1953-06-10 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1953.

BUT I MUST PRONOUNCE

RAY LINDWALL BETTER THAN

THAN EVER

Says DENIS COMPTON

In the last four or five years many suggestions have come from Australia that Ray Lindwall had passed his peak. As a batsman I should Tike to support that theory-but it is not possible.

My first on-the-field meeting with the 1963 Australians left me convinced that, as an intelligent fast bowler, Ray is still in a class alone.

I cannot cisim that I bitted against bim at Lord's long enough to speak from personal experience.

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In fact, on extraordinary feature of my second innings lor MCC was that in an hour's spell while I was of the wicket Ray bowled only two balls to me-the last two.

From the other end, however, I saw enough of him to })= preciate his worth.

All young and ambitious fast bowlers should take Ray ns their model. He bowls a length, and he is so straight that the batsman is rarely able to leave alone o single ball or get a "sighter."

of 'how many fast bowlers could that be said?

BUT TWO VIRTUES

These are

but two of Ray's bowling virtues. Another is that he always bowls well within himself, even when releasing his fastest ball. That means he is in complete control.

mony

He has also perfected variations of pace without altera- tion in run-up and such a slight change of action at the last split- second that it is absolutely im- perceptible to the batsman.

Another Lindwall move is to accelerato or decrease the speed of his run-up sufficiently for the i batsman to notice the difference.

My tip to those meeting him for the first time is to take no

notice of such' manoeuvres,

The faster run MAY precede a -faster ball. Equally it may precede a normal poce ball, even a slower one.

That applles conversely to the more leisurely run. You just do not know what to expect,

at

captain, I cannot agree that his arm is, former worcestershiro lower thim it was. Before this Lord Cobham, asked her whether season I did not think he bowled she had watched cricket before, an inswinger intentionally, but he definitely does now.

Inswingers are not bowled with

a low arm

arm action. That's a physical impossibility.

I would not say Ray is as good as ever. He's better. Remember. too, that he has nut yet bawled flot out, 1948 until the First Test,

He did not do so in

180-A-SIDE

When Queen Salote of Tonga visited Lord's last month the

"Oh, yes," was the reply, "we play cricket in our country too. The only difference is that we have 100-a-side games. They last for three weeks,"

And some prople complain of five-day Tests! I'd be interested to know of Tonga's best bowling analysis.

Just think of the celebrations ufter taking 10 wickets in an Innings!

--(London Express Service)

I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY CRICKET GEAR.

The Story Of Lord's

"Home Of Cricket"

By JOHN ARLOTT

With three more Test matches to follow, the second encounter between England and Australia which takes place at Lord's cricket ground in North London during the last week of June, cannot decide the rubber-but it remains the crown of the English cricket season.

Lord's was not the first ground to house a Test match-that was Melbourne: it was not the first English ground on which England met Australia-that happened at the Oval in South London; not even the second-that was Manchester. Yet Lord's, "headquarters" of cricket, lends to its Test match a special glory not quite equalled by any other ground. This year, too, it offers a clash between two evenly matched sides, each bringing, around the known stars-Harvey, Hassett, Miller, Lindwall, Hut- ton, Bedser and Evans-a rare collection of the young men who should rule the game for a decade to come.

I have scen summoned some

visiting Test with their players go to Martin, the Lord's

Other great grounds—like Old | member once Trafford at Manchester, the Oval navvies to smash and Leeds inherit much of their pickaxes a mower which was groundsman, and ask him for a Coaches often instruct young essential atmosphere from their being used on the pitch-instend piece of the Lord's turf to take seen him, as home and have players not to play the surroundings. Lord's does not "bowler's arm" but to concentrate do so. Rather its high-and not of the sheep which had always aeriously, give it to them and even provide a un to contain it. exclusively on the ball coming particularly

wall formerly grazed the grass. beautiful

Indeed, w

when any man has from it.

