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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1900.
English County Cricket Championship will be wide open this year
By JOHN COTTRELL
Kennington Oval is looking beautifully spick and span those days. The roofs have been repaired; the red brick of a newly. the pavilion has been cleaned; the boxes aro painted green. And despite arthritis in the knees, head groundsman Bert Lock has done another fine job on the wicket which he assures. me is "packed with runs.”
Ye
Barrington,
the something isradiently Stewart und
of England's Oval with the AISH
gene, wicket-keeping
co-Ray Swelman ond, not least, o sutely something seems
shrewd deputy skipper in Alec spicuous by its abarnce.
Dedser. For the first time years the County Championship
in sever
before the end of the season, they must stand only a fair chases of winning the title.
BO
Not for a great many years has the championship beeri open with about twelve counties toolting capable of victory. But
After years of being deputy has sediately p under wid to Laker, Eric Bedser becomes without the champions“ pennant Nod 1 off-spinner, with the would reduce the "possibles" flying from the Oval mastienul.
| well-deserved chance to show Until Yorkshire's dramatic his skill on helpful wiɛkets. Anal
September.after overcoming a Intervenilo last the
been us pennant had
his bowllon action and jury familiar a part of the vil scene as the gasometer. Nowack was so himpressive at the
of
the men of Surrey Intend to complete the restoration thele ground by recapturing le prunan as the st altempt.
Handicapped
They start ther engueback withi this Saturday entruatge
the visit of Nurthoats. And this season they take the field with-
mat Jim Laker (retired), Peter: May (convalescing ofter its secund operations, and Bernard Constable (recuperating knee operation).
from
Can handtrapped Surrey Win the title
The ords would seem against
That then, remembering
11-y will probably lose at least two players through Test calls. But their other favour.
factors rant in
Once again they are one of the few cogniles without one outstanding weakness.
They have the pace of Peter Louder CLOT championship: wickets last season), the all- round spin attack of Tony Loew, i Ken Barrington and Brie Bedser,
young batsinen af the
Mick J John Edrich, railbre of
change
end of last semon that he may well be a candidate for Test í honours again this year.
Accent on youth
to
to four countlesYorkshire, Gloucestershire, Surrey Lancashire-and tip Sussex make the biggest Improvement in last season's position (15th). showed amazing Yorkshire Aghting spirit last year to win for the first the title outright time since 1946 and now they will be led by their first pro- fessional captain. Vie Wilson.
For seven years after the re- tirement of Fishlock and Park-
They did not have B great er, Surrey kept hinwed the same side. Now the accent is much side, but one suficiently young the to give hope of further im- more on youth, and while Bedser twins are still first-class Pprovement, especially after the at nearly 42, they have promis-sweet sinell of success,
is another Ing deputies in young Peter they need, however,
David really fast bowler to share the Eric) Judd (for Sydenham Hor Alee) who does burden with flery Freddle True-
with the bal faster David Gibson
an
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mian.
Surrey may also be encour- of zake. to
more use ged
Thuy Barrington's leg-breaks.
to employ have been reluctant
points for him because bonus fant storing play an important part in the chainpionship and his type of bowling can be ex- pensive. But on the sun-baked, wickets the West Indies. Barrington showed himself as Protomical as David Allen.
fitrished
In third Surrey
championship last year the
them to do as and I expect well this season. But unless well Peter May
can return
Jo
FIRST CENTURY OF THE SEASON BY SUSSEX 'UNKNOWN'
London, May 2.
Graham Cooper, a 23-year-old "unknown", saved Sussex with a fine maiden century the first of the season — against Warwickshire at Edgbaston today.
Cooper came in at No. 7 when Ray Bigworth, with a de- Some were 111 for tive and in 'nent 46 in two and a quarter cistines danger of having to beurs and skipper Vie Wilson follow-on, He led the recovery. (22) Stemmed the collapse and of aggression wicketkeeper Joe Binks weighed with mixture
that brought in with a bright 33. and duggedness him three sixes and 21 Tours in his 141.
Cooper batted three hours 20 and scored 109 of the minutes
120 added for the ninth wicket with Bob Pountain, who stayed two hours for 16 runs.
