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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 8, 1988

OUR LONDON AIR MAIL SPORTS NEWS

England's Rugby Quest For Enterprising

Players-

The teams for the first English Rugby Union trial, England v. Possi- bles, which was played at Manchester on December 3 and which resulted in a win for the Possibles over England by 18 points to 7; were announced as follows:-

ENGLAND

'Gʻ A. Hosking (Birkenhead Park);

A. Obolensky (Rosslyn Park), B. E.

Nicholson (Harlequins), J. Har- rison (the Army and Rosslyn Park), and C. B. Holmes (Man- chester);

H. J. Kenyon (Coventry) and J. L.

Giles (Coventry);

H. F. Wheatley, Coventry), H. B. Toft (Waterloo), R. J. Longland (Northampton), A. Wheatley (Coventry), T. F. Huskisson (Old Merchant Taylors), J. T. W. Berry (Leicester), L, Man- field (Otley), and A. A. Brown (Exeter).

POSSIBLES

H. Pateman (Coventry); R. H. Guest (Liverpool University), J. Heaton (Waterloo), G. E. Hancock (Birkenhead Park) and F. G. Edwards (Birkenhead Park);

W. S. Kemble (Harlequins) and... J.

Ellis (Wakefield);

SATISFACTION FOR THE NORTH

Profit On Australian Test Tour

MANCHESTER TEST FIASCO SPOILS RECORD

HE net profit on the Australian tour of England last year

This was announced at the|

Tamounted to rough'y £42,000.

Board of Control meeting at Lord's.

Although not a record, the profit compares favourably. with| that of previous Australiän visits to this country, and but for the Manchester fiasco, when not a ball could be bowled, all past figures would easily have been beaten.

The distribution of profits was, made as follows:-

1990 to the M.C.C. and

each K. Test

county on whose ground matches were played, £1600 to each county on whose

K.C.C. LAWN BOWLS CLOSING

ground Test matches were not DAY RINKS FOR

played,

£220 to each minor county and SATURDAY

University:

Kowloon Cricket Club are holding|