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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

FIRST RACE MEETING

Saturday, 5th & Monday, 7th November, 1955. (To be held under the Rulas of the Hong Kong Jockey Club)

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 20 RACES.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 pan, and the First Race run at 2:00 pm on the 1st Day.

On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung at 11.30 o.m. and the First Race run at 12.00 Noon. The Tiflu sierval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 pm ).

The Secretary's Offce al Alexandra House will close at 11.45 a.m. on the lst Day and at 10.00 am. on the 2nd Day. -

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.

Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable through the Secretary on the written or personal introduction on Member, such member tu be responsible for all Visitors introduced by him.

Tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).

NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable at the Gats.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT,

SERVANTS

Servants must remain in their employer's boxes except for passing through on their dulles. They may on no secount wo the Betung Booths in the Members' Enclosure.

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cush Sweep Tickols al $40.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Budding, (Chater Kond), and 5, D'Agullar Street during normal odlee hours and until 10.00 am, on the First Day of the Race Meeting.

Particular numbers within the series 1 to 4,000 may be reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such tickets will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a particular Meeting if it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 4,000.

In the case of two-day Race Meetings, Through Tickets may be purchased for each day of the Meeting provided that the second day is on is dale not less than five days after the first day. In all other cases Through Tickols will only be sold for the whole Meoling. Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 am. on Friday, 4th November, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.

Tickets over 4,000 will also be issued consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets.

The reservation of any particular number does not confer on the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced by the holder.

The Stawards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also the right to remove any name from subscription 1sts without elating russons for their action.

SPECIAL CASH SWEEP

Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Kwangtung Handicap scheduled to be run on 18th November, 1955, at $200 cach, may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Ofces.

TOTALISATOR

Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their ticketa until after the "ail clear"signal has been exhibited.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1965.

I. M. MacTAVISH On

THE VEXING QUESTION OF SCHOOLBOYS IN SENIOR SOCCER

The whole vexing question of schoolboys playing in football organised by the Hongkong Football Association is being debated extensively and in some cases heatedly in many quarters at the present time.

It is no intention of mine to enter into any argument on the pros and cons of the current Issue in which Kitchee are involved, because that, as I see it, is a case concerning only an alleged breach of one of the duly agreed rules which govern the conduct of all clubs playing under the jurisdiction of the Association.

Quite divorced from that particular side of the issue s the much wider aspect as to whether or not 11 is a good hink to bar schoolboys from taking part in the Senior hi Junior competitions

HKFA

tho

The lamediate and impulsive reaction is to say that it is not a good idea, and to suggest that If a player is good enough, his age and school status should not prevent tile playing his football In the highest grade to which he is usted,

Such a reaction is based sole. ly en generalised and selfish remoniu with the youngster's

bety playing

the main Factor dxhung may

und that

versed in Colony affairs it seems certain that it was thoughts and ronalderations such BA these that encouraged the introduction of the present HKFA rule пп the

matter

LOCAL PROBLEM

thun, but 1 do

the Combined Chinese, for the visitors looked the sort of. team that would have givin of its best when the going was toughest,

visitor's visitors.

I know it is easy to point to other parts of the world and say that the practice of school-10 stage a boys playing in high grade fool- ball is recepted without restrie- not believe that one can separate the local prob- im from local conditions or from

Becast circumstances, and

that 100,

the

welt- bollave

gentlemen inferised

who the originally introduced

ruto were neither uamindful of what happened elsewhere, nor in any wwwy gebrant of or Indifferent

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and for youngsters love

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WEEK END MATCHES

There is a limited programme this werk-ond. The of games schedule, is ua follows:--

Tomorrow: South China

v. RAF Club Stadium; Poller

games stort 4 p.m.

11

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

WATCH THESE PLAYERS

ULD

OLD MERIKANT TAYLORS

They Are The Stars Of Tomorrow

Says DON REVIE

With the season already in its third month, up goes the heart cry: Where are our footballers of the future?

Anyone would think that England was completely bankrupt of Soccer talent,

I would be the last person to pretend that all is well, but don't let's paint too black a picture.

stavin

Match.

