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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 1953.

SURREY ALMOST ASSURED OF KEEPING THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

London, Aug. 31.

Surrey have not yet clinched the four points necessary to ensure them of at least sharing the County Championship which they hold. But they are almost assured of keeping the title because of the state of their match with Sussex and the position of the Lancashire-Middlesex gume.

Surrey did not take the most of their chance to establish themselves in an almost unassailable position this morning for no batsman seemed inclined to push the score along.

Fletcher certainly balted well cannot be headed in the Cham-after ten spell of four for eight and was in the position of haid- plonship table.

In eight overs included two ing the side together while ofer This would klil the hopes of wickets in three balls with the wickets foll, but five hours spent Sussex and teave only Lanca- middle stump knocked back both over 81 runs was hardly cham-shire with a chance to tle, but times, plonship.class,

Surrey were dismissed for a moderate 220 but SugeX,

the northerners are not having it too easy against Médicoca,

who They will have to be more had an outside conco of the enterprising on the final day to- Championship providing they morrow which they start

with won their last two games and three wickets down for 132 in Surrey and Lancashire could reply to the Middlesex total of not got a point from their re- maining fixtures, wère struggling| to match the Surrey total,

174.

In the circumstances Glanior- gna

did well to reach 178, to which Leicestershire replied with 30 for one.

Gloucestershire, all out for 149, found Morgan also fast medium, the chler trouble. He hnd one spell of four for seven and final figures of five for 35. Derbyshire nearly halved their arrears 12 for two-before the

Freddie Brown must be well pleased with Northamptonshire's position against Worcestershire, for nt 199 for four in reply to 140 they have a good grip.

After Saturday's blank day through rain the pitch was in- clined 10 be

but close. dimcult, When stumps

drawn Midlesex Wor

had the worst of R they were 189 for seven, still 31 and suffered accordingly. short and no recognised batsmen

Lancashire, with quick runs to come.

have shown necessary, should

they had any ideas of bidding more eagerness for quick runs for the Championship pennant. Time may be against them to morrow, particularly in view of the possibilities in the Surrey Sussex game.

In the circumstances Surrey may get the first innings polls tomorrow to ensure that

they

Pinza Favoured For St. Leger

Private advice has been received from London that Plaza, the Derby winner,

was yesterday quoted 6 to 2 on favourite for the St Leger.

NOT SURPRISING

Iemembering Saturday's blank day for six of the eight County Championship matches of the current series, It was not Aurprising 10 And

bowlers

generally reaping a burvest on the ruin-uffected wickets today.

Leicestershire font medium bowler, Spencer had the best analysis of his career with five

Glamorgan wickets for 29. `Ani

HANDICAPS FOR THE

CESAREWITCH AND

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

ま

London, Aug. 31.

Mr F. T. Willia.ma's four-year-old Nick La Rocca, winner of the Northumberland Plate, and Baron Guy de Rothschild's French champion, Guersant, have been paid the compliment of receiving top weight in the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Handicaps respectively.

The Cesarewitch will be rùn over two miles two fur- longs on October 14, and the Cambridgeshire over one mile one furlong a fortnight later, both at Newmarket.

The races form the Autumn third in 1951, has gone up one the year's pound on the rating of a year most tempting targets for ago, while Fleeting Moment, ati backers and sums, large and eight stone three, has four small, are prolifically Invested pounds more than he carried to on the two races and on the victory in 1951. elusive double.

Double,

one of

:1

Tribe. their Australian slow left arm bowler, was chiefly responsible. He look the last five Worcestershire wickets for only 10 runs and then shared in a fourth wicket stand of 80 in 65 minutes with Davis, who wan out leg before for 05 off the last ball of the day.

Tribe reached his 1,000 runs for the season and needs only two more wickets to complete the double with his 100th wicket for the second successive year. Notinghamshre, facing Somer- ect's small total of 117, would in a bod way but for Simpson's 64 runs out of 87 compiled for the loss

or nve wickets.

have been

first

his Just

A century by Wilson, of the summer, in over four hours and Including I fours, was mainly responsible for Yorkshire galning the ad- vantage over. Hampshire,

Essex, who had no play on Saturday, made a bid for possible victory by declaring at 127 for five almost as coon as they had passed Warwickshire's total of 120, but in the final half hour the Midland side hit 18 without loss In their second Innings.

to to

For Warwickshire's cheap dis- misal, Essex were indebied Trevor, but another pace bowler. John Bailey, 110 Telation who toote half the wickets for

only 34.

