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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1952.

Maurice Leyland Likely To Be Appointed A Test Selector

By HAROLD MAYES

Watching Surrey's Laurie Fishlock and Kent man of other days Leslie Todd leaving the Stamford Bridge Rugby League match together,. It wasn't unnatural that my thoughts turned to left-handers generally,

That's been something of a problem to England's cricket for the best part of some time now, no people who've yearned for this match-winning commodity will not have lost sight of the fact that among the few successes on the present MCC tour of India are Alan Watkins, Cyril Poole and Reg Spooner to join Willie Wat- son and Johnny Ikin in the quest for Test places next summer-and, more impor- tant, against the Australians in 1958,

Geoff Duke-

Sportsman Of

The Year

London, Feb. 5. Geoffrey Duke, World Champion Motor-cyclist in both the 350 cc. and 600 c.c. classes, has been

then

could be no more It coincidence, but regard it as something of a blessing in dis- guise that the man being tipped most freely as the North's re- presentative

the selection committee this year is another left-hander--Roly Poly Maurice Leyland, who ranks with the fightingest of these "Routhpaws" Yorkshire ever gave to England.

on

Winter Games

NORWEGIANS

elected Sportsman of the CONFIDENT OF

Year for 1951 in a

na-

tional ballot organised by the Sporting Record.

Duke polled 66,939 votes in 229,000.

was

Second was Randolph Turpin, British Middle- weight Boxing Champion, 52,219 votes, and with

the World third Champion Cyclist, Reg Harris, Sportsman of the Year on previous two oc- casions. with 30.202

votes.

Others in the first 12- included Denis Compton und Len Hutton, Test cricketers. Billy Liddell, Stanley Matthews Billy Wright, interna- tional footballers, and Gordon Richards, Cham- plon jockey-Reuter.

and

BADMINTON

RESULTS

In a League Men's "A" Bad- minton match played last night Craigengower beat Recrelo 0-3.

d.c. Wen (C.C.C.) best J.. Soares 15-0. loat to F.M. Rozario 11-25.

Robert Tay (C.0.0.) beat Soares 39-11.

M. 101 to Rosario 17-18.

Lam (C.C.C.) beat A.M. Silva 21-0.

R. Tay and M.T. Lam tc.c.c.) beat J.A. Boares and It. Gonsalves 223-18, lost to A.M. Silva and y

Rozario 23-24.

C.C. Wen and Bill Funk (C.C.C.) beat Soares and Gonantves 21-18, beat Silva and Hoxario 21-10.

Craigengower beat St John's, 8-1

in a "C" Division match,

C.C. Wane and P.V. Yap (C.C.C.)

SUCCESS

Oslo, Feb. 4. Norwegian winter sports re- experts, studying the sults of Sunday's various

is sure portion of events.

From left-handed batsmen to left-handed compliments - and there are plenty flying around now about the handling of the team in India.

$1

Those in the know assure me that Nigel Howard's chance of establishing himself as England's skipper

In look

It and it's beginne with the wind, the choice this summer-and the next-will rest between Hutton, the pick of the man-in- the-street, and Peter May, the amateur batsman who'll obviotis- ly get the old-school-tie support. So it appears as if a May will

become a must.

BACK-HANDED

It looks like a baclc-handed compliment, too, to FA chairman Amos Brook Hirst that so many Soccer folk, particularly in the North, are hinting at his early resignation.

I've heard City of London re- Sir Leslie Bowker, membrancer,

Jonathan Taylor, Bolton's

DC

Olympic tune-up events and agreed today that Norway both confidently tipped as his to win the major successor, but the knowledgeable the Nordic ones seem to be in an indecent

hurry

with

their prediction. I'm more inclined to the view there'll be

no suggestion of resignation until after October, 1053.

the when

FA's 90th anniversary is celebrated with în FÅ v. FIFA match — other- Wiso England v The World.---. America's Ken, with all the trimmings that go the only foreign with such an occasion.

com-

the

47 Japanese, Dutch, British and American speed skaters peted on Sunday, ugainst Nor wegians Ineligible for Olympics-none of whom are as

·Food as Norway's Olympic skaters and Henry was winner.

The Japanese were far dawn the list with the best being; fifth place in the 500 metres.

slalom.