Combined Charity

verdict.. Combined Chinese

What makes Clayton such an Services v.

Like his at Club Stadium at 8 p.m.

We pride of place will bending prospect?

"Bass,"

Johnny Carey, whu given to the representative game sened an immortal name play

interest will on Monday great

ag or Manchester United and ro doubt centre on the meeting Eire, he has that uncanny knack of South China and Sing Toof being in the right place at the

The The Champions are right time.

Wis about

[I to handle. happened Grat

alt uf Street in the Boundary

game and later in Tho-Polke

Too match at

al Sing

a

Let's get this straight. There

But the

50

It

max who

The success of this tour mus' have been as re-assuring to the sponsors as It was au ryo- to those who were so opener strangely reluctant corller

gamo against the

We have

OF two Tom Finney when he first burst, of season all the players and this

upon thú Soccer scene. I don't stuff had hoped for, particularly youngsters of great promise, card respect was

brilliant no doubt that dire to suggest helms Tom's the worthy I have to sec satisfying

for Finney is no such thing us the Revie RAF Benevolent Fund getting playing every Saturday, I have bali manipulation,

But like Matthews the finessed seeing all of them.

man in a plan, I am merely one player a good boost

who is detailed to play the with- crowd that went along to watch's take a look at some of the million. boys wh

who I think are going to But Jones is fast; he has a drawn centre-forward style of the final game of the tour.

ruike a

a great name in the game.deceptive swerve, Like Finney, game in Manchester City's team. At half-back we have Ronnie he loves to come inside and have It is not an entirely now idea. Cleyton,

tho

bouncing cager a shot. And he is quite fearless, because the Hungarians have young wing-bait from Blackbura Yes, put Jones

down on your fellowed the samo strategy with Rovers. When Johnny Carey list as ong of the young players jaume mucoesal book over us manager of Black-to watch.

This

sort of plan, like any v.burn, he said: "I think this

on getting the xay

In the same Welsh team was ether, depends

of the ball and players become involved in it, in Hong-Sing Tuo at Caroline Hill; CAA will one day play for England.""Melvyn Charles, younger brother run

Those who saw Ronnie's game of the great John, He hasn't his sitting into the leam play. EARLY STARDOM

v. Navy at Boundary Street. All England against Yugo big brother's ley coolness yet, Just hasn't come off so far this

u1 Maine Hoad

now I think he can The chance to reach early

but even Twice recently a referee NES

wooldes how Manchester City stardom

must

always be all been compelled to change his

Monday: Annual Poppy Day Manchester a fortnight age must woke as big a name in the ganplay is the Manager, Mr Leslie

now be agreeing with Carey's as John.

He attractive goal: the opportunity

is tho sort of strong

He had the courage to rub shoulders with the real

attacking wing-balt British foot-LicDowall. Tail needs, A tle too much to start is and carry on with it in the clashed with the strip of one tumes or The Kane

potus perhaps, but that is a last season. Costly is surely one that few of the trains in the game which

good fault for a youngster trying boys could resist. The

It has nothing to do with me age of

play the attacking gamo

or any other Manchester City her wurditi is not past.

Patrick Neil, the young Ports-player. mouth winge: Reg In the fure of

long as our club

the Coventry on young boys-yes and their

Matthews, curry on with this particular parents could well make de-

City goalkeeper scheme it is up to us all to try and sacrifices that Cialuns

and Duncan Edwards are other and make it work. The public going through dificult Ume

2 In each case the change was but are still managing to collect He is strong in the tackle, young players who have already should appreciate that point and not in their best interest.

because the Lack

the dunculics of the every country where the game eerzury

valuable points, while Sing The covers his full back; and always vrit their name large upon the also ere is a long trial uniform of the referee clashed fur played

game. seems to be moving up behind

manager. happy mixture with the sombre all-black outfit w

brilliant

th's forwards,

And ready to take a clad

SUCH A SHOUT of the unusaky brightly

14/

veterans are always back pass. The result makes a confound the pessimists, although black

perineod yellow emplyers. Eloquent wooing and

ilable to run any team off their with

v.ng-half of great possibilities. they have yet to play regularly Coming back from the Nialay

"Wilf Park every player in League football; This game may well end reeds that think we will be McGuiness, feci. hollow-promises Altenst

International recently, The referee in charge of the

the Manchester aong with Stan of rosy futures have often st

with the spells divided.

