THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
1955
Pare
SPORT WITH THE LID OFF
Wake Up MCC!
- It's
1955
By FRANK ROSTRON
"Gentlemen versus Players"
what have we here, We have the MCC'a plc- In this modern age of 19557 turesque relic of the feudal days of cricket, when the gentry tested their skil! against the paid hirelings of the counties.
Memories of this ancient fixture should occupy revered place in the Imperial Cricket Museum at the back of the pavillon at Lord's.
What humbug
to continue the
solemnly
to play
it In
Feelic world
138
the Naching
attles.
Select this creaking
anachronism us an example of
Alm Walker (Nota) quality for our county cricket under curious residential and special regulations.
I pin Gentlemen v. Pis yers
the MCC's may-farthing ment-aquarely on to the MCC. AN
alty in the atom age.
DECREASES
the
Year by year public interest in this one-time popular classle
ytar Year by decreases.
In- popular demand increases, strad, for a fixture which woult Kive Southern cricket lovers a view of Vinoo Mankad Datos Phadkar India, Frank
of Worrell, Everton Weekes, Clyde Walcott, and Sonny Ramadhin of West Indles, and Hay Lind- wall and Colin McCool of Aus- tew tralia, to mention just a stors periodically playing Lancashire Langues,
and
No, like many players in the Lancashire, Birmingham, other leagues, they are unlikely ever to be seen at Lord's,
That is, unless they come at intervals of three or four years ng member of touring aides. like McCool (Somerset) or
or
Nationalist China Will Compete In Olympic Games
Taipei, Nov. 21 Nationalist Chinn decided to participate in the forthcoming 1950 Olym- Melbourne, This plad reversed its previous stand the not to participate at world games,
Li Communist China were also invited to Dr the Melbourne Games. Gunson Hoù, Chineso Olympic Amsoolation Prest. dent, made the annoRNON, ment to
press
• special conference, after the Board of Governors of the AssLCH" ciation met to thrash out the highly controversial subject of Taiwan's parties. pation.Franco-Presse.
MENZIES SAYS:
"Olympic Stadium Well On The Way To Completion"
ample of the type of mentality.
in this that sl exists
hatext. and at the sme
most time mus loved sports institution in the Empire.
I cannot attempt to name the gully men. There are too many the of them, prowling about
about muttering Long Room things as they were before the turn of the century.
GENTLY DOES IT
But I can aime a few who, despite the blinkers of tradition, fran see further from the Long Room windows than the sight screen at the Nursery End.
to
One is the new BESTE'MY, Rounle Airdi, who has begun, gently, to steer cricket Away fran the narrow lane, down which it has been forced Travel rigidly for years
und to Australi Aird went New Zealand to see for himself, and talk with the men who run big cricket over there.
Next is their latest acquisition, popular Billy Griffith, an active, HIA all-round
SPOT LATTED. appointment as assistant secre- tary with public relations dutier of the hud broken down some Isolation of the MCC from the general public.
Q
Exclama
TWO NIL VICTORY FOR GERMANY
Fifty thousand people packed the stadium at Karlsruhe in Germany to see the football match played recently between Germany and Norway. The Germans German forward movement just won by two goals to nil, Picture shows a
beginning.—Agence France-Presse Photo.
This
Matthews Not Finished
Yet, But Why
Controversy?
Asks
don REVIE
People are saying that Stan Matthews is finished-because he has
But I don't believe it. And I'm sure Stan doesn't. In fact I bet he's having a quiet chuckle to himself
at this very moment.
been left out of the last two England teams.
What many people don't appreciate is that although Matthews is 40 he has When he goes laken such care of his body that he is as supple as a lad in his teens. out to train, he walks and limbers up slowly. He is also a great believer in deep breathing exercises. He is, I would say, still the fastest man with the ball over the first 20 yards.
for
more
All this makes me feel certain; wingers and in fact hardly ever that Matthews will be playing loses it at all.
several
years and tormenting left-backs as he has done these many yeura.
But
one aspect of all this Once more Stan annoys me. finds himselt the centre of
netually Why, reporters can expect courtesy now!
