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THE

CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1955.

Norman Phillips Trophy Match

Tomorrow

1-

The Hongkong Amateur Athletic Club team in the Norman Phillips Trophy match on Sunday afternoon at Pokfulam will be as follows:

100 Yards: Stephen Xavier, w. L. McCall, R. Marques, Eddie Loureiro Rey Spences.

220 Yards: Stephen Xavier, W. L. McCall, M. C. Marsh, R, A. Mirquso,

440 Yaris: M..P. Curzon, M. C. Marsh,

880 Yards: M. P. Curzon,

Ray Bell,

Öre Mile: L, P. Miller, F. A

Tribe, R. Whitte.

Three Milles: M. B. S. Tullon. 120 Yards Hurdles: L. A. Cropar, Samuel Lo.

220 Yards Hurdles: Roy *Bell,

1. A. Cooper, Samuel Lo.

High Jump: T. H. Tsang,

Samuel Lo, M. C. Marsh

Leng Jump: M. C. Marsh, Stephen Xavier, T. H. Tsang, T., H. Tomlinson,

Hop, Step and Jump: T. H Tsang, Sanuel L, David Biyes, T. H Tomlinson.

Shot Put: Capt. J. B. Lambert T. H. Tsang, C. M. Brand,

Discus Throw: Capt. J. B. 'Lambert, Li, P. Miller; C. M,

Brand.

Javelin Throw: C. M. Brand, Capt. J, B. Lambert, Lt. P. Miller, S. Xavier,

Officials 4 x 50 Yards Relay: Brother Conrad, Father Lawler, Mrs Van Viict, J. E. P.

Blenkinsop.

•

Teams ато allowed

more

per

will

than three participants event but only the perform ances of the first three

count..

HKAAC

Keen. members of the

ITA asked to

cut and participate in as many events as they can as the Club reeds every point it can make in both the local match and the international postal match.

events

to

Point scoring in the local match, will be 5-4-3-2-1. Those. selected for only one or two

who would like participate in more events will be very welcome, as will any non-members of the HKAAĆ who would like to join Club and participate in malch.

the

the

The timetable has been made up to allow of all distance runs other than the 880, Yards being run in the cooler part of the aflemoon For those who may think the weather is too hot, the fact remains that athletic meetings have been run in Hongkong well into mid- June,

TIMETABLE

2.30 p.m. 880 Yards.

2.40 Hop, Step and Jump.

2.45-100 Yards.

3.00 High Jump.

3.20 Javelin Throw.

3.30 120 Yard Hurdles.

4.00 Shot Put.

4.30 Open One

Walk

Mile

4.40 220 Yards, ..

4.45 Discus Throw.

4 SU Long Jump.

-

5.00 One Mile.

5.10 440 Yards.

Race

Desmand com

THIS IS THE

END

Chelsea Pensioners

telling each of Her

the refiet of Mafeking wasn't a patch on this

Cartoonist hanging

•head, and moustache

a sparrow

in shame

CHELSEAL

CHAMPIONS

LEAGUE

CHELSEA WIN THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Old dent

901 to

who never thought he'd live to see it

Chelsea

Who still

Sbarron

1954-55

feeling

smaller than

months

live to see it

Rpy VYETT.

AN

HISTORIC

GOAL

That Day In April, 1923,

Remains Indelibly Printed

In Many A Memory

By ARCHIE QUICK

David Bone Livingstone Jack fills a niche in footballing history from

which

he can never be displaced. He was the, first man to score a goal in a Cup Final at Wembley. It was an historic goal; it was a memorable occasion this inauguration of what has become the most famous Soccer arena in the world. Wembley today is the focal spot of every player's ambition whether he is foreign or a home product, whether it is a Cup Final or an International.

But that day in April, 1925, will forever remain indelibly printed on the memories of all who were privileged to be there. The huge crowd, estimated at a quarter of a million, burst into the ground and overflowed on to the playing pitch. One remembered the successful efforts of the police, players and officials and above all the mounted policeman on a white horse-to get the seething mass back to the touchlines. And the drama of the game itself. It was the red letter day in English football.

to Jack a little darker. For the League may have lost patience and the knockings at the door of Peter- borough United are becoming more and more persistent.

There were Bolton Wander- slipped it sideways ers, moderately successful in the Smith, took the return pass just First Division pitted against inside the box and hit the shot West Ham United, who

were home first time past. Hufion. He later to gain promotion from never had a chance; it was too Division Two. The rival cap-wide off him and I was tains, Smith and Kay, toss, and marked." the match is on. To inside-right 4x50

Jack falls the honour of the Arst goal.

5.20 220 Yards Hurdles.

5.40 Three Miles.

6.00

Relay.

