THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1958.
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WARDLE · CHANGES HIS MIND
Fourth Test Begins Today
Summer Softball League
NUMBER OF CHANGES
IN BOTH TEAMS
!
YESTERDAY'S GAME MIGHT Result Only Of Academic Interest
HAVE WELL BEEN A SHOW OF CIRCUS CLOWNS
By "TIME-OUT"
If you happened to be in the vicinity of King's Park yesterday evening and noticed an assortment of young men cavorting around a playing field you could be excused for getting the impression that the acti vities pointed to some sort of training for circus clowns.
It was nothing of the sort. Injing, the Austers kept cool and fact saddens me to say that averted a shut-out only when a in my long association with the half-hearted attempt to throw sport of sotiball I have yet to out a player at first base resall- wkness
greater BasвCO than eo in an overthrow from which
3 Brion Holland what was purported to be
sored Summer League match. The Austers role tally. Angels, currently leading the league, beat the Austers in this "game," if one could really call it such, by a score of 14 runs to one.
One-Hit Game Relief pitcher Cypre Caldas tossed one-hit game against a team comprising of a lot of now faces.
Donald Cox's line drivo to right-feld in the bottom half of the sixth luningspolied Caldas no-hitter. Incidentally Cox mado his debut as a catcher and passed the test with flying colours.
Highlight
11
Final Acceptors
For Goodwood
Stakes And Cup
The highlight
of the entire game was the really magnificent
London, July 24. running catch of ball that
There were 19 final acceptora had "Home Run" labelled
with weights for the Goodwood inning. over it in the same
To Lo run over two Auster left-fielder Peter Smith Stakes, certainly deserved the applauses and three furlongs at
Goodwood on July 30,
vecorded him,
On top of the seventh thei
The scoresheet rays, they won but the honours really go to the Austers for never giving up
hope,
The
London, July 23. The fourth Test match which starts at Old Trafford, Manchester, tomorrow, will have purely academic interest as regards the actual result,
The home country, already three up, and the rubber won, are introducing "new blood" into their side tomorrow.
for
This must not be taken, as a This decision to strengthen alight on the capabilities of the the New Zealanders' bowling-- tourists, for the replacements already quite impressive at the Colin Cowdrey, Trevor expense of their batting which Bailey, Peter Loader, Arthur has never been strong-witness bo Milton, Mike Smith and Jim thair Test scores seems to Laker, Include such BonBonod father a strange decision. cnrpaigners as Poter Richard- son, Brian Statham and Willie Watson.
First Caps
Probably at the back of the Kiwi eclectors' minde Is the fact the that should they suffer at hands of Tony Lock in the com- ing five days, they will at Icost have a man available who could obtain a certain amount of sweet revenge.
Pitch Condition
Hay lingworth, 26-year-old Yorkshire spinner, Ted Dexter the 23-year-old Cambridge University captain, and 20-year-
from old Raman Subba Row Northants fully deserve their first caps on current form.
The tourists will be facing, for the first time in this country, Lancashire fast Statham, the
dld £0. much to bowlor, who
Ashes home from Australia, during the MCC's lean spell.
bring the
fast tour.
Peter Richardson Is back hi his rightful place as opener after having watched, no doubt with a certain amount of ap- prehension, the painful displays of Mike Smith during the Inst
"
The other change from the third Test brings in
paco- bowler Bob Blair for the ex- perienced Harry Cave,
The tourists' vice-captain, who has been going through a rather
Berl
Johnny Wardle, like Jim Laker, has changed his mind and today an nounced he will go to Australia with the MCC touring team next winter if selected.
Photo shows the reasons why Wardle declined selection John, wife Edna and 12-year-old Gerald.
I
14-year-old
Richest Wicket Harvest Of Season BOWLERS DOMINATE IN COUNTY CRICKET GAMES
The
one
tho
London, July 23.
Bowlers dominated the English first class cricket scene, today. In six They are: Rally (9 stone
of the seven county championship games the sides batting first were (Reports from the Old Angels added five more runs to 7 lbs); Induna (0.5); Sandlacro
groundsman,
dismissed cheaply as bowlers revelled in one of the richest wicket make the final score 14-1.
