THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,
1956
EVERY ROSEWALL TELLS
A
STORY!
"This "London" Express, technique freaxes" Ken Rotowall ton times during his match with Vie Saixin at the recent Wimbledon Championships. Result: A whole game in one picture.
One man's view of Wimbledon -- the view of American Vio Seixas (38 across the not Australia's: Ken Rotówall produces the winning power tennis. From left to right in this' remarkable Express picture it ta Rosowall with a smash ・・・ a cunning lob driving. up for
a mash
whoosh! and hooray for a a slip
winner. retrieving on band
the back- down again and anguish as a shot again goes out of court.
--
TOUR DE FRANCE
TOUGH MOUNTAIN CLIMBS
TAKE HEAVY TOLL
OF THE SPRINTERS
Luchon, July 17.
lead during the
The tough mountain climbs in the 12th stage of the Tour De France cycling race today took their toll of the sprinters who dashed into the earlier ful stages.
Andre Darrigade (France) who had worn the yellow sweater most of the and Peyresourde time as overall lendor faded before the stiff Aspin (1,480 metres) (1,563 metres) mountains over the relatively short 126 kilometre stage from Pau to here.
Jean Pierre Schmitty Luxem- | Payre-Saude bourg) won the hours, seconds, und Belgium's Je123
54
minutes
Adrensn
yellow sweater.
14th
With the Arst half
the
24-day, 22 la nave over 4,450 kilometres
completed.
flac
stody elevated mis, such Belgium's Slock Dekers. experled in creep up t the
was
4.
ย
mins,
Belgium-12 hrs, 3 mine,
Italy-12 hrs. 3 mins, 55
6. Southeast France-12
4 mins. 40 secs.
hrs,
7. Southwest France-12 hrs. 4 mins, 48 secs.
He De France-12 hrs, 10 mins, 13 secs,
19 Bes
Frabee-12 hrs, 12 mins,
Pass, Robinson 3. Spain-11 hrs, 57 "t } } zwj
out 10 secS, striking stage in
as well as i did yesterday, but i R 40
sledy had to help Charly for whole 55 secs.
the of the srst part, I had a nice Took
but elimb up the Aspin Hehe!
the secs. 28th today. Darrigade Anished Pyere Soude was a little more
However. oublesome
I am | માં n} Ali. In
the met stage was too short for me."
Hobuses skerificed himself Most Cor his captadiy alt fejun. of the thine are
he ]t]; the main jack ko at attempt to help Gaul E team anates to make a breakaway
leading The after puck " the
But
Lubembourg The boys couirint make it
Setupite
allowed to go Win
stage. alone in the early
togel alread to win the It took Brian a ton of stage 2450-control not to fly off with Schmitz, his team mate.
Gaul big difficulty in warm- min at the mountains. Ile overtook Robin-
Lougher
d half with the dropping
back or droppings caz! wayside
Ninely-me raters out
120 sturters aue left in The Tour, which wiends up 30 Paris
on July 28 Brlan
lau
Robinson, Britain's rider is the Tour De
Frame cycling race, ploxided Ing up fr
steadily ove the mountainous
A
12 stage from Pau to here to- son on the way down to here to
day to find himself three places up in the overall position
is now 16th
He
Alter spending the early part of the B1 mila stage helping Charly Gaul, his captain of the Luxembourg
team, 25-year-old Robinson from Mirfeld, York- shire, finished 32nd in 4 hours, and 4 minutes and 27 seconds, 9 minutes, 47 seconds down on
h
tearn music, Jean Pierre Schmitz, who won the stage in
hour, 54 minutes
"
3
seconda
and 40
ALWAYS TOUGH
Willyout one bead of sweat un
hds brow ofter the
finish 24th but is at 32nd In the overall position and 50 minutes. 17 seconds down on Jean Adriaenssens, Belgium's who took the yellow sweater us overall leader. Robinson is 30 minutes down on the leader.
Francois
(France) Mahe abandoned the race, leaving 09 riders out of the 120 starters.
OVERALL POSITIONS
Overall positions after 12th stage.
France)
race, Rees.
Robinson said: "The heat does hr, 32 mins, 6 secs.
not
worry Whether it is fine or cold, the race is always tough,
me particularly.
