The Coming County Cricket Season
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1953.
Enthusiasm Abounds In Warwickshire
By DENNIS HART
Success through fitness. That is the Warwickshire plan for gaining honours in the County Cricket Championship. And this year the Midland aide, noted for being one of the keenest in country, are intensifying their efforts.
The players report for training on April 7. This is a week later than usual owing to the Easter holiday, but still two weeks ahead of most clubs,
Awaiting them will be "the Normally the pre-season train-1 Doaking told me that they had Dollery get it programme." This ing is organised by the directors is a training schedule devised of Physical Training of Birming by skipper Tom Dollery. It will ham University. Last year W.J. include head-tennis, a popular Slater, England Amateur Captain item in football training, sprint- and Wolverhampton Wanderers ing, and deep felding practice in player, was in churge.
Club
Leslie Kecretary chasing a cricket ball.
Mr
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB EASTER RACE MEETING
Saturday, 4th & Monday, 6th April, 1953. (Held under the Rules of Tho Hong Kong Jockey Club),
The programme will consist 12 ruces each day (24 in all). The First Bell will be rug at 11.30 am, and the first race run ul 12. Noon, each day. The in Interval will be after the fourth race (1.30 pm)
SNOOKER
By Horace Lindrum
The first thing to observe, about the problem I left you with Inst week is the dif- euit red ball resting on the bottom cushion. This ball could mean the winning or losing of the frame.
To make the game as easy as possible you should knock all cushion balls into the open part of the table soon as you can.
BLACK
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да
BLUE
With ihe cue-ball in the
YELLOW BROWNA
YBALL
made the change because getting position shown I would play the cricketers up to peak it is nearest red and pot it into the a complex business. Ages of bottom left-hand corner pocket. players vary from 16 to 40, 80 Striking the white low, I would there can be no hard and fast slowly scrow it on to the bottom training schedule for all. They
baulk cushion to make a thin must be treated Individually.
ball resting contact on the red
This "Although Tom's plan has been on the bottom cushion. approved,'
Mr Deakins added, would knock it towards the bot
Lam right-hand corner pocket. "We don't know all that he in- iends to du. But we can trust In the meantime the white bail him to make a first-class job would have come off the bottom of it. I expect he'll surprise the cushion and red ball to Anish
top cushion and position players with Some original in position X1 for the brown or the
blue.
myself for the brown, X0. Aiming My next stroke would be toto put the brown Into the bottom pot the brown Into the bottons right-hand corner pocket I would
use the follow-through and again left-hand
bring the cuc-ball follow-through to position my-action to selt for the remaining red on off the bottom cushion to finish
Note that I have made
0s shown for the blue, X7. X2. certain to leave myself an angle
Disposing of the blue is simple pot on the last red to enable me
position on the table.
exercises.
READY FOR ANYTHING But some of the players will be ready for anything. Rather Through Tickets (24 Races-$48.00) also tickets at $2 each for thats wait for April 7, they have the Cush Sweep on the last race of the Mecting as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derbyscheduled to be been conducting a private trala run on and May, 1953, may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Odiening scheme of their own which began in Januaryt "Can you of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road.
beat that for enthusiasm," said Through Tickels reserved for this meeting but not paid for Mr Deaking, "It was entirely a by 10 a.m, on Thursday, 2nd April, will be sold and the reservation voluntary effort." cancelled for future meelings.
To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Once at Queen's Building, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branch Offices at-
5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kung
or
382 Nathan Road, Kowloon TOTALISATOR
The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following rules:-
Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed punies
Yes there is no doubting the Warwickshire keenness of the cricketers, and this enthusiusm is not confined to the playing arena.
are one of the The committee most go-ahead in the country.
