THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961.
DRAMAS OF THE ASHES
He established a record that may well stand for all time
By JOHN MELVIN
When Jim Laker of Surrey claimed 19 Australian
wickets
during one match in the 1956 Tost series he established a record which may well stand for all time.
Even before the sensational events of that Fourth Test at Mon- chester, Australian batsmen had reason to fear the baffling off-spin of the burly Yorkshireman,
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Earlier In the air, against, Miller, heid no terrors for Eng-, place to fore rain sent players County champions Surrey ind's hat-men. Peter Richard-d spectators peurrying for
Colin Cowdrey gover 20,1 (101) maxl
Meanwhile Culla Me- (86) Pave Eagland their best. Denis and Tan Crap pad start
បឆt 11 [ Australia since the
Ital up to 4 without 1934. Tree
surprise Leing parted. section David Sheppard with
parkling 113.
Oval, the tourists were trapped into defeat by ten wie- kets. Jun Laker's MORIC had claimed all ten first lininggi wie- kets for 88.
It was tir first me since 1803 that an English city side had benten thr Aus- tralians.
First time
for the pace
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Then Australia's luck san oul. There was only len. minute delay before the Bal day began under threatening skies.
But it was a completely dit- ferent story, when the Aus- tralians begin their first ins just after lunch on the recond
O1 They faced an Enginud
paced there were
48. of Lindwall odd
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wicket
rain-soaked,
easy- McDonald and
JIM LAKER... 'cheered to the pavilion after his historic feat of taking 19 wickets in a Test match.
ball
So the visitors were hardly day. looking forward to facing their, total of 459-und tormentor
Manchester signs that the pitch was brenk-Craig fought doggedly to stave wichtet which www.said to be ing up
off defeat and they added 20 TUNG in taking spiù from the beginning..
the perlerd before. Baffled and bowled by a
Fast bowler Roy Lindwall After an opening stand
then of lunch. And
the which turned in sharply. Cine
stuck The pitch, quite nesuitabir
it out for 40 anxious The disanissal
In the same over the Austra minutes-and als runs; thes: fell sunshine, of opener i
lions lost the wicket of usually to the leg trap. Jim Laker hed Colla Melonald signalled the
reliable
Ron Archer, whose nloe second linings wickets. splek into
tep-trap was
Could he claim all ten? AB England hoped no, but there Robbled
up It had on the brilliantly
<liye. Like Nell
could be no question of giving
in the tenth. Miller and Mackay, he
This was Test cricket at its keenest and Lock continued to attack grimly often beating the bai.
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The effects
;
berlinlog of procession- with Laker calling the tune. Batsman after butamon prod- ded pervously, not really know-rain-soaked wicket spelled cul- Oakman's ing how sharply Laker's abile' apse, Laker and his
Surrey Harves, Gingers would make the ball culleague Tony Lock changed was out for a "duck" Jurn.
At his deadliest
The Surrey bowler was his dendliest after teu, when he took seven wickels for eight 2018 in 22 bults, His pares for the innings were nine for 37. Australia, all out for B4, follow- ed on 376 runs behind,
ends-as they had done in the tr: : Innings-and met with instant uteos.
Craik,
unek playing Laker, was trapped leg before! wickel. His marathon intings of four hours 20 minutes had produced 38.
Ken "Slasher" Mackay, howned for his stone-walling #ented than taly one fing under the most dificult cond!- coult stave off defeat rah. tions www promoted in the For
4.1 Australian prayers batting order. He lasted six as the clouds minutes without scoring, then were answered
snapped Oakman emplied over Old Trafford and
up a slip catch, Mackay bad n the third day — Saturday
collected a "pair". only 50 minutes play was pinzi- Pater
Australl's vend innings tolal erupt from 53 for ca to 50 for two,
The tollowing Monday saw a slight improvement in the weather. An hour's cricket took
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giant Alan
McDonald, meanwhile, had renehed his 50 after three and a half hours. Keith Miller, ter ing to emulate his partner's dogged defence, remained for 15 untasy minutes. Then he was
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This, Laker had captured four wickets for one run since lunch-and three successive hatamen had falled to score. It was not until McDonald was
But this was “Laker's mulch,” joined by all-rounder Richie At twenty-seven minutes past Benaud that the slide was ten-
live with an hour still to go porarily halted, An hour and 20 Lea Maddocks padded up to a minutes' defensive batting Laker delivery and was plumb realised 51 hard-won runs betw. Jim Laker had done it fore McDonald was finally out.
His innings had lasted five hours 40 minutes and he was cleven runs short of his entry when he was caught by Oakman the Bft vietha of Laker's leg
tru.
Bennud, whose concentration was disturbed by the loss of his partner, followed him to the pavilion with the scure at 190. He had been clean bowled by
Laker.
"THE DEVIL IS
IN ME. HE HAS FOLLOWED ME AROUND FOR HOURS!
THIS WILL SHATTER HIS GOODY GOODY! REPUTATION,
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
BUSHMILLER,
By Paul Norris
THB BHIP ROARS ACROSS THE AQID ASTEROID.... IT RISES QUICKLY IN KEE THE LIGHT GRAVITY,
18-53.
Australia were all out for 205 and Laker had a match analy- sis of 19 for 90. It was a record for any arst-class game, eclips. ing S. F. Barnes Test record of 17 for 159 for England against South Africa.
