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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1968..
Decline of Cricket In New Zealand HANDICAPS FOR
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS HOW TO RAISE STANDARD
By GRAEME BARROW
(Reuter's Correspondent)
Wellington.
The New Zealund Cricket Council meets this month to discuss how the
poor standard of cricket in the Dominion can be raised.
It will have before it a report of a sub-committee which investigated
the playing and financing of the game.
New Zealand cricket began going steadily downhill after the excellent
tour of England in 1949, when New Zealand lost only one match.
In the nine-year period siden more Arst-class cricket has been played here than ever before There has been n mumber To frothin
and
Jeeran could finish of the lot | of the report to make any con-
tom o the yout
rompetition
this rete suggestions about Improv-
ing school and chob practices.
There were profests that ir
1wo Souls
were
The Rer players who wish to out of the the
find them- country But performances" have clonatialed young South Island get on in the gene
bad disappointedl batsmen w10 ¦ players would Ince
serious | sefers Enstrafvd by the
wrekets And lack of prueller their strokeless, duil approach-haulieup in the Jack of first
have 31ttle They have decreased | emas play, and the ellimanticganisation. and spectators
but could prove
than opportunity of learning to play Glux alarmingly at all matches Testa.
cially to Canterbury and Ctago. | voiveetly and are usually thrust The Dominion's Test team In The Inard, however, forwarded into first-class cricket not only The tenders in years and experience, lo England
recommendations its
suffered the Year shattering defents and official cricket coatieil for considerations but alsu deßleient in technique.
Observers bere say that New and possible Implementation
self- Zaaland's climb imel to
concen became very ucule,
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In efforts to urrant the de. eline · Uweight at l only Temporary.. the council brought two new taunts into the for competition
the Plunkel Shield-the emblem of Arst-class cricket--arranged more fors instiluted eonching schoo: und both ไป gave Aranem help mejor and minor essƏCMUUNS,
Radical Change
But despite 5 Bur 14 elle continued. Over the past year it has accelerates rapidly
The sub-committer's
One Of Main Reasons as eleketing nation Is going to be a very diffull one.
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first-clas sidvs. Jn New Zealand IN believed to be one of the main reasons for the fall in playing Wandards anit the nerensinë
only Danen joses, After much agitation by minoi associations that another shield lean was formed in 1351
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Five years later, spurred in by
the success of the new
Central Districts, the mino:
AR-
clations managed to gel » other tepat, Northern Dist:hets, report | agafited despite vigorutės { - was not diappointment in position from the major centres sensational sense when it was
L› sli presented to the council's Baard of Control, It suggested a radical change in the set-up f the Plunket Shield and also matie recommendu- sune worthwhile
recognition tes for obtaining
of the efforts of teachers Who give up the spare time couch- ing in the schools.
How many tears should cun- Plunket Shield test the been a recurring controversy The report recommended Me competition should be
content Previously along on the tide of financial security through little traveillut, good gates and visits from over- sens teams. the major associa - Hons became aware more sides would Annucial rentguings in the form of travelling hotel und general
expenses.
that
mean
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MCHY
At the They wanted control henry's cricket kept in the big The two North Island centres
Were Glan hallots concerned about a possible res four leas not six, worked out durtkir of their strength throug
then
fol
POPPY DAY CHARITY MATCH
Exciting soccer was seen last night at the Hongkong Football Club sladium when the Rest of the Colony beat Combined Servlees by 3-2 in the annual Poppy Day charity match.
Photo shows the Services goalkeeper Green making a good save to a hard drive by Rest centre-forward Kwok Moon-wah.-China Mail Photo.
Fortunes Await STOP PRESS
Two Large
-To Be Made At Golf
By Henry Longhurst
Friend and for alike were delighted to see Peter Alliss complete his re- markable hat-trick of Open championships by adding the Portuguese to those he had already won in Italy and Spain. His golf and his demeanour are. if I may say so, of equal appeal.
