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SPORTING SAM

by Rog. Wootton

are

Leicester

on Terry

By CAPEL KIRBY

Lotion Express Bervico.

keen Bly

London, Apr. 20.

DEMEMBER Terry Bly? Leicester City contemplate making a bid for this hero of Norwich City's fabulous attempt to be the first Third Division team to get to Wembley.

to just In unhappy contrast over a year ago when his golden goal-snatching made him the most hendiined footballer in the country, Dly is now leading the reserve, team attnet.

It was in this capacity that Leicester scout saw him score two goals at Watford recently which could add up in promotion for Norwich to the Arst division of the Football Combination.

FORGOTTEN HERO

wouldn't be interested in any such proposition.

Bly has more footballing years ahead of him then the Leicester is likely to prove that for from being the player, and time forgotten hero of Carrow Road he could well regain his deadly. shooting for Norwich in Second Division football next season.

CHALLENGE

Norwich are now well on the way to promotion and nobody is more relieved

East outside The Filbert Street representa Anglia than former Everton and tive also saw Walford's second Ireland winger Tommy Egling- string centre-forward, John Fair-ton, who after playing against brother, snap up a goal which them for Tranmere last August boosted his season's Combination was quoted as saying: "It Nor- total' to 34.

wich don't win this division with a bit spare, I'm a Dutchman and will eat my hat,"

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Only the other day I told you thot in their efforts to secure centre-forward marksmenn

Leicester were prepared to offer Derek Hines as a replacement. I can now tell you that Norwich

New timers

for sports

events

London, Apr. 2O. Two electronics engineers in Sheffield, England, have designed a compact olectronic stop - watch timor which can bo carried in an attacho cata to any sports event in the

country.

By early December the Irish

a must have had visions of having to tackle the tough and unpalatable dish because Novem was particularly onth for the Canaries.

ber

bad

Due to delayed reaction from last season's history-making Cup run, there was no sign of the depression lifting until manager Archic

Ist it be Macaulay

if

• GORDON LEE he maintains hits present pro- greas Vilia can stop looking for an insido right.

Nor- BLY. TERRY wich's Cn hero last season.

is now leading the reserve team alfack, Leloester City are likely to make a bid for hka,

petition with an inside-forward of Irish international Jimmy Ha calibre having to fight for his first-team position along with Terry Allcock. Whitehouse, Lar- kin, Richards and the rest.

GOOD MOVE

TOE MERCEN has money to spend on preparations for the return of First Division football EX- to Villa Park next senson. periencing difculty in getting clubs to part with the clats of player ho wants, Vila's manager will soon be able to cross an inside-right off his shopping list Gordon Lee keeps up his pre- sent rate of progress in the post-

Their Orm made 20 of these generally known that he was for the British Show Jumping going to market, 11 was a shrewd Association for use in the 1960 move for it immediately put; |tion. show Jumping reason, which City's players on their toes.

opched last month. The decision

of these to make general use timers follows triols during the last show jumping season when, in one day, 314 horses were

ilmed.

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Originally wing half-back, later operating of full- bucki- The acquisition of John Lee's switch to the attack was Richards and Bob Edwards from due to the keen observation of Swindon Town, and the more nasistant-manager Dick Taylor. recent dust which landed Brian All Jee Mercer seems to have got Whitehouse and Bunny Larkin from his talent-spotting mis:ion from the Midlands, presented 4 to Scotland last week was a sore Give the Norwich throat whileh put him out of no- challenge. players credit for accepting it, tion when he arrived back.

Invariably too many pinyers

LEAVING VILLA chasing too few first-team pluces means a quout ul the manager's

The show-Jumping timer is a development bf

(Faton) photoswitch which is u dwide ly by industry Each timer In- cludes two photo-electric cell "beam" units for the start and finish points which are conlee with transfer requests. A nected to a central transistoris- Carrow Road it led to keen com~, ed control box Incorpelating

pair o! conventional stop- watches

of a second

measuring to 1/5th

BEAM OF LIGHT The watches are operated by the interruption of a beam of light focused from a self-con- tained lamp on one side of the course to the photo-electric receiver on the other side.

When ahorac crosses the beam it cuts off the light to the receiver. An impulse sets the stop-watches in mction. When the horse passes the beam unit at the end of the course A similar Impulse stops watches. The time taken for the watches to operate ukter the horse breaks the beam is 1/50th of a second, and this time does nqi vary appreciably LPS.

Sports Diary

PRE prepared for curprising de

artures from Villa Park when replacements have been recured. One player already on the open-le-transfer list is Wal- ter Hazledeun, the fnskle-left or centro-forward, who al 1 vary early age was reckoned by Eric Houghton to be an Internationel prospect. If he still thinks so Hozítdean Is Ikely, to be saop- tut Division: Sculli Chios v KMG |ped up by Nottingham Forest. (165) 3.36 vision: South China v

Reserve

TO-DAY

Boccer

KMB (09) 4 p.m.

Three years ago I saw, the six- 2nd Division: Prisons V AFS footer from Wigan make his (Stanley) 8.30 p.m.

League debul. Then only 18, he ard Division: C & W v IR Cas Tucked so consdently competent

(C) 0.30 p.m.

TO-MOTOW Binting HKASA Council meeting at Cruis Lustiang, 5.30 pm.

that it's puzzling to find him

| marking time instead of making more progress towards regular

RHKGC annual general meeting, Hongkong Club, 5.30 pan.

Athletics Billy Tinglo's Allietic Insitu Sports Day at KCC, 3 p.m.

3rd Division: St Joseph's V Tramways (Club), 6 pm.

firal-team status. the

Hocebr

World-famous coach Jingny Hargan nee described Hozle dean to me as another "Punto” Waring in the making. What's Kone wrong?

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