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indian captain appeals for brighter Test cricket
India's captain, Nari Contractor, made a team for brighter cricket on the eve of against England here tomorrow.
At a reception to the players of the two teams, he said: "We have been criticised in the past, with some justification, for the type of cricket we play
"I call on my meni to forget
England plenty of encourage-
Bombay, Nov. 10,
public appeal to his the first Test match
The spinners are likely ment for the Test, although, | form the spearhead of of course, the Indian team England attack. will be considerably stronger than the Bombay side. India have a great deal of bat-
the slightly-built
the past and to play attracting ability, a dangerous fast tively whatever the result. bowler Like Dexter, I intend to go Desai all out to win, and if that is
impossible to avoid defeat,
but we must all realise there
is no disgrace in losing only
In playing bad oricket.”
It is hoped that the 27-year- old Indian captain gets the kind of support he has called for, as for many years Indian cricket has suffered through a lack of enterprise.
Not blameless England, too, have not been blameless in recent years, But Ted Dexter is doing his best to maintain the new spirit, despite one or two rebufts from oppon- ents.
to the
Tony Lock is showing good
Allen David form,
Blway's accurate, and Bob Barber can Mail be a danger. China Special.
Pentangular Rugby competition opens today
at Kai Tak
By LANCASTRIAN
Dexter said today that when Today sees the start of the Colony Pentangular
ever possible he would continue the policy of trying to keep the game alive and bring results, Though he realised it was very i difficult to do so in matches other then the Tests with only 15 hours against good position on easy pitches.
Competition, when at Kai Tak at 4.30 pm the RAF will play the Club.
if
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For the benefit of those who tide. Suffice it to say that
been in Hongkong the RN can muster as fine have not for a Rugby season before may side as they did last Wednesday
they must I just explain that this is our
be considered hot favourites for the title, but the The superiority shown by League, wherein this year five the MCC in the drawn match leama, as
the name suggests,
chances of this are more than slim. with
other twice, Bombay, which ended with play cach yesterday,
ате must have given Those involved
team from each of the Services, one from the Police and one from the
Interport bridge Hongkong Football Club.
Last year the contest was
Learns, one
The Philippines Bridge team hexangular as the Army entered are arriving today by plane for two
Manila-Hongkong Hongkong and annual
the
representing Kowloon Garri-
Bridge Interport to be played at the Chinese Club today and to- son, and the other the 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigrade. It morrow. The match tonight will
was won by the Club, begin at 8 pm.
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Notice is hereby given that since as yet, no authority has been received to increase the dividend, the Company's Directors of the China Light & Power Co., Ltd. will be obliged to recommend at the feel that I am Company's next Annual Gene- being very adventurous there-ral Meeting a Final Dividend fore in casting a sweeping
of 60 cents per share, making Bxtures in arm over all the the Pentangular and saying a total of $1.10 per share for that Club ought to win the
the year ended 30th Septem- competition this year.
ber, 1961.
and
I cannot
Ask me who will be second, at once I get in my shell and admit that I am really no Prophet at all.
As to this afternoon's 'fixture, រ can but say that these two team's met at Kai Tak three weeks ago and Club won easily enough. 1 reckon they will agoin-but I must not forget
that it was a little-favoured RAF team that was the only are to beat Club last season,
As well as the RAF-Club and who knows they might do match the Army should have it again. played Police, but this has hadi
ito
Before
this encounter the te moved to Wednesday Royal Warwicks will play the
! afternoon, November 29. So Club Drags
on the same today's match is very much on ground at 3.15. This could be Its own; the competition gets under way, but then there will on excellent game between two sidco whicse Strengths are not be another fixture for two
manifest in Mifferent ways. and a half weeks,
If the Dragons are able to field
In the Pentangular games the Navy will be represented by a strong side they should just members of Her Majesty's ships get the honours.
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