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YESTERDAY'S RUGBY
Club beat HMS Victorious
22-0 in entertaining game
By LANCASTRIAN
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1961.
At the Club Stadium last evening the Club. XV comfortably beat HMS Victorious by two goals and four tries (22 points) tà mil, in a fast, open game,
Club were without some of their regular forwards but their re- serve strength there showed they were capable of doing all that was asked of them.
Dwyer, of course, is a elever Banker and, though he may not win the strikte every time, he lves a great nip to any pack. ind yesterday the Club
fine and all Clubs eight were up in a fas. They would have got the catcher easily. wasn't
WHIT
entrusted with Kennedy was the kick and made no mistake. but there Within a minute or two Club
rather one. Instead a
len points
to the good, eight toni naval boot just got to the There was
kick
abend, tell all eight galu, and ball, which evadit
Kelly was were ensured a very good auß-
going to ply of the ball from the tight, and there was a touch on the get it butt the ball bouncat half-way line. A boot less timid strungely. Club, however, do not serumimages.
struck an early nek backers-up for Kennedy Club's line-ast work was ell'eould etent, too. From a spectatorshow for the ship by taking play was there in a stash. He passed hall there's just backwards to Nicholson angle the ine-turla were the out wel into Club's
mething to be said for have, who stormed over Tagged part of the game avri fre-
for a lovely quently the wrath of the referee, Dr Erle, was incurred by some
instructive player who knew
t
nce he had sinned by a goodly ration of a very loud whistle, but There were a number of occasions when the ball was cleanly taken, suntly by Mezzies or Collin, held everyone was nicely tucked into the umuul and then pussed to the serum-half, Robert-
SOT,
Caught the eye
In the loose, the Club pack, showed up their Htness Fos they were always on to aby-y thing that half resembled thaner to get the ball moving Williams and Nicholson being outstanding in this part of the play.
ang two forwards who enver ten try. Kennedy again kicked the yards just a little slower than gol. the ethers,
Play started fairly evenly and one gut Juul a slight feet- ing that a sallot might find himself with the bal 014 Ind score
breaft away
theach, agreed. It wonlel have needed
Kame
tackling en route).
The third Club try was per- haps thele best and it was not long delayedi.
Scrum-holf's try
shoddy | right on
The stranger feeling was that Club were a little slow to shake down but that it would not be 100 long till they opened their account.
Club had a penalty on their
Victorious ten-yard lins. They went left and then kicked down Marshall's throat but quick backing-up made him kick hurriedly for touch. Club got possession, the ball went down the line to Kennedy who j put in a high kick to two urfors two ex! who were Just there in tune. One was tackled In possession; he hell on too long, or so if seemed, WHsom took a high penalty kick from the left, right across the field. Kelly gathered perfectly and shot over. 11 all hapened at a fantastic pace.
Wilson got the the going well and he tried one ploratory kirks, particularly to is left wing. From one of these Kelly was up very quickly to tackle Daniels; he got possession, was then himself half-turklerl But i was the outsilis tut escaped; ran backwards really took the eye. As tit
sevmily half-a-inile, put in a Rame went on he perhaps over
Wilson who tore
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Mrs Piggott's turn to ride a winner
Usually the Piggott family leaves it to jockey Lester to ride the winners. But recently his wife, Susan, was first past the post. Photo here shows Susan stroking her horse Fulminate after she had ridden it to victory in the annual Newmarket Town Plate, run over four miles on the round course. Lester Piggott was there to watch his wife's triumph. Central Press photo.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
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THE ANGRY SENHORS HAVE A ŠHOCK PLAN
TOMORROW'S WORLD CUP MATCH IS NO
PUSH-OVER FOR ENGLAND
The shamed Soccer stars of Portugal who play England at Wem-
bloy tomorrow are ANGRY.
Angry that they are now rated no higher than Latin chopping
blocks for the cock-a-hoop English.
Angry that a side famed throughout the Continent, with Ove sinuous Aces from the European champlons, Benefica SUCCEHBORS io Real Madrid-in the line-u has been written off as "nished" after that us- tounding 4-2 World Cup dy- feat by Luxemburg.
