1951-05-01 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1951,

POINT WELL TAKEN

ENGLAND'S CRICKET CLUBS CAN'T FIND ENOUGH YOUNG PLAYERS

Says BRUCE HARRIS

Wanted by cricket clubs everywhere-young players. There is a serious dearth of them, threatening the future, not only of the clubs, but of the counties and the England team itself.

If we are ever to hold our own with Australia our clubs must flourish like those

which have produced their Hassetts, Lind walls and Millers.

Dozens of clubs in and near London have the same experience. Even some of the best are advertising for players. If they do not get enough recruits, sooner or later clubs will he faced with crisis, even disbandment.

Let me quote the experience who ought to ke bringing new of one. Brondesbury, who, by power into ehib cricket stay the way made £50 profit off outside.

season despite an expen- Last diture of £1,800,

Their summer tour

in Sussex. In the old days it was poxible to arrange holiday ixtures down there every day of the week. This year 35 re- fusals have been received by club

winch Brondesbury wants to play on a Friday in June.

35 OR OLDER

League cricket does not ap- peal to numbers of senior club

game players who like their

carefree. Various remedies every to be sporting and

the But It has this advantage — except reely, in fact,

rising players promising one-are being that it makes most

South. keen. Without it Australia tried by clubs in the

Mid- would have been a For example, the North

easier class cricket power. dlesex Club has made payments possible by bringing she has not lost down the subscription from 24 us since 1033.

is 48. 1 10s.. the balance

to inade up by charging ench man match #home taking pari in

24.. and in an away one 1s. This means that man play- of the matches In club after clubs une hearsing ih most

the 4s. Bui of pays about £4 the most of the members

extent tem- first elevens are senior enough wind is to some

be- before pered to the shom tamb to have been

cause he does not pay a blg subscription in a lump sum,

playing

the war-men of 33 or even much older. There are various reasons:

Eames,

Cricket, like other hay become too expeтktive for many young devs.

OTHER REMEDIES

remedies Other

colls' ALE elevens and more matches against

schools,

which

But most important of

taken Milliary service hus lads out of the game and they prospective nurseries. are unly to likely to unit.

THS.

remain

arc

all remedies, auct One steadily Competition of other sports, ignored, is the development of cricket 371 especially golf and lawn ten-league, or penuant

the Sonili, as it exists in Aus- that tratin. I am. convinced And-unhappily-youthful in- to cricket

once the real competitive spirit Ds *

is aroused in cricket the peal to youth will be streng- thened,

difference national game,

Add up all these and the re- suM is that hundreds of kids

HOME SOCCER

NORWICH CITY'S CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES FADE

London, Apr. 30.

ap-

Norwich City's slim chance of the Third Division (Southern) Championship faded today as they drew their away match 3-3 with Bristol Rovers. They are now two points behind Notts Forest, who have three games left to play as against City's one.

45 1 25 53 85 25

second- As it is rubber 10

--(London Express Servicel

Hendon FC Leave London On May 6

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, Apr. 30. Hendon FC leave by alr for Hongkong on Sunday (May 6)-the day after they meet Bromley in the Final of the London Senior Cup.

Roland Minson (11) of Brigham Young drops the ball through the hoop despite the frenzied defensive efforts of St. Louis' Bob Koch and Ray Sonnenberg (45) in the quarter-finals of the National Invitation Tourna ment in New York. Looking on is Mel Hutchins (14) of the Cougars. Minson led BYU to a 75-58 upset win.

The Inside View Of A Modern Commercial Soccer Transfer Is A Fascinating Picture

Says ARCHIE QUICK

The inside view of a modern commercial footbull transfer makea n fascinating picture.

Brighton and Hove Albion were at home, lo Newport County, Nothing less exciting than that could be imagined. Brighton won 9-1 and the outstanding player by far was their inside-right, Jimmy McNichol. He scored. four goals, two of them from 30 yards, first with one foot and then with the other. They were the best long-distance affairs I have seen this season.

Britain's Amateur Golf Will

The Test Again Be Put To The In The Walker Cup Match

Says PETER DITTON

London.