seems to cut it off from London

Test history has been made ever been to Lord's reads the re- Unless that batting funda-and the world outside. Lord's is, mental is kept in mind against in fact, a kind of cricket village. there, and personal history too. ports of the scores in this second Ray Lindwall, trouble must be Walk around the ground and you Just as it is a great day for an Teri-which, weather granting close fight indeed English cricketer when he first it, should be a I offices, a printing ahead.

capable of producing books as plays in a match, however minor, he may see that urbane ground Briefly, Ray does not bowl a well as score-cards, a Clerk of at Lord's; so. for the overseas in his mind's eye, while he who single ball without a definite the Works' office; a museum. It player, to play in a Lord's Test has read back into cricket will somehow, the peak of see behind this summer's deeds, purpose behind it and he is such has its own workshop, tavern and { [s,

the corridors of cricket history. a master of his art that he can, confectioner's

Re shop,

own cricketing achievement.

vili And

press

and does, send down exactly the bookshop. There is a Belt- ball be requires.

contained air about the place, a unique At-

For instance, if he thinks he'll | completeness, bowl-n-yorker,-he...will bowl. a mosphere.---.... yorker, not something

yorker.

near

HUTTON'S

SHOULDER HURTS

W

MOST EXCLUSIVE This atmosphere is produced by several factors. First of all, Lord's is a private ground, the properly of the Marylebone Cricket Club,

on: of the

most exclusive clubs fn the world. Even proposed and seconded

most by eminent players, it is difficult for

bui the Anest amateur

Pericketers to become members in

less than 12 years. Because of

Glamorgan Catch Up With Surrey In The County Table

the County

London, June 9. Glamorgan, with a 13-run victory agalasi Derbyshire the revenue from its cricket, the at Pontypridd, caught up with Surrey in member's subscription is only Cricket Championship table today, though Surrey, the 24 a year.

Champlons, have a game in hand.

Middlesex County Club le the

London, June 6. Len Hutton, England's cricket captain, is recover-

Surrey gained first innings points against Northants ing from his shoulder injury MCC's icnant: Oxford and Cam- after declaring at 841 for 9. Northants, who had scored and hopes to be fit for the bridge in the University Match; only 160 in their first innings, replied with 381 for 8 before first Test against Australia, Eton and Harrow, Clifton and time was played out. beginning at Nottingham on Tonbridge, Rugby

gh, Cheltenham and Hailey- borough, Thursday.

Hulton elated that his left | mak

in their

iches, are controls

and Marl-

a ball while flelding on Saturday. Intirely to the fact that the rest elght wickets at Gillingham.

.

As Hampshire lost in two days (Sheppard not out 180, John arnunt schools'

to the Australians, Gloucester-Langridge 05), the club's

At the Oval: Surrey drew shoulder, which was struck by The fact that the MCC hire moved up from fifth to

beating Kent by with Northamptonshire. Surrey cricket is due third place. world

for nino declared. was still sore but a little less

and 381- painful. He co able to bat for of cricket wishes it to be so: the

Leaders are:-Surrey, 55 points Northamptonshire 150, Yorkshire against Middlesex to-Club does not impose the laws from seven matches; Glamorgan, for eight (Livingston 120, Bar-

suggests 56 from eight matches; Glouces- rick .73). day and showed few sign of dis- of cricket, it merely comfort in an innings of 38.

341

★★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★★★

FEAR Comes In

WithTheFocals

Says DAVID LEWIN

Hollywood.

N Hollywood today they nrc saying an optimist is a man who comes to work in a studio in the morning and brings his lunch.

With four out of every ten people in the film business out of work it is a sad joke. There never has been a time when so many count stages stand empty and forlorn. This week just 22 films, Including six second features, are being shot.

40.

Two years ago the number was The cause of. It dit is the uncertainty, not only about what should be in a film, but how it should be made.

In the first week here I met half a dozen executives flipping anxiously through documents sent to them by their technical Jepartments.