FULHAM

STOKE CITY

Finney, Stoke City centre-forward (right) scores Stoke's first goal as Lawler (Fulham loft-back) goes in to tackle in the game al' Craven Cottage, London.

ASHES BUT NO SACKCLOTH

By

IAN PEEBLES

-¿

The Ashes have been ours for quite a few days, and the British pubile, having almost thrown off the kist signs al nervous frustration, has returned to its normal occupations, with no more than an occasional quick-Idok to make quite sure they are still really there like the child with a new toy.

Despite our convincing win at the Oval it was no majestic march to victory but rather a matter of scrambling home. It must also be admitted that, the. general standard of play was not of the highest; but if enthusiasm, excitement, and entertainment count "Anything this has been' a 'worlderful series,

The MCC May Break A West Indies Record

Karl Nunes, former President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, and captain of the West Indies team here in 1928-the year the West Indies attained official Test recognition--left England last week after an unofficial reconnaissance on the England-Australian Tests.

His views on the probable outcome of the MCC's visit to the West Indies this winter are startling. He does not, think the West Indles will retain their home unbeaten record against English Youring sides.

with

as yet,

than ony

OUT

for

CADO

Both sides had glaring short-general atmosphere of the pro comings, offset to some extent ceedings struck the spectator, A | by splendid If somewhat isolated It has always been our bellef assets. Hassett bad at his com- that the Australians regarded mand one wholly sufficient bats cricket as an extremely serious MAM an himself; one superb | business, while we have favour- bowler in Lindwall; and aled the "it's only a FRE" uniformly magnificent folding attitude. #ide.

For the rest he had several In this series the rovotep. Ano players of strokes whe seems to have been the proved an uncertain quantity The Australians always had an against the ball moving from air of buoyancy and enjoyment. spin or

team who seon, and an inadequate and It was bowling side on wet or

worn appeared to labour 'under wickets,

weight of vast responsibility. His major dimculties arose.

Neither the first assumption from Iwo sources. The first nor the present Impression muy was the injury to his main stock be wholly true, -but th bowler, Johnston,

electrifying Australian fielding, and their custom of hitting their way out of difficulty, gave their a tremendous air of zest. in contrast our

policy threatened lent a sombre aspect. to our batting.

Almost more serious was

210

Lallure to And satisfactory play a

and

21

only

the"

opening partner for Morris. The eventual solution for Hasselt-that

possible cautious defence when danger ning the vacancy

hatt

the

KEENLY AWARE

himself a disastrous effect on middle batting.

It is a lesson to be remem- bered. Nothing is so` disturbing Further; our team must have to a batting side as to And itself been keenly aware of their task without a regular opening air. at all times, for no one could sit

WSIA

And his reasons are based on pilgures, using the Indians as Of the others who were

in the ground without being the lack of fast bowling within yardstick, do not bear competi-famillar over here in 1050, only

the England, with

whole conscious of the almost painful the West Indies, and the natural son

from which with Freddy

country Trueman. Hines Johnson, now more

to pick, consequences of lack of practice King's best was five for 74. | 40,

were no more successful in this anxiety of the crowd for their Ects wickets

side's victory. respect than their

opponents, regülarity. against fast bowling within the

Bruce Palradenu is the logical

And eventually Early forecast

acknowledged When the writer complainedj colonies.

Financially the Engilsh success man to open the batting with Karl Nunes does not think

but their weakness by introducing that their behaviour Allan Ras first Test side will be for from: It worked satisfactorily, but it is pointed out that it was such a the Edrich, a county number three. duly partisan It was soothingly against Australia means £45,000 Jeffrey Stollmeyer.

wrecked by Ray Lindwall Stollmeyer. Pairadeau, Worrell, a sad reflection on the rest to the West Indies-"We shalt was

able to increase the gates in 1851 and has not yet chown Weekes, Walcott, Gomez, Binns, our opening batsman and a Australia that they were entitled off long time since we had bratiera be charge."

he signs that

is likely to be King. Ramadhin, Kentish and situation to be rectified at the to a little licence. salvaged.