Two Welsh Rugby Ex-Internationals
by promotion and relegation several country players who had Banned From Match
maichies.
previously played for
either
I proposed that the top tour Wellington or Auckland turning Trains at the clone of the present jul for the new teams.
acuson should compete for the
Shield in 1950-60, playing, how. ever, only one round. The two eliminated sides fram
plus the vious year,
round the team after form a second division
Emphatic
Many of the major centres
the preuve linked the decline with the
urt
The
London, Nov
December
13
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and cabled back to the host
The widely travelled profes. Even at Walton Heath he was slonal golfers today are guest; į taking an iron from most of the tees. But then Weetman's idea In many countries, but there are those
do not quite who still
of playing safe is to hit il 240, that
dead straight, with a 2-iron. All a few words appreciate
we are asking for is 170-180 spoken or written out of turn
with any club the bag and anywhere in play, if necessary within six inches of the rough. To play safe with a spoon, and 15 many of us still take 8. humble folk did at Estoril, is profoundly humillating. Surely, is a "safety somewhere, there catch" for golf.
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country can injúre more feelings than can a diplomatic "Clanger by Her Majesty's Ambassador.
who Alles is
among those he British Rugby Unim has
the Illusions about banner
Welsh Ter to Jatamis
endured by feline
internationals. Cliff rigors of the life Morgan and Ken Jones from himself, his fellow professionals playing In 1 half-hour garlic and such hangers-on us myself. brates introduction of Thứ new teams,
the We
agreeing, in would saying that the overall strength Hegby nutch schottuled to
home, the way aeroplate on of the cona:try's cricket has been held
that it was a bard to Indeed wirtered down throath disperseelebrate the 100th anniversary
which compelled one to spend is of the Blackheath Club, this section.) rent in six sides. They
the last week in October sitting the winner would compete with
The Undem, W
striet on under umbrella on the bench amateu niling. gadd Morgan at Estoril in the, morning rend- and Jones coukl not take parking the AA. report of "visibility In any amater match whoiso-
n" on the Great North Road; they had lost their playing golf in one's shirtsicoves He amateur Make by writing in the afternoon, and being the enunte areas the temptingartletes on Rugby in the nous-
entertained by our oldest ally bait of playing Best-class cricket | papers.
in the evening.
After games i
the three top stele's
Posled 1/1 following
ague that maday 16lo Bral-choss pricket is being made Exor
the
The process would be repeated
subsequent
HL
tual shield Barres
Only
would
designated "Arst-class,"
Protests
for young players especially
Defendes et the new sy ein bepul that keermesi am
Benthetas are being fostered un
is being dangled before young!
ever suce
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players" eyes. They clain that Roth Morgan and Jones only Delegates at the Board 19 Control meeting were quick 16g out tentral and Northern started writing for the point out that if the recomand reverting to the old four-after retiring from: competit
team competition would set back Rugby, and were to have played inendicion W***** Approved.
rn firal-class cormly eticket twenty years There could be
A major blunder 131 the Blueldheath in matches in the South ishoral an
gain match-France-Presse. Charter opinion of many was the failure holls 1959-00 berinvise
bury and Olago -the only South
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Suffer Alike
The second fortune, fur ex- ceeding anything hitherto won by policemen in football pools, will go to the man who can tell 13 how to uke crnolion out of pulling. Hay not joe A guiller at all. He may in the end be a doctor, psychologist, trick-cyclist, hynotist, faith healer or common quack. All we ask is to know how we can guit when it matters with the same mental approach as when It doesn't.
The course at Estoril is quite for a "yeterans" side: against charming-short in yards but, half-hour to the smaller try. liable to be long in shots. Indeed, a goodish hc jost his nerve, amateur, ir
run could almost
90. out was laid The
NEW SOUTH WALES
64 FOR ONE
AGAINST THE MCC
Sydney, Nov. 14.
int
mevopments New South Wales, the Sheffield Shield champions, KCC v CCC RAF Amy "North", Army "South" Fullee, Sorglun
were 64 for one wicket in their four-day Recrtio
cricket match against the MCC which started here today.
2nd Division: Phoenix Malies ¥ Navy & Dockyard, DEB HCC. Army North HAF. Puller v Army South" retein v KGV.
jrockey Ladies League: Kavy Gratins (347) 2.30 p.m.
Motor Rac Macan Gmnu Annual Масто
РМ 41
Tennis Colony Hard Court Doubles Anal at CHC, 3 p.m.
