THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1959.
Clayton Told: COLLIE SMITH
England Captaincy Is Yours
Clayton leads Blackburn Rovers on to the field... soon it will bo England.
By GEORGE RUTHERFORD
BLACKBURN Revers
DEAD SMITH DEAD
West Indian Cricketer
Succumbs To Car Crash Injuries
*
London, Sapt. 9. Collie Smith, the West Indian crickoter, died in Stoke-on- Tront hospital tonight from injuries received in a car crash
on Sunday,
The world of cricket has lost one of its greatest personalities in the death of O'Neill Gordon Smith, known everywhere. that the game is played as Collie,
It is doubtful whether any current player possesses the infectious enthu- siasm that this tough little man with the bright eyes and flashing teeth showed, be he hitting sixes, bowling off-breaks or just flelding.
To the West Indies It is a sad for statistien to prove that at 201 Garfield Sobres, who was airo Tanalca, on May 5, 1933 he Injured in the ear crash which hoc lendy done cost Smith is life, they had leave his mark in gone a long way towards build- book
Jess inderd. Around Smith, and-he wat born at Kingston SELINA SILVA,
ing a side to be feared as much
ax were the Caribbeans
when
Weeks, ከ፣
Those fabulous "We", Worrell und Walcott, were the top of their form.
more
Robers
the W2A pollshed baleman: Nmilk te uan with a tremendous eye. able to knock even the best bowler off their length. He always maintained that the ball was bowled to hit and hit it he did.
muclent to the record
and
Centuries in his first Tests against both Austratiu England
ualque feat against his name.
C
In 26 Tests
He scored 104 in the second innings of his first Test against the Australis, in 1955, having made by beh prisence felt earlier
hitting Lindwall, Miller, John- Davidron, Johnson and Benaud for 109 in the opening
Been Taken To Heart
At Chesterfield, they still talk of the day in 1957 when
bow
he
ΟΣ
left half. Ronnie bed the Derbyshire Clayton, WILL be named bees for 133 with the help
four soaring straight sixes and captain when England's weeived a standing wallon on team to play Wales at his way back to the prelim Cardiff on October 17 is thed in smiles as always announced.
But he has already been told from Lancaster Gate that the job is his.
So after nearly four England years as player he won the first
of his 30 caps at Wem-
bley in November, 1955, against Ireland - Clay-
ton will take over from
Billy Wright.
U.S. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Buchholz Loses To Unseeded Holmberg
Forest Hills, Sept. 9. Unseeded Ron Holmberg, af New York, entered the men's singles quarter. finals in the United States lawn tennis singles cham- pionships here today when
defented seventh- seeded Earl Buchholz in live sets,
Holmberg, playing a stendier gane than Buchholz, won G-3, 7-5, 8-10, 5-7, 6-3. The fourth been hallett rendi match had
on Tuesday night by bad light with Holmberg leading by two cets to one.
FRASER'S EASY WIN
Second-seeded
Neale FrasT,
of Australia, easily won his fourth round match
ngains:
American Rudy Heritance by 8-0, 6-2, 0-3.
Vie Seixas, unseeded Ameri- can who beat, India's champies Ramanathan Krishnan in
an
earlier round, was himself de- feated xlay, losing 6-2, 10-0, 0-6, -6, -8 to his compatriot Bernard Barizen.
was
The day's programme cut considerably because of rain which waterlogged most of the courts-Reuter.
European Cup Soccer Win For Linfield
Belfast, Sept. D. Iristi Linfield, the
league champions, beat the Swedish Club, I of Gothenburg, 2-1 here tonight in the first log of their first round European soccer cup match.
halt:
taken to heart He has beep ilone, so he was everywhere he W12.
match of the Australians' tour.
He completed the "double" by scoring 101 at Birmingham in 1957 off an
England attack Including Statham, Trueman, Baliey, Laker and Lock.
Smith played in all Ave Tesla England that yeur, with 306 against topping the averages runs, average 30.60, and English- men expected him to add fur- other to their worries on the ile had allogelaur 26 Tests, appeared in
hitting 1,331 for an average 31.00, and taking 48 wickets.
Figures meant nuthing Smith, hotch there are plent,coening tour.
Another
Win
For
HK Owner
A
!
Though remembered
Eve
best he will
for his batung, Smith Waz ДП off-break bowler of considerable merit, Jim
Laker had something to
do with that, for it was whitn watching the_Surrey player that Smith decided to give up fast bowling in favour of off-spin.
TC-
It seemed only natural his free-scoring style
that should
well-known Hongkong sident is having a string oftract an English league club, U.K. and Smith spent this summer Turf saccessÈS in
with Burnley, in the Lancashiro league,
this season.
