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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1952.
Alf Gover's Cricket Academy
No. 4-Successful Bowling
The
In normal circumstances the hard-working bowler receives little credit. bateman who cracks the ball through the covers receives an immediate round of ap- plaus but the good over with subtle va riction of length and fight is not always ‘understood' or appreciated by the onlookers It is a true saving, however, that bowlers win matches, for whatever score your side may have, the match is not won until the other side are back in the pavili on.
be thoroughly Cace again there are certain generd principles which must learn before you can settle down to consistent bowling and perfecting your style. Bowling is, of course, another form of th rowing. Except that you throw with a bent arm, but bowl with a straight arm. It is a matter of perfect co-ordination of arin. leg and body movement.
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and then bowler hue the bows oalat forward, so but sway from side
skre a the
ma lently so that
Labond the right leg and step over The the forward feul.
away from the batsmen at the batsmen shoulder and at the When you are half-way the wh the delivery the bowd ng mim hak started to downward syng "plit second before It Jr. so that the lit
arm
nedinated with the right, insisting the bely in its intaro: Fier, and von at the same time helping to in
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a fast bowler du ant make th run day longer Bran i necessary to gain speel and impetus as the Free
DC. Phadkar, the Indian Te fast bowle, wan sent over be me by the Indian Bwrd of Confred
the summer of 1943 The ban toured Australia The Previous winter and had derdeel te bew! like Lindwalk
1 punted it
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hin that his physical make up was niftereal. And Lindwall had vertoon charge-
terists in his bowing
only stable
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who h
Phudler tin bowled in his own Ayle anul 1 was able to brio bene by nojovIOR on les methark-
He has smce of emurse great bowler
for
International matches
been o
Having run up to the worket take of goth the let out a
When the weight of the body
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D at 12: 1 1h 11 am quit be OVIDE down and the night arm coming At the ment delvers The best work is pargilel with the and thigh awal the "body weight
con-
HOW NOT TO BOWL.
Recently
I attended o lerener of county cricket coaches, and 14) an advisory capacity, found that such great England players us Bill Vore (Nolts). Maurice Leyland Yorks.). Reg 7 0 Allen Perks (Worca)
(Middlesex).
AM J C Allom (Surrey) and Austin Matthew (Glamorgan) had rowling actions different very that appeared from each her. yet they all they followed the agreed that principles I have laid down.
There is an l saying about seeing ourselves as others see
us og deward over the left legs which reminds me of a small 20 endtipiete (be Gilhar-through
Rees Repeats
His Golf Trip
To Australia
By James Goodfellow
boy brought to my cricket school by his proud parent, to be taught the
of bowling. I told mysteries the buy to run up and bowl. He immediately tore Up 10 the wicket, arms and legs all over the place, and burled the ball down with what his best friend could hardly describe as a good delivery. Horrified. [ asked. "Where did you get the iden of bowling that way?"
"Oh!" he replied. "I try to bowl like you, Sir."
I had to run
up and bowi
Lo de S
Dai Rees, the Ryder Cup several times, not only golfer, is repeating his Aus-monstrate to the buy but to tralian trip this winter. restore my own self-confidence. First stop this month will at Kenya. where
your last deliving stride, at land no the right foot, with that foot just behind, and parallet with the bowling erase the lett Test following
a readines
clubs atrass the
SWINE intosition Might
The right arm has swang up to a bent position with th hand opposite the thus the let
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NOTICE
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB
1952 Colony Tennis Championships
!
Entries are invited for the į
Colony Broas Court Singles
7200
are again
the
Au- „fter playing in
Now Zealand will care acur dis way of the USA
The worst form of delivery is that which is square on the
FetteljouV Iv play in events their Last year he nutssert the Copert Balih
professional batsman.
again
and them
happen
Alf Gover demonstrates the arrival at the crease. With the right foot parallel with the bowling crease, he looks over his left shoulder.
Note the right hand near face, and the left arm moving up to a high position, back arching, left leg ready to swing over left.
BRAVES
MEET
Arthur Peail saya:
THIS GAME PRODUCED
FREAK SCORING
|N a lottr-handed snooker sime Turrall broke on without MODELELE.
· Epton - Conneryyliva. Clih,
The Bin Batt sacked
· radia · down' with
talled, to' MOTU ang, John Turrejl dufted "two vyda
„After bota sidan had taken
aj ine tabis,
that when Jonn Tera Kimed
for GU colo
bike he olean inlawed. It
My diagram sOWE NOW MELY » ced unexpectedly quer dowia in sporting foursomes, ARBUT to the striker, i tập pocket plant "
Đi đi theo Đông hộ nhat threa four or five bella to souri (tire *piant.*
A shot of chia type from cAULE may even wand wired into the sentre pocket. A filtraind.
