1955-02-15 — Page 7

Reserved Stands For Admira Soccer Series

A special section of the stand at the western end of the Hongkong Football Club will be reserved for Services, players and re- sistered schoolboy Boccer players in respect of the Austrian Series belor play- ed to-morrow and over wook-enil. This section will be closed as 0.00 fiskets are sold. If, within one hour of the kick-off all

scale have not

the

alt

up, the same will be sold

to the public.

been taken

Saturday's Home Soccer

Fixtures

The following is the draw for the fifth round of the Football Association Cup, which will be played this coming Saturday:

Swatmen

PA Cup (Fifth Round)

V underlyi

الله

Itun

Manchester

C

Notta Forent

V

Nowcastle

Bonjoghut

Aston Villa

UT

Doncaster

Yutk ty

Ярига

Wolven

Charlton

(Teleco

Huddersfield

Notts County 1

Liverpul

LEAGUE MATCHEN

Saturday's League matches

will be:

Dirisjus

Leivester

Mhe Meld W

Armcal Hinexpoul

บ

Portsmouth

น

Preston

She held

U

23

Ilvision J

Flackbazn

Port Vale

Fulbain

V

Plymouth

Middlesbrough

น

Bury

Tulf

V

Lincoln

Rotherham

Stake

Vivixion II (Sub)

Barnemouth V Southernt

BELLO! C

l'alect

Exeter (

Gillingham

Northampton

Newport

Torquay

Colchester

Swindon

V Lytra

V

บ

Millwall

Y

1

Queen's 1'x

IN

+

Reading

V

Shrewsbury

Walasil

Wmfort

ע

Nos with

Southampton

Coventry

V

Brentford

W

Division 1 (North)

Accrington

Barrow

[refuxi

Carlisio

บ Scunthorpe

V

Okilinin

*

Wrexhmin

Chester

*

C'n-we

Gray

V

Manicki

Rochdale

Southport

Trainers Workington

Chesterfiel

Y Barsley

v Gutenbrad.

v Halifax

. 1otlrlH

Bradford

•Rocky's Nose

On Trial Today

Feb. 14.

EUROPEAN CHAMPION

THE CHINA MAIE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1955.

Hanna Eigel, of Austria. In action during the European Figure-skating Championship in Budapest recently, which she won. Britain's Yvonne Sugden was second, but was thought by the majority of the crowd to be the winner.-Express Photo,

THE TRANSFER SYSTEM-

MAKES

SOCCER SERFS What's best in

OF FOOTBALLERS

Says JIMMY LOGIE

Only a fortnight ago I was one of the serfs of Soccer. Today I'm free, I am no longer tied to the Football League transfer system.

A sort in mediaeval times was a man who was tied to his master, for life. He couldn't leave the place where he was born without permission. He couldn't change his job voluntarily though his master could, sell him.

It's just the same in football, club realise he's worth, say, soven

years Instead of five today, I wonder how many 10,900, Ho becomes part of before they got a bonellt at the football followers who roar and) their capital investments.- He's rockiced amount of £300 applaud their

stars (ihoir stock-in-trade. every week reoliso the condi- ifons of their employment?

favourite

-London Express Service)

that is subject income tax.

Mako footballer happy and "WE'LL CONSIDER IT' you'll make him play better. So So if Johnny suddenly decider if you want to improve the game Do they realise exactly why he would like to jola Barchesterchongo the transfer system. such a man

John Charles Rovers-he might" want to better can't return to his native, Wales? | himself or ho may be unhappy Why Frank Brennan had a fight at his present club--he pops the to remain in Newcastle? Why question to hla manoger the unhappy footballer can only mopo und hope some kind club will take pity

on him and ask for his transier? 1 doubt it

Let's see how the system

Barchester, of course, cannot Johnny Snooks leaves pay the fee, so Johnny remains school, and, being a bit of in his unhappy state moping footballer, comes under the eyes of some Lougue club scout,

"Give

X pounds A you

£ 10 signing and

works.

week

scout.

ut

The

Gravely he is told: "Well, wo don't want to let you go, but if Barchester will pay our fee we'll consider it,"

and

does not

Colony Tennis Championships Start

away,

moping improve your game of football.

