THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1954.
THE CHINA
THE SATURDAY SOCCER
MAIL'S
SPOT
ONCE THE REFEREE
REFEREE HAS BLOWN HIS WHISTLE TO STOP PLAY, THE BALL IS DEAD Right Or Wrong, For Better Or For Worse, Nothing That Happens After The Whistle Can Have Any Significance
Save I. M. MacTAVISH
If the Hongkong Football Association needed any reminder of the pressing urgency of the referee problem' then surely the game on Wednesday between KMB and Army must have provided it lighted it with brightly illuminated warning signs.
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and spot-
in every club and in every restaurant in fact wherever footballers and football men meel KMB's second goal has since Wednesday, been the main and often the sole tuple of conversation. Fourteen thousand speelators and 22 players heard the pre-goal blast of the referee's whistle and the same number of people, probably without realising it at the time saw one of the game's oldest axioms --
blown sky high. Play to the whistle"
いま josing their when the whistle blew and the chule Uher again I believe the beaten 1ague record KMB men curved on just a little | melectors have drane a good jala; Jouger a few spilt seconds that and
hought victory.
The Army players topped two games again 1 Koge Boltle danger
feel shut, speaking. the two fully representative soccer strength.
generally 1 sides are
mari
- UF
Much will depend on the ability or otherwise of Stevens to shut out Yui Chruk-yla. If The South Chirm star comes out on top in this duel, thers the
come out The return of Law Yee and Champlon may also
on top, but I haven feeling that Wells of dropping
for there is the Army will claim the edge
in the this time.
In my report on the gaine I asked what would club ofletuds bave tell their players in Tuture, and a friend runstane up next day to suggest that players | the
should now be told to ignore the cause no cutscert whistle and huve just another
8
Ro. I could, puy a ich alividend.
curt
11tle difference this enze. Į standards of the two men that
probable that
****
the South
WEEKEND
SPORTING SAM
LOCAL
SPORTS
By Reg. Woottòn
The Thomas Cup Match With Burma Should Be Played In April
Says "ARGONAUT”
Another piece of welcome badminton news during the week has been the confirmation received from the International Bedminton Federation that Hongkong will play Japan and will have the choice of courts if she gets through her first- round match against Burma.
The ferruinal date for the match between Hongkong and Burma has been set at July 31. In view of the fact that July and August are usually the hottest months in Hongkong, it is strongly advocated that the Hongkong Badminton Asso- viation try to have the match mutually arranged for early April.
than
WEEK-END LIST
The full bist of games for the
atty even! 12
that
It
will
for
Club
Chua miah Kut the position on The drength of his understand-! week-end is as follows:-- ing with Han Yung-ng.
Tie Inclusion of King Lok-
Today
Club vs. KMU at the a sound surve for he is! Stadium, 4 pan.
Kitchee vs. CAA at Caroline might of the top of his foren al, parent
current season month of June.
If this
that
There
can team
2
about
Freeman
It is imperative
defends his should be
no further delay in | American tific, then there is a that he will getting the players on the court [strong ilkellhood
PARADE
LEAGUE CRICKET ARMY MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TAKING 4 POINTS FROM KCC
By "THE ZOMBIE”
Army meet Kowloon Cricket Club this afternoon for the first time in the Senior Division Cricket League this and scason and, with Scorpions playing University Recreio the RAF, the soldiers will be faced with a hard time in trying to maintain their seven-point lead from the Scorpions and nine-point lead from Recreio.
The Kowloon Cricket Club have not been too success- ful so far this season, but are individually as good as any team in the League. Should some of them strike form, and it looks as if they will, Army may not only find it difficult to avoid a draw but also to stave off a defeat,
Army's battling has not been force the issue no fewer than too impressive in there last two three of the Army batsmen were outings and if only the Kow- run out. looniter exceed in pulting them. One of them was run out into Arst and keeping thein when he tried to back up just a tulor 120 runs, they will have little too early and too far. good chance of bringing off This has brought up the con- The week's major trungth.
