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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 10, 1938.

ENGLAND FIFTEEN TAKING SHAPE

PROBLEMS FOR THE SELECTORS IN THE CENTRE

Ronnie Gerrard Or Freakes

Fullback As

HEATON'S OMISSION WAS INEXPLICABLE

(By HOWARD MARSHALL)

London, December 15.

LAWN TENNIS ROMANCE

Miss N. Lyle And Capt.

P. F. Glover To Marry

The Miss Nancy

London, December engagement of

M. Lyle, elder daughter of Sir Leonard Lyle, and Capt. Philip F. Glover, R.N., is announced to- day. The

marriage is to take

place in April.

Both are well known in the lawn tennis world. Miss Lyle represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup at Wimbledon and in New York. She was run- ner up to Miss Dorothy Round in the Australian singles cham- pionship of 1935. Capt. Glover, who is at the Admiralty, has

tournaments.

vote of censure, first of all, upon the weather,

which has upset our Rugby fixtures so unkind been successful at many British ly during the last fortnight. Rain we can toler- ate-forwards even welcome it at times but fog, frost and snow defeat even the most enthusiastic of teams.

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as he did Forrest in the University match. To my mind, this would be unwisely negative. Within reason, OXFORD HAVE HAD TO ABANDON - THEIR TOUR IN attack must be the first considera- SCOTLAND. THEIR FIRST TWO MATCHES HAD TO BE tion, though the centres are the de- breakwaters, and they SCRATCHED, AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO WAIT UNTIL fensive THE THIRD WAS CANCELLED. THIS WILL AT LEAST GIVE must, therefore, have some solidity

OXFORD PLAYERS CHOSEN FOR about them. A BREATHER TO THE NEXT SATURDAY'S TRIAL MATCH AT IPSWICH, BUT IT HAS NATURALLY CAUSED MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT IN SCOT- LAND.

DEFENSIVE STRENGTH England, at all events, have in- sisted for many years on defensive strength in the centre. Cranmer is Let us hope, at any rate, that the weather is reasonable at a case in point. He has his critics. Ipswich. This is the first time the Eastern Counties have had a His constructive play last year was representative match, and local interest, I gather, runs high. Tic-negligible. Even so, I suggest that kets are exceedingly scarce, and in all probability the Portman-England would have fared poorly

without him. road ground will be packed out.

This is encouraging, from the Rugby Union point of view, for trial matches have a missionary purpose, and the gospel should be worthily spread by the selected teams. I look forward to the game,

in fact, which is

of a sufficiently powerful side for unusual, since these preliminary the Cardiff encounter.

trials in are generally

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K.C.C. WINTER TENNIS TOURNEY RESULTS TO DATE

First Rounds Completed

The following are the results to date in the Kowloon Cricket Club Winter Tennis Tournament:

MIXED DOUBLES HANDICAP

1st Round-

D. Orr and Mrs. Knight (15) beat F. A. Fabell and Miss J. Nash (scr.)" 60, 26, 86, g

G. C. Burnett and Mrs. H. Crabb (-15-3/6) beat F. Malcolm and Mrs. A. Hazell (scr.) 6-3, 4-6-7-5,

R. S. Capell and Miss G. A. White (-15) beat R. Harding and Mrs. G. Clarke (scr.) 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

Byes Into 2nd Round.“.

H. Crabb and Mrs. G. A. White (scr.) · beat B. Palmertz and Mrs. N. Smeby (scr.) 9-7, 6———4.

A. G. Phillipens and Mrs. Coombs- (scr.) beat J. M. Ovans and Mrs. Bland- ford (scr.) 6–3, 6–1.

P. Coombs and Mrs. Kella (scr.) beat. D. Traill and Mrs. E. Williams (--15-3/6) 6 8, 6-4, 6-3.

B. Monks and Mrs. W. Old (3/6) beat W. M. Gittins and Mrs. D. Traill (-15) 6-4, 86.

Mrs.

G. A.-White and Mrs. G. C. Burnett (—15-3/6) beat G. E. Clark and Mrs.

1st Round 2----

Edwards A. Crawford and T. Madar (−15-3/6) 6-2, 7--5.

Marks (scr.) 2-6, 6-0, 7-5. (~15-3/6) beat N. Smeby and Mrs. R. E. C. and Mrs. Fincher (--15-3/6) given

W. o.

MEN'S DOUBLES HANDICAP

1st Round ---

J. M. Orang and A.. Grawford

Harding (scr.) 6–2, 6–3. (-16-3/6) beat N. W. Smeby and R. D. Orr and R. E. Lee (→→→3/6) beat D. Trail and F. Malcolm (scr.) 61,

W. M. Gitting and K. Brock (~3/6) beat F. A. Fabell and A. G. Phillipens (ser.) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

E. C. Fincher and B. Monks (—40) beat G. E. Clarke and E. Abraham (-15) on a w. b.

2

H. Crabb and G. C. Burnett (30) beat P. Coombs and J. S. Smith (--8/6) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

L. Jack and R. S. Capell (-15) beat A. E. Perry and G. A. White (3/6) 6—3, 9——7."

LADIES' DOUBLES HANDICAP

1st Round:

Mrs. G. C. Burnett and Miss J. Nash Mrs. G. A. White (-15-3/6) 9–7, 6–1,

(15-3/6) beat Mrs. E. Williams and

If you can name a centre who combines Cranmer's indefatigable covering and tackling with bril- hant attack, he is the man we want. In the meanwhile, the selectors are apparently content to leave Cran- mer here he is, and I do not doubt that he gives them a soothing feel- ing of security.

