1953-04-06 — Page 7

HOME SOCCER REVIEW

Stanley Mortensen's Recovery Is Good News For Blackpool

(BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, Apr. 4.

Good news for the Cup Finalists, Blackpool, is that the dynamic Stanley. Mortensen is suffering no after effects from his cartilage operation, and is quite capable of carrying on the goal-scoring role of the injured £28,000 Allan Brown.

He showed flashes of his old genius today when he headed a goal in each half in give Blackpool a two-ull win and peg back West Bromwich's Championship hopes. That win keeps Blackpool only three points behind the leaders, Wolverhampton.

At the other end of the tühle, One Second Division problem | Chelsea had a-nasty shock when has already been rettled. A de- ! Mitchell, Newcastle's outside left, feat for Barnsley to-day — they equalised a Harris penalty wiili Cost to Southampton--means re- only three minutes to go and {legation, The winning goal was then cracked in a winner in then forty-yard drive by full-back dying moments of the gume.

Sillet,

PROMOTION PICTURE

A surprise was Charlton's de- feat by Manchester City. Theirs With Sheffield United and was the last unbeaten Home re- Huddersfield both winning, the cord in the First Division. But promotion picture looks cléorer, Charlion were unlucky. Their particularly as Luton dropped a right winger, Hurst, was off for point n1 Blackburn. 20 minutes with a torn tendan- Ron Blackman, Reading's lead- he may be out for the rest offer, was a hat-trick man against the season and Billy Kiernan Gillingham and two goals by their utalde left, was also off Cyril Grant for Southend injured for a tine.

brought Bristol Rovers thei

fourth defeat in 30 matches,

A hundred and sixteen thou- sand people at Hampden Park

PENTATHLON saw Glasgow Rangers beat Hearts

ENTRIES

Early entries for the Colony Open Pentathlon Championship to be held this coming Sunday

are:

Ladles Valerio

Jott (un- attached), Ng Sheung-kwal, Chan Chee-yûk and Chon Pui- yee (all SCAA).

Men

Tsan

Kwok - loi (HKCTU), Sgt, G. J. Harrison (Royal Engineers), Lau Kam- yul, Chun Wai-chuen, Chang| Yat-hung, Shek Ka-lim and Lo Wing-chuen (all SCAA).

Entries are open to Friday, April 12, and should be address

to the Hon. Secretary, HKAAA, P.O. Box 280.

two-one to enter the final of the Scottish Cup

the 23rd time, for

Hearts scored first through War-

daugh, but Grierson, the farmer

Queen's Park Amateur pinging and inside left Prentice grabbed on his own ground, equalised. the winner just before the final whistle. The other Semi-Finn-

Aberdeen lists,

and Third Lanark, must replay after their

one-all draw,

IRISH SOCCER

London, Apr. 4. Results of Irlah League City Cup football matches played to- duy were

Ballymena United 4, Distillery

0; Bangor 0, Crusaders 3; Derry City 2, Glenavon 4;

Glentoran

7, Cliftonville 1; Linfield 2, Ards. 0; Portadown 1, Coleraine 1. Reuter.

Skonecki Surprise On

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1953.

SAILING LIGHT WINS THE LINCOLNSHIRE

Mrs M. A. Farr's Sailing Light, ridden by A. Roberts, notched a victory for Yorkshire when it won the Lincolnshire Handicap-first big race of the "flat" season at Lincoln on March 25.

Half a length behind came Lord Rosebery's Fastnet Rock, with W. Rickaby In the saddle, and third was Magic Circle, owned by Mrs P. Hyams and ridden by B. Swift-Reuterphoto.

AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM CONFIDENT OF

RETAINING THE ASHES

ì

On Board the Orcades, Apr. 5.

Australia's Test cricketers, now on their way to England in the liner Orcades, are confident of their ability to retain the Ashes.

In spite of their reverses in the recent scries of matches against South Africa and reports that there is a marked improvement in England's cricket, the Austra lians believe that, with their full resources, they will be able to meet any challenge to their supremacy which until this season has been undisputed since the war.

won

They admil that The South, would have

the series Africans

them guve

a nasty Instead of merely halving the shock. But, they say, they results if Keith Miller and Bay

Lindwall had remained ft.

Springs A Drobny

Monte Carlo, Apr. 5.