(0.2); Malacca and Solartickle
Trafford (9.9); Predominate and Aleustus
harvests of the season. White Heather,
Flack, described the pitch as "rm and easy-paced". This (8.8); Lucky
Roy and skipper Peter May who la the seam
was al of 186 In 130 minutes. exception and ChamIATIVNO Tustar (8.43: Lamir
will probably help
for the Fourth Test Coventry where Northampton-Marshall hit 138-including one on duty (8.1); Vantage After the Angels had jumped
(7.10); Sacarole and Porterve
bowlers on the first day.
shire totalled 320 for seven be six and 72 four-before being starting at Manchester tomorrow The weather, which has play-fore declaring 30 minutes be dismissed and at the close Gray fared tile better at first, They to an eight-run, dead in the first
(7.5); Festiva (7.0): Retain Test.
an important part in fore the close of play
wickets for 82 runs three frames the game gradual-
against had scored an upbeales 03 in a lost six (0.0); (6.12); Kadir Cup
ed such Incidentally if the Softball Bothered (6.8); North Light
Two Surprises 1y deteriorated until it became
the welfare of cricket this bottom of the table team War- Hampshire total of 250 for one. but a seventh Wicket stand of
48 by Mike Stewart (0) not out) an utter flosco. The winners Association has any
desire to (8.7) -
The tourist team announced caste, promises sunny perioda wickshire. The next best score
Bedser To Rescue
Arthur and
Mellyre (33) with occasional showers, with by alde batting first was took to clowning at this stage keep up spectator Interest in this
morning contained 1W0 murgamo it might be advisable to
total of 150 against Surrey and plate umpire Pang
There are nine anal accepters this
the champion county carned them first innings points, Lancashire sewed up first shoulder
the blame for put a stop to the present prut with weights for the Goudwood surprises, One, rather a big one, temperatures in the mid-sixty'a Sussex
The pitch is still covered and Yorkshire at Worthing-and or who are hard on Hampshire's
paints, the ommission of Laurie
race Bad innings Ivod and bonus losing control of the proceed-eo of having players tale the Cup, to be run over two mlics ings. I personally felt that one field anide-length boots and and Ave furlongs, at Goodwood Biller, second leading run- will remain to until the enp- these former England batsmen heels in the ille
the dismissing Angel player merited a severe multi-coloured bilets.
bowler Alec Bedser to thank for After Other on July 31:
getter in the side. In his place was toss tomorrow morning. Don Smith scored 70 in a doggod former England nedfum pace gainst Middlesex
innings losting 105 minutes, warning for taking a hefty kick sporta associations insist on pro-
John Reid brings in Alex Moir, Two heavy showers this morn
Hampshire the championship | Gloucestershire's dismissal for country for 94 Lancashire re- spinners against ing did ittle damage to the at the ball but apparently this per attire for league games the Rally, Sandiacre, Adios, Ranchi-Middlesex at Lord's over
They are Doutelle, Hornbeam, whose leg
the few leaders stormed to u winning 140 at Bristol. Big Alec who plied with 103 for six.. the practice pitches and
The day's second century attempt to be furry passed un- und please don't give me
the nets position over Nottinghamshire at missed the Brst part of the sea- noticed,
excus that 's ONLY a Sum-quito and Dlichy (D stone); weekend no doubt brought his Zealanders were at
o'clock Bournemouth. They dismissarlson through illness took six of inaker was George Tribe North- the shortly
Australian ail-rounder, Notts for a meagre 100 and then the first seven wickets to fall at ants. Despite a nine-run lead against mer League that nobody takes Almeria and Gladness (8 stone name to the fore just at
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Marshall them as the fifth inning got go-any interest is!!!
and a personal cost of 24 runs and When Northants Jimmy Gray rushed them to ended with figures of seven for was unbeaten with 107 scored In 195 minutes and Including first innings lead and bonus 53. points with a firm wickel, staud The champions without Eng-one six and 13 fours-Reuler.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
WORDS LIKE
JAMI.
MOTHER,
BABY PONT SPOIL)
THUNDER THAT
HIM. HE
RAN OFF
AND..
MANDRAKE CANNOT UNDER- STAND
THAT CAN COME
LATER, HE'S BACK
--SAFE AND EDUNG?
LET ME LOOKAT,
{ YOU, JAMI--
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