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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1954.

BRITON DIES IN GRAND PRIX RACE

COMBINED CHINESE 2, KOEGE BOLDKLUB 0.

ONLY GOALKEEPER ELTING SAVED KOEGE FROM A HUMILIATING DEFEAT

By IM. MacTAVISH

Almost half way through the second half of this game Yui Cheuk- yin snapped up a loose ball on the edge of the penalty area and smashed a brilliant ground shot into the net at lightning speed. A capacity crowd rose to its feet and cheered. . . for the first time in the game.

Koege were a great disappointment and only the outstanding ability of Hen- ning Elting in goal saved them from a humillating defeat. The interval tally of no goals was distinctly flattering to our long distance visitors.

Only in goal, at left back and ventre-half" could they compare with the local boys, unkl quite apart from ability they could not match the fighting spirit of the Hongkong side.

was packed to The stadium the rafters, but apart from ar occasional quick forward thrust the

never

13W

was feeling the effects of recent injúry,

Early play was fairly even Club lost this game beensise with both sides trying out the in the early stages they under-

but strength of the opposition estimated

strength the

of their even at this stage of the game

opponents. They gave the Dancs displayed no real the

that impression

there power in front of goal, and as

doubt about

their iuculs played themselves ability to win

and by the time they had wakened to realities the Dorsets had sur- vived a nervous start and had

his | typifies so many of our League

gumes.

by the visitors the big crowd into top gear the visitors'

Combined threat disappeared almost com- re the Chinese in any real danger of pletely. losing the game.

KO PU KEUNG BACK

The

no

The reputedly star-studded found their feet. attack was woefully weak, and around this period the game / cay play was in favour of

simply cried out for someone-- on either side-to have a real shot at goal to liven up the proceeding.

ouncement ui the teams before the game brought one piece of cheering news to 19 the spectators, it was anybunced

The local team started the that Ko Po-keung would play second half in grand style and but this was tempered quickly fer leng stretches the play we with the disappointing news all at one end... and it Was that Tong Shrung was 1990 on Koege that was defending de- the injured List

sperately,

Ko Po-keung busted the game very well although there were times when it seemed that he

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Bradford Carlisle

Southport Chesterfield Stockport Crewe Alex.

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York City Rochdale

Accrington Workington Hartlepools

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Brighton

Southampton Briant City.... Torquey

Northampton

Watford Exeter City Leyton Orient"

Reading

Norwich City

Gillingham Millwall

Crystal Palace Swindon Town

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The

defence

The Dorset managed to keep them scoring but in doing so they pulled their inside forwards back to asdat in defence.

42

1

Reeves, the inkle right, wor well Inside his own penalty area when he struck the ball with his urm and referee, "Brig' Young awarded a penalty kick reward which was rewind

technically porrect but seemed opening goal, which leži ta

harsh Yui Chouft-in, was a good one

Judgment. and was well worthy of the grant Forrow, the Penalty King of cheer that greeted it. The reuter Club, came up to take the klek however WOW Injured almost but h!• <oftly-Wit the ruck Immediately afterwards and It post and was cleared by the was while he was off the field goalkeeper. for atiendea th

fighting spirit of the Hongkong side was fully demonstrated for not only did they pin heir opponents 83 their own half but they main- tained a constani akack cay the Kouge goal.

ihe

The second goal was a delight- | ful duct between Lee Tol-fai and Chu Wing-keung and afer the fa mer had executed & brilliant tross-felt dribble the Kitchee boy had no trouble in piloting the balt neatly into the net behind a halbiesa Elting.

Whiteaway did well in the closing Dorsets' goal until the minutes of the Brst half when he allowed a long ground shot by Falconer to slip through- -his fingers into the net.

in

half-way

took

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Eric Forrest Greene, a Briton driving for Argentina, was badly burned and later died when his Aston-Martin crashed and burst into flames during the 1,000-kilometre race for the Buenos Aires Grand Prix. The incident occurred ninety minutes after the start of the race and he was dragged from the car with his clothes alight. The race was won by the Italian team of Ferraris.-Express

Photo.