Valentine The West Indlan team will

earliest moment, Worrell, Binns, Kentish and again have ar its

And, in truth, frequently one's The three "Ws" are automatic foundation

other respects England denunciation of the unmanneris Num- Valentine are all from Jamaica Weekes, Worrell and Wolcott, for three, four and five.

plete icam until the newly-reconstructed Sabina

the final the crowd was interrupted by Park ground, Kingston.

match. The early doys were the claps and cheers whichr almost entirely Hutton,

Bedser greeted a maiden Policy dictated that Legall, ot

over from Footnote on unpring: The and the granito-like defence of Lindwall or a throw by David Trinidad (where they played on west fadies will submit a list Bailey. matting). should keep wicket of recommended umpires to the Despite these strictures, the

the Indian side in against Jamalen (where they play

| MCC, and they will make their entertainment value of avery Perhaps the most on

touching choice. grass),

Binns,

match was, as I have said, very aspect of the Test match crowd and that

of

great. One feature of Jamnich, should keep in Trini-

the was a certain proprietorial air dad. This led to bad wicket-

towards its chosen favourites.

There was Keith Müller, who. loves

But there remains the problem ber six will be the West Indian and the first Test is played at ware hardly a balanced or com- behaviour of certain sections of

of finding two opening men to Trevor Bailey-Gerry Gomez. r:move

bers in the England batting.

thair equivalent num-

Mr Nunes holds not too high an opinion of Frank King, the Trinidad fast bowler, whose

India's Team For Table Tennis Championships

London Express Service)

TO PLAY IN

16 COUNTRIES

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL

keeping in at least two Tests, co

As Jerry Alexander, Combridge wicket-keeper, wit not be available, the Legali- Binns argument is likely to arise again: though the change i from matting to turf by Trinidad more favourable puts Binns in position.——————

OPENING BOWLERS

In

HOCKEY TOURNAMENT-

London, Aug 31,20

Bon.

to tweak the public's tall? with a ferocious bouncer or ( suspect) a largely simulated gesture of rage in order to turn their howls of protest to laughs and cheers by a wave of the hand.

But manifestly the first place In the cart of the cricket public is reserved, for・・ BIL Johnston, whose genial presence and gangling antles have boen

but few

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

The following were the close of play scores In Arst class cricket matches played today:

Bombay, Aug. 31. At Lord's: Middlesex 174 Lancashire 132 for three.

India will be represented At Bristol: Gloucestershire

shire at the Second Asian Table 149 (Emmett 52, Morgan ve Tennis Championships, to for 35). Derbyshire 72 for two, be played in Tokyo from

At Have: Surrey 220 (Flet- September 7 to 14, by by Alfred Scott of Jamaica

The replacement of Ramadhin

Women hockey players in England can hardly wait received with a warmth - Bookmakers have been wait- Sailing. Light, winner of the cher 81). Sussex 189 for seven.

team of six-four men and the last Test ngainst the for the opening of their season, and no finer opening could reserved for ing for the weights to

Lincolnshire Handicap, and

At Clacton: Warwickshire 120 two women.

Indians was not a success, and, be Imagined than an international tournament among 16 sportsmen. before laying prices

Jupiter, who won Ascot's (J. Bailey five for 34) ond

Ramadhin is o strong lip to

countries. events, but it will not be long Workingham Stakes, have been for no wicket. Essex 127 for five The tcam will leave for renew his association with.

To say he had wormed, his Dow before they begin to book given eight stone

and declared (Gibb 50).

Japan by plane from Calcutta Valentine.

That is the feast of hockey which will last from way there would be entirely out At Bournemouth: Hampshire bets in ever increasing volume, eight two respectively.

on September 3.

September 30 until October 10 at Folkestone, and it la of character; rather," with Yorkshire

The men's team will include

the culminating happening of three years hard prepara-respect to his most peculiar. American owner, Mr 185 and 80 for one.

