1959-05-05 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1959..

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THIS HAS BEEN A SEASON I WANT Indians Start Well

TO FORGET

Groin Injury Shattered All My Hopes

By TOM FINNEY

(Of Preston North End and England)

THIS IS THE LAST ARTICLE IN THE TOM FINNEY FOOTBALL SERIES

FOR THIS SEASON,

WE HOPE TO SIGN HIM UP TO WRITE FOR US AGAIN NEXT SEASON, FOR WE FEEL THAT HE HAS AN ALMOST UNRIVALLED KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME AND PERSONALITIES.

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The curtain falls on another season and look back over the - triumphs, the tragedies, the thrills, the disappointments, the names and the old that go to make up the history of the 1958-9 campaign. At first glance, there seems little to remember. There have been few big-match dramas and both the Cup and the international fronts have been strangely quiet.

United's left-back ut to many men nevertheless book adventure, he neverthe- | Manchester this bas ber a senson which less starred in another his † CARALON... Bolton's inside- will stand ou When all

steer thew To others have faded. It has been through to Wembley in Juced with personal suecestea.

Wright's Triumph

High on the list comes BILLY

Li WRIGHT who led Wolves their second sueressive elan pionship and also won his 100th International cap.

I am sure Blly will never for get how that cap was celebrated throughout, the footballing wosirt.⠀ There is sill no serious chal- lenger for his England berth and who knows how much fur-

ther his international Carter

may run??

your

club forward FULL your DOBING

... Blackburn's Nowcastic's

final seonon must be wonder- EASTHAM and Fulham's MUL ful sensation, but to be crowned | LERY, "Footballer of the Year" as well

that's almost too good to

be true.

Other players with reason to remember art

JOHNNY HAYNES who play-. ed such a big part in leading Fulham back to the First Divi nion;

JIMMY GREAVES, breaker of records at Chelsea;

How about TOM FINNEY? This, frankly, is a nesson want to forget. I have only 15 appearances for Preston out of a possible 42 and all my hopes reen to have tumbled by the wayside.

Int beast my grain injury seem to have been cured. And so I have another set ut ambis tions all forged and ready for

Who knows what lies ahead?

Newcomers to Watch the tin.

Holyr manager STAN PETER BROADHENT, Wolves Will the Arsenal rise again? CULLIS has turned impend- } talenteÍ inside-forward, Who Will Matt Husby break thu ing Yallure into triumph. After ad Uki for a per-power of Wolves? And with the the club was eliminated from manent Earth in the England the European Cup, it seemed as though their long ran was ending.

The critics talked about the years catching up with a veteran feum. But once they sighted the home straight, Wolves moved like champions again,

Not Enough Credit

Only Manchester Unitrol, piloted by MATT BUSBY, stay- ed with them all don't think that the United and their Scottish manager have received the credit they terve, fur finishing runners-up.

Remember that the Munich disaster was only Just over a year ago and that Matt Husby has had completely to rebuild his side.

United

Already, Manchester

are reviving memories of the orixinal Busby Dubes and we have not seen their peak per- formances yet.

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Matt, the great disciple home-grown talent, proved too That he was prepared to spend when he night Shemeld Wednesday's ALBERT QUIXALL for a new British record fee of

£45,000.

Courageous Buy

side.

And a hot of newcomers who are challenging for a place sa! the Belight... men such as

It was courageous buy, because the bright promise of Vibe.former Golden. Day-seened

to be fading Hin first appears -- arces in United's colours were uneventful and even the Old Trafford fans began to wonder Whether Matt Busty hid bi dered.

Quixall soon answered that question

by linking Ир brilliantly with DENIS VIOLLET and BOBBY CHARLTON to form possibly the must powerful Inside- forward telo in Britain, Fevz

elimbing wor Arsenal set new records they algnext big MEL CHARLES from Swanseu for the equivalent.

trul when

of £47,000. It was the end of

a long, lightly unhappy trans- fer story, but it could be the beginning of a new era at High- bury

The teams of Arsenal's hey- days were built Around big, talented centre-halves like Mei aud, although he has barely hand time, to setite down, the chil have every içason ter Tigha hopes next season.

Transformed Arsenal

Manager GEORGE SWINDIN has already transformed Ar- senal and the signing' of InY Preston team-mate TOMMY DOCHERTY has proved a very shrewd buy indeed.

Another manager with good телком to remember the 50-9 season is Norwich's ARCHIE MACAULAY who so neatly piloted his Third Division men ihrough to the Cup Final,

There was akneal a touch of pentur Ja the way Archle moulded this team into smooth, ball-playing combination and, until they mel Luton in the semi-anni replay, anything- seemed pomible.

But if Luton skipper SYD OWEN failed to end one stury-

Cup come June to Deepdale

where it belorus?