By ALAN HOBY
"Don't forget I talked, too, with Fernandu
elther," 10 Peyroteo Portugal's pole se- added, "that surprises ure foot- And furiously, bitterly angry lector and team dletator--who ball's stock In trade. What that they are suddenly and tooked as if he was about to Luxemburg did to us we could unbelievably the laughing have on ulcer at any moment, do to you."
foot- His
bulldog face storks of International
brown, ball from London to Lisbon. scowled as he recalled his team's unforgivable display, and the Home to Rio.
hellowed at them way he had Recently I sat with the shock-in vain from the trainer's bench. ed, puzzled seyhors from Portu- Grimly he told me:- gal as the plane transporting
"Changes? Of course there them home from the Grand
will be changea against Eng- Duchy flew high above endless and. Our centre-bait, a good banks of cottonwool cloud.
player in his own tand, was terrible."
PROSPECTS
LIKELY WIN FOR PIGGOTT'S
MOUNT, THAMES TRADER
By VERNON MORGAN
London, Oct. 23.
Punters and bookmakers have more than the customary interest in the Cambridgeshire Handicap, the second leg of the Autumn Double, to be run over nine furlongs on Newmarket Heath on Saturday. The The reason is that a particularly large number of punters found Avon's
Pride the winner of the first leg, the were ring
Cesarewitch. They have coupled this winner with a number of horses in the Cambridgeshire some of whom will accordingly start at a falee price.
And so ended the first half, with Club 13 points up. best of the game had been over, as the Victorious and just couldn't get into the
did it, but generally Wilway to the right, got the ball thetreal kicking was sheer 29 out to Watson on the right wing. when he ran he often found a
1.Eten yards from their lovely gap; when he passed opponents line. Watson Just always seemned to do so to veut # cross-kick in but a Vic-loose seruma so quickly and it
did have a slowing effect on the game.
Chub kept the ball a little mare in the forwards and from
is centres the maximum 10m Herous man was there and there in which to move. Though he was some loose play
which At a jolly good service from Arian Smith worked the ball Robertson, Wison found Hitowards the line, These, was an a set serum twenty yards from self on a number of occasion intringement, theuigh. and the the naval ne took the ball on. huving to take the ball direct ship were absie to make sonwheeling ave or six yards from from forwards who did not
the line. Robertson then went cem so sure where they should find from their klek.
over for a good serum-half's try with half a dozen opponents in bis wake. get the kick over, nor the next, Kennedy couldn't
and in the dying minutes Moure had another
missed go and changed days!
Ther:
was a Club serum-
be alming their passes, with the result that he had to take then! ar times standing still
Good kicking
back
to 1930 to
arc
tu
In despair
I rive Fernando Poyroteo's words, not because I am a born alarmist, but breause there IS a danger that a com - placent England, needing only a draw to clinch their World Cup place, could easily under- estimate the Portuguero threat. Such
nonchalant altitude would not only be trivolous. It could be fatal.
Before Portugal's dusky jug- And Senhor Peyroteo, as giem leave for England they forella in Portugal as an ex- will be reminded of the prestige International centre-forward as issues at stake,
Tommy Lawton is over here, The entire eleven, from that turned expressive eyes upwards gold-toothed goalkeeper with the in despair.
cut reflexes, Alberto Costo Perhaps too he was thinking Pereira, down, will be briefed in what a different result it might new tacties, offensive and deten have been if the great Germano, sive, for the assault on Wen- Portugal's bearded, heavily bley. moustached wonder centre-half
And stor reinforcements will who is now hobbling around be drafted in. Cruz, Benfica's after a cartilage operation, had experienced Europeon Cup in- been able to play.
ternational, will return, at left- It was Germano
Supres put half with tough Latelo Tottenham's Bobby Smith out of moving to centre-half to plug the England team in that 1-1 the gaping hole there.
who
draw at Lisbon last May
Then, his mood changing.
Portugal's Soccer boss warned:
"What' happened in Luxem-
Key player
At outside-right will be the burg was a fluke. The exeep-renowned Jose Augusto, who tion. It was a scusations | played against Improbable as England's de- Lisbon.
England
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feat by the U.S.A. In 1950. But
I can also reveal that the keyl Is NOT the finish. We can player in Portugal's shock, plan, nover be as iragically bad to upset England is the current again.
Jual of the Lisbon adeptos.... "You know," he went on, his (fans), Eusebio Ferreiro, alias,
"We know we have dificulties. We are not fools. But I have watched England and difficulties too.