Mangrum Ousts
Sam Snead
be
Lloyd Mengrum, 37-year-old Texan, has replied Sat Speri as top money winner in United States
golf. This season pocketed £ 9300. the lowest. winning 1ctal since 1942, a year In which the tournament sche- jule was curtailed by the war. Mengrum, who defected Bri- Match Play champion Harry Wee inanı in the Ryder Cup, had an average of 70.05 der round 104 rounds of tournament play.
ti:fa
The American Professional Golfers Association have now fixed their winter programmie— 37 events
with prize money totalling more than £53,000.
Prize money for professionals
in British events in the coming season is about £30,000.
(London Express Service)
OVERSEAS
IN ONLY SENIOR DIVISION MATCH THIS WEEK-END
By
“GRANDSTAND”
eager to batsman. The left shoulder welcome him, and he will should be kept towards him for probably play in exhibition as long as possible betore deliver-
It
left-o the matches at Cairutta
anding the ball.
forward arm--is swung mal SingaporT.
towards the off-side. the heat aitowed to drop over the left shoulder, or the right leg swung round the left instead of over it then any one of these mistakes will bring you square on to the Stand at the wicket and try a "deliberate mistake," and you will see the advantage of sticking to the correct method. In bowling, I cannot stress toc much the importance of being able to 'keep going, whatever! the state of the game. Always keep trying. In 1934 I rether fancied my chance of obtaining a place in the last Test against Australia. During the Surrey
Rexes, who are tied for Notte match, a fortnight before
Batting statistics bear this out second this last Test. I was fold that a
slot, are expected to
with clean-up bitter Chon Shiu- that position with selector was
kuen present; so, of maintain
hitting the horsehide triumphs. course, when Notts were batting
the 300 mark, while! Charlie Figueiredo's
Braves around tried really hard to Impress
none of the Caroliners has been have been in winning form again able to achieve that rating. But
Braves catch up on their delayed schedule as they fangle with the Overseas in the only Senior "A" Division 'encounter of the week-end when they cross bats at 2 pm tomorrow afternoon.
A on his way to Australia
Jammy soon wol In
Adams Wentworth, who is leaving in February for bus new post The Royal Syday club.
tell
ከኒና”
and Doubles Tennis Cham-! GI e-makers pion his to be played during that players need not be per- the Hongkong Cricket Club best by the new Royal
and Ancient Golf Club ruling limit- Annual Tennis Tournamenting iron club-face markings commencing February 12.
1952.
The specißealions state tha: ench groove must not be wider than approximately 1-32in. D- Entry Forms are obtainable
Cance between 1 grooves froin all Clubs and Sports: must not be less thun three Shops. Entries will close at time the width of one groove.
5 p.m. on February 2, 1952. Punched-out markings must not excred slight amount
Ver 4-10in in diameter
Most makers have worked on these specifientiors for some Girne There is
WATER
IS
PRECIOUS
USE IT
WISELY
ND necd
him.
After a spell of 11⁄2 hours, during which time I had beaten the bat many times. I still did
A well-balanced game should be seen in the Larlies' League this afternoon when Pooi To College lock horns with South China in their second-round encounter, and the Collegians will be all out to avenge their previous humiliation suffered at the hands of the Caroliners.
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Caused sorce In the Junior Loop, the Hawks Ching outfit, should be able retam their surprise to many fans par leuler- Is to roach Chev Tsoi who still League leadership as they meet Bantams. the less-experienced while the Griffins, Delawares and
maintains that his Pool To girls are classier.
the
and are well on their way to catching up with the leaders after they dropped their Arst two games, much to the disappoint-
ment of tans who were beginning to doubt their capabilities.
Ramon Loureiro, who used to
not have a wicket to my marne Then I noticed the Rag on the pavilion was half mast for d notability who had died I patrol the right garden for the
what is often lost sight of in a ladies' game is that the bone- headed errors have cost teams more games than should be the
case.
the
Braves
this Time some month.
Included in the Hawks' lineup are four players now turning out for the Senior Madcaps and the Iwo Guterres brothers who are here on furloughi.
