THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1952.
NIMBLE QUICKSILVER
COUNTY CHAMPIONS HELD TO A DRAW IN FINAL MATCH OF THE SEASON
London, Sept. 2.
;
Surrey, the new County Cricket Champions, were held to a draw by Leicestershire in their final match of the season today. Yorkshire and Lancashire, second and third respectively in the final table, both won, but Surrey finished with the comfortable margin of 32 points over Yorkshire.
Surrey, who won 20 of their, 28 games, scored 256 points, Yorkshire 224 and Lancashire 188.
Derbyshire were fourth with 164 points, Middlesex fifth with 136 and Lei- cestershire, who had their most successful season for 17 years, sixth with 132. None of these three counties gained a point from the matches ended today.
Somerset, who had completed their were at the bottom of the table with 44 points, having scored only two victories. Nottingham shire, in spite of a victory over Warwickshire today, stayed last but one in the table with 72 points.
innings batting A second
Leicestershire revival
by
Warwickshire 381 for seven declared and 261 for six declared (Dollery 03, Spooner 67). Nottinghamshire 300 seven declared and 257 for six (Stocks 00).
already destroyed Surrey's hopes raised') wickets. programme, by the follow-on. The turning was a century stand by point Maurice Tompkin and Charles Palmer during which Palmer Tuns for the completed 2,000 season for the first time.
Two Killed In
The pair put on 103 in two- and-a-half hours for the third wicket. After Palmer had been dismissed for 70, Tompkin went
for
At Leicester Leicestershire drew with Surrey. Surrey` 428. Leicestershire 236 and 331 for six (Tompkin 127, Palmer 79).
Gloucester- A Gloucester
on to score 127 in an innings shire drew with Northampton- losting four-and-a-quarter hours, ¦ shire, Northamptonshire 324 declared. and 204 for seven Yorkshire needed only anGloucestershire 328 for seven de hour-and-a-quarter this morning clared and 155 for five (Emmett to take the remaining six Kent 50, Milion not out 53)-Reuter.
Manx Grand Prixkets for 71 runs, John
Practice Rides
were
Douglas, Isle of Man, Sept. 2. Two British riders killed today while practi- alng for next week's Manx Grand Prix Internationa}
motor oyala races. Ivor K. Arber,
35-year- of the forth-
old engineer, one British hopes in the coming tests, crashed at 90 miles an hour while taking a corner on the course. He was thrown into a hedge on the opposite side of the road and killed almost in. .stantly.
surveyor.
A 24-year-old ¿B.A. Jackson, another much fancied competitor, was kill- ed while making the moun- tain descent at Brandywell. -Reuter.
Home Soccer
Wardle, their left arm slow
| howler, took six for 20, four of them this morning for 13 runs, and sent down 03 balls today before conceding a run.
Lancashire got the 77 runs they needed to beat Middlesex in 50 minute Geoff Edrich scored the winning run and now needs 23 to complete 2,000 for the season. He plays in the Kingston Festival which will give him a chance to reach the mark.
THE RESULTS
At Lord's Lancashire bent Middlesex by nine wickets. Middlesex 125 and 187. Lan- cashire 246 and 77 for one,
AL Canterbury - Yorkshire beat Kent by an innings and 51 runs. Kent 240 and 128 (Wardie six for 2). Yorkshire 420 for eight declared.
Mrs Rich takes her well-named grey Quicksilver III over a jump to win the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the International Horse Show at the White City stadium, London.
South Wales Is Aflame With Soccer Enthusiasm
By ARCHIE QUICK
South Wales is aflame with Soccer enthusiasm. The promotion of Cardiff City back to Division One after 23 years in the wilderness has rekindled in the mining valleys all the old fervour that swept the old "Bluebirds" like a forest fire to fame two decades ago.
some
Fifteen thousand Welshmen and women,
from North Wales too, travelled to Wolverhampton to see the return of City to the top sphere, and there were ghosts abroad as the two famous aid es took the field at Molineux.
Walking unseen with the present eleven were the shades of Farquharson, Nelson, Blair, Hardy, Keener, Evans, Clennell and all the other Ninian giants of the past.
At Cardiff - Worcestershire beat Glamorgan by 130 TUNA. Worcestershire 235 and 193 for A Soccer saga could be writ- eight declared. Glamorgan 117 ten about all which has hap- and 172 (Perks six for 60, Jen-pened in football, since City and Wolves last met in 1929. The whole of that time Cardiff,
Soccerkins four for 48).
