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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1956.

By Rog. Wootton

DESMOND HACKETT'S COLUMN

SPORTING SAM

Courage? Forde

'Em All

Tops

Geoff Iden, the man who won the Jim Peters Trophy --the athletes' badge of courage-told me: "If you want to meet a real man of courage, you want to meet Sammy Forde."

I have heard from Sammy Forde and proud and privileged to meet him.

I would be

He has written to me from Belfast. It is the finest letter I have ever read.

Sammy Forde was born with such a physical handicap he had to use both

his inalformed hands to write that jelter.

This Is Forde's own rating: Cricket, very good; football, was good, but my knees gave" out; badminton, fair;

table tennis, good; golf, dodgy, handicap 10; Yel Mr Forde breezily sends billards, no blinking good; me a catalogue of the sports ho swimming, good-well, certainly plays and his own rating of his adequate; tennis, falr. ability.

written.

And this incredibly brave mon Read this, you chaps who writes: "Please don't thinic me a grumble over your golf bandi-big-head because of what I have cap, the catch that was dropped, the snooker shot that wouldn't drop and blush over your coniplaints.

British Pro Squash On Way Out

I don't see anything to fuss about. I only hope that this letter might encourage and help others who have been a bit unfortunate."

IRISH GAIETY

With on Irrepressible Irish gaiety bubbling from his letter he says: "I would like to come to London and play you at table tehnis, golf, and badminton; have a bat and ball at Lord's Indoor net; have a run with the Arsenal or 'Spurg boys; and have a run round Silverstone with Mike Hawthorn.

Sammy Forde might give By ERIC NICHOLLS quite a fair show at either

Professional squash is a dying spart in Britain. England must recept the fact that she is nation of teachers not players, So says Don Butcher, Secretary of the Squash Rackets Asso- clation Professional Committee.

He should know. For Don was professional Champlon from 1930-33 and 'Open' title-holder from 1930-32.

The reasons Mr Butcher gives are lack of promising new entrants into professional squash, and the fact that British professionals are concentrating

game. on teaching the can't do both," says Don. "When

1

"You

was Champion I gave 130 everything else to concentrate on keeping maich ft. We have only two good players Jack Giles and Dennis Harman-and they are not good enough to live with the Khang (Hashim Khan is World Champion} on the squash court.

Lord's, Arsenal or Tottenham. Last season, in the Ulster Senior Cricket bowling figures

League, his 284.5 were: over, 36 maidens, 897 runs, 56 wickets. He. was presented with a mounted cricket ball for one performance of eight for 17.

His comment: *You will notice I had to take longer than anyone else to get my figures,"

It may have taken him longer, but since he joined Holywood Cricket Club five years ago he has topped their averages.

bowling

He played In a selected side alongside West Indian Test stars Clyde Walcott. Everton Weekts, und Sonny Ramadhin.

TALENT SPOTTER

When he was playing Soccer Forde was the first to spot the talent of Sammy Smyth, who moved to Wolves, Stoke, and Liverpool.

When it comes to shooting, it Sammy on the mark again.

the last During

war it was A MATTER OF TIME

Guard Platoon Sergeant Home S. L. Forde, No 1 maricsmon. "We might as well face it.

No wonder

Geoff Iden, the The game-professionally speak- man of courage for 1935, says: Ing-hasn't much longer to live "Ir any man ever deserved an in Britain. It's just a matter of award for courage it is Sammy time before Oth tournaments Fordc. He hod

nas not merely disappear altogether."

overcome

disabilities which most men he has just

it

have

would chi

the

RUGGER PREVIEW

No-Change England Can Shake Gay Paree; Irish In For Another Defeat

By J. R. WATKINS.

Has rugby in Vic Roberts found a man to match football's Stanley Matthews? True, Roberts, at 31 is ten years behind the "wizard of dribble." But whatever the arguments over the respective skills of rugger and football, nobody can deny that the handling code is a mighty tough pastime.

Last season Roberts was playing as well as ever for Harlequins. But the English selectors took note of his form, and continued to overlook him. They. thought, apparently, that he could not last out a full game. How wrong they were.

