THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1952.
THE FINAL TEST AT THE OVAL
FREDDIE BROWN PLAYS A GRAND FIGHTING INNINGS TO SAVE NORTHANTS
London, Aug. 20..... Freddie Brown, 41-year-old former England Test cricket captain, from the played a grand fighting innings to save Northamptonshire danger of a cheap dismissal in their home County Championship match against Glamorgan today.
Coming in when his side had lost five wickets for 80, Brown hit a flawless century. At the close, he was unbeaten for 118, having hit a six and eleven fours during a stay of nearly three hours. Northamptonshire were than 275 for seven wickets.
The other century makers today were the opening hats, Jack Ikin of Lanca Bhire and Dicky Dodds of Essex.
rain more may
tin, the Test lefthander, who was out for two to a mistimed made his highest score of the stroke. soon, 154, against Worcester- shiro carlier in the season, today hit the Worcestershire attack for 104 in the return match to assure first innings points.
Dodds made 100 out of his Bide's total of 109 for boven
against Middlesex here. Both Ikin and Doids took three hours to reach three figures.
Surrey, still in quest
of one more victory to assure themselves of the Championship, had a fair- ly uncomfortable Lime against Derbyshire, third in the table, at the Oval.
However, should the plich become damaged
total difficult, Surrey's prove a useful one.
Yorkshire, who are making a great effort to overhaul Surrey for Championship honours, were not engaged in the current series.
CLOSE OF PLAY BOORES Close of play scores of today's cricket matches were:
A Move-India 180 (Ram- chand 23, Wood five for 34). Sussex 110 for four (Langridge 43, Cox 33, Ramchand two for 18).
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At Lord's Essex 109 for seven (Dodds 100). Middlesex to bat. At the Oval-Surrey, 160 for eight (Fletcher 50), Derbyshire
delayed Early morning rain the stür. In the three hours, 40 minutes play possible, Surrey loat eight men in inaking 150 Tuns. The big disappointment Zor. Surrey was the failure of At Leicester Leicestershire the Test star, Peter May, who 178. Gloucestershire 27 for two.
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to bat.
DON'T FOOL AROUND
THE NETS IN THE
By N.W.D. YARDLEY
At Northampton-Northamp tonulire 275 for seven (Fred Brown not out 118), Glamorgan to bat.
At Taunton Somerset 250 for quinc declared (Tremlett) 68, Tordoff 57, Shackleton four lar 68), Hampshire four for one.
At Worcester-Worcestershire 104 (Taltersall
for 83, four Bary four for 41). Lancashire 194 for five (Ikin 103). *** Reuter
RAMC GALA
The annual swimming galu of the Royal Army Medical Corps was held at the Victoria Bar- Pool yesterday racks
under Amateur Swimming Association Rules:
Keen compotition marked the different events, with 33 General Hospital scoring 25 points to win the R.A.M.C. "Mamak" Aggre gate Cup for the Intor-Unit Championship. British Military liospital (Bowen Road) occupi ed second place with 13 points, while 20 F.D.S. came turd with
11.
In the water polo anal, 33 B-O, General Hospital beat, B.M.II. (Bowen Road) after leading by three goals at the interval.
On conclusion of the Gala, prizes were presented by Mrs R.A.M.C., A.D.M.S. Hong- MA. Roo, wife of Colonel Rea,
All cricketers realise the tremendous importance of practice, yet how soldom is net practice treated seriously. Everyone should resolve to make the most of his time at the nets. After all, the whole purpose of prac-kong. tice is to cultivate technique and judgment to become better bowlers and batsmen.
To be of any benefit there action and follow-through
In
must always be someone authority, the captain or coach, lo enforce "net discipline."
Too often batsmen get too little practice and bowlers too much. find that to stake a claim for a
player must bowl are
of
each bowler. 1 cannot stress top much the need to pay as much attention while at the nets to bowlers as to batsmen.
