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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1951.

SPEEDWAY'S MATCH RACE CHAMPION

'I'D PICK LEN HUTTON TO LEAD ENGLAND'

-Says HERBERT SUTCLIFFE

If England's lost cricketing prestige is to be recovered-and what is more necessary?—those in command have to concentrate on finding the best team in the land, and if this is done, without fear or favour, there will be few players under the age of 30.

Now, at a time when there are so many calls for youth, such a statement may seem very surprising but a revival cannot be brought about, to my mind, by the inclusion of young and inexperienced players.

Generally speaking. a first-class bowler in this country is at his best between 28 and 38. My own experience has proved this over and over again, because, from a batsman's viewpoint, I have found that a young bowler, however promising. he may appear, presents few difficulties to a really good batsman because of his lack of experience.

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TWO TESTS THEN EXPERIMENT

There, —-recko-itakes_ve_or_six down the peculiarities of all the

'real then are the years to put a bowler in the top bowlers,

fundamentals of revival-Now- rank of county layers, for it kin' muster them all, of where do we begin in a playing takes all of that time to learn the, | course, Certsin ones always sense this summer? weaknesses of all the batsmen [caused me a great deal of thought

First

all, there's the he is likely to face. And unless (and difleulty, but I feel that my captaincy, which I should dn- is armed with Thirt ex- town experionEL is something doubtedly give to Freddy Brown. perienes, he is unlikely to find wich all player's of repute whose command and all-round a vulnerable spot and so claim would agree as common ground, play on the recent Australian

victim.

There are exceptions to every tour Jeft nothing to be desired. The greatest expert of all intere

inevitably. Bradman All the same, it mist be borne rule. F U that direction was the brilliant | reigned supreme

niink that as the world's in

will be Freddy slow left-arm Bowler Wilfred Beading baismon for ronny considered too old when, in 1853, Rhodes, who knew the short-years, and like Len Hutton upon Australia will be here in de- comings of every player and whom Sir Don's mantle of fence of the

the Ashes they have made the most of them. Granted greatness has now falleg, he held for too long. the spark of genius was there, developed early. but for all that Wilfred's position

In fact, Fulton, at the age of of supremacy was only uttained after years of bartl work and 13, was fully qualified in every before and way to play for England. His concentration, bath after he had become a regular skill, the polished execution of member of Yorkshire and Engels strokes, his superb defence, his ability to fght-how Im- portant that ist-and the obvious touch of genius prompted me to was good say that, at 14, he enough to play for most county sides. i think I can

Brudinon and cause his by continual attack discoveries of an era.

will: bu others, for sure, but it

uf is

solemn duty the themselves selecturs to satisfy beyond any doubt that a young player possesses all the attributes of a top-cluss plaver

before selecting him to play for Eng: land.

land teams.

Savi

Many times as the incoming batsinan has deported the shades of the pavillon.

I have heard Ithodes

fellow's weakness is on the leg stick, and downfall there,"

In nine cases uuten his samning-up proved to be dead right.

Fast howlers of the Harold Larwood-Ray Lindwall type, are at their best between the 25 to 35 year mark. For batsmen,

I feel that can cite my own

Hutton were There

am all for choosing the cast. My most successful years youngster if he is good enough, were between the ages of 29 and whether he represents Oxford or 44, with 35, 36, and 37 my peak Cambridge Universities

It took me five years Pudsey Congs, but if there is the

doubt about of first-class cricket to gal the slightest

his experience I needed. during capabilities he would not be In which time I set out to note | my team..

seasons.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

Ip Koon-hung Off Again To Play At Wimbledon

wise It would, therefore, be move it the selectors, after the first two Tests,

were to think ahead and experiment with Len Hutton, who must surely be a certainty for the England side for at least another six years,

My views about captaincy ore well known. I say the best team in the famil should be chosen, and when this has been done the son most Bited to

person captain the side-regardless of whether he's anteur

or pro- fessional-should be appointed.

By

the same token 1 feel

that professional skippers of county sides would help to raise the standard of our cricket for i am cunvinced there are pro- fessionals in every leum capable of leading county sides equally as well, if not better, than some amateurs.