Credit the selectors with ad-1

Scotland, With this new-found Bghing

100, have their mitting their error and restoring spirit, and with that cracking problems. Roberts

to the national side, win over Ireland to their credil, Roberts, in turn, and by way I don't think the French will be of a thank-you, played a' large good enough

an prevent part in the humbling of Ireland. English victory.

Roberts keeps his piece in an unchanged team to play France in Paris on February 25. It is not a surprising decision by the selectors who, together with England supporters, were more than satiated with the form shown against Ireland.

Some may annie that it is hard on Ted Woodward, and that Connell would probably have sat out the last inter- national but for an injury to Quinn But that sort of thing must be accopted as all part of the game.

It Certainly,

33 hard to criticise a corps of selectors who have shown compiete faith in a side that did well.

THE BEST FÁCK

There is some justification for the feeling that England have found the best pack of forwards since the days of W. Wakefield.

Flod

forwards these

not fought the Irish to a standstill in the first half, and swarmed over them in the second, I doubt whether the backs would have been seen to such advantage.

In the first half it had been a tricky job for Williams to get the ball away, and no try had Been scored. Mr Butcher agrees that even English players gave up

Perhaps stil be ignored them and got on with

most important is coaching they would

the team work shown by the struggling against players in the job of enjoying life." Khan class. For with only three ndaling irritations of life, who

Maybe we who fret over the England forwards. Often in the professional

past they have grumbled at one tournaments in

another. they lose our temper at the sports we Britain during the year,

Now every man gets on with his job, knowing the lack matel practice against top try to pursue, should remember

others will do theirs. class players, London Express at least two sentences from an

unforgettable letter....

Service.

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173 Loc. Bty. In Minor Units

Cricket Final

In a very exciting game at the IRC ground. last week,

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Locating Battery RA gained a narrow eight run victory over Command Pay Offee.

They now meet the

winners

** always try to play all games with my head....AH I hope is that I have helped and encouraged others,"

Sammy Forde, you're u wonderful apert!

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British Athletic Team Off To

Trinidad

London, Feb. 20.

An All-International British athletics team left London by of the IIQLF and Hongkong and air tonight for Trinidad where Kowloon Garrison match in the they will compete in the South- ern Games on February 25 and final of the competition.

20.

Brian Hewson, one of the Balling first, 173 were soon in trouble and two wickets were world's five under four minute An milers, and Peter Driver, the down for only seven runs. aggressive knock by Stock took Empire Games Six Miles Cham- but seven plon, are included in the team the score lo 35

of seven, wickets were down for 57. The -tallender hit out with a result

The others in the party are that the store reached 95. The Eric Shirley, Ken Wilmshurst. wickets were evenly shared by Geoff Elliott, cyclist Peter the Comd. Pay bowlers, Kershaw Brotherion, and Clay Gibbs, who being the most successful with is making # return to his 3 for 28.

inallve country. Mr Jack Crump

In reply Command Pay lost a went with them as team man- quick wicket through a good ger-Reuter.

catch by Johnston and good

felding kept the score down.

Marshall was dismissed at 20

and four wickets were down for AAU Gets Even

31. Runs were coming slowly

against an accurate

attack led

by Boorman who always kept

the batsmen care.

ploying him with

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Hulbert was batting very well

and with the score at 79 for 7 victory was in sight. However,

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Tougher About

Wes Santee

New York, Fob, 20. Organisers of American athic-

CIVIL AID SERVICE ORDERS

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Pay & Allowances-End Of Finan clal Year (a) The current financial year ends of March 31; (5) Pay- sheets for all pay and allowances due to members up la and including 20.2.50 spust be completed, and rub- mitted to the Deputy Paymaster, C.A.B. Headquarters on or before Saturday, March 10, 1930.

