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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 30, 1988.
Rugby Season Prospects
TIME HONOURED START
ABANDONED
GREAT BRITAIN'S TOUR
(By AIR MAIL)
London, August 13.
THE coming Rugby football season is not so far away that it does not bear thinking about, even while the games of the sum-
HEARTS
mer are at their height. Many clubs in the Midlands and the RETAIN
West will be playing their opening matches on the first Saturday of September; almost imperceptibly, in contrast to the united on- set of the Association game, the others will join in, until, with the entry of the London clubs, Rugby will be swinging vigorously along before the end of the month.
There is a thrill of pleasure to be had merely in reading over the list of fixtures, although it is too early yet to deal directly with the prospects of the leading clubs. The match between Black- heath and Rosslyn Park used to be a time-honoured opening of the London season, but now it is not played until the New Year, and Blackheath have two engagements in the West Country be- fore they open at the Rectory Field on. October 1 with what has the sound of a stirring encounter against Birkenhead Park.
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Rosslyn Park, none the less,1 will be in at the start with match against the Harlequins at the Old Deer Park on September 24; on the same day, nearby at Richmond, London Scottish are to meet Old Merchant Taylors, so that no one need complain of} being kept waiting.
INTERNATIONAL SCORING
The international campaign, of course, is remote and mysterious, apart from the knowledge that England will meet, both Wales and Ireland at Twic- kenham, and will go up to Murray- Scotland. field for a revenge over
Last season's adventures lose nothing of their weirdness by the passing of time; it is not possible to imagine that they will be repeated on similar scale of scoring.
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SWISS PLAYER DEFAULTS
AT MATCH POINT
St Moritz, August 16. (By Air Mail) There was a dramatic finish in the finals of the men's singles in the Engadine champion- Needing only match ship here. point for victory. Boris Maneff, Switzerland's first ranking player, walked off the court, leaving Max Ellmer, Swiss Davis Cup player, winner of the cup and the singles title.
Maneff apparently desired Ellmer to win the cup outright, as it the latter had already won twice. His gesture, though done in a sporting spirit, aroused criti- cism and comment
the among other competitors and the 001- lookers.
The six internationals last year brought 176 points, and for all the skill of that now famous Scottish triangle formed by R. W. Shaw. D.J. Macrae, and R. C. S. Dick, it is the ting the South African 3-4-1 forma general opinion that most of these tion, and the hooking of Travers has points represented defence rather than been admirable.. attack, gone mad though the altoget
season.
BEST ALL TIME BACK
SO-
WILSON
CUP
SHOW OF TEMPER SPOILS HARD TUSSLE
HIBERNIANS BEATEN 2-0
(By AIR MAIL)
PAYNTER'S
FEAT
ANOTHER CENTURY
AGAINST WARWICKSHIRE
(By AIR MAIL)
London. Lancashire's comfortable seven wic» kets' victory over Warwickshire at Birmingham was a personal triumph for Paynter, who followed his 125 on Monday with 113 not out in the second. innings.
It was the first time the England left-hander had scored two, separate |hundreds in a match, and the last time. a Lancashire batsman achieved the feat was ten years ago, when Hallows made 123 not out and 101, also against War- wickshire on the same ground.
Paynter again battled in characteris- tic style, and completely overshadowed the other batsmen. In for three hours twenty minutes, he hit only eight 4s, but was never uninteresting to watch. His fine judgment in running kept his score moving at an even rate. He did not give a chance, and the only really false stroke he made was when, in the
eighties, he nearly pulled a ball from
Groom into his wicket.
London, August 17. The first meeting of the season between Edinburgh's First Divi-
Warwickshire, having scored 83 in sion rivals saw., Heart of Mid-an hour for their four outstanding wic lothian retain the Wilson Cup by defeating Hibernians, Tynecastle Park.
2-0
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kets earlier in the day, left Lancashire to get 205 to win. Neither Washbrook nor Iddön gave Paynter much assis- tance, but Oldfield helped to carry the
WARWICKSHIRE
201
It was a hard-fought encoun-total to 109. Hopwood defended dog- ter, which had little else to com-gedly, taking nearly an hour to reach double figures. Paynter made the win- mend it, although the result was ning hit. good in view of Hearts' long spells of supremacy. With Miller, Black, and," occasionally; Walker, in sprightly mood, good things Croom, c Oldfield, b Phillipson.
Santall, b Nutter were expected of Hearts. Unfor- Buckingham, c Pollard, b Wilkinson 28 tunately, the young centre-for- R. E. S. Wyatt, e Farrimond, b 3
Few
reputations
when first
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First Innings ..