Home Soccer Results

London, Feb. 4, The following are the results of British soccer games played today:

FA Cup Fourth Round Re-

beat M. Sargeant and M. Morley play: Stoke City Q, Swindon John 2-3; beat R. Maynard David Kwok 21-8; beat R. Thompson Town 1.

and B.A. Fowler 21-il.

and

Z.A. Abass and Ng Ching-kwee

best Sargeant and"

WRONG WAY BOUND?

Britain's Youngest Gets Ready Lucky Miss

One of the youngest skating stars to be seen at St. Moritz is Yvonne Sugden. She is seen here as she practises on the famous Suvretta fee rink, for the forth- coming Olympic Games at Oslo. — Express Photo.

SATURDAY'S RUGGER WAS DISAPPOINTING

Says" "HANLINCODE” ·

The Tournament Matches that were played off at the Police Ground, Boundary Street on Saturday afternoon were a disappointment to the small crowd who turned out to support their favourites.

For

The Fliers played a

-in-

THE TEAMS

Was

By HAROLD LONGHURST

We

may receive with mixed feelings in Britain the news that Bob Harlow, once-Hagen's manager, and now among the shrewdest golf commentators in the United States, in his annual review of the "ten-most- Important incidents in world golf" rates as No. 7 "the victory of the U.S. women clean professionals, by a sweep, over a team of top British men amateurs,"

Taken off their guard in what they had thought to be'a gallant afternoon's golf in the sunshine, the said amateurs let themselves in for a leg-pulling which, per-

ists to this day.

An-

One of thein, was heard to Crawl that it was "ridiculous to encourage these people." other is still unapproachable on the subject, while the present holder of the President's Putter, defeated by Mrs Zaharias, went on record as declaring that he "would "raise a team next year but to not only to beat them eoncese five strokes in the pro- cen."

£100 CHALLENGE

General, Critchley, founder of the original contest ropiled that he had £100 which spoke to the contrary, and was duly taken up by the magazins "Gelf Monthly, Meanwhile plans proceed for the women to come over in July, and I shall not be surprised if the return match draws a crowd as big as the Open.

Here

must confess to a cer- tain personal interest. Due to play last year, I had to cry off and thus, little knowing, escaped the slaughter, Relating this to Harlow at a convivial gathering before the Ryder Cup match, I added blithely that I should' undoubtedly have beaten my op- ponent-to-be Ms Betty Bush, and thus, achieved world brity,

aye..

cele-

The light of the publicist gleamed suddenly in Harlow's Muttering "Boy, this is a natural!" he sprang to our hosts's telephone, located the lady in Chicago,

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!,4 the comedy curtain-raiser. to Ryder Cup, and planted the story in all the New York papers and even, I believe, in over here.

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Japanese Women Win The Corbillon Cup

;"

The games were played with a diagonal cross wind Si on the subject of left-blowing and with an overcast sky. The first game handers, aren't some of the

slightly delayed in getting underway owing to a few of Rugby League clubs going the The Norwegian organising wrong way round to try to solve

the Club players getting stuck in the traffic at Central committee, which hnd

and this seemed to put thub off to a very bad start, been their problems? worried by the mild weather,

This condemned your reluctant A number of them were re- from which they never seed properly to recover.

and embarrassed scribe to im- Inspected the various competi- tlon sites and said that all had presented at the Ba-Bas match

Cardiff because they haven't The RAF, without their usual | Threes were attacking at

moremediate sessions on the practice benefitted and that all events given up hope

of signing Cliffwingers, Alopini and Hamzah, frequently. Norman was really ground, a tiddler among the big wil be held at the

Morgan,

is proving just substituted Gauntlett and Dean going now and it is more or less fish, with a huge bag of balls, who originally chosen...

and skill that some borrowed clubs, and about as clusive off the field as and it must be recorded that of his leadership

pound an On Wednesday the skiers on

on it.

all the threes, Gauntlett stood made the next two tries, although negro assistant at a from many nations will go to

Ikaw Wigan and Warrington out, for he played a good hard Francis actually got over to touch hour.

