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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1858.
ALARMING DROP M.C.C. DECISION ON THE DRAG'
OF CRICKET ATTENDANCE
IN ENGLAND
Landon, Nov. 18.
Attendance at Arst class cricket this year in England dropped by 550,785 as compared with 1957.
This alarming news was given at Lord's today at the annual autumn meetings of the Advisory County Cricket Committee and the Board of Control for Test matches,
Crowds at county matches fell by 214,159, the New Zealand touring team's ordinary games drop- ped 188,504 and Test figures showed a decline of 153,102.
Bad weather was largely to and no new arrangements have inet are made. France-Presse. blame. The biggest decrease
-30
County daily attendance
drop curred on Saturdays, the being 115.875 and it was a32- phasised that there were three Ave Saturdays during the
season,
only
The full financial loss was HOI disclosed, but it WON stated that the New Zealanders received 13,820 less from the countles than did the West
ATI SHIELD THIRD ROUND
BOWLS DRAW
Indies last year. Also, New Zea- The following draw has been land's share from the five Test
the Hongkong anhoerd by down by £8,440 || Lawn matches w
for Bowls Association compared with the amount det round Aa Shield matches West Indies received.
Counties* Shares
The fall in receipty was rom
which will be played at 2.30 pen on Sunday, November 23, 1158, 1 The rounds of Kow- tom Bowling Green Club
flected in the share of Test ro- i Nowlan Cricket Club:
fits, the ull amount for distri
bution to the counties amount-
ed to £51.316, against £102,047 in 1057
The x Test match grounds today received £3,709 against £7.542 last year. Each of the 17 Orst class counties again re- ceived £1,500 as their shore of the £30,000 from televisi foes. as provided in the three- year contract with the B.B.C This contrect
ended bas now
Sports Diary
TODAY
Regatta Second Day of Fleet Regatta at Junk Bay
Achloties
Entries clum for HKAAA Meeting. Op.in.
Tennia Budge Patty Zhibition at #KCC. 1 p.m:
TO-MORROW Rugby Navy v Rest of Colony XV at Hung Kong Football Chub ground, 7.30 puh. Golf Annual Meeting Shek-O Country Club and Prize Giving at i puth.
Badminton
Men's "C" Doubles; HKGU y Talkoo, India C Recreio "White"
Teori Exbiblion Teania by Budge Patty at HCC. 3 p.m.
Parasitic skin disease, itching tegema sic"
Mitigal
OIL & DICTURE SET
-Bayer » LEVERKUSEN
GERMANY.
At KBGC
Hiddale and F
and
Howarthi
Works Department) v
A Pieteher und A. Buckley #sharing Depurtinen]} or E. C. Facher and F. Lee (Lane, Crawford Lid) (to be played on November 221.
D C Symons and A. Hution WI lay and Co. Ltd.) v E.
S. Silva
E. and W. H. Cullerige (Commerce and Indus-
Department).
A. P. Pereira
Chubb and
· Dodwell and Co. Lkd) v. C. A Coelho and W. Hong Sling Shewan. Tomes and C5. Lid). Bluck and R. B. Marshall Takne Dockard and Engineer-
of Hongkong Ltd.) v TX. Alves and A. R. Kitcall (Shell Co. of Hongkong Ltd).
EL C. Memisg and D. Douglass Taikoo Dockyard and Engin ering Co. of Hongkong Ltd) v. W. L. McCall and W. M. David
and Whumpos non (Hongkong Dock Co. LAG.}.
A. Buchanan and C. Ingleden Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf v. G. and Godown Co. Ltd.) Lee and M. J. Divecha (General Commercial Corporation Ltd.).
AL KOC
Luz and P. Hughes (Marine Department) v. S. Y. Doe and C. M Steveus (Registrar Gen- crai's Department).
Australian
Triumph
TUDOR ERA
-
BALLYMOSS
The finish of the Washington International race at Laurel, Maryland, hast week. Tudor Era (Billy Harmatz up) is seen finishing first with Sailor's Guide (H. Grant) and Ballymoss (Soebie Breasley) fighting it out 3% lengths behind.
Tudor Era was, however, relegated to second place when an objection against it was upheld and the Australian entry, Sailor's Guide, became the winner as the result of a short-head victory over Ballymosa
The race was worth US$70,000 to the winner, $15,000 to the second horse and $10,000 to the third.