Britain's Football

League Taxed

Clubs Should Be

On A Sliding Scale

Says GEORGE

ROBB

Falling right in step with the weather, the soccer news this week is as bleak as the winds sweeping in from Siberia. From all sides come stories of clubs who are Sighting a losing battle against financial difficulties.

woes.

The Dorsets equalised

fashion fortunate

the scrond half ford. through when Armstrong 'blind'

chance and with- out looking round headed the ball back to his goalkeeper only The best that one can say to find that Taylor had already about the visitors is that they run out to collect it and the ball Lying The ran gently into the back of the scerned to sonic facnet. The big crowd was disappointed

never

came

players

up

with their

Club now played display, but the

as though harder they tried the less they they had suddenly awakened to

fact that they accomplished. At the end they the

WITC

in well beaten side but serious danger of losing, but the were they still had ready handshakes { final whistle fund the score for the winners.

till level at one-all.

DESERVED APPLAUSE

of

EXTRA TIME We shall long remember the

Centre-forward Iannon put Ane play of Elting and Anderson.

the Dorseta ahead in the second The goalkeeper was often

of extra time and the brillant yet never once could minute

then

defended with the soldiers be necused of playing to gallery. He did his job without determination and courageously semblance unnecessary defled very effort of the Club to showmanship and he well de-pull the game out of the fire.

For the winners, who played a s:rved the applaure that fellow-

hard but scrupulously fair game, ed several of his saves.

Anderson great centre-holl. the stars were Scott, Longland

although not fully has two good feet and he who played dominated the centre of the fleld fit-Fenth, Lumnon, Reeves and both on the ground and in the Frost. Lunnon could become a wir. He is a big man but he big name in local soccer. was absolutely fair dis all hin thettes and his coolness under pressure was often

He

the salva- tion of his side for some of the colleagues around him were very ordinary indeed.

the

VERDICT: There is always blind passes jcome satisfacion when your ports to trouble.

team wins, but as

yisttuday

own

crowd left the ground

pauelly

locals'

reasonable

wo

the

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In

On January 28, Division III (South) clubs met in London to discuss their But the most disturbing news concerns Manager Bill Dodgin's boys at Brent-

Services Beat Civilians

At Squash

MAC BAILEY IS THROUGH WITH RUGBY LEAGUE

By DENNIS HART

London, Feb. 7.

Relaxing in the armchair in his home at Over Hulton near the great industrial town of Bolton, fomer Olympic sprinter MacDonald Bailey told me today of the ordeal he had been through during the past six months. The ordeal ended yesterday when his contract with Leigh Rugby Club was terminated by mutual consent.

"I am the most relieved man in England," said Mac with a sigh, sinking back a little further into the soft cushion. "But don't get me wrong," he added. "There have been no hard feelings on either side. The Leigh directors even said I will be welcome any time if I want to call for any information for my weekly newspaper column.

*The reason I am relieved is "My groin went again during that the period of tension has the math and it is still not ended-tension caused not so right. There were two reasons much by words as by looks. why I didn't want to pay before Every time I met a director his I was ready. The first was that glance seemned to say "Well, I fully wanted to Justify my · when are you going to start team place to the directors and playing?'

other players and Leigh up- POTLETE

DIFFERENT APPROACH

won

"The second was to provide "For the crux of the whole the answer to the snearers who matter was the widely different said the whole busines approach the club and I had has a money-making stunt. regarding the sport.

"Of course I wanted to make

My idea,

when I signed in July, was to money. But I am not the only spend the season warming up. getting to know the

a

sportsman in the And I would remind those people that when I wasn't playing I wasn't being paid."

Then Mac paused for a long time before continuing. "I cup-

Ham Professional

thoroughly by watching and converting myself from a tracic sprinter to Rugby League player one stage at a time

"For there's a vast difference between ruuning down a einde track at somewhere like theat

147

pose this sounds very much like the school sneak telling tales about his classmates. But it's As I said not meant that way.