We will have to wait until next season tu find the answers.

FOUR D. JONES

THE THREE HORMAN SOLDIERE RIDE ON PATROL THROUGH SHERVIDOD FORGET UNAWARE OF THE EYE INVITONING THEM.

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Hockey Cup Final

Army Hockey

Club

Officers' The Army Hockey Cup Final took place recently at the ground, Aldershot, between 35 Corps Engineer Regiment, BAOR and the RAPO Training Company, Southern Command (A). The Pay Corps won by two goals 10 сле.

Photo shows an exciting incident in front of the Engineers' goalmouth ay their goalkeeper WO 11 K. Williamson rushes up to kick the ball from the stick of the opposing inside-right Pte C. Emden-Army News Service Photo.

Sports Diary MCC Asking Too Much For

TODAY.

Softball Exhion Match; Taiwan Univer. kal v ÏIKSA Sefrellon, 5,30 pm.

itacink Entries close for 1301 Race Meet. Ing moon.

Borcer Int Division: Sing Tre v, Army club..

Rosary 2nd Division: kec "A" v Ran- Rer KCCI 530 0.

TO-MORROW Basketball

Final uf CAS tntrypyment, Southern Playground, 7.30 pin.

Hockey Men's Int: ngland Viln SKP 5.30 .m.; Treland Portugal (KC) 5.30 pm,

Hwimming Final of Ilongkong Navy Cham- plonships, taakyard Pont, 2 p.m.

Soccer Corta ea v Combined Chinese. IK Studfum, 8.30 12.

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Television Rights Says BBC

London, May 4.

Negotiations are still going on between the BBC and the MCC about televising the Test matches for this and the next two seasons, a BBC spokesman said tonight.

"No contract has yet been India are the tourists this signed, but the BBC is negotiat-season. South Africa next year, Ing on the basis of a three- und Australfa in 1001. year, inclusive contrnet."

The MCC, worried by falling During the past three seasons gates, has been asking what the BBC has paid the MCC the BBC considers on exorbitant £30,000 A year for Halted fee for televising this year's facilities. The agreement end-Englund-India Test matches, ed Inst SESON,

by MADDOCKS {"RIGHT, CHADE!

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France-Presse,

Sheaffer's

Against Club

Cricket Conference

-

London, May 4. Excellent off-break bowling by Muddlah and a hard hitting opening partnership of 128 between Roy and Apte put the Indians in a strong position against the Club Cricket Conference on the first day of their two-day match at the Oval,

Sweden, Brazil

The touring leum lead by 31 runs with eight

wickets stanching.

Arst rings

Downton, The Conference caplain, must have regretted

Complete Davis his decision to bat first on the

Cup Wins

Stockholm, May 4. Sweden comploted Д 5-0

drying pitch for, apart from Wille and The left-handed Swann, the CCC batsmen found extreme difficulty I playing the Decurple Indian spir bowling.

win over Hungary in the Especially Dangerous Davis Cup European zone Muddinh, bowling off- first round tie here today. breaks at near medium pace,

He

the ball sharply and

In the remaining two singles as especially dangerous. Ulf Schmidt Beat Andras Aduni 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 and Jan Erik Lundqvist beat Istvan Gulyan 0-3, 7-5, -1.

turned Kave the batsmen ttle chance to relax, conceding only 40 runs in taking six of the fost eight Conference wickets,

Roy and Aple pulled and cover-drove powerfully and

Sweden w next play Chile und the winners of that tie will play Britain in the third round.

At Berlin, Brazil, who gained only Itall, a steady fast

Hoy

Today's close of play scores

a winning 3-0 lead yesterday,ler, troubled them. completed a 4-0 victory over it 70, including 11 fours, be- West Germany.

fore being caught behind the wicket. Rain started to fall during the Afth match of the tie when } were: Ronald Barnes, of Brazil, jed Wilhelm Bungert 10-8. 3-4 and 90. the team caplains agreed there was no need to complete the | Wickets.--France-Presse, match.

In the other match played to- day. Bruz's Curlos Fernandez beat Dieler Ecklebe 0-1, B-0, 0-3.

The

Brazil's

tr opponents second round are Poland, who had a first round bye.--Reuter.

Campbell Gets Ready For Record Bid

Ulverston, May 4.

Club

Cricket Conference-

Indian Tourists--120 for two

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

Mr Denald Campbell's jet- powered hydroplane Bluebird reached Coniston Water near here today in preparation for a new attempt on his own world water speed record of 218 miles per hour,

Here is a problem by M.~* Mr Campbell is expected to Wrobet (Revista de Bah, 1928). arrive on Sunday for first tests White to play and mato in two of the boat's latest modifications. mayCS,

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