Home Soccer Results
London, Apr. 28.
The following were
the
results of football matches
played today:
DIV, HI (SOUTH)
Bristol C. 1 Coventry C.
DIV. III (NORTH)
Tranmere R. 1 York City
SCOTTISH "A"
GLASGOW CHARITY CUP
Heuts
Celile
4 East Fife
4 Clyde
OTHER MATCH
West Ham 3 Swansen
3
2
0
2
(Played at Penzance)--Heuler. LEAGUE STANDINGS Below are the latest Home soccer standings:
First Division
41 20 12 D BE 02
Preston N.E.... 41 20 12
Arsenal
Wolves
West Brom.
Blackpool
Burnley
Charlion
Manch, U. Tottenham Sunderland
Cardin
Bollon
Aston Vila
Partsinguth
Middlesbro
Liverponi Newcastle Manch. City
Shett. Wed
Stoke City
Chelsea
Derby..
Second Di
Sheffield U. 41 224
Herderfield
Lutan
Plymouth
Lesernter Birisinghnin Nolls For Blackburn Fulliain
Swansea
Doneaser
Wen Ban
Trotherlian Everton
Inroln Brentford
Not Co
Bury
Hull City
Southampton .. Barne
41 23 10
41 22 D
41 20 13
42 10 12 13
Third Div. (South)
Bridal Jew Northeimplan
Milhall
Norwi
Bristol C Coventry
Semibend
Iltistor
Watford
Bouembuth
"Torousy
Reading
Newport
Поручить Exeter Swindon Ipswich Cr. Palace CHillnghant Q.PH.
edebester
Alcher hat
Sewbury
Wat all
Oldham
45 23 14
15
Third Div.
Port Vale Werxhon
York City Southport
Gelinsay Bradford Crewe Carlile Gatoshend Chesterfield Tranmere Bradford C Scunthorpe
Mustefield Herteponds Scunthorpe [[alifax Barrow
Chester
Tarlington
Rochdale Workington Acrington
TODAY'S SPORT
Soccer
Indonesian
Combined Chinese v Club at 0 p.m.
Starkey England v Portugal (Pinats of in- trenatontal Serest Recreio at 34
..
Tenni Inter-schools tennis tournament -- Chinese secreation Club, Tal liang
mlp..
Table Tennis
Inter-Schools tournament Queen's
College all
A10,
SPOTI VIE
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1953.
★ ★ ★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★
Mr. Ladd keeps
his head above
water (
in more ways
than one...
DAVID LEWIN'S Show Businoss COLUMN
ed.
ITH some assistance when his odd-job man's salary from the fire was not big enough to be tax brigade Alan Ladd went to soa the other day in screaming gale and a tor- rent of water.
Concentration
let an that you know you will
be savel, nccording script, in the end."
25-ton waves
to The
the
at the ship: acristant director
Alan Ladd looked Ladd's second British film is
whuling an Antarelle
story, water swirling off The water enough to mi "Hell Below Zero." On display teet. An
small-size several
will be the familiar set, tense sald: "Make sure each wave is swimming
that only 25 tons. More than expression which has been A pools--was thoughtfully con-
Alon and we wash the ship away." trolled by the
feature of almost every Aremen. The
Ladd sati: wind game from two airplane Ladd film since "This Gun for
"How my kids propellers. und Mr Ladds 100 Hire" established him.
would have loved this! But I'm
the In keeping them They've both got colds."
the Then, thinking ubout
would piece of picture which help to safeguard their future. he set his face into the storm again.
r. ship was built on rockers the full length of Stoge A Pnewood Studios.
For my children
al
As the third deluge of the
Some people crieise him as a one-look nelor. But his last director, George Stevens, said: "Show me one good expression, und a great picture
be built around it."
In
Ladd went off to change in-
| day saidek him, Ladd shock to dry clothes before the Bucks
the water from his face said: "I have plece of picture, so if it turns out right my wife and children
and Erigate: fourth wave hit bin, this ite said: "When you're swim- alming around on a deck like will this, or saving another guy's
tip-
1 on rowing sume uf the life, you just have to concen-
profit even I have to stop tete on keeping yourself work. An netor bus to think of right or afloat. things like that today: none of us run go on earning money for ever."
Alan Lad, 39 years old, 11 years as a stur, and a £100,000 ku yene man, still thinks of his future in the terms of the past,
Songsmith
IF YOU are humming
popular song today
city.
the
chances are it was written by 31-year-old. carroty holred Robert Merrill.