Matthews petually been Leet along seotal game has

in the other games, CAA and hearing a lot more of 21-year- United his willingness to

Roger Byme and partially educated uncertain pollis. The main jub change his dress to prevent con-

praised for

Poilee should add to their points old Ronnie Clayton in futumn, nephew oddycharl- Tom Finney,

Milburn, Nat Lofthouse the his tople of of team ofetals is to build

conversation, was the servour" of Afussion.

and there is no doubt total although CAA may and the years. termi

when at all that such an attitudo im-

WONDER ' BOYS successfu

play the Welsh crowd. things o wrong it

is easy to mediately prior to the start of

But what have we among the forget that today's

was commendable if fl youngster was yesterday's

forwards? First Johnny Haynes, fast, can hold a ball and shoots been to d Cardin international Only

it beentre

enabled a bright

and shining setvolboy (prompt start to be mado.

the 21-year-olt hatch-forward with deadly accuracy like mos and I've never hoard anything .but

of the Milburns,

though he like it. The singing before the prospect.

for Fulham. Johnny has made the was he correct? was he coITE

was terrific the ront To the

club this change of

his name already with millams netually comes back for extra start According the records of

who

training at Did Trafford to which followed threatened to 50W hini on TV circumstances is little more than the HKFA the official colours of

split the wardrums. In fact, temporary disappointment.

Sing Two are Yellow and Bluck,

against Denmark's Under 23 side practise his shooting.

Wales scored theclr first and ten means only that the and while their present all-bluck

great such a shout went ack the

foul much as would Surch for a a more successful pas

starle and shots with a narrow

name is Roy placement is pushed whend with yellow ring at the neck of the

days in either turf under my Marnier vigour than before.

shirt may, in the widest sense, conform to the official descrip- on, it hardly conforms either to the spirit of the description or w the traditional "Tigers strip Botwhich has become, by COMEROO

***

of frustrated Illusioned hopefuls,

hopes and dis-

and

unsuccess

the KMB-Sing The Club Stadium.

to

shurled

To the player, however, it is he tumbling down of the fine had built in his mind, castles he resulting in an undermining of his could nee in himself, unly k

s his football but also in usage so closely associated with other spheres.

the Sing Tao side. Another far reaching point is that the

schooolboy fool- young baler, who suddenly finds him-

10

OFFICIAL COLOURS The question of official

which one colours

I have

concernung

self actively engaged in highly heard raised several times in rompettive football, enda

reern! discussion assume undue moth Senior and Junior football. let the

game portance in his everyday affairs

registered its Once a club has he allows ulher interesis and

his s'udies, for examples they should surely not be varied in use except in cases to suffer.

where they clash with those of

the

tomorrow,

་་་

their

youngsters

unkt

RAF a hard nut to crack.

SPORTS QUIZ

1. Which

of

of

ex-

7.

luck-and

here are even more to

wing-half;

ako of Manchester United.

socn

Charlton young several times In Manchester junior teams. [United's

of

He is This was the first time I had

a few wocks ago. Haynes' great My own club Manchester City wher qualty lost his briliant buil have another distribution, without which no possibllies.

Faulkner who plays team can hope for success.

lad

The

that that

crack

foot.

As Nat

Not

inside-forward position or Lofthouse remarked: "If Ninian the following At Doncaster a wonder boy of centre-forward. He is strong, Park could be extended to take boxers at the time they re English Soccer is 16-year-old has a ➜ very good shot and takes tured had never lost a fight, Allda boy up before his time,

It is fatal Alick Joffrey. never fouled an

opponent, but fancy Peter Doherty, the and never barred a challen-but

ker

A

of

19

whom I've

100,000 crowd Uke position very quickly,

Wembley, the Welshmen would These lads I have seen; but nake the Hampden Roar sound

many more dotted like a whisper," tako ere arg account of race, Doncaster manager, will colour, or four of his ability: cate of that. Jeffrey has all the around the country

