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MONDAY,
JULY 26, 1987.
Ryder Cup Debacle
AMERICAN GOLFERS
BEAT
US ON THE GREENS
(By Charles Buchan)
the linlfway stage and easily gulned the biggest victory of the day.
SINGLES RESULTS
R. Guldahl (U.S.A.) beat A. II. Padgham, 8 and 7.
Southport, July 1. Winning the singles by 6% points to 214, America retained possession of the Ryder Cup willi a victory un deserved as it was convincing. The margin in their favour in both singles and foursomes was matches to 4, and this was their first success On Tony Manera (U.S.A.) lost to British soll. Now they have four Henry Cotton, 5 and 3. Triumphs to
thetr credit against Great Britain's two.
Denny Shute (U.S.A.) halved with S. L. King.
Byron Nelson (U.S.A.) lost to D. J.
# and 1.
Rees. All the more striking was the Sum Spend (U.S.A.) beat R. Bur- American win, because they battled ton. 5 and 4. ogainut the elements of whid on the Gene Sorazon (U.S.A.) best Percy Arst day and rain on the second Alliss, 1 up. conditions in which our golfers might have been expected to have the advantage.
Taking the game as a whole, the British players were better than the Americans through the green, but they were out-classed at putting. When the Americans had to sink n pult to win a hole they did so with- out hesitation. Temperament plays ! large part in this type of game and the American temperament is super- ior to ours,
Fortunately, we had in Sam King| and Dai Rees two newcomers who Have examples of skill and courage that rather brightened the drab pic- ture. These young asaistant profes- sionals, taking part in the first Ryder Cup contest, were the heroes of the from the British point of view. day fro Though
ugh at times stung by adversity, they refused to allow the wounds to upset the
If I award chief honour to King.
It is because of the splendour of his
Ed. Dudley (U.S.A.) beat Alfred Perry, 2 und 1.
H. Pleard (U.S.A.) beat A. J. Lacey, | 2 and 1.
Singles Foursotnes
Amerien 5%
Great Britain
2%
2
116
Total
U
4
RYDER CUP CAPTAIN
EXPLAINS
(By Charles Buchan)
It is easy to be wise after an event
finish. King was opposed to Amer-Bke the Jusing of the Ryder Cup at lea's match-play champion. Denny Southport, Shute, the man selected to oppose
criticised Charles
Cotton for the title of world cham- Many people plan; yet he was unafraid and un-Whitcombe, the British captain, for ruffled.
his action in dropping Cox and him- bell from the slugles on the second day, so I asked him why he had done so. He gave me the following sensible reasons:
AN EPIC OF COURAGE
In the first round Shute would have found himself in a desperate position if he had not holed several long putts,
"I did not play myself because 1
und they finished the 18th all square. had lost all confidence in pulting. At the start of the
round Accundi
and I
It would have been foolish in things went all wrong for King, and play in the circumstances. I included by the 7th he stood 4 down, but a King because when I took him out at the 8th revived hopes. On the In a practice round he displayed such homeward Journey these hopes were brilliant form that he earned his justified. King did thore nine dim-chance." cult holes in 33, won three of them Our and saved the match,
men were very despondent After the match, for they realised
It was an epic of courage. At the they had not produced their 10th he holed from 5ft, at the 17th form when it was most needed. from Byds, and at the 18th, knowing he had to win the hole, he placed an approach shot 4ft. from the pin and calmly sank the putt. The big crowd rose to him.
Rees's effort, which had a more satisfactory ending, as it brought vic- tory to his side, was equally brave. Ile began by missing a 2ft. putt to win the first hole and then, at the 5th, his wet club slipped out of his hand and he lust the hole. At the 14th he was 3 down, but he won the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th to end the round one up. His figures for the last five holes were one under fours and Nelson, the Git. American with the beautiful swing, had no answer to the onslaught,
COTTON'S APOLOGY
real
Anita Loulas and Sir Cedric Hardwicke in "Green Light" which is now
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BAKEWELL NOT TO PLAY
THIS SEASON
A. H. Bakewell, the North-
CENTURIES DURING MAY
amptonshire and England bats- AND JUNE
man, will not take part in county cricket this summer. Mr. N. W. C. Cooke, Chair- man of the Northamptonshire C.C.C. Committee, announced recently that doctors con- sider it would be risky for Bakewell to play this season, but they state that he will be perfectly fit for next year. Bakewell was seriously in- jured in a motor accident to- wards the end of last summer.
