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SOUTH AFRICANS LOSE EIGHT WICKETS FOR 39
AGAINST
WARWICKSHIRE
Birmingham, Aug. 8.
Once again, the South African batting has collapsed in dramatic style, "In a hectic hour and a half on the Edgbaston ground here sagainst Warwickshire, the Championship leaders, the touring team lost weight wickets for 39: runs.
Then Norman Mann and Geoff Chubb stayed for the last 40 minutes before stumps were drawn and the, South Africans, with two wickets left, finished 163 runs behind."
With their score'nt 67 runs for eight wickets they need another 14 runs, to avoid the follow on.
All this happened after Wor. wickshire had scored 230 runs when put in to dat by Dudley Following their shock Nourse, against Somerset and the disas
Glamorgan in ::ter against
two previous matches, the South Africans are having a bad spril. Is interesting to note that Nourse put Glamorgan in to bat. In the previous match-a gamble which failed,
OF EXCITEMENT PLENTY
A crowd approaching 25,000
plenty of *were given ..ment today.
excite.
Warwickshire had reached 118 runs
for three wickets by lunch but afterwards Athol Ro- wan, with his off-spinners, got amongst the wickets.
When the ball began to "bite,” Rowan carried all before him and accomplished his best per- formance of the tour in taking eight wickets for 108 runs. His
last six runs.
were obtained for 24
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Don Taylor gave an impres] sive display for almost two and half hours, during which time he scored 23 runs. Tam Dellery, Warwickshire's captain, also played well for hia 52 runs.
saved the Yorkshire Innings from, complete disaster,
Jackson bowled his "off- and spinners with cunning accuracy and finished with four wickets for 25 runs.
DRAMATIC CRICKET
Then Appleyard, with fast Dramatie cricket stook place when the South Africans batted cutters, and Wandle, with his left-ann spinners, exploited the wicket, so that Leicestershire, and, for the third match run- they found themselves
21 runs for one Their troubles began after being
had served only 30 .for in the fourth over when Waite wicket,
seven wickets at called for
single and runs a sharp Weeks, from mid-un, threw flea.
Leicestershire were soon all with
Eric down the stumps.
out for 75 runs and Apple Rowan out of his ground.
Keith yard had an analysis of five In the samo over Doilery, the Australlan, took wickets, for 36 runs and Wardle his first wicket for Warwick-took four wickets for 30 runs. shire when he held a low re- catch in dismissing Van
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Ryneveld,
Grave joined in by getting Waite-leg-before and next over Dollery knocked McLean's middle stump flat. That made four out
CENTURY “BY MAY
Leicester,
the Cam- and Test
while the grim Bght for runs took place at
"Peter May. young University bridge player, hit another century for Surrey against Essex, and his
captain, Michael Barten, obtain- ter 10 runs.
"Dollery bowled fast midlumed his first century of the The South Africans, however, with an occasional quicker ball season
showed a Auent
action. had 10 but on the same pitch and
never comfort-Cheetham and Nourse checked and they were
the able against
collapse for a while but the the Warwickshire attack, which was weakened bc-, breakdown began again as soon their two chief bowlers, as Weeks went on with leftarm Tom Pritchard and Eric Hollies. slows were
piny.
cause
Wickets tumbled quickly and had it not been for Mann and Chubb they would have been forced to follow on before the close,
You
He dismissed Nourse with the aid of a smart catch at first slip and two balls later Mansell fell in the same way.
This was May's eighth con- tury.of.the season and his 167 runs included 23 fours and one six, and took him four and a half hours.
B
Sussex.
a
Eric
Rowan
BRIC ROWAN HITS OUT AT LEEDS
(South
Africa) who scored 236
(his highest test score) THE SPORTSMAN'S DIARY
scores a boundary off R. Tattersall in the Fourth Test at Leeds.
Indians Lead American League
New York, Aug. 8, Bob Porterfield, former New York Yankee right hander, knocked his ex- mates out: of first place to- day by hurling a 4-1 victory
tors,
Warwickshire Win Two
Festival Places
One of the oddities of the cricket (season:ħpsibeen the regularity with which Warwickshire players have been overlooked, for representative games. No Test hotcars for them; nao member of the side in the first Gentlemen versus. Players match.
