THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,
Good Start For MCC
DRAW WITH WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WAS A REASONABLY SATISFACTORY RESULT
CHARITY TENNIS MATCH THIS AFTERNOON
Cammencing at 4.30 p.m. aharp today at the Ion. kong Cricket Club, the teunla team comprising Trut Wat-pul, K. C. Dag, Edela Tal, Norman Lo and Donald Lo, selected to play at Tiano) and alphong during the first week of November, will be ten in acllos
cains! the
of rent Colony.
the
The matches are na fot-
Jow!
4.30 p.m. Norman lo v Gordon and Donald Lo
Lum and Leon Zia.
5.15 p.m. K C. Dao Y Ip Koon-hung
6.00 p.rt. Trui Wai-pui and W, C. Choy v Ip Koon- bung and Edwin Txal
be $10 Admission will and $5 and the procetyla will all be given to the Building Fund of the long- kong Y.W.C.A.
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Perth, Oct. 24..
Though held to a draw by Western Australia in the opening first- class game of their Australian tour, the MCC can be reasonably satisfied with their performance.
The fact that Freddie Brown declared soon after lunch at 121 runs for three wickels and set his opponents the task of scoring 320 runs to win in 175 minutes could not be taken as an indication that he held serious hopes of forcing a win.
The pitch had not deteriorated from the perfect batting surface it had been since the first of the four days.
eltk
so, to provide Australia Westen well on it. against In altack ting practice
of weakened by the absence
who suffering | Alec Vedser, from innenza, that they scored 207 rum for four wickets and were only 112 runs behind the finish.
at
his men with bat-
KEPT INTEREST ALIVE Instead, he kept interest in the game alive for the specta- iots by a challenge, which was
atly accepted.
Brown, lacking the services This folio a spell of MCC to batting, during which Simpson, of Bedver and anxious not
Wright, cottd Sheppard and Parkhouse proved overwork Doug
the that they needed more practico 50 easily have followed
on the example of many touring cap-against pace bowling twin and taken the opportunity Fast Australian pitches.
Forward Play Has Become
A
Dominating Feature
Of Modern Rugby Union
Says PETER LOVEGROVE
The dominance of forward play in modern rugby union was emphatically de- In the monstrated in the first-class match between London Welsh and Coventry.
Compton however, Expir showed the way with a de- lightful Ionings, In which he elaimed 34 of his 35 runa (*i* fours) In 20 glorious minutes before lunch.
Iont
in
When Western Australia three wickets for 50 runs less than 40 minutes as the re- sult of ther aggressive tacties, the MCC had a chance of win- ning, but a grond innings of 92 runs by the lefthander,
Tom Outridge, well-supported by Frankish, who helped in a fourth wicket stand of 101 runs In 108 minutes, made a draw certain,
Outridge, son of a well-known Western Australia footballer,
drove and pullet strongly. Dur- ing his stay of 119 minutes ho punished Brian Close for three sxe two off successive balls. and hit nine fours. He was caught at the wicket when at- tempting another prodigious struke.-Router.
Battersea
Blacksmith Lands An Empire Title
Den Cockell, the ex-Battersea Blacksmith, landed a 14th round knockout on Mark Hart of Croydon at the
POPPY DAY Harringay Arena to become the new British and Empire
BOXING
whole seventy minutes there was only one passing movement which went along the EXHIBITION
seemingly tire-
three-quarter line and made any ground at all. The rest of the time was devoted to
A boxing exhibition com- endless scrummaging, line-outs and violent exchanges between two less packs whose energy, doggedness and enthusiasm for manhandling and maulingprising ten bouts, with the return match between Ram- I have rarely seen surpassed.
Bay Bucks and Afouline! Chung as the main attrac-
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The tremendously powerful Coventry forwards for once met their match the spirited Welshmen stuck to them like limpets and took advantage of two rare defensive lapses to win by ten points to all. But the fact in that tactles based on The Coventry the forwards, with the backs as their servants, de pay dividends. pack shows a fierce determination and a ruthless concentration, and it bad brought the Midlanders six successive victories, their victims including Cardiff, Blackheath and Leicester, as well as 107 points.
scrum-half as the main target,
withi the
discussed bound to be all-conquering South other mandments when Africans, who marfered the New
International Board meets Zealandern in 1949 and are due
London next March, This Britain next season, are of Covarre masters of these tacties, Board-is-the highest authority .d furthermore have developed in the game and is responsible
for all changes
Other examples readily come to mind.