The pinyers are not, however, Stanley Woollen, himself an, Goldim Sands pulling up sorc strong mouth twisting into the Mozambique Marvel. too uneasy about the outcome (Australian, would have very in a final gallop. If she does go eroquet hoop of anger, t Eusebio is a pantherine, 19: for the Cambridgeshire is much liked Breasley to havo to the post Tommy Carter willis nonsense to say the match year-old with the tapering legs Ince for outsiders. It is a re- ridden Thames Tradir, on whom ride her.
with England is a walk-over, of the natural footballer. As a markable thing that since he has scored twice this wasɔ11, A lot of last minute money that it doesn't matter any more. Į kinky-haired urchin he perfect- before the first world war only but he was claimed by Slr Gor- has come for Sticky Case, win- We know we have to win ated his ball control barefoot two first favourites have won don for whose stuble he rides ner of her last race, chiefly be- Wembley to have a chance of on the beaches and in the back the vare, in the years 1918 and (as first jockey,
cause of Autumnn Double wagers qualifying for the World Cup strecla of steamy Mozambique.. 1920. Indeed, one has to go Thanks Trader was third in ixilli standing. She is trained by finala in Chile next May.
But Euneblo's supreme gift; find even a the race in 1959, but the gelding Jack Jarvis at Newmarket and
-the knack which, in a few short-priced horse winning, by Honeyway carried only 97 is well enough bred to win,
months, she hay
has made hizi 'the That, was Dan Butger whose pounds that year. He is likely though she does not appear to
black-and-tan prince of Fortu- odds were 7 to 1.
the start
have a favourite's credentials. Fath topweight
will "Whatever happens, I
ruese Soccer is the sirenking Saturday with 130 pounds. For
Track condition
shot he can defiver from the guarantee that when Portugel all that he is very much fanci.d
most extraordinary angles... the come to Wembley it will be with The bookmakers
A lot may depend on also and his win would hit the boots
with either foot. going which last year was very chins up and heads high.
"Wher hoping that the poor record pretty hard.
"After our defeat my players
Euseblo is in a goal held by files will continue Midsummer Night, owned by heavy. This time it is likely to
higher camne
individually, mood he seems to have three for oddly enough the most the American banker, Paut be good, giving the
Most apologising for that lamentable feet," a Portuguese Journalist
told me. fancied horses in the betting. Mellon, has gone up ten pounds weights a better chance. all heavily coupled with i în the handicap and though prominent of these, not already performance.
only 28 to in the betting, mentioned, are the Irish owned
by table These are Rachel (by Tudor appears to have too much to do Stupor Mundi X
(u Minstrel), Sticky Cusc
Tulyar), Blast (by this time.
Deton Court
(Djebe),
and Guitarist Elopement) Kelding by Tudor Minstrel).
Among those at the bottom of the handleap with less than three
ninety-eight pounds to carry, and Lineshooter Fuel, Goa, This
Crown Derby took to have the best chances.
But back came Kennedy with or even behind ithin. Having a nice kick, again on the left, his speed of the and again Kelly got possession Hot the ball. mark and the ability of the evading three men to pass to whole time to get going were Wilson. This time be put in a most impressive.
beautiful kick to the wing who effort again, half way
Most fancied Gun I was a pity that Kelly an just couldn't gather
it. Club
on the the left this time and Henzeloth the left-wing was given tos were certainly pulling much rope by la opposite pressure and were sure to serenade a lot of ground, but was number. He is a determined soon. After twelve minutes they held up just short of the line. Then Witsen Went the vigot player who ran nove beaut were awarded a penalty twenty fully, but he does have a hablt yards from the line and hall kieked fluh loft into in-gua), of slopping just short of his way out.
Marshall just touched down but opponent, marking time, and
Williams was up in a flash and it's unl then going inside, but
Moore, who handled the barlarly scored. swerve nor a adessly mar ant more than a dozen times througheat I should say. ht Just a change of divertiun and pace; a happier tackler against i
in waking kim last night would have kept et, til his caplain, Johnston, the senre clown not a little. gave him a hand-or, rather,
Didn't last
great difficully
4 boot with his gardening.
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The kick, Was .however HMS Victortoux didn't ett tirely last the pace that Club hooked. Then it was Victoritas
hat a penalty on set and small wonder, The ur. They remarkable thing wom that their own ten-yard lines the ball
iety through they kept going
in the way moved they did. Their last match was two players uit Lord found u bc- touch. The line-oul six week
ago in Singapore good
thal
one
or
|
Well done!
a
Avon's Pride, are female.
Pulling up sore
Martial), Plaza (by Persion Gulf) and The now doubtful Golden Sands (by In recent years, Pat Beasley Persian Gulf).
has formed" this particular The quartejic are. however, TOCE
having
it WOR
run
any
me
to
coll
colt
colt
"I ot once called a round- conference and told them by to forget their worries. I stil
believe in you,' I sold. by (a
An artist
"This
Acason he scared six goals 311 two League games. When he made his debt for Benefa In Paris last May e
Fight offer for had the crowd by the throat.
