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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1951.
WIDGETS PUT THE WIND UP THE
But Five Fatal Minutes Of The Fidgets, And The Machine Was Upon Them
By “RECORDER”
are second beats,"
"Don't go on the field with the idea that you Coach Palmer told his Widgets at Boundary Street yesterday just before they trooped on to take on the Gremlins. A protesting chorus of “No!" came from the Widgets and they recked of confidence.
were a goal up against the They felt that way too and at half-time they streamlined Gremlins. Then the Gremlins got two and the Widgets came back to equalise and set out for their third,
The Gremba half-back line opened the gaine out and there was a hectic series of raids, corner after corner, short and long, and the Widgets lost their heads, let two goals in and finished up raiding the Gremlin D without any luck for five minutes and then came the final whistle.
First
playre
Dolantly
arki
Ele Sheila Bolton worked har for opeturgs but never got any The Widgets
In the second game of the Jite, but they might through, but her clearing very good ones.
In when their intermediate played potches Several was wild in the Arst half.
the second she steadied up and line opened the game out, they Widgets played
were more at home. the
several was a thorn in the side of the wing of Nucle The Gremi left
The interval found the Grem- others did the ཨུཊྛུམྨུཎཱནཱབྷིནྟཱི།
Nimmons and Marie (she pro- lins bewitched and bewildered, second after a shaky star!
stown-bunces at Maurie, but spells it and to say the least, unnerved. bully-f
It was so bad that on Grem- Ellery th
spectacular in lit a cigarette, and despite is being told that "Mr Palmer
de- looking in this direction,"
to pull linefiantly replied. "I have
The openeng
rughi
Careen Wing
stream
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13,
series of all that
either wing and through:
The W.dged centre
way) Meikle
Elict was more
boti Blenkinsop, but The
were very much the picture forwards
Then the Widget half-back had never bren better steadyang nfluence of the two put up on the whole, a grand my nerves together."
Sybil display against
vetetun munte-forwards.
Groundwater und Duras Bait-t
Have their as
attack the wor
the League's me dangerous forward fine.
In the forward line the Wid- red the l wart of the Creme get who really shine was in defener
iley, wh never slackened
the line half with a
feutre-forward and rallied Ted ult
was 1: Ing
Pullen, d who
sreond
EI-
Up the Lea beautiful
FAG WORKED
The tag worked. The Grem-
The lins started
second half blowing them whirlwind attack from ali skies and there was the first succession of corners. the Meikle scoring Marie
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run up the wing and a perfect equaliser from the edge of the turnert out to ja cgi-juudet, |
circle and Hilda Fowler putting
with confront kader of the attacks that Doris Barten convert.
the Gremlins two u baled into the equatiser
Eileen Kennedy
merciless drive through a bunch Just:
of defenders in the D who un- sighted goalkeeper Muir
quite a bit schemer
choil of the
the ci latar
slain.ta
breakaways Gremlin defence
left m. the
well 19 wing did not play as
matches. bat he has in tre
wa, od the
The Widgets stick played
INSPIRED DEFENCE
Th Wahpet attack was skipper frese Smelt playing over the Gremlins in the
mfort of an esparta delener,
starme cute in the first half, half, paying
The game moved from one other end of the field to the all and back and then little Ellery,
who takes
being pride in Winget and didn't display
of second best folding right through the game.
igblest trace
her dribbled up the wing on
behing the hard-tickling halt eeme at which Hoien Pallerand
hack tro of May Who. Mae proved herself Fo Blenkinsop and Strib
ton, wie spret bat y
Luku Bulls of
with
f
first
a short passing
the
from
Ы a with
at adopt, Bath for a coming hoar bust through the centre
Ure undwater. (ii the Sybil
forward, haag The previen
ling in one League
Skip Smanoff, who wanted
into the Gremiin all like
condirimd veteran Enter poster an the Elf, Lackrest a the s
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the
werk & on the other Fullbark. ↑ Juen Gereed
•
D
the
wn and sent in a perfect cen- twore that both inside-right Doris Maudie Barten and goalkeeper Greilm defence Real gut their sticks on to to-
tygether. Doris touched the
faster and I was a beautifu what
mplet tv fummoxed on which
would lieally make a
Il turned out la Gugiwater br Sytak sroved, but it was as much Bal- tron goal
The short-passing game upset the Greneius, who kept looking,
PAKISTAN'S VICTORY HAS SET ALIGHT AN
OLD CONTROVERSY
London, Dec. 9.