Although she only returned to the Colony by plane at 1.15 p. yesterday, Miss Cynthia Eager, who represented Hong- kong at the Olympic Games of Helsinki, Was an interested Gala together spectator at the with her sister Joan.
THE RESULTS
The following are the re- suits:
They should be required to aim three balls, say, at the leg stump, followed by three at the off. And que a to
this inevitably bowlers, to earn their innings, tired, because
to which 100 yards free-style-1, Cpl doncs are not particular where or how lends to staleness,
(53 Gen. Hosp.): 2. Pte Smith (25 F.D.S.): 3. Pie Chan Ping-kwong they sling the ball, and the bats- bowlers are much more suscep- men receive for too many bad tible than batsmen. They should...). balls to be good for them! be given short spells.
Ten having a
minutes It is quite useless.
of intelligent crowd of bowlers at one net. Of practice based on each player's course, where facilities exist for differing needs is worth hours of just onenet It is dificult to haphazard-knocking about.and. restrict the number to less than mechanical, trundling.
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half a dozen, otherwise some never get a bowl.
TAKE YOUR TIME
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Diving. Ple Chan Ping-kwung (B.M.11.3: 2 Pto Sheedy (16 F4. Amb.): 3, Pie Potts (26 F.D.S.).
A narrow escape for D. S. Sheppard who only just gets home in time as the wicket is shattered by a smart throw-in by Adhikari in the final Test at
the Oval.
Disaster for India Mankad is caught by Evans off Trueman for five. - Central
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Gaekwad And Gopinath Save India From Complete
Collapse
Against Sussex
Hove, Aug. 20.
"A-fine-fifth-wicket stand of 82 in 90 minutes by D. K. Gaekwad and Gopinath- saved India from a complete coll use on the opening day of their match against Sussex here.
100 yards brengstroke.--1, Plo Brownright (B.M..) and Pie But- derwelt Gen, Iosp.)-dood-heat; 3. Pie Bolstead (33 Gen. Hosp.).
Sergeants Race-one length,-1, Sgt Peel (D.M.H.); 2, Sgt Deakin The ideal number is three. ! While a batsman should always r.D.S.); 3, Sgt Mars (33 Goa.
Hoap),
India, mainly thanks to these two, reached a total of 186 by tea but by the make Arm This gives each bowler time to be encouraged to
Ladies Race-one length.--2, My take his proper run, and the strokes should start his Reed, Miss. Sargeant; 2, Lieut close Sussox (110 for four) were only 76 behind. batsman on opportunity to settle Innings exactly as he would in a McQuade (QARANC),
m. Two length free-style.-1, Cpl down before receiving each ball. match, taking time to play him-
After winning the toss and fand Gopinath gavo hard; added 58 in 40 minutes, but And, what is so important, the self in and gauge the pace of Jones 113 Gen. Hosp.); 3. Sg Peselecting to bat, Hazare saw two chance on him to second slip.
(13.M... 3. Pto Schoßeld (53
ren go for three and he himself
The pair had put on 82 when the run-up, the pitch. It is wise to remember Hosp.).
and Manjrekar were back in the James gained his reward for a that long hops or half-volleys are not the certain fours they
pavilion as well before the score scad spell of bowling. Gopinath may appear before his eye is in.
reached 50. But Gaekwad, who tried to cut a fast rising ball made a valiant 87, and Gopinath and Sheppard heid a fine catch After. that he can indulge in
(37) stayed together and pre-in the gulley. forcing shots and end his knock by going for the bowlers as if
vented total failure.
he were required to score off
coach can observe
Yorkshire Ready
To Release
Eddie Leadbeater every ball-wild slogging barred.
Veterans'
race--one length.-I.
Major Bennell (13 Gen, Hlow); Major Taylor (33 dien. Hoep.): Capt. Martin (B.M.H.).
One length backstroke-1. Sgt Peel (B.M.H.): 2, Cpt Jones Gen. Holp.): 1, Plu Polts 124 F.D.S.).