Explaining the carly part of the race before the steep climbs
up the 4,854 Tool Aspin Pass.
lopped off by the 5,120
foot
Two Wins For England At Tennis
London, July 17. England won two Home lawn. tennis Internationals today.
They beat Wales saven-one in Newport and Scotland by the same margin in Edinburga,
Router.
10 Northeast Central France- 12 hus, 13 mins, 49 secs.
11 Holland 12 hrs, 14 mins, Hi sees
12. Switzerland-12 hrs, mus, 17 ET'S.
TEAM POSITIONS
Team overall position;
Belgium-189
1 mins, 40 secs.
29
hours,
19
2. West France-180 hrs, 43 mirs, 43 secs.
3. Holland-180 hra, 5 mins,
54 secs.
B
4. France 189 hrs, 55 mins,
5003,
5. 1aly-190 hrs, 14 mins, 18
SEEN.
Northeast Central France-- 191 hrs, 3 secs,
7. Southeast France 191 hrs, 32 mins, 67 recs.
8. Southwest France 191
hrs, 34 mins, 18 secs.
1. Luxembourg — 101
hrs,
34 mins, 43 cca.
the
4. G. Bauvin (France) 03
hrs, 33 mine, 10 secs.
G. A. Darrigado (France)
129, 33 mins, 16 seCS.
03
mins,
Presse.
7
Sports Diary
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Good Luck to your Comeback, Denis,
To coin the biggest understatement of the year
...
·ENGLAND NEEDS YOU!
ROMULLTETT.
On
Lancashire Now
Top Of County Championship Table
London, July 17.
Lancashire, defeating Leicestershire by ten wickets without losing a wicket in either innings, today took over the County Cricket Championship leadership from Surrey, They have 116 points from 16 matches. Surrey, who were playing outside the Championship in this sertes, have 108 from 15 games.
Then
88
LOSS ON TRANSFER
FEES
Aston Villa Now
Owe
The Bank And Other
Creditors £42,000
By ARCHIE QUICK
the Football League?
What is the price of a place in the First Division of How much is it worth to avoid relegation? Famous Aston Villa paid out nearly £70,000 in transfer fees last season and placed themselves £42,000 "in, the red" * in' twelve months. They just scraped clear of the big drop to Division Two and Hud- dersfield Town and Sheffleld United went down.
These are revealing, startling figures and recall the time, over twenty years ago in fact, when Villa did just the same thing and still suffered relegation. Then they spent £40,000 when £40,000 wns £40,000 to purchase Allen Cummings, Richards, Massie, etc.
This year the £70,000 outlay took the huge sum of £190,000 occurred, but one thing is cer- wwe bn Hickson, Sewell, Dug- which showed a credit balancetain dale,
There Australians" are ; quite Sims, Smith, McBride of £88,000, excluding the final and Seword, but they did get and
gameal Even unused to playing on a spinners semi-final
wicket. They have had little of the amateur side of the game back £27,000 for the sale
on pitches and re-practice at home Thompson and Hickson whose thri
thrived. International
in when the ball is turning, ond Nevertheless presentative games brought and Gloucestershire in getting them
stay was short.
there was a loss on the senson's working of £42,000
compared
with a prodit of £10,000 the
Strangely enough, despite team's Indiferent form,
£54,000 £11,000 profit,
the FA Amateur Cup Final and out in four hours at Bristol for of semi-finals produced
through the agency £9,000, 210
Sam Cook and to the balance year before when the transter with a £2,000
Wells clearly demon- General Ac "B good, Even the account showed a credit balance
they count of sundry income showed strated that the visitors have of £10,000. Am a result
not to the good of a balance
yet learned the technique. now owe their bank and other
£42,000.
a three-man It was strictly creditors £42,000 the exact
There is just one item in the innings by McDonald, Craig and loss on transfer fees.
statement of accounts where the Benau. The rest were all at sen, Jim Rutherford, Australian the figures are not of big propor- the tions.
That is the Benevolent opener, now hus the melancholy en his of 0, 0, 17, 0, 1, in his the Fund. Income was £1,815 and record
last five innings and they were crowtis still rolled up and "gate receipta" of £88,000 grants made totalled £1,178.
spin were, in fact, an increaED -07 An item of interest is that all on wickets that took
Almost as bad is Tom | £1,700 on the previous coupon of the 80 League clubs re early.
