THE HÔNGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, DECEMBER
#1949.
DENIS COMPTON GOES THE CANUCKETTES
TO CRICKET SCHOOL
How To Bowl
Lessons On How To
J
An Unplayable Googly
BY PETER DITTON
To be told that Denis Compton is to receive cricket, lessons is like learning that Professor Einstein is to be taught how to add and sub- tract. It certainly takes some believing. But nevertheless the fact re mains, that in the next couple of weeks Denis will arrive at Alf Gover's cricket school in South London and will receive lessons on how to bowl. the The ex-Surrey and England 'speed merchant, Alf Gover, who runs school in conjunction with his partner, Andrew Sandham, also ex-Surrey and England, will personally supervise Denis's lessons. Compton bowls left-handed and between them they will seek to perfect an unplayable left arm googly.
Kason
ut
Alrendy reverni farmoun coun- ! ty cricketera have arrived Cover's school for coaching les- cons to keep in trim until the
Atoon next
opens. them
Compton, Lesile are
and Middlesex wicket-keeper. Sid Brown, the opening bateman, Lite is pretty crowded these i als in days for Leslie who full time training for the Ar- penal, for whom he plays re gularly at centre-half
TWO "PROSPECTS"
prospects
Blind Men's
Cricket
The
1wo Hampshire pace i merchants, Carty and Shookle- In ntten- ton, have also been dance as well as the Ensex re- wicket-keeper, Bryno Rerve Taylor, and the young Middle- mex professional, Fred Titmus, made his debut in the
Dec. who
5. Five Sydney, ounty ericket last year ngainst when he Somerset
was en totally blind and six partial-i Fixteen years of age.
ly blind men will travel to! Hobart, Tasmania, in Jan- to play in a uary cricketers' carnival,
There is never a dull moment He has bezn nt Gover'a school, kept so busy in recent mouths, that he has secured the services uf Surrey of John McMahon and Jum Workman, who opened the batting for Australia in the nual- 1045 Victory Tents, as
onal conchies.
blind
Belonging to the Royal Syd-
Flind
Institute cricket
ney
The Canadian Girls' softball team who caused the biggest upset of the season when they defeated the Wahoos 11-9 three Sundays ago. However, they went down 10-3 to their old rivals, the Wildcats, last Sunday.
They are, left to right:
Back row: Maudle Fong, Alice Mar (Manager), Mary Ng, Jean Lee, Connie Lal and Rosina Lucy.
Front row: Monica Chinfen, Mignon Yin, Allene Chinfen, Avarita Choy and
Katherine Slew.
team, they play cricket with a RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL whom will
Among the best at Glover's school are two fast
both of bowlers, probably play for their countive, again the West Indians next Summer They are Don Benneti of Middlesex and Kenneth Pos ton of Ese
Both are fasi right hand bowlers and Gover has high hopes of their chances Preston wen particularly un
Chate lucky
l not to against the New Zealand team He had played inst rammer. for Ensex during the 1947 Den- ROYAL LIT number of occasions with more than the unul men sure of success and he had oraly to produce lus county
rutches the early warrant a Teal trial
Unfortunately for Preston, Erxx and Englandi, be broke hile leg playing football a few
--London Express Servicaj
SHEFFIELD SHIELD
Record First Wicket Stand
Dec.
icone ball and have bells on the bntin When a mon Lowin, I Grl on the bails rings and he knows la what direction 10
or
It
29-
"Blind cricket is no bit business-we have cinwn to a fine art," said year-old team member Vic Henderson. Totally bind siner an accident when he was seven years old, be in keek bals- men and felder.