Officers' racemona length. - 1, often Major Fraser (H.Q.L.F.): 2. Major Caph Mount Webb 10.M.H.):
Limitations of space Leeds, Aug. 20. consign note to the roughest part | (D.M.H.). The Yorkshire County Cricket of a cricket ground, Not nearly
(Оред до Club announced today that they enough trouble is taken to obtain 100 yards tree-style
Royal Navy, Army and Royal Afr were prepared to release their the best possible pitches for nata,
Force)-1. C.E.I.A. Vincy (Rore) 25-year-old legbreak bowler, How con balamen be taught Navy 2. L.A.C. Wedgebury If their con- | 18.Á.F.); 3. L/Cpl White (toral Eddie Leadbeater, so that he may correct methods take up an engagement offered to Bidence is shaken by being rapped Engineers). him by any other country,
on the hands or body from good- Leadbeater, who first played length balls?
And bowlers And themselves for Yorkshire in 1840, was flown out to India last winter after Battered by a rough surface, with Rhodes, Derbyshire legbreak a rude awakening in store when bowler, had broken down on they have to get batsmen out on the MCC tour-Reuter.
a true pitch.
THREE
SILENT
Amb.
and 26 F.D.S.deadhrat; 3, 18 Fd Plunging-1, Capt. Davies (33 Geo. Hosp.); 2. Cpl Wood (1) F4 Amb.): 3 Pie Tait (23 F.D.S.).
wolet For Boat 2 On. Hoạt
B... 0
ball brought about
The now Gackwad's score was his Gaekwad's dismissal. highest for the tour and tool In one over Wood clean bowl
Heed. Sarwate and H. Gaekwad nearly 3 hours to make. was out soon after the new ball and eight men were out for 159. was taken and the Indian in- Ramchand ondrove Thomson nings did not last long after he for six and made several power- had gone Wood taking the last ful drives but Wood ended the four wickets to finish with an innings. at 180 by bowling him analysis of five for 34.
and getting Chowdhury leg bc- fore with successive balls,
Sussex also found rung dim-
Olympic Swimmers Return
re
Miss Cynthia Eager, Miss- Irene Kwok Kam-ngor and Cheung Kin-man, who presented Hongkong at the Olympic Games at Helsinki, returned by S.A.FE. plane yesterday, looking fit and well..
Owing to restrictions against entering Kal Tak Airport, Messra Ed da Roza, K. Woo and Wong Chiu-hung, officials of the Hong- kong Amateur Swimming Asto- elation and of the Amateur Sports Fedoration and Olymple Committee of Hongkong, wero unable to meet the returning swimmers at the Airport Ter minal, but-awaited thole arrival at the Peninsula Hotel.
In the absence of Mr A. de O. Sales, Hon. Secretary General, Olympic Committee, and Mr H. W. Wingice, who led the con tingent to Helsinki and who will bo back later this month, Cheung Kin-eman was in charge of the team on its return Journey.
FX. "Sonny" Monteiro, the fourth member of the team, will also be returning later.
All three swimmers who re- turned yesterday were loud in their praise of the hospitality extended to them while at Hel- sinici They also paid high tri- bute to the sportsmanship and friendliness of athletes countries competing in Games.
ONE REGRET
from
the
Their one regret was that the Amateur Sports Federation and
Okmple Committee of Hung- kong did not think of taking along a supply of souvenirs or badges for presentation to com- petitors from other countries.
One of them said that "swap- ping" of souvenirs was the order of the day and it was most cm- barrassing to the Hongkong. re- presentatives to be always re- ceiving and not giving anything
in return.
Questioned as to whether they had sufficient to eat, the swim- mera said that there was no scarcity of food. In fact they were supplied with more than they could actually cat.
SPORTE
LMOR
SURGERY
"But, my dear, fellgin, when adviard you to take up sport "didn't mean with a television Bet!"
