THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 1951.
SOUTH AFRICANS SCORE
239 FOR THREE
IN FIRST TEST MATCH
Nottingham, June 7.
By adopting a safety first policy South Africa lost only three wic kets while scoring 239 rune at an average of 40 runs an hour on the opening day of the first five-day cricket Test Match against England here today.
John Walte, a six-foot University student, made 76 runs In four and three- quarter hours und Dudley Nourse, the captain, wound up an uninspiring day's cricket by also reaching 76 in three and a half hours without being beaten.
Waite was unfortunate to be run out when he looked well on the road to his century. His best, stroke was the square cut which brought most of his seven fours, At the cluse Nourse hud hit 10 fours.
Freddie Brown again lost the, nicked a hard chance to Bed- Toss for England. This is theter Only Bedser's long-reach- ninth time in the 11 Text enabled him
right to put his matres he has led his country hand to the ball, but it did not that he has been beaten in tuss stick. of the coin.
Waite added one run before Waite and MeGlow put on the 150 runs want up in three total of 70 runs for the second hours and 40 minutes, and he and Nourse were still together at 102 for two.
wicket and then at 107 runs
Browns gained his second success when he bowled McGlew for 40
rins
off the batsman's pads, Brown's two wickets Were achieved at #personal' out of only 21 runs.
Next conie Nourse, 1ls in Jured thumb well prófccted in plaster. He began confidently.
1wo hours since lunch South Africa added 70 runs for the loss of McGlew's wicket.
before
THE SCOREBOARD
The following were the scores at the close of play:
SOUTH AFRICA
1st Innings Eric Rowan, e Evans b
Brown
Waite, run out McGlew, b Brown Nource, not out Cheetham, hut out
Extras Total (for 3 wkts)
Bowling Analysis
O 33 13
17
76
40
62 0
23 7 44 0 18 5 38 2
27 13 45 0
24
White and Nourse continued to bat confidently and they tuuk the score to 189 White ran himself out,
Nuurse played Wardle towards Bedser STEADY BATTING
square leg and White must have Bailey would not Brown Meanwhile, Waite continued thought Tattersall untroubled
The areach the ball. and completed
young Tattersall
11 35 0 50 after steady
bating two South African dashed down the Wardle
2 D 7,0 hour and 40 minutes. At ieu plich but Nourse, seeing Tatler Compton
Extras: byes 2, leg-byes 15. he was still undefeated with 64 sall swooping on the ball, tried to his credit and with Nourse to send him back. It was too --Reuter. had helped to add 53 in an un- late, for Wantile broke the wie- Anished third wicket standi. ket from Tattersall's smart re-
turn and Walle was far
At 147 rutis, Waite himself then 58, misjudged Balley and home.
from
British Women's Golf
Championship Won By Mrs. P.G. MacCann
Broadstone, June 7.
CLOSE OF PLAY SCONES London. June 7.
Loday's The following pro close of play cricket searea;
At Taunton: Yorkshire beat Somerset by
on Innings Sumarse! 153 and
three runs.
and
108 (Appleyard, right-arm fast- cdlum bowler, six for 35, Leadbeater, right-arm legbreak bowler, four for 39). Yorkshire 120)
265
(Halliday
Force.
At Worcester: Worcester drew with the Royal Air Worcester 274 and 175 for eight declared (Cooper 09, Titmus five for 59). Royal Air Force 252 (Parks 67) and 195 for two (Fenner 100 not out),
Kent beat
Mra P. G. MacCann, of Tullamore, Ireland, today be came the British Woman Golf Champion when, in the 36- holes final here, she beat Miss Frances Stephens, the Eng-declared, Minor Counties 169 lish girl who won two years ago, by four and three.
From the time she won the second hole in the morn- ing. Mrs MucCann was on top and, finishing the first round with a lead of three holes, she did all that was necessary in the afternoon to consolidate her position.
Not until the afternoun, when The golf was not particularly she had been fighting against good in the morning, with Mes the earlier MacCann round in 80 for her arrears throughout
She had once holes, did Miss Stephens reveal three-holes lend, the form that established her as been fout? up.
Britain's outstanding player.
occasion, coming On one home, the Irish girl was five up but Miss Stephens fought to cut her arrears to three before the end of the
round.
TOO. LATE
Then It was too late, for Mis MacCann, riding on the crest of a wave and watched by her father and husband, who had crossed from Ireland to see the final, did not falter.
Tommy Wood Beats Italians
In TT Race
Douglas, Isle of Man,
June 8.