Th10 Northampton, Har- Requins, Gloucester and Bristol. whose main strength les in their "hungry-looking" faraway packs and the retentiñe develop- ent of defensive play by wing-forwards, are all doing very nicely, and open back play, so attmetive to watch, is with a fow rare exceptions at a 20m- plete premium. Ireland and Wales bave cach won the Triple Crown in recent years playing the "elose game" with forwards oppressing overpowering the upposing
the
backs by close
between each
In ing a highly special sed 3-4-1 serum finition which the All Ducks have now adopted. This peralis the hooker to swing on the two
collaboration other In
breakaway and follow-up.
KIWIS LEAD
1
the
bile
Undoubtedly the most nolubic demonstration of this trend was given us this summer la New Zealand, The British
which returned touring. team, home recently, produced quality of back-play which de- fighted the most critics rugby publie in the world, but it was the New Zealanders who won three of the tour Test matches through their forward power, supported by resolute tackling, cover-defence and intensive backing-up in all phases.
The All Blacks took far fewer chances in the
open than the visitors did, and timed their attacks for the most promising moments only-never launching them until they were within 30 yards of the opposing line. There was also intenso concentration on defence, with
No
All-India Draws With Burma
Rangoon, Oct. 24. The All-Indin Football Federation team today drew two goals all with a Burma XI in the first match of its visit Burma.
to
The Indian team 19 playing three ordinary matches and one charity match on alternate days.
-Reuter.
Lightheavyweight Champion, succeeding to the titles vacated by Freddle Mills.
The picture above shows Cockell ducking away from a right swing by Hart.
The situation had changed by the time the picture to the right had been snapped. Here, with Hart on the Not soon after he ropes, Cockell slams home a right. was being presented with the Lonsdale belt by Mr J. Onslow Fane, Chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control (picture below).
tion, will be staged on Fri- SPORTSMAN'S DIARY day, November 24, in aid of -----
the Earl Haig Fund.
This was decided at n meet-
in of the Poppy Day Boxing Exhibition Committer yester- day. Mr J. b. Clague, Vice- President of the Hongkong branch of
Legion, the British presided.
Contestants for the other nine bouts will be drawn from the Services. The complete list is expected to be ready in about a week's time, after Service re. presuntalives have met to draw up the best possible programme,
The venue of the be announced later after
Back From The Millionaires' Club
-With £28 Left
By BRUCE HARRIS
rugby dministration throughout the
Billy Higgins, 26-year-old former Everton forward, There are eleven Empire.
ap-arrived at Southampton in the Queen Elizabeth a week the members;
tour Home
brovd has been sought fram ngo after giving up his £135 a month job with the re- lo countries each have
the people concerned for Millionarios Club in Bogota, Columbia. presentatives and South Africe. It is expected, New Zealand and Australia one to provide accommodation for
2,000 to 4 000 spectators,
euch.
NEW LAWS PROPOSED
11
however
Ad-
"I've just changed my lust dollar into English money, mission charges will be $25 for and I've got exactly £28 in the world." he said. "I am ringride and $10 and $5 for very glad to be back. I do not think I shall venture: out
other seats
Services personnel admitted charges
will
again."
br
He hopes to get back above at half the
English
football as soon and will apply An invitation
ex- possible has been tended to the women members reinstatement [of the Hongkong Defence Force Association.
Many of the proposals alreatty before the Board deal with the revision of the serummage laws One wants to provide for effec- tive and uniform binding and to act as ticket sellers and us- "The other men in the for a complete overhaul in the
hereties.
the
ms,"
weekly players
into le rules of the Scottish FA to as join any other club-and that for rule would be enforced by all in the Football associations in membership with
the International Federation.
The case spotlights the need
Mithonarlos to prohibit kneeling, crouching,
team just wouldtionship between clubs and The first baut starts 12 0
he said. and swinging by the hooker;
not play with
players. p.m. and the whole programme "Mort of them were Argen other that all three front-row will be conducted under
They
transfer system. English daw
Scrap the men should bind firmly and re- rules of the Aunateur Boxing tinians.
and they Scrap the maximum players coming out,
Let system. nula bound until the ball is Association.