In the last year three out of Britain the top ten songs in
Mr the ebullient You
11051
look come from Bever
out heroke
Merrill, who likes to tap or give out with bij
on a dramatic gestures. They would the idea for a number spoil everything. You have child's xylophone. In the three writing been to feel you're the Kuy who years he has could be washed overboard Yongs, 19 have been hits, and tin this scene he was) and not he still has not found time to
team to read music.
OFF THE KNUCKLE
By HENRY LONGHURST
which
His latest numbers. hammer at me from every side, are: "She Wears Red Feathers" (with its, Drlitsh background of the man who works in a Lon- Jon bonk) and that boon the pet stores. "How Much That Doggie In The Window?" (300,000 copies sold).
10
Is
U.S.
low-
The approach of spring and the, Halford-Hewitt
the After a spell in tournament, combined with fortuitous contact with two cavulty, a season as an nelor, eminent professionals, has led me to seek a cure for my|and # term directing slice-a personal note which: I introduce only in the grade Hollywood Westerns, Bob certain knowledge that any mention of a cure for a slice Merrill thought of putting food, a subject which interested him is of interest to 80 per cent of those who play golf, greatly, to music. Furthermore, I have found it.
"To slice is human," they say. "To pull is divine." The phrase probably originated at St Andrews, where to pull is economical and to slice invites financial disaster in the Whins, the municipal putting course, the estuary of the river Eden. the railway, or the front door of Rusuck's Hotel.
Result: "If. I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Buked a Cake" and "Candy Cake." Both hits.
And
That pawnshop Since then he has dealt with aat pawnshop in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and a cong de-
It is, in fact, largely an ac-students a good deal of merri-dicated to every family with a cidam of birth. Such accident | ment,
the next fairway and a hook had
young baby, "Pat Him On The
a
THE STORM.... Alan Ladd is bugeted by 25-ton woopes-auppried by courtesy of The Buckinghamshire fire brigade.
AFTER THE STORM.... MIT. Ladd-once more well-groomed,
for
Also
not a wave out of place-relaxes less-frying scene. present: Joan Tetzel, the Amer cdn.who created the role of the shipwrecked girl in the play ----~# Tho ̈Žuttlo ̈Hut."——
and back, and they went chickerac-
ky boom."
Loudon Express Service
"In Hollywood they Say: That girl isn't so young -she is 24.
"In Britain, once they Jike you audiences never bother about your age.
"In Franee they sometimes like to add to your years. I have heard some people
Gay about 'Wonderful me: what she still can do-you know aho is 70," Francoise Rosay is 62.
The barrier
actor, now
RAOUL WALSH, one-time picture director ("Captain Horn- blower") is to make a three- dimensional focal film.
led my own formative golfing The secret lies in how many Bo Bo (Merrill is unmarried). years to be spent on a course left-hand knuckles you show. The money he makes (£35,000 where a slice faded safely on to With our type of gure, says a year at least) enables him to
Cox, li is no use showing less go every two months for the choice of the cornield. Mr Se-than three. You might even medical check-up ("Must_watch and-So's garden, the Great Ouse, eztah a glimpse of the fourth.my heart"). the old Midland Railway, the The right hand goes under the
Merril says: "I start about llotments,
or the ladies' club- shaft and by the time you have 300. songs a year-words house.
taken the club back as far as the music and finish about ten."
He will never be able to see horizontal the face is pointing His basic iden: "To
it in a cinema. For Mr Walsh write directly at the ground.
simple words any
child
can.
has only one eye, and one- ' sing, and
odd-sounding, folk- At the top I shudder to think type music. (Hence,
the eyed people cannot see "Truly.
French actress, celebrated which need glasses, where it is pointing. It does not Truly Fair.")
her birthday in London Just matter. From this moment the
In pursuit of the successful week by pondering the thought formula is "hit hard, and hope."
policy Merrill currently try that people's attitude to age The first shot
sere encircled the ing to produce
around seems to vary with geogra practice ground like a boome- the line: "Her shoes paddy phy. She gave me these exam-
ng, but they were straighten-whacked in the front and the 'ples:
Nevertheless, hope springs eternal and, though the very thought of hook süll fills ine with alarm, I retain a modest umbition one day to hit them this straight.