And so to the Scarborough Festival; the most famous of our cricket occasiona of the season outside the Test series. In the MCC versus-Yorkshire gaine (Septem ber, 1, 3, 4), agnip no. Warwickshire player has been selected for the MCC.
women lawn
Ealing batted.. first. Thoy loat their first six wickets for 17 runs, so club captain, E Ingram, declared. By Junch Newton's XI had lost. Boven wickets for, 15, and. were, all out for 20,
FIFTY OVERS EACH INNINGS WON'T WORK
Says HERBERT SUTCLIFFE
Latest suggestion I have heard for brightening first- phas cricket-and that is something I am all in favour ofis to limit tho number of overs per innings to, say, fifty.
Tho idea, which comics, from somcono „who, deguribes himself no a cricket lover but not a aricket, expert," night seem to, have, much to commend it-at
more
first glance: On examination, however, it clearly hps "cons" than "pros,"
It
might bo Pidit for Saturday afternoon League but in first-class gaines Cast wouldn't work out.
Fifty overs averaging three minutes each would mean cach inrings, would be over in two and a half would see the hours: that the
Arst day's play
completion of minning by cach team, and given fine weather,
the game would be ended in two days.
FEW CENTURIES
As each Innings would only produce about 150-runs, there would ba few brilijart centuries from: Len Huttón, Denis. Comp. ton, sind company.
Again, to my mirk, a limita tion of overs would tend to cause even slower, play, for the captains would introduce inc- lics to discourage quick scoring,
More
else than anything spectators love to see a brilliant batsman indulging his согл plete repertoire of strokes and crowd-pulling factor would have to be considered when any plated intraco
this
.contem.
to introduce a... limitation of overs would be a step in the wrong directior, Rather than
ord of cricket.
it would lower the
Even a
hundred overs ereh satisfying,
would last a full three days.
GOLF'S RICHEST COMPETITION
Golf's
Chicago, Aug. S. richest show, the $58,000 World" Championship
concurrent
Barton hit 13 fours in his 117 runs, being at the crease for
hours and 20 minutes. | 301 Voce, famous as the Test of Harold bowling partner Grove kep! one end tied down Larwood and now the Notting
hamshire coach, made his first and when Athol Rowan. gave ปี About 15,000 people were catch off him to second slip, appearance for the county side : present at the start. Chubb and i seven men were cut for 37 runs, today and, with his fast medium for the Washington Sena- game - Gentlemen v.: Players | innings played with o tructured | game. against: Vornon Newton's although in that can the match
bowling, took five Melle made an occasional ball Cheetham made a brave effort to left-arm
81 runs against lift and at 14 runs Gardner stop the rot, staying 10 minutes wickets for
another turned one which rose sharply before.. sharply turning
Sussex were mainly indebted into the hands of the hackward ball new off the bat to the slips.
The eighth wicket fell at 30 Ane not out century by
Charles Oakes in making short-leg.
runs bu Warwickshire falled to total of 317 runs. Oakes batted Aalah the innings, Mann and for three hours and 35 minutes and
Chubb offering
determined and hit one alx and 17 fours 40 minutes.
in fils 123 runs. Reuter, ST restrance for the last
They carried the tolal to runs, the South Africans finishing}. CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES 4183 runs behind
London, Aug. 8. left-Reuter,
The following-were the close of play scores in first-class county cricket matches which Yorkshire, second in the commenced today. Championship. table to
Wor At Portsmouth: Hampshire Avickshire, the Champions277 for Ave (Rogers 175 not elect, were all out for 123 runs out) against. Gloucestershire. their match with Leicester Heavy rain caused stumps to be .shire Joday.
drawn early. But Leicestershire then faredAt Chesterfield: Worcester oven worse, und were dismissed 268; (Broadbent 03, : Bird 64, for 24 runs.
Gladwin right arm fast medium swing bowler, six for Derbyshire eight for no wicket.
LAT
with
Two
wickets
Meile sometimes pitched short Ord hooked him twice for could get African pace-men get little out of the pitch and. Ord and Taylor settled In At 52 runs Nourse called on Alhof Rowan, who made; a ball YORKSHIRE OUT --FOR : 123
s'first ever. He soon success, Ord lifting an on drive and being well caught by McLean.
Now
and
brought together the two Zealanders, Taylor -Hitchcock, who decided on age
gressive tactics.
a lefthander, swept Hitchcock, a Mansell for four and then on drove the same bowler for six.
Taylor
Look two tours off Rowan-to-reach-53-rung out or In Just under an hour and three-quarters.
104
The stand added 57 runs in --40 0 minutes. Hitchcock belag in the last, over befora caught lunch.
Atled Rowan,
London, Aug. 8.
