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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952.
A Blueprint Appears For The Future Of England's International Football
By TOM FINNEY
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A blueprint for the future of England's international football side kag recent. ly been issued by the Football Association. It is the report of the Technical Sub- Committee body of distinguished legislators who were appointed to consider these problems over a year ago,
In their efforts to steer our soccer future along the right path, the Sub- Committee have heard views from men in all departments of the gamo. Managers like Stan Cullis, of Wolverhampton, Tottenham's Arthur Rowe and Laurie-Scott, former England full-back' now with Crystal Palace gave their particular knowledge) to the discussions.
Mr F. H.
.
even
a
Contrary to suggestions which Football Appeared, the
the Com-have
The standpoint of the Football | fence which Arsenal introduced so popular and useful in post-war League clubs who provide the in their great days of the mid-years. They suggest an age-limit for playera in these junior players for the international thirties.
Now France and Austria, to games-and perhaps trains was explained by directors
name only two, are past musters proviso barring men with ""full" like Aston Villa's Normansel), Mr. French, of of this system which makes it caps from turning out in such
matches. Middlesbrough. and the New-dilicult for a forward to find an castle United representative, Dr opportunity for shooting,
The remedy,
say R. Rutherford.
mittee's lindings, is a quicker League, clubs are not apposed to extra International Tommy Laton, Joe Mercer, use of the ball from half-backs these Jimmy Hagan and Raich Carter to forwards, and a losgening of fixtures. I gather they are more wing attacks which than willing to co-operate in a to along expound the orthodox went
playres them- give the defenders time to re-limited programme, which can problems of the
only help lift the level of our it selves. So
a pretty treat. was
specer. Those tactics, already adopted thorough investigation into the
Personally I was pleased to see ways in which we can best keep with great success by Newcastle our national game on its high United in League football, were an emphasis given to the need tried in our match against for pre-match training for our pedestal.
Austria last November. They national sides. The Committee's certainly showed up the weak-evidence stressed that this should be as long and thorough as of this defensiva style. But 1 am not altogether in
possible and should molude match-practice. favour of the verdict on wingers! Certain defences can still best Many be broken down by swift attacks down the touchlines,
in fact, are coming ound to the view that wingers, Fu properly used, can riddle teams which rely on square-standing Certainly this has been ap-full-backs. Perhaps it is just ns the employment parent in some of our recent in-1 well
In the days prospects of mon like myself! ternational games.
war. It before the last
AGE LIMIT FOR "B" TEAM value-despile the subsequent generally the other way round.
The Cornmittee provide an in-changes in the side through in- I think it can be explained to some extent by the continental teresting verdict on "B" teamjurles, adoption of the retreating de-internationals which have proved
RETREATING DEFENCE
observation An Interesting from the tactical side was that the style of play betwein England Files is the Continental exactly the reverse of what it used to br.
and
England, now often superior in midfield play, fall down in the vital matter of shooting.
Was
managers,
for
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FIFTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 1st & Saturday 8th March, 1952 (Held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club}" The First Dell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 p.m. each day,
There are races of the 1st Day and, . races on the 2nd Day Through
(18 ugh Tickets for the 2nd Day, 8th March, 1052, (at $18.00 each) may be obtained at the Compradore Omer of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also lickets for the Cash Sweep on the lust ruce of the Meeting as well as tickets on the Hong Kong Derby scheduled to be run on 31st May, 1952.
To avoid congestion at the Club's Office at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Brunch Offices at:-
5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
or
382 Nathan Road, Kowloon TOTALISATOR
The attention of Totalizator Investors is drawn to the following rules:-
Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies sa declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given. Tho "All Clear" signal will be
When England is compelled to meet continental sides who have spent three months proparing for the game, we cannot have too of these Lactical get- much togethers.
I think that the fow days the together in spent players Manchester prior to the Austrian than proved their game more
Altogether this is one of the most progressive and sensible re- ports that has been offered to. English football for many a day.
DIRTY SOCCER
WHY do players VV commit fouls? Can you recognise
dirty play? What does the club do about it?
investigation spotlights
a porturbing feature of modern Soccer, and endeavours to probe into the cause and effects of the greatest blöt on the gamo-dirty play. No. 1: By JOHN, MACADAM.
