CHANCELESS INNINGS
A chanceless not out innings of 123, including 23 fours, by Peter May was the Inspiration of Surrey's quick scoring yesterday against Hampshire which put them in sight of their 20th victory of the season in the County Championship. — Central Press Photo.
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1952.
COUNTY CRICKET
JACK WALSH BECOMES THE SECOND PLAYER THIS SEASON TO COMPLETE THE "DOUBLE'
Londen, Aug, 25.
Jack Walsh, Lolcestershire's popular 39-year-old Australian left arm bowler. became the second player this season to complete the "double” of 1,000 runs and 100 , wickets when he reached 81 runs against Worcestershire at Lofcester today,
Brian Close,-the-young Yorkshire all rounder, accomplished the feat on August
15.
but,
Walsh has never before scored 1,000 runs In a scaron, apart from last year when - nesa interrupted his cricket, he failed to take 100
has not
wickets since joining the county
in 1940.
He is the
player
to
first Leicestershiro
accomplish
tha
"double" since 1030.
BILL Astill
m
Walsh went on to score his first century. of the season, He made 102 in 117 minutes and
12 fours.
20
Though the Championship is safely in their keeping, Surrey showed no relaxation against! Hampshire. When they gained first innings points they took their total number of points to 240, which is post-war record
The previous best was in 1047 when Middlesex won the title with
from 230
paints Surrey matches.
to win nced the present match-their 28th- 10 surpass Middlesex post-wor record of 19. wins in a season..
A chanceless not out Innings of 123, including 28 fours, by Peter May was the inspiration of Surrey's quick scoring today which
them ahead of put
99 Hampshire.
"Be Content!"
By HENRY LONGHURST
CLOSE OF
PLAY SCORES
Close of play scores:
At Lord's-India 289 and 100
for three (Roy not out 51, Man- jrekar 38).
265 Middlesex (Warr not out 35, Hazare seven
for 50).
Sid
Barnes Demands
That The
Story Be
Whole
Told
Sydney, Aug. 25.
Tesi cricketer Sid Barnes has demanded from Dr Allen Robertson of the Australian Cricket Control Board explanation of a published statement that "only half the Barnes sfory" had been told.
an
The Board has been under heavy press criticism during the week-end following the disclosure during the hearing of a defamation suit brought by Barnes of the reasons for his being excluded from the Australian 1951 Test team.
Stanley
Shield
Draw
.
"
"ULSTER" GRAND PRIX WINNERS
The Ulster Grand Prix, hell on the Clady Circuit, was won by K. Kavanagh'
www.
at an average speed of 94.88 m.p.h. In the lime of 2 hr, 15 min, 43.8 secs.
Photo shows a group of the winners of different events left to right- C. C. Sandford, winner of the 125 cc., K. Kavanagh, winner of tho 350 c., and C. McCann of Leicester who won the 250 c.f. event..
Interesting Finish Likely To Middlesex - India Match At Lord's
London, Aug. 25.
India, with seven second innings wickets to fall, have an overall lead of 143 runs against Middlesex at Lord's and an interesting finish may be seen tomorrow. In reply to India's score of 389, Middlesex hit 255 and then claimed three of India's second innings wickets for 109 before stumps were drawn.
Taking four wickets in, the only to mishit slightly and give | course of eight balls for three Sins a catch,
us
In court several members of the Board gave reasons for the exclusion of Barnes which his described as included counsel
"trivial." These reasons, which charges that Barnes took photographs at Lord's and vaulted
Mel- 4 turnstile in bourne, received wide publicity in the Australian newspapers.
his Today Baracs, through
Dr solicitor, demanded that Robertson should make public the reasons which would justify the Board's action in keeping him out of the Australian toam A book by Bernard Darwin is, in the golfing world,
Barnes' solicitor's letter on his At Buxton-Derbyshire 134
behalf to Dr Robertson said: an event an all too rare event at that. This week in "James Braid" (Hedder and Stoughton, 129. Od.) he and 209 (Lambert seven for 75).
The lack of information re- "If the reasons given are not applies his genial philosophy and mellow style to a sub-gloucestershire 34 and 155 for garding the allocation of grounds such as would justify the Board's ject suited ideally to both.
Southampton-Hampshire under the Government's Happy action then he would sue you 303 and 76 for three.