Officials'

Yards

I

6.15 Presentation of Norman Phillips Trophy.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Jack Gardner and Johnny Williams, both former British Champions, will meet for their postponed British Ecavyweigh title climinator on June 6. The fight will be at Nottingham Ien Rink, as originally planned be- fare Gardner cut his eye badly in training.

FOUND HIS NICHE.

מנו

A figure who has loomed large Tall, willowy David Jack in English football these Tast the Frank Woolley of football jere never attained undue who had a body swerve that bas

ley. He never never been equalled. The son of prominence as a

Playe

OPTIMISTIC

of Plymouth 5 still a director there but is before they lipove think twice!

time.

aside. No Third Division club North or South commands such

WHAT THE BIG LEAGUE CLUBS THINK OF

"ALWAYS USE

A SCANDAL WHICH SHOULD WRIGHT'S

BE RESENTED BY EVERY FOLLOWER OF SOCCER

By JL MANNING

Britain's big League football is being undermined by the racket of under-the-counter-payments to players so that dishonest clubs can, if they wish, get an unfair advantage over their honest opponents.

That is a scandal which should be resented by every follower of our national game.

Today I can reveal what the clubs themselves think of this evil, as I have been shown the official, confidential report of a private conference of League clubs held on March 27, 1950-five years ago and the rackets have grown worse since then.

this

At that meeting, I can de- | you what is going o1L. One close, Mr Arthur Drewry, to instance I will call the Case of President of the Football The Whispered Telephone Num- League, said: "We do not get the ber or Dial M For Money. information which might be common kendroledge in football circles!"

Speaking in the secrecy of highly confidential meti- ing, the representatives of the big clubs told the Football League president a few harsh facts.

These are some of the things their spokesmen said:

MANCHESTER CITY: We know, who the players are, and We know who the clubs are, but if anyone came forward his name would be mud. Sums of £100 to £1,000 have been paid to players on transfer.

BIRMINGHAM CITY: unfair to throw the onus

It

of

proof upon" clubs. The initia- tive is with the Management Committee of the League, and there

aber of ways.

are number they can act." CHELSEA

referred to low rents of houses provided for players and the payment of fliegal bonuses "which are out- side the books entirely." They wanted stronger action."

WOLVERHAMPTON WAN- DERERS said that one of the difficulties arose from jobs being offered to players outside football and that "strong, action should be taken even

to the suspension of the club con- cerned for all time.”

Well, now, that is all

very interesting. Birmingham, · Chel- sea, and Wolverhampton each have a director who is a meta- ber of the League Management Committee. They are Messrs D. P. Wiseman," J. H. W. Meers,- and A., M. Oakley, all men greatly respected in the game,

However, I their clubs' spokesmen held those views in concerted action been taken by 1950, why by 1955 has the League?

OLI

of shady Soccer. Now let me tell

This is the official background

office during the game to speak

to this player on the phone."

"I thought I'd catch an early train back," said the player.

"When are you going to sign?”.

A Lengue club manager told us how he was prevented at the last moment from signing a footballer this season.

The player's reply came in a whisper: "My telephone num- The manager named the ber is 850." The player meant player, and said everything was that

ne arranged, spart from his consent the god to dial "£" before

"Couldn't to the transfer. He was invited

you raise the to watch the next home game. money?" the representative of a The next I knew," said the national newspaper asked the manager, "I was called to

manager. “No. It just wasn't there, Even the programme account was empty," he replied.

my

Answers To

Sports

Quiz

1. Bobby Locke, Doris Hart,

Wes Santee, Frank Tyson.

2. Jim Braddock by an eighth round knock-out in June 1937.

3. Bill Talbert.

4. Maureen "Little Mo' Coo

nally: Sir Gordon Richards; Chits Chataway: Geoft

6.

Duke.

Yven Petra of France 1048.

In

It Was the occasion OF Roger Bannister's first-ever four-minute mile,

7. Captain Webb in 1875.

8. Cross-country running, fen- cing," horse-riding, shooting, ant swimming.

9. Don Cockell, Gardner and - Williams were the two previous British heavy- weight boxing champions.

10. The amateur gaiters of and .. Britain

America London Express Service,

Defence And Not-Attack

Is The Keystone Of Modern Football

One of the great footballers of all time and now the successful manager of Leeds United, Horatio ("Raich") Carter believes that defence and not attack is the keystone of modern football. That is why he persists in playing the Results show that Carter must be right. great John Charles at centre-half and not centre-forward.

