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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY,' 'APHIL

1952,

BRITAIN'S

"EXTRAORDINARY” CAR

"In perfect condition.

, an extraordinary ear" was the judgment passed by Junn Fangio, World Champion Racing Driver, on Britain's Grand Prix racer, on ita testing ground at Folkinghant, the BRM, after he had tried out the enr Lincolnshire.

Fangio, 10-year-old Argentine who last year drove for Haly's crack Alfa Romeo team, has signed on for the BRM team this season.

Picture shows Fangio, at the wheel of the BRM, being pushed off by a mechanic during the try-out at Folkingham.-Reuterphoto.

Phadkar Can Brighten The Test Series

Says BRUCE HARRIS

The Indians, first cricketers to invade England by air as a side, are due in London today. After the usual first hospitalities they "open" on Cup Final day, Saturday, May 3, at Worcester.

Why Worrester again? In recent years the city has achieved a reputation for a cold wet greeting to visiting sides. A change in the first match might change the luck...............

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SIXTH RACE MEETING

Saturday, 26th April, 1952.

(Held under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)

There are 18 races. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 pm. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

Through Tickets (10 Races-$20.00) may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Special Cosh Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" Erneduled to be run on 31st May, 1952.

Through Tickets reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 25th April, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings.

THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL CASI SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE.

To avoid congestiim at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, non-members, nie requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Ollices at:-

5 D'Agulfor Street, Hong Kong

or

302 Nathan Rond, Kowloon.

TOTALISATOR

The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following Jules:-

Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained once Investors have left the Counters.

---1- well --remember the arrival Indian team at of the 1946

on the Worcester at 3 a.m. freezing first morning of their opening match, They had left London late and lost their way the by road. They also lost mnich-by 18 uns. No won

der.

If the matter

Why Play Cricket?

Let me be candid: the Englishmen, too do not Indians and for that show more "push" and "go" in

in In India, the recent one the tour than was displayed in terest in them here will wane.

Our cricketing public hopes on hopes ever"; I am told that the covered grundstand seats at Lords have been fully booked for the first three days of the Test match beginning on June 19. Yet there must be a limit ia public patience with dull both

at win, even sides trying to cricket. We want to sec' risk of losing.

ON THE EVE OF HIS 22ND SEASON, SURREY'S JACK PARKER BALANCES THE REWARDS AND THE HAZARDS

John Frederick Parker, a sprightly 14% stone, sprang out of the taxi, landed on legs that will be 39 years old on the 23rd of this month, and made his first-move towards the new cricket season-his 22nd and last with Surrey at Kennington Oval,

His first move? At the risk ot knocking the romance out of cricket, I have to report that Jock Parker, idol of 10,000 Cockneys, was on his way to a chiropodist. Cricket has a thou- sand minstrels, singling -11B praises-etlogising the Rentlemanly

log glide, chapsodising ever avit runs that snatched afanua victory, calling up memories of a catch that mode history and headlines. But none of these songsters, so far as I know, has touched upon the prosaic sub- ject of corns.

A LIFETIME

Yet, says Jack Parker, after a lifetime among the runs and wickets, no cricket professional con ufford to neglect his underpinning

Without

regular road-work-In Hayes his case across Commun, Kent-and at least one pre-

season

Ho reenils the five operations that followed the polsoning of the spin-Anger on bis right hand by the red dye of a erle

erleket ball on wet

day:

the unequal struggle against long and painful bouts of muscular rheumatism; the two broken fingers and innumerable dis- locations

suffered in of duty in

the course the alips,

"It has been a little trying at times," in the Parker verdict on these occupational hazards.

HIS GAMBLE

But that is not the whole story,

ho

д

"When I began," says, "we had to gumbie with our future. Today young professional con start at £400 a sear playing for the second XI. If he makes the first team, he can double that sum, and. even rake In another £500 a year from winter coach- ing. Test players can earn up

Family mon: Jack Parker, Mr. Parker, Sun

and Christina.

men who

maths

would never stay the

course

September.

Now their bats, lightly oiled

Present plan is a partnership

can

F

on

visit 10 the chiropodist,-the-has-read-widely, taught himself give us our cricket French and 'Spanish, and will

to £2,000 a year." five soon be preparing for new con- from May to quests as a solid business man.

the After 21 years in

regrets, game Parker. has, no

back look all winter, are ready for runs, with his father-in-law in Batter He

are laundered, sea-making protective clothing his over-all batting average of Their flannels

61 in 25 innings against touring against New their boots newly spiked, their for industrial workers,

man has sides; his 255 Parker the "Taipily Now feet

workable. made

oles- sighed a little as 12-hour days Zealand; his six for 28 against Parker and his fellow-profes- sionals all over the country have and the summer run-around of Derby; his acrobatic acceptance never been got down to the job of loosening hotel life have rubbed him of the of more than 300 catch; the -limbs and flexing fingers at the paternal pleasure of watching his fact that he has

dropped since Surrey gave him doughters grow up. nets.

is county cap in 1936.