Wladislas Skonecki, expatriated Pole, sprang an upset in the international tennis tournament here today by defeating the veteran Jaroslav Drobny, exiled Czech, 6-3, 6-4, 11-9, to win the Men's Singles title.

In five previous meetings, Drobny had beaten Skonecki but today the superior leg work of the Pole got Drobny, who now carries an Egyptian passport, into trouble ́and he never got his usual masterly game-going-

Lindwall has now fully re covered from the leg injury which kept him out of the fifth Test against the South Africans, while Miller's strained backs said to be mending well and le is expected to emerge At and fresh from his rest.

prise selection, pushes through his deliveries at almost medium pace without losing control but he does lose spinning power on Australian pitches.

★★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS

Jungle Search For A Girl To Star With Gregory Peck

By KEN SMITH

cessful Now to The Hour, is an aptation from a Moor! air-a Waltz called Nikau.

Subject to his approval, which like the fabulously suc- of the final script (and my bet is that approval will be forthcoming), world's No. 1 box office actor, Gregory Peck, will star in his first really British film.

|

And someone, zomewhere un- known, will have a lot of royal- tics coming to him-if he can

be found.

acon

Why have M.G.M. chosen Mel Ferrer to play King Arthur In the screen version of Knights of the Round Table, to be made here this year?

Surely any number of good British actors could have played..... this essentially British character? Gardner, and

After all, Robert Taylor, Ava George Sanders,

Title is The Purple Plain, Quill, has not been heard of for The adapter-comperer, D. II. H. E. Bates' best-selling many years, and Waiting For all from Hollywood, are playing novel. It tells the tender You had gone through if editions the other star parts. It wouldn't and moving love story of publisher who had a special lyric role of the

before it was spotted by a niste have done any harm to give the King to a genuinu an RAF squadron command-written by Joan Suminers. He Briton. er's meeting with, a beau-played it to Miss Lynn and she

How I Wish..... tiful Burmese girl after he fell for it right away. has lost his wife in an uir

And This Film

At last we are to have a news- raid and is determined to Be prepared for one of the paper story

in which a gum- does not pick kill off as many Japanese most gripping ten minutes ever chewing reporter

In a British as possible before killing Street Corner, snoak-previewed the presses,

Bhm when up a telephone and say: "Stop clear the front himself.

at Finchley, comes.

page." At Shepperton watching At the moment, a

In this scene a baby, left alone Jack Hawkins in the role of unit by its parents in a fourth-floor a news editor, working on Jay under Academy Award win-} flat, climbs through an open Lewis's Newspaper Stori), ner director Robert Parrish window and crawls along on found the sets authentic enough is filming background inches-wide ledge, while Anne to make me look round for my

Crawford.

policewoman, colleagues. scenes in India and Burma, follows the wanderer."

But I have yet to moet a and at the same time If you like The Blue Lamp woman reporter as dazzlingly searching for an Indian or you'll like Street Corner even beautiful as Patricia Burmese girl to play op-

I wish she worked with me. posite Peck,

May I make a sugges- tion? What about the 18-year-old Indian beauty. Nimmi, whom British film- goers acclaimed for her per-i formance in Ann?

z

It will be the first time in British films that a romance be- tween

a white men arid coloured girl is treated seriously and sincerely.

A job For David Two years ago David Farrar was probably the highest paid (£20,000 a pleture)

and most successful male star in British;

Alms.

"By the end of 1950 he had set

wicket-keepers in Don

There will be two experienced something of a record by starring in four top-line films in 12 Talion and Gil Langley, and a healthy

months, and had the offer of rivalry between them for the

seven inore films in Britain and Test place, Both

enough work to keep him going will be 01 their lees to establish

for two years. favour, and few chances will go astray.

Finally, there is the captain, Hassett, The little

EDGE IN ALL-ROUNDERS Australia undoubtedly retains Lindsay the edge over England in all-man, who is a natural athlete, rounders. In addition to Miller still has the endurance to play and Lindwall, there are young long Test innings, even if he

Liko Alan

Davidson, will celebrate his 40th birthday ters

keble Benaud and Ron Archer

in England. He may not see

more.

