1949-12-21 — Page 6

The Spotlight Is On

THE HONGKONG

SPORTING SAM

POOR REFEREEING & ROUGH PLAY IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL

By Vernon Morgan

London, Dec. 20.—The spotlight on sport this week is on soccer referees with a three-point statement by the Footbal Association and further complaints about the rough play in League soccer today.

The three-point statement by the Football Association told referees that, firstly, they are penalising the player who accidentally hits the ball with his arm or his hand; secondly, they are ignoring the rule that a goal-keeper may be charged if holding the ball inside the goal area; and thirdly, that they are failing to deal with deliberate time wasting under the heading of ungentlemanly conduct./

One of the first complaints about rough play was made by the English cap- tain, Billy Wright, who told official referees and players in an address at Wor- takes cester that "there is too much underhand work on the field." "Too much

It spoils the game and causes trouble among both players place that should not be.

and spectators," said Wright.

Wright told him Rsteners that the game had ended I and a

a well-known International hadrut eye, a blackened eye and

beiter the and told him that he

boot marks of a look out for himself when they planted on my rear," next met In a match. "When

International Series Teams

the

Selected

fritid

which

little doubt!

Changes

firmly Two

In Indian

Test Team

Bombay, Dec. 20.-India has made two changes for third unofficial Test week the

are

hre

on

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949.

By Reg. Wootton ›

Perturbs Doping Scare

Racing Authorities

What are the racing authorities doing about the doping scare?. That is a question which is perturbing Britain's racing world, and trainers in particular.

As one trainer put it to James Park: "I take every reasonable precaution against burglary. But it would be a nice thing if my house was burgled and I got six months for allowing it. That is the position I am in if one of my horses iş found to have been doped.”

That is not how the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee look at it. They say the trainer is the only person they can hold responsible, and he must take all precautions. They do things better in the USA. They also have had their doping scandals, and Pinkerton's Detective Agency was called in.

Pinkerton's men have now taken charge and are held re- sponsible. That is not possible In England. In the USA the horses are all stibled in race- course stables. In England they are sometimes stabled in yards

near the racecoursC.

Trainers think the authorities should eci. The Jockey Club own police

·Sportsman's Diary-

EDITED BY

Bruce Harring

played regularly at Wimbledon and in other lawn teants tour- naments. Before the war she won the Irish championship.

HYPNOTISM? NO

A young hypnotist, upset by his local football club's poor record this season, offered to Watson has entered for our mesmerise the team to win. professional

in Rejecting the championship

offer, Isthmian League side Ilford told him it might be better to hypnotisa tach opponents.

Ilford, bottom of their table, have not won a League match this season. Making his offer, self-taught hypnotist Julb, 18, said:

Them Is very that play in English football is at times unnecessarily rough and the man who must obvious- ly lake the binme is the re feree.

It is

the "referee who is in charge of the game.

SOME ARE EXCELLENT Some English referee excellent Only this there wa n degistration in against the Commonwealth

their the large cricket tourists, beginning organized Baly, during

chanted "We watit

March. December force to clean up the rings after at Calcutta refereen

They

the first world war. They could 30.

N. du Romething in that direction All

and 6. 'Mushing the British snecer public, however, by no Chowdhury replace B. Nimbalkar The are strong and C. R. Rangachari. means all referees

If they may do team will be as follows:

Merchant Hener enough even their best to be fal

Hazare. the

S. Mushtaq All, R. Than memorandum

Phadkar, H. H. Football Armela|ion. Dozens of Modi.

Mankad, P. R player and a Adhikart, times one by

Umrigar, 5. Nayudu. C. S

MIC leum. penalised when it

Mantri and N. Chodhury 10 rectly obvious that the player

12th mush will be P. G. Jos what has committed the foul has

Mauhing All, who partneres! done so quite untelentionally

memorable bull Merchant in many *The

the Tetere

opening stands for India, returns the Ted side for the first time 10 This season

Scotland plays China in jerowd

International Soccer fair."

the Club Tournament at Ground, Happy Valley, on Christmas Day at 3.30 p.m. Portugal plays England at Boundary Street on Boxing Day at the same time.