Before a handful of spec- Suppose you wanted to leave

What happens? You tators the Colony Grass-

on

your job.

A

tee if you sign for us," mys the give in your nodce and that's court Tennis Championship

thought

that. of

You're free to go to John

got underway yesterday at in football o' Groats or Timbuctoo. glamorous carcer

But naturally attracts any healthy

supposing you had a Hongkong Cricket Club with lack

and he algns.

transfer system. Then. If you eight matches being played. Seldom does he realise he has didn't get on with your mates,

There was a slight delay in sold himself

to that club for or the boss nagged you, or you some of the games as the oficials life

club were unhappy in your surround had to run around to look for least until the no longer wants hím of

canings, or your wife was fed up umpires. Otherwise the tourna

with the place. you could do capitalise him.

ment went smoothly. nothing about it.

Only one minor upset You might assess your value registered yesterday when Rory at, say £100. But the boss Macpherson of

Hongkong the might put it at £1,000, and

Cricket Club lost to Samn. who's going to pay £1,000 for Hooper by 1-0, 2-0.

If Johnny makes good

his

¦ trånsfer market value soare. The

Australian Cricket Could

Get

Well School

Rid Of Its Old

(Kangaroo Version)

Tie

Says

GEORGE WHITING

London.

win" Never having subscribed to the "ery when you love, crow when you school of thought, it is with some diffidence that this English column makes so bold as to suggest that Australian cricket could find itself in the red unless it gets rid of its Old School Tie (kangaroo version).

Not

have

Sparse

and

140

of

was

the transfer of a craftsmen, good Six of the matches were de- though he may bot

elded in two seis The longest And in football the better the battle

between Chinese craftsman you are the higher the Recreation Club's Ho Hit-po

and the more forlorn is your and J. K. Jenkins of RAF.

Wan

position

other gaine to 120 RETENTION CLAUSE

maximum three sats was be- The fault lies with Rule 91 tween A. C. D. Hopkins

and of the Football Association—the D. H. Dunford, with the former Retention Clause. I'll explain winning by 6-2, 2-0, 0-2. how it works.

Playing on the No. 2 court,

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A player signs # contract Sigmn. Ноорет, на Land binding him to the club from Forces Singles Champion, July 1 to June 30, but at the end] created a minor upset by mak of that terin the Retention ing ahort work of Rory Clause enables the club to retain Macpherson, winning 6-1, 6-2.

The match was much more ecmpulsorily merely e player by offering hlin retaining even than the score indicated,

bath with wage

players showing And the retaining

wage good form. needn't be much! Imagine your Hooper, with his accurate half Australians, I seem to recall, used to laugh at our separate entrance for feelings if at the end of your volleys and baseline drives, won

contract the boss said: "I've no the day. amateurs, and similar quaint relics of our Forsyte Sagu past. Yot they themselves more use for you but I'm keep- On the No. 1 court the young now appear to have acquired equally foolish prejudices-by reason of which theying you on. Instead of your Yaqub Khan of KITC had

Tn be content with taking seven a week, however, I'm are well and truly in the cart.

an I feel games in two sets against the 198 English giving you 26 so long as f with trily

been, now performing, they

und certainly last season

ike 11. Meantime you're

hard-hitting Frenchman, thrashed by the younger scions one of the most forving of a wickets at an average cost of

bidden to work for anyone else." Lonne, and went down by 4-0, supplementedi by A of England, but they face the bats, averaged 84.08 runs from 15.48

