1954-02-02 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934,

ARSENAL v.

SUNDERLAND AT HIGHBURY

Cowan, the Sunderland goalie, leaps to stop Lishman, the Arsenal inside-

left, from heading in the League match at Highbury which Sunderland won 4-1.

FA SQUAWKS BOAT IT

By HAROLD

ABOUT THE

MISSED

MAYES

Wax

and

of

the

English Soccer Is INTERNATIONAL

Finished

Not

Says GEORGE · ROBB ·

Bump went. English soccer prestige again with the tumble of our Under-28 XI on the snow-cleared pitch at Bologna. And as a result of this Italian defeat there erupts an Etna of complaints, criticism, and suggestions on what England' must do to set her football house in order again.

At the risk of adding to this volcanic ash of words, I want to make clear my feelings on the subject of our soccer decline. Everywhere I hear the same thing: a long, low moan consequent on our draw last year with the FIFA team, the Hungary defeat, and redoubled this week-a moan that English soccer is finished.

1 яду wе are by no means give them line to settle down our players. This is the way to finished

a world football and persevere, You cannot educate our up-and-coming power.

throw It players together, youngslos in the ever-changing This vry of "England is dead" however brillant their poten- and developing ideas of soccer, has become too familiar in all Unls, and expect them to be-It is a policy which will reward major forms of sport. The one world-testers overnight. us-in time. cricket fans raired it just after the war. Yet lost season

Enk-

DEMONSTRATION

barncl made a comoback against It may be possible one day.

the supposedly invincible "Aus trailans,

when long-term youth policy is paying dividends-and there

Arst

FOUGHT BACK

Dodgins success is particu- Jarly pleasing. For here in a young man who has fought back after the worst possible stort a player

could

have being barracked at Fulham.

Of the England under-23's I heard good reports of Wood the goalkeeper, 17-year-old Duncan Edwards-sald to be a "natural" for senior internationals in time At the same time the racing are ample signs that such and captain of the team Bill enthusiasts were preparing to policy has already begun. There, Dodgin. consign Britain 10 Hie rub has been recently an enormous bish-heap when French horses increase in interest in lectures, were practically

sweeping the conching courses, and football board over here. Yet Britain is forums" for youth, now back on top in Turf mat- Last Tuesday for example, a ters because of 21 long-term lecture-demonstration-the breeding policy.

of its kind in Middlesex Gram- mar Schools-took place at And English raveer, Inn, wilt Edmozators

Latymer

School When he went to Arsenal he ono day malte a comeback int Grammar school masters, with

was still under a cloud, but fuil the international arcna- we Jimmy

Clarkson

(Middlesex marks to Tom Whitaker for con- allow, first, that this "swing of County Youth Secretary) and tinuing to show confidence in the pendulumn"

101

ald hands like must reur in Jimmy

(PA Conch, and Dodgin-and to

Alex Forbes every

activity, and Pulom FC trek perking%

and doe Mercer part, it in- Mais discussion, | who enccurrged long-term pebecluded talks, secend that a to build up our soccer resources

star To

and demonstration of up-to-dule; Deblin has emerged as a træelien! themes-note that word of the Arsenal recovery this is pursued.

up-to-date.

season, has completely overcome his nerves,

and fully deserves the fame that is coming his

London Express Service)

GO FOR YOUTH

And the way to do that is to

Yau

MODERN TACTICS The Italian boys, apparently, way. used more modern tactics than

13173

For

JI

Wood, the England and Manchester United goal- keeper, saves from the Italian' forwards in the Inter- mediate (Under-23) International at Bologna which Italy, won.

MCC 293

3

FOR

SIX

AGAINST BARBADOS

Bridgetown, Barbados, Feb. 1.

The MCC touring cricket side had carried their first Innings score to 293 for six wickets by ten time today in reply to Barbados's total of 389 on the third day of their match here.

NEW ZEALAND STRUGGLING which included 11 fours.

go nap on our youngsters. டி "It is known that Football League matches played in England are used as

reply, perhaps: "But, even i we concentrate basis for the pools in several countries, and that a share of the profit is returned to

on youth, we never do so in the right way. sport. Sport in England receives no share of profits made by English pools firms."