troversy whether the batsman The
should have been given a pre- iminary warning before at- tempts were
Scorpions should cx-
perience little difficulty in lak-
bait
pants from University,
My opinion
Recreso may meri with aut. some opposition from the RAF. Recreto's well-balanced team wn comfortably by 108 in their Drst mach against the lek with the Gosano Army
their brothers back agad In site this week-end, it will be extremely hard for the Alemion to match them in runs.
kower
able to mako
their match
they play a
nude to run him
is that no much warnings need be given as the conditions under which a bats- N man can be run out are as clear- for as ly provided
those under which he can be out lbw. It is the duty of the batsman to watch that the ball bas been delivered before he tries to
TODAY'S GAMES First Division
Army v KCC
IRC v Navy Recreio v RAF Scorpions v University CCC v Optimista
Second Division
KCC v Army Navy v IRC
IAF V Recreio University Dockyard
TOMORROW Friendly Match Butterfield & Swire v Dodwell
Co.
A request should be put in explore all possibilities regarding an announcement
hat Dave to the International Badminton | Anance,
The game between Craigen-back un organisation, training Freeman will lead the Ameri- Fetteration
Club nul the
Crickel second selection. malet
JO- our
against Japan.
will probably Some of the world's best in- | Optimistas It is hoped that in their report should Hongkong be
been duer a spate of runs. Both sides successful to be submitted to the Executive ternational players have In the Arst round, be pinved Committee Meeting to be held invited to the Maryland inter-are ovenly matched and a close about June,
national Badminton pn February 8 or 9, this sub-nation
Tourna-finish should be sten with the on second batting side making all- seems committee will, among other ment starting at Baltimore
CAL attempts to force the issun This will be followed be necessary things, recommend definite April
by week later the Association, which court for the training of players,
the against me. tally terminates Its season a complete training programme American Open Championships, Indian Recreation Club, who before Euster with the
which for the first time will be made finals and a full list of players to be
a gallant but unavailing and
thrown open to foreign particl- attempt to stop Army last week- of the Hongkong Open invited for the course.
pation. Championships, o extend the
end, should be to at least the
amends today in against Navy if forcing game, la ap necessity Army vs. South China at the precated, the Association will Club Stadium, 4 p.m.
be in a better position to płon at Causeway a Navy v AF
full and well-rounded pro- Bay, 4 p.m.
gramme for the current season, Sing Tao vs, St Joseph's at more especially so
after their Caroling Hill, 4 p.m.
well-received decision to run the usund League this year. I think that the Club-KMB ?
The Association will not then clash this afternoon will be be handicapped in the matter closer game than would appear
of time in running the League on paper, The Club have shown
on there will be no necessity steady improVENBER these Inst
fa cul down League mutches few weeks and they have the in- centive to lower the colours of
e only one round. the successful Buumen.
Globyns Out, HI, 4 p.m. Bennett, for the moment, ol
The new the goal standard", forwards bay Jooks *kt
la ver- paper ad Szeło Mun
only well worth his selection. 1
Tomorrow
I have listened to inany ver- Men of 1) e nelitent and I have listetive to several so-called insale stories on how and why it happened, but I must cORLÍONS that some of these are so far- fetched that I dnd difficulty in Raving any eredmice to henti.
Jal
think s absolutely certam, our footbull cannot stand ruch palpable insults to notionl sporting Intelligener. the second time thla sesson that ifdietle has been showered on One change, however, 1 the game i the Colony,
In the cannot understand. That first instance, when the now is the return of Chan Fal-hig legendary third goal was allow-19 the exchesion of Langlan 1.
nie-headed ed In the first Djurgarden game, The there was some element of doubt, selreled in the face of mach vritiensmlarned in brilliant and the referee, having given u
de pay
aggainst Perasus. Even vet istedi, baul as it was, stuck to at mondly though thick and his sternest eritis were forced don, but in the sevend motaner to adnut his starresa and now, there can be no vestige of an ex- apparently Without vouse-for
Much he playing excellently for his
ability of Falconer to find il way through the tough Kowloon HAS ONCE BLOWN HIS fine cut at ank One whose defence. He and Keane will WHISTLE TO STOP PLAY altar was he Sacrafteed!?! WhEY
give the rear lines plenty to KRIHT
WILONG. POR (a fie duplewa? Certatuly not worry about but i think that at LETTER OK
The thall pulse who went to FOR WORSE
the other end the speed and THE BALL IS IMMEDIATELY
craft of Szeto Man may The Pegssam gasne.
