1954-07-24 — Page 16

SPORTING SAM

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1954,

By Reg. Wööttön

Five "Forgotten" Men Of England's World Cup Team Certainly Got A Raw Deal

By ARCHIE QUICK

THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON THE SECOND DIVISION IN TODAY'S LEAGUE BOWLS By “TOUCHER”

With League-leading Recreio "Blues" entertaining last-placed Kow- loon Dock and second-placed Kowloon Cricket Club enjoying a bye in the First Division League games this afternoon, the spotlight will be turned on the Second Division games where competition among at least five clubs -HKFC, TC, CCC, IRC and KCC-is at fever-heat.

Topping these matches will be the return clash between the Hongkong Foot- ball Club and Craigengower Cricket Chib ni Leighton Hill Road, Both teams head the contending clubs and a 4-1 or 5-0 win by either side will enhance the prospects of the winners garnering the title almost to the point of assurance.

Five "forgotten" men were certainly given a raw deal by the Football Associa- this

tion over the World Cup serfes Seventeen players went to Switzerland, and five were instructed to remain at home and keep in training. So players like Chilton, of Manchester United, and Willemse, of Chelsea, had to report to their grounds every morning and go through the old winter routine in case there was an emergency call from Switzerland for them.

No such call was munde, and what do you think the five men were compensated with for their two weeks' extra graft? Exactly nothing! And to make it worse for Willense, he had to miss his Chelsen club's tour of New York, New Jersey, Balti- more and Montreal,

In Switzerland The player stot e pands a day expenses If the Football Association hard! pate the five May-at-homes" a

similar aquant and that would

Lee's set his heart on bevan -

|

Three more records

proved

Pct แป

A very common cause of font-

honvy

faulting is the attempt to get a maximum follow-through in playing

shots or in reaching a full head on a heavy In such instances both sreen. feet will be found to be almost

wo or three yards forward of the mat when the bowl actually leaves the hand

the

the

Another sneldent and this was related to me by an old- timer in the game, is said to ho happened in an Interna- tonal match. Exasperated at

frequmber,

foot-faufta by his

of one opposing bowlers took up bia wood and to the jack, after walling up placed

ft. plumb alongside "If my opponent can get off with bowling bwo yards away from the mat, mine la only a similar offence only that I am bowling 27 yards away from the mat," was his remark.

In the first encounter early in | increasing frequency of foot- that which left an unpleasant the person the Football Club faulting among the bowlers. taste to the whole match. were victorpus by 4-1, only The rule states that "a player Stanley Leonard's rink being shall take his stance on the mat able to bring home Craigen- and at the moment of delivering gower's solitary point.

his bow shall have one foot Since then both teams,

within with remaining entirely

the n-confines of the mat. The foot BER, HAVE

and the may be either in contact with or this afternoon over the mat." should produce an excelent Kime with the inaue depending on the players form of the day

The draw will play an im- portant part in the result, but the advantage of the green will to be a heavy vy probably prove handicap от

the Football Club bowlers and may be largely responsible for what looks like n 4-1 defeat for them

Second-placed Taikoo

Another common cause is the almay have a difficult job on hand attempt to get around blockers, the backhand when they match woods with particularly on the unpredictable USRC squad when the right-foot in case of a

Park. King's

The USRC right-hand bowler is placed Jus bowlers on their best day pre on the left hand top corner capable of taking to task the the mat. When the bowl is de- Cap best leuin

will be in the division and livered, the right foot unless the docimen show their found anywhere but within the

confines of the mai, best form they may find them- selves at the tail-id of a 3-2

were

Annual

fur

ing professional football - | beaten, and ghe Squalled,

the Inter-Services and cricketer with cricket his

Athletic Championships greater love. He signed for Hull

and by City FC and got an engagement Portsmouth, with Derbyshire ርርር by not have been oven generouz--- the left outs in them would special MCC registration. Then tragedy overlock in. He Furys be a paltry 140

broke his leg la a minor foot- at B with

ball match. the It fall

holy's treatment of Roveraine

Each ball boss at Wembley. county sintion by rota are asked to morinate SEX boys to

fetch and carry when the ball Roes nut

of play at the Ful

Cup

a nummer.

To

most surprising occurred in the Javelin evothe Here Lance Corporal Billy Patrick threw 108 feet 5 inches which we as much as 4 feet 7 inches superior to the previous best distance which has stood for yearn

kixteen

Now the long road back is nearly ended. He turned out the other day fur Derbyshire Clut and Oround against

Harrier, Patrick, a Belgrave Repton School. and made Is

nrlahed anly second to Capi erexiftable 79, with the help of M. Chote in the Army

Cham pionships and has never befor won a major title. Nor was he year it wit Durham This

bim keep

11 the place In the National AAA County there. but when they

game which Championships atmosphere of the

a week be. Derbyshire took fore. heard that the Football Associate his passion

his

with them on their Bon expected the boys to pay

Southern tour of Kent, Essex their own expenses to London,

look and Hampshire, and Lee honour Furned the etc. they

the opportunity to slip away clown fat

and play for Beverley versus Kent Club and Ground

at Canterbury. He got 84, and as a result hu

was put into the Pleven against Hampshire and scored 30 not out.