Boccer
Wel Ist Division Kwang Caroline Hill (CTU), RAF Bat Wen v Eastern (Club), Kitches Police 109) all matches at 4 p.m.
J. Burke and N. Harvey are the hot out bats.
men.
5. Carrol was out bowled by Truetan after searing only two
runs.
Course
A p
Great and smoli suffer ulike.
the The Httle man playing in
with
the monthly medal," faintest hope of success, and not a soul in the world caring what
not
by Mackenzie, who designed he does, can be overcome a
though he were playing the con-
the new Ailsa at Turnbary. cluding holes of the Open, and a
may immagine Woking.kely winner at that.
One
New Zealand or the Blue
Course at the Berkshire- Three In A Row
a
or, in Scotland. Blairgowrie, near Perth diminished to par 68; squeezed remorselessly to a fairway width of what looks like 25 yards, thought it as doubtless more; almost entirely surrounded by trees, and laid e hillside overlooking
out an the sem.
Aliss had just such a period. short onica or two After one had gone In by the back door and nearly given his supporters heart attack, he missed throg in a row varying from four tà six feet and none of them looked like touching the hole. At last! on the 10th, he holed a curly one
NSW
149 For One
An
wicket
Sydney, Nov. 14.
second undefeated
and of 147 by Jina Burke and Nell Harvey had carried the New South
Walca soove to 148 for one
against the uf tea today MOC.
for
The lunch score was 64 the loss of Carroll's wicket. bowled by Trueinan in his first over of the day. The rate of scoring was extremely slow on a fairly cany and fifeless pitch.
Burke. 52 not wat, seldom crept out of a shell, show- lug considerable respect for the MCC spoed attack, He reached his 50 with a fortr In 214 minutes Imunediately after giving a very difficult chance to Cowdrey aft Lock In the lips.
Harvey, always the more okgressive of the two, was But out 31 at the adjourn-
ment-Reuter,
Algerian Rebel Soccer Team
the
Casablanca, Nov, 13. The football team represent- ing
Algerian rebel FLN
Liberation (National
Front) arrived here by air today on the eve of its first. match at Fez-France-Presse.
FOURTH RACE
MEETING
The following handicaps have been announced by the Hongkong Jockey Club for the Fourth Race Meeting to be run on November 22 and 29, 1958.
FIRST DAY
RACE 1
SECOND DAY
RACE 1
Folkestone Handicap. Novices. Ions Handicap. (1st Beation). Class 4. 6 Furlongs.—Ambition | Novices, Class 6, 6 Furlongs, ---- (152), Artel (145), Can Do Cirrus (188). Cisco Kid (140), (160) Confuser (182), Co-ar-Diam (147), Dragonfly (143), dination (144). Courageous Hawalian Moon (142), Minerva (145), Desert Hero (148), Five (130), Spinning Wheel__(189), Gold (141) Fox Hunter (192), Viewpoint (153). Winning Gombetta (155), Iping (149). Streak (164).
Mademoiselle (135). Nustrua (155), Princess Ellen (144). Rotary Wheel (186), Seu Balder (199) Supersonic (145), Top Speed (153), Yin Chi (0)
RACE 2
Clan
C.
Prondstown Plate. 1 Mile-Alben (147), Beautiful Flower (147), Cyclone (147), Ever Yours (147), G-Man (147). Impregnoble (147), Lucky Year (147), Mighty Courage (147), Miar Roading (147), Nobel Prize (147), Polaris (147), (107).
Tornado
RACE 3
Leopardstown Bandleap. Glass B. 6 Furlongx--Attractive Power
HACE &
Jura Handicap (let Section)- Glam 7. From 14 Mile Pork. ---e Angein (147), Beat That (138), Frunch Bean (140), May Blos- som (150), Million Bonus (148), Not So Bad (150), Orange King (138),
Chua Shong
(150). | Splendid (152),
(149). Winnie (162), Wise Louder (151).
RACE 8
Tancripne
Islay. Handicap. Ginas 7, Froz 12 3Tilė Post, — Another Victory
(145), Bayshore (150), Cepstr (157), Forward View (140), Guy Sire (159), Golden Bear (148), High Noon (128), Jum (150). (140) Blondie (144), Caravelle King Rider (197), Miracle (158), (143), Fel Chi (143), Firestone Command (137). Tell-me-more Perfectibility (189), Supreme
Icefield (152), Jetfeld
RACE 4
(155) (133).
