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Now Millwall May Be Forced To Transfer Charlie Hurley

Says BERNARD JOY

Charlie

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1957.

I'M FINISHED AS A REGULAR PLAYER EARNING MY LIVING

Says DENIS COMPTON

It was a sad occasion for me the other week at Lord's. Friday, at the end of the Middlesex match with Worcestershire, was my last day for Middlesex as a professional cricketer.

No, it won't be my final appearance at Lord's at least I hope not. I hope : my knee and form-will be sufficiently strong for the odd game in fature, but as a regular player, earning my living at the game as 1 have done since 1932, 1 am Anished.

After a quarter of a 'century in professional cricket I look elsewhere to start a new career, I have a few plans, but it will be difficult on waking up on summer mornings to think that I will, not bo going along to Lord's for the day's work.

In many wuys, Lord's has been home to me. I'm certainly going to miss it, more thait words can express,

But I will have my memories, As I walk out to bat against Worcestershire, the pletures will come flooding back,

I'll be thinking of my days on the ground staff, when Jack Robertson, Sid Brown, Jack Young (later to become county colleagues) and I sold score cards,

I remember the profits we made in 1034 when the late Hedley Verily bowled out Australis twice in a day, Plenty of cards were bought that day!

MY BEST INNINGS

He said himself that of all his easily have been rivals, Our years in cricket that was the careers have covered the same one ho rales his best and I don't span. We were both secking dispute it for a moment.

our way at the same time for county and country. Yet wa My own best, of course, was have always been the best of 1947 when I made 10 centuries friends.

runs. Everything and 3,810

went right for me, I even 'I'I had 'vnv Anal wish scored a double century In the cricket it is that in my Inst Lord's Test that year, ".

-mm. h--whenever that might be I will share a farewell can- tury partnership with Bill, just for old time's sake.

Not all memories, however, are big scores. 1 remember nearly being bowled for a duck by Maurice Tate in my first innings for Middlesex at Lord's.

I remember actually being dismissed thero for a duck by Amarnath in the arst Test fo be played after the war. That was against, Indlo,

As 1 got back to the pavillion gate, the skipper, Wally Ham- mond, patted me on the back and said: "Neyer mind, Denis, it comes to us all."

I was in the middle of a bad patch, you

see..

tha horrors" as we describe it in cricket circles,

Wo

Nothing went right unill played Warwickshire, 1 modo nine runs in five innings.

~(London Express Service).

Club Tennis

DENIS COMPTON

Matches Help

Geoff Bradford To

Regain His Confidence

By JAMES CONNOLLY

For 18 months Bert Tanp, the Bristol Rovers' manager, has been trying to boost the confidence of Geoff Bradford, once his best scoring forward.

He made him' captain and played him full-back and centre-half, but Geoff, who had made a fantastic recovery from two crippling knee Injuries, was never quite the same.

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Now by accident-his confidence is back. During the summer Geoff played in a number of club tennis matches and, in the excitement of competition, forgot to worry about his old injuries. He twisted and turned without ever a 'twinge.

That is the secret behind his former Cardin and amazing form in practice games, winger. and why he opened the season at inside right and captain of Rovers,

Four yearn Inter I was playing in the same England side es Hedley. The occasion, I think, marked one of my best innings.

NORMAL REASONING I did not make a century,

Then, the first ball I received But, when our backs were to the wall, I got seventy-odd from Erle Hollies went off the against Bill O'Reilly at the top bottom of my but hard against stumps. By all normal Millwall may soon be forced to part with

of his form, and I cannot re- the Hurley, their brilliant centre-half and Eire inter- member an innings giving me masoning that should have been national. Chairman Mickey Purser told me: "We do not more pleasure, What a bowler,, tine runs in six innings!

Bul, by some fantastle freak, want to lose him and he is happy with us. But if a sub-that, man O'Reilly. stantial offer comes along we would find it hard to refuse." Centuries, of course, always the bails stayed on. It was the

There have been two feelers already for the transfer ntcan something special, and it end of my unlucky streak and when the season is under way I expect struggling was a tremendous thrill to score went on and made a century, one against the West Indies at That's cricket triumpha and clubs to turn to this strapping young man with the class Lord's In 1939.

tragedies. of the First Division.

Len Hution and I, who seldom I've had my doir share. of I made big scores together, hit it both.

Tommy Lowton looks around Hurley is

needed to bridge the midfield | off constructive, a

that day.