The fullowing will regement their culties in the Intern tional matches

Neotland

Pie Park Kash [KOSHE 11

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RASC, Cpl Nichelso RAP Me- Brown Pub Hi Alanson

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chire), Chow Man-chi (KMB). T Ying-fan (Kitchee; Via Cheuk-yin

EXC- (Kitchee, Chu Wing keung

choo), Lai hiu-wing (11lchre), Les Tai-fi (KMD) ileserve

Tani Iwan-kan (KMB). La Sh-ping 1Kitcheek, (OAA), 1 Port-chiu Tang Yee-kit (KM), Au Chi-yan

Mi Team Manager

NE

Portugal

(SCAA)

iCau-11m

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M. SILVA Mens 10 (SJC) Vice Capt T Tantalon (Macau). A G Santo (SJFC). Alox Arosa (Macau, A. Cunha

isure). J (Macau) Mt Xavier Castilho (5JFC), 7 Pacheca Fast- m). J Gomes JFC). Capt. G Pereira (53) Reserves

Gonano (SJFCL. M Noronha (PCAL Castilho (PCAL T A Xavier

IPCA), R. Pires (PCA), G

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YOUR SHOE LACE IS BROKEN

(PCA) Team Manager: Mr Ben- striking the hand of a defender rique Nolasco

In the penalty area. The crowd ars Entis," wrging him to nword a penalty. His own co- soning would tell him that the defender was not at tuult and there was no chaner of his being ale to get his hand out of the

England Leyland (Army), Tore: (Novy),

Burner Wouten (Army).

Army), Tennue) (Army), Deardry (Navy), Daley (Navy), Sprays (Navy) Can- way (Army), Dear (Army). Braw (Army) Reserven Brown retuba Smith Army). Edge (Navy), Studd (RAFI, Won (Commande) Bard- wick (Club) Teat Manager Cap 1 Chisnall

GOVERNOR'S CUP

UNSIGHTED

(captain),

nuw

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Park suggests two ex-Scot- land Yard men with the right

They

Mr qualifications. John Horwell, CID chief for six years, and his friend Mr Ite

McCooey, ginni

who knows about racing.

Chowdhury, new ball bowler, played ugariet the Wen Infles in the fourth Teal at Madras las #rason.

day fleuter.

FLYING FANS

Austral Football Club made story before the war as the first football team to travel to gether by air to a match their Supporters' Club follows salt by becuting the 1hs to

air trip. EIZ mrganize

Now

An eroplane has been booked,

others

available

are

The Commonwealth won the Arst unofficial Test in Delhi by and

wickets The second, play-needed, for a Boxing Day trip where Arsenal ed here, ended in a draw to-to Manchester,

Fare, Including play United conch from Highbury to the airport at Stansted, Essex, £355. return. For comprison I quote return London-Minches- railway fares-IDs. third class, 75s. ft.

Chess Tourney

Results

E. M. Marchetti took the lead

the tournament for the Championship of the Kowloon Chess Club when he beat P. L Ogilvy-Stuurt in the second round t the Peninsula Hotel last night.

Drawing

In the

ETERNAL CUP-TIES

The big shots of the League

piny their first Cup-ties with the reason half over. But think

of two humble survivors hard nt il ever since September,

1 refer to Nuncalon and Mossley. first round

The winners of their replay will share with Wex- mouth the distinction of being the first tenins since the war to fight their way through a the qualifying rounds to the third round proper,

with A Archangelsky, Maur-

chotil now han 1% polits, This was the only second round game played last night. Oglivy- Stuart hdd beaten the defending Champion, L. Schure, in the

Arst

had the better of Marchetti

all the game

the way a Financhetto Defence to the King's Pawn Opening.