Valley pool scheme was raised for defamation. If ca the other 304 for five decinred (E. Bedser at a meeting of the Hongkong hand you refuse to divulge the Football Association yesterday matter in your conversations 81, May not out 123).
At Clacton-Essex 410 for at which the first-round draw of with the press, he will sue you
the declared. Kent
Stanley Shield seven-a-side for defamation in respect of The letter added that, as the Forty-one teams have entered Hearn 85).
any legal processen for the competition which begins serving of
When Robertson was out with would render the matter, "su the last ball before lunch for At Manchester-Nothampton-on September 13.
Mr A. McAlpine,: Chairman of judice", no writ would be issues, the scoreboard showod, 140 shire 333
for seven Lancashire 341 for eight (Placa the League Management, presid-until after the meeting of the for two, but good new ball
Board of Control on September bowling by Divecha and Phad ed. 133, Gard Howard 08).
Hazard's kar, followed by to the Valley Reuter, Referring
astonishing spell, showed olght grounds, Mr Guingam proposed
wickets down for 200. that the Secretary of the Assp- ciation, Mr R. M. Omar, be nu- thorised to write to the Physical
Braid's career from the day when, scorning the paren- tal wish for him to become a joiner, he left his native Earlsferry in Fife to become a clubmaker, to the day of
A+
seven
Surrey
350
his death two years ago at the age of 80, covered (Phebey 57, Fagg 65, Evans 68, knock-out competition was made. these statements." whole span of what may in fairness be termed "modern golf."
Bat-da
alost by one stroke Darwin In 50 years of writing contribution unique in its bene- adds, "Put not your trust in
As a fetal impact on the game spectators.
I can give Bernard Darwin witnessed and many years recorded it all.
SUCCESSES
Broid's
watcher of that
declared.
At Leicester—Worcestershira
advice from bitter experience. 319 and 64 for three. Leicester They have the best intentions, shire 348 (Smithson 63, Palmer no doubt, but they are, general- y speaking, unmitigated liars,"56, Jackson 72, Walsh 102, Park
six for 133).
His book necessarily describes In some detail James
I sometimes wonder whether At Nottingham-Somerset 437 Education Officer asking about five successes and muny "near any professional golfer played for eight declared (Buse 102). the intentions of the Government misses" in the Open and other so many rounds on his home Nottinghamshire 134 for two as soon as possible. tournainenfs, but these are course as Braid did at Walton (Simpson not out 71),
Two further points
on this available in the handbooks and, Heath. In
Arstly, At Birmingham Warwick-subject years
were made: to my generation, the charm of
Litere, beginning before
begins the shire 337 and 42 for no wicket, league
football September a book like this lies more, as it course was opened, he played Yorkshire 304.
27 and training fael- were, in the "asides" than in almost daily, sometimes tree
iltica were needed; secondly, schedules had been drawn up the main speeches.
rounds in a day.
como à spectator,
4, 3, 4, 4 to tie, did 3, 4.4 and then rolled his putt at the 18th safely dead and a Blue short-only to find that he had
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY, CLUB
his 40-odd
pro- to the
At Swansea-Sussex 169 and
on
NEW
the Indian Captain, Hazare, brought about a collapso of the Middlesex side when the County had seemed likely build up a big score,
το
SPORTS Coming an at 194, Hazare
STADIUM
bowled Titmus with his fourth ball and with the second, fourth and fifth of the next over, ac- counted for Knightley Smith, Leslio Compton and Sims.
THE SCOREBOARD
The scoreboard read:-
INDIA
Extras
Total
235
Phadkar
Bowling Analysis
18
MBW
40
1st innings 289
Divecha
20
01
Urarigar
2
MIDDLESEX
Chowdhury.
2.21
Almed
21
707
Hazare
... 23.5 10.50
Ist Innings
Robertson, law b. Divecha 83 Eyes 3: Leg byes @ No balls & Sharp, st. Sen b. Hazare'..' Edrich, b. Divecha
bw Denis Campion,
Phadkar
Knightly Smith, c. Gopinath
Hazare
Titmus, b. Hazare Lesle Compton, b. Hazare Warr, not out Sims, lbw b Hazaro
FOR COLONY
COLONY an excellent length Young, thw b. Hazare
and malding an occasional swing away with his arm,
Government has approved Hazaro took the Insi EX
100. Glamorgan 167 and 13 for but fixtures could not be pre- the outlay of $2,380,000 on Middlesex wickets for 31 runs no wicket-Reuter,
Drobny Wins Riccione Tennis
Tournament
Riccione, Italy, Aug. 25. Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) won'
it
pared without knowledge of the availability of grounds.
