THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1988.
LEAGUE BOWLS
EVERY POINT COUNTS NOW IN THE RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Recreio Blues' 3-2 defeat, by Kowloon Bowling Green Club during the week has changed the race for First Division Lawn Bowls League honours into an interesting two-way affair between them and the Kowloon Cricket Club.
With only two matches to go, the Blues take on their clubmates, Recreio Whites, this afternoon. They must take at least four points from this match and a further four points from Kowloon Bowling Green Club in their last match of the Henson to build up a 60-40 chance of retaining the title.
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they
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The Kowloon Cricket Club repeat their 4-1 win over the Cricket Club the who are four points behind the Whites,
dif- game bowlers will have a more League leaders with one In hand, have a harder way to feult task at hand in trying to
4-i will be given
win go and
a grand repeat their carlier
It will opportunity to
their over the Valley Club, show fighting qualities in the remain probably be a very close game
with
aide either
capable of matches. Mathematically
winning by a 4-1 margin, bul in the a maximum number of the odds will be more
of these matches favour of the home team. an aggregate of "gainst
CCC an outside chance of over. taking them before the enda.
The Football Club mande
allp when they lost disastrous
Club to the Police Recreation two weeks ago, but are Helding this a slightly
team alronger
tha afternoon and should give latifs a good run for all their worth.
ACOFUN
a
maximum of 60 by Blues.
poalbic Recreio
The Cricket Club bowlers however, expert to meet very strong opposition from at least two
their ibrée remaining opponents, Craigengower, Indih Recrcalinn Club and Kowloon Docks. Twelve poluts may possible but fur them to collect but the maximum 15 as highly
vo
CAT
CRUCIAL GAME
Club
TRAJE
Tho Second Division games will also see a crucial game as the
Indian League-leading Recreation
clash with second-placed Hongkong Foot- ball Club at Sookunpoo.
Indians, who are T
of points ahead
their rivals, will be almost assured of the title if they come off with four points this
after
will they noon, even though still have ter piny KCC and The Cox's Road team face the KUTIC in "hestr last two Arot of Their two retaining matches, hurdien this afternoon when A 4-1 defoul for them today, they entertain Crigengower however, will give not only Cricket
Whereas Club
the the Football Club Recreio Blues are expected to themselves but also KCC
Improbable.
bowlers
und
England's Cricket Bat Industry Hit By Tree Disease
England's cricket bat-making industry may be in danger unless there is a check to a disease now affecting willow trees -- from which bats are made,
A possible but famine is forecast by willow tree growers in the county of Essex following a recent order for the destruction of 15,000 trees worth about £200,000 found to be affected with watermark disense.
Ninety per cent of ali the He said: "They will mean a willows used for cricket bats low to me of about £400 but are grown in Essex,
we are only too pleased to act quickly as the disease spreads so rapidly.
(London Rzprasa SemmiCO).
In an attempt to uvercome the problem, Essex County Council have taken on two extra officers besides their normal inspectors to tour the county checking all young treČA,
If
is found to be con- taminated, the owner is ordered to fell it and burn it immediate ly. He doen so at his own ex- pense and receives no compensa- tion,
At Lenden Roding and High Easter-once the home of willow tree growing-row after row of trees are riddled with the disease and the areas havO now been abandoned.
HUNGARIANS TO
PLAY AT
HAMPDEN PARK
soccer
Road, At Cox's
Kowloon Cricket Club will have to go ali out against Revvelo to preserve that small outside chance they have of winning the Chumpion- ship. They must take at least four points out of this game to stay in the race and on their present form are conceded mare har renzonable chance of succeeding
Interest in the Third Division matches this afternoon will be confinexi to Indian Recreation Club and Filipino Club, The Indiana Just managed to edge out Hongkong Electric last weet-end by one shot cats the uggregate though using on two rinks.
A 29-14 victory by A. J Hussain's rink over that skipped by A. G. Gardier enabled them โป carry the day. Both IRC and FC have three games each to go. This afternoon the In- diana, who ure 21⁄2 points ahead of their rivals, will be away to USRC while the Filipinos will be guests at Craigengower,
With both teams likely to win br 4-1 margins, there may not be any substantial alteration In the Lengue table by the end of the week
TODAY'S GAMES
First Division Recreio "W" v. Recralo "D" KCC v. CCC FC v. KBGC IRC v. KDC PRC (bye)
Second Division KCC v. Recreio HKCC v. KBGC IRC v. HKFC TC v. PRC
CCC v. USRC (postponed)
Third Division
USRC v. IRC
KCC v. PRO
CCC v. FC
HKERC v. HKFC
ALL SET
Tom Ingham, Queen's Park Rangers skipper, is all set for the new season...but the armfu) of footballs is
only for practice.
