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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1951.

Unenterprising Play May Lead To Reforms In County Cricket

By “ALL-ROUNDER”.

Dall, umenterprising play and dwindling gates in County ericket, which have been more marked this summer than in any post-war senson, may well lead to some reforms in the most conservative of all, British sports. Already one County com- mittee has been stirred to belated action. Two recent incidents have served lo spotlight the growing dissatisfaction,

At Old Trafford against Lauenshire, South African batsmen were slow- hamlekpped for their lack of enterprise on an enay-paced wicket, and one of the tourists sat down on the pitch, refused to go on batting until it had subsided, and

It is an unfor- then apologised through the press after the day's play was over. tunate fact that the tourists have at times given the impression that they are not particularly concerned about pressing these county fixtures to a definite decision. Only one of their first ten County games (against Glamorgan at Cardiff) was not left drawn.

Suon after came that historic over at Trent Bridge.

1. Smpson, the Naits atst England's No. 3

"The

batsmen made no at per got a wicket ton. bowling

make strokes.* when H. tempt

he, his counterpart, Meads! skipper (vomplained later, "and this w This ridiculous game gonded caused a the sort of thing funt is killing, the Notts committee into action, ejericitet and it simply has got tojant immediately after, they an- Retention by Lowling an over

be stopped. The reliet Ron & his rival capitain, ber

www.muuneed that a sub-runmiltec Walt Woulder of Glamorgan, as a becoming a ridiculous farve." had been appointed with foll Resture against the visitors 12 Wooller, surely one of the powers to slead with the speed- Pas in 15 overs on a plumb, mast adventurais

of zat eliantil-kart-up of the wokets, wicket perfect

the day captains, retorted that However, slow play and dis-i Weakest attack in modern Best-was an unfortunate meident in satis¤ed cestomers are 11

bad taste and the row of tu limited to Trent Bridge on OM trouble at Trent Bridge is these Trafford, Many states: could fantastic feather bed wirkets,¦ be elted of is this Season

boring eate t here to come

play that, about 30 mins an hour against interference from the anoderate

clan cricket.

agamet

Tom Goddard Retires

hg teams kw tint when · mujulaining

barring

it

weather, they are fighting for

for wickets. esper ially on the first victory.

4 points, not an outright

days of a match.

The Nuts howing strategy One

deep-sut defen the of the reasons, I think, is

bow! to a

10

mping ship seur

Def

sive field, hoping that visiting ing system thanks to which a One of the last of the reinsmen will chance their arm side leading on the test mnish

arn collects nunining great characters of and give catches,

I they

IN BAS whatever the flu spit this them English cricket. Tom God-nut prepared to do

scoring rates of between 30 and

A number dard, has passed from the an hour are the only answer their eyes Pinly on those four first-class scene. He had a have every sympathy with paints, and this throw their serious attack of pneumonia the Nottingham cricket public, he's sadly way on the fast

tul

But the ones was on

Towny."

AUTY

day in a dermerate hid for the Notts toy and pleurisy

PLAY Bowl out our batsmen and not major prize of 12

12 points.

An weeks ago and as he cannot proë na To throw

wwkes xamole of the anomaly of the

arom Daly

recently get properly fit Telt that to

when Nortante jurit talled d6 | retire was the best thing he'

beat Middling

Lord: and portler forin 5 The Trent Bridge wicket of draw, but

dra Way

then went dean course is notorious for its lack Surrey by 65 runs and earned

NOTORIOUS

was

could do. He will bẹ 51 years į of aste

next October and was the oklest player in of assistance to bawlers. To points, while Derbyshire and County cricket.

quote only ercent examples, Middlesex, whose match tivice. this season the first rained off before ofther side! માત moment for innings decision in a county could complete an innings, rol- Gloucestershire and indeed for match there has not been reach-lected nothing at all, and the all cricket-lovers throughouted until the closing stages of game counts talist them in the England.

Gotidard was the third day. It was not lill table Just as if they had suffere popular and

feared wherever extra time that Notts neauged ed total defest. the County played for as long to get in front of Leicester, I can see no virlue at all in as the present generation can and the game with Northants these four Isl-innings paints in remember.

produced 1,045 runs for the game where the result de-

A big man with huge hands, loss of only 14 batsmen in some he was one of the most danger-18 hours play. ous off-spin bowlers of all time.

age of less than 20 runs.