Lot frightened about their jobs. wge
I arrange their own contracts cut of the Scrummage and u
Just did not get the posses. was deliberately starved out of with the clubs of their choice to curb the wing- third trics
the game."
at the best wage they can get. op forwards and to thrust blsferword, who has done so much
BACK TO FIRST LOVES feet anywhere once the ball has to prevent open play, by taking any player to Dwed the feet of the outside it illegal for
Two athletes have relinquish- man of the second row-in advance beyond the centre line
ed versatility to concentrate on Britain it
the Is
front-rowut the serum until the ball is
UTC Jack They Arst loves, rnan--and to heel through the
Pentathlon out.
Lumaine, British
o. W. Elliott, side of the scrum.
and champion, who represented Britain in the European Decathlon.
pro-
At the moment there is Another revolutionary nothing in the laws to say when posal is that substitutes should the ball is legally out of the
scrum, and this development a the opposing
Dramatic Changes
FINAL CALLOVER ON
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE
London, Oct: 21.
there
CRC TENNIS
TOURNEY
The following were the results tennis of the open hardcourt played at the Chinese Recrea- tion Club yesterday:
David King and Cyril Kole- wall beat Ne Kam-chun and M. Mn 6-1, 0-24
Held that be broke the contract originally though it was eventually terminated by mutual consent The club paid
la passage home.
in
be allowed for Injured players z. L. Sla and Gordon Tann beat not know what I up lo, but not including half-y Fung and Lau King 6-0, 6-4. time.
I feel cure
15 S., Tao and Pang 1-lam best Chol ik woon and N. Pun 6-0, bound to be much opposition to -0.
Chung Wing-kwong and Cheung this from the more conservative Tin-shu drew with Ho Ka-lau and
set bo wel-Daniel Chan with one
each. cheles, but it would fcomed by the public generally. The game will be continued
MONDAY'S RESULTS The resulta of Men's singles Far too many Important games have been ruined as a spectacle fenal) played at Chinese Reecrea
tion Club on Monday were and a proper tris' of strength fellowa by an early injury.
England
weck.
NO HOME-NO JOB "Now I have no home, no job and no monty," he said. "I do
L, above all, a Lumsdaing nim going to Maybe Everton will put | swimmer; In the 200 yards for the pentathion ho crawls me on the transfer list.
Higgins looked very fit and first third and does the rest on other Of the four loosely niting his back. smart American style sports coat and sports-riding, runting, shoaling dislikes only teened to have put on weight and fencing-he this
210 c'mnot says His son, Billy, wore a cowboy running, outfit bought in New York and understand how anyone could
carried an take up this tormenti daughter Helen American doll almost as large pleasure. as herzelt.
Elliott played for the English Public Schools as rugby full- back before making the pole vault chief of his 10 decathlon phases. Three years
ago he
Choy Tin-wah lost to George Choa 14-0, 4-1: Edwin Tri beat .C.A. had two forwards out of action at 0-1 0-0: Y.P. Trui beat T.
SOCCER REVOLUTION?
for all practical purposes against za 6-2, 6-1; Wong Sub-k! beat Molan It looks as though the whole Bookmakers shuffled the Cambridgeshire prices at Wales at Twickenham last year, Chan 0-2, 7-3 and Chor T-kin rystem of soccer contracts, as the Victoria Club hero toni rht but
und Ireland had up pi-y and beat D. Lo 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. ahurt for mast of the match dramatic changes in the final callover.
Socrates
remained à 0 to 1 nearest
favourite and
market rivals Rock, Kelling
Jul
werd Fastnet and Hyperbole,
all at 100 to 9, nearly twice the favourlie's odds.
Thirteen horses were quoted and all were backed in a fairly
Flush Royal string market. Zina, Perkoope III, Tribal Song nod Misty. Light were steady but Burnt Brown and Valdesco wenkened to 100 to 6 from 100 to 7 and 35 to 1 from 28 to 1 respectively.
a strong
there
were no
THE QUOTATIONS
The quotations were;
0 to 1 Socrates,
100 to 9 Fastnet Rock, Keling
and Hyperbole,
100 to B Zina,
100 to 6 Burnt Brown Stormy Petrol
20 to 1 Flush Royal,
da to
1 Perlscope III,
bal Song and Misty Light.