Tom Dultery has been a great success us Warwickshire captain, and I am

I am delighted to know that Denis Compton is being given a chance with Middlesex, along with live-wire Bill Edrich, ü fine player, who was missed greatly in Australia last winter. STRATEGY IS VITAL

And what of Godfrey Evans,

Jack Parker, 46-year-old Speedway Captain of England and Belle Vue, re- gained the British Match Race Championship at West Ham when he beat West Ham's Australian star, Aub Lawson, in two ́straight runs when they met in the second leg.

In beating Lawson, Parker clocked 75 seconds to clip 1.4 seconds off the four- lap record for the quarter-mile West Ham circuit which he established in 1948.

Photo shows Aub Lawson (in front) taking Jack Parker round the track on his machine after the match race.

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whose position behind the stumps KEN SMITH & JOHN G. DRUMMOND Show Talking

must surely qualify him to be one of the best judges? He could certainly keep his fingers on the pulse of any match, and ap- preciate any development in the wicket

In the play of opposing batsmen.

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That question of captaincy is, an all-important to my mind, keen interest in the actor, Jp Koon-lung, the Colony taking a

because on many oc- triple

for casions champion, will choice of Hongkong's team tennis

It has been proved leave for England via Amster the forthcoming unofficial inter-con doubt that

beyond

brilliant dam on Friday by air to make port match with the Philippines, strategy on the part of a skipper his second appearance in the Writing under the pen-name of has been the deciding factor in Wimbledon Championships,

P.C., the correspondent express-

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a closely-contested game,

Among

honours.

Is There A British

Film

TAVING

H horn

tooted

Industry?

Twickenham Our chester,

of

making

of Walt

WE

he is an

twiddle on the fiddle for the has food" here and actor for whom we have an im-

Ip will take part in theed his failure to understand my

other players likely Bristat and Sutton Coldfield reasoning why H.T. Heah should Championship.

being the holder be excluded from the singles to-represent-England-this-sum- favourite of

and ain't enough morons to go round of the latter title, before play-line-up just beenuse he has not mer I make a strong

well up at Wimbledon.

taken part in any Colony Singles Jack Ikin. Three years

so heartily ccle- Welwyn studios since the slump for both of us to make a living." EXPECTED that In the averages, he followed with will championship yet. The Colony Champion

ip British production has closel performances

the triumph for brating

their doors.

the gloom enfolding us also take

na wen part in the Doubles,

Commonwealth in India and British theatre in Festival

THERE IS THE odd

would be dispersed by but is not certain vet who his

In the choles of badminton Ceylon, and the fact that he has Year, we thought it would

crumb

consolation Alec Guinness's Hamlet at the partner will be. According to

started the new term

Disney is New Theatre, since about. ip, he will probably partner the ail tennis players for represen.

to give a promising young Indian player. tative matches as in the Thomas brilliantly indicates that he is he only fair Shvrenguivel who is now resid-Cup and Davis Cup, the policy now at the peak of is career.

from calling on modest admiration. Reg Simpson's fine 152 in the film industry..

His method and Ing in England.

Errol Flynn or any other tradi- adopted by different governing

approach to indies has invariably been to final Test t Melbourne kept

We have tried. We have tional Sherwood Forester from the interpretation of a great role

is Intellectual rather than emo Some interesting results were choose their teams from those him in the running for further produced in last Saturday's Lawn who have taken

and their part in

both

Denis raked and scrabbled around California.

He is not only using Richard tional and while we anticipated Bewis League matches. While respective National champion- Compton and Cyril Wushbrook, in-search of something

Todd, Joan Rice and an all-no flashes of lightning such as British supporting cast. but illuminate an Olivier the main attention was focussed ships and also participated in at despite their fallures, must be shout about but, with

per- certain

So miust of considered. on the battle of the giants - Icast

number

forward dares even to use a Britishformance we looked tween Recreta. "Blues" and in-ccognised competitive tournaGraveney, who is a real forcing best will in the world.

with confidence to a stimulating director-Ken Annakin, could not raise a cheer. dian Recreation Crib in the first ments during the season prior batsman,

In fact, as far as we can indignity

That will

partly offset the and absorbing evening. division, Kowloon Cricket Club to the selection. Average form,

All- seeing second

wearly team

curned match temperament gained from

soc, there is no British film American team muke that most the distinction

of the themselves

number of competitive

British ol

"Charley's farces, rest be industry in Festival Year. scoring the rst century in matches and general fitness are bowler will probably

and Jim

and Aunt," within a few miles of the studios are aggregate shots in their match considered more important than tween Rov Tattersall agains: Hongkong Football Club, current form which may just be the first Test may well decide.