David Sheppard May Not Enter The
Ministry After
AI.
By ARCHIE
QUICK
All
David Sheppard, of Sussex, England's substitute cap. tain for Len Hutton in two of the Test matches against Pakistan this summer, may not enter the Ministry atter fio has read theology at Oxford University and passed hus preliminary examinations but he may not take the Church of England cloth. His heart is in cricket and he is one of the greatest post-war players and if he can find a good job in commerce he will remain that way.
One of the most remarkable incidents in a remark able day's play at Eastbourne was the general confusion over the time for drawing stumps. Sussex and Glamorgan had played from 11 am to 7 p.m. Sussex had a first innings lead of 229 and had taken seven Glamorgan The Sussex captain second innings wickets for 99. claimed an extra haif hour to obviate play on'a third day. He did not get it-und then everyone was doubtful about
the MCC laws on the matter.
were
Umpires Alec Skelding aud I is all a result of intense Georgo Mobey confessed they scouting, 0 winter Indoo: td nut now- Nobody knew, school and patience," he salu. except Glamorgan captain Wilf “Our system
Wales in South Wooler, who was emphatic that misses no potential toient and the umpires
wrong, once we discover them we go to Strangely enough, as he knew, work on them. After four years' it had happened before this sea- hard works it is
now paying LEAGUE STANDINGS
son when Glaroorgan played
dtvidands."
First Division
Yorkshire at Neath and one P W D Pis the umpires was George Mobeyi "It is up to our opponents to "Blues" 14 11
"Per- said Wooller, 300 find out."" 0
sonally, I shall pray for rain,"
Recrciu
KCC
Ferenc Puskas and the Bung-CCC orlan streamlinett
IdeIRC will play Scotland at the funus KBGC Hampden Park stadium, prob- Recreio ably on December 8 week after the England v. Germany match at Wembley,
PRC
When the Hungarians apprranched about
Me J. Lanyon, who has 3,000 after the World Cup they pro- trees at Stebbing where he has posed sending a reserve team. IRC" grown willows for more than 40 | Salt Scottish officials; only your MKFC years, recently had to destroy best will be acceptable.-(Lon- | KCC
don Expreys Service).
50 trees.
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TRIUMPH FOR COX
The day's play was a triumph for George Cox, whose 133 may be his last first-class contury,
He is rolling to become cricket and football coach at Winchester |
Jim Peters' Gallantry To Be Perpetuated
Save Cricket From The All-Rounders
Says DENNIS HART
English cricket has become "all round" conscious. The man who can score rusis and take a few wickets is seen by many to be the salvation of the game,
But when, on September 15, the S. S. Orsova sails from Tilbury taking the MCC team to Australia, its complement will include only one player chosen for batting and bowling-Trevor Balley, the "Iron man" of Essex,
CATN
Дося this mean
Many have made the initial then tha: 1
For two spinners must be
Hammond, England
Waller har
other no
all included. To qualify as a bate-sacrifico. rounders? Far from it. Nearly man, Bailey would have to Denis Compton, Clyde Walcott, evey county has at least one: replace Graveney at No. 6, or all began by doing a bit of both, men like Don Bennett and Fred Simpson as an opening partner but concentrated on batting to Thumus of Middlesex;
Ginmor
for Hutton.
become the inest batsmen in the game. Men Hike Ray Lind- gan's Alan Watkins and Wi
But can Wooller: Brian Close, Yorkshire;
England afford to wall, and before Him Hedley Ray Smith, Essex Maurico carry a long tail, and if not how Vority and "Gubby" Allen put
she avold one Tremlett, Somerset; Vie Jackson, can
without the emphasis on bowling to Leicestershire, and, not the least including all rounders?
Immortal fame. Hammond events at the Oval
Compton and Recent Iroportant, the two Australians,
necessity
useful and underline
for Walcott Bruce Dooland, Notts,
the
proved
Lind strengthening the batting. George Tribe. Northants,
chango bowlers in Tests. The answer lies not in
pro-wall, Verity and Allen notched For obvious reasons Dooland fucing people who do both many valuable runs. and Tribe are not eligible. Yet moderately well but in having none of the others found a place bowlers, specialists in thole art, in the MCC ride. Why? Be- who can also bat n bit, and/or cuuse taking Test wickets and batsmen who can turn an arm. xcoring Test runs in a specialist's job. There is no room for the man tolerably good at both.