It's all wrong, isn't it? It's 3-6. possibility of

an aghтckute of 1,093

contribution In 21 batting

20.31 not democratic. It's not even

JUST MANAGED runs per innings,

Tho St slender gate" at the nth Test innings

Joseph's College With the ball be turned in a All-rounder Tribe-left-fair. Certainly a club must have match in Sydney from February

hold on their players for A schoolboy, Ng Man-cheung, was 25 to March 3.

season of 08 wickets at 8.74 runs handers, "chinamen" and cover

length of

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or five years would be enough? to edge out his opponent by Beef Grossinger, New York,

tune 4,051 runs semi-failures whose faces up-quality, and you have quite appecciable

After that time the player 7-5. At one stage it was lead-Boot Steak cricketer.

for an average of 29.19.

should be put on transfer if he ing by four games to one. In Minced Beet Manager Al We will decided to St and who came from a

the right Slates-instead of

Livingston, As for bowling, I beg to sug

Alley,

Dooland wants and he should be allowed the next sel Ng had things Stewing Steak whether Rocky Casting here tomorrow

their net to include gest that the five must incisive and Tribe, having sought to sup- to join the club that appeals to much his way and won com- Merciano's nose is in condition oricketers cutside the ranks

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ua form, the of his transfer fee. Wal-tong of Chinese Recreation percentage ever else you choose for Test and

Australians whose Well, that is their bustness Clube will tell you this system Club

managed to trim D. a player's loyalty to the Berriman by 9-7, 7-5 to best not to pick men who have their country's Test selectors: "gate" if one or more of them club, but succumbed to the filthy lucre of Bruce Deoland, of Nolls, and were hurried home by the selec- encourage loyalty. There is no professionalism in England?

Playing with a strong first George Tribe, of Northants. tors to battle with Hutton

And

Inducement whatever.

service, A. D. Barnett took the There are In this country at Dooland, leg-break and googly Co. in Test No. 5. What have I know a benefit may be given measure of Gnr. does his gymnaslura work in the present

Cooley who time at least four persuader, was the eighth best they got to lose?

to a player every ave years and was very erractic, and won by Australians who could "com-bowier in our county cricket

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ng £750 as much

0-1 (subject to tax) if he's very good,

Lee King-fun of University but that hardly meets the bill. outplayed M. Pridhom and came I would like to ace a system away an easy winter by 6-2, 6-0. of increasing b benefits, that is, eny

The longest battle of 2760 for the first five years, evening was between Ho Hit-po £1,000

the next, and £2,000 and J. K.

Jenkins, In the first. after the third term. Few took-set Ho took a comfortable lead ballers last a fourth

term!

of 3-0 but Jenkins came back know. of reserves retained at strongly to tie the score et 3-3. less than top wages who are Ho steadied up and won by 6-4. good enough to earn first-team

In the second set Ho took the places and maximum wages with first game and that was as far other clubs. Why should they be he got Jenkins WOX com- deprived of reaching even the pletely in command in this set very modest maximum set by and went on to win six games in the Football League?

And as long as they are reserves they must toll on for an early lead of four games, but The third set saw. Ho taking

In

ומוניויאן

"I

defence of his heavyweight erowa in May.

The decision will be made after Weill and a group of bux-

two

int writers watch the Champion Match duly, you must do your names are never mentioned by but what a boost for the Sydney | destroy at present clubs do not! qualify for the next round.

spar three or four rounds with Keene Simmons, The sparring will be done in the Grossinger

Ferorts Ski Lenige, where Rocky

cold weather.

Well disclosed that he per mund places in their country's mitter Marciano 10 do two team rounds of private sparing with Simmons on Saturday,

"They took it very tasty and nething happened to the nose,"

In the opinion of the men who have played against all of them, only Nell Harvey of the current Australian team is nt to claim

Well said. "In fact Rocky lock-parity as a batsman with either ed very good."