There is little margin for error capers

Chinks RETURN OF H. S. SEVER? the fullest sense of the word.

There may be changes here and in international football. We may expect that H. B. Toft there, Gerrard, for example, is not and crevices have to be stoutly will give the Probables plenty of entirely secure against the chal-stopped up. Let us have attack, by the ball, though W. B. Chadwick, lenge of Freakes, and the left-wing all means, but only if it carries the Cambridge hooker, is a special-position remains open because there with it the essential substratum of Byes Into 2nd Round ist of uncommon ability. I know is a chance that H. S. Sever may soundness. that to speak unconcernedly of return to representative football. I

lost Experiment at stand-off half is specialists is displeasing to the In-have heard that Sever has ternational Board, who have the some of his pace, but he was never more easily excused. Here daring interests of the game at heart, a particularly fast. He won England attack does matter more than de- phrase which drips off my pen of the championship last year by sheer fensive strength, though mid-field its own volition. We have to be determination. Momentum rather defence, where a stand-off half is realistic sometimes, though, for than speed is his strength, with concerned, does not end or even be hookers do exist, and the scrum-sound football sense behind It, gin with tackling. It is unfortun maging laws could be vastly sim-and it would be comforting to low plified if the hideous fact were re- that he was available. cognised,

PROBABLE CANDIDATES

Let England have the ball, and

heel it quickly, and the selectors may have some of their few re- maining doubts removed. Not for many years has an England team taken shape so inevitably. There are those who consider that the shape is not altogether pleasing or correct, but differences of opinion are inevitable. It would be possible, I think, to name now with tolerable certainty 11 or 12 of the players who will represent England against Wales.

REYNOLDS ILL

ate that F. J. Reynolds, just back from Malta, has been put out of action by jaundice, and we can hardly hope that he will be fit for the final trial.

Mrs. T. Madar and Mrs. R. Marks (15) beat Mrs. J. Sweeney and Mrs. D. Traill (15-3/6) 60, S6, 6-2,

Mrs. H. Crabb and Mrs. N. Smeby (scr.) beat Mrs. G. E. Clarke and Mrs. Kella (16) 6—2, 6—3.

1st Round:--:

Mrs. E. C. Fincher and Mrs. G. A. White (scr.) beat Mrs. Blandford and Mrs. Edwards (scr.) 6-4, 6-4.

CAPTAIN'S CUP AT FANLING

I-take it that E. J. Unwin will run Obolensky close for the right

R. S. Johnson, returning a card wing position, and the selectors

that he selectors of 82-12-70 qualified for the Cap- will have to choose between re- This means liability and brilliance. They have would scarcely be justified in pick-tain's Cup competition over the Old me problem in the centre, and I ing him for the Welsh match, so Course, at Fanling, during the past discovered, after a fruitless Jour that Kemble and Auty must fight week-end, from ney to see Yorkshire play Lanca- it out between them. shire at Manchester on Saturday, that our northern friends regard the omission of Heaton as inexpll-

cable and inexcusable.

FINEST CENTRE

field of 53 entries. Other scores were: H. "COCOANUT SHY”

Overy 91-18=73 and B. J. B. Moro Perhaps, on reflection, my guess han 90-17=78. at the shape of the England team

stand. It will at least serve you as

was a little premature, but let it CLUB HOCKEY The finest attacking centre a cocoanut shy, though you willXI TO MEET England, they say he is, and no one note that I have made no comment

that the England three- 8TH DESTROYERS will dispute his cleverness. When on the fact he last played for England, how-quarter line might contain three ever, against Scotland in 1985, he players named Obolensky, McRae I do not presume, let me add bardly struck his best form, thoug and Macdonald. hastily, to know the selectors in club and county football he was It is possibly better to let sleep

ing dogs lie, and although many minds, but the deductions are fair- irrepressible.

The Gerrard, Obolensky. ly obvious.

controversy over Heaton readers have proved their powers Cranmer, McRae, Kemble, Giles, raises important issues. It might of irony over this qualification pro V M. Benwall: R. L. Wallace and E. should blem, not one of the has provided. Reeds R. A. Bates, W. Reed and J. Longland, Toft H alley, Hus be argued that England

D. R. Divett (Capt.) 8.1. Bickford and 2. Potter S. Fowler Whitley, G. AN, Other,

kisson, A.Whe

Weston and play Freakes in the centre against me with a satisfactory definition of Thompson would form the nucleus I Wales, and let him destroy Wooller Inationality,

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