THE CHINA MAIL, ‹ WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1959.
CLEAR ALL THE WAY
It Isn't Cricket- The Law To Limit The Leg Trap
Says DENNIS HART
The authority of the Marylebone Cricket Club is in jeopardy. This august body which, since cricket's infancy, has ruled the game from the hallowed portals of Lords, now finds that its word is no longer law.
It has been challenged by the New South Wales Cricket Association who have adopted a new rule without consulting the MCC or even the Australian Board of Control.
ennnot
rub the game of its charm and this bowling presented a steady akill
This rule limits the leg-trap fielder behind the wicket to two,
́AN EQUAL CHANCE and no additional felder will be allowed
At present, to enter this sector
given a sporting until the ball leaves the bowlor's wicket, bateman und bowlers But and be plit
adds that a balsman receive an equal chance.
caught by a
this artificial restriction would Helder
In the sector. disturb the balance. improperly The MCC have been cricket'a necepted Inw-makers since thels inception in 1787. Although on autocratic body, they have never attempted to dictate, but have Worked in close consultation With authorities of other countries.
As a result, cricket has be- of the few interna-
come ine
tional sports where the rules
To are universal.
upset this atate of affaits can only leart En confusion.
But more important than the authority of the MCC being usurped by its introduction, the attacks something rule itself even more precious--the very spirit of the game.
Cricket is, by nature, attacking game, where skill pre- dominates. The basic principle is that, to obtain wickets, a stumps bowler must try to hit the
or lure a batsman Into making
rung
false stroke. To seme batsman must hit the ball.
It adopted generally, this new rule might lend to other restric tive practices, which would up- bantie principle and net this
Landale Trophy Won By Archie Lyle
The
Competition
for the
Landale Trophy was played off
at Shek-O, on Sunday fast, a
large number taken
very popular
of cards being The result was a Archie win for Lyle, with a score of 5 up on bogey, on a gross score of 70, a remarkably good round con- nine holes sidering the lower
were in a very sodden rondi- tion.
Air
J. Dickson Leach and Commodore-R.-C.--Field-lied for second place all square, the former narrowly receiving the verdiet on a count back.
Other leading scores were: Lt. Col. N. S.
Sykes 1 down
Mrs L. Robinson, J. Mould and
G. O. W. Siewert
down;
J. H. M. Anurewa, D. B. Evané and E. Boycott 3 down.
During August the main for the trophy event will be presented by the late Mr Fred
Barry, to be played on Sunday, August 30. 30 holes against Bogey. Partners and times will be drawn.
This competition is for men only. The entry list
close on August 23.
is on the Club Board and will
During this month there will
bo also Bogey Fool.
n running
sing Medal and
ed by Monday next, August 2.
NOTICE
Pace bowlers would be robbed of one of their main attacking weapons-leg theory.
They would thus be forced to concentrate their attack on the off. Here botamen can protect their wickets simply by padding up to any ball not on the wicket. This makes a mockery of the reason for the new rule. axl- unneed by the New South Wales Association--that the leg trap defensive is responsible for cricket and curtails the game's best strokes,
flow of runs.
VANISHED
the hook has from tho
11
ALMOST Unfortunately
vanished almost cricketing scene.
Its disappearance is not duo, ns many who advocate the now rule assert, to the close proximity bataman to of the fold. If able to make a full-blooded hook, no amount of fielders will intimidate him into refroining. it is seldum played because so few batsmen really know how.
It is also argued that packed
bowlers
love to log-sile field enables takte wickets off bad length balls. hy blame the Once again, why
If a batsman cannot bowler?
long hop without giving e play catch, he is not worthy of the rules The last thing tho name. should eater for is bad play.
Previously, when new bowling What it really indientes to that batsmen are not proßleient in tactics have the strokes needed to cope with batsmen have evolved
When, 50 years ago. this type of bowling.
incosures. Leg theory can be attecked. Bosanquet invented the googly leading This was proved during the great und baffled all the
hody-line'
day, baternen of the controversy when it bater was delivered with far greater authe
authorities did not ban IL They hostility und more leg side left it to the players to find the fteldars than ure employed today. solution.
