1959-03-30 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1959. 6.

Hongkong

Macao

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Macao Outclassed By Makeshift Colony XI

ANNUAL INTERPORT WILL

BE REMEMBERED ONLY FOR IT'S FANTASTIC DECISIONS

By I. M. MACTAVISH

Hongkong's Easter Parade of soccer was a sad anti-climax. The local Football Association did everything it could to make this annual interport match between Hongkong and Macao an even contest but once again the Macao visitors went down to a landslide defcat against a make- shift Colony side.

The final score card read Hongkong.....6, Macao.....}, but even that was a liberal expression of the difference in class between the two teams.

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Frankly I was a poor' gam? second one. That was how the for the sample reason that the sacre stood at the interval, Portuguese boy failed to pro- vide any real opposition to the very modest Team We oguinst them.

The second half was only just under way when the Hongkong setje.ntréforward again showed his nek eyo by lobbing the ball into the net whilfe the, Macao defenders

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The Hongkong players were faster, Alter, more skilful and they obviously enjoyed the sharper edge which regular par- Uleipation in league football" im- parts. In addition they had understanding and a freshners of Ideas which Meeno could rever match and they were always loviding for a chance to have a Root gool.

Disappointment

But the visitors will long argue that what should have been an burning Inspiration to them an curly guni-was thrown right back in their faces as a bitter disappointment,

In that contention they will have the sympathy of the crowd -und it was a surprisingly sood one-for there can be no deny-

they were the vietans ut a sungly fantastic decision by Die referee in the 10th minute when the score sheet was still blank and the visitors were giving a they received.

area.

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But theniselve

entangled in a shocking mess.

Play had hardly restarted when policeman Mek Wing-hung neared the cheekiest goal of the season after Watson and Kwok You had presented the de- fenders. Mak carried the ball clung the bye: line end, when averyone expected him to sweep it across The goalmouth he changed direction and casually squeezed the ball between the near port and the goalkeeper's ludy, A brillantly taken goal ....and with a four-nll lead the

teal boys began to play ex- hibition stuff,

Shreds And Patches

Tw Macao team was a thing They of shreds and patches, wire tough but suspect in de- fence mari their little forwards tried to do too much with the ball when it might have pui them better to have moved around.

The defence was always in

trouble and culminated in substhute centre- hair Ny Chi-ing putting the ball into his own goal when trying 1o stop a hot shot from Watsuu ....and a couple of minutes Inter you could have salled the Fatshan through the wide open spaces in the penalty area

cought then Kwok Moon-wal all at sen to make the Hongkong total six.

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It happened like this. Rocha cut into the Hongkon penalty

He mode nitionn -inteligent

pass and was right the spot to receive the re turn. Pivoting, he smocked a piledriver goalwards It beat Kwok Chow-ming all ends rep AND THE REFEREE'S WHISTLE SOUNDED LOUD AND CLEAR as the ball crashed against the underside of the crossbar. There is not the slightest doubt that the visitors thought they had feared and if he had had any doubts Rocha would have had the castest job a Better face on things and Imaginable in pushing the ball Into the net at the tcond at-scored avery good goal. tempt.

let pegging away but the focal defenders were not to be caught

And napping twice

the Onal whistle found the Portuguese boys on the wrong end of a 6-1 result,

Poor Refereeing But delight turned to dejection as it was seen, that, in spite of having blown his whistle.... which should automatically have stopped play whether the referee hud second thoughts on his de- cision no!...the official In-churge was allowing play to continue and in the ensuing melve he awarded an indirect free kick to Maruo a couple of yards from the Hongkong goal

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It was an wopailing bit of res fereeing and the consequences took a lot of the stem out of www.the.visitors play. Agoal to them at that stage might have worked wonders.

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the closing stages the visitors made a dying effort to

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when: succeeded

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The Hongkong team played with plenty of Enthusiasm.

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Kwok Chow-ming did what little he had to with conndence, while Sharp had a Wing game as left back,

never

If there was weakness in the side I was right-back where Ngan Chan-sing

quito settled down to his usual club game. He was obviously worried by Wong Chi-kong's wandering and it showed in his play.

