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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1954.

SOUTH CHINA 5, ARMY 1

ON THE CHAMPIONS ATTACK HAD

SOCCER SIDE

By BOB PENNINGTON

Whispers floated round the Cafe Royal, London, ns

managers circulated like a half-time lemon.

80-odd-not all odd-

"Have you heard Alex Stock is leaving Orient for a Northern First Division Club?" Alex Stock, pick of the younger managers, says nothing except "My heart Is in Orient."

Yet the betting is on Alex, chores with cheerful efficiency, having a change of heart for Forget that story about old- Anpoetal and prestige reasons Linter Arthur Grlinadell loin at the end of the season,

ing thic Tultenham Board. Arthur's concction with the

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to blue

and yellow to sym- bolise the soa, sanil and sun of the Devons resort.

·

Over there in Cyril Spiers,club is purely as an old player. paring for the time when your manager of Cardiff. He's got n bright ea--uspend. First and Setert davisam Sperer for the The first three Saturdays in De- cember

Spice's Drain chili give England. traja

would

Walter Winterbottom a month

Bet you've ไลไว Tam Flancy's internatiouni future, because of recurrent injury, is threntered? Well, here comes Finnty.

"I have been worried through constant groin trouble, but

to Tram 24 England. prospects long lay-off worked wonders." duto a real National TEAM.

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Peleti ough player-manager i Pongus- Manager Spiers: | George Swindon showed me a

ear-plu season a week

as bright as his yellow Tevi! Wansicos... two matches

A plum to move

What about fixture Thest Say "St. 18.4

11-V

and one in mid-week later on." ha pround 18 yards.

Brig Icked No. # Comen from Charlton chief, Jimmy Seed. "Managers should

give Walter Winterbottom top zecart reports on their interna tionals," says The Seid,

11: contiraties. We know

the

best. brow To cupDalise their

the Buck pondato.

Temperament

BACK AT HIS DESK

DOW

The

Inter hus Tottenhamm Jast wwpic went manager Artho B we.

conval- ming, for the Best bane sine; his ¡llnews

we'll be elected to the

Then we'll build a £20,000 stand, enlarge the ground hold 48,000 next seuson, hope League."

Swindio was 100 per cent Arsenal eight weeks ago he's redhol burough.

10 and

Now Prier-

There's nothing like pre-

playing days come to an end.

Five Crystal Palace men-

Thomas, Кеп Bob

Bennet, Enie Randall Ray Woods, and Jack Edwardis nie attending afternoon classes in building construction and administration at Croydon Technical College, Hule more

Th

a clearance kiok frun the Palace ground. London Express Service)

BOTVINNIK

LEADING

41⁄2-11⁄2

Moscow, Mar. 31. Willie Faser, Sunderland's The duel between cham- Australian-born opion Mikhail Botvinnik and keeper fron Airdrie, plans to

in challenger Vasiliy Smyslov sell his greenprocer's shup Stirling.

for the Grund Mastery of the chess worl

took

21

little vanecen different but inconclusive in the torn last night as the two Masters began their seventh

Mrs Fraser has been watch- Top

the over

Wite hos cen slee Arthur is making; goodī

pro- Amy'. gress, retternderl The managers,

Malay Mean- Torquay directors Are Con-game. while maskint Jimny Anders sidering à saingestion that the performs al managerial club should change its culours

Hon

Both Cup Finalists Beaten

In League Games

London, Apr. 1. Norman Heath, goalkeeper of West Bromwich Albion, who are seeking a Football Association Cup and League “Double," was detained in hospital here last night after being carried off in the League match against Sunderland.

Following a collision Hea! host the use of bas leg, through a shinek to the spinal colunin and he was kept in hospital for observation An X-ray examina- tion showed that no bones avere bruken,

Both Cup finalists were beaten in Leagur

Runes yesterday. Sunderland beat West Bromwich 2-1, scoring! The winning goal four minutes before me.

Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney were both absent from the match at Blackpant where Preston North End were beaten 4-2-China Mail Special,

Association

today were:

London, Mar. 31.

Iootball results

DIVISION I

Aston Villa 2 Sheffield W.

1

Blackpool 4 Preston N. E. Z Sunderland 2 W. Bromwich 1.

7 out of 10

Office Workers

EAGLE

Find MIRADO

Pencils Smoother

and so will you!

In chrífa torty from edast ĐÓ CÓ Eat of 10 The workers consistently chose Ragia Mirado as smoother,

DIV, IN (SOUTHERN)

Iteading

DIV. III (NORTHERN)

Barnsley

Darlington

2 Millwall

4

0 Gnieshend

3

Chesterfield

SCOTTISH "A"

Airdrieonians 3 Portick Th.

SCOTTISH "B"

Kilmarnock 4 Motherwell Dunder U,

Albion R.