Such batsmen ns England's Herbert Sutelife and Australia's Vic Richardson, showed that, with mastery of the hook shot,
the
In this way the game pro- gressos. To hinder this develop- ment, well, it just isn't cricket,
(London Errex Service)
ХИАВ
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On Prince Hal, leading show jumper, Miss Pat Smythe makes a clear round. to win the Ladies' Debutante jumping competition at the International Horse Show at the White City Stadium, London, on July 20-Reuterphoto.
LEEDS TEST ENDS AUSTRALIANS
THE
WITH SHORT
OF VICTORY BY 30 RUNS
Leeds, July 28.
Pat's Horse-Sense Makes Her Queen Of Show Jumping
By DESMOND HACKETT
My knowledge of the horse is sketchy, as any reliable bookmaker. will tell you, and there have.....been... mhny moments of deep grief when I falled to see how the hörge could be rated man's best friend, ga
:
It was only when I mot high-ranking citizens buzzing with excitement at the prospect of an International Horse Show at White City, In London, that I was completely bailled by conversation which took in the Pirouette, the Piaffe, Levade, and Capriole..
T
Apparently this is an open book; recovered, from being lamed by to what is called the Spanish a hammer-happy blacksmith in Riding School
Nice. But when I asked in what part He had a couple of month of Spain those masters of the confined to horse-box but made a mount were located, I was, in- | gallant, comeback at the royal formed, rather loftly, that they show at Blackpool and was re- come from Vienna.
ported' jumping: better than ever,
FIRST LADY
This did not make horse or
Good thing, because one of the
any other kind of sense and few honour which Pat Smythe looked like centing down at the has mised is the Queen's Cup first fence until I met Britain's through her No. 1 mount being First Lady of the Horse, Mias Patnjured in orlice events,
With Tosca and Prince Hal Smythe
no time at all I am on first-both jumping so sweetly it looked name terms with
such show like a toss-up who would go for
tho fumping pin-ups as eight-year- Queen's Cup. It would have feruinine if Pot old Tosen, who last year in a been nicely highly eficient double act with Smythe and chosen the home 24-year-old Pat Smythe won loving gal Tosca.
She chose Tosca and won, £1,500 in prize mone
London Express Service)
Put Smythe, with Tonca, was also the first woman to rite in the Nations' Cup when last year she helped Brilain to win this international trophy..
that Tosca I discovered too was a problem child as a girl and, finally being told never to
In an exciting finish to the Fourth Test here, Australia failed by 30 darken the stable doors again, runs to beat England and the match was drawn.
England had been all out at tea in their second innings for 275, leaving Though It Australia to hit 177 runs for victory with 115 minutes left for play. meant scoring at about 90 runs an hour, Australia made a gallant effort to achieve this target and when the match ended they had, scored 147 for the loss of four wickets.
Mr Ronald Aird, Secretary ut the MCC stated after the mateb that the Board of Control would
In enco: the next day or so to consider wether to send a cable to the Australian Board sugges!- ing that a sixth day be allotted to the Anal Test.
Holo
Benaud
Extras
•
Total (for wits)
147
-Reuter.
Bowling Analysis
Bedker Lack Laker
The destination of the "Ashes" sterling offensive knock of one will now be decided in the fifth and a half hours which had
Byes 1 Leghyes 6.
Australian, 2nd innings and final Test at the Oval start-helped to save England earlier in
the day.
Hassett, G. Lock Ing on August 15.
Hassett left at 27 when he Marris Evans D. Lake
|žiarvey, Ibw, B. Bedsor played hard on to his wicket ole, c. Cravency b. Halley
Lock. Davidson, not out trying to cut when Morris was stumped in Laker's De Courcy, sot out first over with the total at 54.
