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TWO CRUCIAL MATCHES
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DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
By “TOUCHER”
Which shall be the premier lawn bowls club for the 1955 season- Recreio, Kowloon Cricket Club, or Craigengower Cricket Club?
That question may well be answered this afternoon when all the three top contenders for the Colony's First Division League Championship- take to the greens in two crucial matches.
Current League-leaders Kowloon Cricket Club will be involved in what may furn out to be the deciding match of the season when they entertain second-placed and present-holders Recreio "Blues" on their own green at Cox's Road.
The Cricket Club now lead by only the slender margin of half a point. This will mean that every point gained by either team in this afternoon's match
will be worth double its value in the rointive positioning of the two teams.
playing
against away Filipino Club, it is not kely that they will drop more than one point.
the a limited number of greens on which to play off these games. One suggestion hos been 19 to have all made and that day a week at one centre. The postponed games played on one group of clubs at Happy Valley Craigongower, IRC and HKFC and also. Talkoo may be up- pro Proached to loan all their rinks
the Association to
one day o fortnight.
The next week the centre
shifted to could be King's Park and if necessary to Include Kowloon Dock as well.
Tuikoo, who surrendered their second position to Craigengower during the week, when the latter took five points off Police Recreation Club in a postponed In their first round encounter,match, should be back again in the Cox's Road Club triumphed second pluce by the time this by 4-1 and by 65 shots to 02. afternoon's games are over. Both sides have since reshuffled their rinks, with perhaps the Recreio "Blues" reaping much greater beneat. from the TC- shuffling.
Whereas
the Champion "Blues" have been playing with greater Assurance sendi CON- idence from week to week, the Cricket Club bowlers have not shown that consistency of form which put them at the top of The League table,
They will liave Police Recrea tion Club us their opponents, and a kely ve points may even bring them a tile closer to the League-leading Kowloon Docks.
The Third Division is all but and Kowloon Dock
won by
The second talking point for this week is the off-recurrent one of score-curds. The slipshrod manner in which score-cards are being marked. Is much to be deplored,
only gives one the impression that very the little interest is shown in
It not
interest is centred on whether the Dockmen will be able to go through the season with an un- beaten record. Last week Hong-Games played, but also causes untold confusion to the press Their 4-1 defeat last week by kong Electric had their go with and the Committee in recording Craigengower Cricket Club will
out any surpass, This after the scores. Dates of games are probably have a detrimental psychological effect on them this noon, Prison Officers will be the often left out, and the name of assailants OIL the Hunghom the event, whether Singics, afternoon, and unless they pucitadel and even a 3-2 win on Pairs Open Champlonship, etc. is themselves together the odds their part will be a feat to be scltiom written down. ere that they may find it ex- tremely difficult to collect even proud of.
one point from this match.
The second crucial match will see third-placed Craigengewer Cricket Club clash with Indian Recreation Club **Blues" at Sookunpoo,
TALKING POINTS
Two points have come during the week, which some comment.
In League matches, it must be repeated again that the names of home bowlers shoul appear on the left hand side of need the card.
out
One is the problem of post- Only two points behind poned matches in the various Kowloon Cricket Club, Craigen- events the Colony Open gower are well in the running Championships. This came to
Championship. honours, head during the last two werks whereau IRC "Blues" who went | when almost continuous rain down to their "Gold" team last completely disrupted the Cham- weck In a major upset, are pionship programme. practically out of the race.
Ior
The Indlans, however, with a formidable record behind them, Bre still capable of producing superb bowls when they are in the mood. This was amply de- monstrated in their first meeting with the Valley glub when they teok back with them 4% points, The Crbijlengower squad, how- ever, are an improved lot now after some hard practice and look good for four points this afternoon.
what true hospitality in Green Club and Pollee Recrea
In the other two First Division matches, both Kowloon Bowling
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tion Club are expected to gel past Recreto "Whites" and IRC "Gold". The margins of vic- tory will
will probably not be as great as the favourites may expect as both the "Whites" and the "Gold" with the possibility them, of relegation ahead of will be out for every available point. They also playing much better bowls now.
