1961-03-18 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1961.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

Wa(i)les for Kane, ambassadors

for Blackpool, bangs for bashers

By 1. M. MacTÄVISH

I wonder how often you selection of the players who took the field on match days,

have heard that, or similar, ex- pressions, used in the aftermath of, some hårticularly unsavoury

It was a F-Arsenal story from the start. Sadly, however, the incident on the field of play.

joke was on the hardworking.

hard-pressed officials

of the Army Football team in Hongkong. "Arsenal star for Hongkong” blazed the headlines and an awful lot of people jumped on the band wagon to weave their own well garnished story around the report that Peter Kane, the young Scotsman for whom the Arsenal paid out £12,000 at the beginning of the season, was being posted to the Colony.

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story team.

Ch, it

Good alright...... the only was that by the time it founutions, its way for enough East to get The competition will open on into the lezal press I was no April, 17 and close on June 30. longer live.

During the voting period the publie will be kept advised of the day to day position of the ond it is expected that great rivalry will be experience be fore the ballot eventually closes

Playing

positions have | School Sports Association. The snug nothing to do with the nomina- Hongkong Fosiball Referers As- spelation, The Wah Klü Yat Po, Rediffusion and The China Mail.

on

When laterviewed subject Major Grant,

on the the

I

Army team manager, staled lop 11 players in each sectiort i reasonable amount of their time!

that officially

nothing

known about Kane's posting to Hongkong but on the strength of kiformation avail- abte here it seemed quite de finite that he had in fact been home-posted to unit lu North Wales and would not be leaving the United King- dom at all.

The disappointment felt by the Army officials will be shared by all who follow Colony screer. His presence, would reputation alone, have bean

wonderful slot in the arm for the Army side. The

situation, present and all the undeserved publicity it received. could very easily have the opposite effect.

Just a mirage

have been

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Sølection stage

The players who finish in uny of the 11 positions ini the Bnal teams' will go for- ward to the Committee Selec- tion stage of the competition with equal chances.

In other words there is no guarantee whatsoever that the player who Individual votes gets the most will be selected for the big prize which is a trip to England .. and month at the ground of Blackpool Footbal Club,

The Committee which

been

Once the two winners have been named they will be re- quired to give an undertaking that, when they return to the Colony, they will make available to the their respective associations to -PASS on something of the coaching and trainlog informa- tien gathered during their stay nt Blackpool.

members of

NOTICE

!

THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

.....

Notice to Members

Subscription Grimus 1902

The Stowards have ordered a batch of 100 Subscription Griffins to raeo. in 1962 and they now livite Membora to subscribe for them,

Tedi managers, coaches kid It is a strangely famillar trainers should all be rewarded phrase. I doubtless hus its for their good work by selection The cost per horse to Sub- origin in the belief that a foot- for similar posts with represen-scribers will be HK$4,000; baller's misconduet an the drid lative sides when these

are which sum includes Livory of play is not punishable by closer Only by a system, etc to the date of acceptance by the routine machinery of law. as this can an association en- It has always been the popular courage, the progressive, falent the Stewards. Impression that the referee was | ed, successful omejal. It is yftür-

Application forms may be Touchlines the police ur

game that given recognition.”

the low and had within the the man arust men of ability be bhitained from the Secretary's courts could not interfere.

Ofice, Alexandra House, 8th FISSE

The circular goes on lð sty that a similar policy, should be applied to referees and lines. men who should be selected

You may remember when I was in Britain last year I re- ported how a referee had suc- who cessfully sued a player had struck him during a strictly on current merit for the big gamics on tlie calendar. game....nd. I can now.re-

The note made the point this port that à British profession-

way. Just og a star player will al player-backed by his cigb

advised fight to hold his place against apparently there was nothing to stop him the challenge of other talented, taking legal action arainst players so should a successful an opponent who had illegally retiree keep his place in the caused him fury, during an English Leaguo match three weeks ago.

middle.

Best deserve best "The man in possession of a This unprecedented situation berth in a team or the ma

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