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TEAMS FIGHT FOR INITIAL SUPREMACY IN SERVICES SIX-A-SIDE HOCKEY

By “DEE**

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960.

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After three weeks on the court in Victoria Barracks I would not venture to predict the outcome of the Services Six-a- Side League competition, Teams who had little or experience in the game are fast becoming accustomed to the speed and skill required to score goals in this all-too- easy-to-watch sport and after, all 'tis goals that count.

them

The end of Inst week saw after studying other Rames | seven to four defeat of Camp the sunler 'Six from Pay forge during the week, I feel that Staff, must have sent to the head of the luble with they must not rest too long on ¡ home weli salisfied. In clear lead of three points their experience of previous

the nearest over

rivals but years, as other teams have al- ready showti that they Aru "putting the idea,"

Pay 'A' mol

Tamar Bh

Chess drawn Monday evening in what was

Moscow, May 5. The 20th game of the 24-game World Championships Chess Soviet title- uptch between Jolder Mikhail Holvinnak and hig Latvian challenger Mikhail Tabl ended in a drew here to jiny.

bitter light

bound to be The sourc ป 3-2 131 the Financiers' favour indicates a one alded episode, but JD fact both sides were Goal- hungry throughout.

Fine performance

Pay must thank Beadle for

The third Pay Train ("P") look on Camp on Tuesday. This was a game between two teams who have yet to find their feel.

If not akkful, the game was ) certainly hard fought and it was only the Pay team's de- cision to switch their forward line that enabled them to come out victors by five goals to three.

Was

The first half of the match Sonewhat Iesm than muellere with Lawrence al- tempting to rally side to

BLACKBURN ARE

STILL

MY TIP

FOR

says

CUP

ALBERT SEWELL

Will Clayton carry off the trophy

for Ravers?

In the history of 31 FA Cup Finals at Wembley no club has been asked to

produce the performance demanded of Wolves this year.

They are required to touch a new peak, after nine gruelling months of Lengue football, in a dramatic bid for their third successive championship, with the added strain of aix European Cup matches, at home and abroad, and six FA Cup-ties, making a total of 54 fixtures-every one of them with the pressure full on.

establish that af Important half- time lead. However, the second half sw

a change in line-up iresulting 133

change in old tactles from the Pay tram und the speed of Butler and Webb down the right wing proved tou Cor the die-hards' of Comp

Tubl only needs half a point the fine performance he turned e win the championship wherein as the last fine of defence in as Botrinnik

must gain four unwanting the constant efforts of Points is the last four games, Wala od Tomlinson, who, for

the Navy boys, were jump Tatil now leads Butvinnik y

ing on every ball that looked 12 points to 8.

even slightly like a goal. An The 21st game will be played excellent game or, a ne much

to put hockey as should be played."

In their

11:0 only game of werk Provost showed their true form in defeating Pay 'C' by: eight goals to two.

h May 7--AFP.

Sports Diary

TO-MORROW

Bowls

1st Division: 1KFC v INC: KCC VTC, RDC v KBBC, CCC FC.

2nd Division: FC KUC; CCC HKCC: RC v KISA: IRC "B"

3rd Division: KDC v KFC: FC V HERC: HKỰC V. SC; PRC V USRC KBGCCCC

Softball

1: Annual

dinner presentation and dane Peunuzlu - Hotel, 8 p.

Soccer

It Division Tang Wah v Happy Valley IK Stadfirm) 8.30 p.m.

Youth Cup: KMH "A"/Chuoff Fong y Youth United/KMI "3% 4; p.m. Five-One-leven/Eastern

Lan Kwong/Kitchee, 0.43 p.m. both at Hongkong Stadium

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Results

Results and the table showing

This game the team standings after games was never in doubt and Biler-played during the week ending ley and Wright pave the Pay29 April are:

xmething 10 think about. These boys will Ovra Taukk tainly be up there at the flinich, heemuse if enthusiasm is any- thing to go on, they will take some slopping.

