,'
“DRAG” IN THE NETS
Pat Crawford, the Australian fast bowler with that "drag", practised with his team-mates at Lord's on April 26.--Central Press Photo.
ONE
AUSTRALIA 135 FOR AGAINST WORCESTERSHIRE
Worcester, May 2.
Australia's touring cricketers were 135 for one in reply to Worcestershire's 90 at the close of the opening day's play today in their first class programme.
But things might have been very different had the Having County side taken all their fielding chances. broken the opening stand at 13 they gave several escapes to Colin McDonald und Ken Mackay, enabling the second partnership to put on° 122 without being separated before stumps were drawn.
It was not a very imaginative jf. I. Chesterton, not out display of batting by either J. Flavell, b. Crawford ...
de.
Worcestershire wok three
hours to compile their 80 and the
Australian basting
Wie some-
what laborious except for
apoll when McDonald put on 55 while Macky slayed at 21
McDonald has so far hit 14
fours.
Extras
Total
4
4
1
DO
Wickets fell at 30, 37, 41, 04, 73, 79, 78, HO, HO.
Pat Crawford Australia's pace Lindwall
bowler, hand ail encouraging Crawford
start to his first tour.
With o
John
BOWLING
Ο M R 15 G 22
W
7
0 30 G 3
G 4 12 1 long run and making the ball Davidson
Bermud
13 A 10 move away he never appænread | Kera
AUSTRALIANS-IST INNINGS "drag
Lindwall swũng the ball well and look three wickets C. McDonald, not out
tu
cheaply,
At lunch half Worcestershire's batsmen were out for 73 and the rest collapsed afterwards when Lindwall
He was at his best.
wickets in one then took two over, finishing with three for 22.
Crawford had three for 30.
BEST BOWLER
W(154
Chesterton
chire's best bowler,
J. Burtse, b. Chestertun N. Mnekay, not out
Extrus
CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, MAY
MEMORIAL CUP FINAL
HONGKONG CHINESA:
KOWLOON CHINESE 2.
CHINESE CAN PLAY SOCCER ON A WET, MUCKY, HOLDING SURFACE
Says I. M. MacTAVISH
Don't ever try to tell me the Chinese cannot play football on a wet, mucky, holding surface. After their often brilliant performance on the rain soaked Club Stadium last night, they have surely allenced completely those critics who so often recite the story that the local boys are clever on a hard fast ground but that they would never be stich masters in the mud of Britain.
I hope all the doubting Thomases were present last night.
The pitch was as slippery as an ice ring and collected large pools of water from the heavy downpour which continued almost without a break from the kick- of until the final whistle. In spite of this the players turned in a display of soccer skill and Imil control that refutes the belief that they are out of their element when
the ground is soft.
The Kowloon side
Who will be the proud Cup winners this year? Will it be “no nonsense” Birmingham City, the side that do not stand on ceremony, the team who know the way to goal without the frilla? Or will it be second time lucky for Man- chester Elty and The Rovio Plan"?
Dennis Hart and Eric Nicholls have each made their choice. For Hart, it must be Birmingham. Nicholls belloves Manchester's skill will carry them through on Wembley's Imminculate playing surface.
Now take yout pick.
WHY I CHOOSE MANCHESTER CITY
IT'S FOOTBALL, NOT BRAWN
THAT WINS AT
WEMBLEY
Says ERIC NICHOLLS
We have been given a rest from soccer's success theories and for- malas. The deep-lying, fast-raiding, long ball games, short ball games, typical English and typical Continental labels, have disappeared from the scene. Or so the headlines would have us believe,
their
of
30
Revie
*-
But one plan "The Revie Plan" is still around. It will be very much in evidence on May 5, when Manchester City walk onto Wembley's The Hongkong forwards were, Just when It looked QA Mrs Stratton, the wife of Lt.