Laker, and performances prior cameras an technicians and place where it was written, and property men; films are being help us to grin and bear Robert falling short, by only two shots. Bash in the pan. This was performed,

feat

Alec Bedser will be one of the made which will, no doubt, be and Elizabeth Taylor and their American company interpreting think, only twles last season.

Arst selections, but who is to labelled "British." But let us Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" attion and performance Was

not delude ourselves. The Hollywood Army of Occupa- tion is in command,

In the same match, G. Lee's

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Tom

TATTERSALL OR LAKER? The choice of

off-spin an

of

In view of the fact that Hong-open with him? George Duck- rink chalked up 44 shots against kong hos so far not taken part worth speaks very

highly 11 by Dr Shaw's four, and in any international match, Kent fast bowler Fred Ridgway, white speculation was going on there has been as yet no fixed who is, I believe, about the whether this was recori ruling on this problem, and the quickest in the country. margin of win for a rink, the local Association

liberty

Division Recreio

at

rink to choose whosoever it pleases, Jenkieak googly bowler Roley

Tirird

may be one of the skipped

by S. A. Collace put up But the question is "Will it be potentials, but the problem the better score of 43-7 against sound policy on the Association's which will provide most food the Craigengower rink skipped part to include

is the left-arm a player who for thought by M. J. Medina.

has not been seen in action in bowler." Making

for this over a recognised tournament game?" up

Bab Berry, showed excellent whelming score against them. If the result of one trial match form for period last year, and the Valley Club retaliated with should be given all considera- his failure in Australia was a the test of scoring an 8 on one tion, the fact that Heah got the mystery to many good judges. head. C. W. Lam the CCC ship better of Raman Young in the But make no mistake about it, right away

called for drinks all round. Incidentally the only first trial match and then lost Australian

After

to C. K. Lee in

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Films made by American com- American capital panies with

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Elstree,

tion

of

STARS 'TEST'

GOLDEN

THE

We still can scarce believe that, with Guinness is com- mand, anticipation and realisı. tion could be separated by such a gulf of aching, mixer. able boreddm.

Everything about this produc-

wrong. It was under-lit, over- dressed, frequently inaudible and entirely lacking in coherence,

There

here was no consistency in Alec Guinness's interpretation of Hamlet's character; he spoke the verse without poetry and-- Incredibly for him-often with out meaning. It was all too bad to be true and we shall return in hope of betler things.

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NOTICE TO MEMBERS

SIXTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 2nd June, 1951

CLUB

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BY ORDER,

ERA and Immediately and American producers, direc-★ during tors, stars and script writers are

after the war, when American films. whether they British films and British actors are made

or were winning artistle recogni in Britain Baluchistan.

all over the world, has vanished. ned. TWO ONLY

And while the American brigade KORDA IS FLYING the

is in action in our Union Jack down at

either studios, British stars Shepperton studio 9.. return to the theatre or den- cribe themselves as "resting"

which is the expensive way of saying unemployed. The list of missing persons in- ludes Margaret Lockwood, Jean Kent, Ann Todd, Phyllis Calvert,

of the Festival of Britain be- John Mills, Richard Atten-

Cause he had another simitar borough, Roger Livesey and the

giants Olivier, S

THE MAY HALF-YEARLY senle reproduction of the Paris and exhiblllon of Redgrave

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for

GENERAL The

MEETING of Secret People".