The Continentals take their boys That, my hearties, is what the Football Association has to say in the current

made aynilable to very early indeed, and nurture issue of the FA Bulletin when recording that a large sum

their soccer abltitles. We can- sport in Switzerland as a result of pools on English matches in the 1952-53 season.

not

with their high- compete with pressure treatment." the Swiss information, who worry about the evils Something like £7,500 went give

Here is the answc+ to feat 1 The Swas FA. another punting out with a peep at the | gambling in sport

terrible effect

Our Under-23 team. in the festi a couple of bob £400.00 to the Swis Cantons (end that sport at home gets no

on the pools can have on foot-place, is in the nature of an ex-j county football pools help, in something of a similar to ofte

hall have been the ones to turn associations, and approximately; heart-cry,

their backs on all the offers. 133,000 to the National Asso-

i make no bones about the elation of Physical Education. I fart that I would like to see That was for the same season sume of the home pools mouey I'd and Excise ploughed back into sport. for which Customs

indicate like to have Agures, had issued,

seen it happen that £10,000,000 mor 14239 muny

years ago. And so, with- apent by pools punters at home out any doubt, would the pools than in the previous one.

Brms themselves.

I can't help feeling that the

have chosen way the FA

ไ

But always, when the iden people has been mouled, the

ASF & OC MEETING

Hongkong To Query Manila On

Football Team's Eligibility

For The Asian Games

Hongkong will seek clarification from the Asian Games Federation on its eligibility to send a football team to the Second Asian Games in Manila in May, it was Amateur Sports decided at a Council meeting of the Federation and Olympic Committee of Ilongkong yester- day.

GOES IN TAX

And who, in the main, have been the chief protagonists of pools nid for Soccer? Why, none other than the men

who

tru their vurious Interwoven ways run the Football League and the Football Association.

I believe that if they had shown mare foresight about the whole business sport, by this time, would have been benefit- ing handsomely from Mic efforts of the man-in-the-street to win a fortune.

In the period under review the Exchequer collected a nice round £20,000,000

of the total of £08,000,000 gambled,

out

n

We

periment-I think a brave and praiseworthy experiment. must not expect too much of it

to begin with. but it is a step and we in the right direction, mu find the Heat under-23's,

SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

The holiday and week end softball programme, is as follows:

THURSDAY International Beries

11 am-Ladies Portugal v. China, Umpires-J. Carvalho, F. Diesta, Bob Suznan.

2 pan-Portugal v. Pakistan. Umpires--C. Fossner, C. Pugh, F.

3.30 pm-China v. Great Bri- Umpires H. Wing Les, A. J. Hussain; Art Ozorio,

SATURDAY Junior Division 2.30 p.m.---25

Has anyone ever stopped to

Lint think-1

means the Poci footbull legislators, is

they don't understand that If their | tain. attitude initially had been little more realistic the Govern ment might never have slapped ani on the tax,

that money might have been going to help sport in general and footbolt in particular?

be

MORE BOUNCE

must they

to

Gunners V.

Pandas. Umpire-Bili Sliva and Maumaus players.

SUNDAY

DESPERATELY AGAINST

DEFEAT IN FOURTH TEST

Johannesburg, Feb. 1. New Zenland struggled desperately against what seemed inevitable defeat on the third day of the fourth cricket Test with South Africa here.

13,

down the

Ken Suttle, who was bowled by Atkinson, scored 96,

Peter May and Ken Sutile Compton to enliven proceedings their second wicket with a hurricane attack on the resumed partnership this morning, but at bowling. He scored 36, while 142, having put on 84, May Stuttle was scratching for

three

successive strokes by sacrificed his wicket during a misunderstanding which would | Compton producing four fours have run out one of the twe. and a mighty six out of the He seemed to realise that Suttle ground.

He went yards badly needed the match practico tb to get himself out of a bad pitch to meet the ball and was that las Anally out in a way patch.

At the time May was 57, caused his dismissal many times. having scored more freely than That was to be caught by the on the leg sido At the close New Zealand still required 16 runs with his partner today. Suttle was wicketkeeper

completely tied down, particu.when irying to glide a ball

round the 'corner." "Flist four second innings wickets standing to avoid an innings inrly by the effbreaks of Alkin-roun defent. They followed on 164 behind when making 79 inson who occasionally mixed a had lost Suttle who, four short reply to South Africa's first inninga total of 243 on Satur leg break and who bowled at of a century, played across a ball day. At stumps today they were 148 for six in their changed during the morning for from Atkinson. Both men went

figures

nine at 273 to make half the side out.