immaculate turf to face the might of Birmingham City. Gen. would finish
Stratton, Commander often superb. They moved the ball though the match
braved Forces,
the British about with uncanny
the 0-2 accuracy on
bracket, another
few minutes against pohsfied right-holt who plays, And Dot Revie himself, fe after a and
when the
elements to present the cup to inter-passing opportunity bout of brilliant
international such a big part in the of soccer, and Newcastle,
young presented Itself they were a by the Hongkong side ripped Ho Cheung-yau, captain of the forgotten man
rib-victorious Hunghong side, and last season's "Footballer of the right-back Meadows, slipped on manoeuvres. There is ways ready to have a smack at the Kowloon defence
will be back to lead
the hard-shooting a spongy patch turf, and Joe Hayes, bons and as the ball came over in her turn was presented with Year" KOAL
deep-injured himself badly he inside-forward with three dropped had no from the right wing, Muk Chun- bouquets of flowers by Ho and Manchester in his old Ko Po-keung,
Manchester's uld not return So Manchester, hair; and there are Don Revie captain of the lying role. For one to match to Cheung-you wah was on the spot to slash it
in his old deep-lying role, For like Arsenal before them, were and Bobby Johnstone, two
internationals to or Yiu Cheuk-yin
losing team. for spred, into the back of the net. It was
Manchester's rain clouds have reduced to ten fighting warriors perlenced And craft, or finishing power.
delightfully
VERDICT executed foul
search for the Blindngham; gaps where against the full strength given way to minshine strangely
play Chinese can't So the WI quite clear to all tho much but it enough
Revlo la
and exploit them to the full concerned. A member Newcastic. around Kowloon
that Wal
स Fat-kim football on defence thought
heavy ground? vaunted
very little of
the I know many British managers of the training party in East-
adds are even with all its big names, nad
Barring such tragle oceldents And if Birmingham pack their who would
have bourne, the willingly instinctive covering by the men in front of
superior skill as a foot- defence, and launch those sur- understanding of the two South him...and I had to agree swapped their grandstands for heavily on a place being found their
In the forward Line for both balling init gives them the prise, two-man attacks in the with him-it was shocking. Ho Cheung-you and Yu Cheuk- China inside-forwards.
For the winners Tom Nal- yin in this form. First rate enim and the man who followed starting advantage against Bir- hope of catching the Manchester a City's leader, Bobbymingham. There is the swarthy defence on the hop, they will huan, Lau Yee, Chang Karn-hot,tertainment....and
congratula Johnstone.
Roy Paul at left-half, a pillar came up against current "Foot and the five forwards all
didins to both teams for proving With the combined artistry of of strength as skipper; the ex- baller of the Year," and prob
Manchester's
biggest enough to meria
themselves better than the pre England's Revie, and Scotland's perienced Ewing at centre-half, ably on.
win vallif condoms.
Johnstone, City will
the and one of last season's Final trump-card-Bert Trautmann. Cup!
Need I say inorej héroes. There is Ken Barnes the
nd answer
10 the
Ho and Yiu made the test of the front line work as hard as they did themselves and right well did Yeung Wai-to, Ld Kwok-taj and Mok Chun-wah respond
EARLY STAGES
In the early stages it looked is though Kowloon was going to make a real game of it and
A
toon
spécial men~
promised a great oiled 100g before the end. it was a promise
in
shad
him
stacked
Oh Yest Biriningham
tough. Too tough say some.
Wai Fat-kim
TEAMS and Tang Sum alone get top marka for Kow- Hongkong Chinese:--Tam Nat- Some of the others like huen; Luk Tak-hay, Lau Yee: Au Chi-yin, Szeto Sum and Lau Chan Fai-hung, Chang Kam-
WILL TO WIN Chi-lum never stopped trying hol, Chan Chi-kong; Yeung
of them
Wal-to, Ho Cheung-you, Ylu They have won their way to
by
team- bat far 100 many
superb particularly in the
Lo Kwok-tal, Mok Wembley defence - Cheuk-yin, Aud play and
work, plus an incredible, almost flying Chun-wah. Lee Ping-
Kowloon Chinese Wal Fat fanatical, will to wik Chem Fet-hung and Ko Po- kim; Lee Ping-chiu, Lo Pok; and never dull gonis by
than this and Chan Chi-kong Yu; Szeto Man, Lau Chi-lum, Kwok-tal and Luk Tak-hay are still much Au Chi-yin, Chu Wing-keung, Cheung-yau and Yi Cheuk-too indiscreet in their tackling Szeto Sum yin gave the red shirted Hong to merit very much praise. kong boys a comfortable 3-0 lead at the hall-way stage. The even score would have been more one-sided had it not been for the good work of Wat Fat- klm.
a fist halt that was | keung have often played better Tang Sum, Ko Po-keung, Szeto the ranks of those who ran dway
and often thrilling Lo
Ho
The Colony star was in fine form and got a special cheer when he saved a penalty kick taken by Lou Yee. Lau's kick- awarded for
childish a rather
bit of handling by Ko Po- keung--was hit hard enough, but it we loo straight and in
Referee S. Hancock
NO UPSETS IN ROME
TENNIS TOURNEY
Rome, May 2.