Old tenacity
Yorkshire, the reigning champions, showed all their old tenacity at Lord's against MCC, when after losing five second Innings wickels for 29, they carried their score to 146.
101 teams complete first stage of
|
MCC need 132 runs to win with all their wickets in hand.
Closing scores Close-of-play secres in today's evicket matches were:
What
Top challengers
all-round
strength.
For Lancashire look the dangerous challengers.
most
with
They also have a new captain, Bob Barber, who at 24 succeeds Cyril Washbrook and, as Yorkshire, much will depend on how they can sustain their titie- bid during the absences of their
Burnley wins league for first time since 1921
London, May 2.
Burnley won the first division English Football League Championship when they beat Manchester City two goals to one before 60,000 spectators at Molne Road, Manchester, tonight. The champions led two-one at half-time.
In this vital und last match the Lancashire club needed two points to beat Wolverhampton, 1958 and 1959 League champions, who were one point ahead with a better goal average.
Burnley ended the season with 55 points, one ahend of Wolves who led Tottenham, in third place, with 53 points. They had all played 52 matches.
Opened the
Score
Both sides went all out to increase their score but first Hayes missed a perfect opportunity to equalise and then Burnley failed to score again when Trautmann made a magnificent save off a first class shot by inside-left Robson.
After half-time the teams played with grim determination but neither side could break through the other's de- fence.
The heroes
Eintracht leave for match against
Rangers
Frankfurt, May 3. West Germititiý'à football champion team Eintracht Frankfurt will leave hero today for Glasgow where they will play the return. match of the European Cup semi-final against the Glasgow Rangers.
The Germans feel confident of reaching the final since they After they hold a S-goal lead rictealext the Rangers by six gonts to one on April 19 fast,
However, Eintracht's trainer Paul Oswald warned his players against under-tudmaling their
will The Rangers
beneft from the moral and vocal back- ing of their supporters to whom want to prove that they will their previous defeet was just on accident," he said
another "But we'll try for victory while observing cle- mentary prudence,"
The match ended with another brilliant save by Traut-
mann which once more foiled an attack by Robson.opponents. Burnley's great asset in this match was the return of Northern Ireland's Jimmy Mcllroy, whose absence had dire results in last Saturday's match against Ful- ham, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Burnley's success is also due to Pilkington who exerted himself to auch an extent that he had to go off before the final whistle,
Burnley's left-winger Brian Pilkington opened the score in the third minute with a centre which rebounded off Manchester's goalie Bert Trautmann into the net. The City quickly equalised with a goal by centre-forward- ne
Hayes in the twelfth minute when the ball went loose after a free-kick taken by right-half Barnes. Burnley renewed their attack when right-winger Meredith, breaking through the Manchester defence, put Burnley one goal ahead.
Tahl almost sure
of winning world chess title
Moscow, May 2.
Chess experts are forecasting victory for challenger Mikhail Tahl in the world championship with champion Mikhail Botvinnik and are already talking about a return match in Riga next year.
The Riga grandmaster is leading Botvinnik by 10% to Two victories or four draws crilki rive hint the CrowIL
Test paceman (Brian Statium End-of-season 7
fant
Here they will hope for further Improvement from young bowlers Ken Higgs and Colt Hilton..
exhibition
have soccer games
who Gloucestershire, not captured the title since the duminated the Grace "brothers county scene in 1870 and 1077, rose from 14th to second place last season, their first under the captaincy of Tom Graveney. And this despite the fact that "Big Tom" missed many matches through injury.
Gloucester's year?
Glouce-
To
the mark the close of 1859-00 soccer season two ex- hibition matches between elevens drawn from the Combined Ser- vices and Police teams and the | Kwong Wah 1000 Far Eastern will take place touring teams, at the Police Ground, Boundary Street. Kowloon on Thursday, May t
The first game will commence at 3.45 pm, and the second at 5.30 p.m.
Botvinnik'a illness caused postponement of the 19th gamo scheduled for 12st Saturday niglik. Play scheduled to resunzo Tuesday night at the Pushkin Theatre.
on
Hurry Golumbek British champion and deputy umpire for the match, sold it appeared bc that Botvinnik would sufficiently recovered to resume play
Tuesday It was Botvinnilt's second filness during the match.
