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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1951.

WIDGETS PUT THE WIND UP THE

But Five Fatal Minutes Of The Fidgets, And The Machine Was Upon Them

By “RECORDER”

are second beats,"

"Don't go on the field with the idea that you Coach Palmer told his Widgets at Boundary Street yesterday just before they trooped on to take on the Gremlins. A protesting chorus of “No!" came from the Widgets and they recked of confidence.

were a goal up against the They felt that way too and at half-time they streamlined Gremlins. Then the Gremlins got two and the Widgets came back to equalise and set out for their third,

The Gremba half-back line opened the gaine out and there was a hectic series of raids, corner after corner, short and long, and the Widgets lost their heads, let two goals in and finished up raiding the Gremlin D without any luck for five minutes and then came the final whistle.

First

playre

Dolantly

arki

Ele Sheila Bolton worked har for opeturgs but never got any The Widgets

In the second game of the Jite, but they might through, but her clearing very good ones.

In when their intermediate played potches Several was wild in the Arst half.

the second she steadied up and line opened the game out, they Widgets played

were more at home. the

several was a thorn in the side of the wing of Nucle The Gremi left

The interval found the Grem- others did the ཨུཊྛུམྨུཎཱནཱབྷིནྟཱི།

Nimmons and Marie (she pro- lins bewitched and bewildered, second after a shaky star!

stown-bunces at Maurie, but spells it and to say the least, unnerved. bully-f

It was so bad that on Grem- Ellery th

spectacular in lit a cigarette, and despite is being told that "Mr Palmer

de- looking in this direction,"

to pull linefiantly replied. "I have

The openeng

rughi

Careen Wing

stream

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13,

series of all that

either wing and through:

The W.dged centre

way) Meikle

Elict was more

boti Blenkinsop, but The

were very much the picture forwards

Then the Widget half-back had never bren better steadyang nfluence of the two put up on the whole, a grand my nerves together."

Sybil display against

vetetun munte-forwards.

Groundwater und Duras Bait-t

Have their as

attack the wor

the League's me dangerous forward fine.

In the forward line the Wid- red the l wart of the Creme get who really shine was in defener

iley, wh never slackened

the line half with a

feutre-forward and rallied Ted ult

was 1: Ing

Pullen, d who

sreond

EI-

Up the Lea beautiful

FAG WORKED

The tag worked. The Grem-

The lins started

second half blowing them whirlwind attack from ali skies and there was the first succession of corners. the Meikle scoring Marie

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run up the wing and a perfect equaliser from the edge of the turnert out to ja cgi-juudet, |

circle and Hilda Fowler putting

with confront kader of the attacks that Doris Barten convert.

the Gremlins two u baled into the equatiser

Eileen Kennedy

merciless drive through a bunch Just:

of defenders in the D who un- sighted goalkeeper Muir

quite a bit schemer

choil of the

the ci latar

slain.ta

breakaways Gremlin defence

left m. the

well 19 wing did not play as

matches. bat he has in tre

wa, od the

The Widgets stick played

INSPIRED DEFENCE

Th Wahpet attack was skipper frese Smelt playing over the Gremlins in the

mfort of an esparta delener,

starme cute in the first half, half, paying

The game moved from one other end of the field to the all and back and then little Ellery,

who takes

being pride in Winget and didn't display

of second best folding right through the game.

igblest trace

her dribbled up the wing on

behing the hard-tickling halt eeme at which Hoien Pallerand

hack tro of May Who. Mae proved herself Fo Blenkinsop and Strib

ton, wie spret bat y

Luku Bulls of

with

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first

a short passing

the

from

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at adopt, Bath for a coming hoar bust through the centre

Ure undwater. (ii the Sybil

forward, haag The previen

ling in one League

Skip Smanoff, who wanted

into the Gremiin all like

condirimd veteran Enter poster an the Elf, Lackrest a the s

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the

werk & on the other Fullbark. ↑ Juen Gereed

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D

the

wn and sent in a perfect cen- twore that both inside-right Doris Maudie Barten and goalkeeper Greilm defence Real gut their sticks on to to-

tygether. Doris touched the

faster and I was a beautifu what

mplet tv fummoxed on which

would lieally make a

Il turned out la Gugiwater br Sytak sroved, but it was as much Bal- tron goal

The short-passing game upset the Greneius, who kept looking,

PAKISTAN'S VICTORY HAS SET ALIGHT AN

OLD CONTROVERSY

London, Dec. 9.