Mrs J., Mullion, wife of
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There, he made many
more
of fuck friends and became the idol of
leading Colony busineraman. continued her run
when her horse, Paddy's His-the young. With all the success, cheerful approach Wan the Champagne his happy, Stakes at Doncaster, York- remained,
ter.
shire, yesterday.
Last month
Kome
borst the romped home a three-length
Gimcrack the
nf the
Offer To Mother
COLLIE SMITH
Jaisimha
Redeems
Another Irresolute
IRENE SOUZA Display By Indians
Scarborough, Sept. 9.
Tommy Atkins ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
Land Forces Hongkong held their Major and Minor Units Team Swimming Championships yesterday at Victoria Barracks Swimming Pool before a good crowd of spectators. Some very good swimming was seen during the afternoon. In the Minor Units competition Hongkong Chinese Training Unit got off to a good start by win- ning in very good style the 2 x 4 lengths Free- style Relay. They won by half a length from 27 Signal Regt in 2 mins. 22 secs,
In the second event, the free- style relay, which was the first race of the Major Units, the 1st
Royal Tank Nexhment were nt
Championship in the division by winning from Vioteris Barracks.
The final positions for the
one time well beltind and they Major and Minor Unlia were as
did extremely well to finish in follows:
second place behind the int Lancashire Regiment who won In 7 mins 36.0 seconds.
The orthodox breaststroke
MAJOR UNITS
QUALIFY FOR Fearless hitting by the 20-year-old Jaisimha reagiment in 1 min 410. sem m Tonic Rest 30 boints ench
BOWLS FINAL
deemed another irresolute display by the India batsmen, who in the last first class match of the tour here today lest nine wickets for 95 to T. N. Pearce's eleven before a final stand of 81 raised the total to 176.
Mrs Selina Silva and Mra Irene Souza, both of Craigengower Cricket
There was another haze in Club, yesterday qualified the early hours of the day to for the final of the Colony help the
scam bowlers ladies' open singles lawn after Rhodes had bowls final by defeating break-down by getting Roy leg- Bailey and before, Trueman, Mrs E. Scott and Mrs. Moss met with uninterrupted Stevens in the semi-finala.) success.
and started the
At Hongkong Football Club, Showed The Way
That
Mrs Selina Suva the 1057 cham- plen was in top form in her
had the conditions match against Mrs E. Scol, little to do with India's down- running out an easy victor by tall was showed by Contractor margin. She led 13-0 who stayed an hour and 40 after six heads and completed minutes before being seventh
to leave.
a 22-3
MRS SELINA SILVA
UNIQUE DISTINCTION
the match after 15 heads.
Mrs Scott on the other hand her usual played inuch below form and was never at any time near the form which gave her a quarter-final victory over last
winner in
Smith received a spinal trac-year's champion, Helen Kwong, Htaken, trzarded as the most ture when the ear he was important race
year travellinu in with two other for two-year-olds, It is beWest Indian
cricketers was in: lieved that -Padily's Sister is collision with cattle truck unbeaten in all her outings
near Stone (Staffordshire). tha season.
fellow-Tent panions, Garfield Sobers, 21, and Tom Dewdney, who were also hurt in the crash, were reported at the hospital to- night to be "comfortable."
Earlier
The
the IFON two-year-old Stakes by three-quarters of a length, over six furlongs, She at 15 to 8. started favourite Cup, 8. Alley-Lord's Newbas second, and six lengths behind was Mr R. Foster's Tudor Court. Six ran,
WAN
Smith's
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today the club had cables Smith's mother in Kings-
Mrs Mullion is the wife of Metan, Jarales, asking her to
y
to Englund at their expense to see her son,
J. E. Mußten, Chairman of Harley. Mullion and Co., ship
und managers
valuers, of
Mr N. MeLevi. director andi Hongkong. Mr Mullon la Also director of a number of bust-vico-chairman, said tonight that
the offer still stood.-AFP. next,
Plan To Curb Time-Wasting
In Cricket
Melbourne, Sept. 9.
Before lunch Jaisimha had made to In 20 minutes and afterwards he proceeded to carry his bat for 83, 11 highest score of the lour.
Jalsimha began his Breworks when Bulley, who had disposed of Gaekwad, Kripal Singh and Contractor, eight balls, want cd only more wickets to eqmplete the "double" (100 wie- ket and 1,000 runs),
for 22 in on He hit Bailey Ever and altogether hit three sixes and nine fours, making his not out 63 in 80 minutes.
Superb Cover Drives
Batting of a different charac- ter followed when Marshall of Hampshire scored 38 in 55 in with Peter on opening stand
chardson for Pearce's side..
drives and Superb cover
the ertap cuts entertained crowd of 12,000 until he had the misfortune to play a ball Into his wicket.