FIGHTING QUALITIES
of
England has got some men of this callbre, Johnny Wardle for instance, tho Yorkshireman the practical Jokos, accurate loft spin bowling and lusty hitting.
Even Bailey owes his inclu-arm sion as much to fighting qualities
A couple of Wardles in the as to field ability. And the fact musi he faced that should Eng-side and Hutton would have Anni's
battery less fear of the tall folding up. fast bowling come off in Australia, skip- and his bowling strength would pra Len Hutton
well not be impaired. may the be
embarrassing In position of having to drop the man who did so much to reguinhas the Ashes for England.
open
The advantage of the speelnifat
been nowhere botter illustrated than in Australia, Tho Aussies founded their With two of the Statham- cricket success on specialists - Tyson-Lander trio to
the Bradman,, Ponsfor Barnes, uttack and Alce Bedser 10 Morris, Lindwall, Johnston etc. follow, Hutton, arning họ Land one of the main reasons follows the modern trend of for the present densiso has beent playing five bowlors in the six-the reliance on all rounders, day Tests, will have no room for Bailey as a bowler.
Wolves Vote For
Youth And
The Long Pass
The Australians wanted more Keith Millers. Thoy failed to
the Millers recognise that
of this world come once in a life-
me." Last year three budding Milera came to England with the touring porty, Ron Archer, Alan Davidson and Ritchlo Benaud.
WORTH IT?
Innings
What happened? Archer, primarily a bowler, did average Shareholders gathered at 23 in five Test innings. But he the annual meeting of
thetook only four Test wickets. Wolverhampton Football Originally a batsman, Davidson did take eight wickets. Yet Club were recently told in his ten innings yielded only 182
of the
Benaud in five rung. emphatic terme future policy at Molineux, made 15 runs while his two where the black and gold-wickets cost 187. beribboned first Football
The tragedy is that all three League Championship Cup are ano natural cricketers. Had has a place of honour In the they developed their talents boardroom.
The Chairman, Mr J.8.
But, the Important thing in that only after they had reached the top in one particular sphoro thoir did they start recalling other talents.
-(London Express Servies),,
SPORTRAIT)
AFTER YOU
YOU GENTLEMEN
AFTER YOAR
PARES 0000
"Here come the Gentis-
men, now --»
London Express Sarwion.
STOCK-CAR RACING
RUMPUS
It had to come,
as with
singly they would surely have all new sports that take the done batter and might well public fancy in a big way. have been the cause of saving They are saying that despite Baker, told them the directors the Ashes for Australia.
the tremendous attraction Australia and England can
Instead of stock-car racing wherever Manager Stanley Cuills x-both heed this lesson. pressed faith in the long pasa of "all rounders to save cricket" it has been staged in Log- the cry should be "save cricket|don or the Provinces, all is from all rounders."
were going to bank on
youth.
game, which reduces the mum- ber of passes from A to B.
careful
BEDSER CLASS
ז.י
not well so far as the com- peting drivers are concern« ·| ed.
To back this up he drew at- analysis tention to a
Just think back on the great that had been made of Wolves'
names of cricket, Bradman, There are pretty general com- BCHEONS. goals in the last few
Hobbs, Hutton, Compton, Lar-plaints of inadequate expense The majority came from one of
facilities at fewer wood, Verity, Headley-special- allowances, poor two passes thoro were dists all. And who did so much tracks, too-tile prize-money at
an even
coals from three passCS
lower number from to gain Pakistan that shock 11 capacity crowded meetings, anch draw in the current series of drivers taking unnecessary movements of four passea and
against England, an all rounder? risks in unsafe cars, upwards.
No, a specialist, Fazal Mahmood, a bowler of the Aloe Bedser calibro and class.
As a result of those analyses Wolves had approached each season with a tactical scheme based on six fundamentals, the of which depended
Jim Peters' gallantry in success
School where Hubert Doggart is the Empire Games Mara- primarily on the outstanding
master and a former Bussex thon is to be perpetuated. physical fitness of the players, fully, batting and bowling
8 40 player, Tod Bowley, is the pro- The London Daily Express
gent coach.
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60 9 30%
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Stock-car driver
William ("Ginger") Holtby, of Sale, Cheshire, contends that there is a solution to this a drivers" federation.
In England there la, a wealth of potential talent, of schoolboys who like to play their cricket
much as they can.