Results
London, Sept. 2.
Association football results
today were:
LEAGUE III
(Southern)
Southend 3 Swindon
0
LEAGUE MI (Northern)
Rochdale Tranmere
1 Bradford
0
I Port Valo ULSTER CUP
1
Al love-Sussex beut Derby-who were the first team to take shire by 130 runs. Sussex 210 the FA Cup out of England and and 204. Derbyshire 158 and 132 were--runners-up in the (Oakes five for 31).
Division the same season (1924), have spent in the Second Divi-
First
At Nottingham-Noltingham-sion. Wolver carcer has been shire beat Warwickshire by four even more chequered.
Major League
Baseball
They
even fell to the Third Division North, and actually had to op- ply for re-election one season!
was 13
Brian Close Should Be
Back In The England XI
Australia Against
★★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ✯ ✯ ✯
Robert Ottaway's Show Talk
Emlyn Packs Them In At Culture City
Edinburgh.
Andrew Kelf" shines ́particular- | "In this country screen heroes ly bright-but then he has an can't grow old gracefully like ACH year, at grouse unfair advantage. He was a Gable and Tracy. You have
time, Edinburgh re-miner himself.
+
"Pickwick" marice Barry's attempt to find a middle way.
ceas of this first week has been strong, has invaded Opera, 24o And he finds his part quite a
Yet the most resounding sùc-
notched by one man, whiskers, and a book,
some
after In the
young Dickie Attenborough 'at members the impor
one end and old Félix Aylmer at " OPERATIC BANTAMS tance of being earnest. ThisOST al ming aspect of somewhere in between."
the other. I want to find a place year it is sending 60,000 Mo
opera to the layman is the visitors groggy with cul- sight of giant-sized tenors spoon-
ing with man-sized ture.
sopranos. The Hamburg State
contrast particularly the city with excellent alngers in fairly touring as a juvenile human shapes. Quart voices in Novelle role in "Glamorous
Nith int frames, in fact.
rewarding Emlyn Williams stalked with My most
CLAIRE'S STAND-IN · suitable dignity on to the perience in this craggy city has
hypnolised been Lyceum stage and
the
of performance
Visiting Covent Garden Opera us Into thinking tim
Flute," Hase Charles Mozart's "The Magic
recently were Claira Dickens. He gave a 10,000-word lenderly played, accurately Bloom and Sidney Chaplin, digest of "Bleak House
and sung, and set with an imagina- After the ballot they went round his vocal gymnastics took in tion that never seems to alight to see one member of the New the unctuous Chadband and the on Covent Garden. sad piping of Jo, the crowing sweeper and his impersona- tion is flawless.
THE REAL MACKAY
LX.
York City Hayden.
company, Melissa
Melissa, 24 and Canadian-born, aland-in in her
Way back in the thirties there was Claire's Over a shampoo Williams was a young man called Barry Chaplin film, "Limelight." Claire told me that, after a London Mackay. He cavorted with Jessie plays a ballet-dancer-but all season, he is taking "Bleak Matthews in a string of musicals; the steps are Melissa's. House" to the troops in Gerthe last was "Sailing Along."
NOTED AT RANDOM many, and then to Broadway. Now older, greyer, and, it seems, "I've no lime for writing my wiser, he's making A screen Joseph Colten is wanted for amall character an American, play about the own plays," he said. "Dickens comeback in a takes up all my time,"
part in "Pickwick Papers."
| Alger Hiss espionage story. FOOTNOTE: 100 yards away "I want to forget the past," Sir Laurence Olivier has been they are showing his last film, says Barry. "I want to be ac-presented with a first edition of
'Dreiser's "Ivanhoe." But the cinema has cepted as a character actor. It's Theodore
"Sister from such a strain to be young all Carrie," the original of the film. dropped Emilyn Williams the hoardings. They don't think the time-particularly when you It is a thank-offering from the he is much
author's widow.... of a drawing get to my age. power!
USTINOV UNSEEN
TEARD but not seen
HEA
last
week woe Peter Ustinov.
He spoke the broken-English commentary to the film "Le Plaisir," director Max Ophuls" successor to "La Ronde."
Ophuis together
Philippine Film Industry
Becomes Associated With
throw Mas brought or The Production Of Classics
Maupassant stories,
one
London.
It shows how a Tartar triba
sad, one saucy, one alight, and soused them in his own special brand of "auce piquante."