Harvey continued Hole and
and to keep up the pressure put the 100 up in 04 minutes, at which point Australia The Leeds match was one of
win in quired 77 to
5 the most exelling drawn Tests of recent years.
minutes. This Australia went for the runs
aggressive young pair Bailey from the start of their innings, took the Total to 111, having when 20 coming in the first ten minutes, added 57 in 20 minutes
becorde 14 of them off Lock's first over. Harvey fell. Lb.w. to
The left arm spinner, Lock. Bedrer's 100th victim in Test opened the attack with Bedser #cricket against Australia.
left-hander hit ve Trevo: Bailey was ted from his
his 34.
The New English Soccer Season Is Only Three Weeks
Away
London, July 28.
England's 3,000, professional soccer players, refreshed from a three months' vacation, are now undergoing a strenuous training schedule for the annual struggle for League and FA Cup honours which will begin on August 19.
For the first time in.many seasons the League schedule will open in mid-week, instead of the customary Saturday afternoon, this change of schedule being made in order to leave De Est Bay of the season in May free to stage the Final of the Football Association Cup at Wembley Stadlum,
who an
the
higher
The club, however, have A wealth of talented youngsters, and manager Matt Busby is optimistic that they will put the club on the "soccer map" again this year.
Tho 1953-54 season is experi-¡on the League Champion team, the five years before that, Jack Macgregor Trophy: Con-ed to opet on a quiet note, eu-Arsenal. In addition to Daniel United could place no testants are reminded that the pecially as
there have been the London club will be without than eighth last season, third round should be complet-relatively few big transfers of the services of another star de-
players during the close season. fender, Joe Mercer,
his retirement from But for the fans who bet on the nounced
the mid-week (soccer at the end of last season, pools coupons start will enable them to assess
weakened half-back With A the form of the respective team line, Arsenal's usual dominance before placing their bets on
may be missing in the first few
Several experts predict that Saturday's matches.
weeks of the setion, although club offelals consider they have the outstanding team in the SUNDERLAND'S GAMBLE
efficient deputies in Bul Dodgin coming season will be the FA Cup winners, Blackpool, who The most active club in the and Arthur Shaw.
came close to winning the market has been Sun- transfer
Once theso players settle elusive Cup and League double the latest derland, who are
officials believe that
Throughout the sear the Logue club to see if money can down,
continue to show The new ponica are buy success in soccer; Three Arsenal will
pinnacle of greatness, club was plagued with injuries the club their Layers expected to arrive on or about now 1st August. They will be £305,000, which brought the which was one of the features to its star players, and now that total spent on of last season. club'a postwar
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Australian Subscription
Ponien 1954
cost
quarantined. In "C" Block for players to £280,000the big
at least three weeks. Thoir kest in the country. arrival will mean considerable
Their three new players Du Burnley's inter-
.:
NEWCASTLE WEAKENED
extra work for the Stables Billy Elliott,
Another famous club, New- Staff and it has therefore national outside-left, who cart castle, has also been weakened the centre half by the loss of two stars, been decided that "C" Block, the chh £20,000;
Ted and George Ray Dartiel of Arsenal and brothers will be closed to Members
Walca £ (28,000); and Scottish Robledo, who have returned to until after the draw, the date international goalkeeper Jimmy their native Chile.
(20,000); of which will be notified in Cowan of Morton due course, when it may be They will play with later-
national sturg Trevor Ford fart re-opened at the discretion of the
Club's Veterinary Surgeon. Members are asked
P
Despite this loss, Newcastle a better hoping to mako
After (£29,500) and Len Shackleton winning the FA Cup two sen-
showing this 220,000).
sions in succession, they went The total cost of the Bunder through last season a tired and
to co-operate in complying land team is more than £150,- jaded, tears, the result of a long with these tamporary arrange- | 000, but despite this lavish ex-prid "strenuous tour of South ments.
penditure on players, club of Africa during the close sensoh. Chi ti confident that this policy, will pay dividends in the
By Order,
H. MISA
Secretary. int 27th July 1988,
Manchester United is another.
fort of League and Cup hou of the "big guns" in Englis Foury
League soccer, hoping to hit the Headliner this season. "After
The transfer of their kay do- winning the League title in the fender, Daniel, to Sunder" | 1901-52′′ wegrah and filling:: Kich
all the team are 100 per cent
Dyes 3: Legbyes 4; Wider 1.