THIEN -WAR

Why do they do it? What is there in cricket for the man who makes it his career?

It was to get answers to these questions that I went to see Jack Parker. I found him in Surrey's freshly painted dressing-room at The Oval.

Parker is known on the County grounds as the most proficient attained the player who never ultimate glory of a cricketer on England cap in a Test match. play (He was packing his bag to against Indin in 1930: then he went off to spend six years as a instructor in physical training the Royal Air Force).

His career really begon when he Was boy at Battersea Central School 24 years ago. They picked hit to lead South

the Oval. London schools

23 A WEEK

There are also physical debits to record. Parker tells with a reminiscent grin of the jaw he car smash at Yeovil broke in

In 1935 and pf the £150 that he, Eddie Watts, Laurie Fishlock to and the late Stan Squires had

the car to placate contribute owner,

He has shaken hands with the King. He plays cricket because he likes it.

GEORGE WHITING (World Copyright Reserved.

London Express Service)

GRIPPING STORY

By HENRY LONGHURST

Everyone who achieves golfing greatness, to say nothing of many who do not, writes, or has written on his or her behalf, a book 'on how it is done.

The first chapter is inevitably entitled "The Grip," and opens by saying that a correct grip is the foundation of all successful golf, and without it we need read no further.

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of

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Geoffrey Duke, World Champion Racing Motor- cyclist, with the Sporting Record "Sportsman of the Year" trophy with which he was presented at a recep-- tion given at the Savoy Hotel-Central Press Photo.

Warns:

Peter Wilson THERE'S A LACK OF CRUSADING SPIRIT

IN ENGLISH CRICKET

You do not expect scare headlines from Lord's, but when Colonel R. S. Ralt Kerr, then MCC secretary, said: "Can the game in this country really survive the em phasis on security first and last?" it was obvious that all was far from well in what is still our national sport.

Now, in their 1952 annual,* Playfair Books have canvassed the opinion of eight great players past and present.

had, batsman who The time could not be more ideed any

as the entertainment strokes.

doubled! "Men like these did not get roughly tax wall be

their one from August 31, and with the Behind their bats; Indians alast not the most at-iden was to hit the ball tractive of the touring sides and proper on every occasion."

PARALYSIS over here this might well be

Let us bring on more artil. the Indian Summer of English

of lery in the shape cricket. What

apt,

for

have the experts

www

real

Georgg

and

to Gunn, great Nottingham

The better the wicket, the England bat:-

say? Let us take first the views of Freddie Brown, captain ol

tris Vichols

....23

well

are too

at a forin

the last MCC side to tour Aus- better the cricket.....Matting tralla. Here are quotes from wickets could be the salvation of English county cricket, easy which now seems to be suffer "The

creeping The authors then go on to and no one made golf a sim-paced....Defensive field placing from

has paralysis." ing carty on in the game Dividends will be paid or the winning and placed ponies

And finchy, tie ilvellest Who are the visitors we most

cricket. so declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given.

The captain

All-round promise as batsman, outline their idea of the cor-pler or, more compact business

only say than thoy. Placing my cap come into

"It is essential that counly views of a from my old friend Middlesex The "All Clear" signal will be indicated by a white light ot

tactics Nigel Halg, former M the Totalisator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO desire to watch?

attracted the attention of Ernie that, if all these correct grips Hally on the head to appear as

by side indistinguishable

for

possible captains adopt attacking

by cnly

these bold DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL V. S. Hazare, S. G. Shinde bowler, and even wicket-keeperre trip, and I can

fine from Whitcombe, and, unde

of

large rolice following simultaneous inspection, a

Cot-methods can the interests

overy land in 1940. R. V. Divecha, Hayes, the Surrey coach, and at were laid side AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EX- and C. T. Sarwate toured Eng-

18 Parker quit his modest job inyo should all be in. For terred by just having read Cot-

the HIBITED.

the the wider cricket public be re- should be stuck up in or-ton

the an

golfers of

in the country: dressing-room Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked be- the off-spinner, played for Ox-

a shipping office for a job as

their Uthers are

quoia vived." overlapping

30 hirtles "spending cricketer. Summer wages of £9 myself, I am taught

dinary

tric men last season.

current The customer is always right. for the So mucli testing fore leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any descrip-ford University and the Gentle-

per week plus £1 per day maten years ago by Jack Seager, now of practice time....In

the The customer wants to sec. the English skipper. What of tion cannot be rectified later.

money for "club and ground," known in our League cricket.

