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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1958.

GRAND DAYS FOR COLONY FANS SPORTS

Soccer Fraternity Can Look Forward To Some Very Interesting Games

By I. M. MacTAVISH

These are grand days for Colony football. First there was the good news that the Yugoslavians would definitely be playing here later this month, then came our satisfactory. expedition to Macao to chalk up, another success in the series of senior Interport matches.

The next item of top news was the stirring report that after weeks of speculation and doubt, Blackpool will almost certainly be seen in action in Hongkong: and finally there were the encouraging displays during the week by the various groups of our footballers who will be going to Tokyo for the Asian Games.

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This all adds up to one of Hongkong representative the best weeks we have had wrakend the team at Macao bc- the pleasure of passing through considerably....not only in a long ilme and the cause of his own absence but football fraternity can look for- because of the adverse influcnee ward to some very interesting gumes in the near future.

it had un Muk Chun-wah.

side tean, yet was able to make the

tro' to Macha.

The atories that have been the rounde as to Yiu going

decision not to Cheuk-yin's play gro probably highly coloured, and maybe even smare Many Hongkong football folks than a little distorted, but they While on the subject of big-

It is probably spent their Easter week-in ature still going the rounds and me football

were surprised to they aren't all the sort that are worth while thinking about the Macao and

calculated 10 adit Klamour, frange things that happen to see Yi Chouk-yin looking very

grace, or team harmony to the some of our leading personall-nun he too enjoyed a holiday

in the Portuguese Colony. Was game. What a pily we have to ties.

that be witness to such unfortunate therefore It surprising

Wagging Tongues they were asking why he was situations,

will

When the teams for the In-net playing football for long- terports against Macao and kong? Singapore were first announced, Such sets of circumstances Loth line-ups included the name give rise to much loose specula of South China's brilliant Yiu lion and while everyone Chenk-yin

but the little acknowledge the right of un To please Wizard of Wonderball with- amateur footballer drew from the selections, plead- himself as to where and when ing something like the tradi- he plays, It i quite impossible to Tonal *previous eugugement keep the ruinour-mongers silent which la so, convenient and or the wagging tongues st. prevalent in our social circles, heard several strange stories of There is no doubt that his the real reason why the inside- decision to withdraw from the left had withdrawn from the

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

12th RACE MEETING

Saturday 19th and Saturday 26th April, 1958

(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 20' RACES The First Bell will be ring at 1.30 pan, and the First Race

on at 2:00 pm, on both days

News Of The Day

The news of the day, of course, is that after all these weeks of uncertainty Blackpool and Stanley Matthew's will, after In the alf, be seen in action Colony. This is, I believe, the greatest single thing that could happen to our footballing com munity at this time and 1 fevl certain that our fans will be more than salisiled with the fare which the famous Tangerines will serve up.

They will hove the op- portunity of seeing a tesin which is part of the highly commercialised British Tool- ball system in which corn- petition a bitter and intense EVERY WEEK and in EVERY GAME.

The Secretary's Office, ut Alexandra House will close at 11.451ype of football that la esen- a.m. un both days.

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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 prior to the Meeting from the Club's Cash: Sweep Offices, at Queen's Building, Chater Road and Nathan Road, Kowloon, only on the written introduction of a Member, and on production of his Guest Record Card Members are limited to 6 guests each Race Day, ..and will be responsible for all guests introduced by them.

Tuns will be obtainable et the Club House if ordered In udvance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).

Lady's Brooches.

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The 6th Floor is restricted to Members and Ladies wearing 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 -nt-the-Gate.

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

This inevitably-produces—2- tally purposeful. Frills ore usually forgotten until a safe lead has been established and the followers of the game.in Hongkong will see something quite different from the adding style of the Austrians or the temperamental tantrums of the Inell visitors

WORLD CHAMPION ON SHOW IN BRITAIN

Floyd Patterson, the World Heavyweight Champion, boxed an exhibition bout at Empress Hall on March 25, showing his prowess to British fans for the first time. Picture shows: Floyd in action on Dusty Rhodes, his sparring partner Central Press Photo.

SPORTS ROUNDABOUT

ALBION'S

WEST BROMWICH

RONNIE ALLEN IS HAVING A RAW DEAL

Says W. CAPÉL KIRBY

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What have England's selectors got against Ronnie Allen? Has the popular West Bromwich Albion ́live-wire offended them at some time or another by speaking out of turn? Does he kick against discipline and refuse to adapt his game to u set plan?