A
Totally find Charlie Stanton in this chairmati of the cricket 5.-('on-cubs and has led it for 20 years. 'The team's best balanan qn144 netder is 38-year-old Roy Hol- born, who is partially blind matches the partially blind mich
form in Adelaide, of 1943
Turies by McDonald (186) and Ken Meuleman (150) Victorin in a winning pui position on the third day of their Shelfeld Shield match against South Australia,
days before the pricket mutata
whole of
opened and was kept out of the Rome for nearly the uriner
Victoria, who gained o first innings his trade
lent of 80 or Satur This year Gover
fur fire sekr• 1 p Preston jaromuse to give up his clay, made 142
close of play today Toy the football and he is concentrading.
The match ends tomorrow on becoming an England? bewler. He is well
McDonald this the necessary
tast budt and alumi to stand up to the five-day Texts, will be played next Who knows, he may
lo Englund'
which
kuningr
13 be prayers?
answer
PUPILS ENOUGH
|
** cl Meuleman
tured in a first wicket part- nership of 337, which is cord for Victoria against Sauth
Meuleman Australia.
kol
hir 159 in four and thus quar
Kiving hours without 1
He hit 10 fuurs and
charee. 03/202
KIX
Players will continue to pr rive at Gover's chool from a sets of the country
the
next cricket season opens,
Leslie Jackson of Derbystur
who played last year for Eng
14
help the I
totally blind.--United
Will Oxford Run Away With Varsity Match?
By PETER LOVEGROVE
On current form and this term's results, the 68th Inter-Vardity rugby match which takes place on Tuesday, December 6, at Twickenham has already been won by Oxford. Or so the experta think.
Aussies Held fixture with Major R. V. Stanley's XV. Only
To A Draw
on
have
Ringside
FAMECHON AFTER TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
By GEORGE WHITING
Ray Famechon, of France, having retained his European Featherweight, title here by brilliantly out- pointing the British champion, Ronnie Clayton, is to talk Immediate terms for fights with two world champions- Manuel Ortiz, in Parls, Willie Pep in New York.
Clayton, having lost after giving of his fastest and best over 15 swift rounds, stays home.
Ronnie need have no regrets. No other British featherweight could come within streets of the form ho showed against the square-shouldered spring-heeled Famechon.
Here indeed was baxing ac- no mention of the thel that he cording to Cocker. They, gave had to visit a doctor carly in us speed, footwork, ringeraft, the week,
It seems he discarded a thick variety of punchies, freedom from doubtful dodges every- pair of trunks during training thing, in fact, save the thunder and caught a cold in the kid- Not even his manager neys, bolt punch.
elbows, knew about it.
"Fainechon" has now outpoint- ed Clayton three timen in three years. If he only had a punch, this fleet French featherweight would be among the immortals.
Shoulders, beads, palins, and other assault wea pons, used all too frequently thero days, had no part in this fight.
Canadian heavyweight Earl Walts gave us his usual display of first-round fireworks. Albert Conibaly a conl-black French- man was down five times in a Jack Solo- couple of minutės.
mons, who has Walla on view
young
Canadian to
MODEL FIGHT Ron and Ray went to work with
scorned their fists, clinch, and obeyed inɛtantly the Instructions of the Dutch ro feree, Berent Bergstrom, whom we last saw here as trainer to his country's team in the Olym- the Albert Hall on December pic Games. Jurt the port of 13 must really and somebody with a solid chin for this on- scrap in fact, that schoolboy coming boxers should be taken to see, smack out,
For a while Clayton aroused our hopes by the speed with which he moved away from Famechon's famous left hand. Unfortunately, he was much less successful when the French- Rounle's remembering man, weaknesses in 1wo previous
hin right 'ouls, brought
lay with a series of brilliantly Imed hooks,
but
Into
(London Express Service)
Arsenal Back In The Headlines
By ARCHIE QUICK Sing song of Areenall
Used sparingly.
with reat effect Famechou's spl!!- the head nul second fight lo
ly piled up the points-licy nude
it well nigh impossible
The Clayton to close in for his
old Chumour Bays of tuchbury favourite position for body
are right back hitting the bead- unching.
lines, and it must be placed on The 10 roundly fairly led record that they are doing
Famechun with the
1948, The Dark Blues, like their great predecessors of 1946 and
a dangerous scoring machine with splendid all-round established themselves as cohesion and such excellent defensive covering that their line has only twice been crossed in nine matches. Their victims to date have been- Richmond, Blackheath, Harlequins, the United Services (Portsmouth), Leicester, Trinity College (Dublin), Oxford University Greyhounds and a very strong composite side in the traditional once have they been checked-at Cardiff, where they played a pointless draw, and they have scored 144 points.