Only four men have more damage over the years Wilfred Rhodes, Tich Freeman,

pends on two Innings aplece. One might just as welf Award

special points for a sorver side

was

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مرادی

The rest & the and in his long and memorable Glamorgan,

match with leading at half-time or when a incidentally, career, which began in 1922, equally stimulating. The Welsh weather. In the present system. game in abandoned through bad took 2.934 wickets for an avermen had occupied whole of the account is taken either

done wickets.

first day in inaking 284 for me lost through rain. except But on the second that if two of the three days day, when

Notts

occupied the are completely washed out, then crease for all but the first hour, the game becomes Charlie Parker (atsa of Gloucely 267 runs were scored and match and the

ame-day Steraard "Old" Jack Hearne on the last day Glamorgan the first innings-gets-eight side leading on and he was within striking disall

eleven players, including points? Even hours of play are tance of the latter's Agures. On tie wicketkeeper. Hayden not completely

rigid. four occasions he took over 200 Davies, on to bowl,

Match re- The stum-gulations lay it down that the or more wickets in a season sid

total

(including he obtained 100

playing hours 12 others

all intervals. stoppages and. wickets.

extra time) shall not exceed 21

All these quctions, others reinting to the health of the first-class gate, tre being factively discussed #1

because of

ALWAYS A MENACE Always menace in normal circumstances eonsiderable spin and accurate length, he became virtually un-

turf, playable on rain-affected

to which the sum had imported fire and trickiness:

bist

In 1937 he took all ten wie- kets In

In a Worcestershire innings at Cheltenham (where he was so often irresistible) and his 17 Kent wickets in a day at Bristol in 1930 has been equalled by Hedley Verity and

and Colin Blythe; never surpassed. On many occasions he took 15 wickets In match and only a year ago he dismissed 13 Sussex balsmen at Worthing for only 03 runs. He played in eight Test matches, toured South Africa twice, and was one of the few bowlers to have a "hat- trick" In Testin Africa.

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Ugo Koblet Wing hours, or be less than 19 hours.

Tour de France

Paris, July 29.

Ugo Koblet (Switzer- land) today won the Tour

moment.

there is

Many people too much

inst

the

drst-class

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LAND FORCES SWIMMING Max Faulkner Will

Cash In On The Championship

Start of the Two Lengths' Free Style race at the Army Swimming Championships at the Victoria Bar- racks Pool.

Major Holdford, winner of the diving event,

Peter

China Mail Photos.

May Scores Chanceless Century In Test Debut

Leeds, July 28.

Peter May, the young. Cambridge University and cricket, and both Surrey amateur batsman made a chanceless century on mond and Bill Edrich have gone his first appearance for Englund on the third day of the on record that it would be bet- fourth Test match against South Africa here today.

played on Saturdays.

de France with an aggre-er to have one game 11 week. gate time for the 24 stages of 142 hrs. 20 mins. 14 secs.

During the race the riders covered nearly 3,000 miles and had only two rest days since start- ing out on July 4, Reuter.

South Ip Koon-hung May

Play In

Malayan Championships

Curiously enough, he started as a medium-fast bowler and retained that style for six years.

It was only in 1927 when he

had a season at Lord's that he

changed to offspin. A year later

he returned to the

Sunday and Mondays, the Sunday at- tendances more than paying for

loss of the midweek days. There are others who would smaller number: of prefer a 'first class countles ***: two divisions, with promotion and relegation

rather run

wn the lincs

of

the very. .popular Eng- soccer league system. All this will no doubt prove for too revolutionary for the authorities, but something those lines will eventually have to be done if the appeal of the

Is not to dwindle game

any further.

ATHLETICS

on

Grey-huired Jack Holden, of Tipton Harriers, the 44-year- Ip Koon-hung, the Hongkong į old European

and Empire Western triple tennis champion, who was British County and stepped firmly into runner-up at the recent Wim-

marathon champion, .. the front rank which he has oc-bledon Plate competition, may

finished third in the 15-mile cupled over since.

the Michelin Athletic take part in the 1951 Malayan Club's sports meeting at Stoke- ไก 1947, he had one of his

Lawn Tennis

championships Ch beat seasons ever with 238 wice which begin at Ipoh, Malays, on-Trent on July 7, two minutes behind the winner, a French-

kets. On some occnslona last this Thursday, according to

year

car and more regularly this Malayan press report.

race at

Q

man.

summer he has led the County, Ip won the Malayan Singles will now be able

It was his last race, and he

of

15

sportsman in Kallum

and one of the most cherished tit in. 1949 and

to relax for with On the first time in 20 years. This, memories will be of the battic Chew-bee the Doubles title

wils between him and well,

but did not compele Laule Fishlock (Surrey), on-

1930 when Ong the Oval when Surrey became the triple champion.

other veteran, only

go t

B

month

were trying to overhaul a big

Arst Innings total and Fishlock

4

May, who was undefeated with 110, and Len Hutton, out for 110, helped England reach 925 for three wickets by the close in reply to South Africa's 538...