It is distinct advance that
So far as I am concorned I MCC now recognises the repug-
think we in England should be glad that we can still produce word
"publicity," nant
Then we have "Gubby" Allen,
great footballers of the calibre of this year's chairman of the sexe-
Matthews and Johnny Haynes. Waller Robins, Two
Why not leave it at that? tars, and
There was a flurry of excite go-ahead ex-captains of England cruel controversy, in which it is
market in the transfor enterprising
and
young enough being alleged that he is difficult ment to adopt a a Billy Graham salca- to play with. It is also being recently when Arsenal paid a big
lo cricket. manship altitude Lo
Buggested he and Johnny fee to Leyton Orient for
Groves
(centre-forward Whatever blunders some Haynes have such contrasting Gro
could propis const der the selectors styles that they never fl outside-right) and Stan Charlton
(left-back)
forner Both are same forward line. made this
year and I think, into the
Matthews they performed their thanidessi
has been in the amateur informationals and they in- job with distinction-Allen game so long that he probably played for Arsenal for the first
docan't
time on November 12 at High- worry about allegations, troduced all sorts of revitalisingg
But I think they are umitind to buy against Shefeld United. ideas, in addition to compiling
Groves scored his first goal for detalied minutes and reports for a youngster like Johnny Haynes.
He is a great footballer with an Arsenal in this game. the first time.
These men realise that the game except for Tests is in decay that county cricket is outmoded and slowly dying.
What can they do? They can convince the older hierarchy thut changes both of laws and customs are overdue.
Melbourne, Nov. 21. Australia's pledige
the 10 International Olymples Com- 1950 mittee to organise the
Games in Melbourne mittees, will be
fully honoured, Aus tralian
Prime Minister Mr Robert Menzies declared here
Olympic
today.
In
his statement exactly E
issued the
before y car
the Games,
official opening of
have any Melbourne
fears about
WHI
present
how
the
Games. With a year to go, pre- parations are well on the way to completion.
REMARKABLE
Com-
remarkable
th
uncanny
that
for
accurate
far
know Vic Groves personally. passing
He is trying to make He is a quiet chap, and in my game and this oplaken if he is given the chance his way in thes wort of controversy is not likely he will be a big help to Arsenal. to help him.
He is fast; takes up position in- telligently;
NO ORDINARY WINGER
1956 Davis Cup
Round Challenge
At Adelaide
Melbourne, Nov. EL The Connell of the Lawa Tennis Association of An- trazin decided tonight, by eight votes to four, that the 1956 Davis Cup Challenge Keund will be played st December 28. Adelaide on
27 and 28.
There ware three appli- canle Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, Brisbane received four votes. -- Reu-
tly: and can shoot with Draw For The
TRANSFER TALE
sure that he will Second Round
Is Matthews difficult to play power and accuracy. with? Well, I must admit i
Yet I have had some experience and
deplore all the transfer talk
am
to my mind is simply that he that has been surrounding him is not just an ordinary winger these test few weeks. It hap The first time I played with him in Belfast in September 1954pened to me when I was with was a flop. It was my own mult Leioacter City and it saps a bocarse. I kopi getting in his player's concentration and con
wy.
fidence.
JEAN SIMMONS, THE GIRL
FROM GOLDERS GREEN, IS ABOUT TO BECOME A WORLD STAR
Says JOHN GAY
After fiye wasted years in Hollywood, appearing in pictures ahe wishes she'd never made, Jean Simmons, the girl from Golders Green, is about to become a world star.
And that prophecy of world stardom has come from the master star-maker himself, Sam Goldwyn.
Sak Jean
In Amerion they have shown for the Grst time. It was a Actress," with Spencer Tracy, the firm that has put 20-year- freedom gained at the cost of when she was allowed to be ald Jean on the pinnacle of battles in ceart, battles across herself.
"I hated {shów business. In the screen à table, a great many tears shod. doing The Egyptian. As for "A version: of "Guys and Dolls." Thon came the offer from Sam Bullet is Walling,' the less sald Jean plays the hard-hitting Goldwyn to make "Chuye and about that the better? Salvation Army lastle, Sergeant Dolls
Sarah Brovin.
And,
by general agreement, from she steals the picture Frank Sinatra
Mox.com wid
Brando do that?
How many girls could
in
The last time Joan sang was aptly named in her first film.
The Way to the Stam." Now by her singing and acting, Jean has reached world stardom
lean "Guyn
and Dolls." The years seem to be over, at last, and the career that Hollywood nearly wrecked is now ready to reach fabulous heights.
her next
"My worst moment was when I was in court, fighting to get free of my long-tarm contrnet. Howard Hughes strode up and down, tears in his eyes, os he said: 'I paid a lot for that Rank
contract' 'Whet em I going to toll
At that my shareholders?" moment I realised the full bit- that terness
of being sold like piece of meat"
THE BATTLES
For the rst time for many as the girl who had played Ophelia to Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet with the assurance of a veteran, was scared.
"It wasn't the dancing worried me she said, "because I know Michael Kidd was doing the choreography. I was scared of singing and speaking with Boston voice.
