THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1959.
NO ROOM FOR CABBAGES AT TWICKENHAM NOW
Twickenham is to Rugby what Lord's is to cricket-only more so. Lord's belongs to a private club. Twickenham to EVERY club. Last Saturday it celebrated its -Jubilee. Here its romantic story is told
MCKELVIE. by ROY
Twickenham Today...
Home Of Rugby Was Once A 10-Acre Orchard
AT present-day prices it would
cost £750,000 to create the Twickenham that celebrated its first 50 years of Rugby lust Saturday.
In fact, when a small group of men, including the late Billy Williams, а Harlequin Rugby player and Middlesex cricketer, and that great treasurer, William Cail, acquired the site in 1907 the purchase price was £5,572 12s. 6d.
No National Ground The story of "Billy Williams's Cabbage Patch," as Twickenham was once known, is a simple but none-the- les romantic one.
At the turn of the century the growing game of Rugby Union football had no national ground and only small administrative offices in the Strand. Interna- tional matches were played on club grounds such as Blackheath, Manchester, Richmond, Glouces
toi,
even on The Oval., once at the Crystal Palace, then the site of the FA Cup F'sand,
Billy Willams and his us- clates were undoubtedly red by the fect the 45,000 apeloors made the then longish journey to the Crystal Palace to watch England play the all-conquering All-Blacks from New Zealand in 1905. I was a mighty erowd for those days,
...And As It Looked During The First World War
Original Cost Was £5,572
There were criticisms enough Bill Hamsay, only the fifth man even before the first match was to occupy that seat in D0 years. played at Twickenham In Octo- ber 1000. The ground was too for from London, the
station
100 fur from the ground, and the "B" (now Baal) stand faced the sun. Then, as now, the housing of the Press box in the East stand was a bone of contention with the Press.
has
From those quite humble beginnings Twickenham grown Into the mecca Rugby, the
famous ground in the world, and the A couple of years later Billy
headquarters of the zame In Williams, £ commission man
England. Billy Williams ved for an estate agent, found a
Lo sce all this happen, ten-acre orchard ncar the
extends At the
Now, Twickenham village of Twickenham.
over 30 acres of car parks and time it woa used to grow
sea vegetables and fruit, but the buildings, including five vision of a future national home rooms, twelve bars, houses, cot- tages, ofices, and even a royal for the game was there.
retiring-room. Its rates exceed £12,000 a year, more than double the original purchase price.
The
ד
75,000 Limit
When, in January 1910, Eng- land played Wales in the first
All-American Football
Star At Oxford Wants To Try Rugby
There's a new Yank at Oxford - an
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.London. All-American football star from West Point who, at 21, is already a sporting idol in the States, He is 6ft 1in, 13st 101b Lieutenant Peter Dawkins, one of 32 Rhodes Selection at Palice ground, Boundary
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Scholars, who arrived last week from America.
He is the only man in WEST There they call him the hess. He was then under eight,
Point's 130 years' history to "Babe Ruth of football," so out-stone.
The doctors said: "No fool- rchieve all four top awards ---- hia achieverpenta standing are m that balila of the padded but Pete played and commander of the corps (2,400 an all-American star was born. cadets), cla president, football gridiron gladiators.
His record West Polni has captain, and rice man for studies. Colleague John Recil met been fabulous
He is rated as London Express Service. undergraduate the best cadet Oxford's new
since five-star he i to food
philosophy, General Douglas MacArthur, economics, and polilles at Bracnose College-aboarti the Iner Unlled Statex Southampton,
Eager
at
Dawkins tells him that he
la eager to ity Rugby football at Oxford (he is a hal back). "I know nothing about the rules, but I hear it can bo tough, just like our game”.......... and his blue eyes sparkled an if he reifshed the Ides. The
playing prospect of Rugby without the armour od American football holds no terrors for Pete Dawkins. He has the shoulders of a cruiser- weight-his Jacket hung on them. BG though on ú cont- harger--and the long legs of a star athlete. Which he is.
"We weet about 211. of equipment helmet, face mask, shoulder pads, hip pads, tri- sere with high guards and knee guards, as well as the jersey and cleated shoes," he said. it is necessary of course, because of the blocking, body checking
that and gang tackling feature of American football."
A Natural
is
No Second Fight Just Arrived
For Moore In Britain
n
London, Oct. 21. Contrary 10 expectations
featherweight world champion Davey Moore will
have not second fight in Great Britain before his return to the United States, it was learned today. After the non-title overweight victory of his boxer by a technicnt knockout in the first round inst night over Brius champion Bobby Nolll of Scot- land. Moore's manager WING
Ketchum had announced the possibility of a second fight. But
with negotiations
promoter Harry Levens did not materi- also and it was decided that Moore would return to the US
An outstanding Ice hockey tomorrow. defence man, he aso wants to
natural.
Dawkins was only 11 when he became a victim of polio in his home town of Detroit, where his father is u. dentist.
CHALLENGE
row and play tennis and cricket, Ketchum. however declared But he should be a Rugby today that "Davey would like lo come back and fight here again. He would be quite happy to meet British lightweights."
Mexwhile, British Empire featherweight champlon Perey
of the
Indics West Lowla
a' £1,000 is ready to put up sidestake for a world title bout with Moore, or to lake him on in a 58 kilos (nine stones two
overweight match. pounds) AFP.