LOOKED DIM second knock after an hour and a half's play had been maidens, 18 rung, no wicket,

Dick Spooner came but soon lost through rain and bad light,

Tom Graveney did not stay

with things looking very long, while Suttle plodded went and these

were along and it was left to Denis rather dim for the MCC after

holding such medium

promise while Suttle and Compton were to- Watkins who had

gether, Len Hution came out to bat.

but by

Resuming this morning al fresh hopes, eight for one, New Zealand lost shattered Mält Poore without addition to bowler John the overnight score. A third both batsmen caught, wicket stand of 71 in 77 minutes by left-hander Eric Dempster and Murray Chapple gave them

расс

Dempster made 47 (two fours) fighting Innings, which in a lasted two hours. It was the highest Test score of his career. Chapple batted two hours 13 his 42: He hit a six and three foury.

India 214 For 3 minutes for

In Fifth

the

Test

Hugh Tayfield, who routed the New Zealanders with his offspinners on Saturday when he took six wickets for 13, bowled accurately today.

of 18

overs,

WEEK-END HOCKEY

Hutton had come to the ground frem the feeling much better indiaposition which prevented him playing on Saturday. He said he preferred another day's rest but would bat in on émer-

The following are the fixtures gency. for all Divisions of the League: SATURDAY

Ladies' Divisions

The emergency arose when Spooner was dismissed and so Rocreto B Dorians on Police England's captain came lo at Gr. Boundary St. at 3 p.m. (Um-number eight and stood. Arm with piros; L/Cpl Moore, Mickey Harn). Laker until tes, when the score-

9.I.C. V KGV 'A' on kay or board showed 203 for six. at 3.45 p.m. (Umpires: Cpl Baldwin A. L. Nary).

Kov D.G.S. on KGV or. at 2.30 p.m. (Umpires; Roza. P. F.

BUNDAY

Men's First Division Argonauta v Recreio 'A' on Police

Suttie's 98, a mixed innlags, lasted 209 minutes and included 11 fours. Compton was batting for 56 minutes for 41, Including one six and four fours.

THE SCOREBOARD Barbados, 1st fanings, 889 MCC, 1st Innings W. Watson, e and b. Hoad.. 53 Ken Shuttle.

b. Atkinson en Peter May, rue out St. at 10.30 Tem

Graveney Gonsalves.

Or Boundary St. at 2.20 p.m. (Um- pires: F/L Cordon, Woll Bell),

RN V Army B on Army Of So. kunpoo at 2.30 p.m. (Umpires: G. T. Palmer, Lt Doxati-Pratt RN).

YMCA

· Thunderbolts 'A' v Army Gr. Boundary 79 a.m. (Umpires: J. D.

2.30 | p.m.—CAA_ (1) v. Rookies. Perhaps not, but if they're Umpires--D. S. Ling, E. Souza, thinklug about it now, as they K. Hussain.

Lucknow, Feb. 1. Mr Sales also called on the

appear to be doing, they Hongkong is not directly af-

A

(2) V P. 1. An undefeated 87 by P. Pun- P.M.-CAA

He got very little turn on the realising just how Hated with FIFA but only in four ussoqlations sending teams

Dodgers.

UmpiresS. H. Hamet, jabi, the young opener, helped easy-paced pitch, but shortly Games to submit missed the boat. Somehow I directly through affiliation with to the Asian

G. Yen, Larry Tsu.

India to score 214 for three

the close claimed two Xavier)." und

promo- figures concerning don't think the pools

before Football Associa- | facts

close or before the English

wickets 4 p.m.-Cubs v. Maumaus. teams by mid-March. ters will be ready to offer

they began wickets in 12 balls. He ended By tion, the Chairman of the ASF these

inninis Are push it out again. Do you blame Umpires-R. Vieira, H. Homni-play today when they esta stubborn

of 28 by & OC., Mr Jock Skinner, The four associations

ball, R. Oanon. to the

Track meeting, Swimming Rifle,

and them? pointed out

against the Commonwealth team John Reid and dismissed Miller

before he had scored. held in the board room

Field of the

and Football. The Asun

9.30 a.m-Senior "B"--HIKU here. Games and Em-

washed out the v. Wildflres. Umpires-F. Diesta, first day's play yesterday and

Heavy rain Bum South China Morning Post, Ltd.