"
а
from that day Jean vowed: "No more long-term contracta. She has one contract to do one for three years film annually "But I did play a Now Eng- with 20th Century Fox. She is
to make firs
alse. Lander in a previous film, so that still free
confidence. A | gave IDO
for where. singing. they all wanted me to
"Androcles and For nine months up. Then
THE HAPPINESS
The Grangers have now loft mansion home, their gloomy
with swimining-pool complete and all the other Hollywood trappings, for a delightful rustle house in the Californian hills. It has a swimming pool, minus the vidgarity of those found in many Hollywood homes,
anari at her marriage, she adores her husband,
HER NEXT BOLE
Today Hollywood is at the sing instead of using someone feet of the girl who went to cise's voice and so i did school at Cricklewood, London. "For four montha I worked Rumours about
role on that film as I've never done are fast and thick she will be before. Everyone helped me as na they could. In one getting the Mary Martin part in much the "South Pacific" alm, she sequence I have to show a handy will appear in "Les Girls" with punch during a tree-for-ail in Leslie Caron and Cyd Charisse. Havana cabaret. Every night
Whatever Jean decides, this practised on Jimmy and Michael girl who spent her first nine Wilding. Jimmy having taught months in Hollywood completely me how to punch, Boy, I never
Today Jean le happy and pon» tented. Sho idle can pick from a whole List missed them once!"
now has great Joan of cinema "phans," but she will
came to Hollywood In SUCCESS, the gossips no longer 1950 to make probably choose musical comedy.
love singing, the Lion." Says Jean: dancing, being guy. No more shooting was held
If the Grangers have children heavy roles for me- 1 can Howard Hughes bought up her
|Rank contract. Howard gave her they have now learned enough help it,"
Jean's triumph is also the full treatment manicuring, about Hollywood to successfully
ilke a combine career and a family, hairdo (triumph tor her husband, powdering a
and diol In thoes bad poodle, massage
Jean's success in "Guys and Stewart Granger.
Dolls"
bes nada Jiminy "Gran- years when she was left alone in smooth down her figure,
She moping
the Just another | gur their gloomy mansion,
proudest husband_in while he made film after film, Hughes product. Just another Hollywood. He told me:
Granger
The Just thrilled! When it was first girl off the conveyor belt. "Jimmy" faith in her.
fresh youthfulness that won her discussed I just hoped Jean would play Sarah Brown." My He told her: "You've got millions of admirers was gone. great talent. You can do things The price she paid for losing wife is brilliantly versatile. Now in front of a camera in a way it was fretfulness, ill-health and the whole world will see most girls can't You'l} get bad nerves. She was so strung toi
up she couldn't bear anyone to there. Don't be silly.
Thankfully Said Jean:
he criticise her. And then the didn't put my shoulder and say: gossips moved in on her marri-
There, there?"
age.
never
lost
became
to
for
is now ac- Though America
Jean Simmons.
her claiming own country will have to walt. "Guys and Dolls" "will not be four or five there for another "The months.
Eighteen months ago, Jean
Up to now her favourite Alm became free of all commtiments made in Hollywood
Was
Quality
Of FA Cup need not be expensive
London, Nov. 21. Draw for the second round
of the FA Cup made today
Do footbell fans appreciate resulted as follows (tics to be After that I found him quite what it means to a player when played on Saturday, December easy to play with. He likes to he is transferred for a big feet 10): get the ball rolled to hty feet,
and what great player doesn't believe these transfer figures
I found that, once I had given should be
middle
kept secret.
of
Tranmere Rovers v. Barrow
or Crewe Alexandra; Bradford
land
City
V.
United; Worksop
The MCC, inextricably inter- twined with tho Imperial Cricket Board, scicellon
county management committees, and the boards of control wherever cricket de played, occupies podtion in sport.
"But, let it never forget that like the All England Lawn Tennis Club, it is only a hap him the ball, it was wise to wait course they are supposed to be,
Y. Scunthorpe Mr Menzies said, "No one need built up its great presilge.
by accident of geography that and see which way he would go. but somehow they always leak V. Workington; Bishop Auck-
If he took the boil outside the out
Bradford Thomas Lord's happy eclec- back and then down the touch-
2 At present player gets Town: Halifax Town v. Burton tion of the present site should line, I know it was a 190 to 1 nothing from. the transfer Albion; "Bou
Bouthport v. Grimsty He Town: Chesterfeld v. Hartie mem- chance he would take it on until money except a beadache, not give the privileged
Town: Ch bers of the 108-year-old club he could clip it accurately into knows that he really isn't worth
United: Crook Town or the belief which many appear the
to an unmarked thousands of pounds....but for Derby County v. Boston United; to have... that they "own" team mate.
all time he la spoken of as a Darlington or Carlisle United V. it he came England's Test teams.