CHEESEPARING POLICY

This dwesparing policy in Socter has had its reflection in Switzerland,

Football Thr League are no better. There are

John Savidge, Royal

SCOTC

Club

Both IRC and KCE, who are In almost 故事 good a position cach na Craigengower should improve their standings during this week-end.

it does

LEAGUE STANDINGS

Plant Division

P. W. D. L.

Rercrelo KCC CCC Recreio

8 2 0 0

Pls.

"Blues"

D 8 0 1

35

9 7 0

2

314

0 8 0

3

27

"Whites" KBGC IRC PRC FC

10 3 0

5

24

8 4 0 4

19/2

7 4 0 3

19

10 4 0

KDC

10

. B

142 11:

Second Blvision

11 7

4

B4 12

11

0 4

10 7 0 3

10 70 3

32 3142 8145

10515

115 08

ZB

27

HKCC

10 4 0 0

911

10

я

0 7

18/2

11

1 0 10

7

Third Division

IRC

1

29

FC

HKERC Кос

In some cases fool-faulting is just a matter of habit and does not bring any advantage to the bowler, "but where

it HKFC muy be beneficial for the TC bowler f attention be drawn to CCC The Indians will be the guests the fault by his skip or teum- IRC of the Hongkong Cricket Club captain in the case of a League KCC and though unlikely to repeat match or by the umpire in case Retreiv

on Jol the B-0 win they scored

Colony Championship USRC Thursday, are expected to bring match. Sergt.

home at least four points.

It is scidorm that complaints KBGC will Marines, Vancouver-bound with Kowloon Cricket Club

are made by opponents, for fear PRC the Empire Games team a week have Police as their opponents of their being called unsporting, hence, hot only raised the Sholin an away match and will most although Hongkong's lawn Put figure a quarter of an inch likely collect five points.

bowls history furnishes a low The Third Division will nise interesting instances. provide a crucial match between

One was in a crucial First PRC the Filipino Club and the Indian Becreation Club. The King's Division Lawn Bowls League HKFC.

match between two of the CCC Park bowlers are at the momcht 21⁄2 points behind the League- Colony's prominent clubs. Half- leading Indians, but a 4-1 win way through the match the skip of one side calmly walked up to a hugging toucher, took up the wood and placed it on bank, remarking at the same time "foot-tault".

58 feet 4 inches, but this 6 feet 4 inches giant completed the only "double of the meeting when he won the Discus Throw at 143 fort 2 Lichts.

The third record to be beaten, On agal in a field event, was a 173

How has he made such |_ 100 | remarkable recovery? lly sheer Roing to be repercussions over hard work and willpower.

serialun arrived

ut their the Bouthem four he was seen feet 3 inches effort in the ham-for them this afternoon will see nul meeting that there shall on the county be no extra payment by clubs morning to players for Bloodlight mutches other than £2 for a win and E4 for n draw.

The Players' Union officials are in a max to say: "No pay, no play", and I agree with them entirely Why should these men have to put by overtime and the clubs take the full proceeds from the additional revenue, There is no clause in the players contracts that turn oul, Chairman ramny Guthrie tells me.

Mr John

ground every mer throw by Naval Artificer

after $001

dawi lapping in shorts. He got down Apprentice Arthur Valentine. to the near-by sands and ran on

This was actually 9 feet 31⁄2 the wet surface for miles.

He

11 Inches better than record.

has raced up and down the steps Valentine is a Scottish Interna-

end.

But the Sun is

not fully forces them to whining for him yet. He has to go back into hospital shortly for

But his grufting operation perseverance will surely bring

SLICCESS,

gary.

lance runner from Eastbourne,

was

Up in Scotland they Are blaming National Service for

unfortunate Jh the decline in Scottish Soccer. Hrard a good and true cricket.

14 minutes the Haddow, assistant ¡ing story at

Essex equalling the "Na- Middlesex match at Chelmsford seconds record In the nunager of Clyde, says: tional Service is a big handicap told by Joe Huime, the former miles. to clubs. Just when a promis- Middlesex all-rounder und ing player is being groomed he Arsenal and England right wing is lost to the club for two years 100tballer. and a vital period in his life in rutaret."

them overtaking their rivala,

Although the odds are on the Indians, the FC wood-pushers are fully capable of making that 4-1 wih, pârtićularly playing on their home green.