Tomorrow's Rugby Thriller FULL STRENGTH NAVY TAKE
ON REST OF THE COLONY
By PAK LO
Tomorrow evening on the Club ground at 7.00 p.m. the Navy, greatly strengthened by the recent arrival of the fleet, take on the Rest of the Colony in a long awaited and highly anticipated thriller, that will without question pull a huge crowd. The game itself will of course be under floodlight.
.
Before the main event of the the equst of two defender be- boy Internationalists but; just evening Club Selection, in fore now. In his last match the when this XV will make is Arst
a combination
of Rest of the Colony full-back, appearance is not yet known but other words Club "A" and Club "B", less Leppard, was disappointing, and it is hoped it will be in the near these players selected for the any errors tomorrow night will future. Lig game, ure at home to the result in a score. "Whitfield Wanderers' at Most of this game will also be Boodlit.
The Navy XV contains a few names among the forwards as yet unknown to local fans, but it can be safely presumed, from those whose names have been oroitted that this is
B very strong fast pack.
D.
Tho
N. Heaton and L. C. Kew (Butterfeld and Swire) v.
Leonard Neish and 3. L. (Commerce and Industry (De- partment).
A
Я
after
Winning skips must send
the score-card, signed Copy of by both sides, to the Colonial Secretariat immediately the matches have been played.
The concluding rounds of the be played at tnpetition w
of the Kowloon the grounds Twling Green Club at 2.30 1. on the following Sunday1: November 30: quarter-finals; December 7: semi-finals; De. cember 14: anals,
Cup Replay
Tremendously Fast
wing-forwards, Navy especially Rothwell, are tremen- dously fast and dangerous, and Bennett, the Rest of the Colony scrum-half, will have his work cut out to get the ball away smoothly le O'Kelly who, tomor row night, will have Hitle chance to try out his standing
dummies.
Behind the scrum the Navy hove
Rodd
scrum-halt, one of the smoothest, most accom- plished players seen in the
Colony for a long time. That he will and the openings for his out-halt Melhulsh is un- questioned, and much will therefore depend on the latter.
The Navy three line could hardly be bellered, with De- lancy and Morey in the centre and Beutel and Watson on the four pre fast. wings. These
London, Nov. 18. beat York City 1-0 Bury (halftime 0-0) in the Football Association Cup Brat round re-hard tackling, excellent passers play match at Bury tonight.
Bury will vielt Chester in the second round on December 4- Reuter.
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The H.K. Anti-Tuberculosis Association
FLAG DAY
Saturday, 22nd November
(7 a.m. tà 12 noon)
PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY
and, in the main, attacking threequarters, and given the ghost of a chance will score.
Picks Itself
The Rest of the Colony pack practically picks itself, though Campbell at wing forword is not quite na dangerous as his part- ner Roberts in the loose and this Melhuish may give Rodd and
The Rest of the Colony with Lowe hooking, and Muniz and Wynn dominating the Uneouls should get a plentiful supply of the ball, but whether they will make the most of it remalas to be seen, and overall the Navy would seem to have a very slight advantage and should win by a antall margin.
Committee Agree To
Alter The Last Sentence Of
Law 26
London, Nov. 18,
The question of bowlers' drag in first class cricket produced a report from the subcommittee af Lord's today when it came before the Advisory County Cricket Committee. Four noted English Test players, "Gubby Allen, Freddie Brown. Trevor Bailey and Alec Bedser, together with H. S. Altham the MCC Treasurer, drew up the report, which has been sent to all the counties and overseas cricket authorities,
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cricket is
It reads: "Having carried out trials at Lord'a”. certain experiments and
The "(H)
problem examined photographic eviden- adequate experiments, since the ce, the subcomunitico are contouring sitte is always with us vinced that too much criticism during the home season. it is to levelled at the "draggers" as felt that first class compared with other bowlera. the only field for complete ex.
It is their contention that periments in this connection. mosi "oidinary" bowlers break "11) The possible oppord the law as it reads at present
tion of some overseas authori- and that some
the them do
of tion' to the adoption by almost us great a margin as
the the so-called draggers.
