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TORIES AND LABOUR FORGOT THEIR PARTY DIFFERENCES TO BEAT EGYPTIAN CRICKETERS
By ARCHIE QUICK
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1951.
Conservative, and Labour Members of Parliament forgot their party dif ferences for a few hours on June 18 and joined forces on the cricket field-to beat the Egyptian Tourists at Kennington Oval,
The Commons, were sitting that day, still engaged on their Marathon over the Committee Stage of the Finance Bill, but five "pairs" were arranged between
Anglo-Egyptian the two main parties in the Commons in the interests of
lations, and the XI was completed by a noble Lord from that Other Place.
acason.
re-
Last
to
Crawley put 115 the best long serving McCorkell's The Liberals, as is their won!
He is off on a three of the day, but at times, did not participate, but performance 10 undue political significance not with the bat. He took six years' contract, school-coaching
altached should be
to their of the tourists' wickets for 35, in Rhodesta. absence, nor to the fact that the and accomplished the hat-trick Conservative bowlers attacked when he dismissed Zaki Dardir,
H from
West- B. de Botton and R. consistently
the
enough, ler Labour's all, octly minster end, while
Lord Dunglass had the
D stylish trundlets operated from
of cover pavillon, or South-East London | knock, built mainly
drives, and square cuts, but with end.
Abdou and Rall bowling ne curately and causing middle- the collapse, of-the-ordel Egyptians at one time appeared to have a chance of springing a surprise.
o!
Lords and Skippering the Comisions was Aidan Crawley, the Labour MP for Buckingham and Under-Secretary Slate Cricketers will re- for Air.
as that brillant member bim and graceful Oxford and Kent lute 20's and batsman of the
He is ክር of the 30's. : few to have hit ten sixes Innings in t Brst-class class
good fortune to be present will not forgel that mighty drive with which he lifted the ball into the Lord's in the upper stands at Varsity match of 1929,
in un
It becomes more and more a truth that the Championship is won by bowling, not batting.
Lancashire seem strength.
"IWO of everything" have Tattersall, Hilton, Ikin, Wharton
Statham, Dickenson. Berry. selves for the few places. War- all tumbling over them- Booth
are wickshire
equally barrassed with Pritchard, Grove. Hallies and Weeks.
SUSPECT BATTING
cm~
They were, however, thwarted
1. suw the suspect Hampshire by a politically unconventional batting break down on a good alliance between the spare Worthing wicket to the extent of framed, straight-backed Baron 70 for nine until a face-saving of 49 came Hawke, and the stumpy, thick- Inst wicket stand
Johnson, weurirat his along. This after they had got and leg-glanced their last two matches. I could former drove in elegant, copybook manner not help but feel it will happen while Jolinson bludgeoned his again cré September comes way with hearty if unclassical along.
In
Women Are Banned From Playing Paille Maille
about
wooden ball, weighing 10b.
The players then try to pitch the ball through an iron ring in the centre of the court.
This is not easy. The ball is seven inches in diameter, and and 0 half inches.
Mr
Only 30 merisers of a men- "I was playing last week and
lub only
play the world's would have won, but my wife strangest game-pallis maille-turned up in the middle of the on a corner of Downshire game and put ine off."
The world's Hampstead.
The game was introduced into champion is Mr Pyle, of this country by Charles II after Hampstead, but there is no cam his exile on the Continent. He
s name to Pall Mall, can play.
game is played exactly The ban on wanics is a strict Thai now as it was then. A one. "We came here to get away from them." gaich
long cue is used with a steel is lining up a cannon. One
eng on one end. This lifts the
match, and those who had these: James over one eye over 400 an innings in each of he and his fellow club members i ked 'it so much that he gave the iron ring is reven
Crowley's hon. friends at the were H. C. Usborne Oval
Johnson James
(Pem-
(Yardley), (Rugby), B.
broke) and Sonnelly, ender
Sp
The
the club, Groffrey Trill.
of
preceding THE SPORTSMAN'S
Horsham
blows through the covers and to Some comment was made at midwicket, including one
In-Worthing
at the fact that 15 tended lute cut which went to wickets fell for 222 runs while Ane leg.
In the immediately week both gomes of Week finished in IWD days apiece.
Apart from the financial con sideration, which is serious, what of it for one am alway; huppy to see the batsmen having to fight for their runs.