10 0.
Bolton
bal!
There were about 12 minutes The Simmons-Meikle wing kept blowing up and an was inspired Sheila
her helding it to the best of obility. Then the whole Grem- over lin forward line blew all
and there the Widget defence was an unnerving succession of hort and long corners that end- ed up with the Widgets losing their heads and getting into the line of sight of their goalkeeper when it wasn't really necessóry. Meikle and Fowler scored again and it was 4-2 in the Gremlins' favour.
were
These wild five minutes cost They they hard-pressed, but Pakistan's victory in the unofficial Test with the MCC the Widgets the match.
their heads. touring side has set alight again the old controversy of, should bave kept
they whether Britain views these tours in the right and With five minutes to go,
rallied again and stoped their
de through the Gremlin way necessary perspective.
There are those critics who maintain the old argu-fence.
they They didn't score, but ment that if Britain cannot send a truly representative
well the and top ranking side to tour a country, then the tour were again all over the Grem game ended that way and they should be cancelled with the requisite apologies and ex-ins. It is just as
five had their
minutes for planations.
Still, amid all the controver- another riot in the skies after a These critics, in stressing this
it is generally bad crash that would have un- line of argument, point to the sial arguments, dact that
countries agreed that one vital result of nerved any flyer. so many
GAVE NOTICE advanced
the this Indian tour will be a much have now
The Widgets gave notice that standard of their own cricket reded strengthening of English
forces for future they are going to make it diff- that it is a worn-ou fancy to reserve
them cult for anyone to keep imagine that the day has not International cricket.
From this angle two names from being the League's run- passed when an England
spring to mindners-up. They just missed hold- side could put up
strong immediately
Graveney (Gloucester)
ing the Gremlins to a draw, opposition and maintain nation- Tom al prestige anywhere except and Derek Shackleton (Hamp- and that after being led 2-1.
The Gremlins forgot in and added to his first half that they are supposed that Eddie Lead-reputation as one of England's, to be a streamlined team with-
in Australia and the Indies.
And now
West shire).
Graveney continued
the tour has on
the
out stars. Their forwards were
GREMLINS
ROUGH UP TO LEMON TIME
Maudie Read rushes out to meet a Widget attack and daughter Rosemary, knowing who's boss in a situation like that, gets out of the way quickly. Wid get centre-forward Helen Balterand and left wing Eileen Kennedy wait for a chance to rush the goal.
Gremlins spent lemon time trying to figure out how they managed to get a goal behind. The girl with the very sour ex- pression is their left-back, Louis Warning, who had
a very rough time in the first half. The others are Amber Moran, Julia Wil- son, Maureen Hodkinson and Marie Meikle-China
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K. S, Kinghorn Wins Golf Championship
K. 8. Kinghorn defeated Noel Arthy at Fanifug yea- terday to win the Royal Hongkong Golf Club Cham- plonship.
TALKS ON
too anxious to shine and a stout A European
beater, the Yorkshire leg spin best batsmen well on the way too
Into bowler, has been sent to replace to
rightful succession
the injured Dusty" Rhodes, these England's cricketing hierachy.
critics wag their heads
Game
more in
sorrow than in anger ADVANCE OF YEARS
and ask why, for example,
Denla
Compton has been those who direct the tour could not have thought of Bob England's established No. 4, but Appleyard, the medium pore like any other artist he has to bowler from Leadbeater's old note the advance of youth with
the advance of years.. county.
A similar pleture is presented
Widget defence took the shine off them.
The teams were: Gremlins: Maudie Read; ROBÓ mary Read, Louise Warning: Renate Kerr Amber Moran,
Hodkinson, and Betty Rouse; Julia Wilson, Maureen Fowler, Marie Meile and Noele Simmons.