Britain's Amateur Golf is again to be put to the Test on May 11 and 12. That Is when the American challenge for the third postwar Walker Cup competition will be made at Birkdale.

been

Since the war, with the exception of R. J. White, Britain has not produced any golfers capable of holding their own with the long-hitting, accurate-putting Ameri- cans. From Ireland the assistance of Sam McCready, Jimmy Bruen and Joe Carr has been recruited. These players have certainly put a little extra "back-bone" Into the British team. But generally speaking the Americans have reigned supreme.

their Ilving fossional golfer cannot afford to who mist carn Many excuses have put forward to account for the pay his assistant more than a from the game.

And apart Promoters of tournaments superiority of the Americans are living wagź.

profesionals are now putting up the enor- which dates back to pre-war from those fow days. The most widely offered who are among the big prize

mous sum of some £25,000 year, the bulk of which is go- in recent years has been that money winners, life is not as have not had attraolive as it was for those

hands of ing. into the

very British golfers

Law" says Crawley." "We may sumelent practice.

well ask the question, much do professional tourno- We ments benent the game? may well ask another: Is it sign of the times that one-well established tournament has been abandoned 1951. and will follow suit? other promoters One does not want to end on a I do think we sombre note shout be well advised to bear these things in mind."

because of

Burs white that might have

In 1947 and even heki good

it connot be applied any 1949, longer. It is perfectly true that geographical con- litions the Americans didn' lose as much "golfing-tim" 24 We did ching the war but we have had six years since in which to put matters to right.

AN EXPLANATION

Two New Clubs

In

Northern Rugby League

Leeds, Apr. 30. There will be two new

NOT TO DE IGNORED The Playfair Golf

How

Annual

I think probably the ragst satisfactory explanation of America's ROVIDE superiority clubs in the Northern Rugby with its review of the major

They Gok and certainty the most realistic League next senson.

who

today.

events of 1950 both In Britain nnd America,

Д

is that offered by former Wal- ker Cup player L. G. Crawley, are Doncaster and Cardiff, this

now one of the Walker who were elected at an ex-together with records of pre- Selectors.

enthusiast can afford ignore. traordinary general meeting our years, is a book no real Crising in the new Plasfair of League clubs in Leeds apart from the review by L. G Golf Annual for 1951 (Playfalt

Crawley, it contains an article

and Lid. 57 Haymarket. Books London SW.1., price 5A) he An application was also con- by Henry Longhurst

Sir Guy Campbell, for which alone deals at length with this par- sklered from Blackpool, but this contribution from

Was rejected. Tive League ticular subject.

Mr W. Fallowfield is worth obtaining. He points out that for one secretary.

Sir Guy, one of the most Blackpool delegates that thing there are far more golfers told the Black

famous of all golf in Amerion than In Bri- an application next year would

has laid out" the best ever be considered to be

if the tain. He likens

League has

famous of the

America

architects

various parts

Bach hole is in its

amount

the young brother which has were satisfied that the Club was course compiled from grown up into a Colossus from then actually in being and that holes in affairs country. small the

and frail infant

and Anuncing to ground

proper place in regard to its whom the

taught, were in order. game was

and each is ar- As one example he quotes the A Blackpool delegate, how home course

so that there is for the English ever, said that they would not ranged entry Agures

more than the normal Amateur Championship which be prepared to run a club in

of walking from green to tee are normally tween 200 and the coming season if they were box. He has taken six holes 250 and Aikens them to those not elected to the League, but from St. Andrews (Old Course), ifor the American Amateur once they were admitted there three from Hoylake, three

which range from upwards of was a certainty that they would Royal St. George's (Sandwich). twelve hundred.

the players they needed. got

and

one each from Portmar

Prest→ Both Doncaster and Cardiff neck, Muirfield, Deal,

Car have grounds capable of heiding wick, Westward Ho and

nousile. A "walk" around such 30,000 people and there is financial support of between a course is an entertainment in £0,000 and £7,000 for both itself. club. Their admission means that there will be 31 clube in Shan the Rugby League next season.

Says Crawley: "I believe that jin years to come, as in the past, we shall be compelled to bow to the superiority of Ame- rican golfers and more often perhaps to American

teams than to American individuals

From me to lime we shall

win a Walker, a Ryder or a Reuter. curtis Cup and occasionally we shall be thrilled and

dom,

Rugger

Results

Redruth 18, Falmouth 0.

