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SPORTS SPOT

"You

were, oh, SO right-Mr White'

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Can a football match be fixed?

In an article which Stanley Matthews wrote for the China Mail some weeks ago he asked that very important question and he gave it as his considered opinion that except in very exceptional circumstances it would be a very difficult thing to do.

That is the view of a great man of football.

on

In all the length and breadth of the game there is no one better qualified to comment the problems which appertain to it.... and yet it would he very risky indeed to do more than apply Stanley's views on this unsavoury mat- ter to the game in the United Kingdom.

Hongkong,

In

at this very moment, there are open expres- of the gravest doubt slona thon! the vallity of some of the results in Colony

senior football. and one has only to isten to the considered views of expert observers to have his suspicions aroused.

situation and either prove or disprove the accusations which are being heard with ever creasing frequency.

in-

Last Sunday, Kitchee played relegalion-doomed CAA at Boun- dory Street. According to the official releases from the HKFA the game should have been re- It is indeed a serious matter fereed by Mr L Kan-chi..... For anyone to suggest that but when play started Mr Lt!

last- there is deliberate fixing of apparently at his own

minute request, was seen to be any aspect of tames but we

Mr Mars- reached running the line and unfortunately, have the stage when the frequent den White, who had been sche expressions of unconcealed duled for duty on the line, had Inken over the referee's respon- distrust cannol be Ignored

the sibiller, чегу much longer by

Associa- Hongkong Football tion.

It is necessary only to visit local ground on match day to hear one spectator call to the ether before ply has started... ...and what's the score today?

An insult

There has been

much spee-

has been raised ject twice this week hy two disconnected completely persons and when I tell you that both of them were expressing serious doubts about the ad-1 visability of continuing with the famous Cross- harbour Race, you will no doubt alt up and take and so, I am notice

energetic the

Hure, will the Committeenen of

Amateur Hongkong Swimming Association. One paragraph in a letter 1 ulation as 10 why this late received during the weak rends "The extensive re- switch was made and it is not like this:

clamation projects which have my intention at this time to do

recent taken place

years | more than say that it did take place

but what followed appear to have had a very de- Anile influence on the natural came close to being an insult to the handful of paying fans who currents in the harbour and o

the top of that there can surely be it has almost become stand were scattered around

no disputing the fact that the ard practice to doubt the true stands.

Klichg

overran over-increasing population has completely meri of the final score as shown

They terally given, rise to a major problem of on the scoreboard and, with the the opposition. prevalent

Colony toyed with the outclassed CAA sewage disposal. Lype gambling making actual gools players. As a result they op-f scored more important than the peared to have at least a dozen result, it is not dimcult to sur-first class opportunities to score mis why the fans have become ... and among that lot there progressively

two occasions when it upprehensive

dimcult seemed more

not to

Standard practice

to were

the stage when nowadays they are Betually staying away from matches which on paper suggest good entertainment.

Became ill

"During the last few weeks I

TODAY

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STREET

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ENGLISH

SOCCER RESULTS

London, Apr. 15. Iesults of today's

English Football League matches were:

DIVISION L

Alsenal Відки Burles Chelsea Everton

Lester C, i Newcastle West Ham

Bristol

Fu City Ipurwich Leyton

have had to spend a great deal Lincoln City

of time moving about in Hong-

kong harbour and I can only

Scunthorpe Sunderland

Brentford

score than to get the ball into change which has come over the Bury the net.

nothing

It appeared Similarly, it is apparently short of a football faron... fact that the fans have made up In fact it was the sort of per- their minds about which teams

formance which, It pre- are most likely to be involved

meditated, was calculated to in afairs of doubtful nature -

bring the game into disrepute. and of course those which are

Towards the end of the first above reproach and when-half, when Kitchee had still not ever the former are in action scored, one got the impression there is a noticeable hostility to that the referee would have their efforts.

accusation

and

These comments do not. are not intended to, contain any

agains!

anyone Ruther are they meant to report the growing feelings of a cross section of our most knowledge- able and most reliable football folks.

Evidence

I

Nevertheless it would be sheer weakness not to express a on the personal opinion based evidence of my own eyes.... and I do not hesitate to say that at

times Unis GUREDIL empathise with the fans when they found it very hard to ex- plain or understand the strange fluctuations in the form of come tetams....or the apparent inept. Ess of star players one day and bril- their quickly reclaimed lance the next.

Am

neither

In making that comment to

indiferent human fallings Bor Ignorant of the human error. There have been times, however, during this season, when it

dificult has been very

for

the prdinary spectator to rwallow all the things that have happened and Boont of them merely as the 'run Elip #tech'

.or

attribute

been fully Justified in blowing his whistle and caling a halt for. If this had been a boxing match, the referee would surely have tossed both contestants out of the ring and declared it no contest, while racing stewards would have had no hesitation in using their excellent 'not on merit description of the per- formance.

say I was astonished at the

water.