by winter of Rothley Park, Leicester, and out the new false freedom

Bowlers give the balsinan a There is one "unknown" --

were supplemented

a ship's

writer what was good enough for Var- the wrists folt, when swinging England captain of just over a ball hit, hard, high, and deh.

the interlocking quarter of a century ago, Ar-

chance. Batsmen give the bow- adventures tis 24-year-old Pankaj Roy, who is

thur Gilligan? bais- and as a roadmaker and dock-don had, until some days ago,clubs with

out to give it grip," I set proved good enough for me.

fool

very strongly that lers a chance. All of you give for

worker in Australia.

trial. man India has developed

with English the customer a chance, becsued all is not All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre-the best young opening

At this point someone "But cricket

A NEW FREEDOM got me in the sunted for payment at the Race Course on the day to which

Chicket at the present time....it is his cash which pays your The battle-starred they refer, but none will be paid Inter than one hour after years.

oft drive must be in the wages." INDIA'S BEDSER

end, and I went willingly" hesented me with one of

Obviously there is something forefront of the syllabus," says the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled

False or otherwise, it

game. says. "I gave up, the chance of worn,

wrong with the great sound to be run.

He is stocky, with a

a first-class job with a wool frm knives which bear os similar, a

relationship to the ever-blunt tainly gives the wrists a new Arthur.

Our ericketers Over-prepared wickets may pe back to

"Above all. an economically

the does

not. in Sydney to come

stainless variety

Perhaps I had freedom. defence and

the to

the appre- count for a lot of it, but I in need to have a greater usel range of scoring strokes..

Surrey."

ancient rusty machle

studied the plotures correctly.

of the cline to the opinion, that

has vanished His 387 Test aggregate against

decision has brought modern gleaming, soulless

At any rate the handle biding ciallons of the needs

spirit -highest Innings

she public." long the MCC

a couple of. inches Parker admits to R. So sharp was this

cricket, and unless it can FOUR-DAY TESTS a plensing that it was a moment or two,

wo groove between the right thuthb

Let us go back oven further be recovered we might all as dian.

for Kath-on cutting up the dog's dinner, and foreinger seemed to give prospect of security

days woll draw atumps. married 12 before I uppreciated that I was the clubhead an extra two feet some 50 years to the leen, the wife he Another watch will be D.

when Reggie Spooner was the India's leading years ago, and their daughtera also carving my left thumb. It on the back swing, and where G. Phaditar,

Christine cut qulle painlessly, like

heaven pride of Lancashire. He says: It had got to by then,

If only To

him bowler.

call

Susan (eight)

feel sure that the operator (four and a half).

tenderest underdane steak,

hight know but Is, perhaps, an exag-

certainly did not.

there was a return to good but he is at least

REPLACING THE DIVOT

natural wickels, there would The earller slices, with

vast improvement in waś stiil Their detached six-roomed Luckily the divot

carving motion folded horriola

every way. house in Beadon Road, Bromley,attached, and could be

miniscent of the cause of

In no circumstances will any Dividends be paid or refunds is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made unless a ticket made on torn or disfigured tickets.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladica MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

In-reward.

140-was a record for an modest affluence and

Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches or fast Season Tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the "fast" Members' Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 including tax,geration, fur ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at melum-quick, and swings the Telephone House, on the written or personal introduction of ball sort of Indian Bedser. Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced Like Bedser, he can hit.

payment of all

N. Chowdhury may by high, ad for a number of badges admitting to Members' En-

elcsure will be on sale at the Race Course.

become

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and

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those

kitchen

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veteran

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Is their own recently acquired back and, as it were, trodden the trouble, were spectacular ways fed that four days,

up

10:

What do you think?

~~L don Express Service)

Sing Tao Win

A

Last Match

In a quagmire on the Club the centre of controversy when property. The tax-free £5,000 in. It was duly plastered.

from his benefit and, acting under orders, I set enough with a steel shaft. With each game should be ampie on

cer natural wickets.” he collected tour begins.

arid ground yesterday, Sing Too, who match against

To the moderns again Middlesex last off to put in some practice for hickory they could have been The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Office the

is safely invested by the Halford Hewitt, Unhappily, matched against the trick shot

him- Tom Dollery, the maestro, Joe Kirkwood, season

profestionbi have finished in third position in will close at 11,00 a.m. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am. The medium-pace bowler

Surrey.

principal according to the time-honoured self. The first pitch, 80 yards and. the

who ded Warwickshire-to-the the First Division, overtame Bt the left Tredsurers' Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are Jerky actlan, which may cause

scratch umpires to

Jia Joseph's by five Loss to nil la guaranteed.

overlapping theory,

championship. county

their last fixture at the season. altuated at 1st Floor, Telephone House.

Indian umpires have

thumb lies snugly between the with a No. 0 iron, Bew off. the

What had promised to be da Perhaps ours A limited number of tins will be obtainable at the Club heads.