Experts generally feel that Tahl cannot be beaten this year. Golombek said: "It Jooles de though it is shaping up toward a return match in 1961 and that Kelsey almost undoubtedly would be played in Riga". Riga Is Tahl's Yuen Hoi - pong Macki (A), Kwong home town. Ko-ming (P), Travers (A), Colombek and Gideon Stahl- Leung Man-fo: (P), Ng Chau- | berg. Swedish grandmaster who wing (P), Dog (RAF), Moss is the chief umpire, said Botvin-
This could well be stershire's year. The county has an admirable blend of youth and though they experience and could use a really aggressive leg- speed merchant and a
been selected: their attack looks one spinner,
arc
of the best in the land.
Gloucestershire kopes likely to depend, above all, on the run-geiting of Gravency, backed by Martin Young and Arthur Milos..
Graveney will be making a determined bid to regaln
THE TEAMS
teams The following
Police (Army), (Police),
"White":
huva
By
taking the League championship for the first time since the 1920-21 season Burnley qualified to represent. Britain in the European Cup competition next season. --AFP.
South Africans welcomed by
Prince Philip
London, May 2. Prince Philip today welcomed the South African cricket team to England and told them:
"May I say we all hope you have a very pleasant season and we are looking forward to some good and exclting ericket,"
gol
Ex-
The South Africans the royal welcome at an annual lunch elven by the Lord's Taverners, clusive club connected with
Lord's famed
cricket ground,
The lunch was attended by Robert Menzies, Aus- tralian Prime Minister, Fremler Nash of New Zea- land and Commonwealth High Commissioners.
The South African team McGlew, captain, Jacklo WAS made an honorary member of the club-Ar”,
Korea likely
to be disqualified
from Olympic
(P) Capt. Ng Chak-lau (P), nik was far off his foam this soccer tourney
Chi King-wang (P). Team year. They said it is that factor E. Grant. rather than Tahl's play that manager; Major Test
primarily has put the challenger Conel. Mr M. GI.
Kwong Wah "Red": Chai Into the Jead. Wing-chun, Ngai Sai-sing, Lai
Even some of Tahi's suuport- Yick-cheong. Chun For-on, Lul Waktung, Lam Fee-lee, Leung say they do not think he has measured up to the spectacular Yau-chol, Liu Jol-tim, Lo Shui-play that was expected of him. lun, Wong Kwok-wah, Cheung (AP.
status after being strangely discarded last year. The selectors would be advised to remember how he slaughtered leg spinner Hugh "Togy" Tayfleld on a brief tour of South Africa inst September.
Sussex should climb far this At Jikesion: Derbyshire 250 season, provided that new cap- for eight declared anul scorul- tain Ted Dexter succeeds in his aim to tighten up fielding and 6 fur three (C, Lee 50 not CAI), Northamptonshire 215 running between the wickets. Reynolds 42, J Watt 74), Buth were deplorable last sea-
Cambridge son, AL Cambridge: University 333 and secundly 120
Sze-cbtu.
Services/Police "Blue": Wright (A), Ritchie (A), Cheng Wing- kun (P), Johns (A); Kung Wah-kit (P). Chan Tin-nam (P); Li Wan-ho (P); Johnson (A). Hung Clan-yan (F), Cheung Shiu-keung (P), Evans (P). Team manuger: Mr D. Newman. Coach: Mr M. GI
Wel Kwong Wah "While": Fal-kim or Yung Poy-dor, Lee Kang-wal, Cheung Wing, Loung Kit, Lau Tim, Pun Kal-hung, Luk Man-wal, Chow Shui-hung. Lau Kai-chlu, Mak Wing-hung, Lou Sul-wuh
and Tung Hon-
Their batting. strength has ir By Notunghamshire 205 tremendous depth — Oakmon,
Lenhom, Parks, Dun (C. Poole 40)
Smith, At Lord's: Yorkshire 148 and Dexter and Suttle. And for some -sevendly 146 (R. Tingwort: matches they will be able to
and secondly call
the on David Sheppard, 46). MCC 180
Nawab of Pataudi and Habert four for no wicket.
Oxford: Gloucestershire Doggart. Off-spher Rubin Oxford University 158 for Marlar will also be available for 199,
certain matches. rix. Rain stopped play.