Heuter.
COUNTY CRICKET
London, July 28. Tha The results of the County fours in cricket matches which ended
today wero:
M
was sold 18 months ago to Pat Smythe (or £150.
Horses Call Him Mike
SAYS GEORGE WHITING
Good man, Mike! Always was, Do anything with a
Now Pat Smythe has that certain something that brings the best out of fractious filles, and In no time at all they were horse. Remember how he collecting so many trophies they hunted, steeplechased, created a house-space problem.
jumped for Britain and led Last year Pat Smythe, the girl the Innisking officers on for whom horses seldom refuse
that famous trick ride in the
thirties..
to take their fences, said "No" to a £3,000 bid from Americ
The reformed Tosca is now
Versatile, too. There was that distinctly a home girl. Over the
day he played polo for England British
ker narrower
Lences
against the U.S.A. at Roohamp- precise jumping is as neat as u Quaker Mald. Take Tosca over-ton, hopped into his car, drove seas and she is never quite the faultless King's Cup round on
and put in Olympla, me girl. same
they Leopold II, the horse her stablemate, the bought into the Army off the tail But lat swashbuckling 11-year-old Prince of a tinker's cart.
Hal, get on the Continent and there is no holding him.
He is the brave boy to clear those broad foreign fences. Last year his highly educated heels deared the way to around £1,000 prize money.
MAGIC.. TOUCH
Was
dead-loss
A
Bad luck in the war, though," Went to France at the beginning of the show. Commended the Lothian and Border Yeomanry in 40. Lost several fingers when Jerry bagged him on the Somme, Lost his sight lon: Got a DSO,
KEENER THAN EVER
They repatriated. Mike in '43.
A Cardid: The match be Three years ago this same When Davidson came in, 60tween Glamorgan and Middle- Prince Hai runs were wanted in 45 minutes.sex was drawn. Middlesex 207. steeplechaser-the black horse of Eyes no good, of course, but but six runs inter Hole was Glamorgan 231 (Pleass not out the stable. He was almost catschap had to do something. Keen brilliantly caught by Graveney 73, Titmus, right arm offbreak, meat price when eat state. 10 type Swotted no end at that on the square boundary for Ove for 89).
Pat Smythe's De Courcy signalled his At Nottingham: Nottingham- That Pat Smythe touch made a arrival by pulling Bedser for
beat Yorkshire by four new horse of him.
O course, I was shaken when six, but the 58 needed in half hire
Nottinghantshire at hour became 45 wanted it for nine declared and 113 for 1 heard Prince Hal had only just 15 minutes due to England's aix. Yorkshire 114 and 293 for defensive deep set eld. The
297
wickets.
Ave declared (Lowson 09, Hall!- day 108. Wilson 71).
Sussex
task 2nd proved just too much but the Australiane nad failed
At Hastings: The honourably.
England owed most to Balley Kent match was drawn. Sussex for nine declared. 207 and 177 who crouchod and prouded de- fiantly at nearly oviry ball. He 25). Kent 205 and 184 for scored
Bring in his rent arm offbreak, four only
eight (Hearn 54). monumental innings but time. At Birmingham: The War- not runs, mattered to England. wickshire - Essex
was left to Loket to provide drawn, Essex 187 and 84 for the aggression and he hit a brisk two (Doxids 51), Warwickshire
match
was
French Olympic Champion Disappears
Paris, July 28.
horticulture stuff at Reading University. Then he and his Wife started a flower farm down Bideford = -Finished with horses Rather Didn't not. Keener than ever. you hear, about Llewellyn, and Foxhunter, and how our show jumpers won our only Olymple That gold medal at Helsinki? was Mike's work....at least, he helped pretty much to inspire | the whole effort.
Badgered everybody
about
horses just after the war. M did.