Jack Hargreaves offered sym- them down. RAF, Norfjell, 60 miles from Oslo, were both there, but surely one game throughout.

sna Bower, June

The breaking up by Francis pathetic advice as to non-existent for Anal training in downhill or other of them has a solution forwards. Bow

much nearer Warne were most prominent caful game and end

was one of the highlights of the wrist action; Fred Daly ("there in their problem The official ruces

was an example of you are, Sorr! What's the matter will be held at Norfjell-United to home, Press,

I'm referring, of course, to Cec game and especially in the line- how useful a really hard-playing with that, Sarr!'") also lent a patriotic hand; and the great who trains every outs outplayed the Club pack,wing forward can be in attack.

Hogun, exeing, from afar, not day with the Warrington team but, just had not the finesse to

only of

offered hints but later gave he now manages, and could Anish their movements, which in come back into the fray at a

a great the circumstances was

Club: D Henderson; Ton the pupil a practical demon- stration of his theory of the moment's notice if the differences plt the Club, D. Henderson was Stewart; Nolan, J. Henderson; pact, providing the other oc-

Roberts, Campbell, V. Roberts. straight-right-arm-

-after-im- between the W's could be settled. Of

"There's no doubt our game the most polished player on Winyard, Petric, Patts, Minto, cupants of the bar with much

Bombay, Feb. 4. view and, in a pack that never Talimo, Huson, Farquharson, innocent amusement, and the reeds Mountford," Rugby

Japan' today won the Corbillon Cup in the Women's League expert not concerned

down at all, Lachlan. seemed to setile

patient with severe cramp be-World Table Tennis Championships by beating England was the steadying with the rights or wrongs of the Minto situation told

"What's fluence. mc.

3-0, while Hongkong lost to Hungary 2-5 In the Swaythling RAF: Hartery; Gauntlett, tween the third, and fourth ribs more," he added, "It wouldn't

The

No score at Halftime was Jackson, Knight, Dean; Jones, on the left side.

Seeking to weigh up the oppo- Cup competition for men. take

Bower, the wisdom

of a Solomon to a great compliment to the Fliers Scoltock;

Morrison, sition, I consulted the Pinehurst England and Hungery qualified to meet each other, bring him back to the game."

hard work, but it was only aMorris, Southwick, Sharpe, Tune,

professional. Did he know Mrg

in the final of the Swaythling Cup, defeating Pakistan Well, what are they waiting matter of time before the Club's Bollt, Warne.

Burh? Sure, he did. And what Navy:-Gilchrist; Hethering would she, cr, be likely to do on

and Brazil respectively. for? Is each scared of the other back division got through and becoming

favourites-and

eventually eup

Roberts got overton, Norman Laitey, Weeks; the No. T.

course (par 713? "Wa- winners--if one of them got him

Japan, who won all their sixJapan was honoured and de- in the far corner.

Lench Sampson; Hawkes, Owen, a-al," he raid, thinking for some in action again?

in the Corbillon Cuý Nighted and felt sure the Japa- Farquharson missed the kick. Morison,

games Howarth, Douglas, time, "I guess she won't do no competition, thus became the nese Table Tennis Association The next score came from D. Francis Thomas, Cochrane, better than 72." Henderson,

who sold a beautiful

The eve of the contest dawn- first Asian country ever to win would give the matter prompt about

Police: McNiven; dummy to cross over

Reynolds,

attention, A title in the championships. led. arid with it a message from

Rosalind and Diane Rowe way between the post and

Scolt, Williamson, English,

Other results were: Swayth- Mrs Bush. She had recently had

England's world Then Minto barged his Russell, Bleakley; Dawson, Todd, an operation, and she did not deubles twins, were beaten by beat Cambodia-5-0; England beat championing Cup, Group' "A"--Japan Dey, nesr the touch Ilne, Perry,

Stevens, think she could make the dis- With 35,000 solid bookings Farquharson missed bath Mayger, Gunstone.

tance. She was so sorry to, Jet Japan's Narabara and Nishimu India 5-1; Germany best Patia- these kicks and the game ended

[ro, 21-14, 21-10, - aiready for the Scoltish visit this

tan 5-2; France beat Portugal Some other time, down. TODAY'S MATCH ' expect at least 60,000 Club 9. RAF 0..

perhaps....