The authorisation sought for Mr Omer was given unanimously,
was
the construction of a and had seven for 50 in the inninge, his best performance of at the tour. modern sports stadium Sookunpoo Valley.
Fortunately
for
· Middlesex, { the tail-endors, with Warr the the chief attacker, hit boldly and stands of 22 and 33 for the fist wickets enabled the two Middlesex score to climb to 255.
IN TWO PHASES An official of the Port Works Office of the Public Works De partment, which will bo in explains charge of the building,
Then, when India batted again ja wicket fell at 21, but Roy and
Manfrekar batted well to ap- proach the hundred mark only for Manjrekar to break his own wicket when playing back to Young at 08,
"Sen was sent in to keep his
b. Hazaro
35 21
INDIA
And Innings
10 Roy, not out
Gaekwad, b. Moss
19 Manjrekar, hit wickets b.
Young
3
36
a Sen. c. Sima b. D. Compton
Extras
51
.10
30
Total for 3 wickets 100
-Router.
Hurls His
Virgil Trucks Second No Hit-No Run Game Of The Season
New York, Aug. 25.
Virgil Trucks hurled his second no hit-no, run game. of the season on Monday when the Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees, 1-0..
Of spectators, for Instance,
Walton in Rs early years be- "whose imbecility is, and al-- ways will be, incredible," Dar-came a sort of rural HQ for the and politicians win writes with a bitter-sweet Liberal Party, Intensity. Telling of the 1004 who wished to be in the swim ac-bad to take up golf rather as, Open al Sandwich when,
Work will probably start in James it was always sald, a maximum
A proposal by Mr Guingam December and be completed in handicap
was a 12
that Mrs A. McAlpine should time for the beginning of requisite for a posting
present the prizes at the end of 1954-55 football season. Japanese Embassy in London.
the seven-a-side tourney
The new stadium will seat Even Mr Churchill dabbled at
approved unanimously.
30,000 people but the planners for it, remarking that it "seemed u
allowances The question of clubs without are making good game for conversation!
the Riccione International Ten-grounds will be left to the As- further extensions to make it and, according to unconfirmed
nis tournament
capable of accommodating 65,000. on Monday by Boclation. report, inventing the form of
default of play known as the grearisoma.
his opponent Fausto The meeting also decided that Gardini (Italy) who refused to the Commitice appointed to in- Sometimes Darwin's foursome | play because ho (Gardini) vestigate allegations of profes partner against James was the argued with the referee last stonailam in Hongkong football great Dr W. G. Grace, to night when his match with would begin its work before the
whom in a car Drobny was suspended.
league begins. Draft
and travel with Programmes
Gardini maintained titat "gave the sensation of a royal Entry Forms for the 1st progress, since that vast beard was not raining hard enough to
Mr Omar announced that the ed yesterday that construction end up until stumps were drawn Race Meeting 1052/53 to be by then 'a sable silvered seem justify cancellation of the game. Austrian "Lin" football team will be split into two phosen but he lushed out at Compton
The first phase provides for aand was caught recognised by the At the time, Drobny won the would be coming here to play. at football ground, together with that Umrigar had to come out held on Saturday, 27th Sep-ed to be
most first set 0-0 and Gardini was the Chinese New Year.
accommodation to seat 30,000 for the last couple of balls. tomber, 1969, (weather per-Passers-by even at the
Menting Blance. On the course, leading in the second 4-2. The following is the draw for
The period between lunch mitting) may be obtained at marcover, there could never be Associated Press.
the first round of the Stanley people, dressing rooms, an ad- ministrative block, the neces the Secretary's Office, any doubt as to his presence,
seven-a-side tourney. Alexandra House; the Club cheerful and emphatic
South China "A" St Joseph's ry turnstiles, access roads, etc. and toa had been the bad one eight wiekels fell in those two his greating House, Happy Valley; and the friend, divided from him by
v Prison Offiours; Mmature v PCA: In the Arst stage.
stadium itself will be cut hours for 107 runs. Tho Wircice v Bobicitors: Stables, Shan Kwong Rond.the extent of a fairway or two.