Marmont.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

EASTER RACE MEETING Saturday, 4th & Monday, 6th April, 1953. (Held under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club),

The programme will consist 12 races each day (24 in all). The First Bell will be rusg at 11.30 am, and the Arst race run at 12 Noon, cach day. The tiffin interval will be after the fourth race (1.30 p.m.)

Through Tickets (24 Races-$40.00) also Uckets at $2 each for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1933, may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Ofco of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road.

Through Tickets réserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10 am. on Thursday, 2nd April, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings.

To avold congestion at the Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branch Offices at:

5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong

or

382. Nathan Road, Kowloon TOTALISATOR

The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following But David decided to go to rules: Hollywood. He told me: "T would rather stay in Britain, but as a free-lance actor I have the money but not the publicity and recognition I can get in Hollywood."

who would regularly complete the ball quite as well early on

After six months over there. and The Golden Horde com- the cricketer's double of 1,000 in an innings as he used

pleted, David found himself runs

and 100 wickets if they But once he is set he remains

to. yearning for home, the country- were playing in English County one of the

side, the horses and everything cricket.

world's greatest

else that is England. batsmen.-

Ho returned, but although” his' Davidson, a left arm bowler Ordinarily Drobny plays a both the next two sets, taking Seixas took command again to of the Bill Johnston

As a captain, he may not be popularny was as high as ever. type dushing, but he knows mott of

Street had lost interest. liarci offensive game, But in the the fourth by sweeping ve run out the match in five con-Johnston, incidentally should be the answers.

He thought of making a film for deciding final set today Skoneck straight games

to crase

a4-1secutive games. Because of his as good as ever in English con-

himself, and in December

1951, kept him anchored to the base defleit.

age, the loss may prove Mulloy's ditions-is also a very good hard

Collins's novel I shall Not want bought the film rights of Norman line with kliful passing shots, Bolh players were visibly final bid to retire the Evans hitting left handed batsman In an earlier match, Dorothy tired entering the final sel. Each trophy, which he hay won whose, chances to date have

own service, then twice. United Press.

been limited.

Head of Los Alamos, California, won his

won the Women's Singles Utle

In a three-hour victory over Tela Jehden of Germany, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4.

of

in the semi-finals the Women's Doubles, Anna Shil- cock and Patricia Ward of Bri- lein defeated Lise Brosz of Austria and Tola Zetiden of Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Shirley Bloomer of Britain and Silvano Lazzarino of Italy beat Joan Curry of Britain and Dorothy Head of the

United States, 0-4, 3-0, 0-4.

In the quarter-finals of the Mixed Doubles, Patriein Ward CT Britain and Sven Davidson of Sweden defeated Anta Shilcock of Britain and Marcel Bernard of France, 6-3, 0-7.

West Indies Win Series

Kingston, Apr. 4.

The West Indies won their Test series against India by one

Benaud, with leg breaks and googlles and orthodox batsman- ship, is a good cricketer. His sound batting, especially, should be suited to English conditions,

Hole is another in whom the with Ghoroade he played out the Australlans have high hopes, as last 20 minutes before lunch, by a batsman and a slip fielder.

Whatever happens this sum mer, there is every indication that the coming series of Test matches will be the most in teresting in 20 years

Miller summed It up like this: As to the outcome. Keith "It could all depend on the luck of the toss and the weather." Reuter,

Lo

which time the 4,000 crowd had In the ease with which he A Russian floating drydock ing, particularly in the catches is which dismissed Mankad and Waller Hammond. Gadkari,

Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "ALL CLEAR" is given. The "ALL CLEAR" signal will be indicated by a white light of the Totaliaator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EX-

HIBITED.

Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked before. leaving the Selling Counters os mistakes of any description cannot be rectified later.

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.

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre- sented for payment at the 'Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.

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

victory to nil, with four matches seen brilliant West Indies field-j plucks catches out if the air, he which took four days Suez me any mon bit premature. [ gentlemen, hon-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure

drawn, when they drew the fifth and last Test here today.

The final scores were: India 312 and 444. West Indies 570 and 92 for four wickets. India's remaining second innings wie kets fell to-day for the addition of 117 runs. They were all

but for 444, leaving the West Indies to score 181 for victory with nearly two and a half hours left for play.

Within an hour after lunch. the last three Indian wickets had fallen while 67 valuable runs were added.

somewhat reminiscent

due to

Alm

long.

You'll Like This Song.