Second Innings
Total
LANCASHIRE
35
10
22
21
21
3
21
229
226
113
7
11
22
29
-207
Total for three wickets
BOWLING ANALYSIS Warwickshire-Second Innings
0. M. R. W; 4042
Wilkinsoni ward discovery, Rennie, did not
Dollery, Lb.w., b Wilkinson have a good game. Hibs had a ord, Lb.w., b Wilkinson dogged defence, in which Miller P. Cranmer, e Farrimond, b Wil- was outstanding, and the liveliest kinson
in Nutley, who Fantham, not out raider on view operated at outside left and in-Paine, at. Farrimond, b Nutter
Wilmot e Farrimond, b Phillipson It is not easy to form English, side left.
Mayer, Farrimond, b Pollard.
Extras were enhanced, her inspired place-kicking of men like Scottish, Welsh, and Irish players, all W. H. Crawford, V. G. J. Jenkins, and with their distinctive styles of play, however, for the game, deserved
was G. W. Parker must not be overlooked. into a well-knit team, and it But such feeble tackling and covering significant that nearly half of South description of a "local Derby," was fast and exciting without
First Innings in midfield as we had at Lansdowne-Africa's team was composed of men vealing the true football strength and
the Springboks'
of the combatants,
Second Innings road and Twickenham can never have who took part in
potentialities neither of whom was at full strength. Paynter, not out .... been seen before in an international British tour in 1931-82.
Two international matches remain
A PENALTY GOAL
Washbrook, c Wilmot, b Mayer. to be played against South. Africa, one
Hearts had all the initial pressure, Iddon, c Croom, b Fantham at Port Elizabeth on September 3, the Rugby has been kept much in mind other at Capetown a week later, and but the referee was on the "blind side" Oldfield, l.b.w., b Paine
then Hopwood, not out obstruction and
Extras through the summer months by the the tour is scheduled to end on Septem-handling thwarted the home forwards. tour of the British team in South ber 14.
Possibly heartened by these escapes, GREAT PITY Africa, which, though the first
raiding. Another season is about to start Hibernians gained a bigger share of called Test was lost, has been far more successful than seemed likely, without any sign of a resumption of the game by strong wing considering the difficulties experienced matches with France, which, in the When Hearts attacked again, it
quired good work by Prior opinion of many people, is a great in raising a side. Of the fourteen matches played against provincial pity. The French showed themsel- Gourlay to keep the Hibs' goal intact. Phillipson
three teams in South Africa only
scored Nutter ves to be eager pupils in the old The former, however, upset Briscoe in Pollard
the penalty area and Walker those, have
days, and eventually they made' been lost, and one of
from the spot. against a Western Province side, was characteristic mark upon the game.
Before the interval Gourlay. brilliant- Phillipson bowled one no-ball. Even if the time is not yet ripe for won in the nick of time by a penalty
left-foot drive saved ly
Lancashire-Second Innings a Mayer goal from G. Brand, who seems to the international matches to be resum-
Briscoe, while Waugh smothered
A free kick un-Wilmot have established himself as the grea-ed-and much of the objection seems test South African full-back of all to concern the travelling distance in- good try by Nutley.
volved-there seems to be no good der the new interpretation of the Paine
more trouble Fantham time.
Croom The victory of the Transvaal. too. reason why the clubs should not again obstruction rule caused
Cranmer was achieved when Great Britain had go over for their matches in Paris and to. Hearts,
HARD PRESSED lost W. H. Clement and F. J. Reynolds the provinces. Without these visits -the number of British injuries, in-they used to be happy enough- A couple of free kicks gave Hearts deed, has been quite alarming. The amateur Rugby in France seems an early second half advantage, and
(Continued at foot of Next Col.). team were none too strong in reserves bound to dwindle away. and few players have escaped injury at some time or other. C. F. Grieve! for instance, was to have played against the Northern Provinces yester- day after having been out of the team for two months with ankle trouble. and the hooking of W. H. Travers, of Wales, must have been sorely missed
against in the first match
South Africa, in which the British team were outscrummaged, and could score only by penalty goals.
TWO MATCHES TO PLAY Many outstanding players, such as Dick and Shaw, C. W. Jones and W.[ Wooller, had to refuse Invitations to play in South Africa for business reh- sons, and neither at back nor at for ward can the team be said to represent the full strength of British Rugby.. Yet though they could not score a try in the international match, they have played extremely well, and it will be
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with Walker taking a bigger part in defen- their forays, the Easter Road ders were again hard pressed. The by game had always been hard, but this stage some temper was. being of shown-not to the improvement play.
Hibs rallied, despite having to make a change in their forward formation, the and clever footwork often took home defence out of position. Hibs, indeed; were seldom without a change All of improving their position. - their doggedness was of no avail, how- ever, for Briscoe scored with a fierce shot in a Hearts' breakaway: five minutes from the end.
| COMPLAINT TO POLICE The feeling in the game reached the terracings at one time if it did not actually emanate from there, and towards the glose the referee complain. ed to the police, presumably.” about,, stonethrowing.
The attendance, in bright suning weather, was 15,500.