There Is a new jargon growing up. To` show that you are fully in the picture- but not necessarily that you know what you mean you discuss "peripheral vision effects and space images,"

the moment has its

to

At

own

of

Life on

3-D pet: Rita Hay

Dorth (bottom left)

and

Aldo Ray

(bottom right), prepare to tace, two hooded cameras Aiming side by side. the centre, with hand out- stretched, director Curtia Bernhardt,

-QUOTE-

東噪

"Stara' anlaries are still high but on one Hollywood occa, sion, ti, spar not only the chill air from the moun. toin which made the cinema awncra

malvers

'aut

of

working

on stories 1,200 on the books of the Screen Writers' Guild.

They're talking

So for the unemployment has

offered

One director on a set I visited had even abandoned the traditional shout "action". to start a scene And "cut" to Anish it. Instead, he said,

"Lock the cameras" begin and Unlock" to end. What he meant was that the two cameras which are placed side by side when shooting a three-dimensional film should be locked and then unlocked.

Many systems EVERY Hollywood studio

not made a great impact. special now method for shoot-wall and see which system the ing pictures,

public approves. Only one com-Stars' salaries are still high and Ike Tyrone There are 22 different systems pany, Columbia, which employs many of them,

James Stewart and which can be used. This num-Rita Hayworth and, just recent-Power, ber is gradually being sortedly, Dr Edith Sitwell, is actual Gregory Peck are

of share in the film as well. They of them ly Increasing the number down to four; three are varying degrees of wide pictures it makes and shooting still earn £50,000 a nim. To screen, some giving the illusion them so they can be shown by the producer here, whether he The mosl of depth, and the fourth is the any or all of the new methods. working or not,

encouraging fact to come out now-traditional focal film, which

all the talkc about While the other studios wait of needs glasses to view it.

and see they are cutting people methods is that the American The studios pre holding up from the payrolls. This week people after three concentratesi picture production while they only 257 scripl-writers, are years of television are at least

talking about films again.

The television men watching this, and are already planning

counter-attack. should arrive Colour TV about 18 months. And o days ago a Hollywood televi slon station put out on a closed circuit the "first" experimental showing of three dimensional television with the audience wearing glasses.. It was not

Dazzling Royal Ascot To Be The Best Ever

the

new

are

in Iow

A full-scale plan to make this year's Coronation

very successful, Royal Ascot (June 16, 17, 18, 19) the most dazzling of all and the picture was not clear- could be done. That night '' Royal Ascot race meetings has been put into operation. ly defined, but it showed what was not only the chill air from The stands and miles of wooden rails are being given the mountains or the `far-off the mast thorough painting for many years. Forty men howl of a coyote fram

up are working in the stands. Even rooms lying back from Beverly Hills which made

cinema owners shiver. view are being painted.

--(London Express Service)

The Queen's own box in the ago. TheseTM ghss-frenied""rooms, Royal Enclosure, and the glass-where big luncheon parties are fronted room behind it, is being held, will be smarter. painted In the pastel shades favoured by the Queen Mother.

The Golden "Gates, through

Elsewhere in the Royal Enclosure which the Quem, in hor State

sea green and

-head the Royal

the

THIS MAY BE

SIR GORDON'S

used, at the special, wish of the procession on its drive up the LAST SEASON

Queen.

Work

the of red crating private room began many weeks

grey are being landau, WILL

course, are now living up to their

ornamental name. The

Gordon Richards, 49. spikes, scrolls and the Royal coat-of-arms have all been re-year-old Champion Jockey furbished and gleam richly.. who received a knighthood in the Coronation Honours Hundreds of rhododendron and azalca

bushes newly planted Liat will retire from the along the New Mile and in beds [saddle at the end of this near the stands are in bud. They season or next year. are of special types due to flower

SHEK-O SHEK-O GOLF

RESULTS

Recent Compeffllons at Shek

O have resulted as follows:

Up,

Richards, one of the greatest

in the week ihat the Royal personnilles In the history of

Ascot meeting is held.