Just
41450.
POR WHEN THE REFEREE
AFTER
po.cher
Cclub -he is out of the side.
are reasons
will depend on
the visitors.
the
DEAD AND NOTHING THAT I have said it before and I say swing the game in favour of HAPPENS
THE PRÆETS. It there WHISTLE CAN HAVE ANY and qualifications SIGNIFICANCE.
1
that
abnikly which count in the selec-
En of mar reprezentatives, then have brand 11 Suggeste
the Astoriation should fumess to those who pay fire But mason these should be made 1991 public.
1
just
I feet!
order the game replayed whatever the justive or Lention of such certain that the Army officials would not allow theniseives to
i nove
THE BIG GAME
Kitcher
should have
Current
with plenty to spare.
com-
team tion.
if Hongkong is to get anywhere also lead the USA Thomas Cup in her first Thomas Cup
in the coming competl petition
In the meantine busy pre- porations are being made by the
najority of the competing tions for what may prove to be the Inost closely contested Thomas Cup competition siner its inception in 1948.
Mil-
Malayan badminton has a rela war on its hands with Work Peng-soon and company on one side and the Malayon Badminton Association on the other, wi neither side is showing signs of giving way.
Otherwise the League rules, which clearly state that home and away matches shall be to be amended, thus requiring played In all divisions, will have
unother Extraordinary General Meeting and incurring further that the younger set of player
in Makya today is still not yet up to the standard where they can defend Malnya's title and
waste of me.
This
form It
an
for
Thomas
EVERY EFFORT
to come
with
The concensus
of opinion
is
bin
It is strongly urged that for Malaya's defence of the title will season the Association have to be once again borne by make every effort
to such old-timers as Ong Poh-lim,
Telk-hock, Ismai! little trouble
the Ooi urrangement accounting for
Macpherson Playground authori- Marjan, Chen Kon-leong and the inconsistent CAA side. The Kitcher team is ties to make use of their stadium probably Tan Jin-eong and Lim
Kec-fong. out purpose of laying now running into the form that for was originally
four courts not only for League expected from
The Choong brothers will be but also for the train- almost certain choices for one matches and with King Lok-sang
of Hongkong's of Malaya's in brilliant
goal-scoring mood ing programme
doubles combina Thomes The big game of the week-end they should gather the points Anus Cuppers,
are con- Hons. The Malayans It must be realised that if the dent of taking all be a party
to it. Games can as fixe meeting of South China
the four only be won or lost on the nest and the
omas Cup match or matches points in the doubles, and the Army A The Club of play and nothing
Navy got that hap- | Stadium
shock at be played at the Macpherson question is whether they will be a nasty on Sunday afternoon. Boundary Street fast week-end Playground, Hongkong's pens after the thal whistle ran This match has all the main when Police thrushed them 6-3, presentatives must be given the more point in the singles.
able to take the required one of a lop teh aff.dr and If the pliers
bat in tackling RAF they are the
facilities of getting accustomed overcome
carly BUT THE ASSOCIATION | tm of the big occasion it
inecting friends in distress, for to the court. HAS IT IN ITS POWER TO could very well turn out to be
the Airmen
went under also
The Colony Open Champlon- ENSURE THAT
heavily to Kitchee. Both teams ships, which should be again cut the game of the reason. FEREE IS MADE TO EXPLAIN
The teams play stongly con- Bre showing in-and-out form to a short period of one week HIS ACTIONS AND, IN THE stng types of football and ir but on this occasion the RAF ur at most 10 days, could be INTERESTS OF ALL CON- things go well the advocates of alde should just about manage held during the latter part of CERNED AND THE ULTI- both styles should get plenty to
March, as usual, by holding up crest, MATE GOOD OF THE GAME enthuse ver. Ko Po-keung
the League for that period. HERE IN HONGKONG, IT IS unlikely to play and the Cham-
The official closing of the sea- TO BE HOPED THAT WITH-
plons will no doubt mis hla OUT REPORTS OR PROMPT-
son can ING FROM ANYONE THEY studying influence in defence.
alter the result
RE THE
TAKE APPROPRIATE
WILL ACTION.