40 to 1 any ather-Reuter,
SCRATCHED
and
against Bogland. The Army Cup final between the Catterick Signals and the RAMC promised to be an outstanding struggle, but the Medicals had two quick casualties and the result was a deary procession of tries
I also.ke the suggestion that no player shall represent country unless he is
Д
native by
Barry Apply
33 to 1 Valdesco, Avocet, Tri-birth, or one of his parents in a native, or he has resided in that country for at least five years.
the situation At present farcient, and in recent season, London, Oct, 24,
we have seen England, the tem-
home of
mony Owing to the firm state of the potary
students,
felding | TRẤT MAKES 91% AND callover to 100 to 0 following i ro'ng at Newmarket, the trainer Dominion
South Africana and MARE PENCE YOU ONE", MI. DEAR the announcement that Epha of Newton Heath stated today several
L KNEW YOU WOULDN'T. WON 40 Smith would ride her in "pro that his 'charge will not run in Australians, and one. New Zea- forence
fo her tablo com tomorrow's Cambridgeshire Han-lander who had been an All DIDN'T (POST YOUR COUPON
dicap/Router. panion, Tribel. Bong.
Black six months earlier.
Stormy Petrel' was order from 18 to 1 at the last
30
well as the rules of the Scoilish
will Football Association, challenged by the action which East Fife players, George Aitken and Alan Brown, are proposing take in Edinburgh Court of Session.
for
gave up rugby en Geoff Dyson's advice, but has now reappeared in the Eastern Countries trials. LAST GAME FOR VILLA?
Trevor Welsh International Ford is to leave Aston Villa Several clubs, are interested
The Scottish players allege they are "in effect, prevented though Farid wants to return to from earning their living in their Walco-in liese are to be in-
15 Ford They are "pre-formed chown work." vented, "they say, because they "available for transfer."
do not want to play
Elfo and
the club refuse
for East to
players
transfer them. Tue Scottish
League upheld the club when
the
that
row
PRIVATE TOUR
Surrey
cricket capta kuj
WEEK-END
ZMESTVÉ
HOCKEY
isa pilaton Lezze
✔ Namida avt At 9.30am—YMCA
pro- The following is that!
and second gramme of division League hockey matches Regal, Navy No, # ground. Umpirem
or this week-end:
Flinto and Mah.
At 30 movere Argon "Hat.. Royal Navy No. 1 ground. Umpires: Wo K.G.M. Smith and A-
SATURDAY, OCTODES 2 Edin Dielion League -A1^4.20; p.res—Policɑ “A” y Arena }Aziz. round. at Bookunpoo
Umpires: {Maŋkhan Singh and G. B. dure-
vitela.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER N
I Division LeaguN
At 1100 a.m.-Dutch Pollen A** Bonkumpon round. Umpirest . D. Gurevich and I. Cula Mare
A1 11.00, MITKAAF v Univer My #1 Kal Tak ground. Umpires
At 11.09 -Hongkong Hockey /Ldr Mawillame and wo W..
'Thu | Michael Barton, is off on tourleby Royal Air Force, at Royal Padlay. appealed.
businessNavy No. 1 round. Umpires: Jart- players will seek to prove that to India-but, a.
Their retention is contrary 10 trip this time. However, heter inch and D.S.M. andars
BARRED BY RULES
As ratained players,
Aitken end Brown are not allowed by
Umpires are requested to, hand tra :he results of the games in whit
hey omelete, end also the Kilpatr AL 11,00 Argonnutæ "A" Fober to meal. Surrey colleagues
}MEP.1. Xavier, e/o Merers Calc Laurio Fishlock and Jim Laker Recrelo" at Police Trouand. Um Paper with names of the player, 200 und ace them in action with the
Dust and beck, Macquor & Co. KG, C [Aldridge.
Fload Hon Nang..on Monday, Colom Dominion cricketers.
-At-4:30 pm–—Recrsin ""B" y Royal | ber 30,- They három-aleo urenlidma Nary at Becrato ground... Umpirest. this.only bilinirutes delay sli -Londen Keprem Bervice) Mathan Singh and Aak, Büy