2 Alternatives
05
"Bowring in mind that, whạt- ever change la to be made in law 28, the new law must be
interprete, asy to
the sub- conunlice have
come to the conclusion that only two alter- natives are acceptable, viz:
return crease.
or
с
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second alternative.
"(IV) The umpire at bowler's end would of necessity have to stand right up against the stumps.
"(V)
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Mulloy Fined For Indecent Exposure
Miami, Florida, Nov. 18. Gardner Mulloy, former U.S. Davis Cup and Wimbledon tennis star, was today fined 100 dollars. (about 635 storling) in the criminal court hero on charge of indocent ex- posura.
silver, who last week pleaded Mulloy's lawyer, Mr Ben
guilty in Mulloy's absence asked for tealency saying the tennis
in
star, who was at present out- side the jurisdiction of the
to
'Sorious Holes"
From experiments carried out at Lord's, I was noticed that quite serious holes were made by the front foot when bowlers were endeavour- To judge
ing to land this foot behind the delivery in which the popping crease. It is felt that bawler in his delivering stride in the course of a day's cricket grounds one foot behind the n deep plt might be dug bowling crease and within the every bowler, whatever his pace,
was to land his front foot the delivery stride in roughly the same place.
The MCC Committee have court, had brought honour agreed that the last sentence of the Miami area by his athletic Law 20 must be changed to schlevements. make the law possible of interpretation What form this Judge George Schultz said be change will take has. still to be agreed Mulloy had brought decided.
honour to the area but ho had The last sentence of Law 28 brought shame on himself. Ho reads:
"The umpire at the hoped that because Mulloy was bowler's wicket shall call and a man in the public eye he did algnal "no ball" if he is not not feel he had a right to do ratisded that at the instant of what others would not do delivery the bowler has not at least some part of one foot behind the bowling crease and within the return crease, and not touching of grounded over elther crease,France-Presse.
"To judge the legitimacy delivery by the poglion of the front foot in the delivery stride in relation to the popping creasg
"All other öllernatives would appear to involve ünes being behind the bowling drawn crease, and demanó estimations In one form or another by the umpires. Such estimations must be subject to variation between umpires, Indeed, to erTOIS, ES- With the Welsh turning out n XV a little checking with Clubpecially to the lower grades of
cricket. secretaries has shown that the
"While Scots can also turn out a XV I
the first alternativo and even Ireland above involves no complications necessary.
from the umpires'
point of might find alleen players. Re
England can view. clearly there is a real membering that
put out a North and anger in, as it were, iegulising castly
the Navy drag. The adoption of such e South XV, and that con, if the dates are right, pro- change may well result in bow- vide a New Zealand XV, thereiers with certain physical ad- these vanlages gaining a factual ad- a good chance that
which the original the local vantage crowd-pulling games Internationals, that used to be legislators never intended they
should have. such a delight, a couple of sea- scas ago will be seen again this year.
In the first
the t game of evening the Whitfield Wanderers while extremely keen are up against very strong opposition in the Club Selection.
Mixed Side The Wanderers are a 'mized forwards are aide, and their
na the Club's not as powerful
especially since the Club have been strengthened by the re- twn of that hardy and peren- cial warrior, "va hung up my boots for the last time" Shaffer, to the front row of the serum,
Whether these gunes will de- initely take place will be de clded by the HKRU, but as the latter have, this year, shown
themselves alive to
the
pok
'ideal'
"The adoption of the second alternative would, however, be ideal in the sense that all bowl- ers would deliver the ball from siblities
of attracting bigger approximately the same point, A
their pace or phy- and bigger crowds it is probable whatever
the dis- that they will decide in favoursique. Furthermore,
tance that some bowlers or pace, of them.
follow-through down the loe of the wickets would be short- exed.
Today's Teams
Following are the teams for today's games----
Lochrie is at full-buck in the Club side and should do well, and with Cheung returning 100 late to be considered for the Navy: Smith, Beutel, Delaney, Rest of the Colony XV, the Marey, Watson, Melhuish, Rodd, Club
looks very Gale, Isaacs, Strachan, Bristow, formidable, especially with Pancho, Trièe, Tirana, Roth- Valentine at outside-half. The well two Club wings are also good, and the Club should win con-
centro
vincingly over the Wanderers Sharp,
"Such a change would, never- serlous theless, present several dimculties, vizi
"(1) the converston period for the established bowlers.