Te-

another Cotton, another Tolley or another Ms Wethered. But,

ww:eigh:

of Big business went into action at once. Two Portsmouth, directors, who were over the years,, the

numbers alone must easure there watching another player, immediately after the match called the Brighton American supremacy

London, Apr. 30. The following were the West Ham directors nside and made a firm bid of £16,000. Not to be outdone a

However unpalatable this to Britain's golf en-

sults of rugger games played representative who was present dived for the telephone, but Manager Ted Fenton may be

today: recognised said he was not interested at that price. My own view is that on present day valun-thusiasts, it has to be

RUGBY UNION 23 containing a wealth of wis- tion he is worth £20,000.

Bridgewater & Albion B. And

equally wisely toes Weston Super Mare 8. ness to sign for them with sub- the vague but frequently ex-Crowley deal with the ques»

Cross Keys 3, Neath 0. stantial but illegal payments.” pressed views of laymen that tion of professional golf in Bri-Pontypool 3, Newport 131.

According to the Survey, professional football is a rac- tain. He says that the war three hundred League playersket."

began u one generation of get the maximum wage of £12 a

For my part, I can only say professionals began to decline week, about a thousand get £9 that on the fields of Britain it and that for six years there | 11. or more and about 2,000 be- is the straightest game in the were no new recruits: tween £9 and £3,

►}world, with the accent on the Since the Plus win and field. bonus of £2 for for a draw. Personally, I do not know from where they get their figures, for clubs are very chary of divulging their salary lists, Anyhow, there are only 1,012 first team players in the League on any one Saturday afternoon. The Survey pays tribute to the

Machester City, with a draw away against Notts County, assured themselves of promotion to the First Division. Though Cardilf may still catch up on points,

Then domestic troubles began. Manchester City are too far ahead on goal average.

Since Bill Lane took over at Southport in Third Division Watford

Crystal Pal 44 # 11 25 22 70 27 Brighton from Don Welsh-he is still only acting manager-- (Northern) breathed easier after

one only Brighton have lost. 3-1. away

Third Division (Northern) victory against

match in the last 19. Lane sold he was prepared to put on his hat and walk out if McNichol went.

"He is my main plank" sald Lane. "If he goes the centre of the team falls out. What is the good of getting £15,000 for him If we immediately start losing money on decreased gates. And I shall have to find some in adequate substitute

ute for

Gateshead and are more com- Rotherham

than Halifax | Mansfield

One of Carlisle

Lincoln

fortably placed

Town and Accrington,

which three clubs will have to Traninere

upply

Division.

for re-admission

to the Bradford

The following were the re- sults of football matches play-

today:

SECOND DIVISION

Nuit County 0 Manchester C.

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN)

Bristol Rovers 3 Norwich City. Newport C Purt Vale

THIRD DIVISION

Bradford

Darlington

Gateshead

(NORTHERN)

Mansfield T.

Rotherham U

Bradford

Gateshead

Crewe Alexand Stockport

Rochdale Scunthorpe Chester

Wrexham

| Oldham

Hartlepools

York City

Barrow

Darlington

Southport

k

Bournemouths

* Exeter City

ย

Shrewsbury

Halifax Town

Accrington .....

Wrexham

1

New Brighton

Crewe A.

Southport

1

4

Shrewsbury T.

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Hibernians.....

0

Flangers

Dundee

Tears

1

Aberdeen

Partick

Cutle

Scunthorpe U. 3 Stockpart C.

Hibernian

Scottish League

Brighton &

Hove A. Chester String A

York City

D

Cekic

Other Matches

Colchester U.

1 Liverpool

Everton Doncaster R. Leeds United Southend U

-Reuter.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

Second Division

61

Preston N.E... 42 20 5 11 01 49 57 Manchester C.. 41 19 3 87 Koningham

:

Cardier

Leeds

Binokhumi

Coventry Brentford Shemelt U.

Dorienster

At Cit West Ham

·Southampton Barnsley Leicester

Notts C Quera's P.R.

Swansea

42 20 41 17

41 19

Luton

Chesterfield

Grimaby

50 03 27

Third Division (Southern)

Not F

Norwich Reading Plymouth Kristal R.