Is he anti-social-difficult to get along with?

mon-

not

QUIZ

1. The attention of the sporla world has recently. been focused on Mr W. Smith. How is ho, better known?' 2. Which golfers are this year trying to win for the fifth time a) the American Open title and b) the Bri Ush Opent

3. When did England last lose

a cricket Test series?

4. Who is the odd man out of: Pancho Gonzales, Lew Xoad, Frank Sedgman and Tony Travert?

5. WAGTC

are the initials of which new world tourn10- moni?

6. Which famous annual'avent

finishes at a browery?

7. Who Is The new British Empire Middleweight Box- ing Champion?

B. With which sports do you -associate a) Gillan Skeen

b) Herb Elliott c) Hashim. Khan?

Ever Present

9. Which English soccer club has an over-present record in the First Division?

10. What's the name?

"Was

once a coal-miner... as a aportsman was the centre of bitter controversy

nick lives in Australia name 'Lol!

of

11. Thirteen-year-old Diana Wilkinson has been elected Britain's Sportswoman

What the Year.

la her sport?

SPORTRAIT

"Fine" thing) "Siztech'] rgos medlings today—anZ. all I do is get waratched 1ZE

London 21press Karotos

Famous Sports Stars I Have Met

BILL JENNINGS

By Archio Quick

Wherever secer is 'thikett, mention is made sooner or inter af the great wing triangles tho

has

Tho gume

produced. Cugny-Mordua and Buchon

combination immediately springs. to mind. 'And 220 does the Vizard-Smith and Jennings triangle. The first trio were in Sunderland's "Team" of AlI, the Talenta". The other three

12. How many times hos golfer with Bollon Wariderers when":

Ber.

won Hogan

the the Burnden · Park club, was American Open Champion-making Cup history in the early ship?

days of Wembley

AS

w

The Wanderers are back! att

13. James J. Corbell, James 3.

Braddock and James JWembley again this year, but, a Jeffries all won the heavy | Bill Jennings, the trains behind Jury weight championship of the the Vizard-Smith machine

world. True or falsey

Hes · qúlét retirement??

laat... thys

14. Which wicket-keeper holds Penarth. 13

the record for the greatest number of dismissals In Arst-class cricket?

16. Who was the winner of the 1957 European Grand Prix: And what car did he drive?

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football were as Secretben Manager of Cardiff Clly inte mediately before: the inst War when the Ninjan Park club ... was at its lowest ebb...

When he took the job in R 1037,, City had a debt, of, brt 10. What are the nationalities£12,000, and their grandstand,

rooms and football kit 12 dressing of these tennistors) had all been destroyed by fires Ils Ayala, (D) Dorothy By shrewd buying Bill got the

Knode, e) Ashley Cooper club on its feet and at the end.

These and other pertinent Langley. Fulham's left back, I may have saved them from re questions are being asked by who looks to collecting passlegation..

vicas for Englund's

whu George Raynor, fans all over the country. I um port

Russia and pges Sweden's national team, not surprised. Allen is having. Czenheslovakia, a raw deal.

Sweden assignments,

puts England in with a good.j In a heart-to-heart chat with

The little 17. Mottest Jim has sol measured | World Cup ehanec. Allen at Portsmouth the other his throw lately, but tells me Yorkshireman writes: "My last

sla and Sweden,

but evening, I asked him print-blank that when he was at Brighton four are Brazil, England, Rus- whether he had ever sald any-he registered one of 33 yards.

I have seen him do better han necessarily in that order," that. At Stamford Bridge I saw him place a ball more than, n yard past the centre of the goal, and Chelsea's pitch is 71% yards wide, Secret? " practice with a tennis ball," ayé Langley,

Peter's Record

thing out of place, or done any- thing to warrant the selectors' Hong-displeasurę.

but and I do not offer this as safety valve alibi

kong fans should not lose sight

end of

tour a strenuous

of the fact that Blackpool will So Unselfish be coming to Hongkong at the

In "Never," he replied. "As Australia, which in seif come see it the only thing is that my right at the end of a particular-game does not fit in with their ly heelle and hard fought requirements. It seems they Ecson in which the Seasiders don't want a leader so much as have been right in the thick of a power-point unit nowadays..

