THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1958.
WHY I WANT A Boon To Cricketers' Wives
TO GO HOME
MY
By JOHN CHARLES
Y future is in the balance, But I would like to make it clear that I have had no row with Juventus nor has any approach been made to me so far by Manchester United or any other club in England.
My president, Signor Agnelli, knows that I do not intend to settle in Italy for good, but he wants me to stay as long as possible.
Te is
always saying nice
things about me, and has carried oul every premise he made to me and my wife when I signed for Juventus last year.
miss England. and miss
It badly. So does Peasy, who jumped for joy when I told her
a couple of nights ago there was
the possiblity that we might soon be returning to England.
It we do, then I would like to go to Manchester United, a great club In a city no far from my wife's home al Lrede,
10
I believe Mr Matt Busby, their mannger, is coming Turice on Thursday for a talk with Sizbor Agnelli. And after my talk with our president yes- leruay, I have no doubt that my hathe and future will be part of the laiks.
First Concern
But his
these lines.
J PONU
reusoning goes on Juventus InY
John. and one reason
its youngest son Peter
about £75,000. including
own share. And if I move back
As 10 The future I still have
to England I will get 12% peto rulleet ten monthly instal→
of the fee.
1 male that 1 have becoine a national figure in Italy, and that I have a debt to pay to the Italian people who have taken me to their hearts.
Yet the future of my and my happiness as at Luller is my first concern.
John's wife PegRY
Misses England
WAHL
family
ments of the £10,000 1 was ruised for signing from Leeds United.
Change Mind?
It might be better if 1 walted foot-at least unt there have been
puid-which means that it is, next August before I move back home.
sons.
three my Terence, Melvin, and Peter, to be educateck England, and want to enjoy my football again.
I do not enjoy it here.
I Shall Miss.....
I do not like the way players here and everyone else connect- ed with the club, get sa com- pletely down in the dumps when they draw or lose a match they exported to win,
i shall miss the susirine and wonderful playing conditions. Throughout last winter I only played twice in raln
I shall miss our wonderful ground, which is tended regular- ly by seven or eight grounds- men.
I shall miss the magnificent dressing-rooms, with their half- dressing maloon-type chairs, which we ens adjust for any position in which we want to sit or Be.
Budgerigars sing and soft must plays in these dressing- 200ms, and the wholu aunos- sphere is different to the harsher mood of ur C'essing-rooms at home.
MCC Team Leave Colombo
Without Watson
Columbo, Oct. 7. The MCC erleket team left here early this morning for Australlo in the liner Iberia.
Wille Watson, the injured England and Leicestershire batsman, stayed behind and
y later today to, was due to Perth, accompanied by masseur David Montague. Watson has an futured knee-Beuter.
Sports Diary
Colony
TODAY
Swimming winardag championships
at Victoria Park pool, B p.im
Soccer
JIFA Management Corica niceting, Sport, DAS BERTHO
Ist Division: CAA v Bing Boundary Street, 6.30 p.m.
Badminton
Ladies "B": LRC v Recreio, CCC
YWCA.
Men's : Chung Cheong v La Recrela v India Club, St Stephen's Y CCC.
Tenala
Hard Court Colony Tennis Chame pioneiripe, CRC. 5.30 p.m.
LKC Tonnie Championships,
TOMORROW
swimming 'Colony Swimming Championships, Victoria Park Pool 3 p.m.
Teivils Colony Hard Court Tennis Chern- pionships, Cic. 4.10 p.m.
LIC Nanis Championships.
Yet the fact that I would get 12 per cent of any transfer fee lht make me change my mind if an opportunity came to Join a club immediately,
With so much going on I am bit mbeen up at the moment, But take it from me, I will be canning home to play and enjoy my football again.
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M.C.C. PLAN TO CUT
DOWN DURATION OF TOURS APPLAUDED
By HARRY CARPENTER
Those stately initials, M.C.C., stand today for Mrs Cricketor Concurs. I wonder if the Gentlemen of Lord's realise how loudly the wives of famous cricketers applaud their recent statement:
"In the personal interests of their players, and for the main- tenance of the standard of play in county and international cricket, the duration of the longer M.C.C. tours must be curtailed." Must say.
wouldn't care to be a cricketer's wife myself. Cricketer's wife? Cricket widow, more like it.
