside forward Peter The clubs have been promised young fewer representative games and Broadbent.
Although Sunderland are keen they will come down hand en any appeal for "another chance" on Hill, manager Jackie Gibbons to build the England team. is not likely to part until Brent- About this interval
"We need 90 minutes men." ford are out of the FA Cup.
A good Cup run, in fact, might months in the international pro-First time the physical fitness
alibi has been raised in mid- enable the Londoners to hang season in my forty years ex-on to their two stars. perience. Alibi, it is.
particular case, but occasions in Ceut-Co P. Coxall, L. Kote selecting
world-class games when a player has been allowed to leave the court and then return and continue must be very rare-if not unique.
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Blue Socks Mrs K.M. Getz (Capt). Mrs Webb, Mrs Flynn, A.S. Augestad. H.G, da Silva, R.S. Capell, E. Brown, H. Hill.
Green Socks-Mrs M. Chow (Capt), Miss L. Coxall, Mrs N. van Nostram,
W. Baker.
R.B. Lawes, Major Digby. E. Abbass,
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Teams should be chosen by Don't run away with the idea club managers. Imagine Stanley that the footballing streets of Cullis of the Wolves as one of Rio are paved with gold. Several them. If Wright, Williams, English referees out there are Hancocks and maybe Mullen having difficulty making ends were chosen, the public would meet. say: "Favouritism. He's putting
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in his own players." If most Swindon Town, who of them were omitted, the good consistently turned down offers old British public would cry: for star centre-forward Maurice "Unfair. Club before country. Owen may change their minds He's keeping out his own when Maurice recovers from an injury which has kept him out of action for most of the season. Reason? Deputy leader Roy Onslow has been playing so well that even a flt Owen wouldn't get his place back,
players."
Managers would never be free from suspicion, whether their clubs were running for League, Cup, promotion relegation or nothing at all,
Appoint Ralch Carter to show them how to shoot. Well, Eng- land's forwards, like the rest, are numbered 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. We will take No. 7 first-outside- right Hancocks of the Wolves.
So we would have stepping up for shooting lessons the best shot in all the British Isles.
FA should run own England XI. Prize solution. Eleven pick- ed stars and nine reserves, at £25,000 apiece, is £500,000 for a start.
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Managers Bob Brocklebank (Birmingham) and Harry Storer (Coventry) have asked Nelson what price Alec Mangham, in- side forward, and Ken Collis, a 17-year-old wing half-back.
Good judges tell us Mangham, at 20, is a replica of Bolton's Ray Westwood.
We know a critic who in one season named over 50 seasoned players as belonging to the certain-to-play for England category. As we are prepared to stand or fall by pick-em- There are only four interna-young methods, make a note of tional matches in the playing Ronnie Clayton in your diaries. 16-year-old Blackburn season so, for about 25 of the! This
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35 weeks, the £500,000 fellows Rovers wing half-back showing would be without a match. And Willis Edwards touches in the the clubs wouldn't part with Central League side is already these 20 players, anyway.
attracting outside attention, and if optimistic inquirers failed
Jackle Bestall by to contact phone one day last week we can tell them why.
No, the selectors and managers of England's football XI and be glad to go underground for the winter and rest in peace....
Has the influence of Stanley Matthews been good or bad?
It has been good, very good indeed, for skill, sportsmanship and modesty. But if the wing men of the future are going to try to copy his tactics, then it is likely to be bad: they will be trying to achieve something be- yond their scope.
While showing the chairman how he would have finished off one of many movements against Chesterfield the Rovers manager caught, his foot in the telephone cord and wrecked the instru- ment. Pick 'em up, Jackie.
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Carlisle United's Bill Shankley hopes to make a big capture by 'signing a Scottish international full-back.
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Matthews is a football genius who made his own methods and; though he comes from the Potteries, will leave no mould.
Why has a brilliant forward As long as Tranmere Rovers like Tom Finney lost favour are in the promotion hunt, with the international selectors? | Bolton Wanderers, favourites to It is because Preston is so near secure the transfer of Wheeler, to Blackpool? Finney has only who plays equally well at inside been rested because of over-right or wing half, are likely development of the dallying to be kept waiting. Matthews style.
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For the average wing-forward, Derby County are to spend the better man to copy is Billy £1,000 on the Liddell, Scottish international floodlights
of Liverpool, The outside for-Ground. Surprising to ward should make ground-get there are still First, along the wing. But this is be- clubs without coming unfash
amenity.