And they still try to say there is no dirty Soccer! Last week-end's Cup ties brought a sorry tale of lost tem- pera on the field, of refusal of the game's ordinary hos- pitalities after it was over, of names taken, and of a player sent off,
In one match between a fashion- able club and a comparatively ob soure one, an in- ternational defen- der knocked his opposite number
yards, un several fairly.
Touchline sрес- 1ator heard the
obscure player say
as he picked him- The defender Jabs him hard on the selt painfully off
the ground back of the neck with his forearm
What's the idea?
thought you were supposed to be a first-class player?"
Illustrated
by Robb
DARK HORSE?
By Henry Longhurst
Colony Badminton
Ladies Singles Match Was The Highlight Of The Programme
A thrilling Ladies' Junior Singles game between Mrs Gloria Sequeira of Recreio and. Miss Stella Correa of Craigengower Cricket Club was the highlight of the second day's programme of the Colony Junior Badminton Championships at Taikoo Dock Club yesterday.
**
and coverage
They all, come down to it
Going to the full distance of three sets, it was any- in the end, Two more dis-
body's game until the last point was scored by Gloria tinguished athletes, exch
Sequeira to give her a creditable win of 11-5, 5-11 and 11-4. for some years unique in his
Both players put up a high hitting harder than his opponent, own sphere, have decided to
standard of ladies pluy, excell-P. V. Yap had the better of Hive up their nasty roughing in full-length services and H. F. Tat in a lobbing duel On-labs, and displaying next drepintermersed with occasional net games, and from now wards it is to be the shots and good retrieving power, drops.
The greater stendimess humble, pedestrian pastime
Tal held his younger opponent slightly better cour!
in the first
set but of golf.
of the Recreio girl turned out to 9-N
Yap to be the deciding factor in the weakened at that stage.
took five paints in a row and One, the idol of cvory Ameri-thira set.
und the Denis The first set opened evenly closed the first sut at 15-10. can schoolbay,
as the score went to 3-3 and Compton, us it were, of baseball,
Tai le 3-0 in the second set is Joe Di Maggio, Declaring his 0-8 in Mrs Scquetra's favour but dropped off after that as his
her opponent they ilo in baseball, nounces, "Colf is my game from now on."
The second, better known to
s rone other UIS,
than Joseph Barrow; in other words, the thumpion pugilist, Joe Lantis who incidentally rhymes with the capital of Sussex, not with the French kings.
innings closed, if that is what Cleverly drawing
an-to the net and countering the opponent assumed control of the
he
I find this intriguing because the last time I wrote about Joe
to
that Loula it was
reveal
net returns with passing lobs 10 game to wh by 15-5, the base, the winner reeled off
E. M. Ribeiro put up a sur- Ove points in a row on her next prisingly good fight against the
Schoolboy former
Tunner-up, service to take the first set by 11-5. రామ. A
determined Stella Correa K. Y. Tso. After losing the first set by 15-8, Ribeiro was leading early 2-0 lead in the 9-8 in the sreond set, only to sep took an
plucky his opponent taking the lead at second set after some retrieving, Mrs Sequeira even-12-10 and taking it to set and
con match at 15-10. ed up ut 2-2 but Stella, centrating on the buse, scored four points on her next service to lead 8-2.
A series of line shots he had given up golf until he her another four points
A
gave
SCHOOLBOYS'
SINGLES
In the Schoolboys' Singles after Che Wallen of Wah Yan dis
of services played farceful strokes to ell- He two changeovers had finished with boxing." He found that Holt "called 'for Mrs Sequeira held her op- minate Chan Kee-ning of Ellis different raflexes and the use of ponent to two scoreless services Kadcorie by 15-6 and 15-5. different muscles from boxing”—
"before conceding the set poin
Doubles, In the Schoolboys" a theory borne out by the text to good smosh
La left-hander
Chec-ming books, not by a good many Stella.again took a 2-0 lead in
impressive and de- Have an week end golfers one's the third set, but in her over- lightful performance at the net ***acquaintance.
cagerness to repeatedly overhit the shuttle to enable him and his Ling Nam Middle School partner, and Mrs Sequeira snatched the Liou Chun-van, to have the lead
at.3-2 with three successive better of King's Wong Shiu- points.