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TALKING POINTS

The File was

a a

the

of

W

not

the

The skip of the other side, knowing what to do under the circumstances, whispered to his team-captain on adjacent rink what had hap- waited for almost

opponents to get on the jack.

When that opponent did - s0, ho up wood dumped it on the bank. There was quite an airgiminit. after

and

10 6 0

40 8

3 0 6

7 8 0 4

6 7 TODAY'S GAMES

First Division

Recreio "Blues" v. KDC FC v. IRC CCC y. KBGC

Recreio "Whites" v. PRC KCC (Bye).

Second _Division

ССС У. НКУС

HKCC v. IRC KBGC v. Recreio USAC v. TC

РНС У КОС

Third Division TC Y. IRC HKFC v. USRC KCC v. HKERC PRC v. CCC

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RECORD-BREAKER

Jozsef Csermak of Hungary, the Olymplè Cham. plon, set a new British all-comers' record of 194 feel 11 inches in the Hammer Throw at the AAA Champion- He is one of two Europeans who have ships on July 9.

The beaten 200 feet with the Hammer this sengon. other is Mikhail Krivonosov of Byelorussia, Reuter- photo.

Jet-Propelled

Man Medicine From Kenya

By “RECORDER”

Nyandika Malyoro, 23-year-old Kenyan who ran the fastest Three, Miles ever by a negro, at the AAA Cham- pionships at the Wilte City on July'10 behind the world record by Freddle Green and Chris Chataway, is a veterinary department scout at home.

He fights the scourge of foot and mouth disease and keeps it by roaming the Nyanza province inoculating cattle.

T

Sydney Hulls wrote in the held off the challenge of three other outstanding British dis- Daily Expresa:

"Moving Hike a jet-propelled tance runners.

gazelle, Nyandika led by 50 yards after covering the first

54.8

ALL-TIME 22ND MAN

0 SCCDIXIS,

performanco which ranios him 22nd on the all-time world list. Finishing

mile (in 4 minutes 29.4 secoruis) Malyoro finished in 13 minutes kept up this cracking pace for four more laps and finished third."

Chataway and Green actually behind him were Pat Ranger in dropped Mulyoro after 10 lape, but It says much for the

18:55.5, Ken Wood In 13:26.0 and Harry Hicks in 13:59.6. For

Kenyan'a fighting spirit that he Ranger and Wood, these were

REVIVAL MUST START WITH BOYS

of the terraces on Derby County tional and a member of London FC Basbuil Grund. He has AC and he reached 177 feet in Invented muscle developing, the AAA National Champion. Some interesting talking pened. The team-coptain devices with old motor Eyeships to finish second to Olympic points have cropped up during patiently He has skipped for batna 4:0 Champion Csermak, of Hua- the past couple of weeks and three heads for one of his

of them deals with the Corporal Pul Ranger, the newly-introduced League rule

diy of registering dight players little short-striding RÅF in the Fire and Gecorll Divisions kinde probably view who finished fourth in the Na-with

to stopping the tional AAA Championships, malpractice of shuffling players another, only from one division to

8.0 depending on which team has a

better chance of winning thred Championship, and also enabling

the promotion or demotion

He and the

Inter-Countries four players according to their Champion, Lahoe-Corporal Ken for Norris, fought out the race on It is therefore extremely diff- make My specific their own, but Ranger unished cult to

of unsportsmanship the stronger once the last back charge ♫

against any particuînt team straight had been reached.

that team chooses to promote or demote the maximum nm- Bombdr. Brian Howson, Na-ber of players allowed unde Hional Half Mile champion, was the rule,

da it la perfectly put into the mile evetit, and ho

However, the practice ok demoting or promoting a player not in the bands of his improv- ing or deteriorating form or the neods of each particular team, But with the iden of string

A famous England Test Match ericketer was relinquishing

a remote Mr Haddow should know that publican's licence in lost sousun 26 players who have South of England village. He uppeared in Aimy representa- bemoaned: "When we had only tive sides, and who had never gas here I had seven good busi- previously played for their nessmen customers who used to

clubs' first elevens before don- get off the train her cach won it comfortably in 4 minuter i within its right to do so.