The Branch Offices, the Treasurers' Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office will close at 10 am, each day. The Trea- qurers' Compradore Office is situated at Queen's Building. Ground floor, Chater Road, and the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House, 8th Floor,

the story of a draper who over the years bullds up a famous de- partment store-but he could not

make it. raise

the

£100,000 necessary to

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

in

Early this month I met him MEMBERS ARE INFORMED THE 1953 SETS OF MEMBERS

Не London.

had no: AND LADIES' BADGES NOW SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS worked for six months after ISSUE. RUSSIANS IN THE WAY

touring with a play. He said:

Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies "I think I made a big mistake MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Cairo, Apr. 5. "

in coming back to Britain.

Meeting should have stayed in Hollywood.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE It seems

films don't want MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE British pagg of through the 100 miles long

Badges admitting ladies, not in possession of Brooches, and Canal prevented the Australian But David was

The other day he rang to say he and the Club Rooms at $10 per day including tax, for ladies or Cricket Tourists' "BLOODING" PROCESS

Test team on Its way to Britain from calling

had been offered the lead in a gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at Alexandra of the prisoner-of-war House on the written or personal introduction of a Member, such For Archer, he tour may be here for lunch and a knock at more in the nature of a "biced the Gezira Sporting Club nets:

play, Albert R.N,"

member to be responsible for ali-visitors introduced by him, and And high lime, ton. At 43, for The Test team was ing" process, He is inclined to

payment of all chits, etc. Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- pitch short with his fast medium leave the 28,104 British liner Ferrar is still one of Britain's

He has closure will be on sale at the Race Course. best leading him actors. Ramchand attacked the bowl-deliveries and is an uncertain Orendes at Suez today, motor to ing but after hitting eight four starter with the bat. But he is Cairo and rejoin the ship at Part beon away from the screen too in a stay of 48 minutes, he mis only 19 and has plenty of time Said. timed a drive off Valentine and to develop. Susen Partridge_of Britain and

The bulky drydock on its way gave cover an easy catch, Kart Nielsen of Denmark beat The West Indies' hopes wom

Neil Harvey, the 24-year-old from Odessa to Vladivostock vin Karol Baseros and. William Davis, quickly melted when their open-

Shodhan who arrived at the left-handed batsman, seems to Singapore completely upret the Vera Lynn, after searching for

A limited number of, tins will be obtainable at the Club USA, 9-7, 0-3.

of his Canal's shipping schedule, an

months for a sure-fire succESSOT Suzanne Schmidt and Francols pair, Bruce Palnaudeau and ground to-day for the first time be reaching the height

considerable Jeff Stollmeyer, were both dis- since last Saturday (he was fil

'powers. It Harvey

official of the Orient line said at to Auf Wiedersehen (her record-use provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy Jalabet of France beat Susan missed for

(Tel. 27818). in 18 and did not bat in the first inn-has any weakness, it is only in

Surz today,

ing of it sold more than a million runs 15

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- America alone) La The Australians expect to go discs in Kerr, USA, and Jacques Brichant minutes. The side never reings) and Ghorade continued to the chances he is prepared to

MISES DURING THE MEETING, of Belgium 6-2, 3-0, 0-1,

but the new lake. Should he curb his im ashore during stop of a few pinning her faith on a new Robert Halller

covered from these blows and bat attractively

hours at Port Sald.

For You.. number. Waiting petuosity, Annie wero soon well behind the clock, ball was taken at 427 for eight pet

Harvey may rob Willet, France, beat Nancy

Two more wickets felt before | and it was not long before the English cricket crowds of some a Soviet tug, is being towed by The drydock, accompanied by Liescat and Collin Hand of Bri stumps were

which lasted

five of the delight which emanates drawn with the innings, tain 10-8, 0-2.