This is all vary well at
But a lad- cannot Says "Ginger"; "The situation develop both arts simultaneously at some tracks la chaotic. Races In the first class game. If he often end in arguments, and" tries almost certalály ho will there was something of 'a' fight fall between two stools.
at one meeting."
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a result of preliminary talks he has had here and there he hope to form oné.
Stanley also opined. that the held a "Peters Medal" com- accent would remain where at school.
kad so successfully. been-on The day also saw the comple-petition. Thousands of ideas youth. tion of a remarkable week for poured in from all over the young Sussex ull-rounder Alan
Oakman. Sussex and Glam- world.
FC were KDC Bxture
Second Division
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Taikoo Herrein CCC
15
15 0
B
0 6 45
0 6 43
18 B 0 7 43
HKCC USRC
KBCC
PRC
Third Division
plus
IRC FC
11 A
0
2 42
11
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KERC
12 7 0 5 30
KCC
11 7 0 4 34
USRC
13 5 0 0 20%
HKFC PRC
10 4 0 0 20%
11 3 0 8 20
CCC
14 3 0 11 18%
14
4 0 10 204
15 3 0 12 10
organ had met twice in succos- sive matches and Oakman's re- cord was:
The winning design shows
32 and 70 not out, a symbolie lion, exhausted by five wickets for 40 at the mun, fighting to get up. The Swansea, followed by seven for winning inscription says "For
38 and 60 runs at Eastbourne.
100
Berry Leaving Lancashire
England His Utmost" and "For outstanding courage and deter- misation in the field of sport."
Bob Berry, former England left arm bowler who toured
has had
The majority of drivers nig ex-speedway men. Considering `the risks they take, there la somewhat meagre reward, even for the leading prize' winners,
At most meetings in Briain all starters receive £10, which they need in view of their be- ro ponses, particularly after racing when battered machines nood competition was consemble repair la renciineis 1670 and King for the next battle,
an interest in
}・・・ "Wirsnierer of honte reQSİ VARİA
BOWLS TROPHY 284 YEARS OLD
Ian Thomson, another Sussex
A bowls trophy dating bacic bowler completed
nearly 300 years was played for wickets in a season for the first struck. Say's modest Poters," in two Tests against the West Kynoch and Battery
But the medal will never be Australia in 1950-01 and played by two Birmingham clubs ume after two blanke matches and Wilt Woaller got to within must be the first athlete who Indian tourists in 1950, is leav-cently. The All-England Non- nine rups and six wickets to
a modal designed being Lanenshire-the club with Ferrous Cup become the first player of the cause he lost....yet I wonder if whom he made his debut six started in season to complete the "double" I dare ask one favour to make years ago.
II took the honour more general so that Mancunian Barry, who is 28,The doors were the Wor- mere. £15 and runner by 168, He had never previously ac
His request will be granted." complished the feat.
Instead of the medal, it is pro- seasons with Malcolm Hilton for shipful Tinplate Workers Guild, 20, £4, and 22, down to the
ATION Glamorgan, in the process of posed to Incorporate, the theme the portion of the club for her worn of the firth pinoes,
cau Quid of London. Arm, spinner-in-chief.
In the final, prize money EVOLG MOSSO rebuilding their side, had crept in a special trophy, which is up into fourth place in the be presented each your to the table and Woalber is convinced athlete who doutrinting whose former England, spinner, to Villased Bootish Intern fron
Ho a expected to, foin Kent tax qualities
captained by for fifth man. And this tah where 40-year-old Doug Wright, winnow, smara that he now has the youngsters closest to the
George Cumening the former meetings where the money rolls to make another
attendance ranging bid for the courago. › and dotermination”
Cis skipper, 20 shown by Pelers' at Vancouver; Championship.
rational full back)
-from 10,000 to 40,000 peoples
Randolph Turpin's -1,000 runs and 100 wickets all British athletes may qualify
Comeback Postponed
Randolph Turpin's como | back as a light-heavyweight," planned for next month, has been put back until Novem- ber 16, at Harringay.
For his training will shortly be interrupted by two domestic events. He has bought a house in North Wales - and will be moving there from. Warwick, and wife Gwynoth is expecting their first baby in a few weeks? tline
other boxer in the news is Cuban heavyweight Nino Vaider, ranked No. 4- to Ezenra Charles to
among world title challenge all | Rocky MEMRIALTO.Ph:""
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fight in London in Oétober) and it's possible we may
winner of the Johnny
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