I AVDS the supreme danger but for menent
Portsmouth, Guthrie put all his effort into So the unworthy tale goes cn.getting the ball. Saturday after Saturday....pro- voration and retallation, and then, on the Monday morning, the bruised limbs on the trainers benches.
There has always been dirty play in Soccer football, and, human nature being what it is, there always will be while one player is better than another and all-nature and while spie still persist..
POOR NEWCASTLE! Hopes that the elusive "double" this year might be completed faded a bit when Monday's sixth- round draw brought Portsmouth and Newcastle together.
Poor Newcastle! Id they
SORT 'EM OUT the Cup again this year,
can say they haven't In the old days every side carried a known "basher" whose Tottenham, Swansea and deserved it, Successive matches
main job, on the net was to Portsmouth have made the palk"sort out" and malm the danger at
pretty stony.
man on the other side.
win
nobody
Pompey have the great ability to risc to the occasion and I think that maybe they will end the Cup-holders great bld next Saturday. But then-I am a For notoriously poor tipster. that reason I shall say nothing of the Blackburn-Burnley clash that has taken Lancashire by storm.
indicated by Sir Ken Wins
It often developed into a war of attrition between two oppos ing toughies, each protecting his own star from the other.
They used to put Will Copping of Arsenal in this category, but they were wrong.
True, Will would never stand mildly by while anybody in the olher dean was battering one of his own pals. He would mutter lay-off warning once and if the manhandling persisted, he
márily.
90 TO THE CUP
of
* STUDY IN DYNAMICS
great strength returns the
reach
the base
He was a fearless tackler, and, as auch a player will, nine times out of ten, he go. It. Maguire
Two services by Miss Correa kwong and John So. was "sheken,
Son of the and Portsmouth penny, Louis-he is, I gather, landed plumb on the baseline to to win the Cup com- playing professionallyhould give her back the lead at 4-3 A player, Patrick Werg, 15-year- went on fortably.
tactles,
THREE WALKOVERS
rather
smaller
John So.
THE RESULTS
partner,
veteran-Colony
make a good thing out of golf. I series of out shots by her old Wong held his own against There was a howl of protest saw him fight only once, but then opponent and some good drop the superior pair, but ·TC* that travelled about shots by Mrs Sequeira at this ceived very little support from punch from people who knew no better. That was not dirty play, but 12 inches raised one Al Ettore, stage took her to 6-4, 9-4, and s quite straightforward football described as "Philadelphia's fistic 11-4.
pride and joy," some nix Inches The kind of thing to watch for into the air and rendered him 4s practised regularly and suc-unconscious.
A disappointing feature of
The following were the re- cessfully by one of the best de-
yesterday's programune wis
Colony Badminton fenders in the country. Call it Those who recall, their Fifth that out of the remaining tightsults of the forearm smash...
Form dynamics may care to work schoolboys and men's junior championships played at Talkoo The defender is lying imme-out what force will be applied to events scheduled to be played, last night: diately behind an attacking for a golf ball by, the same arm, thres resulted in walkovers.
Schoolboys Doubles-Andrew ward who is waiting for the plug another, tached to a 12- In the Schcolboys Doubles, Chen and. Lo Wing-cheun, inch driver swung through ap- Chow Po-leung and Fung Wing walk-over from Chow Po-leung proximately 10 feet.
turn up and in the
ball to come upheld to him from one of his own ployers.
Both are facing the oncoming ball with their backs to the de- fender's goal. head-height they jump with the attacker in front odds-on to get it and flek it either way to one of his own men.
As It reaches them just above
.
THE VICIOUS FOUL Just as he reaches it the de-
of the neck with his forearm, and heads the ball clear.
failed to
Men's Junior Doubles, both the and Fung Wing; Lieu Chun-van Whether great strength does tam pairs of B. el Arculli and Loo Chee-ning bent Wang return the goling penny I have and H. Y. Hul and Hut Kwan Shiu-kwong and John So 15-3, doubled ever since the days and Ko Wai-bong conceded 15-3, when, at what I am pleased to walkovers to their opponents, Schoolboys' Singles Cha look back upon as my prime, the reason gives being that Wai-kin beat, Chan Kee-ning used habitually to be outdriven both the Hul brothers wert 15-6, 15-5. by Bobby Jones-and not, at of tow
The two Men's Junhor Singles Yap beat: H. F. Tai 15-10, 15-5. that, the golfer, but the jockey.
out
Louis at the moment, it would games, however, produced some lested. Faster on the move and would deal with the matter sum-fender Jabs him hard on the back seem, has not re-harnessed his 1800d play and were closely con-
reflexes to the golf swing., Normally scoring in the middle seventies, he took 81 in a recent tournament in Arizona and failed to qualify,
a white light and/or a while sphere at the Totalisator Tower,
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Challenge Cup
Cheltenham, Gloucester-
shire, Mar. 4.
hard, direct, and fearlessly. It was up to the other fellow to go for it, too-and devil take the hindmost. It was tough, but all perfectly legitimate.