DETERMINATION

At Chelmsford fast bowler Alan Moss was pounding them down

21.6 seconds from the National Dunkley, Junior Champion, LAC Roger

RAF. The British record holder.

that he had got thinner since his finishing second in the Lord odild be further in-

Britain's Soccer Chiefs

Call For Better Facilities

By GEOFFREY SİMPSON

If you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, belther can the fallen standard of British football be raised unless the problem is tackled at the right end in the schools, where our Soccer potential is at its most malleable. {

The answer is

ning khaki, were regulars in evening

drink and

double Scottish "A" and "B" Divisional Scotches. Then electricity was Five of them bought installed. football.

television sets and went straight

That, in effect, is what the FA of Wales will say in their annual report on July. Five men have gained Inter-bome at night, One wet teetotal

28, when they meet at Wrexham. But boys cannot be trained in the style that national "caps" for Scotland because the circle had broken Flight-Officer Geoff Elliott, had thening the team that has P.

enabled Hungary to humble England twice if they are denied opportunities to play. subsequent to being given their up and I have seen” the no trouble in winning the. Pole better chance of winning the first chance in Army sides, other odd

once since when he | Vault at 12 feet 8 inches, for he

1 to be de Clyde current toolsed in for a box of matches!"

And the Welsh declare that not, a ball' about, let alone proper football only at certalis periods, Two of his own

14 feet this empiristip. has accomplished

pload.

only is there a shortage of blay-pitches And he asks of public The FA have, netually discussed Arst eleven were unknown be-

scosom.

rule itself probably ing fields; but there is a growing parks "Aren't we still too koep. in the past the possibility of fore playing for the Army.

not a little tightening. The tendency to exclude Boccer. frden off-the-grans 10yes" I would" although they are about the their own artoa, but Capt Audrey severely injured herein oxumber of players to be re- the curriculum of Weiss con

Wabiber the

There Fillgby

Charge is say. The English have o pasionwealthiest body in sport and to 10 and a claus **] truc

things

and what their Hranelal futuro, 10 as safe Jump and had to pull out of

added that if à player hus

for fencing not chow

tered: to are up nearer acquiring and ard o are available she said, "This may be the end bisher avion, he should be

dacilities in And it has been barred from playing in a tower worthy that in England the FA which would

not hote-Ava regards

moderu of my career."

youngsters

have Blocked their an illustrious one too.

division for die reminder of

story... Sir Baniay Rous, fathers.

the

Bir Stanley does not hesitate, The RAF captured the men's the season. title from the Army, by 148 FOOT-FAULTING

enough or points to 140, with the Royal

In the A Year Book, giriller, to like a Bang" at His own

He writes mulisation. Another conspicuous | Navy third with 03. Among the

Point Stanley says: Compared with a s women, the RAF were again noticed during the League and few years ago, my ingression là

helpful of following events succederal with 67 points to the Championship matches that that there are mov, even "Nowsher | 450rbitvě Army's 31 mid Navy's 51. have taken place so far is the open spaces where boya cat kick retead of shaping them; says.

ts

Stil

bowling Mo the 100 Yards. Worse than that played two le make games in try. Went winter | privzely owned playing spacer bi tie, Bank of England, thou

and someone remarked West Indian tour. Bocit came the Australian Peter Amold paid | wisceracki “A

England gathers no stones!" his own passage to

and self-con- and his courage fidence is being rewarded by

NËVER SATISFIED the chimce he is getting to

himself in establish Northamptonshire Caunty The publle craying to see ré-

am. But a story of corda shattered is never satis cricket team. perhape

deber-fied. The lowering of existing even greater mination belongs to Charles figures meurs mom to in Lee, a Rotherham schoolmaste: spectator these days than in his early twenties.

POP

the

well-judged mee.

A

Potted

Don't risk

your sight

it cannot be

of m-

potive

Scotland's Team For The Empire Games

ivolution át, de fotball Scotland toles system has been haphazard, and Empire Carnes

that we run the risk of Micing

self-satisfock fust because we ang Anda Vand led the way,

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CNN NATIONAL STADIUM S

There will be plant

Phost" to thats but

not a national team that

Pat. Devine,

his

their best ever times for tho distance, while Hicks £qualled

previous best performance. The Kenyan Nigerian and Ugandan sprinters and quarter- inilers who

articipated r

AAA Championships on

tho

way to the Empire Games at Vancouver all did better in the heats than in the finals,

Nduga of Uganda, and A. K. Amu of Nigeria were both timed in 22.1 seconds in the 220 Yards Acemi-finals. In a heat of the 440 Yards, Dorek Johnson, who has run 48 seconds for the distance this year, fount

found Mosembi Mbathi of Kenya several yards

D

wake

up on him in the home straight, but the Kenyan lacked finish. Peter Fryer in another heat had

similar

experience with Kipkorir of Kenya.

Followers of athletles werO beginning to wonder whether the native Africans would ver up na an athletic force. what was son at the White city on July 8 and 10, reasured them.

van Uganda and The Konyan. Nigerian sprinters learned many lesson in tactics ply the AA They washguld Twibeir at

Vandouver if they ICANSHIM, Whit; for

tably capable of

than they have reconted to date,

Bit Dice Ellis