At the close Yorkshire were 39ius for no wickets in their second innings and so lead by
In the last
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women's
men's, atd open competitions, opens Thursday with US. Open Champion Ben Hogan amODE the contestants. Associated Press... ... ·
One must wait until the next | cognition of Nourse's great startling cricket as that in the innings would rot before a Warwickshire man is left thumb-and the greeting XI. called upon. Ko is wicket- "Heyhey" called. The Yankees' defent com-keeper Spooner who is to tour
DORIS HART'S VIEW - bined with a Cleveland vic-India with the MCC this winter.
Spooner's, omission from our Who tory lifted the Indians to the current Test side was a big
are the best prospects top of the American League surprise. He should be given among British by half a game.
Miss Doris every opportunity of representa- tennis players?"
Hart, American Veteran Senator first base, tive cricket;
holder of
By scoring 120 in their second Wimbledon cham the man Mickey Vernon gove Hutton is to captain the pionship, singled out Miss Helen innings Ealing set their oppo Porterfield all the batting sup-
Fletcher and Miss Pat Wardnents 100 to win. They scored port he needed to win over Vic Players in this match.
when this question was put to 108 and the match was tied. Raschi, the big Yankee aco
game of the her in New York.. seeking his 17th victory. Vernon Festival, Evans will keep wicket
ONE FOR THE CAPTAIN MissHart, who also shared blasted two homers, each with for T. N. Pearce's XI against the the women's doubles and mixed Here is a golfing feat which a. runner on
on base.
South Africans. Howevers War- doubles titles at Wimbledon, can have few, if any, parallels. FELLER'S 18TH →
bowler from said think Helen Fletcher's Mr C: R. Macklin hold the 117 SWIMMING RECORD Bob Feller pitched the Clove wickshire's race
New Zealand, land Indians-into-first place in
Included,
playing in the United States the American League and be-
will help her. She is a little That in itself is not a par first major league As I overheard someone say: came, the
ticularly unusual fest, but” Mr- hurler to win 18 games this sea- "Perhaps the reason for so few and didn't do very well Macklin happens to be club
at Wimbledon but she bits the son, the Indians, downing the Warwickshire
captain. these boll hard, Saint Louis
anike mast English Browns, 2-1. A big games is that the organisers girls, who reply on soft hitting double by centre fielder don't want them to finish in two and run around too much. pop Larry Doby scored both Cleve- doys,” 108).
Helen takes chances and land uns. basenan.
think she has real proftine." George. third..
field Kell'a single into left
· ALL IN THE GAME home drove
Like most touring sides the pinch hitter Steve Souchock with the min- South African cricketers have
Football club officials need to and architects, builders ning run in the 11th inning as formed an exclusive club to be bo
colled the Noursemen: Club.. Aarchacologists these days. Prob dio Tigers delented
the green fle with 1 flesh-coloured lem Chicago White Sox at
-re-formed facing the Viking's head will be the Kent League side Bexleyheath Detroit, G-5. Winner
Dizzy signia, Trout was the third Detroit pitcher.
for: entrebare: Middlesex 208
136 runs,
declared (Robertson 52, The soft pitch, which dried Bill Edrich #67, Denis Compton slowly, encouraged the Leices-69), Kent 39 for two. tershire captain to put in York-
Nattelsenter:
shire to bat, and the decision Jackson,
Yorkshire 123 right-arm offbreak
with his off- Was · quickly justined for bowler, four for 25) and 88 for
Yorkshire had lost six wickets no for D7 runs at lunch,
spinners, came into his own, with vengeance after lunch," taking the last seven wickets A fighting knock-of 33 runs before tea. which was taken by Norman Yardley, the York with Warwickshire all out at .shire captain,. and
a valuable -280 runs.
32 runs by Victor Wilson
Women Don't Get A Chance
In Continental Tennis
· Says (GLORIA „BUTLER
New York, Aug. 8. European tennis federations generally were criticised today by Miss Gloria Butler, of New York, and Monte Carlo, for their attitude towards young women players -seeking experience.
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Wicket. Leicestershire (Appleyard, right-arm fast medium bowler, five for. 30, Wardle, deft-arm slow bowler, four for 30). RAIN
Pritchard, is
men In
THUMBS UP
the
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captains have holed out in one I wonder how many club during a term of office?