WHITE BALL

Lenguers. Mossley, Cheshbe

Nunca- (have played nine ties.

ton, in the Birmingham Com- bination, 10. Now the winners pre away to Exeter City. They Those who do the dirty deeds Two more first round matches In soccer do so as carefuly as have been

completed. H. might have been favoured with they can when the referee is not Klinghardt heat V. V. Kolatchufa more remunerative match. inking when he is unsighted. In an irregular QGD, breaking The Governor's Cup game be

Again, many referees are

into his

opponent's defence tween the Hongkong Football | whistling up players who quite within 15 moves. Association and the Chinese legitimately charge the goal- Eugent Taust

beal A F. A while ball for football Amateur Athletic Federation keeper

lo possession and still Tuskla

King's Bishop's these murky mid-winter days. In a will take place Al the Club 24Ի are completely Ignoring

Opening after 57 moves.

Why not? Que was used in the ground on January 1.

the time wasting which goes on One Brst round game was ad-

recond half of the match Second round games for the under their very nose.

journed. M. Feldman having

ngainst Italy. Now the Amateur Challenge Shield to take place

must be able to Geometerlal superiority

the

Cup holders Bromley, want 10 an January 7 and are fol

player deliberately sealed

against

adopt permanently. low:

wastes time. Senior Eastern V.

Only by strong refereeing can Joseph's; Police v. Club; Army the game of soccer 1z. properly *. Kitchee;

News played. A V.

recent poll by one newspaper of its readers showed Wint seven writers complained Junior --Prisons or Dockyard about the low standard of re-

Vendors.

KMB

when

St.

v. Club; Commandus ur Sollet- tors v. BAF; SCAA

chee

Nav

DI

Army: CAA

it

freeing Lo every une Lizzel KR-praised IL. It is. therefore, clear that the soccer public is fully aware of the deficiencies of the: mon in charge.

re-

Police

Mr A. L. Gordon hos placed Mr Harris as representative #n the F. A. CAUSE OF ALL TROUBLE Council,

Mr A. J. Hussain replaces of all the trouble that occurs A weak referce is the cause Mr Harris on the Disciplinary in matches as

not only the Sub-committee.

The Disciplinary

Football Association but players Sub-com and officials are ready to see. rnittee will meet on Friday at

Men ke Billy Wright would 5.30 p.m. to discuss the beha

not have to complain as he does viour of Leung Sheung-tak who (and Wright is not the sort of was ordered off the field during man to accuse people Inisely, the CAA-SCAA match and for he is an even tempered and the conduct of one of the lines clean player) if the referees men in the Prisons v. Eastern did their job properly. match. Both games were play. ed last Saturday,

is

The Football Association out: to see that they do.-Reuler.

..BOUND FOR OPERATION POTHEEN ...

HOW DEEP'S THE LOUGH?

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Ziriusky.

move

V

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Day

Christmas

Match At IRC

Television likes a white ball, but there are other points in its favour. Visibility for players and

matters, 100. smilookers Only in snow would it be a disadvantage.

In future Bromley will use such a ball in all their home

An Intra-club cricket match matches, Dennis Roberts tells will be

played at the Indiane, it other Albenion League R.C. at Snokupoo on

clubs agter, Christ-

They hope other mas Day at 10.30 am. between clubs will follow their example. the Under 37's and the Over 37's, So do I. Teams are as follows:

|CHAMPION FOR ENGLAND

Over 31-A. el Argull (Capt.. A. Minu, A. 1. Madar, M. f.

G, J Watson, protezatonal Rezaei, F. M. el Arculil, A, 11. 1. A. K. Exmail, 4. M. Humjalin,

squash champion of Australia. Minu, M. A. Randahn, 8. A. Ismail, S. X. Zmn! V. A. Ruin-

is now on his way to England. and A. M. Waliob He is a player tahn (umpire)

prowess, is Incres)

year Mahmoud Karim, of Egypt, Under 37.-A. II. Kitchell (Captur Professional Open Champlon, A. R. Abuns, A. IL Dakar, T. Crabtree, I. All. S. H. Khan, D. M. was led 8-2 in the Arts game Omar, 1. M. Omar, A. A: Humjaha, by Watson, In the inal chal- A. K. Markar, M. A. Wahn, Selange at Sydney Kurim again

A. Ebrahim (reserve): G. Monly won by Dutt tumpire) and T. I. Barman

(scorer).

Mister Conquest··

LATER..