Lombard (147). Lucky (148), Tonyber (156) Chap (152), Marianne (150). New Love (148), Rebel II (137), Silver Dahlia (140), Thousand Miles (155).
RACE 4
Brighton Bandicap. Class 4.
St. Andrew's Bioken. Clam 6. 11⁄2 Mules. —- Alex'a Gift (189), As You Like It (157), Constella. tion (151), Cover Girl (183),
Sky
Dutch (140)..
Eureka (150), (148), Grace
Distant
Success
1 Mile 3 Furlongs 65 Yards Courage (144), Ben Lomond (150), Bluegrass Free (148), Chatterbox (150), Edin durgh (140), Gemini (150), Gladkie (158).
(199)
RACE 5
(168). Kerrera (142), Million Dollar (135), Orange Beauty Sportsmanship (140), Vigorous Avo (158).
RACE S Jura Handicap, (2nd Section). Class 7. From 141⁄2 Mille Post- Powerstown Piste (1st Seo- tion), Class B. 1 Mile.-Bowsprit Crnekerjuck (147), Diamond Lil (142).
(151). Georgie (136), Ding Dong (149), Empire Dainly
Giant Porgie (144),
(142). Knight Rose
Ever-glo (151), (144), Lal Golab (142). Maybelle Hiram C (155), John Halifax Posibilty HI (187). (151), Pathfinder (164), Rocky | (148), Bay (154). Salome (147), Sydney Saratoga (143), Sunstreak (147), (154). Tabiba T. (142), Temujin Supermaster (138), Tiger Shark (144), Wedding Bell (144).
(15),
RACE G
Wamphray Handicap. Class 8. 11⁄2 Mlles—Advancement (335), Curtsey (146), Free Kick (197), Good Girl (186), Ma Cherie (144) New Delhi (159). Op- portune (143). So Blg (137), Waglan (135).
RACE $
Colonsay Handicap, Class 2.
4
Miles Bonita (151), Glenisla (150), Heroine (142), Juke (150), King's Parchment (147), Mercury (152), Norge Prince (150), Roman Hero
(140). Silver Wine (198).
Strathian (148).
RACE 7
RACE 7 Powertown Pisie. (2nd Sec- (lon). Class E 1 Mile.—Aftab (144), Bonny Boy (154), Caps
lons Handicap, (2nd Section). 144). Eunler (154). Follow Mc Class 6. 6 Furlongs Apprecia- (144). Mak Guld (154), Monnon (153). Blue Tinin (147), Lisa (144), National Delight Farmoran (150), Fleetfoot (157), (144), Nego Boy (142), NightinGogh (146). Hallmark Hale (151), Son Tieren (147), Reynz (148) Tai Ping Sun Sure Goal (144), Venus (147), (154), Venduitu (168). Yu-Hi-Tsung (142).
RACE 8
RACE 8
(1411.
Laytown Handicap, Class 4. Mull Handicap. Class 2. 6 From 2 Mite Post-Ability | Furlongs, — Alandale (150). (145), Al Happy (145), Brifi- Castle Penk (163), Charleroi alc (158), Ensy Win (147), (157), Golden Branch (347), Eudora (153), Gabriel Junks King Kong (138), Lynnber (101). Grand Moment (157), (130). Magic Eyes (100), Midget Hammer Mill (130), How Do 3] (151), Milky Way" (186), Norge Know (150), Long Cue (149), King (142), Pandora (149), Rose Never Mind" (138), Norse G (130), Star of Stars (156), Vingt (150), Resurrection' (145). Et Un (159), Your Wich (145).
Olympic Triple Ski Champion
May Lose Amateur Status
if not. this
in January.
•
Innsbruck, Nov, 13.