Sugar Ray
an
"Benclica were playing the crack club of South America, Santos, who, of course, have Pele, the greatest footballer in the world.
"Peic at his best is fantastic and in the first half the Parisian fans were crying Pelc, middle-Pele, Pele.
unranked when Eusebio
Bcored three a wonder goals they
acclaimed Decem-Pele AND Euschio.
The dark Eusebio's over-ali of 12,000 escudos a £150do not of masters
Another move by the backs foumi Kelly bound for the line the ugh he lacked as though he'd be freed into toush; in fact the pass to him was just forward in the bracket from which most times. Last year he provided From the ensuing set-sertim of the receul winners have the runner-up Fougalle. there was a loose one and the
come, for they are three years year. the Malton trainer sends
Boston, Oct. 23. ball came free, Willieins broke, of age and set to carry between King's Messenger, a four-year- in ji gralihed the hall and 98 and 112
Though the starting prices of Ray "Sugar" Robinson, the 41 pounds. So the old by King's Bench. to New- was ever the line running for ebances are not so great again market, Winner of his last all four will be in the region of year-old black wizard of boxing the middle of the seld before the
of Blites race, he is said to be quielly 50 to 1 if their owners decide to who is making his sixth attempt records
let them run at forvards had com clear
one of the to regain the world and they can't really practice cum a set-scrum and Raver or the melce. I have already heaquarters ux! Saturday,
and favourites being flouted a fancled.
Even the louls on the Heath quartet might come up to the weight crown was today offered "But, in the second half, have different views IN flight-deck without on, the Club serum-half said Kennedy's kick missed un their
In the huge Beld, which may
to rescue of the bookmakers. They $10,000 to meet and two losing an inordinate number himself with the ball
but it did sirile the upright, well number over 30, lots
which of
of ex-lockey Charlle are preferred in the order given. compatriot, Joe Denucci in of balls.
bustling naval wing-forwards at
There
Elliott's pair, Golden Sands or nourly
Unless there is a big chance non-iltle bout here on was
score fuck in running will be needed to kick i I was told
they did the same Ume: he had
Little Redskin. in the belter. into when loss, going right, sudticuly to win. Indeed, a good draw at
In the going, however, "Golden ber 11. and backwards,
Bolb are set to carry 105 Boy" Lester ggott may be first manage sort-of-p but all quickly.
The offer was made by Boston earnings players know that sort-of-TT touch. Here was pressure fran. turned back left towards his the start and u no-trouble
with ba may prove the decisive factor. pounds. The bookmakers quick-past the rest on Thames Treder boxing promoter Sam Silver-month--about will never substitute hard Rugby the visitors and cod it was to back. He was dealt
before he had ensed to Contrary to the long
the discomature of distance ly made the former the shorter to
the man following Robinson's points equal those
Pěle, Alfredo di Stefano training where one has got sec
22-year-old Theny Real Madrid, Denis Law Was a layers, Doug Smith, third in the win over horse's pilot price, even though she pel used to being knocked-and Wilson relieved it with a very Collins who bulldozed a number Cesarewitch the
being slopped does not matter all that much. Ally and in spile of the fact the Cesarewitch, is likely to place Moyer in their ten-round fight Inter-Milan, or Haynes of Ful- knucked hard-and then having and kick parallel to the touch of yards before
Douglos to produce a burst of speed. line, but just too parallel. Mar- jusi short,
Tu from rather retopp, the Jockey that will probably be/Smith had picked little Redskin again on Little Redskin-China at New York's Madison Square ham.
and it is the horse rather than ex-champion
a four-year-old colt by Lumin- HMS Victorious scrummaged shall, the ship's full-back, who tidily and knew a thing or two positioned himself well throug, and muddled play in the middle, first home. The fact that a run-
Robertan passer has an apprentice
on his ary as his mount.
The problem about line-out play, Parry shin-out the game, just got the ball Club heeled,
may be solved back should not deter punters. in: here. Tard at by-half put and returned it twenty or thirty to Wilson; to Kennedy who tore
the puzzled punters by his man und thes gave indeed, that shrewd trainer in some very good
was relieving yards. There
ov.Buster" Gosden, has engaged kicks to touch, and was probably barger in the line-out and the Watson who had moved better at that than getting his bearded Patrick aimed for goal, frum right wing to left to score the apprentice Alan Gibbons to ride the heavily backed Rachel. ling going. The centres were it would have made it a much a very comfortable try.