Italy's Giorgio Fachini beat Wayne Voorhees of US 4-6, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, 6-8 in a continued first spite of the greasy ball Wai Fat- round Singles match at the international tennis
| kim managed to get it away.
tournament here.
But while I have not joined with the idea that Birmingham were a dirty side, I have never Approved of their style. It is not
pleasant to watch, nor will It helt put British soccer back on its feet
That they have been Suc- cameful in League
1 season
of
IT'S BIRMINGHAM FOR ME...
BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOSE
By DENNIS HART
For
Most people tip Manchester City for the Cup.. competition despite their mid-field power Birmingham must still get
past Trautmann, they aty.
Certainly the German goalkeeper, and "Footballer of the Year" means a lot to City. And that is why I tip Birmingham!
For in G Merrick, the former England goalkeeper, Birmingham have a man to equal Manchester's ace, even if they can't trump it
It is
But in a to be denied.
such
this, +3
with players having to change their Ayle, and their kit, in double blo quick time to suit rain-sodden, quagmire, icy, snow-bound and bone-hard grounds, then fool- the survival of ball becomes skills the fittest. Soccer
Ket bogged down in the mad scrum-
typified by blunt no- In the same calm, unhurried
manager Arthur bie for all-important League manner in which he loceps nonsense points.
goal, Merrick has made a great Turner, the man who candidly But this is Wembley, the The teams appeared in fresh The match was interrupted by darknem hot night in stadium with the foest playing comeback this season. Dropped odmits he was sacked from his
from the England side after first managerial appointment · dry kit after the Interval and
the fifth set when the Italian was leading fotte-otié.
surface in the world. Here is those two hammerings from with Crewe. Z the players must have appre-
the pitch that every socer-mad Hungary followed by failure in |elated the comfort involved. It
Women's Singles Erika Don
It is like the World Cup, out of action Candy, Canada, beat kid dreams about. was a bit hard to understand the Vollmer of Germany beat Anca Andres
Hammersley. Chile, playing football on a bowling for two months through injury, numbering of the Kowloon side
6-0, 9-7, 0-1,
grech.
everybody suld Merrick was 40 with Ko Po-keung sporting the Vignali Raty, 6-4, 7-5,
In other first round Singles
Antt football is the operative Onished. Lew Hoad, Australia, beat 020 shirt at centre-half and
Szoto Sum the 22' at outside-over Gloria Butler of US.
Australia's Thelma Long walked- | Paul Willey, Canada, 6-0, 6-1, word, Birmingham
their fighting sorry team spirit Even Merrick's own Chair 0-3. Gordon Forbes, South Africa, It was soon obvious however,
Sweden's Staffan Steckenberg -to Wembley. But ball-artistry, man, Arthur Oakley who is also beat Italian veteran Micheletraset Italy's number two player
positional sense and a olear Chairman of the English sélec- that the Hongkong boye pui no faith in numerology and further Pirro in straight ects 6-1, 6-2, Nicola Pietrangell, 6-3, 4-0, 0-1. pattern of (soccer) thought, tors, said it. At Birmingham's means more Στάτι all your promotion celebration last year 4-6, 8-8, in Men's Singles (first
toughness, on this peach of an Mr Oakley declared: "Gil Mer- you (2) and Yu Cherak-yin
rick is in the twilight of his arena,
That is why I am tipping the career." light Blues of Manchester succeed.
TRÁGIO MÉMORIÈS
85
4
Total (for one wicket) 135 let.
Wickel fell at 13.
G-2.. merely served to emphasise the match of tournament,
BOWLING
M
It
Worcester Flavel!
16
38
Q
W quick goals from Ho Cheung- μας first Women's Doubles round).
Chesterton Jenkle Horton Berry
22 10
48
4 3
4
o difference
K
3 21
5 1 18
-Reuter.
He Hol through Buria's defence at 13 but wis unlucky afterwards when ot
least
four chances
were missed off his bowling.
For long perioda Australia'n bowling was dull and unin
teresting. Even though the Perez-Danny Kid
runs came they might have
100 World
been hard pressed to reach today had chances been taken by Worcestershire.