Ranbir Bhandari (Bengal). T.

tion. Cesarewitch weights with nine Robert Sterling Clark, will no 318 (Watson 113, Knott six for

Thiruvengadam (Madras), D. P. doubt be well satisfied with 114).

Sampat (Bombay), and Y. S. Vyas (Bombay).

Nick

La Rocca

on

appear tho

hends

Ühe

The

three

18

stono seven pounds, two pounds Good Brandy's weight of eight At 'Leleesters Glamorgan 170 more than Flush Roy, who stone tour, as his colt came (Spencer five for 20). Leicester- won last year's race

when tenth in the Derby and won the shire 36 for one. carrying six pounds less.

Eastern Emperor, winner of the Chester Cup and Hurst Park's Winston Church!! Stakes, has nine stone four, a pound less than he was allotted 12 months ago,

pro-

Papillo, who has run minently in several big long. distance rates this year, and the Goodwood Stakes, is the only other horse weighted In the nino stone division.

won

Pluchine, his conqueror by six lengths in the Ascot Slakes, has eight stone nine pounds anti enn oppose Sir Humphrey de Trafe fand's four-year-old on similar terns.

110).

Free Handicap over the New-At Worcester: Worcestershire market track carly in the season. 140 (Kenyon 59, Tribe Ave for Northamptonshire 199 for sull to come for each race, it is 50).

With two acceptance stages four (Davis 85, Tribe not out early to forecast the withers, At Nottingham; Somerset 117 but Dangelo and Good Brankly (Dooland five for 20, Jepson might be worth a small wager four for 28). Nottinghamshire now at long odils-China Mail 97 for five (Simpson 04).-- Special

..

Reuter.

LAWN BOWLS

Mr Antony Hawtrey's Vidl Visi, narrowly beaten in the 1981 Cesarewitch, has 8 stone 0, three pounds less than he was allotted last year when he did Rorolo not run.

CCC IRC Also, on

this mark is Mrs BGC George Digby's Dangelo, a four-KDC year-old by King Legend, whom KCC stang critics have already re-[HKFC chaimended for the race.[PRC

Dangelo' is trained by George Taikoo Dirby for his wife at New- market.

Baby will be remembered

for Is Ascot Gold Cup and Rec. "A" Clood Cup triumphs this Rec. "" peir with his good horse Souepi, FC

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE

At was generally

KOC

KDC

IRC

anticipated KBGC

that. Guessant would hood the HCC Chebfidgeshire weights. He has kem given nine stone ten pounds, zeven pounds more than

A compatriot Silnot

COC

**Surdest weighted of the home FRC tried horses is Lady

Zia Recricio #her's Hilltop, who has nine KOC.

„Lard * Risebéry's"; good C

[Hock ( has ¦ Eght|USNC

Catapos dicentis, the same weight POC

Bane 11

"örimette," fifth "län" your "inder Pr

LEAGUE

STANDINGS

FIRST DIVISION

A U.

Shots

38

351⁄2

Shote

929

033

883 770

754

483

700

173

750

720

094

-10

034 687

020 704

11

024 009

10

SECOND DIVISION

| | | ...

This still leaves the positions of opening bowlers to be filled. King will obviously be given chance and Esmond Kentish of Jamaica might. ful the

Syrod Sultana (Hyderabad) promise he showed during the make up the women's toom. and Irene Samuel (Bombay) MCC's disastrous tour of 1947.

The team is considered to be wouls and not representative of India's table tennis strength,

Landy Will Not

of Bengul, who gave an Be Available For

the

Indian National Champion K. Jayant of excellent performance in competition in Singapore last year, because of business.

is unable to make the trip

Gool Nasikwalla, who won the triple crown in the Arst

Championships at Singapore, is

still en route by

sea

Empire Games

compete over.

the

.

visitints

brand of batsmanship, i hẹ, "has Boundered. into the net of their

To organise such a meeting ‚in: Apart from the four home affections, to remain baffled and a real Herculean task, and it la countries.

immovable. Austria, Belgium, certainly most ambitious Denmark, the “Unibed Biolea, festival of its kind so far ar- South Africa, Australia, France, the cherubic smile, which Morr

Such memories, as these, and ranged in Britain.