London Expresą -Bertion.
Compton Will Hit Hundreds Again
By BRUCE HARRIS
Whenover Denis Compton censes to score centuries cricket followers want to know "What's the matter with him?" as if he were not subject to the failures beset- ting human beings in every walk of life. And as if great cricketers had never failed before. ⠀
Was not even Len Hutton once left out of an Englund side? Was not even Godney Evans, bent world, wicket-keeper in the dropped last year against Uro South Africans?
Let us look into the recent record of Compton: For Middle- sex v. Essex 90 and 65; v. Lancs 2 and 28; v. Derby 10 and 50; v. Surrey 34 and 18; for Playera v. Gentlemen 49 and 39 riot out; v. Yorks 4 and 9; v. Sussex Í and 47.
Not the Compton of his greatest years, admittedly, but happily also not the Compton of
scason the unhappy
of 1946 when in successive Innings ho As an example of the friend scored 0, 0, 0, 0, 1. The ho began an innings with a ball liness which existed between.
tricked against his which athletes, Miss Kwok said that on their arrival they were supplied stumps without bringing down He scored 100 and with rica cooked by the Jap- the balls.
was "off" again. aneso.
The rice, however, was not properly cooked, but after a few lessons, the Japanese cook soon learned the art.
All three swimmers were agreed that the American swim- mers were first class.
BRADMAN, TOO
Every batsman has patches Bradman, for instance, in tho early matches against us in our 1832-33 four of Australia began with 3, 10, 38, 13, 18, 23, 0. Then he began to make ruins, but on the whole this, "bodyline" tour was his least successful.
Cheung was very enthusiastic about the soccer final between Hungary and Yugoslavia, which the former won by two goals. Walter Hammond, prodigious scorer.in.Tests, had in the 1934 He said that the game was series.
Australia against played at a terrific pace, with England scores of 25, 16, 2, 4 the Hungarian goalkeeper giving a really brilliant per- 37, 20, 15 and 43. Is the Gentle
mon v. Players match he scored formance,
5 and 0. Yet ble average for Gloucestershire that year was d 120.25.
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BANGKOK 'VISIT
On their roturn journey, the they ran into a bad spell and Hongkong swimmers took part both these batsmen and Dog-in a Swimning Gola at Bang- gart left in quiek succession. kok.
All three fell to good catches. The light obviously troubled the batsmen and eventually, after three consultations, the umpires decided to end play, | Sussex, who were 110 for four, then needed 77 for a first in- nings lead-Reuter.
Shell Victory
Instances like these could be multipiled over and over again.
That does not mean that In the 100 motres breaststroke | Compton would necessarily event, Miss Kwok was pitted | return to his tremendous form against a male swimmer, D. of 1947, when he scored 3,816 Kaull, who won in 1 min, 31.3 rong with an average of-00.85. seca. Miss Kwok returned the time of 1 min. 83.6 secs,
In the 100 metres free-style, Miss Enger swum bgainst Miss T. Carroll, a Canadian girl. Miss Eager won in 1 min, 13,4 seca. Misa Carroll was second place with 1 min. 13.9 pers.
Compton, now 84, bata in an individual style which does not fast as well as the more orthodox one of Len Hutton.
HARD LUCK
When a batsman
See the
Cheung Kin-man took part in bill a trilo lesa, quickly thasi,
a 100 metres tree-style event before then orthodoxy рауд
Maybe
Sussex showed much more
In a friendly two rink lawn against two Bangkok swimmers, Especially when he no longer Inter-Unit Relay,-1, 37 Gen. Hosp. aggression and confidence when
they batted, but they last three cult to make. In the absence bowls match at the Hongkong Roger Willoughby and Nai War- moves with quite the placrity of
Cricket Club Green on Monday, singh Footrakoon, who awam 50 the twenties, men, Jahn Langridge, Cox and of Disccha and Phadkar, Hazare Shell Sports Club defeated In- lads won in the time of 58.8 metres each. The two Bangkok
Compton will model Doggart to fine catches when it opent the attack with Ramland Revenue Department by 11 seconds. Cheung was thred in his style on different, less. looked as if they would make a chand.
shots and on both rinke, the 50,0 seconds..
venturesome, ligen. Quite like- big score by the close.