Reports in this case are really quite unnecessary for the top men in the game were on the spot and sow the whole thing for themselves, if they handte the matter
In this way there no suggestion of sour as far as the losers are trapon concerned.....however bitter they may with some justifien- tion-feri about the whole thing.
enn be
A GOOD JOB AGAIN
The Selection Commille met after the Army-KMB game to select the teams for the first
POP
to come out on top.
15 In the last game on the pro- |
gramme Sing Tao look probable winners over St. Joseph's. The Saints have done nothing to sug- gest that they can hold Tigers who must - stage a រង turn to forin very soon now.
THIS WEEK'S
II geems certain that the Arty will make changes in their Ine-up and i would not be surprised to see Nash and Doyle out of the attack.
STRONGLY FAVOURED
The Indians
And if
In
In
д
Who
ALEC
I was nol present at the IRC- & Army match last Saturday, but appeared that it trying to
It
11.
Second Division Police v DBS
BEDSER'S COLUMN
Will
Be
Cricket's
Kings?-South Africans Are Strong Challengers
to be
One of the most certain things in cricket is that, like the mighty Niagara, a long sequence of uneventfulness is broken by a change so unexpected as breathtaking.
"We all know of the many games heading for what, have seemed inevitable draws which have sprung to life almost out of the blue and finished in excitement tense enough to test the nerve of even the most dispassionate,
In another way unexpected decline shire, champlons right year after year,
the
of
virtually
a near-sensation in English county cricket
an
has
totally many of the young players un-
along before the batsman York- der him to rise to heights sur gauged the pace of the plich.
by prising even to themselves.
Altogether England's bowl- for The result of that series must provided
Ing looks stronger than
col- have given the youthful South many years.. My Surrey African players
Jim enormous leagues, Tony Lock and amount of confidence. They
Laker,
are already in great should be able to add strength form out in the Caribbean. De- to strength.
puty captain Trevor Bailey gald Denis
special that he could not imagine how point about them was the bowl- any left arm slow bowler could ing of Adcock who, according to have bowled better than did him, was some way faster than Tony in the opening match of Cuan McCarthy and capable of the West Indies tour proper, becoming
dangerous That is high praise indeed from one not usually given to super- Jatives,
went
to
in So It has been with the ternational reene. Two years ago when the West Indies, having trounced England,
the series was hall- Australia, ed as thet to decide the offelal cricket championship of the world.
un-
Compton's
Д more
:
strongly favoured to be Malaya's chal- their progress in lengers and the carlier round matches will receive more than passing in-
· LOOK WHAT HAPPENED
In Nander Nathcka and T. N.
Australia
handsomely, bowler. won
To my mind a Test team con- and on their merits, but since have two singles be provisionally fixed Seth they
really fast shock
EVERY SIGN who are capable of then, look what has happened. taining a at about the end of June with players
a consider- From all I hear the England First Jack Cheetham's fledglings bowler starts with the prize-distribution
↑
and what taking all four singles points
side in West Indies shows every may then be mecmary a special from Malaya
Monal from South Africa confounded ablo, advantage.
a for- For all the batting brilliance sign of developing into ball
for the Guha, who is likely to fill the all expectations by holding them to raise funds
Then England of Bradman, Morris, Harvey midable Test combination and to a 2-2 draw. Hongkong Thomas Cuppers' trip
third singles berth for India,
even the local people are not struck the knock-out by wrest- and Miller, Australia' ruled the TALKING to Indial
Improves on the form on which
from cricket Ing the mythical Ashoe
world after the ho beat Ong Poh-lin in
war expressing their usual optimism tho I was quite POINT: Have we silpped up in Emphasis musi again be fald impressed with young Buckley regarding
of forthcoming this week the
Singapore Championships
Australia for the first time through the domination exer- about the eventual outcome in this | 18
who look Casey's place at right series against Manila ns श top
von 1952 then Malayo will have since Woodfull's team won them cised by fast bowlers Lindwall the Tests, priority be given by the
1934.
