THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 8, 1988
OUR LONDON AIR MAIL SPORTS NEWS
England's Rugby Quest For Enterprising
Players-
The teams for the first English Rugby Union trial, England v. Possi- bles, which was played at Manchester on December 3 and which resulted in a win for the Possibles over England by 18 points to 7; were announced as follows:-
ENGLAND
'Gʻ A. Hosking (Birkenhead Park);
A. Obolensky (Rosslyn Park), B. E.
Nicholson (Harlequins), J. Har- rison (the Army and Rosslyn Park), and C. B. Holmes (Man- chester);
H. J. Kenyon (Coventry) and J. L.
Giles (Coventry);
H. F. Wheatley, Coventry), H. B. Toft (Waterloo), R. J. Longland (Northampton), A. Wheatley (Coventry), T. F. Huskisson (Old Merchant Taylors), J. T. W. Berry (Leicester), L, Man- field (Otley), and A. A. Brown (Exeter).
POSSIBLES
H. Pateman (Coventry); R. H. Guest (Liverpool University), J. Heaton (Waterloo), G. E. Hancock (Birkenhead Park) and F. G. Edwards (Birkenhead Park);
W. S. Kemble (Harlequins) and... J.
Ellis (Wakefield);
SATISFACTION FOR THE NORTH
Profit On Australian Test Tour
MANCHESTER TEST FIASCO SPOILS RECORD
HE net profit on the Australian tour of England last year
This was announced at the|
Tamounted to rough'y £42,000.
Board of Control meeting at Lord's.
Although not a record, the profit compares favourably. with| that of previous Australiän visits to this country, and but for the Manchester fiasco, when not a ball could be bowled, all past figures would easily have been beaten.
The distribution of profits was, made as follows:-
1990 to the M.C.C. and
each K. Test
county on whose ground matches were played, £1600 to each county on whose
K.C.C. LAWN BOWLS CLOSING
ground Test matches were not DAY RINKS FOR
played,
£220 to each minor county and SATURDAY
University:
Kowloon Cricket Club are holding|