England Score 238 In Women's Test

London, July 29. England scored 238 runs in their first innings in the think and final women's Test match against Aus- tralia at the Oval hero to- day. At the close, Austra- for no wicket lla were 24 In reply.

Molly. Hide, the England captain, bit 65. Including nine four to an hour and 50 minutes and Myrtle Mac- Lagan scored 19 in two and

half hours--Router.

MOTOR

BOAT

RECORD

Selva

Milan, July 20. (Italy)

1

Sappers Win Land Forces'

Swimming

Scoring 47 points, 24th Field Engineer Realment won the Uni Championship at the Hongkong Land Forces Swimming Meet which was concluded as the Vic- torla Barracks Peel yesterday.

The final match in the Water Polo Competition for the Land Forces Water Polo Cup between 1st Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and the 1st Bn Royal Leicesters provided An exciting climax to the Ment, the game ending in a victory for the Leicesters by three goals to two

As there was only one entry for the Rogular Services Ladies"

| Race, this event was cancelledi.

On conclusion of the Meet. prizes were presented by Mrs | Edinger, wife of Colonel Edin..

gar, Command Paymaster,

The Band of the 1st Bn. Wan- [phire Regiment under Mr 1. Fereday was in attendance, by kind permission of Lieut-Còl i R. Welchman.

Following were the results - + Pree-style, two lengths01/3 yards.-ly Spr West (2) Fa îng); 2. Gnr Linksey (Stanley Garrison): 3. L/Cpl Pearce (34 Fd Eng), Time= 37-1/8 secs.

Backstroke, two lengths-1. Capt Collen (14 Fd Regt NA); 2, 2/Lleu! Lane (14_Fa_Nagt: BÃ); 3. Gnr Preston (Stanley Garrison). T 13-4/5 reps.

Breast-stroke, 1W0 lengths-1. Cpl Bax (AA Workshops REME); 2. Bdr Mulcock 114 Ed Best RA); 3, Bleut Bld, 10th FOD), Time,—47-1/6

secs.

Sor

Tree-style, four length-1, West (24 Fa. Eng.): 2, Pte William (S/Staforda); 3, 1/Cpt Perron 124 På Eng.). Time.—1 min 33 secs.

Plunge, Lieut Colonel Hobson +X Signal Regiment): 2, Moul Colonel-Clarke-124-Fd· Enti-3, Agi- Watson (58 Med. Regt). Distance.— * fert 2 STS.

Free-style 400 x two lengths-1. in Swihenbank (23 Fd Regt RA); L/Bdr Jones (25 Fd Regt RA): 3, Pie McCollen (A. & 5315. Ting-5. mina 42-1/5 REC

Diving-1, Major Holdfard; 2. Cpl wift; 3. Major Barnett.

Medley Relay, 4 x one length.—t. 4 Field Regiment: 2. 24 Field En- Tinners; 3, 8th Coy. BASC. Time-1 min 23-30 arcs.

Free-style 4 x one length 24 Field Engineers; 2, 14 Field Regi ment. RA; Stanley Garrison. Cime. min 14-3/0 secs.

Water Polo-1st Bn Royal Lelces- tera 3 Dn Argyll & Sutherland Highlandern "27

.Ned

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CHANNEL SWIM

London, July 20. Barnle, 54-year-old af Portobello, science teacher Edinburgh, fanded at Cap Gris Nez, France, at 4 a.m. today 19 hrs. 2 mins, after he entered the water at the South. Fore- land cliffs, Deal.

May batted dour and a half hours for his century and kit 14 fours and never seemed in any trouble from the varied attack. in after Hutton and He came Frank Lowson, who was pleo making his Test debut, had put on 00 runs for the first wicket and with Hutton he put on 120

the recond wicket, Last year, Barnie swam from rtins for

France to England, anishing Lowson was well caught after arth in the Channel marathon. he had made an impressive He is the fourth gwkmer to 56 while Hutton was bowled | cross the Channel in both direc- just after kea ben

he had tons.-Reuter, reached 100 in Ave hours, hay- ing hit seven ·fours. ·

The South African folding was frot-class all day, with Roy McLean and Clive Van Ryneveld outstanding. They saved many boundaries and Nourse's de- tensive field and the tight bow- ling of Tufty Mann and thol.

Rowan made England's batsmen

Oght for every nun

THE SCOREBOARD

won the

8. Africa, 1st Inalngs, GSÅ. Empire Gomes Morathon In Chew-bee New

Zenland

England, 1st Annings last summer, running the lant nine miles In

the Hutton, b Van Ryneveld feet us he had burst a European champlon, claimed ba Lowson, c. Mansell b

now world record for inboard

was trying to steal the bowling Alberto Ascari Wins

to protect the tailenders. God-

dard won in the end.