Soura Irene
With the pan bowlers still
Patterson Fined For Speeding
Kingstown, N.Y.,
Sept. 9. Former heavyweight champion, Floyd Patterson was arrested today for speeding.
Patterson, 24, was accused of travelling more than 80 miles an hour on the 60-mile-an- hour super-highway. Taken before a judge In the town of Ulster, he pleaded guilty and was fined $30-UPI.
1. 1st Bn Lancardire Regt 37 points
2. 5 F Regt NA and 1 Royal
3. 32 Me Regt 1A 18 points. 4. 1 RNF 124 points.
Victoria Barracks were the
MINOR UNITS first home in the backstroke
34 Signal Regiment 1. 27 event and in the Major Units although the event was swom points,
Victorin Barracks 30 points. in to parts, 32 Medium
3. Command Workshops Regiment took the winning
|HEME 23 polts. polnia,
event was taken by 27 Signal the Minor Units and by 1 RTR in the Major Units.
The 27 Signal Regiment took the winners' points in the free- style 4 by 2 lengthis relay, only just bealing the Victoria Bur- racks Letun.
2
4.
&
shared by RMP Chinese T.U. 16 points, cach.
5. CRE 14 points.
0
KK
18 Fld Ambulance RAMC“ 9 points.
The Championship trophies and individual prizes were pre- sented by Larty Bastyan, wife of The Cominanfer, British Forces, when the prize-giving was over bouquet was presented to Lody points by being first, thirdBustyta by Mirs Barbara Boyce, and second in the Inst three daughter of Wo 11 BoyƊe of the Events. They then increased REME Inspectorate.
Piling The Points The first Lancashire Regiment meanwhile were steadily pling the
their score by being first in the Major Units 6 x 2 lengths relay. benting & Field Regmen: RA In 4 mins, G sees. They then forged ahead to onnex.
the Championship by winning the lest event of the afternoon--- the medley,
In the final event of the Minor Itephen!
RASC Gala
. Last week the RASC held .their swimming Gala at Vio- foria Barracks in which soma very good swimming was seen. The following took part: A Group: 8 Company RASC Units, 27 Signal Infantry Brigade Grp.
made sure of the
Rosewall. Trabert, Hoad
And Sedgman In World Pro Tennis Semi-Finals
B Group: 58 Company RASC. C Group: 3 Supply Depot and 79 Coy.
D Group; HQ RASC $1 Coy and 43 Army Fire Brigade RASC.
Early in the macting C Tucker dit well to win thic Plunge from Capt James with a plunge of 47 1 0% inches, but some fine work was put in by Pies Dunn, Fox, and Lam Chun- on and Lance Corporal English which won them the Gala Trophy.
Unfortunato
It was unfortunate that owing
Imer-Group freestyle relay race,
Paris, Sept. 9. Some of the most tightly contested matches thus far in the world professional clay court tennis, championships took place at the Roland Garros to an infringement during the Stadium here today as the tournament narrow-|Greap D were disquained be ed down to the semi-finals.
Australla's
Kell
chase before this re-race Group Chad 15 points and Group D 10 defeated Rosewall traila)
George poin, Init owing to the dis- John Caw-qualification C Grunty became the winers with group sexind. At Kowloon Bowling Green able to acquire swing in the teeded all the power and speed Worthington and
6-4, The winners had 10 points and Club, Mrs
fellow-countryman Mai Ander- 8-8, 0-4.
the runners-up 16. Groups A & achieved the unique datino, Surendra Nathul Jalsimha of his backhand to bring down thorn (both Australia)
bowled continuously for wo
In a singles match to decide tid for third place with 10 tion of accompanying her
hours except for the ten break. son 8-8, 7-5, 5-7 and 6-4 in the
the placings Segura beat Rose points coch. singles quarter-finals. Anderson husband George Souza in the final of this year's men's Surendi Nath, who took the pressed his opponent all the 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 AFT and ladies' singles compell-rst wicket In his seventh over, way and it was not unt! he had varied his direction each side saved three match points on his
ilona.
This in the first time that both wife and husband are in the finals of the two events in the same year.
Mrs Steveus clulked up two fours in this match, but the steadiness and accuracy of Mrs Souza carried her through fo her 22-17 victory.
Channel Swimmers
London, Sept. D. Three swimmers of different nationalities swam the English Channel from Cap Gris Nez to Daver tolny.
In a very calm ses, Yugoslav Kiko Nestor made the best time
of the stumps and in turn disservleo missed Richardson, Smith and cumbed. Dexter, His most dangerous bail was the inswinger on the ott-stump, and at one time ne claimed four wickets in reven overs for eight runs.