ENGLISH
CRICKET
AVERAGES
Hammond In
The Lead
Walter Hammond still headed the |first-class cricket batting averages on July 5, with an average of 74.17 for He had then 23 complete innings. scored 1,706 runs.
BATTING
I was present when Henry Cotton apologised to lifa captain for himself and Padghairs, ils partner, for falling J. Smith of Auddlesex topped the to win the foursome, which Cotton bowling with an average of 15.58 for admitted they should have done. 74 wickets. Goddard had taken, most A point advantage gained on the wickets-108, with Gover of Surrey first day would have had an import-second, totalling 90. ant bearing on the result. Then the Americans would have had the ad- ditional strain imposed by the know- ledge that they must win five games) out of eight,
That the match proved success was revealed by the receiptsjutton
a huge
Hammond (W.R.) for the
The two days, which were aC. S. Deinpaler record for the series.
Paynter Arnold Despite the rain on the last day. Parks (2)
WAS taken in
admission. C. M. Kimpton
(Qualifiention: 12 inntags; average 36.)
Tinen
In the afternoon Rees quickly con- solidated his advantage, became three £2.536 up and never relaxed his grip on the money, £368 more than at the 1033 Washbrook game, which he won at the 17th,
Enthusiastic spectators carried Reessional
match. It will provide the Profes- Berty (L. G.)
J. I. Pawie shoulder high all the way down the nearly all the money they need to Colfers' Association with
Cook Harris jast fairway, and he was almost mob-take our team to Amerien In 1930.
Gibbons bed at the entrance tu the club-
Sutcliff house.
Iddon TO REGAIN THE CUP Cotton also played the part of an English
R. E. S. Wyatt Worthington Philipson
land
H. Barton
Gregory
gentlemon. He was expected Slories that the matches were to to beat Manero, the 1938 American be discontinued were emphatically champion, and he did. He played in denied by Commander R. C. Roe, Langridge (John) something like the form of his cham-secretary of the P.G.A. pionship year (1934), except that he
Gunn They had not the slightest grain Langetdge" missed three holcable putts. Even so, of truth, for at the dinner given Parker he was too accurate for Manero, who after the match, Walter Hagen, the 5. G. Hiday was always struggling.
American captain, spoke of future compton (D) ALLISS' GLORIOUS DEFEAT
games.
Edrich
Amer
Whitcombe stated that Great Sandham
Oldfield
One of our players, beaten on the last green, who commanded sympathy Bekalu must discover and train four was Percy Allies. It was his first young players to stardom before the Smith (D) defeat in the Ryder Cup, and an unattempt to regain the cup in two Davies (E) fortunate one, s he fought back years' time.
wonderfully
vona
after o discouraging.
start.
Sarazen, his determined opponent started with 2, 4, 3, and was four up with only five holes played, Stil Alliss, by machine-like golf, secured lend of one hole at the end of the round. When he stood three up at the turn in the second round, it seem- od na it his great effort was to be rewarded.
A
COUNTY CRICKET
CHAMPIONSHIP Surrey Score 482 Against Kent
London, July 24.
THE COMPARA-
TIVE FIGURES
Was *
Compared with the mouth of May. when thirty-seven batmen registered fifty-one three-figure innings between {them, June
more popular month, there having been 110 fresh hundreds made by sixty-nine bats- men, eighteen of those batsmen having figured
amongst century" makers also in May.
During the season, up
to and ncluding June 30, 10 hundreds were scored between eighty-eight different batsmen. Notable features include the scoring of two separate hundreds In the same match, by C. 5. Demps- [der; the scoring of four consecutive hundreds by, Hammond, and the reaching of the 200 mark by Ames, Hammond, Hulton. Paynter, Sand- han, and M. G. Turnbull. Between May 1 and June 30 the following Jeenturies have been made-
Seven 100's by 2 batsmen:-1]{am~ mond and Hutton.