White City where the unly earlier there were no hard feel-

is a slight

possible opposition

breeze and dashing for the line lag involved.

in

rugby with hundredweight

"I have got nothing against

upon hundredweight of solid the Leigh club. The fact is we human flesh trying to block the Just regard sport in different lights. To me it's a matter of personal fitness. To them It's a matter of goals and tries, And

way."

At this point Mac showed his only sign of annoyance. "When

signed many people thought I don't expect them to change was I who didn't appreciate the en attitude they have hold for a difference," he continued. "It Ufetime on my account. And turned out the other way.

vice versa. "Just after

"So we thought it best to part I had put my name to the contract one of the company. What of the future? Hirectors said, "Well, I'll see you Well, at 33 it doesn't lie in com- play next week and he wasn't petitive athletics. I've had a Joking. As it was I played my good run and now 1 must settle And down. I have a wife and family first game in November. that was under

I am going to support, protest

newspaper "I had been suffering from a concentrate on my groin injury sustained in train-work." My

If Mac can write as fast and English Ing. It hadn't healed, but I was feeling is that soccer, whose prestige abroad is fed up with the atmosphere as well as he can run, he will

should be created by my refusal pot to at such a low ebb,

soon have as many people read- play until property ft that Iing him as used to watch him. What a desperate

the state of given encouragement by affairs!

-(London Express Service) Brentford's rise from lifting this burden. At Broudis turn out, being a London cinderella club prosent

hits it

most the In the Third Division to the relegation-fighting tcarme like Brentford, and the amall clubs.

-

ENTERTAINMENT

At the danger-end of the No, the root of the trouble is Second Divison, Brentford an- a factor which is beyond club nounce that they are willing to control sell any of their 34 professionals TAX. to raise cash and try to stave the Third off, o plunge into División

At the Victoria squash courts First Division,

was

Was

il soccer

A WARNING

One Learn since the war has

of

One way out of the difficulty, I suggest, is to abolish the over- all rate of entertainment tax levied on big and small clubs. Instead, why not a sliding scale of entertainment tax. on an income-tax principle?

to

50

COMBINED SERVICES

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

The following are the starting times for the Com- bined Services Golf Championship at Fanling on Thurs- day, February 11:

on Friday night, the Combined romance of the 1930's.

Basically England's fortunes Servicca beat the Civilians by Now they are on a slide. are dependent on a flow of talent four matches to one in their which may

from these little teams. If they turn out to be a annual encounter,

Soccer version ot Abat old die, then English foolball dies, Lancashire

"Clogs to too. saying: The outstanding man of the

clogs in three generations.” Lt-Cdr P. W. evening Spencer, who was clearly in a class by himself. He beat this year's champion, R. M. Mac- Pherson, by 3 games to 1 and illustrated how that can happen. indeed MacPherson played ex-Grimsby won prometion through tremely well to take the second to the First Division in the late HIS game. In the last

1920's and thirties. Now they two games ho could do Ittle against the have tumbled and, are in the

Average gates could be the good length cross court driving lower half of the Northern yardstick. Then the J1 Lt-Car Spencer although he Section with no cash, and no level of tax could be taken scored points with some baautl- prospects of regalning their from clubs with gates above Ingham (1.25 p.m.). fully judged drops.

The lone winner for the Civi-

status.

Brentford

OLD COURSE-MORNING, NEW COURSE-AFTERNOON Da.m.-Lt. Col. Carey, Col. Baker Carr (1.15 pm.).

0.01-Lt. Col, Waterston- highest Major DC

Erick (1.20 p.m.).

Yates-- Comd. 9.08-Comd.

certain figure, and the lowest gutes of all could rate tax

are not in those exemption. But Grimsby's sad 3 warning. The that once a team alide, a downward

A BRIGHT RAY

Capt.

0,12 Major Huysha - Kennedy (1.30 p.m.).