Muir: Widgets: Marjorie
Hilda
Baseball
Saints Get Into The Way
Narrow ForThe Army
Army's batting machine got into considerable diffi culty at King's Park on Saturday against Jordan, Jones and Harwood and seven wickets were lost be- forr Navy's score of 77 was. passed.
Surg. Cdr. Goldsworthy stood to Army's varied affack for on undefeated 31. Major Deighton (22) and Lt. Maynard 127 apt out) were the only two Army batsmen at all comfortable against Navy's bowling.
Scorpions and Optimists help- ed themselves to runs at each other's expense at Chater Road, Alec Pearce contributing 89 and Tong Weller 50 to the Scorpions 180 for four wickets, the de- claration coming at 3:45 pm. Optimists, with 90. minutes 150 for batting, replied with five wickets (Noel Arthy 50, Laurie Kilbee 51).
Roy Kingsford took six Army "B" wickets at Kal Tak yester day for 20 runs, Army being all out for 77 (Williams 22). RAF's batting machine replied with 84 for one wicket (Wilson 42 not out, Ball 23). -
KCC again took the lead in the Second Division with a 10- wicket victory over Indian Recreation Club at Cox's Road on Saturday.
The Indians declarexl at 111 for seven wickets, leaving the KCC 80 minutes of batting. "Tinker" Lee with an undefeated 47 and N. Hart Baker with an undefeated 50 found 80 minutes long enough to get the runa.
HOW THEY STAND
FIRST DIVISION
Army "A"
KCC
RAF
Royal Navy Army "B" Optimiste Scorpions Craigengower
University Recreto Indian RC
KCC RAF
PW D L Pts.
9 6 327
G2
26
0 6 1 1 25
8 2 2 4 10
SECOND DIVISION
Dockford
KGVS
Recreio
Police
DBS
Indian RC Royal Navy University
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Australians
Win Hazzard
Of The Madcaps' Head-On Shield Match
Rush For The
Pennant
By "GRANDSTAND”
In the softball games played over the week-end, St Joseph's behind Sherry Bucks' heads-up pitching, put a halt to the run of Madcaps' successes in the Senior "A" Division as they downed the League leaders 6 to 4, to put the pennant races în this section into a five-way tiè.
In the Senior "B" section, the Warriors earned an easy 8 to 0 decision over the P. I. Dodgers while in the Junior loop, the undefeated Blackhawks kept their winning streak intact with a convincing 11 to 2 win over the Wildfires and the Griffins returned to the pennant battle by triumphing over the Rexes 5 to 4 after nine innings of play.
The Aces and Blue Sox had for his second hit of the tilt to things their own way, scoring drive in the vital tally. easy victories over South China and Nine Dragons by the scores.
The Saints had Sherry Bucks
In the annual Hazzard Shield match played at Chater Road yesterday, Australia beat g land by five wickets,
Batting first, England scored 120 runs which the Australians topped by 13 with Ave wickhis intact.
ENGLAND Borthwick, Mihor, Kibre, bw Mohan Leckle, e Bide, bahan Pritchard, e Strachan, b Craig. MacPherson. b Leary
Rowe, & Craig, b Mahon Owen Hughes: Ride, b Creg Hubble, bow. Craig Sellors, Mahon Thorpe, not out HOM Mahon
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Total
for the whole game and he turned in a steady hurling job,
Bowling Analys
All was not yet lost for the while the Macaos quilized two Mahon Saints as in their half of the hurlers-starting off with Kelly McConville
Crale of 12 to 2 and 15 to 2 respectth fruime they pushed across Silva-Netto, who piched five in- tively.
Anishing
TIGHT GAME
The Madcaps-St Joseph's tilt proved to be a tight ball game right from the initial inning Prexy Doc Molthen called
Federationby Bail". It was a ding-dong
Haarlem, Dec, 9.
Taking honours in the batting department were Saints' Dave Leonard and Madcaps, George
off the
nings, with Joey Grata
game
RESULTS AT
A GLANCE
Senior "A" Division
Madcaps.