Star Defender Woodcock was the star de- fender and be repeatedly carried Whether the bull was in fact | the cheers of the crowd for his

"medendiente handling or "powerful_neating made his, the

the whole situation was not ‘big- | gome's five-star" performer, time refereeing. The whistle Watson and Kwok You set up stops plus. Players

a fine right wing partnership react instinctively for they are and the RAF boy unce again schooled in play to the whistle | showed how he can respond to ....not ofter-it,

the ht kind of suppert We hud onciber example of Kwok Moon-wah got three this sort of thing a little later goals and that alone was a good when Hongkong got their first { afternoon's work while Ma goal. Mak Win-hing ran onto Wing-hung again demonstrated neal through pass and silpped bis highly developed goalsense.

Left-winger cleverly through the Macno de-

Chol King-sang fence. she got to the penalty had an unfortunate game in as spot he was. illegally challenged much as he was blatantly fouled twice but he retained possession and badly Injured in the first and calmly seat the ball wide minute. He partially recovered of the goalkeeper's hands into but he, ran into quite a bit of the net, only to see a mockery rough treatment during the re- being made of the rules by the mainder of the "inatch, referee awarding a penally, kick Масло

touch of In his favour. It was almost a glamour to the proceedings by comedy of circumstances and fielding a giant negro goalkeeper. certainly no bigger Easter Egg Alego caught the funey et የሮ nver this holiday crowd and certainly minde some was laid

spectacular saves....but his Basic knowledge of the funda- mientals of oalkeeping wa's pretty sketchy....and this out- weighed his novelty valve.

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Delighting Fortunately Male Wing-hung took the kick himself and scored ....but one could only wodtler what would have happened he had missed.

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Nunes was tough as teak at right-back but he was also a good sound player and be it to Da Silva's credit that he took a roasting from Watson in very good spirit.

Best Shot

Once Hongkong had taken the lead there was never the alightest doubt about the out- ceme of the game. Watson was delighting the fans with his dashes down the right wing and In Atraca of right-holf Macas at the other end the Macao boys came close to having the best must have wondered if Wood-player on the Beld, How this cock was Bome new sort of boy worked both in defence and secret weapon for he must have attack, He had the best shot seemed to them like a wall ja the game when he volleyed ncross the field.

the ball goalwards as though It Hongkong got their opening had been fired from a cannon, ron in the 37th minute and five | ↑ looked all over a goal until minutes inter Kwok Moon-wah little Wong Chi-kong gallantly mado fuli uso of a muddle In the put his hond to it and sent it visitors' defence to snatch a screaming over the bar,

Rocha was sili the clever not- haller we know him to be but there was no finishing power in the front ne to Turn hi In- telligent work to gond purpose,

Cohim was in much the same category but Alberto Is nowa- days carrying too much weight to be a persistent threat.

Hurts looked good in possess- ion but Assuntaa never Suc- cf ceeded in getting the better Sharp and hat unbalanced the right wing.

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VERDICT: Too one-sided to be a real test of skill. Hong- koteg

even more easily then the score suggests but feeling Macus are justBed In rore about that shocking first P Anal beit decision....and thought....What a success this Atraca would be in Hong-

HONGKONG'S FIFTH GOAL ... Macao goal- keopor Aloge could only look at the ball as it goes over him into the goal being completely bouton by a deflec- tion off the foot of his own side's contre-halt Ng Chi- ing, China Mail-Photo.

Worst Golf Moments

CARR'S UNHAPPY WIN

POWER rich

keng kabalf. There's a reward for enterprise un part ofore of our big clubs.

The Teams

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the

- PLAYING British By JOHN INGHAM amateur champion Joc Carr Carr have a free pick out? Few of the Irish brogue and quick seened certain, the

The players wil. was in very low spirits paced up and when his drive finished rix decision was made. Inches deep in mud, "It was my Finally, Carr was allowed to HONGKONG: Kwak Chow-worst moment of all," he ad- pick out of the hole. He drop-

ped his ball, hit it on 10 ming. Ngan Chan-sing. Sharp. mits, Wong Chi-kong, Woodcock, Playing Peter Toogood. a green and scored watch- Ho Chi-kwan, Watson, Kwok young Tasmanian in the Ama-wuning birdie three.

Moon-with, Mak

far tour at Murield, Carr

Carr was

from happy Yau, Kwok

forced into extra holes belòre ad with his win as he shook hands Wing-hung, Choi King-sang.