FRIENDLY MATCH

Chelsea

Hearts

After 40 moves Smyslov seemed in the best position te score & win. At the same time. Botvinnik's position Was not considered to be impossible. Smyslov has still to get his first win in the series, in which he has but one and a half points to Botvinnik's four and a half,

he

At the adjournment, Smyslov held the advantage which Bained early in the game through an extremely complicated onsaver to Botvinnik's French Defence.

Botvinnik,

chose the French Defence for the playing black,

third Lime. The challenge: countered with a variant new to his play in the current series. CAUGHT OFF GUARD

The strategy, although con- 2sidered less dangerous for black, 2opparently caught Botvinnik off inis guard and put him into some

difficulty.

0

3

-Reuter.

Botvinnik sought to escape from his position through Д munoeuvre in which he lost a 2 pawn to gain position. Smyslov 2 countered by sacrificing a pawn to regain his positional avant- age.

Smyslov's play showed he considered his bishop stronger than the black knight.

At the end of the evening Smyslov was on the offensive |

[his first full match point. (United Press.

THE SOLDIERS DEFENCE ROCKING ON ITS HEELS

By L M. MacTAVISH

Written indelibly across this magnificent South China victory are the names of Mok Chun-wah and Yiu Cheuk-yin. - This pair were the plotters, planners and pilots of a Champions' attack that functioned as it has not done previously this season.

Taking the field without Lee Yuk-tak, South China struck a forward game that quickly had the Army unsettled, and when the chances came along they were. spopped up in a way that had the Soldiers' defence rocking on its heels.

and

This gome was, right from a brilliant game and his goal middlo line, were well the stori, a battle of wits. The was a fitting finish to his de- soundly beaten by a South Army shufted their forward | lightful' play.

China team that, on this form. line at the start and matched A free-kick ivas awarded to has

no cqudi In the Colony. an early goal when Reeves the home side and little Mok Every man in their team rushed the ball into the net In Chun-wah, away back in de- well with Five Star General the fourth minute.

fence, reed to take it near his You Chou-yin way above them own left hand comer flag. Yiu all. Cheuk-yin standing unmarked

Lo

bail

In

in midfield, wayed for the ball which caine right to his feet,

THE TEAMS

did

South China replied with an almost identical switch and the move brought the cqusitrer the 10th minute when o brillant attuck split the Army defence He carried it upheld in a wide open

South China: Pau Kin-yin; for Mak Chun-wah | brilliant bout of close parsing Lau Chiping, Lau Yee; Lok cracti the

behand with his matus and as the bali Tak-hat, Ke' Po-koung. Granger,

Tong came back to him on the edge Sheung; Chan Chi-kong, Chu of the penalty area he swung Wing-wall, Kwok Yih-lak, Ylu The Soldiers' attack was now round, swerved to his left, and Cheuk-yin. Mok Chutt-wah. restored to its normal formation cracked an accurate

drive inte and in the 14th minute they the bottom left hand corner of Anny: nearly got another goal. Lou the net....Caroline Hill. with Wells; Chi-ping

late Was

with his another near capacity crowd, Higgins; tackle and Doyle, racing through, rose in appreciation of his effort. Bennett, Reeves, Doyle, just failed to get his foot to and no appreciation has ever the ball.

been more worthily earned.

Then came a star-spangled.

There can be no doubt that two minutes for South China. the Army lost this game in their Those minutes the 20th and middle line. Crowhurst never look of the game and spelt doom fast moving 21st-changed tho whole out-looked comfortabl: against and dispster for the Army.

the

home attack and Higgins seldom found enough Once again it was Mok Chun- time to give the service to his wah who scored the first of the forwards that they nerded on un two goals when he rounded off cocasion like this. The best bit of Inter-passing in the

grune and sent another drive starling Into the net

A minute later the ball was in the back of the net again.

Mok Chun-wah and Ylu Chouk-yin carried play into the danger area and as the ball came across the face of the goal Chan Chi-kong crashed it wide of Granger to put the Champlone two goals up and on top of the world,

Play immediately after the interval suggested that the Army was going to make a real fight or it, but with only 10 minutes gone another tragedy virtually finished the game. Crowhurst was injured and went on the right

wing and Reeves, who fell back to lake his place, will long remember his first fasit as a had back.

.

of

Frazer was caught out position when South China got their first goal, but after that he played a sound and confident game. For Granger this was o most unusual match. He did no: have one shot that extended him all afternoon

it was really a case of seven shots... two wide of the post

.. and the other five lended in the net without his having a ghost of

chance to save.

Welle played with courage and skill and tried hard to coax some extra efferts out of his mates up front, but Buckley did 20: icck as good as he has on recent occasions,

Granger; Crowhurst,

Thomas,

Buckley,

Frazer, Lunnon,

FOUR FROM DOWN UNDER

race crew.