In this manner, he quickly ran Zinghorn
(Yarmouth). His up 27, but it was Lord Hawke Majesty's Opposition provided who made the winging hit and Lord Dunglass (Lanark), who then went on to make top score was at one time Parliamentary for the match. Lords and Com- Private Secretary
out for 119, six to Neville mons were all
tourists choring Chamberlain and played for of the
Their Middlesex, Major D. E. Mott- wickets. Radclyffe, the old Elonian und Oxford
ford Blue who now reperents the people of Windsor. Charles North). (Hendon Orr-Ewing who kept wicket, the fion. M. L. Astor (Surrey, East), and the Jon. E. Carson (Isle of Thanet). The peer was the ninth Baron Hawke, a descendent of the captain and famous Yorkshire MCC President.
The Egyptians, put in to bat, were shot out for only 82 runs by the lunch adjournment, and went down by four wickets in
the afternoon session,
Too often these days on over- prepared wickets the poor bowler never gets a chance. And I am certain the general publie ilke to see the wickets fall, whichever
stre
the
EYES ON HAMPSHIRE
There is always the ever wish among county present
followers except the side it may be. It is the one cricket
way
of bringing rabid partisans that one of the "unfashionable" sides may win crowds back to county cricket. That was No one wants to see matches the Championship.
win three degenerate why Glamorgan's
into single innings years ugo was so popular.
affairs, like the recent Notts- Now ey are focused on the Leicester force at Trent Bridge. unexpected success of Hamp- So here's to natural
and Worthing- shire.
Some people say it is like Horshamn impossible; but that was what although I am afraid county they said before Glamorgan's club secretaries are not going triumph,
Lancashire must be to agree with me. favourites, with Warwickshire popular ip, but Hampshire cah do it.
HONOURS DIVIDED Honours were equally divided Parliamentarians. amang the
They have exceptional bowling Though Labour bowlers took six wickets to the Tories three, the strength in Shackleton, Knott, Opposition on the other hand Corty, Cannings and Hill, but, scored 70 of Westminster's 19 personally, I doubt their ability was little to choose to last the course because too There runs.
ing much reliance is being placed on all in the telding,
looking
ough the batting of Rogers, and, in a rather leg-weary, partly through anno domini and partly, possibly, lesser degree. McCorkell. After through the recent repeated the opening pair have gone frudgings through the divkion things do not always go right. This, by-the-way, is-10-be the lobbles.
British Four Mile Relay Record Is In Danger
Says HAROLD PALMER
No country in the world today has a greater wealth of milers than Britain. That fact will be advertised not only when Roger Bannister, Bill Nankeville and, I think, John Parlelt fight out the championship on July 14, but also three days later, when I expect to see the British record for the 4 x 1 mile relay broken in the London Athletic Club inter-club relay meeting at the White City..
He is first claim for Walton AC who, I am sure, also fancy their chance et this record attempt.
UNDER TWO MINUTES
Audun possibly Norway.
wickets
BULLFIGHTER
FROM
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above
the picture Geoffrey Trill (nearest camera)
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Room For Politics In British Sport
There are signs that tennis is breaking through the Iron Curtain.
were Josef Asboth and the acceptances for the Wimbledon Championships Suzie Kormoczi, Hungary's top ranking players.
Among Mies
For two years the Communist-dominated countries of Central Europe have given Wimbledon a miss. The Pole Vladislav Skonecki entered in 1949, but last- minute passport trouble prevented his appearance.
Asboth won the French championship in 1947. In 1948 he reached the semi- finals at Wimbledon.
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reappearance mixed feelings. On his return to vidunt club team to visit Eng- Hungary he was reported to land played three matches.
behind the visit Man
was semi political Д have made
Woodehouse, a director Giorge speech which was not compli mentary to Western lawn tennis. of Queen's Park Rangers FC and chairman of Eastcote CC. The CRITICISED
BLOOMSBURY plewess, in his presidential ad-
By Patrick Forrest
A saddler in a back street in Madrid is shortening a | stirrup
21 leather by inches, so that a 15 st. 6 ft. 2 In. poet from Kensington
become a picador
can
Spain.
in
The leather must be Roy shortened, because poet Campbell, was wounded as a sergeant in the King's African Rifles. His left leg is two-and- a-half inches shorter than h right.