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SECOND DIVISION
In the Second Division games
Dock. this afternoon, Kowloon will be given a very good oppor- unity of consolidating their lead." Although they vill be
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SPORTS QUIZ
1. With which sports do you
associate
The following
trophies: The America Cup. The Grand Challenge Cup, the Jules Rimet Cup?
2. Who is (a) the eldest, and tho youngest Tony
(b)
Trabert Colin Cowdrey, Chris Chataway or Frank Tyson?
3. Who is the new holder of
"The Renshaw Cup"?
4. Difference please
Although it is the duty of the No. 2 to mark the score card in a rink game and the lead in a pair and triple game, it is also the responsibility of 11:0 skip to check over the card when his turn comes to sign it, It is earnestly hoped that this aspect of the game will be as seriously observed.
TODAY'S GAMES
First Division' ' KCC v. Recreio" "Blues” KBGC c. Recreio "Whiles"
PRC v. IRC "Gold" IRC "Blues" v. CCC FC (Bye)
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FOR BEDSERS
Surrey bowler Tony Lock (centre) congratulates cricketing twins Alec (left) and Eric Bedsør, on their 37th birthday (July 4) at the Blackheath ground where they were playing in the match against Kent.
Tony Lock, who had been chosen for the third Test match against South Africa, celebrated his own birthday a day after the twins-Reuterphoto.
AAU
SECRETARY THINKS
American Women
Will Do
Much Better In Athletics
At Next Olympic Games
By CORNELIUS RYAN
•
New York, July 15.
America will make a much better showing in women's track and field athletics at the 1956 Olympics than ever before in the opinion of Dan Ferris, veteran Secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), who has seen all the greats for many years.
"We have made terrific progress in women's track," said Ferris in an interview in his office. "There is great interest around the country as a result of the Junior Olympic Programme, a programme which gave girls from 13 to 17 years old a meet for the first time.
in
Bud Held," Some of the girls discovered | record-holder In this programme are very pro-sald Ferris. "We used to look mising:
up in surprise when we saw an "In another year we expect | American throw it 200 feet. them to be far better-good Now there is more interest in coough to be real contenders at the event and more men take Melbourne,
part.
Second Division"
•
FC v. KDC
ст.
TC v. PRC
HKFC v. HKCC USRC v. KCC CCC (bye)
Third Division
FC v. KCC #
KDC v. POC
PRO v. USRC HKERC v. HKFC KBGC (bye)
'SKIPS' TABLES
First Division
PW D L PM. 1 011
R.F. Luz (leo. "B").. BW. Bradbury (CCC) JM. McKelvie (KKBGC) between FV. Ribein (Rec. "B")
A.Z. Coates (000)
a heimsman and a Helm-A.M. Omar (RC "7"i man.
TE. Baker (C)&&
A. Harvey (KBGC)
5. "Johnny won't hit today" W. Hong Shing (Kec).. was a famous English D. Philly" (ROC)
cricket phrase of the CE. Po Rec. ""j twenties. Who was Johnny?.A. Lopes fitec. w
6. Who cuis off the Eastern
way, rolls the Western way ori twists the Sweeney way?
7. When was the last time an
emcial world Heavy weigh boxing title fight was held outside America?
In the
{X+_ Bodle, (PRC).
H.D. DewaT (PIC)
Becond Division
B. Gourley XDC)
E. Greenwood (KFC) W.B. Brown (TC). (AE, Ellot (KDC) 3.3. Baxter (TC)
B. Bickford (KFC).. R. Two (OCC), ... F.H. Kioniburgia (TC)..
| A. Sequeira, (FC)))
3. Complete the names of the WM. MoCal (KDC)
following personalities who J, Leonard (COC)
K. Farrow (CFC) British. Hetherington (Uanci Champion-P.K. Lau TCCC) Open Golf ships recently: Hxxxу WJ lowd (CC)
competed
D. Trail (HXCC) CoxIxx,
xxxx. Agnew (USRC) *ExEx xxxSxx, AxxxNxx TD, Angus (IIKCC).. xExDx.