Inside the big-fee man. Every mistake Accrington Stanley: York City Mansfield Town; Reading V with The MCC's great strength is back, then I would run forward he makes is magnified out of all
in a kind of scissor movement,
harder
or Town
Aldershot; the high standards set by the that, again like Wimbledon in Stan would ity to hold the ball Iries to
V.. live up to the big Exeter
Hendon tennis, it is an elegant show-to the wing-half and full-
to pull
Brentford; ore he seems DA, more
Leyton Orien
Hastings Recalling that all previous plece, a valuable Temple" for back towards him, and then he money tag, the
Northampton Town v. to allp from peak form. ali over the would push a through ball to
United; Weymouth v. Southend Olympiads had been celebrated cricketers
HARD TIMES split the defence wide open.
sid, Brighton without
and Hove T. I am sure it was not But it has many weaknesseE The point one must bear careful thought that Leyton Norwich City; Gllingham or
one, though much mind about Matthews is that he
to Orient decided
part with Shrewsbury Town v. Torquay watered down recently and has mesmerlood the best of de- their two stars. A Third Divi- United; Bedford Town v. Wat-" na sometimes
painfully concealed, fences for the past 20 years; hesion club cannot live on senti- ford
holds the ball. longer than most n
players like the
Replays if necEMATY, On, D ment. Yoi.it is Groval and Chariton and in the store Thursday, Deomaker 18. Northern section Ivor BroadisELOKTOR. (Carlisle United) and George
"The Olympic world can rest Ossured that Melbourne will be ready and the Games will be presented in accordance
past host cities"
In Europe or the United States world
of America, Mr Menzies pointed
out, "But the Olymple Move- Number ment has now become a great world force embracing 87 tions. It belongs
from
stand at the same as the hopes
0
as much to la snobbishness.
Unless ho becomes A Test this part of the world as to any
of hero, the chances
A poor other."
He then added, "Staging the boy of over even entering the Games in this region will de clubhouse, monstrate the truly interna-long odds tional character of the Olym- "rabbi!" entering the All Eng- plads and will win the Move- land club. ment millions of new followers of the throughout the nations Western
Pacific." France. Presse.
CLASSIFICATIONS
4-POINT PLAN My suggestions to those re- volutionaries' who really aro trying?---
1. Try to break down the disilke of the MCC, largely on class grounds, that undoubtedly exists all over
The following are the altern-ally in the respoel- |
tions to the Classification List
2. Bring parties of poor boys
But
Sports Diary
TODAY
Cricket
proportion.
The
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Smith (Chesterfield) who help
to
Yeon
Improve Third Division Soccer Spectators.
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I sympathise with any Third
Division directors who are faced Gaoled For Trying
Malagan with
10.30
Combined Borricon Cricket Apolationi në 2700C
Festhall
Training #Caroline HIL,
YANGA, BERCE Recrudo,
the prospect of trans-
ferring star mer because the
attendance figures, don't
D. pay the wages bill.
wbelly
HKU, CCC "Yellow" ** Sched
Tong
TOMORROW
Cricke
Combined - Bervions · ♥ MalayE
To Class 3: Ivan-Ho from as guests to Test matches, ovell (second day) ata Crater Hond, play time, the TV compuedes moy
at the cost of, some, discomfort commencing al 10.30 4.m, 1
Clade 3.
Com
To Class 4: All Gay from A, Ecstasy from Class A, Lake Success from Class 3, Vio
BAY From Class Ai
tot
To Class Five Gold from Clan B, Gladale from Class D.
Class 7: Expectation from
to those die-hard members-and. |
To Lynch Referee
Moscow, Nov. 21 Mixed Double Divisions IRC Yet I think Third Division The Armentan Supreme Court
football is in for a testing time in the years
whood
Perhaps, gave prison sentences of 20. and more towling the those the spectators and ordered all their they 25 years to a group of football have weathered
before
be conducated atler It has been sigeted that in good to
had been found guilty of broodcast at regular astervale po trying to lynch, a reforce and of in every throwing
stones ich at Sturdays ; the scores. ad Langue moboh. That my forced during Come the wind and water date the Amrenian captial, I to stay by arm Breids learned here today.
pentenced.
bad' watching TV mod of benving 1 The
pectatar
"match the winter weather watch a lavaded the pitch during “AZ DIVidoni, CYMCA, U football match on
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The accused were described as a band og Kinans who had been
Inter-School Bedminton # and 90 convince the people that the grades omdaton: MCC is more than the privato Diving ways caseras club it still strives to bo while, Chung Cheche ♥ Young and old. ruling the cricket world
8. Liston, without crying forexy," to the volume, of up-
Class B, Jemiroa, from Clms vedle for
B..
To Clans 6:
8: Thanksgiving
from Class B.
Sunday afternoon. Recor
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