WORDSHIRE
19T
D. Kenyon, b. Lindwall
P. E. Richardson, e. Craig,
b. Crawford
T. Outshoorn, e. McKay, b.
Johnson
G. Deas, b. Landwall
D. W Hilchardson, lbw
Davidson
M. J. Horton, st Maclocks,
1. Benaud
R. Jenkins, c. Madlocks, b.
Crawford
R. Booth, Ibw b. Lindwal)
A. Barry, c. Maddocks, b
Beraud
»Bayor's TONIC
PER
TONIC
two the between
also . but
they 0 sides
to 0-0 they 0 brought the score
tended to make the Island team take things caey.
Title Bout End Of June
Buenos Aires, May 3.
21 Pascual Perez, Argentina's
31
World Flyweight boxing
-third- Australian's Thelma seeded Long and Mary Hawton beat and Italy's Lucia Mandfredi. Anca Vignali 6-0, 6-0.
In
ntinued A
Women's Sungles first round game Jean
€3.
will bring
to
They have tragic memories.
A BIT THICK
this was Gil thought all
"Maybe bit thicke
I
wasn't
Turner took over Birminghẩm The club in November 1954, were in the bottom half of the Second Division. They finished the season as Champlons of the :- Second Division and continued success In the First tir Division this year
DEFENSIVE STRENGTII
The strength of the side la In adfened. Full-backs Jeff Hall, an England International, and Ken Green, who has earned allow representative honour,
In front of little past them, thium are the backbone of the side, the half-backs,
Inspired by right-half and gary. But who was?" he aska So he determined to show that skipper Len Boyd, the Binning- their go about the bath chair was a thing of hum hálves the very distant future, that at business of blotting out the attack with goal opposition's keeptrig hands with the rest. | machine-like efficiency,
Women's Dobblej (First Round): Althea Gibson, US and Tolla Zehden, Germany, beat Peggy Ensing off in a soccer match
O'donnell Australia, and Louise Snow, US, 0-3, 0-1. is always a risky action and
Forbes, South Afriza, best Erika Vollrtier, Germany and of last senan'a final when on my best form against Hun before the Hongkong side could rewind their thainspring, Kow-Nicola Migliori, Italy, 6-8, 8-10, Ingrid Metzner, Brazil. beat Chiara loon had chalked two counters on the skáte through neut In Men's Singles (first round) Annelisa Bellant and opportunist goals by Chu Wing Italian Davis cupper Orlando Ramorine, Itály, 6-2, 8-6,
Implo keung and Szeto ́ ́Sum.
beat
Keith Hawton, Heather Brewer, Bermuda, Australia, 6-2, 6-9, 6·2‚‚·
and Jean Forbes, South Africh, In Women's Doubles (first beat Barbara Scofield-Davidson, round) Shirley Bloomer and Pat and Gloria Butler, US, 6-3, Ward, Britain, beat Bibi Gull- brandsson, Sweden, and Maris Weiss, Argentina, 6-1, 6-3,
In Women's Shigits Italy's
beat Chiara Raiorino Muller, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.
THE RESULrs
HEFTY EXCILANGE Tempers flared up a little after
15 Champion, is expected to de- that and in one hefty exchange fend his 11 against the Lulc Tok-hay was booked by 2 Filipino, Danny
Kid, in San Referee Hancock for a thought before. the end of
less tackle and at the other end Francisco
Ko Po-keung was fortunnie, June.
escape with nothing more than some brisk words of censure after he had quite needlessly dollary (about £9,000), was fouled Yeung Wal-to near the
his manager, touchline.
SOAPY WATER
19:GOOD FOR PLANTS:
USK KATH SUKPLUS
IN THE GARDEN.
· IS: PRECIOUS.
}} It is
0 agreement,
understood that an involving 25,000
3 completed before
0 Lazaro Koci, was Injured in a
0
car crash last Monday.
Koci was reported last month
to have stated that if this bout
took place Parez would agree
to
meet Dai Dower (Wales), the British and British Empire Champion, in London within 60 days.
The
The
handlery of Japan's Hitoshi Misako have also been interested in a litto fight.
Flyweight Chlican Champion, German Pardo, likely to travel to the United States with Perez.China Mail Special.