Glamorgan Their big handicap is lack of At Fontypridd:
faci for six pace, made worse by the
that injury will deprive them declared (W. Parkhouse 79, B.
for several weeks of the services edges 44, D. Pearson Ave for
ડા (3. of Ian Thomson, who last year Worcestershire 143 63).
bowled 350 overs more than anyone else for the county.
Tulip Auto Rally 297 and secondly 182
Vichy, May 2.
A total of 101 teams out of
Evans five for 62), and secondly
fur no wicket.
At Birmingham: Warwickshire for no
the 193 star.ers which left the Nordwijk starting point in Holland early today on the first stage of the Twelfth Tulip Auto- 351 and secondly zern mobile Rally checked through wicket. Sussex 301 (L. Lenham this control polut this afternoon. 52, K. Suttle 44, G. Cooper 141. Bad light stopped play-Reuter.
The drivers then headed for Monaco, the return point in 3,805 kilometre (2,243 mile) ratly which counts for the European Championships-AFP.
France Leat Britain in foils match
Londen, May 2. Franke boat Britain 11-5 In a folio match in Chelpen Town Hall here today.
Hustilka were: France: J. Durocanache, J. C. Magnon and Chikilian Dorlolu three vletorfen, one defeat ench, n. Classet two victories, ono defcat.
Britain: il Hoaking and Alon Jay two vielories nful one de- feat vach. Raymont Paul one victory, three defeats. Cawthorn four defents-ATT.
Another continental cycling success for Seamus Elliott
Vorinix, May 2. Dublin's star cyclist Scamun ElBolt continued his continental success today when he out-tode in tee-packed Deld to win the Cireult race In Tregor Plougasnou, armall town in Britanny.
Bright cricketers
hel.
As this will be the last up- pearance
the football before public in Hongkong of C. Wright the Army goalkeeper, he has, no mark of appreciation, been made Captain of the Services/ Police "Blue Team.
SCRATCHED
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
(812)
Here la AR ending from actual play. White to move and win.
Though I doubt their ability
Solution No. 5811; 1 Kt-x5 win the championship,
threat 2 R-B4), BX KL; 2 Q- London, May 2, Hampshire will once agala Te
Ancient Lights was officially K17, or I... Q×KÌ 2 Q-RI, leading the "brighter cricket"
scratched from the Epsom or f... KRIS; 2 B-B5, or drive. Opener Roy Marshal
Detry at 0800
Locka. Kl-Q3; 2 b—Q5. (Barbados) one of the big- Reuter.
est crowd-pleasers in the garno ilkely to make the first cleven
and now another West Indian In
-20-year-old Danny Living- stone, an attractive left-hander frum Antigun who headed Sussex second eleven averages last season with 81.20.
Somerset, now led by klumper Enrold Stephenson, inorcave their overseas contingent with India's Test hero Abbas All Balg, nyalíablo after their 'Varsity match. Such additions should add to Eilio clocked 2 bytura 41 the galety of balling and with minutes 60 seconds over the the competition wide open, the 75.4 mile course, 1 minute 13 county championship promises preends ahead of France's Ree to provide a feast of excitement. Andro Darrigade in necond All that la nceded now is th Place and hie compatriot splendid weather that bleaked Joneply Thomin, third.
English cricket last year, when Britalo's Tom Simpson from | batsmen scored nearly 50,000 Doncler, Yorkshirę took sixth more runs than In 1960 and place.— AFP,
bowlers took 364 more wickota.
CIMC
Landon #yprano Serpton,
TAE GAMBOLS
DEAR GAYE, HOW LOVELY YOUR EYES ARE TO HIGHT"}
SUCH A
NICE MAN
The
Zurich, May 2. International Football
There were no changes made in the German team which should include: Loy: Lutz and Wellbrecher, Howper; brodt and Stirka:
Lindner,
Skeia, Pri
Meier.-AFP.
Eigen-
Kress,
Japan's Kobayashi
tipped to retain Orient boxing title
ותיק
Tokyo, May 2. Japan's Hisao Kobayashi, with 70 rounds of spar- ring and heavy roadwork under his belt, was favoured today to retain his Orient feather- weight title against Leo Espinosa of the Philippines next Thursday.