They were the first to see thut more attention to physical fitness would pay dividends on the field. Thus they adopted football's iden
corner
HOLIDAY SOFTBALL SEVRTA CHINA MATCHED AGAINST POWERFUL USA TEAM
IN
INTERNATIONAL
FINAL
Holiday softball fare over the long week-end will be highlighted by the International Series Final on Monday when China is slated to slug it out with USA for this season's International Series Championship.
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The curtain-raiser to this titanic struggle features the all-conquering Portu guese femmes in another International Series Final, with the weak but game China team putting in their strongest bid in recent years to annex the International title. With the semi-finals taking; will enter the scheduled feay practices, displayed a repertoire place on Saturday, the play-off || ngainst the CAA as logical | of dazzling pitches which for the Junior Knock-out Series favourites.
evoked long-forgotten memories Navy twirler, Championship
Monday Art Ozorio's Baints should lako | of that superb morning wit decido a third the measure of the erratic Mad- Sam Howard. If these new Lille-hoidor of the current caps, but will have a Aght on Navy players are cilgible for season
their hands in the Warriors participation in Easter Sunday, threo out-game. The Warriors put in an tional standing Sentor "A" Division early bid for Pennant honours season, but games will be played off to put during the current a final end to the season's regu- faded back quiddy during second lur League activities,
round play, and can now at best hope for a third-place berth.
A win over
the Saints will assure them of this comparatively high standing, while a defeat wourth lodge the Saints securely in the coveted slot.
INTERNATIONAL
O
GOBS' DEBUT
the interna-e theChinese Series,
will be in trouble, serious trouble..
batters
The balance of the USA con- tingent will be formed by
from the players
Scalor "B Division Americana ballclub, in- cluding shortstop Mort Angrist
well as mann, us
Claude Pugh and first baseman John Helde- and Jimmy of the Jaguars
of the Herrick,
Pandas, Tho Navy boys will all out what vacant berths remain on the team
with a bevy of hard-
fast - running hitting,
ball- Ladies' hawks
of the
FINALB
In the morning, tho now Navy quad from the USS.Doyle will make their debut on the local Chinese diamond against the Athletics, while St
Joseph's will a double-header in the play
The holiday programme 18 afternoon against the Warriors climaxed by Monday's Inter and the Madcaps to complete national
Series Finala in both their Lesgue Axtures.
and the the Men's The Saints will wind up third
sections. in the final Senior "A" Division
In
ârst
the
zame
lo control the white ball for any enough, but cue-ball control for team sinudings this" double with China for the distal Uk6.
I would play the red into the bottom right-hand corner pocket using running side to bring the the bottom right [cue-ball off
hand side cushion and coute into position X3 for the brown.
ALL IMPORTANT
feature.
of
CHINESE CREAM Against this lothal array re- USA, China will fleld the cream of the local
if they pull of afternoon, Portugal will vie the pink is most Important if I clean sweep of
Portugal, winners for count-presenting Cin the strength of their im-less successive years, am to win the game by potting
£130 the black. So at this stagepressive work-outs during prut- Ladies' International Champion-arop, actected from the Pandas, plan position for this winning ice sessions at the ballpark, the ship, will field an immensely South China and the Athletics ball. I play the blue lato the Navy boys from the Doyle will powerful side drawn from the art of all the mound, with Fastballer Jackie Wei WILL middle right-hand pocket, with
adequately uphold two more than
top teams of the Ladies' the honour of Uncle Sam's Division, namely, the Champion F.C. Wong and L. P. Lam in plenty of check alde on the white
Navy.
Waboos and the second-place support The services at... the make but speedily enough to
Frank Poon's Chincoe Athle- Squaws.