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Italian lira threatens Spain's World Cup hopes
Madrid, July 12.
The sensational transfer of Luis Suarez, Barcelona's brilliant inside-left, to the Internazionale Football Club of Milan oyd rumours that other Italian teams are trying to sign up some of Spain's best footballers have led the Spanish Football Federation to issue a note recommend- ing clubs to keep their best players with a view to the World Foot- ball Championships next year.
some
The transfer of Luis Suarez, with the inclusion of some year, Kubala corned called by the French dally young new players has been 2,000,000 pesetas porting newspaper, "L'Equipe, doing well recently on its way year as a player.
(£16,000) a "Europe's No. 1 footballer," to the World Champlonship in!
Another of the older plars of caused a sensation in the fout- Chily next year,
Hyunial; football, bull
34-year-old world. For the money
Alfredo Di Stefano paid
Internazionale by the
new two-year contract with his signed a club of Milan was reported to
club, Ben Madrid, carly be the biggest sum ever paid
year. for any footballer in the world,
total of 39,000,000 pesetas (£210,000).
After Susret had signed with the Internazionale Club of Man, there were verili Letis rumours
that sume Italian clubs were willing to sign up Luts del Sol and Francken Genio, of the Real Madrid jezni, and Joaquin Peiro, of the Atletico of Madrid.
Retiring stars
On the other hand, some of the best-known stars of Spanish football are rering or losing farm owing to advanclug years,
-
*
Ladislaw Kubala, consider cd one of the best players in the world,
recently nounced his retirement us football player after slening 4 technical director of the new school to train promising talent for the Barcelona club.
Best paid man
not
Kubala, who is 34 year's 0K age. explained his retirement in the following words: "1 think that it is tine for me to hang One Tumour WAS that an up my boots. If I had Italian club had offered as much muffered 11 back Injury las as 60,000,000 pesetas (£380,000) scaron, I might have lengthened for Gento, the well-known my fe as player for some speedy outside-left of Real two years more. in the present Madrid. That rumour fulled to conditions, it would be egotisti Materialise.
cal to pretend to live upon the § lucome" of achieved fame." Spanish football Difcials feared that
big money The new contract signed by offered by the Italian clubs to Kubala as a the
tehnical director Spanish ployers might or the damage the present Spanish school was sald
footballer national football team, which. 3,500,000
(£21,000)
Barcelona
meselas
to tur
Vespa Club to hold
Reliability Trials on Sunday
By OLLY VAS
This Sunday, the usual enthusiastic group
Or
this
Alfredo Di Stefano, for many But in spite of his stall, years the brains of the Spanish national football team, has be gun to show the natural decline in form due to age.
Spanish fana and football elals, however, are counting on him to go to Chile next year If Spain qualifies.
It is believed that It Stefano's new contract with Real Madrid was signed in the same conditions as the previous one, that is to say, an annual Inspine of around 3,500,000 pcsolax (£21,000). Alfredo Stefano thus conslaves to the heat paid football player in Spain.
be
was
High hopos
DI Stefano has invested bis savings in a form near Buenos Aires, where he was born. He decorated at the end of last year with the Order of Queen Isabella the Catholic, a high Spanish honour,
Di Stefano has this year play- ed his 400th match with Real Madrid since he come to Spain in 1053. He was proclaimed "top scorer" of the Spanish First ! Division in flye of the nine league championships In which he has played here.
Spain is placing high hopes
In the World Championships.
She has not taken
them for eleven years.
part in
Early this year, senor Pedro Escortin, a well-known
writer,
sports
Was named Spanish foulball selector. He has been preparing the Spanish national Itent which had previously shown Jack of celesion and enthusiasm.
He successfully of several young,
included new ployers. In scooter drivers belonging to the Hongkong eliminated
the Leam which recently Vespa Club will be making their way to a liminaries of the World Cham- Wales in the pre- rendezvous way off the main road in San the first time in a friendly plonships, and beat Argentina
Wal, near Fanling, to participate in for
the Club's first-ever Reliability Trials.
game at Seville.
The Spanish team will now meet Morocco, and it wins,
Reuler.
The event hus attracted no be over by 8 pm and spectators Spain's team will go to Chile.- fewer than 20 drivers and late will be gladly welcomed. entries are expected to swell the number to at least 25 scooters when starter Jimmy Foo brings down his flag at 2 pm.
The course will consist of four hill, liberally strewn with stones, loose soll and numerous holes and all drivers will be required to drive up and then down the hills in question without the aid of footing.
Penalty
The very rough terrain will require of the drivers maximum skill in the handling of these light two-wheelers and 2 penalty of 5 seconds will be added to the times clocked by each driver for each occasion the foot makes contact with the ground.
It is most unlikely that any driver will fall to be penalised, such is the unevenness of the four courses, especially down- hill where the slightest lap on the brakes can throw a driver off-balance and necessitate sticking his foot out to regain equilibrium.
The organisers have already taken the trouble of trying out their Vespas on these hills and the handlers of the three mac- ines used came out none the Worse for the experience, so competitors need not have fears of being exposed to any! donger while negotiating the "courses."
In the event of a tie between
two or more drivers a special lest will be hell to determine the winner. The Trials should
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