(Landon; Express. NoŢulca)
Hamilton, Aug. 8.. John Marshall, of Australia, mark jagain beltered, his world
swimming the distance in 4 mkis for the 440-yard freestyle by 30 secs in a special invitation event at the Mid-Ocgan meet [last night-Associated Press,
Johnny Leach To Play Here
On August 13
and Welling --when preparing their ground for the fratvoerlor On the rest of the tour the
there" for 12 years was Philadelphia at Boston was tics will be
worn every Mon-come rained out.
day, and once back in South to trace the old drainage system. aNNattlugham: Sussex 317
Big Dodger Arst baseman Africa
members 10 Trouble was that the soil (G, Doggart 07, C. Oakes 123
Gil Hodges blasted his band players, manager, three Press level bad, heen gulsed consider- home fost not--out, Voce, teft-arm
run of the
at representatives season
and two broad-ply. One manhole was located medium
wear the bowler, five for BI),
Brooklyn turned bacic
tie on but the others remained obeti the casters 1 Nottinghamshire 33 for
New York Giants, he the first Saturday of every nately hidden then Akerman wicket
teams were to play a second month. Failure to do so will H. Turner, the club chairman.
of running. *At Weston Buper Mate:
game at night, Hodges homer cost a round of drinks,
•Acceptance-of "Hongkong's "invitation -by Johnny out
him Somerset 312
nut (Lawrence 70,
ahead of, When members meet left through a pro-war film of D Stephenson 62). Northampton- Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner A thumb will be meet the sports meeting-hold on the Leach, the Table Tennis World Champion, to takeppart in a series of exhibition games in Hongkong, was received their hot, two-man race.
ground. shire 32 for one. wicket.
When the old stund, blitzed by Mr. Chung Wing-kwong, President of the Hongkong during the war came Into Table Tennis Association yesterday. view the film wns (stopped. By
no
At Southend: Surrey 432 for nine (Barton 117. May 167, Whittaker. 51.not.
tout) against Essex.
At Cardiff: Lancashire 110
for two Washbrook 63 not out) against Glamorgan, |stricted play-Reuter.
"one
Centre fielder Duke Snider and right fleider Carl Furillo also batted homers.
"Stopping late-inning rallies in both games, the Cincinnati Reds swopt
# double header with the Cubs, 7-5 and 4-3,
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hit upon, the idea
Physical Culture
Ass'n Meets
•
!
calculations
the were
and accurate dist Leach and his French, partner, Michael Haguenauer, Now the club, are preparing are touring Australia and are expected to arrive here on plans for ground improves August 18. They are on a world tour. mente-most-pf which will be carried out by club members,
-¡CENTURIONS ALL
Chicago Rain re-
Chicago felder Geno Her BA out 2:
Athroo-night Bories of ex-in Singapore he beat the cham- The Drafting Committee; p a three-run Miss Butler, who organised
hibition games will.ba heki. pions of India, Singapore and "The,three have been travel-
the Hongkong Physient Cidturo ~ LOWSON'S 'OPERATION
nomer in the first
The first will be played on French Indo-China. The run» `tournaments at Monte Carlo, Jing, and playing together in
Leods, Aug. - 8.
Pitcher Ewell Blackwell had sucation held a preliminary arrived
mooling at VRC yesterday
Tuesday, August 14 the second nor-up, In that toumament was aboard the liner international tournaments since Frank Lowson, the Yorkshire
to have help from Ken: Raftons-
All the players who will be on the Wednesday and the third | Fu Ki-fong,pe": Nieuw Amsterdam, WWithaher |:3049,
and England opening batsman berger. as, the Cubs rallied for to discuss the association's bye-
coming to London for the: Brat on the Friday. The games, which were Miss "Neille" F. Hensen, Europtan tennis federations who is to tour Indio with the
four runs in the eighth. Herm laws and rules.
ever world, amateur billards will be played under
«FINE TOPPOSITION the nged 26, of Amsterdam, 120 would not help in getting the MCC this winter, will undergo Wehmeier went the route in the With Mr K. W. Sear in the championship at Soho Squaro in Davis, Cup-style-four slogies Dutch champion, and Miss young European players
second game, though the Cubs chair. It was agreed that (pend the autumn have made century and a double will be held pi Judging from the perform- over an operation for varicose veins Jacqueline Macellin, of Paris, o here for experience,”. Miss in about three weeks' time. got to him for two runs in the ing further, consultations with breaks.
the Southern Playground Coverances and reputation of the locat Aranking French player.
Butter azald In an interview. Lowson
wson will be available for
oighth
hth after scoring in the fifth the Hongkong: Amateur Athletic Wilson Jones; twice championed Court, commencing at 8 b.m. exponents, the visitors will be Ocenpetition la much better. In the Fifth Test Match against New York nt Brooklyn Federation, the associationele toets
assured of some ine opposition, of his native India
regularly nightly, MA
which, according to a mesage *****the United States and the only South Africa, beginning wat game), Boston at Phil- be called the "Hongkong Phy
way-young players can im- Kensington Oval on August. 18.ndelphia, and Rittsburgh at Salcal Culture Association runs up breaks of 300. Edmund
Loufs are all night games.
whose main aim is to promote Haslem, of N. Ireland, has H. E the Governor, Sir Ale- prove their game is to play Ifsclestede Reuter.
