1959-08-24 — Page 7

WEEKEND

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST

1959.

LEAGUE BOWLS

Race For First Division

Title Will Now

Now Have

A Close Finish

By ROBERT TAY

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The Colony lawn bowls league will after all reach an oxciting finish not only in the third division but also in the first division as the result of a splendid upset victory during the weekend.

Russia Beat W. Germany

-At Athletics-

Moscow, Aug. 23.

The Soviet Union beat West Germany 211 points. to 130 in their two-day athletics meeting which ended at the Lenin Stadium here today.

The home athletes scored 120

the women's occs.

points to D1 in the men's events

date 30 in

events.

Results are:

Results

MEN

200 Metres

1. Germar (Germany) 21.4

SCCR.

2. Kaufmann (Germany) 21.5 secs.

Former champions Kowloon Cricket Club, who have been struggling as best as they could this season with the limited number of players at their disposal, brought off not only their best win of the season but what is also the greatest upset in the first division this season when sees. they handed potential champions Indian Recreation Club "A" a 5-0 defeat.

What was more surprising in the Cricket Club's victory was convincing margin which the they won by in each of the three

rinks.

Making their win more credit- able was also the fact that they felded a makeshift team, that included two second division players, E. C. Kew Ad George Ladd, Both these players came through with dying colours and their brillant per- formances played no small pert In their club's triumph.

Special praise must also be extended to S. Ramachand, who played an exceptionally Ane game in his göbut-in the KCC first division leam as No. 3.

Ramchand has improved tre- nendously since he took part in a number of competitions SAN England during the last two years, and has been rather surprising that he has not been given a chance to play at No. 3 carlier on in the season.

Precarious Position

Tu malch

between

3. Darteney (SU) same ime. 4. Konovalov (SU) 21,0

1.500 Metres

1. Okorokov (SU) 3 mins 44.1 pecs.

2. Pipine (SU) 3 mins 44.2

BOCS.

secs. 3. Strake (Germany) 3 mins

mins 40.0 occs.

4. Breanner (Germany)

the kon Football Club by 1 Indians and the dockmen this points to 31. They are now 224,3 Saturday 31 Sookunpoo may points behind Hongkong Electric probably be the deciding on Club who will have one game ta A 5-0 win for the Dock will hand.

strong position put them in for the title, as the Indians will

The Hongkong Football Club have to play Recrelo "A" away by virtue of this win put them- and the dockmen have a com-selves buck in the rinsing for paratively easier game against the race and their match against Roerelo "" at home in their HERC next Saturday will have last games of the season.

2011 Important tearing championship race.

Repeat Upset Win

Recond

division, In the

Cricket Club Cralgengower scored repest 4-1 upset triumph over league-leading Hongkong Football Club.

3,000 Metres Sleeplechsee

3

1. Ryzchine (SU) 3 mins 4.8

Accs.

2. Sokolov (SU) 8 mins 30.0

secs.

3. Boehme (Germany) 0 mins 12.4 secs. on the

4. Laufer (Germany) 9 mins *20.0 secs.

Pole Vault

Sports Diary

TO-DAY Meeting Hongkong Chinere Football Asso.

mecting, CAAF Dutch,

But withough this defeat has the cfleet of culling down the Football Club's lead to 1114 over Cralengower who points bave one game in hand, the cation

Club are Football

siti in strong position of winning theHKASA Water Committee mering, alle.

They are expected to win their argt home match against PRC "B" by n comfortable mar- gin to elineh, the title, and render the

result of their Inst match of the season against PHC "A" inmaterial,

As a result of this defeat and of Kowloon Dock Club's 5-0 win over Recreio "A""Diy Satur- day, the Indians are now In a The third division james saw

with rather precarious position

on Saturday Indian Recreation only a lead of 31⁄2 points over | Club falber in their challenga Kowloon Dock Club.

for the title by losing to Honi:-

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Tensi

1. Buintov (SU) 4.50 metres. 2. Petrenke (SU) 4.30 metres. 3. Lehnertz (Germany) 4.30 mcirca.

4. Monring (Germany) 4 moires.

Hop, Blep and Jump

3. Straass (Germany) metres.

1. Gerlaev (SU) 15.91 metres. 2. Ryachovski (SU) metres.

15.57

14.04

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62.21

4. Zischmeyer 14.03 metres.

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4. Zyermann (Germany) 55.98 Imetres.

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10,000 Metres

1. Bolotnikov (SU) 20 mins 4.

2. Virkus (GU) 30 mins 62

scc3.

Pago 7

Preston And England Star TOM FINNEY Looks At The New Season And Forecasts:

IT WILL BE A TESTING TIME FOR ENGLAND- THEY'LL MISS WRIGHT Sitting on the terraces at Deepdale, I look at the freshly-cut grass, sniff the now paint on the stands and wonder what lios ahoad.

Will Wolves, the League champions, stay at the top without

the driving force to Billy Wright?

3. Hocgen (Germany) 30 mins Can big Mel Charles answer the prayers of 100,000 Arsenal

174 BDCB.

4. Muller (Germany) 31 mins 0.4 0.

L. metres.

Javelin - Tibulenke (SU), 70.60

2. Volman (SU), 74.20 metres. 3. Rieder (Germany), 1.43

metres,

4. Win metres,

sees.

(Germany), C9.63

4 x 400 Moires Relay 1. Germany 3 mins 9-2/10,

2. USSR 3 mins 0,0 secs.

WOMEN

200 Metres

1. Popova (SU) 24.3 secs.

2. Itkina (SU) 24.3 seca,

3. Hendryx (Germany) 24.9

FUPON.

4. Heine (Germany) 25 séCK.

800 Metres 1. Lovitzkala

2 mins 7.3 secs.