Gymnastics v AJS: KMOA V out of the natural ground and London, Aug. 25.
India had cause to start warily graalte quar- Palipo Bun" Aces v Yard Follo: terraced and
against
necurate pace
Kiner also hit a homer con Results of the Rugby League "A ried during the excavation will bowlbig but they seemed to Brooklyn beat St. Louis 3-1. Saturday after insisting upon
matches played today
Army Joseph's "B" v Street Teo)
be used mainly in the construc- nove mastered it after the carly Rutherford, roaldo Dodger playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates CAT Kowloon Godowne v
were right-hander, Club : Tamar v South China top. The seats will be of pre-loss of Gaekwad and
gavo Cardinal despite the threat against his life. Huddersfield 11, Huli 7.
"B" Navy 9 KB "B"; Foller
dealing wall with other types pennant hopes another jolt, with Hunslet 21, Wakefield Trinity white a bye; Kit Choo "B" vast concrete. The second
phase will be an until Manjrekur seemed a little a brilliant two-hit victory-the Dockyard: CAA “A” ♥ Army ""A":
extension of the stadium so that indiscreet. In playing back to Dodger's second straight win V Club "A"; Western Workington Town 20, Swinton Tulo art Wani Extern "11" V Tul- it can scat 65,000 people and it Young and broke his own of the four-game series. Q.-Reuter.
koo: CAA " v odsudon
will also provide additional wicket
The win increased changing rooms.
Was
of any posing Rugger
them-club
Entries close at 12 o'clock Devoted readers of Darwin, I
should warn, may find NOON on Thursday, 28th selves asking "Where the Dic- August, 1952,
kens?" At a rough recollection, I seemed to note only four quotations from the Master-a palpable record for a course of somo 60,000 words.
By order,
H. Misa,
Secretary.
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A story of James, new least to me, soèms' to stan this outlook. A cousin, 1.09 with him on a train
ventured to ask how, ho 1.00 longthen his drive, which went
a similar occasion Ted gave the immortal reply, “Hi emight harder, mintel James Braid: Just looked nerost the carringo/in-silent wisdom. Then she mal quietly, "He con- tent
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Trucks pitched a no-bitter In the only other game of the against Washington on May 15, day, Philadelphia Philles do- Only three Yankees reached tented Chicago Cubs in ten the first, two of them on errors innings, 4-3,Associated Press.
THREATENED KINER Trucks, 33, a right-hander at midoff so
and one on a walk.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 24. who had only completed four of the 22
and games
Rolph Kiner nonchalantly hit 4-1 games, retired the last 20 his 281h home run of the season batters in succession,
to-day, while FBI agents and He also. pitched a one-bitter plainclothes detectives searched
threatened to winning 1-0, which was the tortionist who inst time he scored a win for the shoot the slugger during the last-place Tigers.
game.
In
League,
Resulta | "A" REME v Kwang Wab; RAM Thure will be no covered areas for Middlesex for their lost against Washington on July 22, Fürbes Field slands for the ex-
SPORTRAIT
*P'po dean picking up 'k
Cable &
26 NATIONS IN CYCLING TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
Paris,, Aug. 25. Micro than 180 cyclists amateur and professional-from 20 nations will compete in the World Cycling Tract Champion silpe which begin here morrow.
The amateur and professional road races have already been beld in Luxembourg, who federation is organiing the Championships, But the track events are to take place at the Parc des Princes Stadium here as there is no track big
Chough in the Grand Ducky
The Champlonstalgia »
start to monow wilšla noven beats of the amateur pursuit over 2.4 miles and-eight beata at the" profca- sional pursuit over 5.1 millenn
the
-some
the National
:
the
*The cxtortionist demanded $8,300 from Kiner on Thursday, but failed to keep a rendezvous with the baschalt: plaker)-on Friday.
The FBI refused to comment
vedligation was full, cor
Government will soon bọ Sen too might have stayed Brooklyn lead to a6 games and calling for contracts and work until the close of play had he dropped the Cards into third
December
that should be started by hot been tempted to lash out of place behind the idle New York other than to eas that the
4 deceptive ono from Compton Glants.
THE GAMBOLS