9.10-Major Edgar - Major

Boycott (1.35 m2/Lt. Ked-

8.20-Capt. ing (1.40 p.m.

(2

Dia

3.32-Brig

In a Club side that was some- what surprised by the ability of

opposition, Taylor had alians was H. R. O. Hubble, who straits yet. very good game in goal and I beat Lt R. S. Agar in the 5th progress is absolve him from all blame in

game, After losing the 3rd trouble is connection with the equaliser... game 9-0 he just, won the 4th starts the

At the meeting on January 28 are always pass-game 8-7 and was 8-2 down in vicious circle begins.

9.24-Lt. Col. Snodgrass-Lt. the Third Division club re-

(1.45 p.m.). the 5th game. Some good

presentatives spoke at length on

-Air does badly, so the their tax dificulties. Armstrong and Tarpey were length driving and side woll

Comdr. The club

Flold- And Sir W/Cdr. Read (1.50 p.m.). Brentford declare Stanley Rous has grand backs and MacDonald boasts brought the score to 8-8 gates drop.

apparently there was more talk about the

Stirling Capt. the worked like a Trojan in a half-when, amongst mounting ten-they need a regular 20,000 to visited the House of Commons of the visitors' play back line where Forrow and sion, Hubble brolte his racquet, pay their wages and keep afloat. than there was about

9.30-2/Lt. Scott-2/Lt. Hope the Planck wilted a little towards Undeterred by this mishap, They are now pulling in about to sock relief from the burden. Manthorpe (1,86 p.m.). EUCCESS, The game wna

Hubble went on to snatch vic-half that figure. So they have So we must hope for results.

2. Walkley R.. N-LL. entertainment but the end

players

Meanwhile

through a disappointing forward tory at 19-9 saving in all less cash to buy new goals did not fully represent

sent line Mullen was the cloverest | match 'points.

that might help them recover. shines a bright may of good will. Nightingale R. N. (2.05 p.m.). the superiority of the Combined footballer, but only Falconer

Other

Aylott 2/Ĺt, to 9.44 Capt. clubs have rallied 'NOW THEY GAMBLE Another close game was that

Brentford's support. was ready to have a first time

Cardiff Steward (2.10 p.m.).

9.48-Capt. Bentley-Major shot

between D. G. Coffey and Lt at goal.

Their latest move is a gamble bave made transters. Now West The cup and winners and C. J. LeMesurier. Both played afraid the losers .. I am

medals were presented fast hard-hitting game inter-a brave and novel one. For, Hum's Gerry Gazzard is to help Roberts (2.15 p.m.).

9.52-Major if the ton even

money rolls In, out Brentford till the end of drop after the game by Mrs J. Jones spersed with some nice

in playing strength may be depleted, the season. a large shots. Lt LeMesurier won who in turn received

NOTE OF HOPE bouquet of flowers from Mae- the 5th game chiefly because he so that if there are injuries the Donald, captain of the Club was able to put the ball away right replacements may not be better than raibor

Caffey, available.

shows how, in all the with Anance, whose best shots

pre-occupation ino often

Who is to blame for this altun humanity le still not lacking in to his oppo- tion?

The fans who supported football. Brentford in their heyday, and

first to last.

Chinese who played to win from

We shall remember Коско

for Elting and only Anderson. others will soon bo fórgelten,

THE MATAVISH STAR RATINGS Combined Chinese -

WAI FAT-KIM HAU YUNG-9ANG LAU YEE CHAN

FAI-HUNG KO PO-KEUNG

LEE CHUN-FAT

CHU WING-KEUNG

LEE YUK-TAK

LEE TAI-FAI YUI CHEUK-YIN MOK CHUN-WAH

Koege Boldklub

ELTING

LARSEN

ILANSEN, (K)

NIELSEN. (O)

ANDERSEN

KRAMEN

NIELSEN (E) PETERSEN (P)

JORGENSEN-

PETERSEN (L)

HANSEN (JP)

****

side.