Tommy Wood, 38-year-old
At Canterbury! Minor Counties by an innings and 10 runs, Kent 365 for eight
(Oliver 84 not out, Kimmins Ave for 42) and 188 (Witherden-Ave for-32).
At the Oval: Gloucestershire 438 (Wilson 92 not out, Eric right-arm offspin Bedser, bowler, seven for 142). Surrey 421 for eight (Eric Bedser 71. Constable 92, Fishlock 120 not out).
At Birmingham: Essex 366 (Ray Smith 132, Peter Smith 53). Warwickshire 314 for ing (Gardner 60, Don Taylor 84)).
"At Chesterfield;
Derbyshire
396 (Rhodes 55), Hampshire 312 for six (Rogers 151, Walker 50). At Cambridge: Cambridge An improvement in-the-play of Miss Stephens in the after- University 359 for six declared
Mrs MacCann,
aleo and 00 for no wicket noen saw
244 Middlesexard playing belter.
04 not out). previously, than with the result that the gume (Brown GB, Thompson 80).) bocame more interesting.
Al Swansea: Northampton- for right 213 and 207 (Brookes 72, Oldfield 74. Jake- Glamorgan man 67 hot out)). 328 (Jones 50, Nutter, right-atm medium bowler, six for 8).
shire
Without a worry in the
world, Ezzard, Charles
American Universities Help Equip Teams Of Blind Oarsmen
Among the slim, racing sholls, that cut smoothly along the Harlem River near Spuyten Duyvil those days, two are notable on two counts: they are rowed by blind 'boys who are having their first chance at real team sport, and they are four-cared_giga rather than the eight-oured. craft now generally used.
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The blind boys are practicing for their first raço against a gig from the Nonparell Rowing Club. That they will have this opportunity and no doubt others for similar straight, all-out competition against more crews later on la the result of co-operation among officials at tho New York Institute for the Education of the Blind and other organisations.
Cornell University contributed; been made available to the blind; |-the--two__gigs — surplus-ones bors
which the boya helped to restore to gleaming seaworthiness. Bas
tan University rent the long, heavy onra,
Columbia Univer
SOME ARE 18 years old
The boys, whose ages range sly's crow installation at Baker) from 12 to 18 years, are from Flold, on the Harlem River, has the high school department of
(right) batters challenger N.W.D. YARDLEY'S Cricket Bureau
Joey Maxim during the
second round of their 15- round title fight in Chica- go on May 20.
to
Charles continued batler Maxim for the re-
• mainder of the fight, which he won on points.
Clarence Henry Twice Floors
Agramonte
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Detroit, June 6. Clarence Henry, the Los Angeles heavyweight title hope, staved off fast finish by Cuban Omello Agramonte tonight as he re- | gistered a unanimous 10- round decision after flooring his heavier opponent twice in the early rounds..
The brown-skinned Henry, sixth ranking heavyweight con- tender. at first appeared to be
WICKETS NEED TOIL
BEFORE SPIN
It is disquieting to consider how many promising young cricketars have been deprived of a chance of developing their talents through lack of good playing facilities.
In England we suffer from an acute shortage of grounds and pitches. Tako the Metropolitan area as an example. In 1939 there were approximately 400 grounds available for cricket. Now there are only Bothe others went over to the war effort and most of them are lost for over.
Finance
1s the
motor are
And many clubs and schools possess stretches of turf allotted. for practice which only the charitably-inclined would recognise as practica pitches.
For one-day matches great
It It you realise that on those
is stumbling block. Cricket equip-not necessary to have superla great grounds of Melbourne, ment has increased ao enor- tive wickets" produced by the Sydney Brisbane and Perth. mously in price that for most use of artificial preparations. Rugby la played, and that with
But they must be sufficiently in three weeks they are ready clubs auch luxuries as rollers or motor mowers
good to remain true till the fur first-class cricket, you can quite out of the question.
end of the match and retain gauge their powers of recovery. their pace. NO ENTHUSIASM ·
ACCURACY FIRST Most clubs begin rolling too
Australian or The young This is a pressing problem late in the spring, and in con-
sequence their pitches never ac- Colonial Com-
bateman, therefore, for the Cricket Inquiry mittee (of which I shall write quire a firm basis. If rolling is
under delayed the top soll is loosen next week), which bas ways and means lalten the task of trying to find ed.
of providing Improved playing conditions and practice wickets.
