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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 7, 1989.

WHEN FROGS HELD UP A TEST MATCH!

(By VINCENT BROME)

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RICKET is a sensitive sport if you players. Meanwhile a burly police think of it in terms of weather. officer, full of protective zeal, station- "Rain stopped play." The phrase has ed himself in the middle of the bow- become synonymous with the game. ling screen. One couldn't get annoy- But it is not always rain which dis-ed with him, Stil. less ask a station- turbs county and Test matches, ed policeman to move.

Frogs, newspapers, policemen and gesticulation. Bent on other matters, So they tried even wasps, have held up important the police officer took some time to cricket matches. The frog episode appreciate what it was was unique in cricket history.

all about. Eventually the bowling started once more.

It happened at Durban, South Afri- ca, during a Test Match. Durban de- termined that the pitch should be in perfect condition for their English visitors, and so the authorities pro- tected the wicket with tarpaulins.

On the opening day the sun shone brilliantly. Thousands of people watched Andy Sandham, the Surrey cricketer, go out to open the English innings, They saw a puzzled frown on his face as he received the first ball. The second ball, too, seemed to behave queerly.

Leicester-

When Lancashire met shire at Nelson some years ago, the simple tolling of a bell put the game out of action. Lancashire had a very considerable lead. When a bell rang across the pitch the two Lancashire batsmen exchanged a look. skipper had decided to declare.

So the A pity maybe.

off the field. Major Lionel Green, Both sides slowly made their way skipper of Lancashire, looked puzzl- ed. When he heard that he had de- Then Sandham moved a couple of clared the paces down the pitch and fingered amazed. No bell had been rung on innings closed, he was the turf. It moved under his touch. his instruction. There was a moment Something soft and green gave a of puzzled debate. Then they disco- sudden hop-it was a frog. There vered what had happened. A pass- were dozens of them, all crouching ing muffin man had brought the game together, panting a little, but almost to a standstill! indistinguishable from the

green

turf.

They had crawled under the tar- paulin the previous night. Each ball, as it hit them, did terrible damage and also failed to rise properly.

They were extremely small frogs. and they played high-jinks with the groundsmen who tried them. Finally they collected three pails full.

to

remove

NEWSPAPER DISTURBANCE Newspapers had an even more dis-

When the history of modern cricket interesting part, But so will frogs, comes to be written rain will play an newspapers and muffin bells.

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CYCLING MEET PROGRAMME

SPORTS PARADE

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K.B.G.C. ANNUAL

TOURNEY RESULTS

Following are

Kowloon Bowling Green Club tournament results to date:

Macfarlane

gistered their seventh win in a row when they again beat Police by 52 shots, which is two shots less than Tai-

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP koo's record home win over themselves, beat Logan 21 to 14; Gill beat Woods

Preliminary Round: N. J. Bebbington recorded his third suc- 22 to 4; Robson beat White 21 to 19; cessive win, while A, Brooksbank won Cheesman beat Walker 21 to 5; Pope again he started off the season with beat K. C. Hamilton 21 to 20; Searle three defeats and has dropped only beat Hall 21 to 19; Dinnen beat Organ one point in the subsequent eight games.

21 to 11; Dardie beat Turpin 23 to 12; Waterton beat Harrower 21 to 16; Meyer beat Hamilton 21 to Calman beat Fraser 21 to 12; Morton 18; beat Peckham 22 to 19; Phillips beat 21 to 13; Drake beat M bent Lapsley 21 to 10; Drow beat Hodder

G.

8; and Bicknell beat Clemo 21 to 14.

The following drew byes:-Nish, Duncan, Atkin, Ferguson, Nissim, Deacon, Russell,

Groves,

and

́G. S. THOMPSON performed well B. E. Maughan by 6 shots to record his third win in as many games. W. H. B. Muskett won 37-19 against G. E. Bower, Costelho to follow up his earlier suc- ceas by 25-16 over the same player. White, Dixon, Watson, Holland Hong Kong Football their third successive defeat when they.

