1937-12-30 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 30, 1937.

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FOOTBALL POOLS A BIG INDUSTRY

FASTEST GROWING

BUSINESS IN

GREAT BRITAIN

WEEKLY TURNOVER,

ABOUT £750,000

£12,000 Offer For

Player

BIGGEST EVER IN SOCCER FOR WESTWOOD

London, November 26. Chelsea made one of the biggest offers in the history of football yesterday for the transfer of 2 player when they bid $12,000 for Westwood, Bolton Wanderers' in- ternational forward. The offer was rejected.

£175,000 A WEEK IN POSTAGE ALONE said last night: "We had no alter-

London, November 20.

An official of Bolton Wanderers

native but to refuse Chelsea's offer Big as the offer was, we could quickly lose that amount of serious-

THE football pools industry is to-day the fastest reduced attendances"

growing industry in Great Britain In fifteen years it has reached a turnover of £750,000 a week, £30,000,000 in a single season."

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COLONY

The football pool in its present state was evolved by Mr. J. J. RIFLE

Barnard of Birmingham. He was followed very shortly by others in the pool business.

They eventually introduced the penny pool which automatical ly increased their clients by thousands. It also increased the staffs and to-day 30,000 people are regularly employed on the football pools staffs.

The law of this country makes!

it illegal to send money with WALTER

your football coupon." All bets!

must be credit transactions. As HAMMOND AND

a result you are trusted by the

football pools for the amount of HIS NEW JOB

your bets, and if you lose you are required to send the money the following week.

MACHINERY NEEDED

In the big pools offices, there are machines which strip the envelopes from the coupons, machines which can handle 4,000 envelopes an hour. Each week of the football sea- son, 16,000,000 envelopes leave the the pool headquarters which means $175.000 a week in postage, and it is estimated that 12,000,000 replies are returned

ENORMOUS INCREASE

Inside each of these 12,000,000 envelopes there is a postal order which, according to statistics, averages 2s. 6d. Since the pools be- gan the sales of Postal Orders have increased enormously.

Recent Comments Most Unfair

THE "OLD SCHOOL TIE”

C. H. Guyatt, managing direc- tor of the Marsham Tyre Co. (Ltd.), London, writes. I have now had an opportunity of ex- amining the Press reports in connection with Walter Ham- mond and this Company. The inference in some sections of the Press that Hammond has taken amateur status in order

that he may become a candidate for the English captaincy is in- correct and unfair.

in

For a considerable time Ham- mond has been in touch with me In 1925, the sales of sixpenny concerning an appointment orders amounted to $4,000,000. Ten my Company, and it was entire- years later the amount had jumpedly for business reasons, which to £23.000.000. The shilling orders should be obvious, that I insisted meanwhile had risen from £8,000,- that he should discontinue his engagement. It 000 to £35,000,000, and 1s. 6d or professional ders had risen from £4,000,000 to was my condition, and not Ham- £14,000,000, So the Post Office also mond's request. makes a bit out of the football pools Reuter.

SIR P. WARNER'S STOP-WATCH TEST

My reason for arranging that Hammond should be available to play throughout next year, and particularly in view of the Austra- lian visit, will be obvious to any sportsman.

VERY UNFAIR

Unpleasant references have been

ON 8-BALL OVER made to the snobbery aspect and

to the "old school tie,” and it is unfortunate that such unprovoked London, November 26. A stop-watch test made darted to cause distress to a man who, comments should have been permit- ing one of the England v. New in his own

particular sphere, has Zealand matches last summer replayed the game" in every sense vealed that if eight instead of of the term. six balls had been bowled per As for myself, such criticism is the same number or balls most inappropriate, since in com- could have been bowled with a mon with numbers of other busi- saving of 1 hour 40 minutes. ness men who have not been un- This was revealed yesterday successful, I was in my early days by Sir Pelham Warner in an ad- frequently without a tie of any sort. dress to the South Oxfordshire Amateurs Cricket Club at Ox- ford.

over

ed by the extra two balls in the He added that he believed our over, and that the additional fast bowlers on the last Aus- strain was compensated by the tralian trip had not been troubllonger rest between overs.

SHOOTING

Those chosen to represent the Co- lony in the Inter-Colonial rifle match

this afternoon are:

S.R. (a). It A. 0. Pullman (Middx), captain, Lieut. R F. Jenks, RN., Capt. W. Newton (Mida'x), su- perintending officers, P. O. Richards, Sgt. Cooper, L/Cpl. Langford, L/Cpl Baker, L/Sgt. Jordan, Pte. Moss, (Midd'x), Sgt Bickell, RM, Cpl. Pu- ran Singh, (HKP.). Reserves Pte. Cox. (Mind'x), Pte. Cranston, (Sea- forths).

TO-MORROW'S SCOTTISH LEAGUE PROGRAMME

Third Lanark (2) Partick (1)

Ayr (-)

The following are to-morrow's First Division Scottish League fixtures Aberdeen (2) Arbroath (2) Clyde (-) Hamilton (1). Hearts (8) Kilmamock (3) Morton (-) Queen 0'S (2) Queen's Park (2)

श्रे

HIBERNIAN

v

Celtic (2) ». Falkirk (1) Hibernian (2) St. Johnstone Dundee (3)

St. Mirren (2)

· BEAT KILMARNOCK IN AWAY ENCOUNTER

London, To-day.

In the First Division of the Scot-- tish League yesterday, Kilmarnock were defeated at home by Hibernian

y three clear goals. Reuter.

CHARITY SOCCER MATCH

A football match to raise funds

the Ministering, Children's.

SR (b) -- Major D. H. Steers, cap- Watson, tain, P. O. Fellow, Mr. |(D.R.C), Sgt. Mannell, RM, Cpl Mor-1

ris, RM Capt. Ratcliffe, (BUR), for Lieut. Hawkins, RE, Cpl Miller, League will be played between the R.M., Mr. Austin, (DRC) Reserves: Royal Navy and Royal Marines on Sgt. Russell (HK.P.), Mr. Lakesman the Navy ground on January 5. The (D.R.C.).

kick-off will be at 4 pm

Shooting will begin at 150 nm.

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