4

the Bellish turf, says he plans to BIG TRAFFIC FLOW set up as a trainer.

Referring to his knighthood The Berkshire police are Richards said, "I find it dimcult completing their plans for dealing to express in words what I feel with what they anticipate may about thla grent honour. be the greatest flow of traffic Naturally I am very proud, but

history of the meet my greatest in ever in the bé increasingly Queen has honoured the jockey

ing. Radio

May Medal Winner, N. P. Fox, 75-12-03; Runner Brig. R. D. Bolton, 83-18-65

May Bogey-N. P. Fox, and J. Mould tied all square First Place,

used to control the tens of profession.

is that the

who has been Cham-

In Coronation competitions, thousands of vehicles which will times and has now

ridden 4,682 winners-a world record-sald, "I have been riding 33 years and I cannot continue Indefinitely. I shall have to consult owners who retain mo? before making my final decision,"

played on Sunday, though the pour into the littlo "Berkshire į plon weather was anything but in-town during the week. them.

iter, 48 from clght matches: AL Cambridge: MCC beat viting,

fair number entered. 42 The ground's hub, the pavillon,iddlesex,

clight from After his innings, Hulton gald:

--(London Express Service) Cambridge University by six Owing to the waterlogged con- "I felt it when hitting the ball built sufficiently late in the 10th matches: Hampshire, 40 from wickets, Cambridge University dillon of the lower 9 holes it hard."

century to have missed the worst seven matches.

355 for eight declared and was decided to play 2 rounda has Lindsay Hasscit, Australia's architectural EXCUSACS,

under captain, will

THE RESULTS bo fit for the mellowed its red brick Test. Following a spell of creeper, London rain and soot, batting at the nets at Lord's to a warm gentleness, worn with today, he reported that his an air of dignity. right arm in which he recently To be sure, Lord's capacity-Jended here today:

Harselt made his strokes

in

The following were the re- sults of cricket matches which

200 for threo declared (Turner not out 113, Subun- not out 100). MCC Row 975 for five declared and 200 for four (Blake 60, Sharp 114, Insole not out 85).--Reuter,

PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE. IN EMPIRE GAMES Lahore, June 9, .. Pakistan has accepted "in principle" an invitation to take the British Empire

had an attack of teno, sinovitis 30,000 people, the great pro- At Pontypridd: Glamorgan was vory much better.

portion of them sitting on the beat Derbyshire by 13 runs. around the boundary-Glamorgan 187 and 209, Derby- ground

and 120 (Shepherd splendid style and hit the ball does not compare with the major him 14

Australian Test Grounds.

On four for 30, Muneer three for hard without any apparent dis the other hand, nowhere is con-21). comfort. A friend, Dick Cheat-

At Kidderminster: Worcester ham, brother of the South Africrete terracing made so pleasing.

the ex

or a grandstand in- to

88 can Test player, Jack Cheetham, vested with so solid

beat Nottinghamshire by and perruns. bowled to Hasanit.

Worcestershire 207 and 201 (Dooland Ave for 48). Hemale states that the Aus.manent an appearance,

Vast and daily labour on the Nottinghamshire 176 and 194 tralian, team, would not be an

(Jenkins six for 40). tomorrow entire ground-but particularly nounced before

pitch-contributes to be upon the night and might possibly

about At Lord's: Middlesex drew part in delayed unil. Thursday morn-the air of thoroughness

the place. Yet

this has not with Yorkshire. Middlesex 304 Games to be held in Vancouver, Ing-Reuter.

always been so.

and 173 for five declared (Brown Canada, next year. Lord's, often accused of op-50), Yorkahlto 356 (Watson

Paklitan will also send teams position to change, has, in fact, 83). Yorkshire did not bat a