Does that rear upset English not scen. That's why I for one (a) John L. Sullivan. (b) attributes

4 great player refuse to believe British foot- Players? I don't think it does, Jim Jeffries (e) Jim Brad-sitional play, accurate possing ball is devoid of talent. All that at least not the experienced

shot, good dock?

boundless

Is the

ces. I myself tried to pretend necessary the enthusiasm. With Peter Doherty these lads need

development--and refusal to

crowd were cheering usi 2. Sort out this

For the mbcture of as his guide, hare is a youngster

youngster, however, our-with the world at his feet-it be to the heudi'nics go to their do think it could be a very Christion nāties

heads. Here s one professional frightening and nerve-shuttering names and pair them oftekes bis chances in the right

footballer anyway who will be correctly: Hartwig, Man Nilan Park on Saturday future progress.

following with interest their ordeal nion, Wrac, Young, Johnstone, WI, Martin. last I had my second look at 21- year-old Cuff Jones, the Welsh Champion-left-winger. I say i'm

Brot

10627

Olympic

and

Nex,

£

REVIE ILAN GOES ON,

All

the England lads were. sorry to lose. But let's be fair-to the Welsh boys. They were due for

a win, and I was told by the ship did Jennette Allwegg play at Bury for Swansea Town For several wocks now, I have chaps who

at Ninian Played win for Great Britain in a few weeks ago That night been pestered by the chap who Park two years ago, that Wales atvera] managers and Football says: "Don, the Revie Plan is actually played bolter in that League scouts hailed him as the dished. It's a washout, Why match than they did on Saturday 4. What sports do you associata | most promising young left- don't you stop it,"

laat. Yet they lost 4-0 then. with (a) Reg Parnell (b) winger io the country. That's a nico thing to say, isn't) That's the way it goos

Extravagant praise? Perhaps, it? Just because Manchester Soccer.

but young Jones reminds me of City have so far not had the port | 5. How fre the following

sports

(0) |-- bandicapped: horse rating (b) running (c) motor racing (i) golf?

Playing days, even in th

3. What in opposing side and the rules Colony where players seem to

o the Association must make go on longer than in many other

for provision

action to be places, are only short part of u

In such cases. taken in such itetime, and apart from a small fortunate inipority, they provide

There was

was certainly no clas colours in of

the games in- no lasting security,

Having talked over this prob-valving Sing Tao, for the Pallee play in blue and KMB in red, lem with

men who are well and both if these are easily dis

tinguishable from the familiar yellow and black stripes of the Tigers.

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

The Programmes and Entry

Forma for the 2nd Race Meet-frship. This was particulaly

ing

1955/56

to be held

The recent visit of the RAF For East Representative side was a pleasant interlude in our domestic football affairs.

The airmen played attractive open football and they made many by their fine sports-

On Saturday 19th and noticeable in the hal

26th

Combined Saturday

November, with, the

Chines when at a vital stugo two im 1956, (weather permitting) may be obtained the portant decisions went against them. Whatever their feelings Secretary's Office, Alexandra the

the players showed excellen House: the Club House, control In accepting the Happy

the referee's decision without ques and

tion.

Ота

of the

regrettable features of the vialt was that, duo .to unavoidable circum- stances, the airmen did not get; an opportunity to meet the real strength of South Ching or

Valley;

at

ALL. WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FÖR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE

RACE COURSE ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST | Stables, Shan Kwong Read. RACE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUN.

PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DIS- FIGURED TICKETS.

Entries close at 12 o'clock Tuesday, 8th NOON. on

Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, etc. will not bo permitted to November, 1965. operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

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A. E. ARNOLD, Secretary.

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d. In boxing what are the minimum and maximum welghts for a Heavyweight?

7. Who is (a) the eldert and (b) the youngest: Ken Rose- wall, Lew Hond, Tony Mot tram, Budge Patty?

8. In o

match Cricket

if a player is bowled and no one appeals to the umpire is he out?

1. In soccer when a penalty kick in being taken is the goalkeeper allowed to move?

10. What world famous sports stadium recently staged itg first

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