.
50 3
in the Javelin
world leaders Throw, they also had the best designed spears."
Famous Sports Stars I Have Met Reginald Spooner By Archlo Quick
• The haired,
Ucmen
well-preserved, white- classical-featured gen- of 74 sitting in the grand stand, Sir? That, Sir, is none other than Reemald Spooner. Yes, the grent
most correct of all English bats- men, amateur or professional, was at the Old Trafford Test between England and, South Africa living again days that are past at the scene of some of his greatest triumphs,
With a plece of willow in his handa the famous Lancastrian amateur did everything that was right. There have been more prolific scores, but none surpassed him in beauty and grace, then or now. So his own View
on batsmanship, told to me some time ago, is interesting. "My favourites", "he said, "wero 'Ranji' and Vietor Trumper.
They produced the poetry of cricket, But the man I liked watching most was Gilbert Jessop. Do not just put him down as a thumper with I bludgeon. There WOS the greatest possible skill in his uming.
"He was.an
artiet and not Just a clouter. And the crowd loved him because his art was allied to fust scoring. Wish we had more of it these days. Cricket would not be so much in the doldrums, Too many scorabla shots aru
ignored,
Each ball is not 'being treated. on its merits."
HIS FIRST TEST
Spooner, at Manchester, would remember his first Test ap pearance against the South Africans for he took 119 of the Springbok bowling at Lords in 1012 and the
tourists had Nourse, gler, Carter, Faulk non Lewellyn Schwarz and Hartigan bowling in that match! And England didn't have a bad batting order ellhör-Hobbs, Rhodes, Spooner, Fry, Warner, Woolley, Jessop, Foster, Smith; Barnes and Brearley!!
ner,
The immaculate Reggio ended tho Test series top of the averages at 63 rubia an Innings against one of the finest attacks ever folded by a Test eleven, the He never played against South Africans again,
For business reasons he was To account for the upsurge in never able to make the trip to Australia, д fact which the long-neglected interest in such
and cricket world "Down Under" events as women's track
major the men's javelin, he said that has always deplored as
They wanted thd "I think our best high jump- "And the new
Javelin, of more emphasis by the AAU on tragedy.
had these things
compare him encouraged opportunity to who course, has a lot to do with it. Mildred McDaniell, dit 5 fect 64 inches at the All the Americans use the Bud coaches to stress them, and that with their own, Victor Trumper,
In the
had re- whose orily rivál as a stylist he old the young athletes Pan-American Games in March, Held-made spear.
was, apart from "Ranji could have won any Olympic days, when the Flans were the sponded well, United Press. High Jump crown since the Games were opened to women.
who Karen Anderson,
won the Pan-American Inveiln with 49.15 metres, has added eight or nine metres since then. How- ever, the girls we have par- ticipating in the Discus and Javelin are not quito bly enough" to compete with the Russian girls, but we will be real contenders in the running races and hurdles."
HARD TO GET USED
The
mention of the girls javelin brought Ferris around Bto discussion of the javelin in
general.
It still is hard to get used
to the fact we have the world
English Record
In Hammer Throw Goes
Peter Allday brought the English native
the record in Hammer Throw up to 180 feet 9 inches at a meeting at Cam- Don 'Anthony 413 4herley on July 9.
4had brought the record up 04054 184 feet 5 inches earlier this
1044
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The
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There were two. good per
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Saturday where the AAA took the on Wales, D. Salter ran .440 Yards Hurdles In 04.4 'seconds to upset Tom Farroll his AAA teaminate, while R. H. Sussex cleared 40 fest, 44 Inches in the Hop, Step and Jump for Wales.
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This is a truly extraordinary performance for a small car like the 600, showing magnificent driving skill and brilliant stamina of the little cars on a gruelling journey across, vast stretches, of desert, on almost impossible tracks, extremely rough roads, through floods and storms of wind and rain in tropical temperatures. Day and night, for eleven, consecutive days, those four n
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