THE SCOREBOARD Games

wili committees Mr Skinner also called on the pire

of In the same issue

the C. Remedios, V. Britto, Wol-

the start today was delayed 40 South Africa, ist innings.. respective meetings four associations sending teams held their

0.30

while minutes

tuto matting New Zealand, ist innings,. have Wahoos Wanderers verhampton to the Aslan Games, aflated on Wednesday, March 17. Two Bulletin the FA say that

Bowls and

laid. The match is due New Zealand, 2nd innings associations, Lawn

installed cane corner-flag posts O. Souza, Swimming, have thus far signi-

to end on Thursday. of Tavares. to eliminate the danger

Dempster, c. Waite, b. intention to

Victory for India will give fled their

send wooden stakes breaking Zlagon-

Watkins teams to the Empire Games ally, leaving sharp points, and The meella decided to apir Vancouver next year.

exposing players to the risk of The four associations sending injury proach Government for a grant

with collision toward the expenses of sending teams to the Asian Games have

contingent

the. Aslas hominated the to

following presentatives to the local Aslan

point I've had in mind

But C. K. Who for some time.

are the Wing-leo cane fogposts

and team members to clubs start a drive for funds.

GRANT SOUGHT

0

Games.

The

AST &

Of

then.

IL'A

after

whether

Com

of the Games Committee: Secretary-General

Mr A. de O. (Football), Harold Sales, who is also Chairman of (Swimming), F. Tingay (Track pleto answer I'm not so sure. the H.K. Amateur Swimming & Field) and O. R. Sadick If it's resilence they're after, Federation, told the meetings (Rifle). that the HKASA

would send

to the Aston Games only # "realistic number” of swim- mers which would justify the expenditure:

$1,500 AN ATHLETE He estimate that I would cost Ifonghour around $1,500 to send one athlete to the Astan Games.

Harry

Odell

плув

FA Cup Fifth

Round Draw

London, Feb. 1. The draw for the Afth round of the Football Asso- ciation Challenge Cup, mado today, resulted as follows:

Norwich City v. Stoko City for Leicester City;

Port Vale v. West Ham United

Blackpool;

or

Sheme Wednesday or Chez-

Lorfeld v Everion;

"KUNG HEI FAT CHOY" |Rovers;

Leyton Orient v Doncaster

Revers Blackburn

Wanderers

or

Hull

Seun

In wishing our many Chinese C v2ottenham Hotspur; patrons and friends a Happy thorpe United or Portsmouth; and Prosperous New Year, the Directors of the EMPIRE ton North End v Ipswich THEATRE pledge themselves, Wout Bromwich Albion v

Burnley or Newcastle United,

one

into continue

The matches are to be played the best in on Saturday, February 20. Re- on the screen plays, If necessary, to be on or before the following: //Thursday,

Tebruary 2010 Batary

why not use rubber?

rubber

a.m.---Ladies League...

"B"

v. CAA. Umpires- A. P. Turner, T.

WIS

Wing drawn.

the

11 am-Senior "A"-Warriors them the rubber." They have Mooney. b. Adcock V. Saints, Umpires Waily Ma, won two of the previous Tests Poore, c. Edean, b. Adcock Y, S.

Lam Ping.

against

Commonwealth Chapple, c. sub-bowled 2 p.m.-Sonfor "A"-Pandas team. The other matches were

Watkins Umpires-H. v. Braves

Reid,

e. -Ironside, b, Tay Lee, Chev Tsoi, J. Carvalho.

3.30 p.m.-Senior "A"-U.S. India, who won the foss, Jost Navy

CAA. Umpires-C. P. Roy with

only three runs Sutcliffe, not out Possner, Ed Carvalho,

scored today, but P. Punjabi and Miller, c. Walte, b. Tayfield S. Mushing All laid the founda-Beck, not out Hons of a good store with a second wisiret stand of 57. Mushtag All, who was in lovely form, made 58 in just under two hours before being run out.

