THE INTER-VARSITY RUGGER MATCH
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1951.
The Dark Blues Will Have A New Look
By PETER LOVEGROVE
Oxford, who have provided rugby of the highest standard and won the Inter- Varsity match for the past three seasons, are faced with the major and urgent task of rebuilding in the next five weeks.
December 11 at Twickenham and The 70th University match takes place on
their seven interna- eleven of last year's formidable Dark Bluzes, including six of tionals, have "gone down."
longer
the Dark Certainly :st puting, when outplayed forward and
moderate by the
with little Blues' scem pretty open, No
available Arv
they wer•t? real pace having come to notice. match-winner Martin Hofiary.
beaten Ko far, but the Dark Blues can the brilliant England centry
the steadiness Hichmond, always rely on Lewis Cannell, the lntes national back-row of the pack, G. C was anything that an auspicious, of T Bittson - Thomas, Keadil-Care Stat
G Small, Radi penter and H
W South African hooker Heter
D
whe
J Brewer, who has had une game for Wales, to all one of the vacancies
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3. Buliard, the Varsity's for-
seusuri, Oxford only secundi-row skipper and
outside- word, has my gains about the solved their difficult
Taif problem by luring Hofmeyr full-back position, which C. J. Saunders has already made his rom
1:0m his studies at the
1061 this problem Is manner reminiscent minute, and
African with them agat. The strongest of other fornt South
M. Spence. K. from Undidates are This Freshman players
Scot- Capewa University kicks who would have had a
ful length, s
cool wader, tigh Trial but for injury,
robust D pressure, and showed
Outside the Oxford have been se distan.
own dir Bullered guished. only Boven
emains, onl 12204 DG 1 war supremacy is semunsiy theated
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NO LACK OF TALENT Not that there is any
Fa
of promising new talent, but R
may take time to find the glit beruf and create th Letwork.
andh confidence
which bring suce S almost always is the most
what
tractive and exacting game
Dar fixture-list
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abic speci! in seuring two ries 14 at triats
T
Much, of course, will depend
the Hoobly.
three- quaster line, and on the under- tanding he strikes in the cen-
F te with
Coud's, whu was picke! for Scotland water Tim wing positions
فرح
and
Baker.
out Just
who has been playing well for Old Merchant Taylors, but P
Richards (Old Whitgiftians), (Harlequins) D Ashcroft und P. F. S Kattemaster, son of a very famous player and a
International, Schoolboy
of the not through Ireking tg-match PETENCE
MCC DRAW WITH INDIAN
SERVICES
Dehra Dun, United Province, Del. 30.
The MCC cricket tourists' match with the Indian Ser- vices XI ended in a draw here today with the scores level. There was time for only one over when the MCC, after dismissing the Services for 175 runs, needed five These they were unable to get, mainly runs for victory. because of the wide and high bruncing bowling facties of Rai Singh fast medium bowler), which provoked much comment.
Blue Vest Well
Backed For The
Melbourne Cup
Melbourne.
are
reckoning
Ex-
usual
All the Bigus are that they will have another very big and
with the strong pack Dominion contribution The and Bullard three Old Blues
Walker and inmself, M.
the South African, C. J. L. Grif- th. From Soul Africa have arrived JH Henderson, CN=
tam of Witwaterstand Univer Sify who has played for Trans- val and was the running for the Springbok tour, B. Bamford, a 162 stone front Diocesan from now forward
Bryer and R. N. Shucksnovis |Sollege. P. M. B. Hut, L. W New Zealand may be represent- D North and Aus- ed by J. tralia 193 H. A. Dunn, Queensmul. Archer lakely giant E A Fergusson, who has captamed Rugby, while B
Wydell, who has been mak- game for himself in Lon- don club rugby, is regarded as
A
A
1 Graveurs both + Single
.. Singh's Kenyon played the second for Two PARIS кете I w +ames uede with four balis ko iņu.
TWO FINAL BOUNCERS
The Ra Saigh began iwong W side of the stumps and has fourth ball was a wide, making the neores level. The next two ixails were bouncers, Tugh over the head of Kenyon, who was unable to reach them, and the off wide of the final hall was
Blue Vest, beaten half a neck in the £10,000 Caul feld Cup recently, has been ¦ stump.
hacked
the heavily
for
Kenyon made an attempt £14,000 Melbourne Cup. On cut the last ball but missed and As the match ended with the scores one day alone Blue
was backed to win £A20.000.
The Melbourne Cup will b fun even wo miles at Flening 1m have course on November t
;
level.