Five by 3.-C. S. Dempster, Lang- ridge (John) and Parks (J.).
Four by 2. E. S. Wyatt and Berry.
N.
Hardcial, (Jas.), Mc- Mitchell-lunes,
pothecary
M. G.
Three by 9-Arnold, Barnett, Cox, Davies (D), Dyson, Gibbons, Iddon, J. H. Pawle, and Worthington.
Two by 23.-Alderman, Aines, Ashdown, Barber, Cook, Davies (E). Bull, Dollery, Hill, Leyland, Corkell, N O'Connor, Turnbull, and Watson
Prentice,
Holmes, D. J. Knight, N. Vere Hodge, One by 47 Warne, Nichols, A. J.
R. G. Hunt, Keeton, Neale, Arin-
Brookes. strong,
A. B. Walker, Sellars, Edrich, Buckingham, Staples, Grimshaw, M. R. Barton, B.
Duckfield, Smailes, Croam, G. Smart, Oldfield,
Alle Weir, Santall, Bighest Not
hann Out Runn Inns Aver
252 1100 217 1417 Kilner, II. T. Bartlett, Luckes, T. C. 1510 217 71.90 Lowry, II. D. Burrough, M. L. Page,
1107 164 03.11
1300 266 88.71 Gunn, N. W. D. Yardley, M. Tindall, 172 53.00 Sutcliffe, Gimlock, Walson (Leices- 188 67.32 tershire),
P. A. Gibb. Fishblett,
23 81.73 143 81:30 Smith (Leicestershire). Compton, I.
1113
1403
770
1278 2645 49.15 G.
1120
E. Owen-Smith, and
125 47.60 Holmes.
147 40.00
716 70 44.87 1003 150 44.20 189 41.23
43,21
II. T.
ENGLISH F.A. LOOKS
152
150* 42.30
72 1.0%
167 41.15
773
40.60
1130
175 40.00
254 40.52
140 40.03
360° 39.40
En 30.04
30.00
G
ALDO
Kame,
B44
FOR A NEW PRESIDENT
(Continued from Page 8.)
In
this connection mention
116 3834 has been made of the names of the
753 201 9.25 Earl of Harewood and Lord Derby.
219 38.25 Sir Frederick Wall, former secretary
104 21.00
714 101 37.6 of the F.A., may be considered.
140 37.09
1:5 30.04
129 30.50
$50
350 3721
Pothecary Gimblett
604
Not out.
BOWLING
(Quallocation: 30 wickets; average #1)
Smith (3)
Sins
Gover
Verity
Martin
00
311.3 83
59.4 101
1438
027.3 233
12783
BI 16.40
421.3 100
Then, again, there are those who think that the vacancy provides Vie opportunity for the introduction into the principal office of comparatively young blood. Mr. C. E.
E. Sutcliffe, President of the
the Football League, not come under that heading,
from the
two
docs
W.
0. M. RW. Av. but one personage 553.2 135 1150 74 15.58 offices is not inconsistent.
tuga 64 $8.75 C. Cuff a council man with vision, 1597 However, he, and others, represent 1037 16.40 particularly the professional side of 1741the game, and in general the activi- 320.5 114 1448 17.44tles
of the Football Association are 1170 03 18.00 more concerned with amateurs than 1943 43 1838 professionals. Mr. C. Wreford Brown 540 30 18.50 has been one of the most active mem- Bi 33 1057
Langridge (J.) 440.2 18
Andrews
Sibbler
Nichols
BITA 159 407.1
663.2 123
Sarazen, always at his best in a tight corner, had other Ideas. The
J. C. Clay Arst five holes coming home he play-
Eastinan ed in 18 strokes, n 2 at the short 15th Surrey run up a big first funings Hammond giving him the lead, which he retain-score in the new series of County Goddard
Koyes ed to the end,
Cricket Champlonship matches that
Phillipson Of the remaining matches, It was
at home began to-day. Playing
Pope (G. 1) mainly a case of missed chances, Against Kent they totalled 482, Fich-R. F. H. Darwail
Smith Perry, for instance, played well en lock contributing 107 and Holmes 77. Mitchell (1) cugli to win, but he overran the green No other century was scored in this 1. W. V. Robins 370.3
Copson on live occasions when
but many exceeded the reasonable programme,
Smith (P.) chances of winning holes came his 50 mark, and no total was under 230. way, Dudley's amazing putting turn- Close of play scores were: ed the scales.