MILWAU Bouthend Ipswich Bournemouth Bristol City Newport Brighton Port Vale Exeter ....

Swindon

Leyton Orilerit

Torquay Waldni

Aldershot

23 ปี 44

D 46 02.

13 23 54 85 10 63 39 54 13 75 66 6

45 200 100 45 C

70 40 03 07 40 60 83 49 65

Brottish Division "A"

RARI Motherwell East File St Mirren

Morton Third Lanark Airdrie, Clydie

Falkirk

80 02 55

00 72 84

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That would cost £10,000," emcient manner in which foot- A director anid to me "We ball is organised in Great Bri- need money. We are not getting tain and says that the Football

Id

Football proper support from the public. Association

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the

We shall have 10 sell much as League do everything possible We disilke it.” Then the Chale to prevent infringements, but man issued a statement that the comments that there is a wide- club were not parting with Mc- | spread ballef that there are de- Nichol. I add the word "yet," vious ways in which clubs can So for the moment the tug-of- {infringe the rules other than by war rests: both sides "talking direct illegal payments. That is the strain."

100 per cent on the target any-

What a game it is! Just one way. long financial struggle between those that have and those that have not.

club

NAIVELY EXPRESSED

St Ives 3. Pontypridd 0. Torquay Athletic 0, Swansea

RUGBY LEAGUE war times have

Oldham 30, Rochdale Hor- changed and the ordinary pro- | nets 2.-Reuter.

MCC SELECTORS SHOULD GIVE

:

'INDIA-OR-ELSE' · WARNING

TO

THE TEST PROBABLES

Says HAROLD MAYES

Cricket's ahond, and real enthusiasts might be happy to know that the kids in the back-streets are chalking wickets on the walls in place of goal posts earlier than usual this year. Well, at least they're being far-sighted so what's wrong with the game's rulers being likewise.

(London Erpress Service)`

** Canna' tall the bill fram the.

hailstones!"

Floodlighting Helps England's Athletics

Success of floodlit meet- No, I don't want to see them with pieces of chalk on the wall at the back of ings opens up new possibili. Lord's pavilion. but I don't want them to hide from themselves the fact that all is ties of athletics. Clubs in not blooming in the cricket garden.

The following are the English very upset over the League rul- £35any players are woru{tralia. As the North couniryman

SATURDAY'S MATCHES

League fixtures May 5:

Division I

Derby

Chariton Chenco Portsmouth

Shemaid W. Sunderland Tutionbar

Doncaster

Full

Leeds

V Doltan

v Everton

Wolves

V Liverpool

Division II

v Shefeld V.

Luton

✔ Swahi

Manchester C. v Omby

Notis C.

Cueen's P., Bulumpton West Jum

Aldershot

Bosarvetnosth Bristol IL Colchester Glilingnam Ipswich Newport Norwich Southend.

Swindon Watford

V Leicester

fereo to ensure good order."

UNAVOIDABLE

at once

the London area might well consider forming a league

Inge.

Prince Of Fairies to promote evening meet-

Wins £12,000 Brisbane Cup

A competition along these lines has been enthusiastically received in the Midlands, where seven leading clubs will come pete this year for a Champion- ship Cup

by the Not-

Junghamchematice League

Brisbane, Apr. 30.- Bankstream, Sydney Cup mete one evening meeting

at

The Political and Economic This exciting ten-goal game Planning survey naively ex produced one unusual feature pressed the opinion that it is

There's a good deal of smug, had two successive visits from Both Brighton full backs scored doubtful whether from the pure complacency because England the Commonwealth team." goals-from two of the three ly business side of running won a Test-the lost-in Aus- penalties the game produced.

Take that as you like, but I The Newport directorate are

of increased in terms

admission BS Gr income they bring to the clubs, might say: "There's nowt to be interpret it

they lost that the tourists in Australia for Saturday, Ing that their match with pro-

Ask Chelsea who paid West smug about, because

believe, as I always did, that motion-seeking Norwich must Ham United £18,000 for Eric t'other four."