Jock Livingston, Northampton- When asked how much time shiro's No. 3 lett-hander, or Bill would be required before Rocky Alley, who looks a bit like Keith could fight, in case the nose is Miller And whose left arm round, Weill said, "He will need

performs near-prodigies with

at least two or three months to both bat and ball in League train."-United Press.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Squash Army Championships Third Round;

Badminton Men's "A" Div. CYMCA "W"

Recreio.

Tennia

Colony Grasscourt Championships at KCC.

Dieting Monthly meeting of UK Referen Asociation, Tavern NAAFI Club 7,30 p/m.

TOMORROW

Soccer Interport: Admira FC of Vienna v All Hongkong (Club) 4,30 pm.

Tennis

Colony Gescolars Championships HKCC, Singles and Doubles.

Badminton

Men's "C" "Division: JKU v Re- crelo.

Hoftball Inter-School League King's Park.

THUKUDAY

Athletics

King's College Annual Athletior, BCAA Bladem 12 p.m.

Army Championships.

Tounta

Grasscourt Championskalpe (HXCC), Doubles.

Golf

་

Ladies Bronze Championships Fanling;, Shek O Medal Competition.

Marfa "A" DIVision] 000 v Recrol

Asma Bound.

#hamptowhi

crickel.

The slim, poker - faced Livingston nished third to Compton and Graveney in our counly averages last season--- with 2,289 runs (six centuries) in 48 innings for an overage of 55.34. He con also keep wicket —when not required as 'n super-

lative cover-point.

BEST PAID

Alicy, probably onc of the best-paid League professionala

HA! HA! HA!

Go on, Len...

the laugh

is on them

for

MY OH MY. COWDREY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH HIS NOSE OUT OF JOINT

RETREAT OF HUTTONS

ARMCHAIR CRITICS

.6-0.

a row.

ས

the

| Jenkins fought back to make it 4-3. In the eighth game Jen- kins cracked up on game point to give Ho a 6-3 lend. He then went on to win the next game And the set

THE RESULTS The following were the results. Singles.

F. Lonne beat Yaqub Khan 6-4, 6-9,

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Sgam Hopper beat Rory Mc-WEEK-END

pherson 0-1, 0-2.

A. D. Barnett boat Our Cooley 6-1, 6-0.

Loe King-lun beat M. Prid ham 6-2, 6-0.

Lee Wai-tong beat D. Berrl- man 9-7, 7-0.

A. C. B. Hopkins beat D. H. Dunford 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Ng Man-choung" beat Iu Po-|

*7-0, 0-4.

6-4, 3-0,

-beat J. K. Jenkins

TODAY'S GAMES Biagion Ip Koon-hung v G. B. Smart

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A. Bacon v Marsland Ma Choy Tin-kin v R.. E. Moore

E. Baubolle (4);

HOCKEY

The following are the fixtures ] Anny "C" y KIT.C. on Bookun« for all Divisions of the Hockey poo at 2.30 (Umpires: G. T. Payner.

J. 8. Growali. League this week-end:

SATURDAY.

on

‚' Ladies',:Division Recreio MAY Bervices Boundary, St. at 230 (Umpires: Bat. Moore, Bet. Ingilan),

Nav Bharat "D" y Bookunpata “A” on King Park at 11. (Umpires: J. B, Gonaives, FL. Bom);

Folies :v R.AT. "P" Z

"[on Pollos 1,50 (Umpires:. Maj. Brice. WO Richardson), N

R.N. "B" v H.K.1.C. on Bogkun- Hacrato "B" v Dorline "Alcón | poo at 4 (Umpires: Makhan Singos,

Boundary. 51. at 3.45 Krishin, Lall." Set.. Darvili)

Umpires: 2. A., Abbar).

- K.G.V PA”) Doritos "Bon Happy Valley (at $43. (Umpires: Maksam · singh, V. 8. DO

Cremline. v. Victoriane, on Happy

Z. A. Abbas).

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Ladies Diviaky Dopln

Umpires: Tara Sido, XOXV RScrip

* Gremlins v Services: Recreta

* Victorises.

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