2 Pay A

Provost

Poy C

Camp

Pay B

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BMH

Of all the teams who played during the week, BMH Must take the bouquet for the most improved performance to date. A side with virtually

no ex- pericner, they love admirably ¦ Pay At responded to eries of "use the Si right wall" end have profited Pay accordingly. Cook and Brasher wa must take full honours For driving their leam on and their, QLF results during the week, a dye-ca alt draw

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Standings

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ל1 15 4

Can Stanley Cullis, 43-year- Cily, and, in the semi-Anal, That spirit helped them over- dedicated Master of MoliSecond Division Aston Villa, conte the odds to knock out neux. spur them now to reach

Spins 3 at the first attempt, Soccer's

In seven Cup Final superman level in the !

appear and to make an amazing 3- Wolves have won the drow season's finale, under the fiercest | ances

ngains! Burnley after pressure of*nil?

trophy three times. This is their being three down with 15 third appearance at Wembley-minutes to play. and for the third me they are favourites there.

I believe the task will prove -too much against Blackburn Rovers, who have for six weeks enjoyed comparative relaxation on the field.

Even

They have two express-paced forward: In their gangling Irise centre Derek

international and Have the marksmen Dougan and England Under-23

for whom tension this season has been confined to the Cup.

should they lose pt ? Wembley, Wolves deserve the

salute of the

their displays in

prestige tournaments during the long baut since last August.

Season for

three

Seven Cup Finals

Of the finalists, Wolves have unquestionably hind the easier path. Only In their third round start against Newcastle was replay needed.

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There followed victories over Second Division Chariton, re-

·legation-bound Luton, Leicester

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| Inside-right Peter Dobing-and

Eleven years ago they land- | both can score goals, ed the odds against Leicester. but I look to Blackburn to floor them on Saturday, just as Portsmouth did in 1939, when Wolves were Wembley's hottest- ever favourites.

It is Blackburn for me, too, writes Gilbert Hoare. THEY WILL WIN it all the players strike The brillant form of which they have proved them- selves capable.

A Ruccession of Injuries which rabbed the team of key

men

checked their League challenge-but they developed the fighting spirit so vital to Cup success.

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Dougan scored bath the goals that carried Rovers through the semi-Anal against Shefeld Wednesday, proving that the big occasion has no terrors for him.

Monacing

Combine the striking power of these two players with the creative genius of England player Bryn Douglas at inside

Page 9.

Derby outsider

wins the

Dee Stakes

Chester, May 5.

Alcaeus, an outsider for the June 1 Epsom Derby classic, scored a convincing win over six other Derby hopefuls in the Dee Stakes here today.

All but

one of the seven, ran the course in 2 minutes 9

junners are entered for the bly secunds—AP.

Epsom race, The odd one out,

Jet Stream, finished second Iron Blue was third.

Ly

Sir India's Olympic

Aleatus,

owned Richard Brookte asul ridden by i

Hutchins00, slurled favourite al b-4, drew away from the other horses in the last furlong and won by four lengths. An- ohter two lengths separated Jel Stream and Iron Blue.

Three-year-olds

The race.

like the Derby,

Is confined to three-year-old colts. It is over 1 mile 2 furlongs and is worth £1,710 to the winner.

Welsh

Border, Beau Court, Val Dore and Kipling, all Derby entries, made the running for most of the race, but they falled to stay the districe,

soccer XI lose in Singapore

Singapore, May 5. Singapore trounced the visiting all-India soccer team by three goals to all here tonight,

A crowd of about 15,000 saw Slugapore play brilliant football to ouiclass the Indians who had the proud record of beating In- donesia 2-0 before their arrival here.

India, who finished fourth in the last Olympics and have The biting was 100-0 ngamst quatifled for this year's tourna Jet Sirenm and 20-1 against ment in Rome, looked a beaten Iron Blue.

side by half-time when they Aleatus, a chestnut coit, is by were only one goal down-Rey- Alyeiden out of Marteline. Heter.

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enthusiasm of wingers Melood and Bimpson, and you have a menacing forward line.

In the middle line are inter- national wing-halves Ronnie Clayton, England's captain, and Mick McGrath, of Elre, whose lethal left foot earned late Cup equalisers against Blackpool and Birnicy.

Malt soundest game.

Wouds is one of the centre-halves in the

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- Wolves have nothing match the scheming of Douglas and the sharpshooting of Dougan and Dobing.

Should they gain an early goal, Rovers can win L'om- fortably to achieve their seventh success in eight finals and equal Aston Villa's record!

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