the 18-year-old New York In- stitute for the Education of the Blind. Dr Merlo E. Frampton, the principal, has just bought a small motorboat to accompany the oarsmen. And the Instigator and spark-plug of all this is John Hordines, the institute's athletic director,
Twenty boys who are good swimmers now practice three times a week. At first they used
training barge borrowed from Columbia, but on Tuesday they got their two gigs into the water. Two of the oldest boys at the cars, Morton Schlein and Norman Balot, plan to enter Columbia next semester
and probably will try out then for places on the college crew
re-
Some of the candidates don't get full time at the sweeps--there ars only eight places now that the gigs are in use. For instance, Mordecai Zarchi, 15, is not yet quite heavy enough for a gular post. Next year he will have a better chance. Mordecal was terribly thin not long ago, and terribly shy. He was born, in Poland, and unill he arrived | in this country five and a half
has, from an early age, the op months ago he was driven from portunity of practising on true his homeland to Russin, to Ger- wickets, whether turf or artifi-many, to France, then to te- clal, on which he has comporary suture in tarael The fact that Australia, West plete confidence and can prac-. Indies, India, New Zealand and tise his strokes. South Africa produce such great cricketers, and at an ear-
and
With sighted coxswain's steer- ing and calling the beat, the a cinch to kayo Agramonte In It is my opinion that the
Furthermore, the bowler im boys row smanly-at least as their re-match-a feat
a sighted crow ly age, is very largely due to mediately realises the necessity. well as
on. Its that majority of small club and vil-
their better climate and play for accuracy. If he is not to be charming view of green former heavyweight champlon fuge cricket grounds are not as
Ing conditions. They are for-hit, and to reach the top class first attempt. π good as they were 20 years
they miss the Joe Louls was unable to accom-
rehe must also cultivate the pace rodky Spuyten Duwil and the plish in two comeback bouts go, because playing members tunote that their grounds
do not volunteer so readily cover so much quicker than of a Lindwall, Gregory or Me-arch of Henry Hudson Bridge, with Agramonte,
these days to share in the hardoure.
Donald; or the leg spin of an they find something else: the A few days of flooding and O'Reilly or Grimmett; or the thrill of teamwork that carries After an even first round in labour of preparing a reason*
practice, rolling, and a hot aun, soon unorthodoxy of d-Fleetwood them gliding surely through the which neither fighter showed able match, let alone
wicket.
Tribe, produce a hard and true sur Smith,
Iverson or friendly waters. From the New face. much in the way of explosive
York Times. If club runs two elevens, power, Henry amushed home a straight left to Agramonte's that means at least 22 members. jaw late in the second round to Add a few reserves and officials cend him to the canvas for a who could lend a hand. Sure- count of nine. Up on wobblyly five or six could spend an
would
weekt preparing legs Agramonte
have evening each been easy meat for a knockout the pitch and outfeld? Is this had not the bell rung a second too much to ask of those who later,
want to enjoy their cricket?
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10.
Miss Stephens reached the
And I have been amazed turn in 37 to 38, yel the post-
Henry exploded with another tion of the game was unchanged
terrific blow to the head and And how often practice pliches us the Irish girl had taken two
followed up with a short right are neglected. How vitally im- a good strokes more at one hole which she lost before becoming three A Horsham Bussex beat in the fourth round to put Ag-partant it is to have
wvleket for both match play and up again at the 27th.
Nottinghamshire by five wickets, ramonte down again for an-
as an even practice, as well The
match was
other count of niue, was virtually over Nottinghamshire 149 and 154
helding surface. the game Cuban got up and and the end did come two holes (Stocks 00, James, right-arm
bowler, five later so, for the Arst time since medium
weathered for 84).
a slight flurry of May Hezlet won in 1907, the Sussex 185 (Hurvey, right-arm
blows to give Henry a most title
interesting bout the rest of the was won by an Irish leg spin bowler, four for 25) and player.-Router.
120 för five-Router,
garage manager from Dibden TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
near Southampton, snatched victory from the fancled Italian ridors by 8.25 seconds in the lightweight Tourist Trophy' in- ternational motor cycle race for 250 c.e. machines here today.
Wood completed the 150-mile course in one hour 61 minutes and 16-4/5 seconds, at
an average speed at 81.30 miles
an hour, riding an Italian Moto-
Guzzi.
Althea Gibson Beats
Barbara
•
Scofield
Manchester, England, June 7.
Miss Althea Gibaon of New York, a negro, won a
Way.