The test is; In all his career, Copping was never cautioned by
The attacker isn't more than momentarily shaken by the blow, but he pitches forward complete ly discomposed and, of course, irritated: In other upset and wards, put off his game.
One of the must vicious of all the fouls is committed by the man who cames in Inte with his foot over the ball.
Sir Ken, owned by Mr Maurice Kingsley, a Man-a referee. chester textile manufac- It is the player who doesn't He makes no attempt to kick
but the ball
comes straight turer, won the Champion go for the ball but for his op-
studs is the danger, through with his ponent, who Hurdle Challenge Cup, run
There are fewer and fower of scrapes then down his over two miles here today.
them every season. The foot-ponent's enes ar thigh. baller today is a more cultivated person than the old ones,
Sir Ken, who started a three to one favourite in a fleld of 16, was winning his ninth succes- sive race over hurdles. Ridden by the Irishman, Tim Molony,
National Hunt the champion jockey, Sir Ken beat the 100 to 7 chance, Nohelme, by two lengths, with Approval, a B to
How to eradicate it altogether?
That must start in the dress- Ing-room.. There are a great many managers in Soccer today who will not tolerato dirty play own players, and from their take their own disciplinary ac-
spell.
1 shot, four Jengths behindtion by dropping them for ជ
더 rode perfectly Molony
on the winner,
two
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SERVANTS' PASSES
zun
But there are still a tow who not only condone fouling but actually demand it in needle matches, particularly Cup-ties.
Referees
as im- are almost
Too portant as the manager. many of them lack either the knowledge or the courage or both do send a celebrated player. off the field.
and
Hecomes straight through
with bis stude
we are
As a negro he has other prob- toms than mere muscle adjust- ment. His entry is declined in many States of the Union-a problem with which morcifully unconcerned-and it he is even suggested that being used as
a spearhead
to press the claims of coloured pro- fessionals in general.
is
REPLY POINTED
Junior Men's
Singles--P. V.
Junior Men's Doubles M. T. Lam and W. N. Cheung walk- over from Hu! Kwan and Ko Wai-hong; C. M. Quinn and T. E. Rodrigues walk-over from
Ray Lindwall For Ed Arculi and H. Y. Hui,
Lancashire
League Club
Australian Test fast bowler Ray Lindwall hus, says Phil Tresidder in the Sydney Sunday Telegraph, accepted a record signing-on fee to play Lancashire League cricket in England as professional this year.
Junior Men's Singles-K, Y. Two beat E. M. Ribeiro 16-8, 15-10,
Junior Ladies' Singles-Mrs JG. Sequéim bent Miss S. Car-
ve 11-5, 5-11, 11-4.
TODAY'S GAMES
(At Talkoo).
8.30 p.m.: Schoolboys Doubles Chan Keening and Leung Tat- Wong v Leung Tin-slk ond
Lindwall will receive £1,300 | Chung Ph-tat. for alx-months contact avail
The best of these, Ted Rhodes, Nelson club.
when asked why he was pressing In addition, he will receive a
6.45pm: Schoolboys Sin- gles-Robert Heng v Chay Sun- lam..
for admittance to so many more collection from the crowd every tournaments, gave a reply upon time he takes six wickets or 7.00 p.m. Schoolboys Dou- which one co
could hardly improve, 50 runs. These collections bles-Wong Ka-wing and Wong
scores "I'm hungry," he said. This
Wan-hay v A Marquez-Lin average about £20. seems almost, though not quite, · Lindwall will coach three and S. Kaxler, to rank with Dempsey's reply to nights a week and will play on
Schoolboys 7:15 pm
Sin- his wife, after his defeat by Saturday afternoons and in oc-les-Cheng Hol-ping 'V' Lea Tunney.