"....Sally Ann VOTING MEMBERS will be

NOTED AT RANDOM Magaret Lockwood joining the ranks of radio commeres. She'll be at the microphone in a now series "Wings of Seny

in June..... beginning

Thorold Dickinson skipping the opening

function on his hands-n-large-

But two studios do not make an industry, and elsewhere It is theatrical

Richardson, the Stars and Stripes for ever,

call the studio roli, Guinness, Let's American companies and/or sur "rest" may be permanent.

For one or two of them the Howes taking cooking lessons are or soon will be in

At Kempinski's and

and then watch-

st

Elstree, Denham, Teddington

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customers eat her

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKET CLUB

6. A. BLEAP,

Secretary.

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS

Coplos

of photographs

held at the Club House, taken by the South China Happy Valley, on Wednesday,

work. Her recallly fan 30th May, 1961, at G.30 p.m.

where he is making the Florence wickets can

be Nightingale story "Lady With shockingly the second

discouraging to i

The Lamp" with Anna Neagle 8 last year was also scored by a triat match should make Hong-bowler of

Berry type, as the CCC Third Division rink playing kong's singles Une-up something even

and Michael Wilding; at Pine- Wilfred Rhodes and cainst KCC.

wood, Rank starts tomorrow on. It would not be a bad idea, H. T. Heah (second singles) and

lite: C. K. Lee (first singles), Hedley Verity realised.

the new

Somerset Maugham VERITY HAD THE EDGE

liim," "Encore." suggest some of our potential Ramon Young (third singles), Verity's height gave hlm century scorers, if a special

big advantage, for he was able prize could be put up by the

to obtain more "ilft" than Asscalation for the record rink

Lastly the promotion of Rhodes or Berry. Healey had a score of the seafon.

Hongkong's badminton league further

pulla psychological three trial practice and open championships should one-In that Harold Larwood's ba take into consideration. expresses were not relished by matches, the Hongkong Bad-

of the Aus- minton

Association Selection Hongkong will very soon be ven- certain members

suring further into the

Hold tralian team, and when

WHEN facing

DID IT Committee will meet again to

ALL tes...Peter Finch, who used to of International

an competition Verity, in endeavour to

start to go wrong? When | be select

Australian Cattleman, day at 7

to p.m. Hongkong's interport teams to and unicas participation in the score as many runs as possible,

the British nim industry rounding up straying cows at daily invited to attend and China Mail Staff Phota÷ In the they took risks and lost their

abandoned the golden rule of meet the Phillipine contingent longue and championships

Denham for. "Robin Hood." absence of other

wickets.

"This above all, to thine own. Which, of course, is outside his participate in any discussion be made Comme llow many up-and-coming

self de

duties as the Sheriff of Notting- which may 'onsue. week.

true." A good number of spectators Interport

requirement

youngsters have I named? Not No Americans are to be seen: representatives, It really, for all the players I at Riverside, Southall, British for "universal appeal" and the

By Order of the 8 Stewards, were present at Inst Monday's

mentioned have served National, Isleworth, Bushey, worki and American market they saying One day you're mak- practice games held at Craigen- cannot hope for instance that have

S. A. SLEAP, power. Another practice match the Men's A Division League their all-important apprentice- Gato or Marylebone studios sowed the seeds of their own ing love to Arma Neagle, another will be held tonight at will ever have a sufficient ship. And they are the type but perhaps only because no destruction, bera

day to Glute Johns, another to

Secretary. number teams to got to with whom we must start to films are being made there today,

famous Margaret, Lockwood, then the started.

climb back. That revival wifi. And, of course, there are no American producer saying to us next day you're a far-Been." Hong Kong, 12th, May, 1951. come, but only experience will Americans at Highbury, Isling- at the time: "You guys are goitz Janow," said a will "But

ton, Shepherd's Bush, Man- to love out from now. There look where you has been",

duo

to arrive here any time this matches

the Club de Recreio,

*It ia gratifying to note that at Jeast one badminton enthudast in

of

“ARGONAUT." bring. It

Nettlefold and Exclusive studļos, Even Ealing, that British qutpost *of the roolistic, documentary ap- proach to film making, has had to Import a Hollywood,star, Valentina Cortesa.

An

When they decided to go out a well-known leading man

remember

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