The four Australian members of the Oxford boat They are (left to right): J. A. Gobba, E. V. Vine, E. O. G. Pain, and J. McLeod, --

Press Photo,

SPORTS ROUND-UP

Central

Norwegian Football Pools Profits Help Develop Norwegian Science

Football is helping to develop Norwegian science. Since 1948 scientists have been allocated nearly three million pounds from the profits of a publicly-run pools firm, Norsk Tipping A/S.

The firm was established in 1948 by an act of Parliament. The entire profits. ara given to sport and science, Sport's shpre in the six years it has been operating is close on million and a half pounds..

that

Business is booming for 1850, Wimbledon, in common Norsk Tipping In 1948 the with the other big trucks, profit was a quarter of a mill- adapted the shale surface. lon pounds. Last year it was This brought faster times ONLY ONE

five times that amount. The and slicker racing. But it cost stal Income was four millions. the sport much in thrills, over- Half the stake money is re-taking virtually became a thing Lunnan, alone of the forwards, turned in prizes, fixed at of the past. It is hoped played to form. Reeves had a

maximum of £2,500. The com- poor day, and Thomas was

elders can revive the exelie pany

employs nearly 3.000 ment and glorks of tho old Lau agents-mastly Standing just inside his own played out of the game

Chi-ping, although he was very throughout the country. The

shopkeepers "dirt-track days. penalty aren he put his foot up unlucky with a first half shot full-time to pull down a fast ball from that kidded inches wide of the Coupons are

stats.a bane 41. Football fever will run the wing. Ho didn't get it

checked by 180 in Hungary on May 28. post with Pau Correctly and it dropped, wide

women, employed part-time, of his right foot, and directly beaten.

WHITTLE RETIRES in the path of the onrushing Kwok Yin-lok. Such gifts are

ing quarter-mile hurdler

Harry White, Britain's lead- and not refused by the South China

captam of Britain's Helsinkel centre-forward and he im

Olympic team, mediately smashed the ball into the net.

MOST PLEASURE

With 12 minutes left for play the real that brought most pleasure to the Souin China yin. The inside-left had had

REME Command and it looked like he might gain fons was scored by Yiu Cheuk

Win Darts

League Title

King-yin well

Bennett tried hard to get his fine on the move but this time he had to submit to the close and clever marking af Ko Po- keung, Doyle suffered a nasty head injury in the first half but he played. on without getting much response from his wing partner.

hnes

retired

from top class athleties. Thirty- as years old, Whittle will now rum just for fun in miner meetings.

Whittle

was latecomer onto the international scene. South China fans will recall he was an unknown when,

At 25 this game with pleasure, not so 1947, he hit the headlines by

in

return much for the victory, but for the taking two titles in the AAA

to peak form of

Yu Championships, Cheuk-yin and Mok Chun-wah. Hurdles and the Long Jump.

the 440 Yards Both were magnificent.

Last year be successfully de fended his hurdles title for tho sixth year

in successian, turning his best time of 52.7 pecs. Not will ever be

a great stylist, remembered his tremendous courage.

Pau King-yin was a confident the

WELSH LOSE Cricket Teams reper, who handled

TO IRELAND

In Section of the San Miguel Brewery Darls League, REME Command W/S through winning their match against 3 Supply Depot last week, now have a clear load of four points over PO. Mess Tamer, both having Wrexham, Wales, Mar. 31. played the same number of England and Scotland games.

have qualified for the Through____ their win REME World Football Cup finals Command W/S made certain of in Switzerland as a result the championship as the matches of Wales' two goals to one of this week's series completed defeat by Ireland here to- the Axtures in Section I.

Congratulations to REME on

[day: winning and so qualifying to

The following have been selected to represent the RCC "Scorpions" against the University at Pakiulain on Saturday at 1.30 p..

greasy ball well. Both backs played their parts, while in the inf-back line Ko Po-keung had capable.

assistants In Tong Sheung and Lok Tale-hal.

Youngster. Chan Chi-kong, TA. Pearce (Captain), 1. Stanton. brought into the term under the T.G.C. Knight. H. Owen-Hugher, D. Leach, Cacethen. Vo Roberts. strain of a big game, betrayed no Campbell, H.H. Holgate, M.J. signs of nerves and his goal Kelly, D.J. Huli.

gave him all the confidence- he needed to hit his best form,

lie

for

•

high That

is the day the English team will try to get their revengo for that B-3 hiding of last November.

The return takes place in Blidapest and already

special

ta- mins have been arranged bring in spectators for all over

J the country.

Tho tickets

beent specially printed to prevent forgery. Most of them wilgo to memixes of sports clubs.