Test record this of the Graveney's probably due to the relegationceived 1,026 as a share our season. He has an aggregate of
Cup Pool. That is, of course, fight. Which is one way, it a precarious one, of attacking the extra to the "gates which the 41 and at Bristol his Test future.
clubs received,
to his problem, I suppose.
this there was a sum of £80,000 tor into trouble again
on trial. To add
Not much peordeal he had to bat in a bad But what will happen if Vak club, of course, but it shows that ght. He was very sketchy In'
got
It is hardly spare after the FA and the clubs his strokes and it does look as
wicket winners in 38 minutes. A spell of threely that they will be in a posi- had had their individual pick-though the "Pride of the West",
}
over
four
hours.
Of these
ings. High finance indeed.
anxi
of
can
Malcolm Hilton. hit Middlesex were left to get 71 in | Accrington, Derby, Coventry and itish relarves officiated keeper Langley's old, with his
Next in the table are York- hour, helped by
B whirlwind ebire and
wicket stand Northamptonshire, fourth
by Alan both of whom won today, with Walkins (44) and Louis coming winter?
Licely 02 points each. Glamorgan, Devereux (47), who put on
together with Willie Watson, tion to delve once more into the exciting one
of Yorkshire, has disappeared transfer · market and the pro in four runs by fast
483 TRANSFERS · · Essex. are fifth with 88 wickets
from the Test limelight over
Jack medium bowler
Bailey posed ground improvements and
The FA had 7,340 registered Players
no longer bo points. 10. Spain-192 hrs, 4 HEES. Lancashire had some scares changed the plotum, and they flood lighting at Villa Park are
Such are the professional players last season, chosen for what they promise 11. Ita 1. J. Adriaenssens (Belgium)
De France--192 hrs, from the Leicestershire batsmen just scraped home with the last indefinitely off.
mccluries and economics of and there were 483 transfers. to do art then don't produce. 63 hrs, 28 mins. 10 secs,
9 mins, 10 secs,
and from the doubtful weather pair at the wicket.
soccer today,
The FA will, in future, sub-
ONE CURIOSITY. ADA Lauredi 2.
(Southeast 12, Switzerland - 102 hrs, before gaining their victory at
scribe four per cent of A splendid innings of 156 by Manchester,
had After they 63 hrs,
secs.France- 3 Man 31 mins.
A SORRY TALE 12 (51
One curiosity of the Bristol Gloucester
receipts at International m Villa are declared at
not the only club to the League Benevolent Fund, match was that Len Maddocks, their overnight Tom Graveney for total, the Leicestershire opening shire made Middlesex fight for
with financial troubles, although it is disclosed that a ten | reserve. Australian carller hari 3. B. Voorting (Holland) 63
wicket- none of the others tell such a yours pair, Gerry Lester and Maurice a victory which
Graveney hit 15
further agreement
for Uie first keoper bowled There are been reached with the Wembley time in his first-class career and Halam, cleared off the arrears semed easy. of 58 before being parted.
fours in an attractive exhibi-rry tale as Aston.
48 Third Division clubs and only muthorities for 1190
the got the wicket of George tion of stroke play lasting live eleven of them showed a proaft Stadium for the Fibal Cup the HIS BEST FORM
minutes
Emmelt, with brother wicket- Norwich, Leyton, bis best form and sat back 83 minutes.
sional games in Central thirteenth delivery,, Maddocks three men for two runs in a John Wardle (three for 31) Grimsby alone had a balaton, on America, the Caribbdari Vene has an action similar to Ray Barracks | spell of fine left arm alów
zuela, Russia, Hungary, Germany, Lindwall's and is quite as lost, they Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Turkey: Could he become an Australian bowling. This started a collapse and Ray Illingworth (three for the right side of £8,000. Senior League! Chirag Bing via which seven wickets went 11 in 38 balls) spun Somerset Chinese YMCA (Chung Eing), 5 pm for 27 runs in 60 minutes, out cheaply to give Yorkshire a plunged deeper into the miro Switzerland, Holland, Argentine Cowl tong
and yet come up year after zil, Chio, Uruguay, Spoki,
more punishment,
Yugoslavia. Austria, and Lancashire were left to get comfortable victory. TOMORROW.