and Miller, back against KMB but am accond class affair
hard time looking for that be run Association to the training.of its
At jenst the Australian represent potential our premier
clusive one point to enable them Thomas Cup re- ntive side is out of the Colony?
to retain the Thomas Cup. Delay will only
Fupremacy had been broken. presentatives,
challengers 1
The USA, who were Malaya's Yet England cannot look upon the last com- themselves as world champions petition, have also not been able merely on the strength of their
Oval victory last August. to unearth any prominent new
only A champion is
real talent and will again depend on
his old-timers Marlin Mendez, Dob champion if he can defend
The chief candidates ara the Association's last Williams, Wynn Rogers, Joe title against all-comers.
Trevor Balloy, Wills Watson, The big question is 'How will the local players may find that Executive Committee Meeting a Alston and Dick Mitchell.
Naturally we in England will
and Tom Graveney. I must say the game go?' This ime I think it is Manila with a difference Thomas Cup Investigallon Süb-.
do all in our power to keep our The whole badminton world,
I havo a sneaking fancy The Champlona are in real that they will have to face.
won status, but the er but however, still hopefully awaits newly
events of the next two or three
the dedant Trevor will findah years will hold immense in-top-class batsmen will lay
fret past the post by a short terest and I believe our main
Lindwall bogy without
undue hend,
dan bet- opposition will come from a worry. And as far as I know, The West Indies may do
no obvious ter than anticipated: but re-
not sure that he is fast enough † while
to counter Mok Chun-wah,
have
to
No doubt the Army officials Reports reaching me state that mullify the lucky breaks that of since the Manila team was put Hongkong has had so far in the
in charge of the internationally draw. known conch, Mr Sneddon,
made significant bas
progress, The beneft of an expert coach cannot be underestimated and
given this plenty thought and whatever happens there is certain to be a very big crowd at the Happy Valley ground to see t'ils tussic.
WHAT DID YOU WAKE UP FOR?
THAT WASN'T
REVEILLE
it
M
IMPERATIVE
Committee
was appointed
Out of tune
to
With gases on he recognise everybody coming.
CHIRISE OPTICAL.CO.
OPTICIAN
Kowloon Hougkang
#
quarter comparatively lightly regarded only a litilo whlie,
ago.
to
пе
BA
With a lour to Australia only nine months ahend the present AS TAKEN TOLL however, has taken the Test series is critical for many. of the English players. For one fuevitable toll. Keith Miller in
menace thing, England badly need no longer the bowling he was ond Ray Lindwall, opening batting partner to Len while still extremely dangerous Hutton who has been given 16 and hostile with the new ball, different first-wicket colleagues nowadays relies more and more since the war. on swing and less and less on
Ha will never bo bad bowl
DS one summer BUA succeeds another I think
Australin
the
the
that
►
havo #incessers either to him or to porta of Sonny Ramadhin Keith Miller,
having lost his nip. ́and' Alf I cannot speak from personal The Importance of a shock Valentino's bowling arm having experience, but from what the attack is such that England dropped sound good for ing Australlen
THO players told have reason to feel quite happy land, parilcularly as the West 25 when in England last summer obout their Immediato Dog- Indies havo, faw other bowler and also from Denis Compton's poets. Letters from my cricket- to support them... views after his fairly reconting colleagues in the West Indios The next. England' tour to opportunity
watch South tell me that Fred Trueman, Australia will, create trænen/ Atricom criekat I am propared | Brian Statham and Alan Moor dous interest everywhere and it to find the chief challenge com
come are settling down well to the England mags to hold on to ing from the land of the veldt hard work in front of them, I the Ashes, es libellive the will, All the lustralians palk the know that skippers, Len Hutson the Une will help stake when highest possible tribute to the will give them very encour Tendership of Jack Cheatham ngement posible, ignore. on the 1962-63 tour, Their opin» Len, as an opening batsman, Ion was that, by wxample as knows the Value of a far well as precept, he inspired bowler who can whip the bail
South Africs come to England
In 1955. Nothing could be better for cricket than if this is the situation sighisen, months from now,
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