1960-02-06 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1960,

Three rugby matches today

THE £3,000 GOAL

KULANGHELAWIN KLAWILAY

Crewe Alexandra's centre-forward Bert Llewellyn slams home the Fourth Division club'a second goal against mighty Tottenham Hotspur in their first' fourth round FA Cup match recently. The goal enabled Crewe Alexandra to force a 2-2 draw and earn about £3,000 exim in the replay. Spurs, however, proved too good in the replay winning by 13 goals to two.-London Express photo.

£10 STAR JUGGLES SPURS TO TRIUMPH

By ALAN HOBY

Everywhere they go Spurs play the glittering, crowd-pulling football that can make our game great again. Already Danny Blanchflower, their razor-witted right-half, is being tipped to lead his £200,000 top-of-the- table outfit to the magic double of FA Cup and League Championship. Already their $30,000 left-half, dynamic Dave Mackay, is first favourite to

become Footballer of the Year.

But among all these pricey : professors, amid the umorous array of talent which comprises the most expensive League team in history, one man stands out like u try, winking star.

haller England-and English Soover-forgot,

He is the footballer who, for seven years, could never com- mand a regular place in the Tottenham frat Lean: who, Onic man, above all the season after season, wasted both others, 19 the unorthodox, his breath and skill playing Juggling genius behind Totten for the reserves on half-empty ham Hotspur's glorious run of grounds; who, in the fast and furious hurly-burly of League TOMMY football, was called either too HÄRMER, and be cost small or too slow, or both. exactly £10.

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A1 rst glimpse, Tommy the Tease or Harmer the Charmer, looks like a cartoonist'a joy.

Looks fragile Hollow-checked, with legs like bent matchsticks, he moves at

dawdling Jog-trol

which wouldn't get him post the first heat of the under-12 100 yards at the local school sports.

This

This surface tragility is further emphasized by his weight sund height-Ust. 21b, and Sit. 21zin.

Yet despite

keeming WOBTUSM and lack of brawa there is no one like Tommy Harmer

English In

footbali today.

One of the truly great pro- fessors, he is as unique as his own footprint: a Tom Thumb

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Never capped

Worst and this is the biggest scandal of alle has NEVER played for England. He is the star the selecters spurned....

And that is the little Lon- doner's personal tragedy, True,

"When I joined the

Army in 1940 I weighed only 1st. Tibs! At my medical, the doctor was so shocked he went away and fetched some other doctors to have a look. But the Army did me well. I went in BX and, came out Au"

Harmor, o confident once he can make a football do his talk- ing, is something of a shy pes- simist away from the arena, When I asked him if he would stay in football when the time come to retire, be stid SUC chnelly: "No thanks.”

"What will you do then?" I said.

CLUB, GARRISON IN CRUCIAL PENTANGULAR ENCOUNTER

By PAK LO

Of the three rugby games arranged for

this afternoon, the one at

on the ball

with Tom Finney