(London Kapreza Service)

Marciano Setting

His Training

have

Up

Camp

New York, Apr. 1.

Rocky Marciano, the world heavyweight title holder,

fight against Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium here is setting up his training camp this week for his title

on June 17.

only

The World Champion, who another knockout after will be risking his title for the two minutes and 25 seconds in third time since he knocked out the return clash last May. Jersey Joe Walcott in 1932, has Last September, he risked his built up his form in his Catskill title against Roland LaStarza, Mountain

Now who was stopped in 11 rounds. comp outside York. Jake Tull, Empire Flyweight

For Charles, the coming fght Marciano will receive 40 per means another chance to regain. Champian, plans to settle in cent of the gate receipts and his title, an Britain, He is to buy a house Charles 20 per cent. The fight,notion

unattained dis- near London and

so far by a heavy," bring over scheduled for 16 rounds, is ex- Ale wife and family--at pre-pected to gross nearly £180,000 weight crown in 1949 by out-

weight, He won the heavy sent living in Johannesburg.

sterling. In case of unpleasant pointing Joe Walcott, but lost Jake, a 5ft 6in. Zulu, came weather, it will be held on Junot to the same boxer two years Volunteers

to Britain two years ago, un 21, The following will represent the

Chu_ _Wing-wah and Kwok

known. and unheralded. На

later when he was knocked out Old Hongkong Volunteers" The Yin-lok made their contribution

in the 7th round. Old Shanghal Volunteers at the to the victory and it was really when, in his first British night, clano holds the unique record of decision in 1937.

waa an overnight pensation Twenty-nine-year-old Mar- night, Walcott won a TKCC ground on Sunday.

point's comumencer at 11.30 am.

Play the centre-forward's opportunist he took the Empire crown from never having been beaten as a

fourth goal that settled the Toddy Gardner. He is now Bri- professional and his manager, Al Charles, now 32 years old, for a world Weill, is confident that he will lost to Nino Valdez and Harold tain's main hope VERDICT: The big crowd titlo.

all be champion after the fight Johrison last year but later re- risked the uncertain

BACK TO CINDERS -

with Charles,

established himself as a challen- weather got good value for

Marciano

heavy-ger by knocking out Coley Wal- This Match has been arranked in their money. The game had lots Cinders again fly at Wimble weight crown on September 23, face and Bob Satterfield, He is sigration of the Centenaries of the of clever play and the Army, don speedway track. The sea-1952, by knocking out Walcott gure ho will tondele out. Marciano

also of Volunteering in Ifongkong.

with

their weakness in the con opened on March 29. In in the 13th round and registered too-China Mall Special,

Lor T. Hir. A. Zimmern, 3 Group

meet 1st Norfolks, winners of A win In this qualitying match would have given Wales a possible chance of going to Switzerland.

Section II, in the final.

Election I

40 Div. B/S 373 LA.A. Begt. 3 10. Tamar 4, 13 Gen. flop, 2; 27

They have finished at the

A.A. Reg. 1, 40 Div. D/S ; Co. bottom of the British Interna Tamar 3, 1.Q.LF, Queen 5; M.PS.C. Murray 2, 17 HAA, Regt. 1: R.AT. Hional Championship table with Kal Tak RA Std Cly one point.

Hankow No, 8 Coy. RASC, 4;.

27 IL.A.A. Bext. 1, Dockyard Charge-

men; HERE Com. W/S 4, No.

Бер

Ireland have also completed

Dep. 2 R.E. Wintheid of their championship Axtures and B.A.O.C.CO.D. 3: 13 d. Pk. have two points, Sqdn. 0, M.P.5.C. Murray G

· League Standing?)

This leaves England four points from two games and FW DLA Pi Scotland threp points from the REME Com W/8 10 17 0 2820 top two in the table and the

23. 1844 0-31440 30 VIKAAK, 1914739840 201 qualifying widos from: Britain for

PO

No,

Tak., 2009248 20 the Cup series

Murray, 19 10 3.40747 24

Queen 18 10 4 406 40 34

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Ireland deserved their are" #1348135 ces against Wales, being more TUZARRA 15 direct. In attack..

Nestove 10" 5.06. RM15 15.

Their defence was also sound. MoFariand, left, wing in hia, Brat International, scored a goal; samo 14 in bach halt for Ireland.

goal, aby zwerkes-formehedi Charles roldaat 12: viritston :) Kroer! the end prkardierbaĉt zia nakaang Staka : tally Walau, ghirt? they, Touri

2.C._Fincher AE. Porry, AT. Lee, issue.

owen Hughes, L.D. Kilbao, G. Souto, that G. Altkenhead. TA. Pearce AM. Frafa.

THE CAMBOLS

THAT WILL BE TWELVE AND ELEVEN, MODOM

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