The teams were later enter seemed to go on tainal to supper by the Hong-

nent's racquet. kong Football Club,

THE TEAMB

J

This

Full results ага given behave since dropped away?..... And a final note of hope ́on

Perhaps. But it is becoming an international balls. low:-

more and more clear that since doned recently

I

Arkle Major Dynes (2.20 p.m.).

0.60-S/Ldr. Cullen-W/Cdr. Corey (2:25 p.m.)..

10-Capt. Elvery-Capt. Malins (2.30 p.m.).

NEW COURSE-MORNING. “ OLD COURSE AFTERNOON

9 a.m.-Sqn-Lär men-Fut/Lt. Leigh-Benbolt Lecture p.m.)>'; the Darrels: Whiteaway; Scott

R. M. MacPherson Jost to Li- the war the old - conception of demonstration for schoolboys `at Salter: Longland, French, Wool- Cor. P. W. www

Spencer 3/9, 9/71/0, the stick-through-thick-and-thin Edmonton Latymer School. ford; Goodale, Reeves, Lannon, J. Le Rize 6/2, 9/9, 6/91 11. supporter is on the wane.

3/9 G. 11. P. Pritchard lost to

freeza - up, Despite the

500 Frost Gray

turned out to improve their Club: Taylor; Armstrong, 3/0 0/0, 0/0, 0/2, 10/3: D. 9. Cot This is especially true in

soccer knowledge....Truly Tarpey; MacDonald, Forrow, fey lost ta Lt C.

encouraging sign. Planck: Paton, Mullen, Keane, 2, 3/0 0/2, 2/9, 9/2, E. Cumine London where a bus or tube

Maj. E. P. Kyte 7/9, 7/9, ride gives Sime, Falconer,

1006 ****

: OLD.COMRADES. MATOR

In a bright and

refreshing

67 40 2 game at the Club Badium on

404

Saturday. the green-shirted

footballers of the lat Battalibus,

3 10 5-8 53 54 24 ⋅ Doruntihiro 1. 10 5

Regiment,

41 41 35 Club, by goals to 1 after

|extra-time-toɛwis-the

Comrader Challenge Cup":

Ja pleasure ċto watch

R. O, Hubble beat Ll R. B. Agar

LeMesurier

Lost to

7/9.

THE GAMBOLS

games.

1

wide choice of

an

9.10 Col. Furnival Major Provan (1.35 p.m.).

9.20-Major King-Martin — Major Evans (1.40 p.m.).

9.24-W/Cdr. Houghton-Capt. Fortune (1.46 p.m.).

9.28-Brig. Reaves (1.50 p.m.).

Holton-Major

9.32-WO I Gibson-WO 1 Baxter (1.65 p.m.).

9.30-Major Grimston---Major Pusinelli (2 p.m.).

8.40 Major Firth--Rev. Mad-- den

p.m.), (2.05

9.44 Capt. Deeble-Mr Craw- ford (2.10 p.m.).

1.48-WO II Strode — Sat. Blumden (2.15 pm).

9.52-Capt.

Wilson-FI/Lt.

Plumbly (2.20 p.m.).

9.56W/Cdr. Keitiewell-(2.23

jp.m.).

10 Cpl. Child-Ch. RE. A. Smith (2.30 pm.);

Colony Tennis Championships Start Today

The following are the com-' Imrie plete fixtures for the first week's (1.15 play in the Colony Annual Grass Championships Courts Tennis 0.04 Lt. Col. Sykes-Li-Cal kong Cricket Club 410 4

under the auspices

All matches will be played at Brown-Fit/Lt the H.K.C.C. courts on Chater Rood on the dates specifled 'and to commence as near, to 5 pm. possible. Competitors not ap- pearing on the courts by 0.80 will default.

中

Halford (1.20 p.m.).

9.08-F/Oft. Hall (1.28. p.m.).

B.12-Capt. Tyrwhitt R. N Capt. Blannard R. N. (1.30

[London Express Service) p.m.).

Barry Appleby

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