Tortona changed much, but always wisely, second time.

athlelle meetings next year At - Gidingham; Gloucester. | the recond sien. Gernes in beat Kent by sight Manila and the Ceylon Athlo-

LOCE WITHDRAWS

to two *other

1 London, June 0. England have been forced to accounting its first duty as being endkopchanges in the towelve to all

all cricket. An early Lord's plasient inom whom the team will groundaman named Slatter learnt the

for the first Test to swim in one of the two great wickets, Gloucestershire 365 for the Championships. on Thursday, F

Tong Lack of Surrey damaged huge twin hollows in the ground Kent 831 and 221 (Uifton not out

be

#kaky/kuntla at Nottingham ponds, which taod do. form in Avb declared, and: 49 for two. |

the pinning finger of this bowling husid, during the match agains! Northamptonhise as the Oval and how Betas forced to withdraw. John Wardle of Yorkshire- takes his place--Benzler,

during tho winters eighteen-forties.",

of the

73.25

The exocutive Committee of the Pakistan Olympic Associa At Leloester: Busac beat ton has also agreed to send Leicestershire by eight wickets competitors to the Arab games Leicestershire 811 for eight des in Cairo next month, provided clared and 288 for, aix declared the Pakistan Government map- Indeed, the whole ground (Palmer 79, Tompkin 09), plics the nocemary 'funda......... echoes with cricket legend.. One) Bumex: 262 and 360 for two fleuter.

CRICKET LEGEND

on the top ones. -

: Nevertheless the early star- ters had to contend with the disadvantage of becoming thoroughly wet and also find-

LAWN BOWLS TEAMS

ing a considerable amount of The following ore Club selec- ensuul 'water on the greenisons for Lawn Bowis matches The following are the results

Stableford-Winner, McBain, 30

Points:

B.

to be played tomorrow:

PRC V. INC to First Divi- Runner match away at 5.35 pm-G.J. Wall, •C.W. Hollands. $.E. Hay. Up, A. G. Donn 37. Other good wand, K.T. Boding toza Yu, J.1. Perkins, C. Pope; Ecores-M. Y. Fiennes, 30; J.Goodman, “- G. Dickson Leach, 35; N. P. Fox, WJ.D. Cameron, H.D. Dewar, C. Pie. W.R. Hülyer. Reserve,~~~3.1!. 35; H. R. Cleland, 34.

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Home

A.R.A. Rahman, --A.H. : Seemin,

Omar,

A.B. Kitchell: - V.A. Rumjalin, · 1.

Greensonte (Shanghal Four- PRCV FC., AWAY -0.15 p.) Third Divion matchE. J. Dicksonm somes)-Winners,

Behamy, J. Roberts, W. ditin, B. Leach & F. G. Harrison, Fillet P.W. Metralle. H.W. Coton, 72-8-04; Runnert up, D. Me-J Pikington, O.E. Willerton: 1.W. Lellan & E. W. 8. Macgregor, Blacton A.J. Bennet, I. Macken 71-0-05. Other good scores, G.H. Mario. Roserve-P. Low M. Y. Fiennes & Sir John Kin-iron match Joch, 79-10-69; P. MacCabe & P.-R. E. Arnhold, Ba-14=00; KM. Rumjetin. A. Omar; A.D. Lt. Col. Syzes & Lt. Col. Vau- Kitchen Your K.M. ghan, 16-769; Mrs Harrington All M.B. Hasson, A.K. Minu. & Li. Col., Stevenson, 74-0=88.

GAME CANCELLED MASONIC GOLF."

The; lawn” bowls league game There will bo a Masonic between Kowloon Cricket Club Coronation Golf Match at the and the Hongkong Cricket Club, Royal Hongkong Golf Club's arranged to be played at Chater Course at Fanling on Sunday. Road yesterday was cancelled Any lato applicants should ring owing to the sodden state of the 39128 for details.

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