It left him with a weakened slowly, richt side, but Adolphe Jaraguay of France, sat the slands at
with self-taposed tron discl- together in
pline, he built himself up by Twickenham watching England
weight lifting.- game that counts and Wales play Scolland and
Every morning than the organisation, Ireland in special Jublier
in his bed and in its fifty years Twicken-match.
room he worked his way to fit ham has produced many great momenta, веел many great players, and teams.
It in the more
The Arst international match Dr the late try, scored by Freddy Chapman for England against Wales in 1910, must re-i
of historic because
its { main astonishing execution.
England's Wales kicked off. ny-half, the late Adrian Stoop, founder of modern English back Instead of play, fielded, but kicking fun touch he feinted and caught the Welsh forwards napping. A short punt followed the ball went and eventually out, to Chapman on the wing. The Welsh, bettered at their own game, never recovered. Not unil 1933 did Wales record her Arst victory over England at Twickenham.
Frunce, the
International there, and inci- international
babes of the championship,
dentally broke a spell of defeat might have recorded their first from the Welsh going back to Twickenham win in 1922 in- 1899, ut der 14,000 watched stead of 1951 but for H. L. V.
kicked Day, who
three goals
the game.
Forty years later, in 1950, a wearing a pair of borrowed Welsh ""invarton" produced boots. near chaos and, it is beiloved,
Old 'Enemies'
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AABC ANTIO THE FOLARIN
COME BACK
HERE JONES THERES
WORK TO BE DONE WHAT ABOUT
"THE GEGAT İNALL
OF CHINA?
By MADDOCKS
ÂND WITH THOSE PARTING WORDS JONES AND HIS HOD VANISH INTO THINING, VYATER: er
KOWLOON.
By Mik
SHEAFFER'S “SNORKEL"
amilies prefer
a record crowd execeding 84,000.
On that occasion fences
and
hedges were broken down, gar-
dens destroyed by the invaders'
fect. "Never again," said the against
Then two years later, also France, came that Rugby Union. So did the police. turnous incident when Carsten now chairman of
Billy Williams...Man limited to just under 15,000 and the England selectors, jumped
Of Vision
story goes that Williams person- ally picked all the apples and sold them to raise the purchase
Ticncy,
So Twickenham's capacity was Catchos.de. International matches became over the French full-back to this affairs, ព all-ticket
constant score. So impressed with of irritation 10 those "coup" was King George V, a Bource
frequent visitor members of the public whose fairly support for Ruby is confined to Twickenham, that he asked to Catcheside after the the grand occasion, and who are meet not members of clubs through match. which all tickets pass.
For Twickenhams belongs to
to
Last Saturday Catcheside and
The money was actually pro- the men who play or support his opposing wing in that match, vided by the Rugby Union and Rugby through club or county. and when, during In this respect it is unique in bank loanS
though Lans- the next two years, £10,000 English sport. more had to be spent in creat dowo Boad. Dublin, and Mur- Ing a playing surface, building rayield, Edinburgh, hold similar stands and mounds, entrances, positions in Ireland and Stot-
debentures land. and
ronds, were issued.. Those were paid Jox before the first world war.
even
CHESS
By LEONARD BARDEN
Here in problem by H. A Read (Obeopter, 1930), White tu play and - mate in threr
The man in the sireel thinks of Twickenham and Rugby as he does of Lord's and cricket, Wimbledon and lawn tennis.
Historic Try
There is a powerful difference. Lord's and Wimbledon are the. clubs, properties of private M.C.C. and the All-England L.T.C. Soccer, and any other national, sport you like tā name, possesses no centre, no home it can call is own.
Garfield Sobers Summonsed
London, Oct. 21.
A summons alleging driving without due care and at- tention has been served ONE Garfield Sobers, the West Indian Test cricketer who lives at Radcliffe, Lancashire and plays in English League cricket.
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But even I, not as a sports wrlier but as a member of my local club, have a voice in the and destiny of Twickenham the control or Hugby football. Court on Wednesday, October
So does every club member,
He is duo, to appear at Slone (Staffordshire)
Magintrute's
28:
whether stoetworker from Sobers was the driver of a Durham, miner from Cornwall, car involved in a collision « at Farmer from Northampton, Blono ba September: 3 in which schoolmater, clice worker, per- two other West Indian crickets vicemen or undergedduate, at a
ery, Colle Smith and Tom Dewd- university, We are pertherm or, ney, were injured aga to stredah #idkopiker), holders, NES
Now, mainly through
anham the Rugby Union LLY BADE wealthy concern run by shrewd, or mua, among them the treURLIN #27"
STOP
NANCY
THIS MUST HAVE COME....
TO THE WRONG HOUSE-- IT'S A GET-WELL
CARD
BRICK BRADFORD
BUSHMILLER.
YOO-HOO,
MAILMAN
HOW: LIBSTENANT, INE ESROVED VOUR TEET
·LETE GO OVER OND
WHERE DID YOU FIND
CTME OF THIS MAN
OH WE DIDN'T FIND THEM!
KILE
By Erale Bushmiller
NEVER MIND-
FOR ME
I GUESS IT'S
SWISSAIR
THE AIRLINE OF SWITZERLAND,
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