The last over by Rai
Singh
provoked much comment. Some onlookery said that it was not in the sporting spirit of the game while others declared that his Favourite stil Morse Code,
Such a justified Blue Vest, tactics were but he just shades
remain a champion three-year-old question will always Victoria Derty Favourite matter of opinion,
ENTERPRISING STAND
and
itsd
Hydrogen.
supported
well Also Basha Felika and Grey Boots.
UFFY
1951 and
An
nterprising six.h 1950 Caulfrid Cuppersh.p
by Minutes winners respectively.
this
to win.
wicket 16 83 runs 75 Ro. Singh
und
Prince O'Fairies, winner Adhikari fled the MCC's effort the Brisbane Cup curlies: year, has slipped in the betting
Declaring their overnight recent failures, but following
total of 338 runs for four wickels horse reply to their opponen's 167 runs, the MCC left the Services Cup
10 to get 171 ruas to Win
innings defeat.
his big betting owner, Mr 0.
Porter, has K
with Cauffeld coupled
Basha Felika, winner,
£A130.000 on the Cups' double.
aver:
Hydrogen six times more They were well on the way to popular than the second Vic-vetery when half the side wore toria Derby fancy, Great Gu: for 71 ruus, but then came the bert. Next most favoured is s'and. Australian Jockey Club Derby winner, Channel Rise.
The Victoria Derby will be
over run
12 furlongs OTI November 3.
for the Order of favourites Melbourne Cup on November
Morse Code
Blue Vest, Hydrogen Basha Felike, Grey Boots.
Akbar
Aristocrat
Prince Fairies, Free Kick Double Blank, Midway, Jan, Great World, Durham
Delta, Skystreainer Aldershot, Channel
Reuter.
Rise.
YMCA TEAM
The following will represent
the European YMCA in their Hockey Leaguo
match against
Adhikari (64) and Rai Singh (41) treated the bowling on is met's and rams came freely.
When Ral Singh was cut the balling broke down again, the lust four wake's going for 21 runs Router.
a near-certainly for the
TGW
H
back
LIGHT BLIVE OUTLOOK
with Cambridge,
ten
old Blues in residence, have been further heartened by a bright start They have been success- ful in their first three games, their victims
including Northampton, and already look
better side than last
year Dark their when they held Blue opponents for three parts
early of the game after two and costly mistakes in defence. Outside the scrum, they have impressive speed and stride, J. Blues M. Jenkins, the Light skipper, has no reason to discouraged with the prolonged trial he has given to his two Bartlett new halves, R. M. and T.
The former toured
C
be
Pearson
South Africa
2
and this summer
ao1 only opens up play well but is very useful place-kicker, while Freshman Pearson, a Schoolboy international, throws a long and quick pass from the base of the
scrum
Both Brian Reeve and E. W
centres, Marsden, last year's
they
their
to
deter-
are available again, but fight for will have to
now that K. J. Dal- Places
rising star, angielsh, Scotland's
nos arrived at St. Catherine's. deceptive Marsden is a most runner, while the burly Reeve the dash and weight has carry him through all but the de- most uncompromising of fences, but his passing has al- ways been unreliable.
and There is speed mination on the wings to pick from 1. S. Gloag (a former and old Blue), Army player K. J.'s brother W. S. Dal- gleish, R. Heron (London Scot-
and G. Cook, and tish) problems at full-back, except that of the difficult cholce tween T. U. Welis and P. M. Davies. Wells, New Zealander and cricket Blue, soundness itself if a trifle slow, while the of slightly-built Davies,
cricketer Emrys Glamorgan Davies, made a spectacular first appearance at Twickenham for the RAF last winter, and talked of as a future full-back.
Strangely enough, 1100-
U.S. Davis Cup Team
Selected
Palm Spring, Oct. 29. Frank Shields,
captain playing
Bon
no
119
be-
15
Welsh
although
of the seven of the old Blues are for- which is the pack wards, it
the Dutch HC at Sookumpoo United States Davis Cup raises the biggest query. Last No. 2 ground on Sunday, bully-team, said today he
of at 10 am.:
$115
Was your's scrummaging was confident now he had the pect throughout the season and J. Taylor, Bushrail. Drake: "best tennis team in Ameri- deteriorated in the vital match
when was most
required, Inglis, Frater, Arundell; M. R. Taylor, A. Inglis, Calde. ta.” cott, Mann, Long.
B.