George Duckworth's combina- be replayed. They were loading

Now they're facolt with ation by youth and experienes 5-1 when the referee abandon Parsons and then saw him go

to hospital

after only four visit from the South Africans, would have tanned the pants oft: ed the game 20 minutes from

from games...

followed by a trip to India next.thom. Time owing to the ground condi

Each member club is to pro- winter, and I'm going to suggest tions. It is not fair to rival On the other hand, Nowcastle that the sides which will be

But I'm suggesting now that winner and today's which points will be allocated Nolls Forest" said the Chairman, United havo juggled with play-

MOC should ascertain picked this summer should be how many The public are upset too. Weers, buying and selling at an chosen not with the hope of re regard as possibles for India second place by Prince of all usual track and feld events. the players they favourite, was beaten into on a 321 basis for have asked for a different re-tastic prices, and the Geordies' mini

aining a little prestige at the approval seems to be indicated expense of the Springbolts, but would be willing to go.

average gates of 60,000, with a view to laying a solid

Fairies in the £A12,000 Club gaining most points at the end of the season wins the Football's social importanco

Those who say "No" should Brisbane Cup, · Australia's trophy. ne masa entertainment & ob-foundation beyond the Imme be scrubbed from the selectors' second richest horse race,

INCENTIVE. vious," the report goes on and diate future.

minds for this summer's games, run over two miles at Eagle therefore the conditions of ser

so that the men they actually Farm racecourse here..

Mr D. L. Woolcott, the fen- choose can be blooded with a

que secretary says: We hope definito, ayo' to the future.

Hidden by G. Bougoure, the to encourage athletes both men wage. It is too mucis to ask-of: Stanley Matthews playing before have just come back from Aus- they think they will have winner, owned by O. it. Porter, and women, to take up the won by three quarters of athletes, will gain experience less popular events. Unknown human nature that a profession tens of thousands of people for tralia have 110 intention at all to go to India with anything length after a brilliant thing and confidence by competing al who knows that a huge sum 12 a wood

of visiting India next winter, less than a 100 per cent. team. burst, has been

g received for.

The revision of existing con- In fact,. If they were all ap- they should tell the Indian his services should be content tracts between players and class, proached at this time. I doubt Board of Contról now, while

weil na na wet ne the controversial te- whether more than four of them there is still time to mate a Problematical

share of tention clause is urged and would answer in the affirmative. rangements for a thint Com These wards or not nport ko given to the Play

monwealth trip. mine but are contained in the

Union's proposal for new

One of them sold to the yes- drs recand Survey of Political and methots of dealing with mis-tenday T Tertainly shan't go. Commonwealth have put the third of 12 runners,

conduct on the fold and dis- I know that gook for "the" ima- game right back on the map in A crowd of 20,000 saw the dun arve. It should not be dim Economie Planningkaga

"Similarly there is a tempia puies between players and jority of the last too-Personal the act, In those circumstances race run on a fast track in the cult to form a league, and thus wee no point in going to couk (MCC) of all propie uford weather. The umewad three give them events an added sta wealthy, clubs, to show their ab

AND Survey

Reuter, i irrociation of a player's Triluma“, fonnt:ste neocoraty to quell side when that donning has just been done? Ja

(London Express Žetvická

▼ Bury

♥

Brentford

→ Cardist

v Torquay

V reading.

V Northampton

v Port Vale

Plymouth

v Bristol C

Y

Brton

V

Crystal Pal.'

A

Exeter

Notis 2,

✔ Waleall

Division II (North)

Bradford Chester Lampoin Manefield.

Shrewsbury Brockport

v.. Wrexham

V Bradford C.

▼ Crewe

V

Boutbre

V New Brighton

v Harkleppola

"Unauthorised payments offer- ed to and asked for by ble

money soccer players when they

vice for those who make their

are transferred are unavoidable livelihood by it should be of a

SCRUB THEM NOW-

so long as there is a maximum, high · standard.”" Shades of A number of the

Paid

with a £10 DECT and

men who

against Mr F. L. Batchelor's Bank-

top-class performers. The fact that even stream, who looked the winner

Coipe 50 yards from home, finished man to fatsh

point for a A short hond

front of his team sets as an incentive,

Evening Inter-club - matches Bohmkit's Nalspoor, who wAN

are frequently held in the Lon..

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sixth

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