ATIS BOTTOMLESS. THE NIGHT WE LOST TOMMY DUGAN OVERBOARD-WE GOT

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The

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Guest of honour Thames Rowing Cup dinner was Sir Harcourt Gold, knighted for Two hum services to rowing. stories fold at the dinner de- serve repetition,

The

JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN

THEY MUST BRING MATTHEWS BACK

Acquit us right away of ever having been in the Matthews-at-any-price class that was prepared to see Tom Finney thrown on the dust heap rather than cast the slightest shadow against Stanley's outside-right throne.

We have oven put ourselves in the painful position of questioning the great man's progressive usefulness and gone to the extent of quoting fellow travellers in the same England sides who professed puzzlement at his apparent waywardness,

All this while we were still a half to work in. None, with of Finney, can loudly proclaiming that he was the exception the greatest ball player and in- so easily keep out of trouble. dividual entertainer we had None can go more boldly to:

the tackle when he wants to jever seen on the field of play.

nor shoot more strongly when the occasion demands.

him Now, having Feveral times recently, and particularly against Chelsea at

Fit? As a fiddle. He is a Stamford Bridge, on Saturday, we found the rostrum to pro Spartan Uver, devoted to his Tuesdays he claim once more the greatness condition. On

Grilst

and to demand does a system of body exercises skipping, and then As England's out-and some his return

ten sprints-full "out off the side right.

mark for 20 yards, fading for another 20 and folding at the hundred mark

THE STAND SIDE

SPRINT PRACTICE

On

You have to go back into the mists of football history to and the like of him...to the old men's talk of such as Bobby Wednesdays the same. Templeton, of Glasgow Celtic, Thursdays he cuts the sprints Newcastle United, and 'Scotland, to eight and on Fridays he cuts the

devastating out the body work and reduces man whoso

блу, caused the the sprints to six. All the skill, they crowd to sway and the stand time, he walks on the road. In to collapse in the Ibrox disaster other words, Matthews at 34 18 at the start of the century; the as it as any schoolboy of 16 man who would play outside with a body on him they half if that ought to be right in the Drst were the stand side, and thon Slade, muscle by muscle. at outside left in the second halt, because he liked to re- friends in the main with his stand.

a

drawing at the

He is too good a sportsman to be disgruntled about being discarded by England, "but Bitle disappointed, naturalist."

years at

A bobbydazzler if ever there He could and should bo there

flye William was one, the old hands will tell for the next

you, but

comparative least. youngster. Now Stanley Mal-

hews, at 34 years of age, has Mortensen played like a hero, the same compelling quality. with a cold you couldn't have Jiftes with a bulldozer, and

his

Ол

"I've watched Ilford

piny many tines this

season and 1. The Hev E. T. KULk they have been awful, I would (there representing cricket) cox- hypnotise them to "win' evers'j

He does not have to wait for what a cool, Immaculate centre Thames as a schoolboy, but match.

the mists of time to envelop half was Chelsea's John Harris

Uhis broke up an eight, and there

performance. the legend. The legend is here on 11ford committee after confined himself in cricket!

nlmost any performance for Camsidered the offer. decided to with him now, wrought by 2.A. L. McLeod, the

two mngle feet, by his ice-cold that matter. to win their bridge Blue, captained the Lady continue trying Margare

surumer matches on mert Quite right, body, by his sure Instinct, his bratr by his perfectly tuned VIII jast which made such history. Their too.

artistry in everything he does. colour la scarlet, He was sold After Je trave been discovered Ute regalta, arms clasped round aple-box, proclaiming with Intense emotion: "Well rowed Lady Maggie?”

CONGRATULATIONS

SLIGHTLY SUPERIOR

Any England leam That

-(London Exprem ServicE)

Tom Finney CILI be accom- Polo & Hunt Club

More fun among the minnows doesn't and a place for him- Paget Rangers,modated at outside left or any of football. Central Amateur League side, Inside position-Isn't an England bent Evesham 24-1.

Any advance on this? Footnote. In 1885 Arbroath A

1x borg

Ealing bent Bon Accord st son

30-0 in a C. Mrs

F. 0. Lister, Scottish Cup matchi,

Like formerly Thelma Jarvis,

Mrs Lister has her husband,

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