1950-12-04 — Page 6

THE HONGKUNG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1950.

Nothing Upsets Scots Confidence

FLYING SAVË

Vladimir Beara, the ex-ballet dancer and goal- keeper of Yugoslavia, måkės a flying save during ân England attack in the match at Highbury. Full back Stankovic watches anxiously (left) during the interna- tional match between England and Yugoslavia at Highbury.-Central Press Photo.

England Threw Away The Match Against The Yugoslavs

Says ARCHIE QUICK

THEY ARE READY FOR THE AUSTRIANS AT HAMPDEN PARK

Says IVAN SHARPE

Oct. 1950; Austrālią 7, Jugoslavia 2.

Nov. 1950: England 2, Jugoslavia 2.

So the book of form says a team five goals better thah England appears at Hampden Park on December 13 to tackle Scotland.

But Mr Secretary Graham, with pawky Scottish humour, says, "Leave it to us. We'll show them. We are used to pulling England out of a hole!"

This five goals margin leaves About the gentleman in black | his arms reach up to Heaven"; Engländ with two black eyes, beneath the crossbar....Every Harrold, Leicester Fosse centre- True, we gave the Jugoslavs | Continental country seems to half; Coquet, Tottenham Hot- both goals. There is no doubt have a star goalkeeper perform-spur right back; Eadie, of Man- whatever that if first Compioning like a man OB a flying chester City; and Nils Middlebo¤, and then Ramsey had left the trapeze Or, as a Cockney Chelsea's "Great Dane.” ball to Williams, the goalkeeper emerging from the exits said: Gone, but not forgotten. could have cleared without "Like a-black kangaroo." Where are the Long Toms of: dimculty,

Whir?

1950? Rubbed out by rationing?

But that doesn't make these

Because, abroad, goalkeepers football errors "blundering are "untouchable"-they receive stupidities." Such criticism the freedom of the penalty-area. ranks with the soapbox in Hyde | No-one may charge them. Park,

The chairman of the selectors

(Mr Arthur Drewry) said after

BUT NOT LUCKY

CUP CHANGES

There may be no spectacular alterations in the FA and FA Amateur Cup competitions, but instead, a steady pruning and.... cutting down of accepted entries,

the match that three of the So they can jump and bound Engikimų players had been to him to their heart's delight and this Tinpot Rovers, I maintain, are to say "Sorry, Mr Drewry, It develops confidence and show-on the way out of the National,

How ungenerous to Cups, was my fault." I can only guessmanship.

was this one lucky. He at the identity of the regiciul cali three, but I admire their courage marvellous. "England Even interna-

have given us a lesson in long passing," the Jugoslavs say.

We should say

and frankness.

tional footballers haven't eyes in the back of the head.

The truth is, our good luck they have given us a lesson in effortless com- against Italy at Tottenham in smooth, slick, 1940 has levelled-up at Highburybination, the basis of which is in 1950.

BITE WANTED

But if confessions are to come into fashion the selectors should do public penance. They made bloomers.

I called this team "dangerous- ly experimental," which is about as far as we can go in eight- page papers. So I wasn't sur- prised that England failed to win.

For well over a year I have been saying that the England defence lacks bite, Italy proved it. I expect it was the same at the World Cup. I wasn't there. My heart wouldn't stand it

And by season'

1952-53 the desired Intermediate Cup for professional clubs outside the Football League will be launched if sufficient clubs desire it.

So the Banbury Spencers Nuneatons and Denaby United must keep chins up and keep on real ball-control; use of the out-working for the right to have side as well as the inside of the their own great Final Day at foot in passing the ball, allied as Wembley.

a rule to lissom body-swerve,

The more I see or interna- tional Soccer, the more I feel that the fooballer of the future will be a streamlined fellow with a build like Bennett of the Spurs, or Milburn of Newcastle United, or David Jack in his heyday.

Monaveen Destroyed

But the shotless Jugoslavs are

London, Dec. 2.. The Queen to-day saw her not in the first three in my Con- tinental rankings, The best I

famous steeple-chaser Monaveen have seen were the Austrians and Italians of the 1930's and fall and have to be destroyed, while contesting the £2,000 the Dynamos from Russia.

Elizabeth Stakes run over thres But when is this body-check-miles at Hurst Park this after- ing business going to be cleared The lads from Belgrade up? have it more than most.

noon.

Monaveen, with whom the

And by bito, I don't mean fury or unfair play. I mean

In the days of the great Queen had hopes of winning urm tackling of the type dis-

Huddersfield-Harold Wagstaff the Grand National, broke a played by the much-capped

League team, often leg when falling and had to Dickinson of Portsmouth. But, Rugby

when he came For the first time in the long history of English if you remember, they dropped claimed as the finest club com- be shot. The horse was among

Dickinson for Watson against bination ever to play Rugby of the leaders

any code, opponents complained down. football the national side has failed to beat a visiting

italy.