TESTS FOR UMPIRES
The first of the series of umpires
progressive 1ests for
arried out by Umpire-in-Chiei Don Robbing last week attracted quite a number of enthusiasts: but, except for a few players from the Pandas' camp, members of the Senior League were very For those who are interested; conspicuous by their absence. It's in comparative figures, thea ni y, for the exercise was following are the up-to-date instructive. batting averages of the Ladies' AB Hits B.A.
turned to the umpire (Bill Tribe, has been released and in Reeves) and asked, "What's that; his stead B. Dhaber has been
As quick signed on by the astute mentor. League: for flag at half mast for?" general afarm amorg week-end as lightning came the reply. Chappie Remedios Is still golfers gather that a skilful "Because you haven't taken Figueiredo's pitching mainstay, professional could
things wicket yet." However, I kept as it seems that none of the Irene Starkey right if clubs do not conform. going and finished up with athers who have had tryouts has Benita Hemedios
these good analysis. Virtue rewarded? been able to make the grade, Alex Mendonca.
put
Most concerned are
who play in national champion- ships and international matches. They
been given have
two years' grace to put clubs right. tourna- Players in other open ments have a further two years
CARGO
-London Express Service)
strong
20 12
.462 35 13 .42%
Seventeen plays were set up, dealing mainly with the pitching rule, and examinees were re- quired to write down their pinions on the calling of each
375 play and to give their reasons or doing so. This was followed 31 by a short individual tryout In
calling plays behind the plate.
Terry Noronha .. 24
ย
27
10
Alda Oliveira
18
12
38
11
289
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9
Carmen Souza Chan Shiu-kuen 25 |Naná Carvalho .. 33 Stella Correa aga 34 Thelma Coelho 32 8 it's about time
Not in this case. 1 was asked to and Chappie will, therefore, get attend for the last Test but did the nod for tomorrow's assign- meat against L. P. Lam of the not play.
Overseas.
.273 One last
Bowl to the Lip.
handed Papers were
in for The Tribe are still not hitting, batsman's weak strokes, not his with the exception
265 eventual scrutiny, but in a brief! of Junior ones and practise, Remedios, and
250 | discussion after the test Don Robbins mentioned that in most practise, PRACTISE.
they recovered from their The above. includes those who cases umpires failed to put the lethargic spell. The top 30 have batted at least 20 times, ball back into "play" after the batters do not include any from and for this .reason, Marie ball was declared "dead", eg. the Braves whereas in previous Gutierrez of the Squaws has not after an illegal pitch or a foul- years that select circle was been listed although she has hit ball. *** thickly populated by them. batted safely seven times out
Harry Louse of the Oerseas of 17. tries.
CHARTER
is Junior's counterpart for his
WEEK-END PROGRAMME
Programme for the weekend: Today: 2.00 p.m. Blackhawks
v. Aces
Griffins 3.30 pm Dodgers (Junior League); South China v Pool To (Ladies' League).
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SECOND RACE MEETING
Saturday 12th & Saturday 19th January, 1952. (Held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club).
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 p.m. each day.
There are races on the 1st Day and 8 races on the 2nd Day (16 in all).
Through Tickets (al $32.00 each) may be obtained at the Coin- pradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the First Day of the Meeting on 12th January, 1952, as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Pearce Memorial Cup" scheduled to be run on 10th: February, 1952.
Through Tickets reserved for this Meeting but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 11th January, will be sold and the reserva- tion cancelled for future meetings.
To avoid congestion at the Club's Office at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Offices at:-
5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
or
382 Nathan Road, Kowloon. TOTALISATOR
The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following rules:-
Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given. The "All Clear" signal will be indicated by a white light and/or a white sphere at the Totalisator Tower BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIK TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EXHIBITED.
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team, as he is the only one to The Junior League Black- be batting consistently. Although hawks, who are keen to show off Harry is not at the top of the to their public, have beep sound-v. Bantams; Blue Sox heap, he is the only one in the ing several Senior League teams Seniors to hit safely in every to take them on. game played this year, averages can be a useful guide, Harry should be good at least for one hit tomorrow, but will there be anyone on base when he gets his safety?
II
DISTAFF BATTING When Pool To dropped their first game to Ella Chinn's South
The Pandas, starting with mindr-looper Jimmy Herrick on the found backed by the "A" Division field, dropped a decision p.m. Rezes
v Dragons; South Members are requested to ensure that their servants mako uND (Junior only of the Public Belting Hs, L. Military Police will be posted af
to the Hawks on New Year's China. v Delawares
Day and, heartened by this League); 2.00, p.m. Overseas v points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation victory, it is understood that the Braves ("A" Division); 8.30 p.m. adhered to. Hawks have managed to, finalise US Navy. Alfericans . ("B". arrangements for a game against | Division).
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