However
It was evident that Henry Jacked the killer's instinct for he was completely inept when ho tried to, take advantage of Agramonic's helplessness after coming off the canvas twice United Press,
August Briedis
let a thrilling mile by mile quarter-final match today in the Northern Tennis Tourna Pulls Off The
struggle, last year's winner, Darlo Ambrosini, came In riding an Italian
• whose average speed
A
better winning
ment when she beat Miss Barbara Scofield, 6-1, 7-5. Miss Scofield is seventh-ranked among United States women.
Will will meel Doyto beat South Africa's B.
the
who
speed this year while
while the Italian In the Men's Singles quarter. Branovic, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Season's Upset
If it is impossible to provide for wicket a reasonable iurf
some form of practice, then artificial pitch is needed. Ex- periments are being carried out to this end.
CONFIDENCE NEEDED ·
Ramadhin,
NO CHANGE NEXT SEASON
IN THE HOME SOCCER
TRANSFER
SYSTEM
By IVAN SHARPE
The big news in football is that, after all, there will be no change in the transfer system next season. The most welcome change in 50 years of football was on the way. Now setlon has been deferred.
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When the Football League held their annual meeting in London, the only announcement made was that the Management Committee have not had sufficient time to give the problem the consideration it requires..
The secret of bating depends to a large extent on knowing what the ball is going to do,.
This Is 0 disappointment. | 000 and 100,000 transfers, and acting accordingly with all
On
who have railed commercialism first and sport possible skill
wickel Those of us * where the ball either fles at, the system and condemned nowhere, money over all, with the wealthier clubs buying and past the head or shoots along the rising transfer feo
since
cornering bonours year by year the ground there is little or £10,000 became £20,000, and all In the name of a gare. chance of cultivating the art then £30,000 and now £34,000 But let's change the name from of batsmanship.
Batting successfully is large- (the figure paid last season for Football to Foothill.
ly a matter of confidence, and a player who was not an inter- and the
confidence can only be achieved national, and whose Arrival at League down the country, g
TODAY'S SPORT !
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FOOTBALL
Charity Match at Southern Play-
by knowing you can do what Sheffield did not save the Wed- strong stand by the authorlies around. Wenchat, Kick-off at 6.50 you set out to do.
SADLY WENT HOME
BADMINTON
Interport: Philippines y Hongkong, St Teresa's Church Hall, в p.m...
'WATER POLO Eastern v Royal Hayy at the Ritz, 6 p.m..
MEETINGS
Hangkat
Augatesse
It is said that Sir Donaldnesday from relegation) hoped against the continuing pressure pam. Mr D. C. Bray. Deputy Sociál Bradman practised by hitting a for an end to all this bartering: of the Players' Union for more Welfare Officer.
HOCKEY In the other quarter-finals, advanced to the semi-finals of
golf ball with a stick against a money, money, money talk; and and more concessions for the players. The latest demand, for was only one tenth of a mile f Miss Doria Hart beat England's the Men's Singles in the Dutch
wall. Excellent training for the constant commercialism.
Gremlins 33rd General Hospital free transfers, has brought at shamanalpo, bully on è p.m. less at 81.29 miles an hour.
B. Goodman, 0-0, 6-3 and Miss International tennis · champion-" The greatest upset Vic-ya, but I doubt the would
ugr only Third was anothor Italian, E. Beverly Baker (US) beat Eng-flips today.
But the Committed must be hardening of attitudo, Lorenzetti, riding a Moto-Guzzi, land's Mrs G. Lines, 0-2, 6-1.
tory in the history of the have ever hit it if he had not Ampon beat South Africa's
known the approximate height sure of their ground, of courses in the chubs but among leading
officials and legislators... with an average speed of 78.75
Kowloon Chess Club was at which the ball would re- in planning a change. Miss Gibson play Mias L. Norgarb, 0-0, 0-3, 5-3° and miles
per hour.
Baker and Miss
pulled off last night by turn.
POVERTY! Wood and Ambrosini both set Miss Betty Rosenquet in
Bad conditions
LET 'EM, BUT exaggerate August Briedis, mariner and Lovy, 0-4, 0~4, ́0+3.