Intter two may have to be called contact with the top right-hand ties, who hoisted themselves up Wahoo slabstress Big Chief upon in the later -stages of
Is the obvious match, as the crucial game will to the dizzy helghts of the Terry Noronha side cushion and then the top second-last place by virtue of choice for mound chores, with be slated to go nine full innings The next stroke is all im-
cushion to finish in position for
their upset win over the Jaguars | Sheila far as position Is
Silve and portait as
Benita Re-
Receiving duties will fail on In concerned.
polting the the pink, X8.
recently,
will have a tough one medios of the Squaws as stand- the exenty shoulders of C. Y. Lau They gut quick results. With-brown into the bottom lett-hand
on their hands when they meet |ins,
of the
Prodas, while the other they won the
up with the AUCUCSSOTs to the
power will infekt spots will be distributed corner pocket I would need to
My next stroke requires oc- USS Orca team.
Sheer offensive County Championship after a pluy the stroke with
probably be the deciding factor among C. M. Tsang, Paul Thi, A gentle
The USS Doyle team boasts a In favour of a comfortable Wally B, Seldon Ma, K top right-hand pliching staff of three spoedy, Portuguese wing with a gener-Leung and Y. S. Liang, the second tune since they a slight contact with the bottom pink into the
pitchers, whose ous portion of the diata entered the competition in 1893, left-hand side cushion and come corner pocket. With top side. fine-control mustery oz
contenders various pitches hus | Lenguo's leading Proof of the players fitness is away softly to finish in position the cue-ball comes off the right
The outfleld trio will be title Included | chosen from South China's P. II, illustrated by the fact that in X4 for the yellow.
sido cushion and top cushion and vastly impressed local fans during for the Batting
Lee and L. C. Poon, as well as making sure of the Champion-
The angle
pot I have left comes to rest near the black bull work-outs in the past few days. In the Portugal line-up.
Rounded out by a string of
Having won a freak victory K. K. BR of CAA and Toby ship, the County used only 13
the top left-hand corner heavy-hitting outaleiders and fost without a single pitched ball Chang of the Pandas. players, and the 13th, Thompson, myself on the yellow for the for
middle pucket was pocket. See XD.
base-runners, the US Navy teuin last year through, successive was not called upon until they right-hand
On paper, the Chinese havo Nino necessary in order to kiss tho
defaults by Great Britain and Portugal, the Chinese lasses the better-balanced team, A with were practically home.
comple players appeared in every mutch, green towards
middle pocket. I do this by The strengli of the side lay playing the yellow with the aid
However, whe In departments where physical of a delicate screw shot.
tness is ut a premium-bowling From X3, I cut the green intu
Two bowiersi the
left-hand middle pocket Hollies and Grove, captured over using check side on my ball and.
third, with enough 100 wickets, and
speed to contact
so declared by the Slewards when the "ALL CLEAR" is given.of special pre-scuson training, The "ALL CLEAR" signal will be indicated by a white light at the Tolalisator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL three years
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AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EX-lapse of 40 years, and for only follow-through action to make curate cue delivery to pot the
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MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE · MEMBERS ARE INFORMED THE 1033 SETS OF MEMBERS AND LADIES' BADGES NOW SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS ISSUE
Members and guests are reminded that they and ticir Indies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
and
Belding.
Pritchard, took 93.
the left-hand
So You To Play
Hollies headed the first class averages for the season, strong was the bowling that six matches were won. inside two days.
Anathor item which charac- tcrises the
keen county's Badges admitting ladies, not in possession of Brooches, and approach to the game
is their gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure running
wickets. between the Warwickshire have and the Club Rooms at $18 por day including tax, for ladies or When "gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary-at-Alexaudra Onished-an-innings-it-is a safe House on the written or personal introduction of a Member, such bei that every available run is member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and in the scorebunic. for payment of all chits, etc. clogy a
a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- closure will be on sale at the Race Course.
PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED
They established a precedent The Branch Odices, the Treasurers' Compradoru Office and tie Secretary's Office will close at 10 a.m. earn day. The Trea- when they won the Champlon- surers' Compradore Office is situated at Queen's Buldir Ground slip by being the first County professional door, Chater Road, and the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House, to do so with u
captain, Tom Dollery, leading an ath Floor.