"When I first went into management at Hull" Carter us told me "I was convinced that attack, attack, attack again would be my first principle for success. Consequently I bought some star forwards. But it did not work out that way, and now I must grudgingly admit that to succeed in Soccer your first alm must be to stop the other fellows from scoring.

over

for

2

Yet the gallant Major was optimistic when I saw him at Queen's Park Rangers' ground. thing else in football," he said, Money talks more than any with and our "gates" are big enough a Bolton Wanderer who later Aston Villa-his brother Chris to make the became manager

throw Argyle-lovable Bob Jack-the a manager he found his niche, boy David moved from Bolton and ranks with the late Herbert Arsenal legend and later man- to help lay the foundation of the Chapman as the greatest of all consistently large following That has weighed with the aged Southend and Middles- He is now in the throes of his past and can do so again. brough.

toughest assignment-managing "What is more, since I ob- After a break from the game struggling Walsall With Hull, fained some new players and as a licensee in Southend and Notts County, Leeds, Blackpool, Infused a big financial induence London he returned to manage and, most of all, Wolverhampton on the Board of Directors, our new plan of attack may pull Quigley etc, from scoring So

"A new, forward formation and to stop Tommy Briggs, Eddie the Irish club, Shelbourne. But Wanderers it was success all the playing results since Christmas

How only last week he has resigned way,

different iq

through For you the have been better than

while.big John stayed at centre-half." that post.

suburbs of Birmingham!

before.

City If

first Instances are Manchester we had had Peter May, the brilliant young

Raich "has another theory that and Portsmouth; But it will pot Major

ap-half of the season as good as last. The others will catch up Buckley, now

to be successful Restless, academic, David

all managers proach 180 years of age, is the second we Surrey and Exzland batsman looks just what he is an ex-nothing if not a fighter and he} been near the top of the table.” on you sooner or later. Look at should be former star players.

should have who did so well on his first schoolmaster, a very

serious took

Defence, Australian tour with the MCC;

Somehow I feel the Major Is

"A board meetings," he said constant."

the manager, has to meet and He over-optimistic, They will set however, Is is to be given a civic welcome as sted man who takes life just with his eyes wide open.

John Charles did a hat trick" report to business men who have as stemnly as he took his game went there knowing that where up a record for the number of by his home town of Reading of

of football.

against Ireland at made successes of their private The Reading Town Council will

in the past he had dabbled in times a club has had to re-apply for Wales He was a perfectionist, and thousands of pounds now be if

if they do it this season

Belfast in the mid-week Inter-lives, and

Therefore, he should be put their congratulations

while mu of the credit

right for had to count his pennies. much

the League

on top of his job and are likely to take a national, but Mr Carter was not

tempted to move him to centre- know.the "gate

incer secrets, of "it,

01 May 27 by dive Mayor, David Jack

And his task is to anpointment by saving Walsall

gates"

have

been tion

Blackburn do that. game England colleagues Len Hutton architect in the raising of the from being thrown out of the ausiderabl

Yes, encugh.

Rovers. *Rovers had 113/produce team results; not worry. and Colin Cowdrey, with Surrey Highbury -structure,

the goals this season, League last season when they think Walsall's on

we had not about

office side of the only hope caplaia Stuart Surridge and He still recalls that goal: "I had to apply for re-election for League survival is to pull out of conceded a home goal in five club." Bormie Aird, MCC secretary and get the ball just outside the the umpteenth time,

the last two places during the games," said Mr Carter, #Alm Carter on Charles is an in-

• May's dricket coach at Charter- pénalty area from 1 short Now he is faced with the same next fortnight, and I don't though my attack is not as strong teresting topic too. "He is the house, have alsɑ been invited. through pass from Nuttall. I situation and the position looks think they will do it,

as I would like, it was essential greatest all-round footballer

on the job at Fellowes Park

Tottenham

parchment. This will be pre- the modern Arsenal center to May at Wre reception Charle fuch an Sand Agin to His fust good deed was to drastic view, big all, Peter forward for the Vital Bromo- Only a man who has played can

THE

WEEK-END

was

GAMBOLS

LAST WEEK. THE SUN'G WORN THE PAINT OFF THIS WINDOW SILL

SNEVER MIND."- ILL PAINT IT ON SUNDAY

TO DAY

no less

by Barry Appleby

IT MAKES THE REST OF THE ROOM LOCK SHABBY, DEAR

·YOU'LL HAVE TO GET MORE PAINT AND DO THE WHOLE ROOM

with

So Tender

and Tasty

FRANCIS MILLERD'S GREAT NORTHERN FANCY RED SOCKEYE SALMON STEAK

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in the world and he will never leave Leeds" said the manager and his

Chairman, 30 2nd vice-

Sam Bolton and Perry Woodward. Carter added: "No club, émuld be bied as we gre by having the finest centre half and the finest Centre forward in the

So it goes on. These stories are not hard to track down. It is not surprising that the Presi- dent of the League admitted that they may be "common knowledge in football circles."

What

is surprising is that no action is taken. Surely, what this newspaper can do, the Football League could do. And they should do it.

So I shall await with interest the annual meeting of the League in June. Will the clubs be bold or will they be silent?

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