But how can clubs on legis- up new records. Last year, all-American finals. Ambrosini's winning" speed, wok
3. Cockburn (South Africa)
There are those who say the laters expect players to be chess enthusiast who was the performances of the bow- MIEN Rosenquet upset Miss
ler, so that the moment he 78.08 miles per hour, and his Shirley Try today, 6-3, 3-0 also won the quarter-final match
never expected to win a bowls on a good wicket bois Management Committee, in tak satisfied when a man for whom
Ing control of all transfer
as £14,000 is pald completely disillusioned. record lap 80.01 miles per hour. 6-2. Miss Fry was handicapped as did Brazil's Armando Vieira
Wood had
M. prize. beat Yugoslavia's
would be faiting the inflative AF KACIE ing by leg injury.
from the clubs that the clubs Fceives not a farthing of that Association Meeting at VBOVÉS Briedly defented a strong neld
run their own affairs, and should fortune? No, ary! Not a far p.m. lopped at 01.91 miles her hour nnals, Australia's
In the quarter-nals of the Don Candy
thing. I remember George · · Hiral, be allowed to continue to do so. in his last lap, against Wood's boot Canada's, Henri Cochon, Mixed Doubles, Miss Georgie of six-to win the first monthly
coach, If tisht in the case, there is no Woodgate (Britain), and Cesar Lightning Tournament Prize: when he was Yorkshire
All he gets to presumed ab- Schools" Basketball 81.80 miles per hour,
6-3,
(P. I.) beat. Mrs M. He stumbled only in the first telling me of a fast bowler cum. need for a committee. The clubs crued share of beneft, and thir The race for machines of 125
Gardner Mulloy, (US), 'beat Carmona
and
day. His cate round when ho lost ta L. Schure, |ing to the nets
sál go to the devil' un" he would be entitled to if his - La Salle Colloze best Queen's the British India's. Naresh Kumar, 3.0, 0-6chilor c.c. was won
one of our local Chess Masters, | had, achieved remarkable mucs | restricted, and in their own' way. | transfer fee was only 34 pence.......... College 31-24 in an inter-schiol rider C. McCandless, on en 7-5, Kumar's quick returns (ifolland), 7-5, Q-3.
ceas in local games. Apparent Italian Mondial,
Basketball Competition match He anlihed artd good- net play stopped
shooter There are those who say that How can the clubs talk poves at the Southern Flkyground Two losses meant elimination. ¡y he could bowl a the 80 miles in one hour, 20 Malloy in the art set. The and Felicisimo Ampon... (P.I.)
Briedis never looked back. whenever he wished. But on any decision to Hmit transferty and complain about pistora seconde, an average,
of 34-year-old Muller wan the beat Miss J. Marcellin (France) After a second round victory the true turf at Headingley he fees with the defeated by the unrest, when &$4,000, is paid last night, H
(Kowloon) beat 74.45 •milies. her hour. The second set with passing shots,
he beat didn't bowl a single shooter, clubs, that a horse and cart will for one man
Youmail Mchool "21-23. Italians, C. Ubblall and G. Kumar fought back in the bif- and Sid Levy (South Atries), over A. Rajah
Chess Master Charles Bird and and went home a
Alsap be driven through 11. If that is Badly
- Tosaight'a genes will be ken both riding Monlad ma ter third set games until the 0-0, 6-2,
Thero"will" baino prace zin Leoni,
the truth about football. I am followed that up by boating pointed young man chines, finished
12th when Mulles' placements In the third round of the Schurs One more, victory over second third respectively.
No. one can, fold corroolly or ready to let thoms stew in these the football world cut the in tween, Ouvernament / Verbandst ...and
Ce Burner of the wrailthy, pinot (19) Middle school and st stephen's NOORDWIJK TOURNENT Dayro (P.L.) ("and""ArTERIO
that the ball lay not suddenly BSAZEN
in overruled by the majority of Collego; Wahe Yan" (A.M.) and long the Muha vinapt kun esch | chiedossie Larruegering thr] Vany causa goin to bounce and
him in painful blown Wescanso other 116 kann siche všetkéhey, mad kenwes
brave without, oking stupid. make, lers have 7249,000, £260,- in a pudded room.
Mirs
Wublion
Scolton (Holland)
Ubhiall's time was one had forally beat-filmUnited. Proza, | Men's Doublés: Raymundo' ly. WiArchangulsky, gave him the learn to fold, unlése ho knową i own futon, MODICE DI SOTT
-hour, three minutes and 18-4/6
142-3/5 seconds, and Leoni's/ong
seconds Mauser.
A Noordwijk, June 7, Vieira (Brasil) beat WAN CHUM BRs, a pocket chess ant. Folld
Boy- and Volkmaar (Holland): It was the molt megular view made barro of filter 6 1-0 United Press.