Well done, both sides! The Gibbons can claim seven pounds not much in evidence, but from mbre even match if he had been
match was not without Its rag reducing the filly's weight to 09 there was his kicking successful; its it was he
then on Erdnem at times, but there just short, and from
pounds. On the left wing Patrick look- the Victorious visits to the Club scintillating play at others, ed dangerous and with mern half were far less frequent,
Nearly twenty minutes suppert would have been. Ic
whet was more than necessary,
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Club ipast
Was
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The teams Club: Moore; Watson. Ross, Kennedy, Kelly Wilson, Robert-
hind one or two attempts at pen- gone beture Wilson got the ball ally goals, a couple
of which going left; it came back right on: Willams. Dwyer. Menzies, came very close.
for these Club backs are not Collins, Nicholson, Berrecloth, The match started with Club happy with just reiting the ball | Johnston (capt). B. Smith. kicking cf. a thing they have guing one way unless that's all FIMS Vloterlous! only had to do one and a half that's wanted for a try. Kennedy Patrick, Harnett, Taylor (capi), times a match on average this beat a couple of men and pass- Daniels: Lurd, Porter, Chapman, SC6407. Wilson kicked fued to Ross who powerfully ad Hitch, Anderson, Glover, Kea-
the Ten-yard speely broke away to score.ghan, Parry, Walsh, Kennedy.
katseli
over
TAE GAMBOLS
STAGE DOOR
Marshall;
Both riders battling for this year's champion Jecker title, Lester Piggoli, of Britain, and Boobie Breasley, of Austrails, have mounts. Piggott appears to have the better chance on the back of the five-year-old Thames Trader. Breasley rides Indian Conquest. trained by 8lr Gordon Bloliards.
by Barry Appleby
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Rhodesians just fail
to beat touring
NZ cricketers
Bulawayo, Oct. 23. New Zealand's touring cricketers avoided defeat by one wicket here today and drew their three-day match against Rhodesia. This was the first match of their South African tour. Bol moral victory went to the New Zealand managed to aim Rhodesians, who declared their for a draw this afternoon with first itnings at 311 for eight and out stonewalling or edrning the second innings at 147 for five. emmily of the local crowd.
In reply, the New Zealanders
'The last hour was tension- onty Totalled 262 all but for
Indeed,
like
of
of
the latest reports from Brozil state that under a new contract the phenomenal Pelo recieves £2,000 a month,
£500 a Longue match
and
£550 for friendlies PLUS £2,200 every time he appears on TV for the gas industry, PLUS further staggering Sm for allowing his name and ple- ture to decorate every bag of coffet manufactured
by a tending coffee company, PLUS what he earns from his own firm of builders.
Te-i
No wonder he has just glstered his same as a trade mark!
But even if Eusebio is not yet In the Pele class, either in re-
sults or rewards, he has that serm of genius which will
needì
hawk-like watching at Wembley. For the Portuguese know that at their one hope of winning Wembley Hea in runtching o quick goal and so boosting their own mergurlul spirits to the they aro London alles. And banking on the firebrand shoot- ing of Eureblo to score it.
That's why I nay Eng land shouldn't relax. They their first innings and this after-pucked cricket at ila best and in
the last over, the fall of Guy's shouldn't succumb to the easy noon the visitors only just
the Rhodesians temptation of treating LELIS managed to avoid defeat, acur wickel meant
for nine,
go and ong match as a cakewalk, The main had two balls to
wicket to get. today was
done
Ron Flowers, England's lett. by
half, must shackle and tackla bowler Partridge. Not unnaturally, the Rhode-inside-riglit Euseblo right from
Ink 192
damage
Rhodesian
Atinongla the
who took five for 12.
neo
spectators
Blan bowlers could not rise to a
for those Eusebib)
When Jokmoy Haynes and his
the start. And goalkeeper Rari would naturally have liked to challenge of that magnitude. Springat must be on conathat
Bhodesian victory, there Looking at the match as a lookout were faw complainia about whole, the highlight was Kiwi rockets. the result, bonuse this was the skippër John Rold's fhriings of brand of hard-hitting, gay 97 runs in 92 minutes yesterday have WON the match thủy th
men have done that, when they bę The two 'aldes meet in `k're«' át turn match next wuck in Balis-
bury-AFP,
oricket rarely' seéfs' hark for that matter by Belisln Australia.
can start hollering "Chile; ketent we cine." Not before.
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