A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club all-professional side. House provided they are ordered an advance on the No. 1 Boy But causing surprises is no (Tel. 27818).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- new thing for Warwickshire. In
1911,
they startled the other MISE'S DURING THE MEETING.
counties by appointing a 22-year- old captain, F. R. Foster. The selection came in for much scorn, But Warwickshire had the lust laugh when they Wort
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be sa each day including tax for all persons including Ladies and will be payable at the Gale,
Until
Next
Week
BLACK
RED
PINK
O aro
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品品
the
GREEN
BROWN ?B=60w
A feature of the County's rise
Any person leaving the Public Enclosure during a Meeting title. will forfeit his or her right of admission to the Enclosure and will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3 in order to gain has been their number of im- re-admission.
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER-portant players. Of the regula
Gardner
MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE side, enly Grove and
were born within the county.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
SERVANTS' PASSES
Three, Hitchcock, Taylor, and Fritchard, came from New Zealand.
But though the success has Servants' passes will be issued to private box holders only, been gained through "foreign- a tremendous endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are amount of good
English not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing Warwickshire, but through on their duties and must remain in their employers cricket as a whole. stands.
It has brought a new spicit to Without belittling the game. Booths and to the congestion in the Members' Botting Hall and at
adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Box-holders and the players, the side is not star- Members are requested ensure that their servants make use studded during the Champion- only of the Publio Betting Hall. Military Police will be posted at
ship season of 1951 various points. In the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is selected for Tests or representu- adhered to.
who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to ers," it has done only
POP
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Their
RED
The position illustrated in this week's diagram is
FOOTBALL SHOULD HAVE OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPERS
Says DESMOND
HACKETT
-
will be gunning for their second | safe, surq bàtting us soldida. | win with all the resources at It neat the edvänteko
their command. ***
Clinalore.
efficient:
of heavier weight with the bat With the best players gathered
Junior as well as greater reserves: of from the ranks of the
battery, the Americans are Champion Pandas, South China strength in their
In position to and CAA as well as Pool To,
pull off surprise win over the the China 10am wlii include many an experienced oldtimer powerful Chine team, Nine full with a sprinkling of promising innings of thrill-jammed soft- ball wil be on tap for the eager but green rookies.
bleachers, and this "battle of the The pitching assignment will giants" should easily quality for probably be allotted to poker- inclusion in the list of unfor faced May Wu of Pool To, with gettable games in local softball Connie Lai of South backing up. For hindsnatching
THE PROGRAMME The black half-minute at Villa Park, the grimmest duties, the choice will be made
SATURDAY Eme
Panda seconds in the history of 'Spurs, the fragment of time from
Babidu,
Junior. Knock-Out Series: 3.00 that put them out of the Cup against Blackpool, brings a Angeline Kwok and schoolgirl-
DMA Blackhawks v demand: FOOTBALL SHOULD HAVE OFFICIAL Sylvia Lin. TIMEKEEPERS.
Infielders will include Made- Pandas: 35 Bantams v CAA
Gosling, S. K. Chan of Ielne
Benlor "A" Division And the man who makes it is Cecil H. Nichols, who Pool To, Eugenia Kwok,
Amy
11.00 am: US Navy v. GAA; knows more about timekeeping than a shop steward on Cheng and Bonnie Chan of the
p.m.: Warriors v. St. account of his position as Boxing Board of Control time Pandas. The outfield combina-2.00 keeper for almost every big fight in the modern ara. ̄`·
tion will include hard-hitting Joseph's; 3.30 p.m.; Madcaps Roale Lucy of South China and St. Joseph's This highly skilled clock What
miserable-minded Ingrid Wang of the Pandas. watcher is by way of being so citizen he must be. This happy
The outcome of this Battle of keen a football observer "That band who travel the
of the
matches at Chelsea.
He tells me that at a recent scene.