(SU)

2. Swerzova (SU) 2 mina

7.4 sccn.

3. Mligo (Germnay) 2 mins 9.2-CCA,

4. Schulter (German) 2 mins,

1 sccs.

Long Jump

1. Sapronova (SU) metres.

followers?

Will the genius of Matt Busby rekindle the fire at Old Trafford?

Is time finally running out for Stanley Matthews?

These are just some of the questions which will be answer ed in what may well prove the most vital season football,

1

the

steer

Hart Lane, Spurs too are retting | WIE the Scots beat England at

Hampden and so clinch out with high hopes.

Recent arrivals like goalkeeper International championship?

Brown, wing-half Dave in post-war Bill

Can Johnny Haynes McKay nhai Tony Marchi—re- | newly promoted Fulham to fresh signed from the Italian League triumphs? -bave

Spurs an Wh Wolves' outside-right embarrassment of riches.

They have a first-team, valued Mickey, Lill step into the inter- at close on a quarter of a million national limelight? pounds, and the problem here

For this Is testing time for England,

Our players have returned sadly from South America., Our tle of "Soccer Masters" is now just a sad memory.

Anti-Climax

And on top of this comes the shock news of Billy Wright's retirement. I've pinyed with him for 12 years, but even to me this come as a complete surprise. England bas lost more than centre-half. She has Jost the lynch-pin of ker

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steady

and

was never one of them. And I suspect that many people will only realise how much he meant 6,23 to England now that he has

gone.

2. Jakobi (Germany 6.05 metres.

3. Kapp (Germany) 8 metres. 4. Frolova (SU) 5.02 metres,

Discus

1. Ponomateva (SU) 54.15

metres.

2. Hauzoan (Germany) 40.20 metres.

3. Tamara Press (SU) 49.02 metres,"

4. Binert (Germany) 47.04 metros,

4 x 200 Metres Relay

1. USSR 45.9 sccs.

2. Germany 40.4 vees-AFP.

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will be "Who to leave out?"

what Hes ahead for him?

And how about Tom Flaney?

For me, too, this is a vital season. My damaged groin hon to Intensive summer training, but the real that will come in the hurly-burly of the League,

I never wanted illness more. There's so much to be done. Amt I'd like a small part in the doing.

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I have a high opinion of their manager, Bill Nicholson, stood Ap well and expect bim to convert them into one of the show plece teams of British foot ball. But, ma always, it will be in- then de-dividual player-rather Yence.. .a captain with the clubs who make the headlines What kind will Stanley Mnt- ability both to

Uhows set? Inspire his men.

As the season opens, I know he had his critics-but-Blackpool's now eigning Arthur from Barrskywill be wearing thai tarneus tangerine jorrey with the "Seven" on the back. And Stan will be on

the sidelin nursing his support knez. I am particularly sorry that

There tre rumours every- his career ended on such a note

where, but then there've been of anti-climax. Billy, who hid

rumours about Stan for years. done so much for his club and Personally, I shall believe his country, surely deserved to

Boretirement only when it happens. out on a high note.

And his linee gives him hali Now it is high time for Eng a chance, I woger he'll be back land to take stock of her posi-making some of cur defence tion and I am sure the selection wish he had quit committee is doing just that.

other What is the chief cause of questions to be answered. England's footballing decline?

Manchester United's Irish back, Joe Carolan, nghieve the stardom thai Mati Busby tella me he from him? Joe has so far played for the same two clubs as the great Johnny Carey. He could Tollow him all the way to the top.

Personally I am sure it's due to a neglect of the baals nkill. In the struczle for all League points, these are too often forgotten,

Too Fast

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for speed. And yet one only has Lo lank at youngsters like full the high premise of lost Johnny Haynes, Bobby Charl-seasont ton and Jimmy Grieves

realise that we still have the talent needed to steer us back to the top.

I wonder what George nynor feels about all this. The man "who steered Sweden to the World Cup final has found British clubs singularly alow to accept his servicës.

He is currently with tie- known Skegness Town in the Midland League and yet I hear that the Swedes have already asked him to look after them when they come to Wembley.

Here, of course, is 4 real chance for England to regain some of her lost prestige and for this reason I hope Sweden brings her Italian League players.

Lawn Bowls

League Standings

Following are the lawn bowls league standings up to date:

FIRST DIVISION

KDC

If England will miss Billy Wright, so too will Wolves "A" who will be striving for their Recreto third successlyd champlon-Recreio "B" ship. Much will depend upon Wright's *successor Gcorgo Showell—a young player who will be tackling one of the IRC B toughest jobs in football.

The club, I understand, expects him to follow Billy's footsteps all the way into the England tcam and that's certainly a possibility. He is big and strong with plenty of natural ability,

But Wolves are likely to find the opposition stiff,

Manchester United are likely to be stern challengers.

I am waiting confidently for their at tack-Bradley. Quixall, Violett, Charlton-to ael Old Trafford alight. The only question is *When?"

If the line clicks this season, the legend of the "Busby Babes" could well live again.

Arsenal's Bid

Also trying to recapture past triumphs are Arsenal. Their buying of Mel Charles is a bld return to the palmy days when the side was built around big centre-halves like Herbie Roberts.

The Highbury fans are pin- ning their faith on Mel and ho'll need broad shoulders to carry that burden of responsibility. I connot help remembering the fate of another Welshman, Bryn Jones.

Ite, too, was signed for the purpose of leading Arsenal to the heights. Potenilally a bril- liant player, likeable Bryn was weighed down by the advance publicity and seldom touched his trua form.

Much depends upon the Arzenal followers. They mustn't kpert too much, too soon.. Club fortunes are not changed over- Laight.

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It takes time and patience and, lo this respect, the moti who stand and weich hayo a vilal pari, to... play. They ORD make or break a player, ker 'olub.

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