It struck me, partly from playing myself, and curtly from
for his 3, a beauty went in at Olympic triple ski champion, Tony Sailer, of Austria will almost certainly wutching Allis in his last round, the two large fortunes the 17th and suddenly one feli lose his amateur status in the near future, it, was revealed here today.. are waiting to be made at gulf. he could go on holing them for
Someone, ever,
mirely, must
The Austrian Skl Federation, vain and that the champion had Toni Saller hos interests and Know the answer? The first will go to the Instruc- tor who reveals to the handicap
sold in a communique on the bren badly advised by "people | for which he has used his name "safe" player n guaranteed
Estoril, with tax at dd. in the subject that the International outside the sporing world," and photograph
for publicly shot from the tee. He should and the sun beaming down! Ski Federation would take a
purposes. He nd refused, to study allke on kinga that were and decision particularly disagree- The tourist (måde a good nol, of course, ank to take o
various cuntmet projects con Meanwhile, it was learned in atart when Jim Burke and Sid driver, nor to hit it very far. kings that yet may be, must be able For Ballor,"
that Sailer has not cerning him with the Federn-Innsbruck the loveliest winter re- year, at any rate Carroll opened for New South We seek, In other words, to hit one
down this season tion, although naked to do so put himself fuges within range of England 1950, The New South Wales team Wales on a placed pitch in sunny it not out of sight but in sight, Included Ave tem "certuintice" weather. With the sixtooth
As the grent courses shrink | To stop ourt
the for ot
an several occasions, the com- on the Austrian Ski Federation munique added.
sporting Mrectory late. Lin Ilchic Bernard, Alan ball of the Innings and only tura and shrink, this problem har London airport was ke putting
Badly Advised
There are therefore no plans Davidson,
Nell Harvey, Jim runo scored, Freddie Trueman been faced, and solved, by the one's hend up a chimney and
The communique refuted re-for him to take
part in the an professionals. Perhaps the now unly my feet the Portu-
Federation's purts that the Austrian Fedora- | Austrian The Austrian
international inowinger as the balamin played greatest exponent of hitting it guese being the world's leading
course et fm indifferent stroke with fly { "In sight" is the one who can exponents in aloe-shining-- communique. Aald that every tion had been favourable to the training
to me that I was over effort
of "Belioz-Tex", convince
safeguard Saller's creation
an (Austria) und Cervinia (Italy). head up.
in fact hit it farthest out of
Arm in which '-France-Presso, there at all. MCC
amateur status had proved in Italian textile strong | sight, namoly Westman, presented batting side for the stern tout against New South Wales-the hardest match on the four so for.
Réserva División: Kaun, Wah Y | Burke and Norman O'Neill. Caroline Hill (CH, Kitchee v splice
(DS) both intems at 2750 pan,
2nd Division: RAP Kal Tak v Navy (C) 2.30 p.m.; Happy Valley v Prisons (lovy) 230 pin.;
v Stoplys
(Navy)
Estes y Talkoo 1f) 4 p.in.
+
3rd Division: Dodwel v♬ $3 Wun v (HV) 2.30 pm Kuan Redifusion (17) 430 p.m.; Riv Won (IV) 2.30 p.m. RE V University (V) 4 p.m.
Bayer's« TONIC
BAYER
HKCFA Executive Committee Meeting
bowied Carroll
with
·
Peter May the captala returned to the side after his knoo injury. Ile, Tom Gravenoy and Colin Cowdrey were playing
The Executive Committee of together for the first time since
the Flonghuni Chinese Football the opening match of the tour.
Association at a meeting yen
terday, confirmed the decision
In accepting an application by
the Hon Ving Sports Club for membership.
The Teams
The teams pre: MCCPB.II, May. T.E, Balloy,
Yesterday's meeting was pre- alded over by Mr Cheung Kam-M.C. Cowdrey, T.W. Graveney,
jin.
G.A.D. Lock, C.A. Millon, P.K Richardson, R. Swetman, 74. Five members wore elected Statham, F. Tyson, F.S. Tuleman. to torin
Craig. a commklee to take New South Wales:I charge of the construction of J. Burke, S. Carroll, N. Harver, hew Clubhouse, They Are Messrs N. O'Neill, D. Bunthy R. Jonnied, Mox HR, Idu Ting-kal, C. R. A. Davidson, D. Ford, G. Rake Woo, Tat Lil-chgong, and Lai, Philpott, Twelfth man: W Chung-nam.
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