10 0.

Bolton

bal!

There were about 12 minutes The Simmons-Meikle wing kept blowing up and an was inspired Sheila

her helding it to the best of obility. Then the whole Grem- over lin forward line blew all

and there the Widget defence was an unnerving succession of hort and long corners that end- ed up with the Widgets losing their heads and getting into the line of sight of their goalkeeper when it wasn't really necessóry. Meikle and Fowler scored again and it was 4-2 in the Gremlins' favour.

were

These wild five minutes cost They they hard-pressed, but Pakistan's victory in the unofficial Test with the MCC the Widgets the match.

their heads. touring side has set alight again the old controversy of, should bave kept

they whether Britain views these tours in the right and With five minutes to go,

rallied again and stoped their

de through the Gremlin way necessary perspective.

There are those critics who maintain the old argu-fence.

they They didn't score, but ment that if Britain cannot send a truly representative

well the and top ranking side to tour a country, then the tour were again all over the Grem game ended that way and they should be cancelled with the requisite apologies and ex-ins. It is just as

five had their

minutes for planations.

Still, amid all the controver- another riot in the skies after a These critics, in stressing this

it is generally bad crash that would have un- line of argument, point to the sial arguments, dact that

countries agreed that one vital result of nerved any flyer. so many

GAVE NOTICE advanced

the this Indian tour will be a much have now

The Widgets gave notice that standard of their own cricket reded strengthening of English

forces for future they are going to make it diff- that it is a worn-ou fancy to reserve

them cult for anyone to keep imagine that the day has not International cricket.

From this angle two names from being the League's run- passed when an England

spring to mindners-up. They just missed hold- side could put up

strong immediately

Graveney (Gloucester)

ing the Gremlins to a draw, opposition and maintain nation- Tom al prestige anywhere except and Derek Shackleton (Hamp- and that after being led 2-1.

The Gremlins forgot in and added to his first half that they are supposed that Eddie Lead-reputation as one of England's, to be a streamlined team with-

in Australia and the Indies.

And now

West shire).

Graveney continued

the tour has on

the

out stars. Their forwards were

GREMLINS

ROUGH UP TO LEMON TIME

Maudie Read rushes out to meet a Widget attack and daughter Rosemary, knowing who's boss in a situation like that, gets out of the way quickly. Wid get centre-forward Helen Balterand and left wing Eileen Kennedy wait for a chance to rush the goal.

Gremlins spent lemon time trying to figure out how they managed to get a goal behind. The girl with the very sour ex- pression is their left-back, Louis Warning, who had

a very rough time in the first half. The others are Amber Moran, Julia Wil- son, Maureen Hodkinson and Marie Meikle-China

Mail Photos..

K. S, Kinghorn Wins Golf Championship

K. 8. Kinghorn defeated Noel Arthy at Fanifug yea- terday to win the Royal Hongkong Golf Club Cham- plonship.

TALKS ON

too anxious to shine and a stout A European

beater, the Yorkshire leg spin best batsmen well on the way too

Into bowler, has been sent to replace to

rightful succession

the injured Dusty" Rhodes, these England's cricketing hierachy.

critics wag their heads

Game

more in

sorrow than in anger ADVANCE OF YEARS

and ask why, for example,

Denla

Compton has been those who direct the tour could not have thought of Bob England's established No. 4, but Appleyard, the medium pore like any other artist he has to bowler from Leadbeater's old note the advance of youth with

the advance of years.. county.

A similar pleture is presented

Widget defence took the shine off them.

The teams were: Gremlins: Maudie Read; ROBÓ mary Read, Louise Warning: Renate Kerr Amber Moran,

Hodkinson, and Betty Rouse; Julia Wilson, Maureen Fowler, Marie Meile and Noele Simmons.