置 understand that

J

Luton Town

Tottenhain Wackout Bchon Wednesday

2 Manchester U. DIVISION 1]

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Huduarded Derby County Bristol

Q

SWEDE

Brighton

I Cheriton A.

2 Portsmouth DIVISION TAI

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Chesterfield

Colchester

a

Grimsby

Newport

Reading Tranmere

number of the competitors who

swam in the cross harbour race

suffered prolong last year

ed sickness and I am left

Queen's Park

York City

wondering if the Swtroming Carlisio Assoolation is nowadays wiso

Crystal Palaca

Millwall

Oldham Southport Stockport

Walford

to continue with the famous | Darlington event which could be a real oculter health hazard for the com petitors involved." Exactly the same point was made to me in conversation last Workington ticipated in the race many times weekend by a lady who has par- and who did not enter last year simply because she was appre pensive about the state of the water.

Worrying

However, showing tremendous tolerance, Mr Marsden White

She told me that several of the players to have her friends who competed were allowed their pantomime up to the Ins very sick for some time after- terval... but after he had wards ... and she certainly blown bls whistle for the break i will not be among the starters he called for Lau Chi-lam, the nenin this year.. skipper, and in the presence of the Kitchee players he spoke to him in what, were obviously strong terms.

Told off

I have no idea what words he used but it is reliably belleved that he told Lau that his team's display was not In the best interests of the game.

Such unprecedented treat». ment to the illustrious Kitchen obviously set them back on. their dignity and on their heels. During the second half they scored five goals and lund two more disallowed!!!

I saw the match and I am them to that so-called de sure I express the opinion of a Hightful uncertainty of foot. Large percentage, of the handful ball',

Of course one can have opinions....one can have strong feelings.....and one can even have serious suspicións.....but it is a very different thing indeed for any controlling body to ob- tain the proof which would en able it to pin the charges of misconduct or Q player..... players....a tean....or even both teams Involved in a par- ticular game.

of spectators who were there when I say that the referee's action was absolutely justified. It would have been "no surprise if he had taken ever sterner measures to deal with the un- satisfactory, dituation.

Mr Marsden White is duo heartiest

congratulations from everyone connected with the game...... and it is to bo hoped that the HKFA coupell- rive him the lors will now

It may be that, at long last, rezolute support to deserves. I

through the commendable cour

age of one of

understand. his report is already

younger re- in their hands,

ferees, the Hongkong Football! Association has been placed in al position were it can take some By the strangest coincidence positive steps to probe the local the same swimming sub-

Printed and published by Tenence Godun Newlanus Pranci for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-1 Wyndham Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong

A Hongkong autumn without A cross-harbour race is almost unthinkable yet the Hongkong Amateur Swimming Association to my mind the Colony's out- standing sporting administr tion would do well to give very surious consideration" to this disconcerting problem which

Manecid Port Vale Bournemouth Southend Coventry Accringiun Bradford

2 Southampton

2 Swindo

3 Wrexham Division IV

Hartlepools Exoler Gateshead

Gingham Torquay Crewe

8 Northampton

0

Bradford

4

Chenter

Barrow

-Reuter.

Sports Diary

TO-DAY Пастак Second Day of Eleventh Meeting, 12py Valley, noon.

"Soccer

Rice

1st Division: Eattern v Sig Tan (ES) 5.30 p.m.

Hocerve Diaton: Eastern v Sing Tuo (BE) 4 p.m.

2nd Division: Talkno v on Ying

(Club) 4 p.m.: Club v RIL (Chibi 5.30 p.m.; BAF Ba! Wan v NEME was (Navy) 5.30 p.m.; Coraline (Navy)

4 p.m. BAY Kai Tak v till v Gymstic (if plan. Koon Wun y Ars (CH) 1.30 p.m.; Pritoni v Tolephone Stanicy) 5.30 p.m.

Youth Cup: Youth United Ching (HV4 ARG

KMB

Hup Naing" (HV) p.m.; Sing Tao "A" y Lan

is obviously worrying swimmers, Kitchen y Eastern "B" (v

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5.30 p.m

While a capacity crowd watched Tung Wah and Happy Valley in action on Tuesday -workmen were pushing ahead with the excavations which will mean a bigter and better Boundary Street Ground next season. -China Mall Photo,

More than 30

30 world

athletics records ratified by IAAF

London, Apr. 14. More than 20 men's world athletic records and cleven for women were ratified today by the International Amateur Athletic Federation.