"The subcommittee
believes
Third
HONOUR AND SHAME
Mulloy's present whereabouts were not revealed.
Mulloy wron the Wimbledon doubles championship, playing with Budge Patty, in 1987- Reuter.
Resignation
From Winter
Committee
Olympics
Denver, Nov. 18,
third sports personality today resigned from the Winter Olympics Committee in protest against "the deplorable sinte of preparations for the winter games at Squaw Valley".
M
resignation WOLVES OUT OF
EUROPEAN
He Is Tad Michel, Director of the Olymple Village.
Michel, whose fallows those of Alon Bartholemy, technical director, and Robert Thompson, deputy public relations director, sald that problems concerning the Olympic Village had been con- pletely ignored by the **-
that no fast or fast-medium
ganisers. Rest of the Colony: Leppard, pare bowler can think in terms McTavish, Martin, of where the front foot is going Coombes, O'Kelly, Bennett, to land, as, at any rate in the Low, McIntosh, last few strides, the bowler Wynn,
Campbell, must keep his eyes on his aim-
Fing point.
But it XV's like the Won- WillamÍS, derers who form the basis of Muniz, Club rugby players who Bet Mander, Roberts. ittle chance as their Regimenta
Club Selcation: Lochrie,
their abUIVes, but who ATC
"In order, therefore, that the
do not run XV'a to show off Inglis, Cheong, Laville, Browne, front foot will land in the cor always willing to turn out what-Valtiline Tancock, Whiteley, rect place, i.. just behind the ever the opposition. There are King, Shaffer, Howe, Walker, a few more of these XV's and it Leonard, Newbigging, Wright. would be a good idea if mare games which include them could
the chance they will be seeking. be arranged
O'Kelly and Bennett, the Rest
!
of the Colony halves,
are Lao
well known to need any intro-
Willicia Wandtrera: Craw ford, Brown, Watson, Sanderson, Davis, Lodge, Hogan, Collet, Hellings, Evans, Cleary, Tun- bridge,
Hlchards, Echoloo,
A Weish XV?
Grineell.
The Welsh are endeavouring
bowler will have to a83e98 popping crease, this class of
where His back foot must land in the delivery sirloç.
To back his argument, he raid that plans for the building of a recreation and dance hall for the skiers and skaters had not yet been approved.
'Responsibility'
"Responsibility for the sad state of preparation lies with [.. the Directors of the Organising Hall", he said.
cd
CUP SOCCER
Gelsenkirchen Nov. 18. Scholke (Germany) allplant- Wolverhampton Wanderers (England) from the European. soccer cup here today when they won 2-1 in the second leg of the second round tie.
The first leg on Wolverhamp- ton's ground last week resul1- ed in a 2-2 draw.
The German team led. 2-0 at hall-time.-Reuter.
"In the opinion of the commni Committee, headed by Prentice Irish League Gold
his
Cup Soccer
teo It might take some fast and fast-medium pace bowlers -
with long. particularly those
He added that he had made delivery strides more than à duction to rugger fans, and they
Refereon: Club Solection v. full couson to adopt themselves:
"I quit announcement [havo, always
be combined well. to form a XV on Wednestiny Whitfield Wanderers Morti- And that the unathielle or un- from Denver, because,
Belfast, Nov. 18. Lake organiser more. Navy v. Rest of Colony... | Intelligent might
very claimed, "at San Francisco, the Coleraine WOR the trish They have a strong attacking Eames, and their
strong Welsh ac-Richardson. three line behind them, but de- sinles, with
rouch longer. This view was Commitiee's headquarters, all League gold soccer cup here to- fensively it is not on a par with gent that it "will be a very good
confirmed by all bar one of the official statements are censored night with a 1-0 victory ever the Navy, despite the fact that XV, look you." Included ore a Touch Judges: Navy v. Rest experienced and catablished by Mr Hail before being made Glentoran in the final.--Router. McTavish has proved himself couple of reputed Welsh School of Colony-Dow and Davica, bowlera who took part in the public"-france-Pressa.
THE GAMBOLS
YOU GO TO BED, DEAR, I WALIT TO SEE THE LATE FILM
It must be a good show do keep kini up this late
Barry Appleby
| LATER,
It's ridiculous
(sitting up this laste just
to watch televis
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