Mention of softened the heart of W. J. Cox during the University
mntell,
and he escorted me to the prae- tice ground, where our earlier efforts together with a certained painfully out, bit by bit, like on arthrille Anger, tilt they rotundity of figure which we whizzed like rrows through the chill wind, ́even carning com- mendation from the Walker Cup captain,
possess in common caused the
WORCESTER'S REG PERKS
FACES HIS USUAL TASK
By BRUCE HARRIS Inevitable curtain-raiser to any Australian cricket four in England-Reg Perks, of Worcestershire, launching the first attack on the tourists by an English howler. He has been doing so ever since 1934 and docs again now that Lindsay Hasselt's men begin their tour at Worcester on April 29-30 and May 1.
Perks is the only "survivor" of 1934 in either team. In that year Bradman (206), Ponsford, Woodfull, Kippax, McCabe, Oldfield, Grimmett and O'Reilly were in the vialting sido; C. F. Walters and the late Nawab of Pataudi played for the county."
FUN
By
Vintage?
FRANCOISE BOSAY,
IN THE SLIPS
LEONARD
MOSLEY
of
NOTICE
focals
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Special Cash Sweep on the
Queen's Bldg, Chater Road 5 D'Aguilar Street 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon
Over 1,000,000 tickets sold
date.
For some time I dined out on
Hong Kong Derby this minor triumph remnurking arily how many knuckles do
Saturday, 2nd May, 1953. you show? I Am showing
Tickets in the above at three," Fate, however, brought OMEONE should put pavillon and fick some smart $2.00 each may be obtained me next into contact with Cotton and I knew enough
a warning notice on Enes Into the slips. to realise that, if there is one
Len Hutton, in fact, knocks at the Cash Sweep Offices of the screen before they his part for six, especially dur-the Club at:- creature upon whom Cotton looks with start showing a new British ing his comes with star Jack the loftiest disdain, it is the shut film called THE FINAL Warner-and the features face merchant or three-knuckle TEST and this is what it Denis Compton clean-bowled e
girl who was watching man.
should say:
hin Lacking the moral courage to
with me. (While they were making the film, by the way, Exhibit more than two in Monte TO ALL ice hockey fans, Soccer the tirector thought Hutton was Carlo, I reverted at once to enthusiasts, baseball fol- looking tou grim and sour and to type, and slices went cascading lowers, table tennia cham- the other players uneasy. He Two preli- plons, women, Scolamen, and called in Alf Gover, the ex- minary cures were offered be-
other foreigners: You will find Surr
Surrey a1</ Engdond fast entertainment value in "The bowl fore the triumphant solution at
bowler, as technical director last emerged. One, which
Final Test-even though it is and it was all smiles from then tried, is to keep the left heel in
about CRICKET.
on). the air throughout the whole
It was about time someone stroke and hit hard with your
story of "Tho Final right hand. This produced a got around to the job of turn- Test" is so simple that
into boomering even finer than Cox'sing the national game original pippin, and, if your
Thank goodness they got
class writer to do it. Terence Rattigan, in fact,
down the hillsides,
you need look no further.
Alma.
The
It is nilld a more likely to give you
chuckles than headaches. Jack a Warner is a veteran playing last big game, and desperately anxious for his son to see him.
The boy profers poetry
Last man to keep Perks com-1.8im once in a festival match, pany through all those years "Mind you, I usually bowled was. Dick loworth, who bowled to him in conditions sulting him. only ambition is not to suce, cricket fan who is also a Orst- his
I would have liked to have bowled against him on my sort of wicket."
REGULARLY
Bradman in 1934. He retired last season.
NOT RETIRING
But Perks is not retiring. He tells me that, 41 though he is, i
'cestershire for another
two
100 wickets for his county.
TWO-FISTED GRIP
The second is to take a two-
is a left-handed tail-end bats- worry more about wickets than crving man enjoys himself,
records.
for the
Hutton scores a aix
I reminded Perks that for the sted grip like Dal Rees and at he has just signed with Wor- last 13 seasons he has taken his the top of the swing to let the MR RATTIGAN got a nod of THE con is a would-be post who worships a fashion- club silde down the groove te- praise from me when he yeard.
playwright "Yes," he replied, "I am told tween your right thumb and first presented "The Final Test" able, blank-vorse
pro- I hastily on TV-praise for his success and despises his father's Ho bowls his fast right-hand this is a record for a fast bow forefinger, regrasping swingers with fine hostility, and ler, though out in the middle on the way down, This I am in making the story at a avo- fession. Until....well, you can Halford-day needle match between Eng-quees what happens when he Howitt.
land and Australla not feel five diccovers that the playwright is "Who's the best batsman 1
days long when seen on the a worshipful fan of Dad. "Now I hope that, with gur It was only towards the end screen.