The He flew over from Paris for
Philippines have a treacherously attacked just the opening, and turned out to never been associated in the as their young prince, Timuyla be a stubby, puckish little man past with the production of the art lady of the
engaged in love-making with спешу other diving director was a film classics. And no Philip defeated and he tries to flee, is whose only resemblance to any
ranks. Timuyin's Tartars bro for portly cigars.
pine picture has ever ap wounded and captured. By his
is
He told me that "La Ronde" peared before on a European courage and cunning he escapes -it has run 14 months in Longereen. don-is banned in New York and allowed in Moscow. And he shrugged.
THREE PRETTY HEADS
.
and returns to his
ravaged home to succeed his slaughter- It is all the more surpris- ca father on the throne. ing therefore thas. "Genghis All these scenes are 'reader. Khan," a grandiose style ed.
and dramatical- colourfully TOR three young ladles, all picture which has just had ly, and the Venice audience at the right side of 24, Eain its world premiere at the epplausa But Timurin's rise to times burst into spontaneous burgh will test the talent bo-Venice Film Festival, should power makes a hind their pretty heads. Vir be a Philippine production. ginia McKenna (21), Heather
per week.
are taking Festival bows, one
Heather was the girl whom
served"; she was swamped in
Olivier picked for “Venus Ob- publicity, and has had ly add
But in the sweltering beat-
Few young cricketers achieve in their first season of Stannard (23) and Claire Bloom wave of August 23, 1952, there first class cricket such greatness as did Brian Close, was a connecting link bridging the "two" eras. The name
This young Yorkshireman, standing well-over- six that ilk Blair. Duggle of Cardiff's current inside-right,
feet and powerfully built, came into prominence in 1949 ght, when, at the age of 18, he completed the cricketers' New York, Sept. 2. and there to see him play was Crusaders 3 Bollymena 1 The New York Yankees today his father, the great Interna- "double" of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets. Boston Red Sox tional full back, Jimmy, now 3-0 in an afternoon half day-resident in Shefeld, who cop PROGRAMME
nigh
doubleheader, thankstained City in those far-off England against New Zealand Home mainly to four Yankee double-salad days. following аге Football Leaguo fixtures for plays and Hank Bauer's third Saturday, September 6.
inninga home run.
New pushed The triumph
· SATURDAY'S
The
-Reuter.
blanked the
job. living up to her early ad- jectives.
Claire, Chaplin's choice (father and, it seems, scn), is also a victim of too much ver- blage
costumes
wos
and
relief ór climax,
CX-
better film story than his retentional For the young Philippine in-pansion of power,
Timuyin becomes the treaded. dustry has produced a alma that for technical perfection, rivals Genghis Khan, Greatest of the a Hollywood epic.
Rulers, bent on a path of ven- The photography, the splen-geance and conquest. dour and historic veracity of develops into
And from now on the
film a portrayal of handling of mass secries are hand to hand fighting, captlyes scenery, the violence and cruelty, BAVALO the Cecil B. de Mille tradition.
heids Furthermore, the flm catches under torture, skinned He was selected to play for fence for his
knives, brutality success, but his
some of the genius
in and bloody portrayed in HIS methods pay dividends.
the great Russian ilms of the and heavy labour. There is no in the Third Test and so became big hands ensure close-to-the-
fold silent days when
meaning the youngest player over to wicket fielding of a high order.
All this may have happened, conveyed by pleture alone. UNLUCKIEST OF GOALS
represent his country. This was
Because of this, the film does but It is oppressive to mind of his career
Virginia McKenna heided to The first part before he had won his county
it# English and eye, launch the Festival with Charles not lose through His un- has already passed. Cardiff lost to Wolves only
River Lind." }commentary, which is in the production is by Jacugen Cap.
Test
and appearance Morgon's "The
Manuel Conde; This is a play which, with all form of a historic account. He was then selected for the successful nil, quite a respectable
Is Cleveland.
Australia
forgotten, under i in
Its faults-a turgid MCC tour of Australla,
screen play by Carlos V. Fran start, In the first
game of another debut, but I have
new
Close Brian doubts the captaincy of F. R. Brown,
ONE WEAKNESS
Salvador: cisco: Director, Lou pretentious end, and a general American League doubleheader,their present eleven 19 good
more maturo player.
