1961-06-10 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1961.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

Of cricket, comments, congestion, CAAF and censures

Bob Bell,

It was a great pity that the excellent lotter from

manager of the Colony cricket side which recently returned from Malaya, did not receive wider coverage. You will recall that a press report from Singapore credited Bob with the comment that the Hongkong cricketers, among other things, ... 'didn't mind if they won or lost'.

It was a pleasure to see Mr) the unworthy! word to bits. It was interest- ing tow to read how the Inter view had been conducted.... how the subject matter had bern distorted and how i willing interviewee had! been, unnecessarily embarrassed by rank bad, and sadly inaccurate, reporting.

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the most spectacular and testing of the Colony's annual sporting events will be held on July 1, which according to the calendur, İs 1 public holiday.

was leagues ahead of this miser- able Colony collection.

It is interesting to look at the nominated players who were absentees when the kick-off whistle blew.

Deserving thrashing

By I. M. MacTAVISH

stance it is hard to know. The thrashing which the local side received was exactly what it deserved....nd anyone སྙettu used the game as a yardstick to make any kind of a ment of genuine Hongkong foot-

measure-

and their own thoughts both about what happened on the p held... and afterwards.

ball was guilty of an respons- And finally a fow topical sible lapre and a and misreading 'talo - waggers'

of the conditions which pro- duced the result.

and feet.

... Colony

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