Lucky mist, did I hear? Cer- Rosalind Howe 2-0 and Nishaint- In singles play, Narabara beat

"B"Vietnam beat A good Rugger match watch this afternoon for those tainly not! Lucky Mrs.

ra defeated Diane Rowe by the The main event between the who will be out that far will be

same margin. Police and Navy was a little the Army Inter-Unit Challenge

Mr Iver Montague, President

Corbillon Cup-Hungary beat of the World Table Tennis India 3-0 Austria beat Hong- decessor but only just.

between the 23rd Field and the

said he had invited kang 3-0; Hongkong beat India Fedtcse playcra ta The Navy

fielding many new Middlesex Regiments.

visit 3-2; Humania beat Hungary 3-1. players, took a ̧ little time to While I fancy the chances of

-Reuter and United Press. settle down and in this period the Middlesex, one never knows

LATER RESULTS Rugger. of

One the Police showed up very well. In this type s

Mrs Jam Sedgman lost her victory saling on the Japanese| he said: "We are always

Bombay, Feb.4. Throughout the game the Police thing I am sure about is that it opening match in the Asian glad to get a lesson. He added

Following cra. scores of the played hard and with deter will be a good hard-game and Tennis Championships today: he coneldered this was the real table tennis tournament played mination that they don't often there should be plenty of excite- bowing to Mrs Joy Mottram of world championship for the rea

spectators. veen show,

sons this was the first time that today: They opened

Swayaling Cup: England bear The other semi-final the score card

Mra Sedgman, on a tennis Eastern and Far Eastern nations

Fakizun 5-0, Hongkong beat when English, their speedy wing played off already and the honeymoon with the Australian participated,

ROWES WERE NERVOUS Afghanistan 5-0. Hungary beat Three quarter, intercepted a pass winners of this match tomorrow Davis Cup star, was no match smooth-swinging

Adrian Haydon, captain of Brazil 8-9, Japan beat France on his own twenty-five and will meet the 38th Medium Rgt. for the

the English team, The 58th, English player.

Vietham beat. Chile -,5-0, said the raced right down the field to R.A. in the final.

last touch down about midway out incidently, were

year's Only a few of the women's Rowes were beaten by nervous Victaam beat Singapore, 6-0, and

•The conversion was missed. winners.

singles matches were played tension; But-10 paid tribute to India beat Cambodia 8-3.

Hongkong The Sailors soon equalised, icked off at 5.00 pm, and the cinx and ka suley hrat. Nant

The match is scheduled to be today, with rain clouds threat the splendid Japanese victory, Corbillon.

The Japanese team manager beat, India 3-2, Austria beat however, when Leach broke

were and coach, D. Daimon, queried Engal 3-1, Rumantu best over from scrum five and field is at Sun. Wel in the New of the men's matches

Territories. points

schedulod Associated Press, about Maataquo's Invitation, cold | Hungary 341-United Press. Lattøy added the extra with an easy kick, Half time: NAVY 5 Police 3.

Swindon Town are now away Morley-John to the winners of the Luton 21-0; beat Maynard and Kwok 21-13 Brentford replay in the beat Thompson and Fowler 21-14.

Horace Lo and E. Wade beat Sar-round on February 23. geant and Murley-John 21-19: beat

Afth

Scottish Cup, First Round

Maynard and Kwok Z1-11; lost to Replay: Third Lanark 2, Celtic Thomson and Fowler 18-21.

CCC "AT HOME"

1 (after extra time).

Scottish Cup, First Round, Second Replay: Hibernians Raith Rovers 4.

second

'SOLID BOOKING From left to right. Women's hockey drew 40,000 people to Wembley for the first interna- tional with Ireland last March,

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The annual "At Home" and

The revised Scotish Cup presentation of prizes of Cral-

round matchas to be gengower Cricket Club will be played on Saturday, February 9, Stadlum folk remember not to held on Sunday, February 17. are: Hamilton Academicals "crop" the grass so that we can't There will be a tea dance from versus Third Lanark and Hearts have that pile 8 to 9

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Shortly after the resumption, English brought off another in- terception when he raced about. 40 yards to score. under the posts. Unfortunately the kick Was

charged down and this closed the Police scoro card, pla

By this time the Sailors combining). botter, "and", their

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TODAY'S SPORT

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ASIAN TENNIS

· TOURNAMENT

Colombo. Feb. 4.

· England, 0-0, 0-1.

GAMBO

England.

5-0

Afghanistan 6-0; Singapore beat Chile 3-1; Hungary beat Hong- kong 5-2,

Cup

by Barry Appleby

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