Muir: Widgets: Marjorie

Hilda

Baseball

Saints Get Into The Way

Narrow ForThe Army

Army's batting machine got into considerable diffi culty at King's Park on Saturday against Jordan, Jones and Harwood and seven wickets were lost be- forr Navy's score of 77 was. passed.

Surg. Cdr. Goldsworthy stood to Army's varied affack for on undefeated 31. Major Deighton (22) and Lt. Maynard 127 apt out) were the only two Army batsmen at all comfortable against Navy's bowling.

Scorpions and Optimists help- ed themselves to runs at each other's expense at Chater Road, Alec Pearce contributing 89 and Tong Weller 50 to the Scorpions 180 for four wickets, the de- claration coming at 3:45 pm. Optimists, with 90. minutes 150 for batting, replied with five wickets (Noel Arthy 50, Laurie Kilbee 51).

Roy Kingsford took six Army "B" wickets at Kal Tak yester day for 20 runs, Army being all out for 77 (Williams 22). RAF's batting machine replied with 84 for one wicket (Wilson 42 not out, Ball 23). -

KCC again took the lead in the Second Division with a 10- wicket victory over Indian Recreation Club at Cox's Road on Saturday.

The Indians declarexl at 111 for seven wickets, leaving the KCC 80 minutes of batting. "Tinker" Lee with an undefeated 47 and N. Hart Baker with an undefeated 50 found 80 minutes long enough to get the runa.

HOW THEY STAND

FIRST DIVISION

Army "A"

KCC

RAF

Royal Navy Army "B" Optimiste Scorpions Craigengower

University Recreto Indian RC

KCC RAF

PW D L Pts.

9 6 327

G2

26

0 6 1 1 25

8 2 2 4 10

SECOND DIVISION

Dockford

KGVS

Recreio

Police

DBS

Indian RC Royal Navy University

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Australians

Win Hazzard

Of The Madcaps' Head-On Shield Match

Rush For The

Pennant

By "GRANDSTAND”

In the softball games played over the week-end, St Joseph's behind Sherry Bucks' heads-up pitching, put a halt to the run of Madcaps' successes in the Senior "A" Division as they downed the League leaders 6 to 4, to put the pennant races în this section into a five-way tiè.

In the Senior "B" section, the Warriors earned an easy 8 to 0 decision over the P. I. Dodgers while in the Junior loop, the undefeated Blackhawks kept their winning streak intact with a convincing 11 to 2 win over the Wildfires and the Griffins returned to the pennant battle by triumphing over the Rexes 5 to 4 after nine innings of play.

The Aces and Blue Sox had for his second hit of the tilt to things their own way, scoring drive in the vital tally. easy victories over South China and Nine Dragons by the scores.

The Saints had Sherry Bucks

In the annual Hazzard Shield match played at Chater Road yesterday, Australia beat g land by five wickets,

Batting first, England scored 120 runs which the Australians topped by 13 with Ave wickhis intact.

ENGLAND Borthwick, Mihor, Kibre, bw Mohan Leckle, e Bide, bahan Pritchard, e Strachan, b Craig. MacPherson. b Leary

Rowe, & Craig, b Mahon Owen Hughes: Ride, b Creg Hubble, bow. Craig Sellors, Mahon Thorpe, not out HOM Mahon

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Extras

Total

for the whole game and he turned in a steady hurling job,

Bowling Analys

All was not yet lost for the while the Macaos quilized two Mahon Saints as in their half of the hurlers-starting off with Kelly McConville

Crale of 12 to 2 and 15 to 2 respectth fruime they pushed across Silva-Netto, who piched five in- tively.

Anishing

TIGHT GAME

The Madcaps-St Joseph's tilt proved to be a tight ball game right from the initial inning Prexy Doc Molthen called

Federationby Bail". It was a ding-dong

Haarlem, Dec, 9.

Taking honours in the batting department were Saints' Dave Leonard and Madcaps, George

off the

nings, with Joey Grata

game

RESULTS AT

A GLANCE

Senior "A" Division

Madcaps.