4 St Joseph's Sentor "B" : División
struggle with both teams making most of the breaks that came Talks on the creation of a their way and these were very scarce as both teams dished up HARDLY A SPEARHEAD in the case of Shackleton. He Irone Smirnoff, Joan Gerrard; European Baseball Federa heads-up ball during the whole P. I. Dodgers 0 Warriors It can be appreciated that seems to be steadily underlining Sheila Bolton, Mango Blondin- tion have been held on Fri- tussio Leadbeater has the guile and his claim as legitimate successor sop and Mary Elliot; Coreen day and Saturday here be Arturo Qzorion Slugging fight to take wickets. but even to Alec Bedsoe as the quick Elery, Doris Barten, Helen Baltween representatives of gaints took a two-run lead, in South China 2 Aces
most
ardent supporters medium paced opening bowler lerand, Sybil Groundwater and would hardly contemplate him that England must have for any
as a vital spearhead in a sule's of international cricket, alipek
Eileen Kennedy,
Rexes the Dutch and Spanish the top of the first inning on hit but the Madcaps fought one Federations.
back to even the count and burn | Wildfires.
Junior League
4 Griffins
15
Leary
AUSTRALIA Hong Choy, e doors. Easir,b Fritcha Graz, low Pritchard Fincher, bw. Pritchard. Greene, not out Etrockian, bw' Sellors
Extras
Saunders, the former getting Ride, not but": three hits in four trips to the plate while Saunders got a two
in three average. Both sluggers
8 also got a hamerun apiece..
Sellore
Total (for fire, svięte).
Bowling
FRANCE'S NEW! OLYMPIC HOPE.
Troyes, France, Der French wimmer. Rene Bogön
In preparation for the forth- Pritchard B|coming". International Series | Selors
the flust Found gatpes boing scheduled for Bexit Day-Por tugal's
representative Arturo a meeting 59zarlo Is
of all those interested in re- ***: (9 innings)! 2 Blackhawks 11 presenting Fortugal in both the OTHER MATCHES
which and Laynesday, De Bedger, like Compton, cannot
Detians went down 1-5-15
will be held on The Spaniards had already into the lead in the second Mine Dragons 2 Blub Sox go an indefnitely
King George V. School and
-cember 12, at the Club
Lusitano That role undoubtedly As
Another thing this. Indian felt extremely pleased with the dealt with representatives of the canto as lanky Goorge Saunders
commencing at 5:13 p.m.: French and Belgian Federations banged out a four-poster with Appleyard more appropriately tour has taught by general con- cumming goal of their history, Paris and Brussels and they two men on bases to make the the gaine-leading run on S He was most successful during sent has been the side's ability scored by Cecily
Zimmern School's record for the match will try to contact the Italian score 3 to 2 in favour of the "Medeat" Khan's single. Playing the last season here and there to fight back in a tight corner.
fine defensive ball, the Saints Madcapa Fedorations. are many who confident - That accounts for much.
was Valerie Jillott (2), Hilary and British
held the Madcaps scoreless for Not to be daunted, the Saints the 4th and sixth innings. TOD sert that he would be an ideal opening bowler on matting bo- The touring side laye als Hole (2) and Lella Butcher (1). The Dutch declores themselves
in Recreio scored five times
Big Dava and this age for Anding|chynging wickets which shout against one goal for/School.gofon principle in favour of the in their half of the third inning Cloing into the last choto, the cause of his pace off the pitch had valuable experlance
formation of a European Fedora scored two markets as tion, but the anal decision would Lecuerd walloped out the second Saints increased their lead an gold stond for future
only be taken by a full edasion fourmaster of the tilt with odd madeapa hurler, Jouy Chraca fall-
wanted to find the strike zone withi ·Men's) The Executive Committed
aboard,
the beholded and walked in YMCA 1 A match between Dutch and There was ice in the Enfats the Fuzzy Badcaps in their Spanish, tekins his been done camp by the sage out the lake owns ant called le gazd
idered but the muller must be chy
#jing" in n wicket,
International battles on other
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