TODAY'S SPORT
CRICKET
He said: "Getting Ted Schroe-
it may
well b
hot by some
useful
such 09 F. R. der to the team has boosted newcomer the ex-Bopper
who
everyone's morale immensely. I Beringer, the
to hooked for the Army, D. M. Iam very happy he is able
Massey, a Cheshire County join us
After a
lot of changes the forward, R. 1. Harrison (Mid- of the back row), end Army Inter-Unit League Beam Anally has shaken down
Come ICB Regt : (Sookumpoo); APCA RAB4). (Craigzdrower); to the following fire-mail com "Casle Walf, the Dig
Draconita bination-Dick Savist, Tony Tra- bridge and Surrey fast bowler. Blues' sternest The Light Bebas. HamUtom 5/1 TMB, 3C)1500 DIY Pro Richardson and Schroeder. test comes on November 0,
the Spring Jack Kramer, former national when they meet Army Lang10 Ob By TA Vengea champion who turned pro boke, who play at Oxford Henk Badu (aplers "HE Biene Best Reesional, has taken on the job weak latorThese two games "coaching. Also helping should provide senil pointer
SOCCER
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me pre a trio of olber former for artheid That Twickenham Davis Cuppere, Don Budge, clasi Oxford, by the way, bavo Frankle-Parker and Case Minks, won 32 of these to Cambridge's
United Prem
A SEAT IN THE STALLS
When The Wool Week
Snaps
THE SCENE IS SET FOR NOAH'S ROCKET Clockwork
One of the minor cataclysms in "When Worlds Collide," the new George Pal science fiction story, filmed in technicolour, is the complete flooding of New York City.
On a pleasant July afternoon people go about their business in Herald Square, New York, scolling at the warning of scientists that at I p.m. the planet Zyra will pass cluse to the earth, causing tremendous cataclysms.
Ten minutes later the scientists' findings prove to
be true. Following a terrifying earthquake, a gigantic tidal wave bears down on New York and a raging moun- tain of water dashes into the square.
Within a few minutes only New York's tallest sky. scrapers jut out of the sea.
Zyra passes close to the Earth. Coming in another, direction is another planet, Bellus, which will crash into. it. But the men of science are ready. Their rocket, aimed at Zyra and safety, shoots off.
On board the rockat are à selection of 45 people, the necessary antr
By SUE DAWSON
When
high-rincipled and religious ma realises that the work to which he has dedicated his life to make the world a better place is being used for an evil purpose, there is bound to be a tremendous reaction. In the ordinary way, such man would discuss his
H
views with people and per- haps leave his job. Creat-! ing a fuss would save him, for it would act as a safety valve for his surging thoughts.
But what if he was en-
gaged on some secret work? Something which he had sworn to impart to nobody, which he couldn't discuss
because anyway
no-one the na- would understand
The ture of his work. clockwork inside would he wound up in the same way, but there being no safety valve, something
eventually snap,
would
Suct a case was
Professor Willingdon's. Months of ex- haustive work on highly secre Government research connected with a super bomb produced their effect. There came A real:sation of the magnitude of this destructive weapon he was helping to create.
One day Scotland Yard ceived several letters forward- ed from Downing Street and, As sometimes happens, they were treated as a hoax. -Bu' one was in the writing of the famous Professor and in pur- suing this the Yard discovered that he had actually disap- pcared.
LONDON SITS UP
Tha! made London sit up, for the letter stated that unless the Prime Minister announced to the world within seven dlays would stop produe-
that Britain
tion of the weapon, one of those bombs, known as the "U.R.12."
be set off ut would Sunday and destroy square miles of London.
noon on twelve
Police, Government, the Ser- vices and, in fact, eight million inhabitants of London Join in the search with the Professor's colleagues to trace him--but without success.
Government in the meantime starts a complete evacuation of | London. From the opening of
the flim,
Suspense builds
till finally like an avalanche, Sunday noon sees the climax, when the brittle tension, like the Professor's mind earlier on, reaches snupping point.
There are no glittering stars decorating these pavements of London
names.
been
with their exploited . But no six could have found
who could played the half dozen leading parts.
better have
RUFFLED SPARROW
Barry Jones has the look of a ruffled Sparrow and
your the sympathy is entirely with rather pathetic wandering pro- fessor, who sometimes in his eyes and expression reveals the tenacity of purpose which is driving him on to the awful mission which he feels he must fulfil
Was
Olive Sloane, who acknowledged "the toast of the London stage" in the twenties, plays "Goldie", an ex-variety artist with a heart of gold.
Cat-crazy Mrg Peckett is Joan HickscTI, the Professor's first landlady in his flight, and Sheila Menahan, the Irish actress, is Ann, his daughter.
Andre Morell is Superinten- dent Folland who conducte the chase, and Hugh Cross, Stephen Lane, an assistant of the Pro- fessor's and very fond of his ilaughter Ann.
through
the
Surely more people than in alm surge almost any other
the scenes In
London, evacuation of
when only the Army are left to comb the deserted houses and search- lighted streets for the missing man.
Typical of the Cockney core
running through the Alm is a
remark made by a soldier ater
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