The nine-year-old colding. Individually, the England of "scientific obstruction."

finished fifth in last Continental eleven in a full International match. With

Almost all the Continental which the kind permission of the English defence Jugoslavia backs, Ramsey and Eckersley,

excellent and extremely countries use scientific obstruc-year's Grand National, is own- drew 2-2 on Arsenal's ground, and so continued their re-are

tion-arms or shoulders slightly ed jointly by the Queen and Princess Elizabeth, how in cord of having won at Belgrade in 1939 and defeated our praiseworthy players but, as a

pair, they are on the small and extended, accidentally on pur- amateurs in the Wembley 1948 Olympic Games.

gentoel side, so more trenchant pose, to hamper opponents," put Malta. tickling must be inserted in the them out of stride, defence somewhere.

England threw away the Highbury match after gaining a two goal lead in the first half hour. It was not 36 much that England were unable to win as that they allowed the Jugoslavs to draw level. Two "softer" goals than those presented to a visiting side that was never more than workmanlike I do not expect to see again in afl International game. In each case Willie Watson, the Sunderland Hght-half, was the original culprit with the final blame going to Leslie Compton and Alf Ramsey respectively.

upset the rhythm and confidence of the home side.

· GOING DOWN

NOT PERFECT

Monaveen started a 9/4 favourite. The race was won by Coloured School Boy, who

He won It is generally illegal, of course, stafled at 3/1.

of what we which is a stable companion of but has grown with the game exciting race from Rhetorius,

to call the good-old- Monaveen. used abroad in place

healthy-shoulder-charge.

is nearly dead ined by Peter Cazalet and ridden

go.h.s.c. Britain, and we

by any means,

The The Queen's horse was train- aren't perfect by Tony Grantham, who was Injured and brought in by' an ambulance-Reuter.

res-

as

TOWEEL BEATS O'SULLIVAN

A genteel defence gives the other fellows too much time to settle on the ball and do their I generally gave my best against stuff. Good, bad or indifferent. Jesse Pennington, of Crompton and Pennington fame, because I knew he would not bump me Understand?

Nor did the England attack In club football, all too often like a really we follow through with the boot IL the first cise Watson

ever look to me

line. They Were satisfactory

to trap the other fellow's ankle allowed himself to lose a simple

The truth is England had only worth those two Lofthouse goals, in a tackle. Our club tackling tackle when he could Have put

half back of necessary the ball into touch. Instead the one

out I wasn't at all surprised is often too trenchant; the Con- intinentals stop 'em unfairly in ball was whipped over. Williams standard, the tireless Dickinson.

they cracked up when had it

ways more siy. covered but Compton, Watson was only good when in

umergency. Compton was

It is up to the highly standing on the goalline stuck possession and

Johnnesburg, Dec, 2. at Sunderland

pected British countries, out a foot and trickled the ball lost, as he was

retained Vic Toweel tonight Wales, without his

pioneers and law leaders in the his world and Empire bautame Into his own net. Later, Watson against

Watson's short-

The fact is, of course, our in-Federation of International Foot-weight championships by beat- again dithered, but the shot Arsenal pals

football

to is going ball Associations, ternational that was sent in was a school-comings upset Ramsey's game.

Ing Danny O'Sullivan, the Bri- The English forward line was boy's save for Williams. Instead,

to what we should expect from uniformity in law interpretation tish Champion on points. since the

level, Only in the 70-odd countries now Ramsey decided to block it, the the best I have seen

The British champion retired ball went out to the Slav cen- days of the Matthews, Morten- Loday's low club

nighty expert team selection tre-forward and he had nothing sen, Lawton, Mannion, Finneyd management will lift it out playing the Soccer game, Some at the end of the 10th round,

line-up, with the hardshooting

is one dimculty. diminutive Hancocks of the the rut.

We are finding it more and when I asked Nat the out-

Lofthouse flapping outsize shirt standing

Jugoslavs Lofthouse's more dificult Success.

spoke

Manila, Dec 2uc! In contrast, the English goals tow goals keeps him in, and lett by Cullis, Lawton; Carter, English on the field, he said of

even if Baily and Mannion tried

the Bit. Sin. centre-half,

Tanny Campo of the Philip "My were patterns from the next book. Hancocks to Mannion to

man seemed to know only one pines to-day retained his fly

weight championship of the I can think of no one better. Baily, a long pass to Medley, a

encircle Mahnion.

word, and that was 'Foul!"

Orient by decision agains My only changes would

3ins. cross, and Lofthouse, hit home

Yes, 6ft Would England No. 1. Dickenson to Hancocks to Johnston (Blackpool). Nicholson either Arsenal or the 'Spurs on several of these giants in British Thailand's Chat Sitphol. Si

Larry Bataan of the Philip- Medley roving on the right (Spurs) or Wright (Wolves) for

I doubt football in the 1900-1914 period pines (122 lbs) won by decison wing no her cross and Loft-Wa'son and Cummings (Burn Wednesday afternoon?

Had they either Arsenal's Albert Iremonger, the Noits against Thailand's Phol Fhranko house headed in at fullley) or. Hughes (Liverpool) for

stream-County goalkeeper, ot whom dang in the junior featherweight length. Those goals looked the Compton, although I am; not power or Tottenham's

I Steve Bloomer said, "His head championship fight of but really seen bin either centre-lined skill in team-work?

don't think so.

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to do but tap it home,

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