Club sustained Lockhart. met K.C.C., for whom Jack Hirst is

PRESIDENT'S COMPETITION showing excellent form. Starting the season with three defeats, he has won er beat Turpin 21 to 11; Drake beat Drew beat Thompson 21 to 15; Bow- the seven subsequent games. On Satur- Cheesman 21 to 18; Meyer beat Groves day he beat J. Russell by 3 shots. H. 21 to 14; Lapsley beat Searle 21 to H. Pegg, beaten in the two previous 19; Logan beat Peckham 22 to 8; Gill matches, lost 28-20 to T. R. Carr. Kow-beat P. J. Hamilton 21 to 13; H. White loon Football Club were beaten for the beat Nissim 21 to 9; and Dixon beat third time in a row when they bowed Deacon 21 to 14. to K.B.G.C. by 34 shots. H. L. Lock- hart registered his eighth successive Pope, W. L. Walker, R. Duncan, H. The following drew byes:-Nish, win, while PJ. Hamilton, beaten in Bicknell, the two previous matches, again beat Beach, Morton, Maughan, Walker, Wa- Phillips, Dinnen, Hodder, Peter Morgan, by 8 shots-he won the terton, Calman, Hall and Harrower. first encounter by 17 shots. The K.F.C.

skips have been having a lean time, VICE-PRESIDENT'S COMPETITION, V. Petherick and Morgan having lost

turbing effect upon Notts., when they ovents down for decision this

The following is the full list of their last three games, and J. T. Smal- were playing Surrey at the Oval on noon, the second day of the First Open

after-ley his last four. one occasion. Towards the middle of Cycling Meeting at Caroline Hill:- the afternoon a sudden shower tem- porarily stopped play. batting at the time.

Notts. were

news-

1. One Mile Open Championship.

2. One Mile, Newcomers,

3. Quarter-mile, Ladies.

4. Two Miles Open Championship.

5. Two Miles, Schoolboys.

6. Two Miles, Newcomers.

7. Two Miles-H. B. special event.

8. One Milę, Military.

9. One Mile, Tandem.

10. 50 yards, slow.

11. 10 Minutes Team Pursuit.

12. Half-mile, Officials.

13. Five Miles Open Championship.

SKIPS CERTIFY TRANSPOSED BOWLS SCORE

the

Drew beat Hardie 21 to 13; Drake beat Lockhart 21. to 20; White Morton 21 to 9; Groves beat Turpin beat 21 to 12; H. White beat Robson 21 ̊ to 16; Meyer beat Nissim 21 to 0; Dun- can beat Spradbury 21 to 4; Thomp- son beat Bower 21 to 19; and Pope beat Deacon by 21 to 18.

The following drew byes:-Nish, W. L. Walker, Scarle, Bicknell, Phillips, Dinnen, K. C. Hamilton, Waterton, Beach, Maughan, S. C. Walker, P. J. A. Hamilton, Dixon, Hall, Peckham, Harrower and Calman.

Everyone scampered for shelter. Some of the spectators left papers to keep their seats dry; others just left them lying about. They had no idea how disastrous it would prove. The shower gave over, but then a strong wind developed. The wrap- pers and newspapers began to whirl about while the umpires were inspect- ing the pitch. Yes, it was quite fit

NON-PRIZE WINNERS for play, but what about those news-

Despite the fact that both skips papers? By now they were flapping Judges:-Messrs. F. C. Young, H. F. rect, it

Officials for the Meeting include: had certified the card as being cor-Deacon beat C. Woods 21 to 7; P. J. Morton beat. S. C. Walker 21 to 8; all over the ground, and seemed tho-Hopkins, W. Flindt, A. McKellar, S. H. scores in the game between J. J. sim beat Organ 21 to 13, Pope beat roughly to enjoy their frolic.

now transpires that

A. Hamilton beat Thompson 21 to 17; Langstone, J. W. R. Coles, A. J. Rap-Basto and G. H. Cooper in the First Clemo 21 to 3: Atkins beat Dixon 21 With one, accord, spectators, umtis, A. Poi Eng Poh, C. Archer, F.

Calman beat Groves 21 to 18; Nis- pires and players helped out by Moore, E. T. W. Slay, C. L. Davies, J. Division game at Kowloon Dock be-to 8; Dinnen beat Hodder 21 to 6; and groundsmen began to clear away the J. King and V. C. Labrum. Starters tween Recreio litter. Then play restarted. Almost Messrs. F. Moore, C. Archer and J. W. were transposed.

"B" and K.D.R.C., immediately those news-sheets got R. Coles. Lap Scorers:-Messrs. E. T. up to their pranks again. Back they W. Slay and H. F. Hopkins. Time-keep-

The revised score came in sweeping array, urged on by era:-Messrs. J. J. King and W. Flindt. should therefore be

of the match

Pang, Robt. Yuen, N. B. Mohamed and Morrison beat Remedios Clerks of the Course: Messrs. R. V. Kempton lost to B. Basto P. J. Sherwood. Announcer: Mr. H. Cooper lost to J. J. Basto

the wind.