Made speeches, roped if civilians for jumping, raised thys
Jean Boiteux, Franco's wind left, right, and centre, cam
was
private training. So it is, come to think
(Homer 48 and figured in a third, wicket] 189 for six doclared stand of 57,
70).
At Bristol: Gloucestershire Compton, who resumed his
that the Internation swore by 07
runs. only Olympic Games Strim-paigned all over the place, overnight innings seventh wicket beat Surrey
Show
the shop down because of an injured Gloucestershire 209 and 152 for ming Champion, has dis-Torso
window for British breeding ane- hand,
defended stobbornly for five dechib, Surrey 213 appeared. stara 25 minutes and Lock and Bedser (Scott, right arm offbreak, four Police. and
of it. also offered, stout resistance, for 34) and 111 (Allen six for
searches have failed to find Que 13),
BUSY BLOKE, 44 which all helped to save game for England, who al. At Worcester: Leicestershire him and he is believed to be
Bike's: a VIP, now, CHE;t, togchter batted for nine hours beat Worcestershire' by nine abroad.
Get that after “fuoi généa and 40 minutes-Reuter,
wickets. Worcestershire 108 for Jean-under 21 and a minor chairman of the British Shue night declared and. 274 (Dews by French Jaw-left homo
Jumping
Association Met h 114, Broadbent not out several days ago, without hide the Savoy lunchédié. Ideenth Goodwin, left arm fast-medium,
and did Busy bloke. Managing the late
THE SCORES
Australia. 141 Innings
England, ist innigs
England, Eng tunings Hutton Langley & Archer Edrich e Da Courcy b Lindwall Graveney b Lodwall Compton low landwall Watson Davidson b Müler Balley e Hole b Davidson Simpson De Courcy b biller Evans o Lizdwell b. killer Laker e Benaud b Davidson Locke Morris b Miller bedser not out
Extras
Total
At. Blackpool is expected to be Lindwall the most dangerous side in the ler First Division-United Presat ; Davidson
Archer
THE CAMBOLS
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FTHINK TEE BRE
Bowing asaliga
OMA
GEORGE, WILL, YOU GO, AND POT ME TWO SHILLINGS ON
,
2.65
107.
five for 76), Leicestershire 271 father's permission for six declared, and: 115, for not leave any address, one (Tompkin not out 74).
His
describe):
hero farmer and
01.
between
Min
* Horde Showi PATO City
the mark who p
worlit roper place
At Northampton: The match very strict has writion to British show Jumpers atop
een Northamptonshire and the French Swimming Federa- Hampshire
aire was drawn. North-Lion, saying, he forbids Jean to
amptonshire 359 for six te-
clared. Hampshire 204 (Walk-compets ualll he becomes 21 at anomal
and 110 far six.
of
er 69, Broderies, left arm slow. He said: Wear Ud not train write 17 down my Co four for
Michael Pictor-Ans: cus At Chesterfield: Derbyshire enough and only covered two 1901 But horses call him per boat
49. Lancashire by
kilometres a day Derbyshire 130 and 108 (whetherin
The Federationis debating 'to call oft-ia content
left
arm
slow, six for
W Lancashire 132 for two declared with Hungary in Budapest.on Turpin
and 117
-team – without
(Gladwin, right arm August 28 to 30 rather than 28) sond a weak! fast-medium, four for
Jean-Reuter. Reuter,
EXE, WOULD YOU BE A DEAR AND BACK THESE HORSES FOR, MEI BROKKE WILL ONLY LAUGH 121.BAGE ANOTHER.) SIX HORSES IN THE EACHT
AND I DO GO LOVE TO KGE. HORSE IVE BICKED THE POST FIRGE
Defend Title In
Australis
London July 281 Jack Solomone "The London boxing promoter old toda that, Randolph Turpin \migh defend la Brilish recognito! World Bidalwettht Champion ship to Australia- Isiktend rpecting Carl Boboy Ofson, the American cane jihad
Solomond said he Bad rocely ed cable from fitadium Larated Mac-Bywity, makin
offer and fetilde one" for Turpin to
ut his title in "Australia iristeaia Simay The wakia/