Brenda Bruce slips have been up against in these young Worcestershire fast bow- | thất Colton produced the
Da in some he matches" suld.
As a film it turns out to be telling, strokes an "Why, lers coming along, I will not formula which will give such even more effortlessly pleasant, who likes Warner both
abarmaid Bradman, of course. I have have to work quite so hard for comfort to so many In distress. The horizon of the story has cricketer and, a man. never been able to take his my wickets,"
"You know"
ho said, "your boen broadened, so that we sca Robert Morley ho, an. cary wicket during the two double and "Perks is almost the best alice is congenital. It is a part some amart interludes of an wicket as the playwright. Neat one single centuries he scored in English fast bowler who has of you. You aro one of the actual game at the Oval. Real reenes: An American learning Buccessive matches while I was never played against Australia stendiest players in England cricketers like Lon Hutton, the facia; af cricket life during playing against him at Worces in a Test match, but he has because it always finishes in the Alec Bodser, Denis Compton, the luncheon interval; ami fter three doubles, if you add i played in Tests ngainat South same place. All you need to do Godfrey Evans, Jan Laker, and wickedly observant, take-off of
there in 1930, when I wasn't Africa and West Indien,
for the rest of your life in Cyril Washbrook mingle with a TV verso-play, London Ex- playing. But ↑ belleve I did get į
-(London Express Service) alm to the lefs and allow for it, tho... actor icketers in the press Servico.
DA A
By Order of the Stewards, H. MISA,
Secretary.
THREE
at:
THE
NOTICE
Page: 7
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Special Cash Sweep on
The Hong Kong Derby, 1953
;
Saturday, 2nd May, 1953
The Sale of Cash Sweep Tickets on the above will closa
Queen's Building, Ground floor, at 6.00 p.m. on 1st May, 1958 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon,
6 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
at 4.00 pm: on 1st May, 1953
at 6.00 pm, on 1st May, 1963
Tho Draw will be held in the Public Betting Hall at the Race Course, at NOON, on Saturday,-2nd May, 1958.
By Order of the Stewards,
PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL, & · CO.--
Treasurers.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB THIRTEENTH RACE MEETING 1952/53 Saturday 2nd & Saturday 9th May, 1953 (Hold under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club).
The programme will consist of 10 races each day. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2 p.m. on both days.
Through Tickets (20 Races-$40.00) also tickets at $2.00 each for the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1953. may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Office of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road. Through Tickets reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10 a.m. on Friday, 1st May, will be sold and the reservation cancel- led for future meetings.
THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE.
To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Office at Queen's Building, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branch Offices at:-
5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
or
383 Nathan Road, Kowloon
TOTALISATOR.
The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following rules:
.
Dividends will be paid on ino 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 at the Totalicator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EXHIBITED. Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked before leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any description cannot be rectified later.
Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained onca Investors have left the Counters.
All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre- sented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid ister than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.
In no circumstances will any Dividends he paid or refunds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on torn or disfigured tickets.
MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE
Members, and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting:
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
Badges admitting Indles not in possession of Brooches and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at Alexandra ilouse, on the written or personal introduction of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.
Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' Enclosure, will be on sale at the Race Course.
The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11 am. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am, cach day. The Treasurers' Compradore Oca is situated at Queen's Building, Ground floor, Chater Road, and the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House, 8th Floor,
A limited number of tifins will be obtaineble at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818),
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING,
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be $3.00 per day including tax for all persons including Ladies and will be payable at the Gate.
Any person leaving the Public Enclosure during a Meeting will forfeit his or her right of admission to the Enclosure and will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.
BOOKMAKERS. TIC TAC MEN. ETC. WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
SERVANTS' PASSES
Servants' puases will be issued to private box holders 'only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through on their duties and must remain in their employers' stands.
Owing to the congestion in the_Members' Betting Hall and at Beaths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Roon, Bex-holders and Members are requested to ensure that their servants make uta ouly of the Publio Belilng Hall, Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is adhered to.
SILENT
By Order of the Stewards
H., MISA.
Secretary,
SALESMEN
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