Winter coaching, including

and the palm of the right socket and there was at no views shaft

"Let a century bo'an out- House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy accepted him,

will.

pre-war trip to the West Indies, hand, and, though you may not time any doubt that it was 60-

standing performance and not a shteresting match was marred by rein which fell heatly during the (Tel. 27818).

has helped the Parker pay-roll. realise it till you have cut off Ing to: NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE-

a carving Now, nearing the evening af a

thumb with

familiarity

And hot for perhaps the first half and continued until the MISES DURING THE MEETING,

swashbuckling cricket career-he has hit more than 100, sixes for knife, absorbs the main shock sometimes breeds respect, and I

have already hit one or two most attractive all-rounder I end. No half-time was called Surrey since the

1 shall not describe the sen- drives with a sort of "blinging" ever did see Frank Woollby owing to the rain and comparu-

flying

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H. R.

vice-captain Watch Adhikari, not for his batting — though that is adequate but. The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be $3.00 for his feiding. This Army Including tax for all persons including Ladies, and will be payable captain is probably

Heldeman in

the the party.

best

Cg+

Ukely

at the Gate,

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These and others are KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

·SERVANTS' PASSES

your

of the blow,

wat Parker

Nevertheless,

sensation which recal

visions

common occurrence."

sations of the first shot of better and more lasem days. about posted on them; But had notted four times through Ho

from the fingere, the Mac Bailey Andafotised yell, the club Eyre To Run In the left hatia: Buffée to or through the law of averages. with and Coliseum Relays The what

110

a

But before rain Fell, Sing Tao ...or can I be dogmatic lively poor light,

wickets because I haven't

Ying-fan, Chang Kam-hot (2) The No: 9 is well in hand, and hopping

I should have thought that

a half volley and Lee Hung-kee.

Bali control became extremely up and dosers and Wringing of any day now one will fly off

say the middle of the No. 2, If only half-volley was MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE, IN to give us quite a run.

on my wicket, whoever bowls ́n het grip that. It was

it, and that it should be bit difficult in the second half but the Chinese managed to add a firin THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

alternative In India they took the Test

goal through Lee Hung-koeaj In other words, there

may and hit hard.".

And so to Sidney Bames-os 803 Yu Yu-fak: Hau Yungs series to cho

to be what I have a he something in it. At least

Qs tis sang. Ching Ying-ening: Bit Pui-yin, But they were

ways known, derisively as the it cures the dirtinai error

of direct, in his criticism

Tea King-sending

chuộc sing: Ho Servants passes will be issued to private box holders only, three draws.

"Banada" Y wherein you who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to playing an England "A" team-

no Compton,

the

little the handicap golfer letting go bowling was cuiteful: Rent

tho "There is a lack of advet Yukee Chang Wan-hol and Han endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not no Hutton,

interliving

with tie loft Jhand. With

ture among batsmen and bow-Ching-to

at Joseph's-Cracks: Castilho, permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing through Bedser, to May.

lero. Thisto is a seardly of ung: Toledo, Hooha, Bentor Pkker- leave the Jeft thumb on their duties and must remain in their employers' stands.

ing Brown, Davies, Jurley and It will shatter our belief that Eyre, the Empire Games Tree and dort forsinger and interlocking trip, if you let Ro Owing to the congestion in the Members Betting Hall and at

"Imagine what Gilbert Jes- Raikall hanging down like a

KIT CHEE FOR PL. ⠀ Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Box-holders and our cricket is on the mend if Mille Champion, will participate various fingers of the rightip with the right anyway, really gooil captains.

top would have done to bawling

Manila, Apr. 21; Members are requested to ensure that their servanta make use they beat us on the faster wie in the Coliseum Ralay meet at hand

condi- Los Angeles on May 16, the bunch of bananas:

of the modens type... or in- |--

The Elt Chee football team only of the Publin Betting Hall. Military Police will be posted at keta and in the colder

Brah Amateur Athletic Board This hd, after all, won the

Cricket' *Ploufalt various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is tons of an English season.

Andual of Hongkong Is Intending to announced on Monday. adhered to.

We ought to win, More Im-

Billby will run in the 100 and Open for Alfred Perry

1052, 5% 57, Haymarket, Lon-come to Manila niks month.-

Brance-Pressc. don, S,W.I. portant la it to win attractive 200 Metres races and Eyre is very nearly for Hoary Brad

the 1,600 Moires eventoshaw. Bacardi interlocked, and

: did all the Whitcomber ly rather than drearily.

clated Pres.

By Order,

H. MIGA,

Sterotary.

(London Express Service);

London, Apr. 2 British Sprint Champlon Macdonald Bailey, anti

Len

with the left hand, having no

the club flies away behind the teo.

draw and From all of which I

the conclusion that it does not much matter how you hold on, có lòng cá yêu do.