South African Campbell, a
went of Scols extraction, sco In whaling ships from Durban 38 years ago. He is 50 In October and he is going to Madrid at the end of Septem- leading matador Spain's Domingo Ortega.
mounted
In a village cricket match al Holmer Green (Bucks) the home side needed four runs
to win
A mighty hit brought victory with their last two batsmen in. within sight. The last two bats- Invitation resulted from a chance me
men. Lovegrove and King,
down bounded the pitch, collided head-on and knocked themselves. out. They were still prostrate when stumps were drawn,
cemark he made after the Mid-
had d.cscx Wanderers thesex
been beaten at soccer by the Dutch "g" team last season.
This prompted Viscount Tem dress to the LTA in 1949, to criikise Arboth's excursion inta "It-we-can't beat you–124-500- politics, He suggested that As-
cer then we can at cricket," said both acted under the Hungarian Mr. Wodehouse. To his surprise Government's orders in making the challenge was accepted with aburive speeches about British alacrity.
by
LUCKY BIRDS Among many cables received by South Africa's captain-Dudley- Nourse after his Test Innings of and American sport and declar A paint I liked about this visit 208 was one from three friends ing himself
a passionate Com-was tha; the Dutch players were who are tending his aviaries at absence. his home during his munist. missionary,
accommodated
Individual
"We I read: "Congratulations. We will I are nothing wrong in accept members of Eastcote CC.
that way."
only feed and clean ing Asboth's entry, but he would prefer it
said Mr now not be well advised to take note that Sheepstra, "We can get to know but polish birds as well." Brilish sport has no roam for people better and it certainly
-(London Express Service.) cuts the cost of a tour,” politics.
It overseas players have any complaints to make about our sport they should be made while the player concerned is in this country, not home.
when he
arrives
The Dutch cricketers want a Axture between the Club Cricket Conference and a fully represen- tative Dutch icam. A good idea:
I hope the CCC will consider it.
I-Feng Team To
TABLECLOTH TACTICS Visit Macao
cences
ber to become a picador with holder of the Diamonds, In 1950 Sporting Rhapsody" (Hutchin-Hill at 7,30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.
д
to
He tells a rugby yarn about The first of these will
ball AUDI
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DAVIDGE'S DOUBLE Christopher Davidge, the Elon
stories Anyone liking sport
The I-Feng basketballers again will find to and Oxford giroke, has
good ones In abun-from Manila are going to Macao won the Silver Sculls at Oxford dance in the personat reminis-tonight for two exhibition
of colleague Hylton He won as a freshman, straight In 1940 from Eton, in 1948.
Cleaver, who has written them comes in the Portuguese Colony. They are leaving at midnight In the latest of his many books after they went to A. D. Rowe, now
two games at Careline Davidge was beaten in the anal
155.). son If Bannister is prepared to do another fast mile so
by one of his Oxford right, H. soon after the championship, he can put Achilles well
J. Renton, who was later run- B. H. Travers, Australian who tween the officials and staff of ner-up for the Amateur Cham played for Oxford and England slats of the Hongkong Basket- the I-Feng team against the off- A picador is the on the way to a record, for they also have two men who
man who drives a 10 fect plonship.
and who, in captaining Bar-
The second have done 4 min. 18.6 sec. this season-S. J. Bryant and
This
Year Renton did not com- barians on a Welsh tour, deter-
the I-Feng D. Law, both of Oxford-with R. E. Williams (Cam-"vara"- lance-into the side
and of a bull at a bullfight to pre-
pole, but among those who did mined to outwit Haydn Tanner will be
Hongkong 4
selected side. pare the way for the kill by
wers Toby Blackwell, spare man the noted scrum-half, bridge) as a possible fourth,
for the Boat Race, L. McEwen
At the meeting of the Hong- Travers gathered his forwards kong and Kowloon Basketball An Oxford four would include Gaston Reiff the Belgian Olympic The matador.
(Worcester) and Robin Minney ΕΙ champion metres
Domingo
heid Ortega has
at Chinese Chris Chataway, who has done 5,000
(Balliol). Next task for Davidge round him at their hotel and Association France, who was ranged for Campbell to appear
yesterday, It was decided Amin, 12see this season, but he Mabrouk of
Madrid before 30,000 to stroke the Trinity four in draw patterns on the tablecloth
any attempt by that the could not run for Achilles be-second in the European 1,500 in
the Stowards Cup at Henley, showing how
games against I-Feng championship, und people,
Basketball
of team
Mania, where once again he will come Tanner to work the "blind side" cause they are in second claim metres
Doysen. Of
which were postponed owing clubs.