Poland. Among them was the 1,500. Inclieal-by E. Pintkowski, metres time of 3 mins 30 at Waraw, H4/0/1930,

Jovelar-00.04 metres (202' feet 3% seconds set by Olymple favourite inches)-by A. Cantello, United Herb

In Statex

California, at Compton, Decathlon-8337 points by V. May 10 and 1OMEN

Elliott, of Australla, Gothenburg in August 1958.

The records

The ratilled records are:

MEN

100 Yards: 93 rends

existing

record)-W. Woodhouse, United States, at Abilene, Texas. On May 3, 1930. Same tune by R. Cock,

0/0/1050,

Kuznetsov, Soviet Union. at Mosecw,

100 Metres--1

1304

(equals existing record) by V. Krepkino, Soviet Union, at Kiev, 19/0/1930.

420 Metres-53.4 pecs-by M. Ikina, Soviet Union, at Krasnodar,

United States, at Modesto. Califomia, USSR. 12/0/1030-rec-by Itkina.

on 30/5/1939.

1,000 Metrva;"

Ta 17.8 secs D. Waern, Sweden, ut Karlstad, Sweden, 21/8/1050.

1500 Metre 3 mins 30 secs-11. Elliott Austraila, ot Gothenburg. Sweden, 20/0/1058.

4 x 200 Metres Relay and 4 x 220 Yards Relay 1 min 22 sec-by Abilene Christian College, Modeste, 31/5/1958,

4 x 800 Yards Relay-7 mins 20.9 sece by University of California, at Los Angeles. 10/8/1950.

23.2

4x3 Mile Relay 16 mina seca by Hungarian national team, 9, at Budapest, 20/0/105.

10 Metres and 120 Yards Bürdies -132 by M. Lauer, Germany. at Zurich, 7/7/1939.

10.000 Metres Walk-42 mins 19.3 keet By G. Panichkin, Soviet Union, at Stalinabad, 7/5/1950,

20,000 Metres Walk-one hour 27 mins Bee-by V, Golubnichly, Soviet Unten,

Simferopol,

23/0/1638.

Two Houns Walk-10 milce, 743 yarde (20.20 kilometres) by A. Egorov, Soviet Union, at Leningrad, 35/7/1959.

30.000 Metres Walk-two curs, 17 min 100 cc-by Egorov Kame date and place,

20 Mies Walk-two hours. 31 ming 33 Beca-by A. Vodjakov, Sovint Union. at Morcow 23/8/1950,

an Miter Walk-four hour, seven mina 11 bec. S. Lcbastov, Soviet Union, at Moscow 23/1/1030.

50,000 Metrex Walk-four hours is mins 0.6 secamby Lobaslov, JAMS date, same place.

410

same date and place.

4 x 200 Metres Reity and 4 × 220 Yard Relay-i min 30 secs-by East German team, ai Leipzig, 20/7/1054. Jx ea Metres Relayed ming 27.4 Ines by Ukrainian team at Klov. 9/0/1056

50 Meite

fequals existing

Eyetrova, Stviet nodar, B/9/1958,

Hurdles -10.0 'acca record) - by G. Union, at Kra-

High Jump Lat metres 10 i 0 tar by f Balar, Rumania, Bucharest, 21/0/1039,

Shotput 17.25 metres (30 feet 7 insby Tamara Press, Soviet Jinion, at Nalchik, USSR, 20/4/1069.

Javelin--37 49 metres 1300 14 7 ins-by B. Zalagaitite, Soviet Union, at Tollis, 30/10/1050.

Press, Soviet Union, at Krasnodar. Pentathlon-4,882 points-by Iring

September 13 and 14 1959.---Rouler,

RUGBY RESULTS

London, Apr. 15. Results of today's Rugby matches were;

Swinton

St Felon's

Widnes Beckpool

RUGBY LEAGUE

Whitehaven

10

Q:Chain

La Wigro

Warrington

10

Halford

10 Dowsbury

Hull Kingston 31 York

Barrow

Leigh

Hop, Step and Jump-10.70 metres | Leeds (34 feel Di Inches)--by Fedoseyev, Soviet Uelch, at Waterl USSR. 3/3/1960.

21 Liverpoo!

10 Workington

17 Hunsley

RUGBY UNION

3 Northampton

3 Багиоста

Aberavon Camborne

IP Maceteg

3

Shotput--1930 metres (03 Tect 4 Falmouth inches-by W. P. O'Belen, United | Lian:lly States, at New Mexico, 1/8/1938. Pontypridd

Discu-59.91 metres (100 feet 5

2 Old Blues

St. Luke's College Bruter.

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