Scares Ho soon gave way to Chowd-final score being 46-35,
ly, he will come back to Tesa cricket next season against the In bad light, Parks and Suttle hury who, with 19, scored in 35 were:
Australians,,, F played confidently uni, after minutes, knocked back Shep
AL S. Douglas, H. G. Thurs Aho third consultation, thepard's leg stump with a well ton, M. A. Wahab and C. C. umpires decided to draw stumps pitched up ball,
Sussex looked to be right on. F. Watson, H. Finney and Pereira (Shell) beat W. Darby, 20 minutes before the closa.
top when Langridge and Cox
[C. B. Rounsefeíl (IRD.) 20-10.
SALESMEN
真真麵
The plich had dried out con- siderably after lunch and the ball went through much faster. Gopinath swept James to the midwicket boundary and 'alco made a number of firm strokes against Wood. 20
Gaekwad, on the other hand, fook plenty of time to play him. self in 'again.
He could not timo his drives
as well as before lunch and when-67 ho might have been caught in the gultay off James. Parks throw himself forward but could not held the ball after grasping it...
The batsman celebrated his cscapa by pulling and ́driving James for two fours in an over.
* LUOK AGAINST JAMES
Luck continued to go against. Jaines, for Gackwad lifted. Idm over midoff, where Sheppard /sould not quitaresch #skieg
JEST A MINUTE! :
By GEOFFREY EVANS
This to the sixth today. -the very day that golf balls
J. T. Reid, G. S. Garrard, G, A. Guterres and J. C. Remedios (Shell) beat M, Boycott, K. Almao, E. F. Gee and F. D. Angus (I.R.D.) 20–10,"
Accidental
Verdict
Death
Belfast, Aug. 20. An accidental death, verdict was returned at an Inquest today on Norman Stewart; 32, a fitter, pt Shefeld, who was killed during a practice for the Ulster Grand Prix motorcyélo, race on Thursday
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In a 3 x 50 metres Interport Modley, race, the three Hong- kong swimmers beat the Royal Bangkok Sports Club teams, winning In I'mía: 81 seconds.
Cheung also took part in a water polo match between teams ropresonting Bachelors and Mar- ried Men. The Bachelors, for whom Cheung played, won by 3-4.
..
Although they had had a really wonderful time since leaving Hongkong for Helsinki, all three swimmers sald they were glad to be home again, for there is no place like
home.
that
KOREAN TEAM ARRIVES
Thirty-eight members of the Korean Olympic Games arrived in the Colony by S.APE plane yesterday on the return journey to Kores.
The Korean fcom was met by Mr CS. Wang, Chairman of the Hongkong Chinore Football As-
Stewart was riding a Norton saciation and of the Interport in the 300 c. class,"
Sub-Committee of the Hongkong Football Association pag g was stated that Stewart appeared to have taken the bend hist and was unable to straighton
page Reister,
Ho has young competition to meetin Gravenéy, Sheppard, May and others.
Yet Compton,
according to
the analyses most recently com pated, has scored 1,800 runs and lakon 81 wickets: this, sea- sop. Which is, ng bath recond It is hard luck on a cricketer when everyone expects him to remain at his flp-top for sea- son after season ma
-Such" great expectations are ant to get Con, the victim's nerves,
—(London Exprese Service)
Speedway Test
London Aug 20. Australia beat Englarid in the Fourth Speedway Test, at New Cross-hero-tonight by 02 points to 40,
The team I staying here until Australia now tendin Friday, when it will provved on matches to nil in the sive hosts (the Tait lap of its journoy homsel #tries---Router,