His partner on the right wing
It Var Ryrmed and Cunnell all
WILS other Die Cumbridge.
writing this a fortright | nlong-but
the sprinted in hand, have for a long time been played for England last year, the (I am wri
latter pair proving themselves before the game and the final who E unconvincing combination.
be just
could not son so badly. about the best centres in Britain., combination hos not yet been stretch. Clayton gave not one WON best
Laurie performancn
is 5. The Their Dec.
Glong, heh, but Cape Town,
DOMINIONS PLAYERS Look Coven-
for keep up the pace when a le they the Australian when ina ch between
right centre for record, but
and (710 unbeaten
Vinteent, Hofmeyr try's touring erkeketers and Western
handi- he MdundorA were
fwo Van Rynevelds are. Province ended hert today in
apped at the crucial moment course, South Africans, and the Iraw
well, have is Dark Blues are again The Australinis declared ' injuries,
Dominion play, a draw, and weighted with Inninga closed at held Carn their secund
Guy's And St Mary's
They had six in 1946 and 218 for x.x, and Western Pro "caten
Cambridge ་་ were 122 for six at the
spitals, the vlove
Leyslans and Old Club, close of play.-- Reuter.
much weakened Northampton XV.
After laking 55 mlautes to reach doulan Agures, McDonald
BILL JOHNSTON BETTER rate of out and his opened scoring left Meuleman standing
Cape Town, Dec. 5.--Bil! afler they had reached the Johnston. Australian -left-nrm,
His innings of 180 centuries.
fast medlem bowler, who was
car crash In Octo hit 26 fours injured in a
ber, hid his first Night prac.lee In the neta today after Australianthorugh medleal overhaut.
and against the New Zealand-oreupted four and a half hours
urs
had several during which he bus prenity "session" at the nets and will and one six.
bo coming back for more early
in the new year.
All
South the
and F. Angell, and also an off.
and fast
T
They
to
have
LX
F
home
12 team much-deerled with which they started the sen.
Their curren
current run of
Success foresight
of
Manager Tom Whittaker
who refused to be panicked
into buying
highly priced
announced) who played Scotland last year, and on the more steam would have made a triumph for the of
Partnered on the left are John eff wing in the Varsity match. all the difference,
KIDNEY COLD Williama, a hard-working au-
nap in the I wanted more burn-haired
who Cornishman
there." Clayton fold me In the true spirit
1947, and
and five last year; this bug made a name for himself in last five rounds, but it just was
WEDI
players but relled on the tried
staff that he had. Arsenal started off the 1940- and true sla
season with three home do- fents and an away loss in their of the fight itself, Ronnie made frst Ave mutches.
Everybody
the West Country, and Laurie's not
PLAYERS STAY AT
MANCHESTER
time they are even richer.
to the serum are brother, Inn Glent, who has re- afterwards. Newcomers two more South Africans, hook-presented the Army. down toer W. J. Hter and H. D. Sma They have gone Bedford, London Scottish. Ma wing-forward of exceptional Steele-Rodger's XV and Let- merit, and at right-wing three- ester (whom Oxford trounced quarter in 26-year-old 1. J. Bot- 22-all. They
Black from Otago lacked Ung, an All
the who toured South Africa Inst decllon outside TID and
a member of in emmer Pd was their coplres scrum.
articular have seemed stow in the New Zealand Services side at the end omparison with Oxford's ex which toured Britain
of the war. enllonal thrust and spred.
Hofar yr, by the way, was Inst fly-half, but has now rone year's ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!