New Zealand, Holland, Eight pitches will be used almultaneously and to plan a programme of such magnitude

mary, Switzerland and India always had in the moment of are expected to be represented, defeat for his conqueror,

though England. are

so that teams have reasonable expected to start Bedsor, leave agreeably warm

rest

record

and húman memories of this series quite apart from the material results.

High strong such memories

women's hockey, more than one of the other countries will eager to lower their colours. are the friendliness and opt wit'

For the Dominion can teams the tournament is singularly successful captain... Ameri of Hassett, a defeated but

and

periods between matches and atractive games each ilay of the without perhaps some best games being played at the time, must have given samo headaches to those responsible,

GOT BUSY

Britain for their teams are to On 'our; aldo there are grounds. igo on a tour of the British Isles for optimism. The Oval daven. When first it was decided afterwards, playing matches wh good one. May returned would | against representative, sides to how his real form as the most

the China Mail Special,

promising of the, younger school.

Melbourne, Aug. 31.. John Landy of Australia, one from of the world's fastest Mila Bucharest where she attended runners, said that he would not the Youth Festival.

in the future She was, Therefore, not invited to make 5CRS. the trip.

Miss Sultans, four

Landy, who last year clocked times four minutes. 2.1 seconds one Indias National Champlon, did of the musicst Miles ever-will not participate in the Champion- be completing his final year as oficial ships at Singapore last year. an agricultural science student | South

KIPROVED RAPIDLY

that the tournament take place in England, women got busy.

They have been able to raise £12,000 to cover the costs, AN

openly admitted that Africa planned· ́`· the

OK

1950 and 3

in Melbourne. University in tournament

1954.

Miss Samuel has

Не old that continuous Improved

training would interfero, with rapidly this season. However, she is

L

only the start of a visit to

RUGBY LEAGUE

·RESULTS-

Trueman, having progresset up and down the seale, between the exaggerated, extremes of national 'hero number ́óna "and the forgotten man, eventually London, Aug. 31.

emerges in his proper perspecs body find a

In magnificent

Rugby League results todostive-that-of-a-vory promising they decided,

when their } were;

fast bowler. to make sure Holla Vuo was dug,

Wakenéki --:. all guests would be vrcicorne

"Rangera. | 31, Trinity „ their

honio countridge With.

HAYLEY memories.

subsequent business turn is still not up to international competition and much of "the Tis means that Lundy wih and would afterwards leave To Hull Hingstorf success of the Indian team will not be avaliable

career.

far next

19 depend on how well she teams year's Empire Games at Van- nothing but the happiest of Leigh

With MIRS Suttana in the couver.Neuter. Women's Doubles,

The men's team is probably

the weakest India has sont, out In many years,

Bhandari, the likely captain,

4212 is on the down-grade and has 80% failed to win a major Indian somo ume. Thiruven- Hile for

pat-ball vulnerable to

2 960 703

257

852

945 844

0 840

780

777 7713

701 GOT

074

729

doo

824

099

919

THIRD DIVISION

12. 0 3 1,075 7011

902 *638

'0

925

815,

203 678

.918. 940

090 1,034

970

760° 1,10

31

20% zociom's

20

125

game

players using 24% the pen-holder grip and he hoe

101⁄2 never

60

been able to do well against them.

Sampat, although he has won two titles this Bedson, lacks much 64 stroke play 5134

of his confidence and Tatin Vyas is the only 414 expected-to play well in Japan player 30 Ilu is in peak form and rem cently defeated Bhandari at the Bangalore, Championships... H is exported to be the backbo of the Huns Usind. Zkada,

20%

THE GAMBOLS

HULLO DEAR. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TAKE MOUNT TONTOUT": "TO A THEATREJ AND A LINGE SUPPER AFTERWARDS →JUST TI TÍNO OF US D

MINUTES.

Hutton, it still in the procesE- of mastering, the craft -a :-DewsburY",

'sida: acaplaincy; has led his ( )12 | victory, jaka Rester.

Now for the West Indie

Barry: AB

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