Photography, Emmanuel Rojas; will desire to be oh-su-very-deep-
There is one obvious, weak- Music, Juan Silos and played in the second Testa Chicago White Sox
Cast he accidents, reach the higher came from enough to
Jr.; This weakness Manuel Conde, Elvir match. behind in the ninth Innings for places of the First Division "this"
But
there are limits barring
Festival should side and making a regular post-
provide.
lies in the script, The im Taday Jalandront, Jose a 6-5 victory over Detroit,
greatest cricketers and Close, at tion for himself for many years
The core of the piece is hard while presenting Other
or silluted. were idle teams
18, was not sufficiently mature
and sound-escaping Allles con- vivid pictures, ignores playing night games-Associat-
(London Express to stand the strain of nearly 12
granary by a dour causes and effects. 0 ed Press.
cealed in months of continuous cricket.
and daring Pearl White of the French resistance. The writing is alert, the excitement brisk, the action active. But around this Mr Morgan
In future, these Axtures will The
be published each week in the York's lood in the American South China Morning Post on League race to three games over by the unluckiest of goals Tuesday,
Villa
Bolton
Burnley Monchester C. Portsmouth Proton N.E.
Sheffield W.
Stoke C
Sunderland
Tottenham Wolves
Brentford Doncaster R.
Division I
v Mackpool
V
Chelsea
y Newmastie U.
✓ Liverpool
Manchester U.
v West Brom.
V
V
Charlton
Mkidtestrough
V Desby
Cardin C.
Y
Arsenal
Division.11
Everton Jukiam Huddersfield Leicester 'C. Notts C Plymouth nothertiam U. Swansea T West Ham U.
v
Blackburn I.
V RUH C.
Nottingham .
Luton Town
✔ Barnaler
✓ Bury
Southampton
v Shefeld U.
v Leeds U.
V.Lincoln C.
v Birmingliam C.
Division 111 (South)
Aktenhot Bournemouth Brighton Bristol R. Colchester Coventry Exper Millwall Newport C. Norwich C. Southend U. Watford
Barrow
v Reading
v Ipswich
✔ Torquay
v Gillingham
Swindon
y Shrewsbury
V Walsall
v Crystal Palace
v Anatol C.
Queen's P.R.
Leyton O.
v Northampton
Division III (North)
Dradford
Bradford C.
Chesterfield Darlington Gateshead Grimsby Hartlepools Rochdala Tranmere Workington Wrexham York C.
Airdrid
Cellio Dundice
V Bemthorpe
V Accrington
V Port Vale
*
Стека
♥ Oktham
U Southport
❤ Chester
* Halifax
Carlisle
v. Stockport
Scottish Leigus "A".
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Libernian
Partici
St Mirren
V. Falkirk
Motherwell
Recreio Defeat
Shell Sports
to
away
The
is
And
મ
season, as it is at present con- even to the capabilities of the soon be back in the England is the kind of offering that the Iness though.
As I see it there is not near- ly enough bite or quick think
ing in attack and there is a His form fell away badly. He woeful lock of aggression at made only one run in his two wing half-even taking into ac-Test innings and appeared T10 count the abnormal weather more in the series. conditions.
ALMOST FORGOTTEN
Almost
by
to come. Service),
5
Tour Of Britain Cycle Race
Cily naturally. played the
a forgotten man, he lawn bowls team which won them promo In a friendly game at King's Park on Monday, tion, but I fear there will be returned to England and was military the Club de Recreio third team alterations soon. Not, however, swallowed up
Scarborough, Yorkshire, of defence
dalles defeated Shell Sports Club by 21 in the last lines
Sept 2. and This season, his service com- shots and on two rinks, the final where goalkeeper Howells full backs Alf Sherwood
Ken Russell, 22-year-old and plated, he re-entered County score being 07-40, Scores were;
Glyn Willams — all locals cricket with
query Bradford rider, won today's 88- a big were outstanding heroes under hanging over his head. Could mile stage from Newcastle to extreme pressure.
ha reproduce his early form or Scarborough In the Tour of
career finished almost Britain cycle race. was his Williams may well be the before it had begun?
the Welsh
J.C. Fonseca, CA Noronha, G.A. Noronha and 3.A. Callaco (Recrelo) beat K. Jensen. AM. Ozorio, GA. Outerres and A. Kitchell 22-13.
to
FA'A
answer came
M. Roza-Pereira, L.F. Lopes, A.A." Onswer Guterres and A.A. Remedios" (Re- | prayer for a substitute for the The
soon crelo) beat J.T. Held, A.M. Sliva, Injured Wolly Barnes, of Ar enough, Close became the first CM. Xavier and CC. Perelin 24-13. senal, for the International
anu once more the 1,000 rung CA Goalves. CM. Gonsalves against England at Wembley on player this season to complete
9. Rivera and LA. Rasario (Recreio) November 12. He and skipper 100 wickets doubie. lost to FX. Alves, 10. Thurston, Sherwood would make an föen) Мл. Wahab and J.C. itemedios club pairing.