MAÇAO: Alege, Nunes, Da result was reached. At the 20th, With cristfalien Toogood. Golf- Carr hit a booked drive which ers argued while the locals con- Silva, Atraça, Canossa (Na Chi-

was always vanished into a muddy patch of tended, the water ing), Chan Kok-keung, Assun-

Runa, Rocha, Cotrim, rough its crater was found after there and that Care should have

a search by seares of spectators, played the ball where it loy

Was it casual water and could or picked up:

cio,

Alberto.

*Referee:

Mr Middlelas.

FOUR D. JONES

FOUR DJONES AND A GROUP OF MODOC INDIANS START WORK IN THE GOLO MINES....

GO IT'S „COKIN' FOR COLD WE ARE

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NANCY

THOUGH WE GONNA

JUDY ANNOYS ME-- ALWAYS. BRAGGING ABOUT HOW SHE LIKES SCHOOL

BRICK BRADFORD

PRISONER! CAN YOU

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YES, YOUR HIGHNESS! I HEAR YOU!..

STEADY ON BOY, WEVE GOT TO FIND IT FIRST MIND,

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WORLD TABLE TENNIS

TOURNEY

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Japanese Champion Loses To India's No. 1 In Swaythling Cup Match

Dortmund, March 29.

down while a Japan, the holders, dropped their first game in the men's Swaythling Cup event at the world table tennis championships here today when Seijl Narita was beaten by India's Gautam Divan. Japan won the contest 5-1, but did not look quite as impressive as in their

five previous matches which they won--all by 5-0. Narito, the Japanese cham-

The Japanese titleholder has Narita has been prone to pton, and seeded number three | not yet settled down in his first make too many mistakes in his for the singles title, went down world championship meeting and matches 15-31, 21-7, 17-21.'

an Indication of what might come was seen yesterday when he dropped a game to Frans School of Holland.

DO NOT OFFEND THE PIT

PONIES

The slim Divan, champion of India for the past three years, caught Norita in a bad spell,

by MADDOCKS

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THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: KAMB PLACE OF ORVNÍ

By Paul Norris

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far, and has not yet found his right approach.

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At times he has been playing rather novative gume,

but wont all out for attack his Bocuracy, suffered,

Today, Divan matched him shot fur shot in attack and was more consistent in defence.

Japan looked to be heading for trouble when thelr next player, Teruo Murakami, lind to git all the way to beat 5. Thackeray, but former world champlon Ichiro Ogimuta re- stored their confidnece with two champion-like displays,

Biggest Test

Japan have, a match against Luxembourg tonight batore neeling their biggest test— Yugoslavia--Lomorrow after-

noon.

Yugoslavia are also unbeaten in five contests and The only match they dropped was against India.

The

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cagerly-awaited match between Hungary, Group A seeds, and Brazil - "fizzled" out with Hungary sweeping to a 5-0 victory.

It also meant the frat defeats for little Unikacyda Da Costa, the Dynamk 13-year-old Brazi- lian boy.

Da Costa, whose spectacular man magamine samadhilar had made him a p

favourite with the crowd, went down to two of the most.ex-

glenced players-in-the-world; BEdelo Woldy Foreng d

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Ring 71321 Roger Permels.

tie-Verbergung two groups are more open.

In Group B, China, who to=" day beat Jamaica 6-0, have five victories without conceding a game. Sweden have five wins and one game against.

Tighter Race

The race is a little tighter in Group D where Czechoslovakia and Vietnam are unbeaten and England have only one defent, by Vietnam, against them. Bolh Czechoslovakia

And Vietnam have conceded games.

three

England · today beat Wales and Spain by 6-0 margins, and tenight meet Czechoslovakia.

They still Have an outside chance of qualifying they bent Czechoslovakia, who to- merrow meet Vietnam 19 the crucial last match of the Group programme,

Play in the women's Corbillon Cup is still dominated by tho Japanese holders,

They beat Canada 3-0 today to bring their record to live victories without conceding a game.

Unbeaten

Hungary, in the same group, have the same.record.

China and. Engiandere uné. beaten in Group. A

China who beat Sweden 3-0, have played five matches with out loss while England, who dev feated Switzerland 3-0, have conceded one game in six wins. -Rumania and Korea are the unbeaten teams (in « Group B. Rumania having a clear record

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