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Fongkoor Command Post: 10.4.56. (Tuesday) ZAKLICY Zone) 12,4.00. (Thursday)}, Upper Level Rose, Bay View Zone. Kowloon, Command Post.

a very good ball from Boorman the meetings were warned today completely beat Hulbert and he by the United States, Amateur was clean bowled for 31. Shaw Athletic Union (AAU), that sich Services: 19.4.50 (wriday), left at 80 and amidst great ex- they would lcso AAU sanction citement. Noyce came to the permanently If they allowed wicket. He had injured his hand the suspended Wes Santoe 10tioned units will esport to the whilst fielding and baited with a | compete, bandaged right hand.

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The AAU warned that any 1800 boure His effort proved to be forlorn athlete competing in a meeting daten utatud! - however and with the score at in which santes took part would 18.4.50. (Monday), Kowloon Chr B7 Atkinson brought off 4 | jeopardias his ematour status,

Zobe and Tu Bone;-17.4.09. Zons and Alymo brilliant diving, one-handed

stripe Zone) 19,3.50. (Thursday),

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cotch to dismiss him, Boorman America's landing miler was vonzole zona and Hanghom Rose bowled very well to take 6 for muspended yesterday for life for 24 but the fielding of the 173 anged irregularities, over 8x+ team as a whole really won the ponse, Involving about 1,000

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CRUSHING DEFEAT

But what of the Irish? They entertain Scotland on the same day. Normally I would be in- clined to give any benefit of doubt to the home side. But after their crushing defeat at Twickenham, I'm not so sure.

The sido against Wales falled to do as well as was expected.

But a return to the traditional Scottish type of forward play has raised their hopes, and their stock considerably.

Despite their away record, I'm taking the Scots to hand out another beating to luckless Ireland.

---(London Express Service).

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SPORTS VIEWPOINT

HAYNES-QUIXALL, THE PARTNERSHIP ENGLAND NEEDS TODAY

Says ERIC NICHOLLS

England team manager Walter Winterbottom was at Sheffield last week to see his under-23 soccer 'Babes' hand out a man-sized beating to Scotland's under-23s. He must have noted, as I did, the come-back form of Sheffield's golden boy Albert Quixall

Discarded by the full England team, Quixall fitted smoothly Into a line that as a whole showed considerable promise. Many people afterwards were describing Haynes and Quixall as the inside-forward combination England have been seeking since the days of Carter and Mannion. I agree.

But will the English selec- Who indeed? But at least 11 ja luxury do club or national lors? They have a plan of their was a footballing combination side can afford. own. It is not always suc- with the emphasis on skill rather

A LONG SEARCH

Look But wait a minute, cessful. But it has, in fairness, than the big boot.

If It's goals you are after-through the records. It would Paid of this season. It is for on inade-forward to lie deep, and all the brillant football in not take D long search to both Johnny linking up with the half backs the world will not compensate discover that and scheming openings for the for lack of hem, then Winter Haynes and Quixall have been

has had other two inside men, who stay bottom

the answer scoring as well as scheming well up as a double spearhead. plonked unceremoniously in his goals for their club sides.

lap by the lod he once threw out Such a combination of varying -Albert Quixall,

skills is too rare a thing to GOALS WILL COME

pass over. And both Quixall You can't have two ball-and Haynes are young enough Goals will come. They can- not fall to with two centre-playing inside-forwards in the to wear the England colours— forwards patrolling near the same team, said the critics. It's and solve her major problem

for years to come. penalty area all afternoon. But

It's to my mind it is an unimagina-

scicolors now. football tive way of playing And, more important, it places too heavy a burden on the Inside-forward whose job it is to make goals.

Sports Diary

TODAY Boxing

BN Boxin

Friendly contest: In any case I have a sneaking suspicion that the Winterbottom Association team Versus Army Box- anding Association team, China Fibet

crub at 8 pm, plan is something of an

Tennis climax brought about by the

Colony Grasscourt championatigia fact that his forward line at one time read-Matthews, Bentley,

TOMORROW Allen, Shackleton,

Cricket This formation, many felt, war

**Choparticle VEZELE Combined School at KCCamis over-loaded with ball players. "Who is going to get the goals?"

Colony they asked,

KOC.

Alunstone.

Gescourt championships

to the England

**(London Exprras Soroles),

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