Len

I will remember Lord's most for another forward for Notis 18 - year - old was in master in the air and deft when gap.

tremendous form, and continued of all for Bill Edrich. He's been County. My tip is that ho will the ball is on the ground. In To help in linking with the so all the summer,

a great pal. I suppose we could go in for Gordon Nutt, Arsenal's his only international

defence Gordon Pulley is doing against England in Dublin, he Joc Haverly" this season. He was worried by the pace at first but took only 10 minutes to settle down and then held his own with Tommy. Taylor.

far,

The Third Division does not call for so complete a footballer A resulute, defensive centre half is adequate and

has a roving commission and will be popping up in the open spaces.

Millwall are going to miss the calm assurance of Alec Janine at right-back. True, his deputy against Southampton on Satur- Millwall day, Stan Anslow, is rarely dis- have just the man in Ray Brand,puted in the tackle, but he lo Hurley's close friend and rival, liable to mistakes.

WEAK SPOTS

So the opportunity is there

Millwall for 20-year-old Ray Brady to With the money

achieve his ambition of playing would obtain from the transfer for Milisvali. Brady comes he is worth £25,000- they from Dublin and · was with could strengthen. the weak Haverly' in

the famous Elre spots, notably in the attack. nursery club, Home Form, John Shepherd, big, strong established himself with Trans- and fast, and Dennis Pacey can port of Dublin, and has been be relied upon for goals, but I

reserve for the League of think the lack of a goal-maker | ireland. In midfield is going to be a handicap.

Roche, John

formerly a! Margate, or Roy Summersby, who is settling down nt Inside forward. after a spell at wing- half, may solve the problem in time.

Their task, however, is not

TRIAL CHANCE Hurley's magnificent display against England fired his hero- worship to such an extent that he left Transport, tools a job at Woolwich and asked Millwall for a trial.

He has done well enough to casy because wing-balves Velich justify Millwall offering to pay and Rawson, the captain,

are Transport for his transfer, and

better in defence than in using with Hurley's help his ability is the ball, An experienced man approaching League standard. like Edile Bally, whom they

tried to secure n year ago, 1s

THE

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Coventry They also want a floodlit date with Arsenal at Highbury, and they may approach Manchester There are few better club menor Wolves. than Jimmy Dickinson, Ports- mouth's International left half, OLD PLAYING WEIGHT

Every day at Fratton Park you con sco Jimmy coaching

Six more pounds to go-and Alick Jeffrey, the 18-year-old Brian

Carter, formier Weymouth starlet, now Donaster Rovers star will be one of the brightest-ever Pan-back to his old playing weight pey hopes,

of 12st. 8lb:.. Carter is a wing-half and one day he will challenge Dickinson for his first-leam job.

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Ailek has been up to stone during the long 10 months spell of convalescence since he broke his leg last October,

RESERVE PLAYERS

Bournemouth manager Freddie

When Alick was able to walk Cox has told his pinyers bluntly again Peter Doherty, the Don- that wages must be governed by caster manager, put into opera- gate receipts. He pointed out Ition a tough programme of that if he stepped up all fist exercisen designed not only to teamers to the new £17 maxi-strengthen the injured leg but to muni reserve players would cut down those extra pounds. jcertainly have to take a cut,

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PESERVES,

football But if good

boosts averago gate of 12,000 to, say, 14,000, it will be possible to nud £1 to all Brst team pay packets. Anything over 14,000 will. bring the maximum wage.

Bournemouth have asket permission to try out a similar incentive scheme. for the re serves in Football Combination matches.

The players have accepted the scheme, which also operates on away games, with no grumbles.

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John Charles will play at least two games in England this year if prosent plans work out

Juventus, his Italian club, are due' for a game with Leeds. transfer That was part of the deal.

Better Than Ever

Manchester United won the League Championsup two Reasons in succession under the handlelp of having threa of their arst team in the Army, and, therefore, only in part time training. Now Bill Foulkes,

olman and Duncan Ed-| wards as well as reserve goal- keeper Gordon "Clayton-have been demobbed. Manager Mati Busby expects even greater things, froni them now that he has them under his full care.

NOT AMUSED

Mra Jemio Emith, who hay "just" "died at Witney - (Oxford- shire){was probably - the only woman (over) to bowl at the fambus W. Gface. She was the widow of Herbert Smith, the England amateur national, full back, and sister of AE Lawlon,, whi; cablained - Derbyshire at cricket she yearn cd to bowl of freaky, from her brother

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