up against his old rival, D. M. could be cut off,
Yet in the match Tanner went to the rainy weather, be play- Jennens (Clare),
and away:
usual. ed as follows: scored bull- MIRACLE MAN
He la no stranger to
£100 PROFIT
Travers, asked Jock Wemyss, the wrste book fighting, He
I-Feng v Lau Sing (July 5, at While the constant cry from Scottish International, who was Kowloon "Y"); I-Feug v Kow- Miracle man of the Harvard which is now a text-book for sports clubs is "We are running line judge, how this could be. and Yale leam is C. M. Lewis.bullfighters,
loon Combined (July 0, charity at a loss," it is refreshing
match "You forgot." replied Jock, "to klang Association Free School); for Kiangsu and Che- one that can boast a They have the AAA champion C. M. stands for Charlton Miner
Campbell fought in Spain hear of Bill-so he is known as Tod.
he profit-Harwell Boxing Club.
bring away the tablecloth". on the France side-after
I-Feng A touch of infantile
And there is the boxing story charity Secretary J. Kingston tells me from hit him about a year ago. The had deserted
can that the club has made a profit of a Belsize BC captain who in Hospital).
op- effect is a feeling of tightness in posing army. "I Was the muscles and tiredness after scripted to fight," he says. "A of more than £100 this season, the ring took so heavy a blow it has taken plenty of hard on the Tar that he fold that killed but few days afterwards I
work. There have been five club prince of conds, Jorry Driscoll, crossed Yet he did three events against a couple of men and
tournaments and members have that he could not continue. Oxford and Cambridge both the lines.
than 250 He met his wife thirty taken part in more the aprints and the long jump.
years ago, one October day, contests,
Hanwell have ambitious plans This is part of his treatment. in Bloomsbury. Ho
for next season, They include done by the United States team Hard work, has been prescribed. ship's fireman." at the White City in 1936. The He has two
"I came up to town for the a trip to Dublin. Meanwhile the fired, work-outs a day,
in In the early day, and
Bloomsbury organising ability of the officials British National record is 17min one in his zoom
CAFTAINS SWITCH ....... I was is being concentrated 22.face. done by The British morning, the other outdoors in square I saw a girl.
the afterno be
was about bration trip to Hostings on July With the best club spiel in BCAA Recreio KCC; HKU Empire team in 1928.
and he has been eighteen and sho
B. One hundred and twelvethe world, the captains of the something the same. I threw my hat on
LAWN BOWIs The world record could be
like hree years before he the ground in front of her, and members will travel to the coast of Paulines RC Brst and "A"
said 'I am going to
marry
In two double-decker buses,
XVe are to change places next Open Bingle_At_XBGC: · LA. broken by the best British team:
recovers completely.
the only one
Cullerer VNA.G. Gardner; -15.A. you. You are In fact, that might happen at the Lewis, 20 years old, comes
DUTCH LEAGUE CRICKÉT: casɔn. for the. She took an hour to
A, M. Messer, allout-colonel Rosario M. Hamjalin. August Bank Holiday British from Pasadena and is 6ft 1in. decide, and a fortnight
At ikret 1. All v. 3.8. Landolti
·Jator Club cricket is flourishing in during the war captained: the Gomes, though I understand
UM. Omar or T.M. Pils 0.0. and lie played soccer at his pre- we were married by special Holland, The radion, I was told arst XV last seasor and C. K. Pomira sen there is likely to be a more paratory school.. He says "licence."
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1st Division-Kowloon Dook Club Individual record attempt here- played left-holf, and I was just on the world record of min. wild about the game, but there of a Midlands doctor
His wife was the daughter by Harry Sheepers, preskiont Haswell, now 37. and a brother
or of the Amsterdamn CC who at the International water-pola v lesiel "White" 5.15 p.ins 14 sec. for the mile now held by was no ciance of playing it any have two daughters.
arrived in London today with 17 player, captained the A So
Hongkong Softball Association, Gundar Hacks.
members of his club, in what successful was Harwell that he this column has long advocated is now the captain of the dem. Annual General Meeting Tacobsen Bannister will be running in more at Yale."
***pg | 2CV, and Messer has volunteered Room, Houskoug Hotel, 4.20 p.m -league competition.
Nankeville, Chatoway. Paget, who has been under 2min E. F. for the half-mile, and Whitlock, the London University three mile champion..
The times they have to beat are world record 10min. 42.8ecc.
Swedish tho
club done by Gefle IF: in 1940; British All- comers record of 17min. 17.2scc.
this mlle, probably againb
a race,
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