Filled The Breach
that he finally suc-
Brilliant Play
Tony Trabert of the United States rallied on his brilliant play at the net from 0-1 and 1-2 el deficits to beat Aus- strailan Ashley Cooper in al- other quarter-final match. India had effected a good
American Davis The foriner the recovery when four of
Cupper last the first and third. opposition were out for 83, but seta both by 1-0. but picked up Barrington and Bailey filled the recent, fourth and, fifth by the breach during the last 40 -2, 6-3, and 6-2. minutes in an unbroken stand of: 20.
were:
Baseball Results
Driver Foo Kim made
magnificent contribution to fils
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New York, Sept. D. Following are the results of today's baseball matches;
Washington Chicag
Shaw 110-5) and Lollar: Cleverker; Hyde 171. Griggs (8) and Korcheck. Staregon (0), LP-Clevengor (7-4).
team's points, when doing very much behind, he mado up the deficiency during the
and medley rola;
winning the diving championship. In the 100 yards freestyle, Private Duna AMERICAN LEAGUE
was an impres- 100-000-100-5-6-osive winner with Driver Lau 000-901-000-17-3 Kwong-Lam second.
Culembrown (-1
Added Event
(2nd Game) Cleveland ... 001-0012001
An added event to the after- Baltimore
000-100-300—1—1 Perry (11-7) and Nixon; Drown, noon's sport was a water polo
(9) and Ginspera. Triandos match between RASC 48 Inde
pendent Infantry Brigade Group NATIONAL LEAGUE
and RASC Garrison which the (2nd Game called off after 5 Brigade Group won by three
goals to one.
Innings because.of darkness) Cincinati
Chicago
Trabert meets Nosewall and Australians Lewis Hond andh
Ple Dunn. the Captain of Steigern, yesterday's
Hook, Nuxhall (2) and Bailey: C Group, was presented with the Scores at close of play toxiny Frank
quarter-final
winners, lake on F. Buzlardt (3) and 3. Taylor. Championship trophy by Mrs each other in the seml-Anal WP-Nuxhall (8.0) LP-Filiman D. A. Turner, wife of L-Col.
16-11) -Pon (12th). Halo Turner, RASC, who India: 176 (Jalsimha not out mount tomorrow.
(11) Noryn (12th), Robinson
ako pre- In the doubles quarter-finals, ¦ (ääui):
sented the Individas prizes. of the three with 12 hours and 3, Contractor 35 and Surendra six minutes. Rodolfo Rodriguez Nath 15, Trueman 4-48 and Rosewall and Pancho Segura | Pittsburgh
For those interested in In- flandix, Porterfield (7), Daniel dividual swimming, the Indivi- of Spain made it in 12 hours 53 Bailey 3-60), Pearce's eleven (Ecuador) beat Jack Arkinstall San Francisco 18-03-23X
and Moxico's Miguel 112 for four wickets (Marshall and Peter Molloy (both Aus- (7)), Grom (6) and Burgess Sanford, dual Championships will be held 20 not out, tralia) 6-4, 6-10, 6-1 and Sedg-Miller (3) and slegan W-Santon on Friday. September 11, at Gonzalez in 14 hours 44 minutes. 38. Barrington
(13-15). Surendra Nath 4-36).-AFP. man and Mervyn Rosy (Aus- | Kizyn (27(b).—UPt.
Two former Australian Test cricket captains - Lindsay Hasselt and lan Johnson and Australla's opening
mninutes a plan to the bat Colin McDonald have submitted Victorian Cricket Association to curb time-wasting as "The by the fielding.side which they describe most serious problem facing cricket".
The plan provides for a Club, explained today the minumum number of ovDIS
eredita" for a fall of wickol other interruption
to
plan provided for "lime
or
play.
bo bowled In each session... each over should not last more than four and a half minutes or twenty over in a 90-minuto acsalon of play,
A subcommittee of the Mel bourne Cricket Club Tecom- mended that the plan be given a trial during this year's Shefeld Shield series but the secretary of the VCA. Mr Jack Ledward, said there was limo
not
All the scoring was in the first
to put the plan 10 the Beth Linfeld goals were scored by fonner England and other states for consideration at Newcastle United centro-forward the inter-state Jackde Milburn in the 23rd ference
and 30 minutes. It's goal came through
Cricket Coo-
in Brisbane
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"We have not made any re- commendations about paralities for failing to keep up to our time schedule, but we could consider them," he said.
"I believe that if our plan wore accepted, probably no pennity would ever need to be invoked.
"If the players knew that time-wasting was, being notoch they could confortably keep when within our finite even
month
of the MelDORINO Cricket
a penalty Ly Ian Johnadni, mow encrotury | fast bowieps were in ozilon," ho .Johansonni Heuter,
gold--- China - Malt Special.
-AFP.
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