13-10.
Rugger
That Cartilff won
Els time was
3 hours, 12 minutes 45 seconds,
Ian Steel of Glasgow second, and Trevor Fenwick third
was
and
pourg
two acts of gushing and soulful sentiment, with an intellectual
Me and
the
although Paul
is persuasively torment.
ed, anguish is too bookish to be true,
And Miss
McKenna?
Sho
can slap herself on the back. Sho has an unfair share of Mr Morgave message the accept- ance of one's responsibilities in an age of violence and delivers It with missionary convletion." NOW MINERS KNOW
son.
Reyes,
Villa
events
in
their
france, Lou Salvador, Agosta, Africa de la Rosa.
-(London Express Service)
Darmo
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Baby Book
DRAVEST man up here has B
been producer John Grier- Allm, His small-budget, "The Brave Don't Cry," was selected to open the movie side of the Festival. It is based on
the book that' the mining disanter at Knoch-Hore it is shinnoch when 118 men were gives complete information trapped-and he asked some of on the care of the baby and the men involved in it to see small child from the prenatal
wept
dry-eyed-and impressed.
The BSA team heads the team By only the narrowest margin classification with a total time promotion could he have missed selection of 140 hours
25 47 minute Last season is really remarkable for the final Test against India. in view of the fact that they The decision of the England conda-Reuter,
scloctors to play another bats- won only two of their matches. They drew coven, Itman, Watson, instead of an all- tounder was influenced by the is also equally strange that limitations of the tourists. Had London, Sept. 2 19 of their 13" away games they
the Australians been the visitors, Rugby Union results today anished with ten mien.
were:
Results
Paignton 6, Welsh Academicpls
.
* Mansdeld
3.
▾ Baith R.
Yorkshire Cup, lat round, 2nd
V Clyde
leg. Hunslet 2, Huddersfield 18 (Hunslet eliminated) Reuter.
• Queen O' Bouth
Softball Scorers'..
* Aberdeen
V langeta
Tuted Lännek. Hearts
Scottish League: "D"
Arbroath
Dundee U.
· Cowdenbeath Morton
Dumbarton LE: ADDIóN N. Hamilton
Rilmsinook
Dusterlina
• pt. Johnatone ¦ Y Queen's P.
Classes "At: VRC
Freddio Mills
ажду
England could have fl-afforded
to enter the field without a Įplayer like Close.
Thus the stage is sot for his big come-back next summer. The
Mickman Again Swims Channel
the
all
, they stayed staunch," your
women
buckets period through to the sixth ..... detalled advico
One of them, Andrew Cun-
told me: "It was al
most
on Routines, Menus, Recipes, Training, First Ald
nins exactly as I remembered Complete Record Section from Refused Licence To Australiana will be the visitors Yorkshire, has succeeded to the When we were down the Birth to the twelfth Year.
Box Exhibition
Dover, Sept. 2. Philip Maman, al of Oscott, England to France Channel swim
our
pit, we wondered what and the door is open for a fifin 18 howa 44 minutes. Ho is on womenfolk were doing up top. Musirated by over 200 "how-to" photographs and drawings, como
Now I know."
..
rate all-rounderi
his way back to Doyer by motor
And he's going to take London, Sept. 2. His value to any sido as a boat.
"mistula to ses it when it comes Freddie Mills, former World bowler alone is two-fold, He Mickmans entered the,water et Lightheavyweight | Champion, can
tho attack open
with noon yesterday. Last month the to the local cinema. Andrew's would has been refused a licence by | medium-paced swingers and had to give up witen half a mlio a braver man than I the British Boxing Board of once the thing has been rumoved from the French coast There The Alm is sincere and rings
·
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Mifckman, now, in the toystraw life and is peopled by upon aggression than would dg 1949-Routers
and of forgetting their sepaint..
day, September 3 at 0 p.m. All disaster fund at Barnstaple Asia batamon he rellen more A force, wwm tbs Chained in Beofilan actors with the kalele interested are invited to attendi- next Monday--Beuter.