Asked what went casional mid-week games. Sliched wrong, he said, "Honey," I forgot to duck."
However, golf has already
·
7.30 p.mi: Schankgirly Dou- bite G. Baptista and R., Car-
6:00 pm, Junior Men'o-Sin-
ATHLETIC MEET valho v r. Gaan and V. Brown. It is a wicked foul, more wick-brought to Joe Louis one' delight ed because it takes a supremely for which many of us are grate-. The Northcote Training Col- gles H. J. Xavier v Joseph clever player to do it,
ful, namely travel. I see a lege Primary School's six Foo..
back and by the end of the game -
I saw it done some months picture of him in Tokyo whore, Annual Athletic Meeting fa Britain. The winner
received £3,672, which includ- ed his entry and forfelts,
CK-
Sir Hen la trained by Jockey Willie Stephenson,' who trained Arelle Prince, last year's Epsom Derby' winner. Reuter.
TODAY'S SPORT
LAWN TENNIS Colony Open Cherapionshipsgat Hongkong Cricket Club Courts, Cha- for $500,
RUGBY Farewell match in honour of D.T. Nolan, Club ground, Happy Valley BOCCER
5.15 p.m.
· Noyal Nayy v. Royal Air Fares at Causeway day, 410 3.m.
CRICKET
dug LE (Scokunpoo): RUI
Army Lounge." — 173, Loc. Biy, v 10,88-Med:Regt (CCC); 15/16" H 121
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By Order,"
MISA,
Chinese YMCAT CCC VHKU Mixed Doubles Heereto Colony :: Open Cliamojonalpa Talkão," ormimensi: 030' DM,
SNOOKER Colony Open Championships
y.c.
And remember the dirty player is viry often the brilliant player; he knows how to commit his fouls on the blind side of the referee, who often cannot be blamed for missing them..
One of the odd things about Soccer Equting is that it you were to circulate evory manager. in the country for his view on 1t, you would get a unanimous: We don't tolerate rough stuff hero." Yet, it goes on. ***
In the 1039 Wolves-Portsmouth Cup Final at Wembley, James Guthrie, the Portsmouth captain, went straight into the tackle. with Maguire, the fast Wolves winger, on the ball.
Rugger Results
Landon, Mar. 4.
Cup semi-final game played to- In a Rugby Union Hospitals day St Mary's Hospital boat Westminster Hospital by-21-3,»
In another Rugby Union match played today St Ives lost- to Llanelly 3-11-Reuter,
with partnership
will 8.80 p.m. · Junior Men's Lloyd be held at the South China Doubles Leo Leong and C. C. the bruise on one side of the Mangrum and Jack Burke, and Atletic Association ground, Yew v B. A, Brown and A. D. thigh had come right through to in front of 60,000 people, he played Caroline Hill, to-morrow, com- Brown.
three Japanpep pro-mencing 9 amende the other side.
hot against What a dirty so-and-so that regionals, Mr Kurihara, Mr fellow is" aald one of his op- Nakamura, and Mr Chick Chin.
added: ponents afterwards,
wish we had him.d
-(London Express Service)
..1
Alas, the Japanese them with a 64.
THE GAMBOLS
| WHY - HULLO "MEE, WAGGLER
GAYE GAMBOL
1 HAVENT SCENE YOU FOR SUCH A
LONO TIME)
HER HUSBAND WAS MOVED L TO THEIR LEEDS. YOU KNOW.
BE LATER
0:00 p.m. Junior Men's Singles Wang Yan V Z, A. Mr W. J. Dyer, Principal of Abbas.
9.30 the Northcote Training College,
p.m. Junior: Min's: undercut will present the awards at 4.30 Doubles J. Yop and J. Koo
H. el Araulll and C. H. Weng. p.m.
HOW YOU WOMEN DO) GOSSIP
ONLY STOPPED {FOR ONE MINUTE,
by Barry Appleby
WAY, HULLO BEERSTAINE OLD MAN, IC THAT RIGHT){ THAT YOU WERE UP NORTH, ON BUGINĖS9 AND SAW THE MANCHESTER CHY-
•WOLVES CUP-TIE ? JAS {{ YEG,' MARVELLOUSİ DAME, OLD BOY
AND IN SECOND HAL) ETC
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