CAMPO-PEREZ
Dodgers' Tour
Of Japan Almost Certain
Nicola Higlio and Sivana Lazzarino, Haly, beat Suzy Haillet, France, and Nel · Hop- man Australio, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4,—– Fay United Press,
Men's Doubleg (First Round):
Two RAF Teams In Table Tennis Final
33 he would match his
* The result: Birmingham have The Birmingham forwards set up a record by reaching don't earn any marks for finesse, Wembley after playing all their but they know the way to goal, cup-iles away from hothic, Mer-and led by "comedian" Eddie The Hongkong European rick has played in all Ave Brown, they never, never give Table Tennis Association have matches and let in just two up.
In
only the League recently been holding a men'e cools. team competition, and the Anais Champlons Manchester United of the championships are being have conceded fewer goals than held tomorrow evening at 7.30 Birmingham,
at the Ladies Recreation
goalkeepers,
Club.
from
Cancel out the
OI
I
They proved this in the semi- final, Star-spangled and much- fancied Sunderland were all
over them. But with their de- fence holding firm the Birming ham terwards cashed in on the only chimices that came
trein
way to more three goals,
That then is Birmingham
Dans Men's Singles (First Round)
Kurt Nielsen
otrd Esteban Reyes, Mexico, beat Torben Ulrich beat, Spaniards
teams which will and you are left with ten men Torsten Johansson,
The two Sweden, Jaime Bartroll and Jose Maria 1-6, 0-6, 6-2, 6-0, 0-4.
bd competing are the Royal Air of Birmingham against, ten Draper 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 0-4. Men's Blogies (Second Round) Hugh Stewart, US, and Abr Fores Mainland and Royal Air Manchester City. Here it is
question of Marichester's pions Jaroslav Drobny bent Segal, South Africa, beat Milan Force Island.
and schemes against Birming→ Umberto Bergamo, Italy, 6-3, Branovich, Germany,.. and The league has been run with 6-2, 6-1.
Staffan Stockenberg, Sweden, toamiss
Hongkong side ham's good, sound, no-fancy- City, a team that doem't get Kurt Nielsen, Denmark, beat G-3, 6-2, 6-).
competing in one leg and team soccer. That is what has fustered and to the true maior. taken Birmingham so far this of their signature tune "Keepa Cesare Guercilena, Italy, 0-4,' The match of Art Larsen, US, from Kowloon sido compeiing sen
SELD. They have been called 6-1, 6-3.
and Bob Howe, Australia, versus the other.
rugged That is true. And they right on to the end of the road Paul Remy, France, beat Eduardo Argon, Uruguay, and All those who are interested aro proud of it. They have The road. has already taken New York, May 2.
Barclay, Canada, 4-2, Isaias Pimentel Venezuela, was in watching these finns are only been labelled "dirty" That is them to Wembley. I think It
adjourned in the third set dus too welcome at the Ladies Ro- not trus. And they resent it, will lead to fail vieboxy A tour of Japan and various 6-2, 6-1. Far Eastern cities by the World
Kérbie Flom, US boat Trevor | to darkness, with the score for | éreation *Club
the time
London Express Servico. - Dodgera baseball Francutt, Champion
South Africk, 0-3, Larsen-Howe, 7-5, 6-2, 7-0. specified above, teams was almost astured to 6-4, 6+I. day when a large majority of the players registered their approval of the trip which le ber, 1850,
Launce
United. PreRK?
tentatively pinuned for Octo- THE GAMBOLS.
Manila, May 2. Philippine Flywe Cluni pion Tanary Campo today chat lenged World Flyweight king Pual Perez of Argention to Mile Sight "áfly Unky anywhere an
Commissioner Ford Frick sáid thid invitation to the Dodgers had botn lasuod
this
· Baseball ....... Ha peracrimily Campo conqueror of Mexico's frip by the bly. Lemgoer Meino Dirz, sold he absolute rather on an all-star
crack of tich.
ty was in line, for *.
and this
dollid
Perez'a world crown.
Campo, world's seveni cank They Word Duke Bnider and
Flyweight,
ciaoned Die
@punktning | wwe, WIRE
Dies defeated, anothness world post tal flag renked Fitzsino Dimmy Kidd, in "provid; Arthur Mexden city to land lop berth | piblicity of othe
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There will be
no charge for admission,
Just football without frille, that's Birmingham,
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most refreshing
Barry Appleby
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THIRST QUENCHER
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