Good judge: colder there is full-back. C. B. Van Ryneveld 15 to 20 points' difference be
has moved un to hell, and this tween the two 'des, I wonder. has enab ed Brian Robbyer to threequarter, come lu at centre thre Milter, who arrived on Fri- Anything can happen in a Var-
by where the old Uppingham and day 10 reinforce the Australianity match. Form has gone
the Rosslyn Park man has been an batted for 20 the board before now on ten, Touring minutes and
reat day. It has the magical instant and outstanding sucersS. hit with
effect of getting even the most
ti the face of this power.-Heurer.
ordinary performers play
of trent, of the much- well above themselves, and I
Light Blues? They do not think we have yet seen have six Old Blues: two for-
| PLA
hooker R. V. Thompson,
eling at restrained speed to Somerset have sent two of bowlers were severely punisheri
Keith Miller, he showed no ul the baten teored ut their younger batsmen, E
rale during their part-effects, and it is possible that he will bt for the first Teat tership.-Reuter.
South against storta December 24.
spla bowler, J. Redman.
Second Division League
Cricket Averages
BATTING:
Inns, N.O. Runs H. 9. Aver.
134 47 26.80
which Africa Johannesburg on
great
Brisk Business
D. Lang:ton-Jones (KCC)
5
140 102*
S. E. M. Bux (IRC)
5
1
130 D2*
37.00 34.75
B. Dhabher (KGVS)
35" 100
32.00
V. C. Bond (KCC)
A. T. Lee (KCC)
G
A. E. Noronha (Recrelo)
57 128
21.33 111 40 10.50
At Newmarket
Erle 10 (University)
7
123 41 17.57
*Not Out. Qualideation: 100 runs
BOWLING:
O. J. Dunne (KGVS)
A. T. Lee (KCC) ...
Owen (Caminandos)
J. Hurst (RAF)
Dowding (Commandos)
G. Vale (R. Navy)
A. D. Ebrahim (IRC)
Y. Motiwala (IRC)
A. R. Osmund (Recreio)
D. G. White (KCC)
F. D. Bollomley (KGVS)
D. E. Remedios (Recreio)
M. Salter (KGVS)
Eric Ho.. (University)
E. Noise (R. Navy)
C. Guterres (Recreio)
D. Davenport (RAF)
P. Hards (Dockyard)
"151,40vers Maidens Runs Wkts. Aver.
30,2
13
65 23
74
23 118 22
2.82 $.38
50.5
120
24
5.37
44,5
11
103
19
5.42
23
B
57 10
5.70
51
15 110 19
5.78
83.3
20
20
150
21
7.14
74
20 167
23
30.5
127
17
62.5
40.5
132
51.5
110
7.47 7.03 7.70 7.83
42.1
115
44.5
142
42.2
100
-8.21 10.14 10.60
50
141
13
10.84
43
110 10
11.00
41.2 11
140 13
50.4 51.5
100
15
11.23 11.26
155
12
12.01
G. Elliott (University)
BK Poh (University)
Quailfication; 10 wickets,
COME IN,
MO DARLIN'!
THEY'LL BE GLAD
RENO!
to
The position before the kick-
to
U.
London, Dec. 6-With soccer stars so frequently clamouring for transfers, it is something unusual to find nine first-rank players of one club completing in the Fame season a five years' period of unbroken service to their club.
At the end of the season, nine of Manchester United's players will complete their five-year terms, and the club is to reward them for their good play and loyalty by paying them the maximum permissible benefit of £750,
The club therefore, subject to' placed
the best out of the Light Blues. [wand-row man A. M. Jemes the approval of the Football, Reuter,
is in many respects similar who has built up an excelent
mrvived
the
almost miraculously generally Flven a good actrust:
But it had
beneft compulsory, and there Baseball's have been complain's by player in the past that their club dild Successful not allow them the full perinis- sible benefit.