Gloucester. will have grønt

dimeulty in filing the

gop

caused by his retirement, but

two youngsters, Mortimore and

bare

shoe.

German Grand Prix

Neurburg Ring. French Zone

Germany, July 29,

Alberto Ascari (Italy) driving won the German

a Ferari, Brian Wells, have recently come

to the fore with a similar type Grand Prix Motor Race today

[

Ezlo

Rowan

In the European champion- motor boots up to 450 kilo-May, not out ships he beat the fusslan Vanin: grammes with an average speed Compton, lbw b A. Rowan puiting in a terrific burst after of 168,260 kilometres an hour Wotson, not out

22 miles. He can stil grun 20 | (about. 105 miles par hour) miles in 24 hours.

Extras.

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB NOTICE TO MEMBERS

"The Stewards have decided that during the months of August and September the Coffee Room, Bar and ad- jacent Verandahs at the Club House, Happy Valley, will be 63 kept open until 10.30 p.m.

100

110.

25

A la carte meals will be

21 served. up to 10 p.m..

This concession Is in tho

Total (for three witą) 926 | nature, of, a trial, and may be

Bowling Analysis

Few men here. have done

for more

British sport in the international field.

His boat was a 2,800 co- RUGBY UNION

B.P.M. The previous record of Woodpeckers, tho touring 101.02 kilometres per hour murby team of Oxford and was established two years ago | McCarthy. University undergraduate, will by Achille Castoldi (Italy). Chubb

visit the Channel Islands., and

of bowling and much is cx-by covoring the course of 450 pected of them. Goddard, who kilometres at an average speed has a furniture business. has of 134,8 kilometres an

Athol Rowan promised to help the club at Second was Juan Fanglo Brittany in September, and will Representatives of the Man any time and in any way, either (Argentina) in an Alfa Romeo end their tour with a match in Italian Motorboat Federation Mansell by playing occasionally or with Froilan Gonzales (Argen-Paris. Next January, they are and technical commissioners Van Ryneveld ', at coaching young players..

tina) in a Forari third-huter, due to tour Spain..

werg prezant--Reuter.

10 MR. W

24.

withdrawn at any time with- | out"prevlojis” notice."

;

The Jockey Room-will close af the, Jual time, L.,8 pm.

SLEAP Secretary.

London, July 29.

D..pite the apparent Inck of interest among leading Americans in the British Open Golf Championship, the event is still considered to be the world's major golfing. honour and worth a five-figure sum in sterling to the winner if he "cashes in" properly.

Some former winners have done this, notably Walter Hagen, who was once reputed to have given his caddy the Cliampionship's first prize-then £100—and himself made something in the region of £10,000 from being the Champion.

Max Fauliner, the young a attached player who won the year's Championship earlier this month, has started on the "sad į to emulate Hagen.

Bobby Locke, of course, prob- ably owes much of his success

world golf to the fact that ho won the British tille in 1049. He was able to command his own figure for subsequent uppentances In matches and elained the title a year later. PROMPT ABOUT IT

Now, it has come Faulkner, who has promptly appointed his father as his manager and has already made plans to augment his bank balance during his year's reign as the Champion.

Some winners e more recent rears have been unlucky be- the world situation ind Lop in this category was, i robably, Dick Burton. He won! n 1930 and within a couple of month the warld was plunged

to

War. Burton had no chance to capitalise on his achievement,

By the time the game settled town afterwards, Burton Wak Faulkner could afford to merely prewar winner and n relax with more flahing imme- was on the Cham-iate y after his Champlonship plon's role in 1946.

Fred Daly's

stock rose ap. his win in 1047. by preclubly though opportunities were not at hand to put him in the £10,- 000-class, while Henry, Cotton, the 1948 winner, had already put himself in the big money by his earlier successes in the event.

new name

Lloyd Mangrum

Plays

Safe

il

St. Paul, Minnesoin,

July 29. Lloyd Mangrum played safe today with a two under par win the St. Paul Open Golf Championship with 72 hole total of 220.

70 to

He had grabbed the lead yea terday with n sensationel 10 under par 02-a now course re-

cord.-Associated Press.

win and if the truth were told he would probably confess that ushing appeals more to him than does golf but there is no mcney in that pastime.

He has given himself a holl- day from the game, even misa ing a chance of winning

22,000 tournament.

В

It is not unlikely that ho wil winter abroad playing-at nis own price. as befits the Champion-in several continen- tal countries, besluts visiting the United States, providing he promoters of events, there pay lum appearance money.

ΠΟΙ likely TO quibble at this because the uppearance of the British Open Champion adds to the import- ance of their tournaments they well know,

Altogether

They

are

23

Faulkner, looks

like making the title worth as much to him as it was to any predecessor, even taking into account the changed value of the currency. - Reuter.

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