4 St Joseph's Sentor "B" : División

struggle with both teams making most of the breaks that came Talks on the creation of a their way and these were very scarce as both teams dished up HARDLY A SPEARHEAD in the case of Shackleton. He Irone Smirnoff, Joan Gerrard; European Baseball Federa heads-up ball during the whole P. I. Dodgers 0 Warriors It can be appreciated that seems to be steadily underlining Sheila Bolton, Mango Blondin- tion have been held on Fri- tussio Leadbeater has the guile and his claim as legitimate successor sop and Mary Elliot; Coreen day and Saturday here be Arturo Qzorion Slugging fight to take wickets. but even to Alec Bedsoe as the quick Elery, Doris Barten, Helen Baltween representatives of gaints took a two-run lead, in South China 2 Aces

most

ardent supporters medium paced opening bowler lerand, Sybil Groundwater and would hardly contemplate him that England must have for any

as a vital spearhead in a sule's of international cricket, alipek

Eileen Kennedy,

Rexes the Dutch and Spanish the top of the first inning on hit but the Madcaps fought one Federations.

back to even the count and burn | Wildfires.

Junior League

4 Griffins

15

Leary

AUSTRALIA Hong Choy, e doors. Easir,b Fritcha Graz, low Pritchard Fincher, bw. Pritchard. Greene, not out Etrockian, bw' Sellors

Extras

Saunders, the former getting Ride, not but": three hits in four trips to the plate while Saunders got a two

in three average. Both sluggers

8 also got a hamerun apiece..

Sellore

Total (for fire, svięte).

Bowling

FRANCE'S NEW! OLYMPIC HOPE.

Troyes, France, Der French wimmer. Rene Bogön

In preparation for the forth- Pritchard B|coming". International Series | Selors

the flust Found gatpes boing scheduled for Bexit Day-Por tugal's

representative Arturo a meeting 59zarlo Is

of all those interested in re- ***: (9 innings)! 2 Blackhawks 11 presenting Fortugal in both the OTHER MATCHES

which and Laynesday, De Bedger, like Compton, cannot

Detians went down 1-5-15

will be held on The Spaniards had already into the lead in the second Mine Dragons 2 Blub Sox go an indefnitely

King George V. School and

-cember 12, at the Club

Lusitano That role undoubtedly As

Another thing this. Indian felt extremely pleased with the dealt with representatives of the canto as lanky Goorge Saunders

commencing at 5:13 p.m.: French and Belgian Federations banged out a four-poster with Appleyard more appropriately tour has taught by general con- cumming goal of their history, Paris and Brussels and they two men on bases to make the the gaine-leading run on S He was most successful during sent has been the side's ability scored by Cecily

Zimmern School's record for the match will try to contact the Italian score 3 to 2 in favour of the "Medeat" Khan's single. Playing the last season here and there to fight back in a tight corner.

fine defensive ball, the Saints Madcapa Fedorations. are many who confident - That accounts for much.

was Valerie Jillott (2), Hilary and British

held the Madcaps scoreless for Not to be daunted, the Saints the 4th and sixth innings. TOD sert that he would be an ideal opening bowler on matting bo- The touring side laye als Hole (2) and Lella Butcher (1). The Dutch declores themselves

in Recreio scored five times

Big Dava and this age for Anding|chynging wickets which shout against one goal for/School.gofon principle in favour of the in their half of the third inning Cloing into the last choto, the cause of his pace off the pitch had valuable experlance

formation of a European Fedora scored two markets as tion, but the anal decision would Lecuerd walloped out the second Saints increased their lead an gold stond for future

only be taken by a full edasion fourmaster of the tilt with odd madeapa hurler, Jouy Chraca fall-

wanted to find the strike zone withi ·Men's) The Executive Committed

aboard,

the beholded and walked in YMCA 1 A match between Dutch and There was ice in the Enfats the Fuzzy Badcaps in their Spanish, tekins his been done camp by the sage out the lake owns ant called le gazd

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#jing" in n wicket,

International battles on other

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