West Indies 80 runs short of minutes under nine hours, was from his brillant Batting, but the Russian cargo vertel Marshal

he will become more of a head- ended,

The Test team, who were due to arrive at Tilbury about April In expectation of an exciting ache for opposing bowlers. that the wicket

Ian Craig is less likely to take 10 were stated to be about 13 was taking a finish more than 8,000 people good spin to-day and in the 90 packed the ground just before risks than Harvey, and for that hours behind schedule as a result

of the hold-up. minutes before lunch, four In- ten to see Bruce Palnaudeau reason is quite likely to become and Jeff Stollmeyer start. Wast an even bigger threat to Eng- dian wickets fell for 60 runs. Umrigar made a confident start Indies

second innings.

land in the course of time. This but in playing a defensive stroko But within 18 minutes both 17-year-old pharmacy student is The Australian players were after 25 minutes, he anicked a were back in the pavilion for already considered an integral given arousing reception catch to Weekes in the slips. only 15 runs, and Worrell and part of the Australian Test the liner passed through the

Weekes took the score to 34 by | team. Although his colleagues Canal, tex-time, when the West Indies sometimes jokingly refer to him needed 147 in 90 minutes to win as "The Child, they accept him

Boing ahead in the series, West Indies did not go for the key member,

and

Jacquelino Kermina, France, their target. rnd Wladislas Skonecki, stateless, beat Silvano Lazzarino, Italy, and Tony Storle, Britain, 11-0, 0-4 Associated Press.

SEIXAS UPSETS MULLOY Miami Beach, Florida, Apr. 5.

Vie Seixas of Philadelphia upset the nation's No. 1 amateur nlayer, Gardnar Mulloy, to win the Annual Good

Neighbour Tennis Tournament today.

Seixas,

America'a

second- ranked player, simply over powered the ailing 39-year-old Miamian to emerge with a 6-3, ‚0-1, 4-6, 4-0, 0-1 victory after

a two-hour battle.

It had soon become apparent

Govorov.

ROUSING RECEPTION

NOTICE

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be $3 each day including tax for all persons including Ladles and will be payable at the Gate,

Any person leaving the Publie Enclosure during a Meeting 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

to gain re-admission.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

BOOKMAKERS. TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- Draft: Programmes and MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE Entry Forms for the 12th HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

**** MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN Race Meeting to be held on

THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC, ENCLOSURE.- us Saturday. 18th April, 1953

ME SERVANTS' PASSES -- (weather permitting) may be

Sorvants' passes will be issued to private box holders only, australian airmen in a launch obtained at the Secretary's who are requested to distribute their with discrimination and lo escorted the Orentice for several Office, Alexandra House; the endorse their names on the passes, Holders of such passes Aro miles shouting "Bring back the Club House, Happy Valley; not permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing

Ashes".

A band on board the launch and the Stables, Shar Kwong played "Waltzing Matilda".

Rond,

Weekes held two more specta- culor catches to dismiss Hazare and Mankad while Stollmeyer. at Silly Mid-on made the fourth catch of the morning to get rid runs on the dangerous pitel. Australia's main problem may of Gadkari, who was dismissed] The crowd at one point gave well be with spin bowling. The Mulloy, obviously unable to without scoring for the second Worrell and Wecies a slow leg breaker, Doug Ring, may Hundreds of Brilish troops produce, his generally smooth time in the match.

handelap, which" Wecker un-not have lost bis air of Joviality lined the banks between Sucz Entries close at 12 o'clock power game since straining his

swered by driving Gupte to the but he has certainly lost some and Kantaro giving tho Test NOON on Tuesday 7th April, chest muscles'in á full' on. Fri-

Gomez claimed two of these boundary. So ma

Two minutes before the anish the art which made him the team good-humoured advice on 1958.

under day, appeared cramped in his wickets after relieving King.

best of his type. "down

the coming senson's matches, overhead

Gomez's morning spell was nine Weekes was caught off an easy

It included warnings to Aus While it can be regained, Ring rame, and service. After winning? the first two Crs, seven maldons, two wie- one by Gupte at mid-off, Walcott at the moment peldom gives tralia's crack batsman on sicto. Seixas faltered in his ets and 45 runs

and Christian! played out the much trouble: even to the lers prowoss of Britain's latest fast volluy placement e Malloy

Ramchand's Arst three scoring last over and the match was ambitious among Batemen. Hil, bowling discovery, Fred Truc- struggled

behind to win strokes were boundaries and drewn-Bouter.

another leg spinner, and a sur-man of Yorkshire-Bouter.

from

of

The

By Order,

H. MISA,

Secretary.

stands.

through on their duties and must remain in their employers

Owing to the congestion in the Members Batting Hall and at Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee, Room, Box-holders and Members are requested to ensure that their servants make use only of the Public Betting Hall. Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is adhered to..

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Becretary,