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coun-
от
tão
Portuguese
effectiveness
SUNDAY
MONDAY
International Series Finals. he has been known to take in try fo their weird football the Femmes will depend much
2.00 pm: China v Portugal finery are part of the great Cup Chinese pitcher against buch (Ladies); 3.30 pm: China: V
as USA (Men's). willow-artists Ozorio, Sheila Silva, game to which ho took his They are the prologue, the Doreen
Remedios, Antonia split-second accurate watch, the prelude, the carnival gay Benita referee blow for half-time after warm-up. They bring laughter. Remedios, Terry Noronha, et al. The Chinese team will in all 45 mins.
There had They are as well behaved Bocs,
to binting boon спе stoppage of 20 they are warm-hearted in the probability resort
strate- seconds. Thus 01 seconds were cause of football.
tactics and hit-and-run
attempt to com- lost,
gem in an
for Turpensate
the Portuguese
From Blackpool came
13
*If you cannot visualise the banci Sid Beevera in his long preponderance of batting power.
shirt glary or despair that could be white
and tangerine- crammed into that spell, let me coloured, bargo-sized boots, Re- member Sid, the mta who refer you to Tottenham.
trained a duck to quack when Blackpool acored?
MARCH OF TIME
PIECE DE RESISTANCE The nightcap Men's Inter- national Series Final will be a highly-seasoned piece de
The
TC-
current
The referee has sufficient to There was the 6 ft. 6 in.sistanco specially concocted as occupy his judicial moments Blackpool towering youth__who' a stung finale to without having to worry about hoped to inspire his aide to League activities. the march of time. Bring in make Wembley again by wear" The Umekeepers, say 1 --- and Ing a blonde wig with why not start with that maostro of minutes. himselt and announce oзce again:
Oficial timekeeper C. H. Nichols,
plaits.
long
by no means easy but it
China well-balanced is one which confronted
team, comprising the choicest from player-material skimmed me in an exhibition and I
teams in the MERRY MIDGET
the top Chinese
better L League, has Major cleared the table. What
Much lower down... was, the then even chance
the to cop -Tottenham players, (Next
officials, merry midget whose idea of International Championship..for would you do?
and supporters are entitled to conjuring up spirits of good the rst time postwar years. Lindrum continue their period of mourn luck in favour of Blackpool is Portugal, the team to beat i week Horace triumphs
me to kneel on the centre spot and every year's tourxument, fell his Ing. Myself, I still brood grily over the kill-joy character salsam towards both goals... easy wetkn to the precise. who will demonstrate what he
refused to allow thi
The crowd cheered, and ware machine - like: retrieving end parade of mascots on the Villa ed with laughter at the anties clutch hitting of the Chinese would do).
ground.
of the gleeful little man in squad in early fist round play, football shorts, and a tangerino uhirt.
nond was
By Order,
H. MISA,
Secretary.
tive games, have
what shown achloved through endeavour and team work.
canz
-(London Express Nervice)
OH MA
IT STOPPED
RAINING
Lined up
PUNKTAL
ZEIST
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The laughter died.. eriormous peoplo carried from the deld, .
The second hurdle presented 0 oriol dufioulty on the two victory-flushed Chinese. when him they comfortably hurdled the game opposition part up by a plucky Philippines contigent Tottenham, too, had their blue-and-white clad chor In the other bracket, the USA lenders with tellant cockurels, aquand also had a relatively cary of Pakistan to challenging, with their allvar time disposing and-gold spurs, But these enter the final, but was not ent mowploce, supporters ward pen-pected to extend China induly * the Americans were plagued nod in with the awful; com pleteness of political prisoners with pitching troubles through-
out their campaign, 23. la somo polico-governed, Blato.
Tho mirthless man who made With the arrival of the USS radically the decision" "No. football to Doyle, however, uval" deserves to spend a life- | différent--ailuation now faces. time of wet Sundays and in the China team. Navy buriers.
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