Surrey 402 (Fishlock 107, Holmes Lacey, too, rave a brilliant exhibi-77) v. Kent. tion for most of the day, but he simply Laner: 261 (Washbrook 76); War- could not get a putt to drop, and in wick 30 for 1.
the final crisis he hooked two of his Yorkshire 340 (Turner 64, Lyon 5 iron shots.
Burton met the 24-year-old Snead, the youngest player in the match, al the top of his form, Snead, cutdrove him by as much as 40 yards with a
for 72); Gloucester 24 for 1.
Sussex 242 for 9 v. Northants. Derby 331 for 9 v. Noits. Essex 236; Glamorgan 50 for 2. Hampshire 245 (Moore 20, Warne
beautiful full awing that sweeps 6 for 60); Worcester 70 for 2.
rather than hits the ball from the tee. The American led right from the start and, though Burton had his chances, he could not take them be- cause of the wildness of his recond shots.
Snead did the 15 holes in the after- noon in 3 under 4's.
Padgham had a disastrous experi- ence. He began well, but, when Guldahl, the big American Open champion, holed a long puit at the
Thin on top?
0th and put an fron shot dead at the TRY 7th for a lead of 2 holes, his con- idence, previously shuttered, desert- ed him and he could not do a thing right. Ho hooked his Irons and putt ed weakly, and Guldahl, without have ing to play brilliantly, stood 6 up at
Danderine
1010 50
104 10 17.70
18.76 bers of the counell in relation to the RU 44 10.04 Amateur side of the sport, and in
10.50 also mentioned for the post
honour.
44 10.00
1004 50 20.08
20.17
20,10
207.1 303
151 30 20.71
42 ALDO AT 20.98
NEW ZEALAND AVERAGES
BATTING
Timra
Not Flighest Inn Out Runs Inna AvET
M. W. Wallace... 11 000 115 4705
T. C. Lowry......
D. A. . Moloney
J. 1. Kerr
W. A. Hadice
M. Donnelly
G. I. Weir
N. Gallehan
M. L. Page
E. D. Tind!}
H. G. Vivian
W, N, Carson
J. R. LamasON
A. W. Roberts
A. Dunning Cowic
• Not out.
J. Cowle
0 231 121 30.14
BOWLING
0.
M.
400
DAR Moloney 1433
567 83 33.13
517 03 3231
444 44 30.00
371 00 24,50
GLAMORGAN WANT MATTHEWS
May Be Transferred
From Northants
Northamptonshire may not have
services
of Matthews,
321 134 34.60the
50 24.10
their
109 24.05 former fast-medium bowler, in the
47 2135 Jast nine games this season.
73 2126
86 20,35
17.
When he took up a coaching 10.30 appointment at Stowe School inst September, it was stated that Mat- 1963 thews would play for Northampton- 23" 7.00shire during the school vacation.
W.
Av.
It
is understood, however, that he has
offered his services to Glamorgan,
native county, and that Glamorgan
40 20th have approached Northamptonshire
333 21 24.13 to know whether they have any
5. A. Dunning.. 404 124 1918 44 25.30 objection to Matthews playing for
N. Gallichan... 218,2
A. W. Roberta .. 301.2
M. L. Page
1. Vivian. 271.4
d. Wer... 168.
M. P. Donnelly 01,4
J. R. Lamason. 11
622 1 2767 them.
"In a statement recently the North- 4748 amptonshire chairman said the Com- 68.42
mittes would deprecate any steps which might tako Matthewa away from Northamptonshire at prescat.
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of
Jel. 28151.
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