Soon George Gunn, the Notts bats man, was bewildered by them. How cou i you concentrate on the ball with those sheets flapping around? At Last he appealed to the umpire. Play was impossible under such con- ditions. And, for the first time in cricket history, newspapers stopped play for the day.

BARRACKING MENACE Barracking has played havoc with cricketers' nerves and more than once a game has been suspended until the barrage subsided. It happened at Trent Bridge, Singleton refused! point blank to play on until the spec- tators stopped their derisive com- ments.

Certainly there were some pene- trating shafts that day. When' the scoring came to a temporary stand- still some one in the stand called. "My recipe to stop scoring. Take a strenuous sit-down... "At that precise moment one of the players was sitting on his haunches looking half asleep.

Acroplanes are a stock, cause' of distraction particularly the advertising type. Stephenson sent down a fast ball on one occasion which caught Bradwan's toe. “He was hopping around holding it, when an aeroplano few over. Be- hind the aeroplane trailed a long streamer carrying the words

・・・・ for Bad feet the Bradman waved his hand towards it. The crowd roared. There was a quite considerable full in the while everybody enjoyed the and it took some little while bef the players settled down) work again.

ZEALOUS POLIC

Then there was the

England played.

Lord's. The Kin

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Lord.

Miss Doris Kotewall has kindly con- sented to present the awards.

Totals

Bower beat Beach 21' to 12.

The following drew byes:-Bicknell and Peckham,

HANDICAP SINGLES Nissim (4) beat Bicknell (3) 21-20; .. 18-21 Russell (scr.) beat Logan (2) 21–14; 23-12 R. Duncan (scr.) beat Hamilton (3). 13-2521-11; Cheesman (1) beat Fraser

(scr.) 21-17; Randle (scr,) beat Mor- ton (4) 22-20; Dixon (2) beat Pope. 54-58(4): 21-18; Bower (2) beat Jeffries (6) 21-10; Hall (scr.) beat Thomp- son (4) 21-8; Watson (4) beat Ham- mond (4) 21-16; Hardie (2) beat Nish (1) 21-7; H. Shite (1) beat Din- nen (4) 21-8; Organ (5) beat Sprad- bury (6) 24-13; Groves (4) beat Walker (4) 21-11.

Drawing Left Foot Aside At Impact

By BEST BALL ·

No one realizes more than the golfer who commits the error how exasperating it is to draw the left foot aside inst at the moment of impact in golf. Apparently con- centrating on the guilty member in an effort to make it behave only emphasizes the fault. The men- tal and physical effort to keep the foot in place only leads to a more pronounced flinch. I In a messure It is the same ailment that effects the batter who instinctively ducks away from a fast ball, no matter whether it is crossing the outside corner or over the inside of the plate.

Obviously as little can be gain- ed by trying to make the body be have, a remedy must be followed which will act as a counter Irri- tant, so to speak, and neutralize the difficully. The cure lies in

Ining a straight right arm impact. The straight left has glorified by golfers for de- but the right also has its ad- ges in this instance. Such ure makes it imperative golfer, shove the club out- downward at the ball little chance under these

GRAPHIC GOLF

CURE FOR DRAWING LEFT FOOT

AWAY!!

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circumstances step as

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The following drew byes:-Robson (2), Searle (8), Atkins (3), Phillips (1), Turpin (4), Hodder (5), Drake (1), Waterton (2), Clemo (6), Deacon (4), Calman (2), Chester-Woods (6), Harrower (6), Lockhart (8),"

HANDICAP DOUBLES

Pope and R. Duncan (2) beat Logan and Hardie (2) 17—15; Morton and White (2): beat Sir A. MacGregor and Bicknell,(5) 23-16; Hamilton and Hol- land (2) beat Turpin and Groves (4) 18-17 Lockhart and Harrower (4) beat Organ and Gill (2), 18-17. and Walker,

Deacon and Meyer (2), Hall and Nish (ser.) Hodder and Beach (4), Peckham and Watson (4), Cooper and Dinnen (4), Calman

and Cheesman (1). Hammond and Bower (4), Spradbury and Maughan (4),

The fou (1) New byes: Phillips

TWO SOUTH CHINA SUCCESSES

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