GO
sniffed,
purred.
except those Arsenal
were
who has- all
beens Arzenal players had gol old together. That was the concensus of opinion.
D
But a little astute positional Juggling by Mr Whittaker and Arsenal
lying are now picasant third with 23 points, from a run of 11 games defeat; only four points behind the un- beaten leaders, Liverpool.
Who are the real stalwarts this who have brought about hanpy position?. .ChleЛly Is the Elder Statesmen of Soccer-Joe Mercer, Leslie Compion, Ar-
Macaulay
Wolley nearly
Barnes.
and
100
that
that
There are years of wisdom among
And it must be said that
ot.
·TOO CANNY
Why should this be? Simply
legs and they let the ball
do
the work, No aimless running about for these canny players. But while paying tribute.
to
fact that Leslie Smith, who is Most them I must not overlook the full Year Laurie Scott's deputy at
back for Arsenal, is already in neur-Hupgoed class and 100:3
booked for a "CAD" orie day, while little Jimmy Logie Alex James
when they played Fulham at Highbury Stadium and won by Jean
tough ballle by 2-1 in the clos Gregoire.
minutes Fullham's out- ing
hands standing stars were old LIVERPOOL BEAT AIK off
Jac like
Bacusal and Pat to last year's. Then too Oxford reputation in the line-out; the Lengte, will pay out £8.750 in
ЛІК London, Dec. The
both on the verge of Bensley, were strong favourites, and jus- two halves, Glyn Davies and benefit money-a record for one
Football Club of Stockholm retirement. been Hiled all that hud
said skipper Arthur Dorward, and season
This is a tribute to the team lost to Liverpool, the Division i and loyalty which League leaders, by four goals London, Dec. 5. - The about them by running up 11 three-quarters John Smith, who
before the interval. But played in two England trials, spirit
season earned the club their re-to two at Liverpool today after aggregate
on the opening Cambridge put in one of
and Laurie Glong.
cort profit of £50.010. White having led the unbeaten Eng- because their heads save their spurts the Newmarket most thrilling
Within
The pack has been stre permitting the payment of £750 lish team by one goal to nil at day of
memory in the second honed by the inclusion of RCC. bloodstock sales, which last living
service with club, the Football five days, far exceeded that half, and fought back to 8-11. Thomps, who hrs already been to a player of er five years half tino,--Reu er.
League does not make this of the first day of the cor- defending desperately, capped by Wales, and it has again, and made the is- of itself but is rpt to fade out in responding sales last year.
suo cafe in the closing stages by the second hr.1-whereas the Today's aggregate was 111,-
Oxford scrummagers are great seizing a sim chance from 030 guiness for 100 lots .CO?T{~
Baltimore, Dec. 4. Pre- pared with last year's tum long kick upfield.
sident George M. Trautman 70,970 gulneas for 142.1ots. In been a very close eak, and the finishers.
*CANTAB CHANCE
the Minor Leagues as much honour
With so much dissatisfaction of uding 11 cluding private sales, today's lovers gained
tonight that baseball football Most people are agreed that rife
pro- ported among average price was 674 gulneat as the winner.
to win
this ressionals of recent years, Man- throughout America experienced eis more Oxford are fortunate in hav- Cambridre are the day was The top of
|"the" price
year in most satisfactory 10,500 guincas
paid by Majoring seven of the key men of that match, it will be frem Half-back chester United's string remeined
happy with their club. This is history" and that it should
have said about Fulher. LB. Holliday for Palma Rosa. splenaid 1948 sido stil in their Corward is a plucky and re
have certainly made by B ranks: three forwards, skipper sourcefit, scrum-half rnd W-ish latet action of the club seems forge ahed to future years; an eight-year-old mare
Ond standard,, but Mah-Nelles Vinicent (second row, and International Glyn Davis (who. certain to confirm their strong unprecedented prosperlly and vision winner. former Derby
helped The Crt-loyalty.-Reuter, moud, out of Telanina, covered line-out specialist), J. Van incidentory.