Take the case of Mra Jean Evans, wife of the well-known wicketkeeper, I'm amazed she even recognises her husband,
With Mr Godfrey Evans aboard S.S. Iberla en roule to Australia for his eighth cricket- ing winter abroad in 13 post- war years, his wife was telling me from Maidstone:
"He plays ericket all sum- mer-then off he goes in Sep tember. Of course, this trip war't be quite ro bac us some of the others. He'll be home next March. That's a month earlier than usual.
Christmas
in
to
MANY CRICK five Test miss the disciplinary guidance a matches, and are called upon | father can give,
tour abroad two out of "Three or four years can go three winters. They are thus by when you seldom see your subjected to considerable husband," sighed Mr Wardle. strain and are separated from their families for long periods."
Jack Hobbs wis the first to kick. In 1924 he earned the die- to go to the Australla uniess his pleasure of M.C.C. by refusing wife accompanied him. He was dropped.
Sir John Berry Hobbs recalled
the situation yesterday:
"Lord Tennyson approached me sitd offered to trke me on a
"The winter is long and weary when you're left alone.
"Surely they could_eut_down the September-December part of The first the Australian trip? Test isn't all Christmas.
time when you're sitting
"It all seems such a waste of al home. Some of the matches
they play are hardly important
mention on
mough to get a the radio."
Wardle himself added: “You seem to
out some of private tour of South Africa, before you get cracking on the be away two years Tests in Australia,
"They've cul those games in the outback. But It's still a mighty long time."
with my wife's expenses paid.
"Then Lord Harris of the M.C.C. sald: "We may have made a mistake. Will you go to Australia if your wite con ne company you?"
"7 sald 'yes' although it meant paying for her myself. I did it gain in 1928. It cost me a lot of money, but it was well
worth it."
Mrs Evans and her 13-year- uld son, Howard, are preparing 40 spind another Christmas minus the head of the house- hold Christmas, when all the family should
be together, is the the wives feel it most.
In Australia criticism of the M.C.C.'s move to shorten tours they're
Nowadays, It's harder still for is bring robbed They forget Test men. The number of over- England's cricketers' fre on seas tours has vastly increased, call almost constantly.
Mrs Evans has twice tagged put it in their on to the end of Godfrey's trips, As M.C.C.
but as she says: "Il's too expen- husnune statement:
The leading crickelers lusive to go often."
virtually this equntry play
Mrs Edna Wardle knows
harsh. They feel
six days a week throughout what it is to have two sons,
Why Not Fly? "Why not By out there? Why do we insist on taking three weeks by boat to Perth, when you can do it in three days?
I know some of the lads reckon a boat trip's as good as a holiday, but most married men don't feel that way.
**Two-and-a-half months be fore you play in a Test? Why, that's about three-quarters of an English season!"
tours of Although M.C.C.
Africa, Australia, South
and India will be curtalled, it won't be by much; Test-class cricket remains very much a full-time
the home seasoll, including, Johnny, 14, and Gerald, 12, who occupation.
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More Peanuts For Derek Johnson
EREK JOHNSON has had enough of Britain's athletics bosses (writes
HARRY CARPENTER). The Oxford undergrad who won
an
accept another invitation to run for Britain until you stop treating athletes Olympic silver medal at 800 metres in 1956 has told them: "I shall never
as half-witted performing monkeys grateful for every peanut thrown their way."
inter-
Juhinson, 25, with a desiče Inf Officials thought he was for good, for his Arsi physiology, sought legal advice peeved because he had
been national appearance over the before he penned the bitter dropped from the recent Bri- steeplechase." 1,000-word letter to the British tain v. France match in Paris. Amateur Athletle Board which Now Johnson sets them could end
his International straight. He says "Although I career.
think it was unnecessary to run Brian Hewson in the 800 metres against France, my grievance
Boys Johnson: "I'm prepared
to be kleked out of the sport goes deeper, rather than take any more,"
Only Repeating
Last night, from his East Ham home, angry Johnson told
Ime:
The
"I was Gordon Pirie's scler-
"I'm only repoating tion in the steeplechase which,private views of many top-class athletes who are fed up with the selectora lack of method and alarming inconsistency.
Last week Johnson spurned added to other things, led 10 invitation to run for Englund my decision, against Finland at the City this weekend.
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Skrip
WRITING FIDED
White
For The Future "When I was dropped from the European Games 4 x 400 management metres relay, the told me they were building for the future.
"Two weeks later: they chose Pirie, about to leave England
Butterick
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Two weeks after sweating exoma, Johnson through his was knocked out of the Em- pire Games 440 yards beats. He was switched to the 800
metres at Stockholm, where ho run seventh in the Anal.
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