It will be Espinnen's second druck at tho tiilo which
Kobayashi won in a bout with Collins, Palmer
Espincesa In March, 1938. The retirement of Japan's Shigeji Kaneko had left k vagina.
tie for Houston golf title
The hard-punching cham- pion has defended it suCCESS- fully since then against Sarita Yonirakit of Thailand. and Jet villy and Litlle Cezar of the Philippincé,
El
The 12-round the bout will be held at the Korakuen Gymnasium in Tokho,
Espinosa returned to Japan this year for a title match with Orient bantamweight champion Kenji Yonekura. But when
Houston, May 2. Colling and Arnold Palmer fled for the championship of the 35.000 doties Houston classio roll tournament with 280 for 13
will holes and meet on Tuesday in a playoff to decide first money, Palmer, the Masters champion
sixth
year seeking
of tournament victory, birdied two of the last four holes to dead- Jock Collios, who led by two strokes et 64 holes.
They battled down the stretch with Collins never behind but twice tied for the lead.
Yonekura was given p chance and biggest money-winner of to meet world bantamweight the champion Joso Becerra Mexico, the Filipino pgreed to a postponement of his bout and and the fight with Kobayashi was scheduled in its place,
Kobayashi has looked sharp and it in his workouts, and it he can control his tendency to panch wild at times, most ex- perts belleve he can wear down the wily Espinosa's weaving defence and take the decision, -AP.
Federation (FIFA) sald Davis Cup
Soccer
re-
today that South Koren will be disqualified from the Olympic tournament if press ports of incidents during a Nationalist China-Korea soccer game two days ago proved to be correct.
the
win
for Monaco
Collins Anished with a 1- ever-nor 15 while Palmer had a. 73.
Jack Fleck was third with a
for 281.
Fleck collected third money of $2,200. Palmer and Collins will play for first money of $5,300. Socumd place money is $3,400.
Gary Player of Johannesburg, South Africa, Doug Sanders and Richard Crawford tied for fourth place with 284. Sanders had a 08, Player a B and Craw- Mondorf Les Bains, May 2.
for the ford a 73 on Monday, Player Monaco quallBed
European and Sanders each won $1,800,-
they AP.
second round of the Zone Davis Cup when best Luxemburg by three matches to twe In their first
Monaco Sixth straight
defeat
The Olympio qualifying game round encounter here today. between
beams twn
After being led 2-1 in
singles 23 took today's Inst two Thipel was broken off after minutes because Korean with Georges Pasquier beating Offenheim 0-1, 6-1, 0-1 Jody players attacked
Borghini beating terro Johny Petrie, The inci- and Roland dents touched off a riot that Frank Baden 0-2, 6-2, 6-3, swept through 10,000.
the
British
re-
crowd of
AWAITING REPORTS
FIFA Secretary-General Kurt Gassmann said be was awaiting offcial reports on the incidents.
"II
the reports particularly the referee's report cond the press stories, 1110 FIFA Committee running the Olym- pic Tournament will have no choice but to disqualify Korea," Grasytans said.
AFP.
UK soccer
results
London, May 2 Results of tonight's English League football matches were:
Division 1 Manchester C. 1 Bumley
Division IV
This would probably treno that Nationalist China would |be automatically credited with Barrow
a victory over Korea, he Southport
added.-UPI.
by Barry Appleby
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KHY PEOPLE DON'T
LIKE HIM
BOCALISE
HE TELLS
SUCH UBC,
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1
Doncaster
-Reuter,
for Phillies
Chicago, May 2. A bases-loaded" single to centre by Don Zimmer in the ninth inning today scored Ernie Banks with the winning run os the Chicago Cubs beat Philadel- phin 8-7 and handed the Phillies their sixth straight National League baseball defeat.
Scares were: Philadelphia
7-10-2.
101-000-203-
Chicago 010-040-003-8-10-1. Roberts, Gomez (5), Farrell (7), Owens (0), Robinson (D), 2 Short (0) and CakeCuti. Elston (7), B. Johnson (9) and 1 S. Taylor, Neumpa (0),
WP-Jobson (1-3). L~BO. binson (0-2)—AP.
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