AMERICAN LEAGUE gymnastic physical training, and made a championship break of xander Grantham, baskedly 219 unfinished; and Lop break by consented to be present son the 'RE Weightlifting.
Brat night. Scottish champion Walter: Ram Washington
71
It was further agreed that age is 295. This, however, iss Now York
aas less than the best Winning plicher Bob Porter pon bilicialformation,
Weish <lation's · physical, cultus-com-
Champion, feld, Joser Vic Raschi.
Would patitions" will be restricted to Cleveland
amateurs only,
have staggered the amateurs of St. Louis
John Roberts's day, and, even Winning pitcher. Bob, Feller. loser Tommy Byrne.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOGKEY: CLUB
Special Cash Sweep phtha
Kwangtung Handicap Saturday, 6th October, 1951,
«YARNOLD'S-RECORD
against better player:
ONLY THE, ENGLIBIT
London, Aug. 0. "The English here are 150 Harry Yarnold, Worcester's only ones who do anything for wicketkeeper, is being presented their
young i blayers. The with a ballsuitably -mounted European associations would with which he set up a world
do a thing for the young nocord for stumping
against women players."
Scotland early last month. Tickets in the above at
Pointing to Miss Hermsen,
Yarold stumped Varnold alx batsmen Miss Biller said:"She cannot and caught another' $2.00′ each may be obtained even got
and toanis headed the wicketkeepers Jackets at the Tregaurora' Com- balls to play - wiili,”****** Arqadre, Office, 1st, 1 Floor, Telephone House, and at the Clubs Branch Omtes Altunted
6 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong:
or
3.882 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Over; 200,000 tickets hoold
A. BLEAP
Secretary:
Jiet
Misa dierungen remarked, for tho, puV AWD DEPORwith
to go basit and, I will, probably,
bo, a ristowaway ar "polish brass
(2nd
1.
| Detroit" "(11 Innings) (-0, 1794
Chicago
Winning pitcher::Dizzy Trout, loser Saul Rogovin. Da
Aug-0.7ONALE LEAQUE :
the
Pierce
Such total cof
His professional
**** HONGKONG'S "TEAMS"
Hongkong will be repeated by the following:
First, Night Chung Chin
the Association recently rectly ed, they did not encounter in Australia.
Prices of admission are $10, $0«and: #5:50. The: $10-tickola nearly sold out. Tickets may be obtained at the Association's hepdquarters at No. 81, Con- naught Road, Central, the
The sheeting is to continue at caused that great man to raise sing and Keung Wing-ding, Nathan Hotel and stilbe dou ainglés: and Sit Sul-choyang Futhern Playground Accommoda- 5.80, p.m. today, at VBC.
eyebrowa Kisfang, fiqubles.
tion will boy for, about 2,500. illile. Fifty years ago an aver»
of nine or ten a visit to the 1 Sprand Night Chau Chun persona
entertainment; tables would have been sufleten kaut and LiPing, single and The
Keingingning and c Khung mittes have a lavish pion for to have won the champion and flingschnu, od
+ Frank Edwards, aged 42 and Third Nigh winner of the Engibh amateur
Decathlon Man To
1110 victims in 1940 and 106 in will stay until my money runs the past sosson Reuters d and when it dook will have TINDIANS” TO FLAY
V.London,
(1st-gamo) -520 Conch Israel Three Indians Vijayi itasare,
New York on the ship to get back to Vinod Blasbad and Polls: Un Winning pitcher Cart Erskine,
New York, Aug., 8. TIGATIMANO (Rmong the 20 Test Loser: Jim HearnCon que
view by who kihave accepted Cincinnati (1st game) 10 Irving Mondect alonso to play in the
Chles po
thres-ting U.8. at Kingston,
icher Ewell Black! Champion;- jeit loser:Faut:Bin: Sapny for a Com. | Cindmall (120g)
Holland."
thred attractive players cri
County chusettes in
the Pacis
holog
uile for the last three yehrt, hissi y
Chineal made five breaks
100
upd
Lone amore, than,HOW
in
session, Robert Marshall, who is an 20, and holde the onustralian and in ther Empire amateur championships, UNESE
*409 sundalahex in the last phonear
allan fchampionship, and
be entertained to a the Tal::Tung, Hestay
evening ther will be taki
baro