"I've got no quarrel with that the fray since last August,

Provided ho escapes Injury except that it's likely, to dis- In-Australia, am certal: sourage centre-forward potential

the striving to play football, Stanley Matthews original Wizard of Dribble will delight the fans.

'Supreme Artist

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CASH SWEEPS

110

The Most Which University has scored welsh

the most victories in the Oxford - Cambridge rugby match?

18. How many walls are there

in a fires court?

It's true-despite denints" on 19. With what sport do you Tyneside-that Allenby Chiton was invited to put for the It in Newcastle managership. equally true that Chillon had 20.

of Intention

deserting Grimsby, where he is grooming Think of all the free-scoring several gifted youngsters. wingers there, have been-Eric One, Malcolm White, his third

Joc Brook,

Hulme, Sammy team

has been goalkeeper, Bastin, Billy watched and noted for future Crooks, Clift

reference Liddell.

by West Bromwich Now guess who hold the Albion. He is 18.

record, It's goal scoring Billy Meredith with 181.

Cerlain to bent it. next sea-

ok

I've

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when he

ment.

I can hardly wait to see him play ogala... My re- collections of previous oppor- tunilles to watch him weave his particular brand of soccer magic ere among my finest football memories. I am delighted that

from

of the year mode 20,000, 168 still the biggest in: Its stormye kr history. Jennings won eleven

International #cope against the other Home COU tries, and got two Cup winners medals дв Wembley. Now Bolton are in the Final again, and BI says: "There is nothing trilliant about the persent side, apart from Nat Lofthouse, but they play as a team and are

verty

keen. Give me eleven good players Instead of a seama of individual stars any tine?

The Local Club

associate) Hons GCT- schwiler, b) Fausto Coppi? What's the name? England took six bowler....once wickets for 27, including a hat-trick, against the Went Indies Test team....took

A native of Berry, he played 230 wickets in Test matertes .....often mistaken for his as a Schoolbey International for brother."

Woles, and alsó, rugby for the 21. Place these athletes in cor- local club. He would have

rect order as the winners of many more than cleven, full the most Olymple gold "caps" but in the early twen-, medals: Jean Owens, Les English League sides ka Paavo Nurmi, Ray Ewiy, Bolton were reluctant to relees their men to poor relations like Emil Zatopek, How many

After leaving Cardif players make up Wales.

City he joined the City Tra a. Rugby League team? Who are the current holdere surer's Department at County of the European Soccer Cup Hall, has two sons, one of whom and whom did they beat in won the MC Germany Just, the 1957 Onol

before the end of the War... Who was the last tennis player to retain the United States men's singles title?

Bare-knuckle

"I wish Derek the best of luck,

Matt Talks but 's one thing running face- on to the through pass, and quite another matter to set ton if not this, will be "one-

...just returned wenving on the full or half-over-the-eight"? Peter · Hárria | Munich. I went beyouse 1 want-i

22. fuan," said Allen without a sign Portsmouth outside right on the cat to see for myself how my He is the supreme artist...

178 mark.

Matt good friends,

Busby. greatest gentle of bitterness,

Why I have nothing but admiration mon. He has been honoured by

"one-over-the-eight"? Johnny Berry, and Frank Tay-23, Her Majesty The Queen-

for Kevin's perpetual motion Because he once scored ninelor were getting on.

his general

Saturdays nuisance goals. on successive and many

These are the. three candently believe probing, that further and higher honours his he 33 underrated

value,

and goal-poaching. In In Portsmouth schools football, chester United air crash sur-

by iny 2+. his way

Bill's greatest - memory of 22 vivors still being treated in the 24. Another goal-scoring

course, is the original Wombley fellow critics, but what in the

record magnificent

Rechts der Isar Will, come

Final between Balton and West back 1030-31.