Northamptonshire's Australian year for only 65 to win.
and Jack Manning, again mes
by non-League clubs to formidable list,.. five for 13.
Four byes off the fourth ball merised the Kent batsmen lo cut them. In this direction whatever the spectators may everything in their fed rou lagafrist Children's Medal Competition with of the last over gave Glamorgan day. Tribe finished with match there has been a considerable think, British ratores, die stil solution to win back, the Ashes,
enthusiasm at Poter-conaltered the best overseas. and their matches Exalt they figures of nine for 64 and borough for League handicaps at Deep Water Bay, Bhek
victory
football
England played eight Inter County slides may, Buffer O Golf: Three Club Competition.
had been set by a sporting do- Manning with eight for 67.
Dennis Brookes (67 not out) At the ammual general meeting national matches during 1955/66 consequence. **FRIDAY
claration bo, soore 180 runs in, 1 100
home countries, minutes.
France, Spain, was a case in point, -Water-pola
ngan seemed well on the Narthante well on the way to to undertaker such a big step Portugal, Denmark and Brazi Junior · League: Army North, y
to achieving their target victory with an opening stand while it has such heavy com- How many playing did they call second Tost at Lands, the Eastern (Victoria) 5 pm. Anyway South V YMCA (Vimoria) 5.20 p.m. when they scored 121 in the first of 114-Reuter,
in ground improve upon? The answers
21 two mitments
spectators Navy v Dockyard (Navy) 8.30 p.m.
ments Peterborough have long trame plus fival No fewer than been leading contenders for eleven of them filled the three little for their money Mackay
60 in 34 hours, Rutherforti. 30: League vacancy
in.1% hours, Craig: 35 in 110. inlinesten 'drica Harvey 32,šin~110.
B. F. Ploot (West France) 03 lurs, 33 ming. 27 stes.
7. R. Walkowiak (Northeast Central France) 03 hrs, 33 mins, 68 secs,
8. G. De Smet (Belgium) 63 'hra, 40 mins, 23 secs.
9. N. Deflippis (Italy) 83 hrs,
40 mins, 13 pcs.
* Lawn Bowls Open Paine Championships (Becond Found Matches, at lite, квас
10. W. Wagimans (Holland) | occ, ficc, Reggelo som KDC.
3 hrs, 46 mins, 57 secs.
STAGE TEAM PLACINGS
1. Laixembourg mins. 63 secs.
Stage placings-Teams
11. hrs, 64
2. West France mins. 47 seÇË,
11 hrs, 55
THE GAMBOLS
WHO PUT THAT.
THING THERE? JUST WHERE I'D FALL OVER
"VE A GOOD MIND PUT YOU ACROSS KAN KNEE
for the First,
and the
The Australian cricketers
Hilton's innings figures wie loft-arm spinners, George, Tribo the with might and main the Scandinavian showing that, i seem prepared to sticrifice
of Barry Appleby
I'LL SEND IT BACK, DARLING
NEMEZ VONONN
over
WHAT NE IT. ANYWAYK
CA LOVE)
and
cooling of
of the club doubt was
Peter Arnold (60) put about the club's AND season again the three other | The match against Kampshire;
So Tender
In marked
and
Tasty
·FRANCIS MILLEROS
GREAT NORTHERN FANCY: RED SOCKEYE SALMON STEAK
contrast to
inside-forward positions...
Intanediately
?
Southe Ington
prior
red
the
the A Lord's To Maton store unhappy financial state of Aston circulating to the effect that inglish journalist, who had Villa the balance sheet of the Richie Bopaud, the Australias reported 35 Tests told me Football, Association shows at all-rounder, was actually
Caught
It has assets and cash to the of the wicket before he had is very nearly the poorest tour value of £305,000 ar com scored, but that there: de orde Australia fimm erat, bay pared with £280,000 the year appeal from the Engin
but we played into their before. A very pleasant
000 profit on the conson's work- This turned the tide
Income from International eld, aver
representative matcher with the inside of tile but to them
the coloma) - total of :and here there when
#209,090.; THE TA share of the Cup takings at the Final and Semi-final brought Îns 2-67,000% which yw £19,000
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