Trautman, who is ill at his inly because of a cast-iron de-
ence. Their forwards "are" the French winner Ryneveld (wing), and J. McG. terick Stenals to win the Army by Djebel,
heme in Columbus, Ohio, eyh. Cup two wars pro) is on his day Kendall-Carpenter (front-row); of the English Two Thousand four oulades, C. B. Van the most briliant layer in BTF |
natted his report to the annual jointed lot who are not mak- Guincas,
Paris. Dec. 5The French Convention of the National Arng the grade, and the big need Palma Rore was one of five Ryneved, L. B. Canuell, M. B. toin, with splendid two-footed of M. Marcel Boussac's mares Hofmeyr and R. Green, an un- defensive kiriding, fine honds, Football Federation's national sociation of Professional Club 50 obviously. An experienced
25,300 selfish and persistent serum- and surprising speed of the cam selectors tonight chase 14 and m de lt plain that as farin. Kendall Carpenter, C. B. mark. He scored one try in this plyers to 'ravel to Florence the little leagues which form
mntch
last year, alte-stepping for the third and Inst World the backbone of the sport ar past player after player, which Cup Fame against Yugoslavia concerned. "baseball w'll always remain in my next Sun-Tay
which were sold for gulness--Reuter.
Mister Conquest
-I'M SORRY TO BREAK UP THIS CHARMING LITTLE. TRYET, OGAR. BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO KIT ALONE.
GO AHEAD!. WOULD YOU LIKE
THE LIGHTS "TURNED LOW?
half.
CUTTING: THE LITTLE ADMIRAL IS DEA
memory.
+
FRENCH TEAM
I must retract a lot of what
like
every
day.
of
I
ponularity.
They
United Press.
ALBERT BROWN
The match will decide which America's favourite game," They also have a modet of term will go to Rio de Janeiro, ered armiter at fol-brick in for ho finals next Tune.
The final selection of the Welsh Tria:ist J. C. Davies. The most disappointing. feature attram, which leaves by the Poino on Thursday, will be the alde so far have been the Express. three-varters. They have long, made on the ground.
The 14 players are:
FOUR UP
London, Dec. 5. Alfre Brown, winner of the rustifyir. section. led Sydney Smith, th Gohlkeepers Abd El Thriz and only unbeaten compellfor,
persisted with the inside end olitside: contre form of atinek, which tebuleed a perfect unbr={ etending to be a success, which Reng Vignal. it has not been "
nside ward the no
:cady.
mova
Personally. Beasley up and bring in that rand half-back, Lawler, who not yet made a first team ppearance since being trans atred from Belfast Celtic.
1anager Frank Osborne
*A3*
going to be one of the reat players of his genera-
World's Biggest
London, Dec. 6. - Russia with 'jame up today'
i claim to another world's iccosta chess tournament
HER Moscow Radio zald that num
Stove from 'to one at the interv Backe: Jean Frey and Roger on the first day of their three. Half-hacks: Antoine Cuissard day match in the £1.200 New of the World.anooker touran, Han, Jean Luciano and ment Querin
Brown
receives six points with 300,000 pl Yerz, Forwards: Maring Wefier, each frame of the matchi which
Consequently they have been Marshe. crowding each her red caving Pape in deferice which The
sperdy Dark Blues would ex- ploit fo the full
Injuries have not, hrined Roger Guenolle, Andre Laborde, is being played at the Leicester ver of participants was expect- either John Smith dislocated his Jean Baraits Franels Medno Sam Hall, Johsoned to compete in the annual all- The trores (Bown fret) wap Kussian tournament, cf collec sheu der in the first match of the and Jean Lechantres 45 to 79 80 10 98, 07 to 31-71 Uve farm chess am feurs Only fossin and hos en lust return-Louis Hon is at present on, the ed to the side. He should make a sick lat and should not be in 20; 97: to 441 74 32103.000 took part last year.
nuilon Thursday he will be, re Bouler great differofice, but t