1am when I was estimated, that Ronnie Allen lacks as a leader? Spurs away

And I can report that, in a Would Johnny Nicholls, Kevan | Centre-forward Bobby Smith matter of weeks, all the crash

aquérter of a million people and Bobby Robson have been needs nine more to do the trick, survivors should be home again. capped had they

got into the mighty stadium, ta by the unselfish Allen distribu- Hovering Hopefully him.

not benefited

rv reen Matt, I've talked to 25. Which boxers were involved fever thought the referee would

in the Inst bare-knuckle get it Anched," he says I But I have no intention on, servi

of quoting him, Matt is "geeing fight for the world heavy was a great sirain having to Perhaps I

weight title? And what was face a forty-five minutes delay In his Peterborough should change frienda only." am biased. wallet, Allen has for many years their name from. "the Posh" to He is still weak and Professor the result?

at the slari, and then having the In the case of two-day Race Meetings, Tired that the second even in the evening of his won-carried a cutting from the Em- "the Vultures." They are hover Maurer, whose healing hands 20. What games are played crowd right on top of you on be purchased for each the provided dertul career to

to pounce day le on a date not less than five days after the first day. In Matthews performance for our pire News which upped him for Ing. hopefully

on and organising genius

by:-) The Barbarians, b) all other cases Through Tickets will only be sold for the whole local fans. I believe they international honours. wrote Fourth Division weaklings, worked this modern miracle

Wolves, c) Chloegoede touchlines," There are many cluba whose with Matt and his boys, quile

Sox?

Where are, his bid partnera? - Meoling.

will look back on the game in it 12 years, ugo Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by: 10,00 am. which he plays here with the was playing the very devil with demise would be no toss to the rightly wants no interviews in 27. Who captains Cambridge Joe Smith is shortly leaving on University at both golf and hanger of Blackpool, and Ted on Friday, 18th April, 1958, will be sold and the reservation-same-sentimental satisfaction as rival defenders at outside richt League. Walsall have had more the ward

do countless thousands "In every for Port Vale. He was then 14. chances than performance dè- |..We discussed the World Cup,

Vizard has "hotel just outtidë cricket? EMAI cancelled for future Meetings.

porner of the globe.

serve, while Exeter, Gilligham the footballing genius of a boy 20. How many pieces are ze Wolverhampton.. and Shrewsbury are no great exiled Bobby Charlton, Scof- quired for game of--a) shakes,

lond's international team- chess, b) draughts? Let's turn to beauty, Last

building plans and, "Quickest transfer on record) time I met ex-Queen Sorbyn was

Manchester United. in the stand at Madrid. Couldn't says Portsmouth manager Eddie We even spoke; about a „mian keep my eyes off her, because Lever, referring to Alex Govan, called Bob Lord, but the sub- she was a darned sight more al now. boy, from Birmingham. "Ifject was quickly chargedi tradtive to look at than the.fool was done by phone and com-. The very tact thai Matt Busby wanted, tó talic football bail Scotland were playing in pleted before the pipa," " their World Cup game against It could als sprove the best will be great. newa 'to confirmed soccer fan, Spain that evening. Soraya Between selling Jackle Hender

stroke of business on record. | friends.........

Yes, Matt Busby 'is on

the son and buying Govan Ports-mend and surely, that le

netted Who is goccer's longest throw mouth

£7,000 profitfinest messige from Munich Jim and a first-match goal in exponent?

which that I can bring 'back. My, bet is

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„A, KARNOLD,

Becretary,"

OR

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During the current football season Kitchee have been one

of the biggest disappointments, They have a team fondled with famous names, yet apart from one game against South China they have falled to produce bo than very anything ordinary stuff. Tomorrow they have their last chance to prove their earlier form has been wrong for they once again lockle South" China,,,and, if they Sueld can beat the Senior holders, not only will they re- establish their own reputation but they could hand the League Championship to KMB, on ja · plate.

It is an interesting topic for confecture but somehow or other I feel that's og far as it will get. South China are never ..but they ́artí casily bouten doubly difficult opponents when the stakes are highest, and to- morrow the stakes for South China are the Double for the second successive your. These are stakes witlch I think, raise the leruo higher than Kitchce con bid. I fake South Chine to win decisively arsă: 28,000 spec- Itators will be present to see how Stor wrong initá my prediction proves, to be.

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mode 138 in this first Test Cheshire League matches, Goal mutch in 1951 has now Keeper Hobby Allen has ad.mara made 2,463 In: Taste saved-five out of seven penalties other ports Soccer and

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awarded ogallist his side, and, Noel McFarlane haz coped from ix of the seven penalties bu has taken.

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