Pakistan Captain

243

Maj Boycott).

Army Av. Dutch on Army Gr.

b. Goddard. D_Compton, c. de Pelzu, b.

Walcot

Soakumpon at 4 p.m. (Umpires: R. Spooner, c. Atkinson, b.

47 Makhan Singh, H. Crebas).

Walcott

KHC Sookupats on Army Gr. J. Laker, not out Seckumpen at 10.30 a.m. Umpires: La Hutton, not ou

Men's Becond Division

0

M. J, Pattern, L Wood, RN)..

42

Rectalo 'B' v Nav Bharat on Police Or. Boundary St at 10.30 5.6. Umpired Maj. Walker. BAM 28 Richardson). 13 University V

0 Gr. No.

(Umpires:

12

บ

148

Extras

08

67

17

41

203.

Total (for aix-vidkeis) Falls of wickets: 1/88, 2/172, Valley Sports | RN 3/209, 4/273, 5/273, King's Pk. at 1030a.m. Reuter.

BSM Dorkin, Set Dare

་་

FUTURE FIXTURES February 13 Ladien

Division. Victorians v Dorians; KGV “B” v-Gremlint; · Re for six creto Av Recreio D; KGV 'A' V

Extras.

Total

1.

Bowling

OMRW

17 6 25

17

G 34

12 47

2

Ryneveld

2

0.19

10

8 2 11

2

Byes 5; lcg-byes ; no balls ---Reuter...

1.

Why not carry it a'stago further and let's have

Lahore, Jan. 31. goal-neb supports?

The Pakistan Cricket Control Soveral times recently I've Board to-day selected Mr Abdul] .Punjabi found another partner seen players in not-so-pleasant Hafix Kardar as captain of a in R. Kenny, who helped him ndd

Adcock collision with the currently- | Pakistan cricket team which | 38 dor the third wieket, used iron bars when they've will tour Britain next summer. Polly Umrigar soon settled Ironside been unable to check them Syed Fida Hassan will be the dower when ho Joined Punjabi Tayfield selves, and 1.200 no reason why manager of the team.

and 50 runs were added without Van clubs should not be asked, or The team, which is to be further loss. Punjabi and hit Watkins even advised, to use rubber for selected later, will sail on April eight fours In his innings.

Reuter, 12-France-Presse, this purpose.

THE GAMBOLS

WOULD YOU LIKE ONG OF MY HOME-MADE" ||BUNS, GEORGE ?

Barry Appleby

by

THEY'RE ALL THE GAME SAZE, DEAR

DGS.

^ February 1#

Men's First DIVNION-RAP v Army

'A'; Recreio "A". v. Dutch; Argonauts VINTAçmy 'B' v: YMCA,

0/291,-

Century Scored By Miller In

Men's Second Division Sookunuols Sheffield Shield

y Thunderbolts 'B'; HKRO. V . Acen;

St Joseph'a v Nav. Bharat; „Valley Sporta fic vʻIKAAF, DA, PR

Queries regarding! Umpires'i toi Major,, Wharry-Tel.: 34131 SX3, 316,

Queries regarding Fixtures to MM {Puttere=/Kel. Hül Ext, 441 (0 ring.

POINT 12

Surf

LATHERS LIKE MAGIC

Just clean.

Sydney, Feb. 1. Kelli Miller, Australian. Test all-rounder, scored 143 for New South Wales and left them with n chance of forcing a win at the end of the third day's play in the Sheffield match here.

New South Wales, 62 runa". behind on the first innings, scored 319 and lett Victoria runs to win. get 208

Victoria, 32 for one at the close, noed 236 runs to-morrOW. -Reutor.

.::. BRISBANE MATCHEN Brisbane, Beb, I

With a frat Innings Jend of *487 runs, - Queensland - declared

at their Saturday total of 180 for: nine when play was resumed in the Shemaid Shield match hern to-day.

West Australia who were dise misend. for: 103 in, their first In= ninge were:118) for three when: | stumps were drawn during the "tea" Interval; because, of rukavi Reuter, dat de 1147