ENGLAND WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1954.
The first
time
England won the Triple Crown of international rugby for since 1937 when they defeated Scotland at Murrayfield by 1 points to 3. They also retained the Calcutta Cup. This picture shows G. Rimmer (England) dushing off in possession following a serum,
ALEC BEDSER'S COLUMN
Another Reminder Of The Changing Face Of English Cricket
Cyril Washbrook's appointment in the caplaincy of Lancashire is another
He joins the growing band reminder of the changing face of English cricket. professional captains.
ENGLAND SEEK A RUGBY HAT TRICK, SCOTLAND
TRY
TO AVOID ONE
By J.R. WATKINS
At the Colombes Stadium, Paris, this afternoon, England can complete a hat trick of international Rugby Union honours this season. Already winners of the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup, victory over France would see England retain her international Championship.
Indeed, with a two-point lead over their opponents, England need only draw to make sure of the Championship.
FORMIDABLE TASK
Even this, however, will be a formidable task. France are a strong side. They have only lost one match this sensor-to Wales and in beating Ireland, Scotland and the All-Blacks did nol once have their line cross- ed.
avold a hat trick of ignominious wooden spoons.
In the last two seasons they not only finished boltom of the table, but lost every match us well.
And the three-quarters re- ceive excellent aupport from the half-backs, Marlin Regan and Gordon Rimmer,
Indeed, the England team as a whole, from full-back to for- wards,
play as a unil. Each
Today is their Inst chance to naturully. hon his own
a similar prevent dub. But the dividing lines are happening this season.
disaster The
man,
not hard and fast,
The issue, then, in whether this
sound teainwork can The forwards show
France's tremen-counter
brilliant dous verve und dash for such spurts, I think it wili. powerfully-built
Should England fall, the In- inen whilst the tracks handle the ball brii-
ternational Championship could Unntly.
end in a triple tie. forward Jean Prat,
Veteran skipper of the side, is playing as well as ever. There are still fewer safer place-kickers in the KAME. So, if France
pierce the England defence, low of their tries ar likely to o uncoverted.
The question is, will they? For all their individual skill don't think they'll find the English Une readily accessible. They'll be up against Alleen Englishmen playing as a team. Whatever their faulfs this sea- son the English Afteen has out- shone all the other home sides in teamwork.
It has been this playing 10- gether, getting the best out of rach man, that has gained Eng- |lami the Triple Crown,
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Three-quarters Woodward, Butterfield and Winn show rare kconslauation, Winn on the t'X-
treme left. umudividualist. His of
temperamen- tad liking for dashing about all Cover the field nuans he is often not to he found where he ju mond wanted. But to offset this he oflen turns
the up where opposition least expect it,
Already there is Tim Bollery, who led Warwickshire to a famous Champion- ship victory in 1951, Juck Crugs of Gloucestershire and Dong Wright of Kent and the selection of a fifth professional skipper is expected at Northants.
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rest of of the yeng seem to be rapidly | mumbled bram of any county skipper and then the passing and another vogue is emptam, while there was the the team, for the appointment of a full-| greet 12. H. Jardior, un austere England have sensibly chosen time Secretary-Captain who rad
the figure, and | Hutton,
Yorkshire pro- the present Stuart Surridge, fessional, in three series now whose infectious d bubbling and all told he has done a ne
retuins his amateur slatus.
commanding
AL Leicestershire, Charlie personality makes the whole | jab. The key to the whole
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team strive for victory from the business is surely this: he must first ball of the match.
be the best man for the
Job respective of his status.
Bul 11 fant remains that younger inen who are able to
Palmer, un a seven-year truct, has done an excellent job in this capacity. There is Des- mond Eagar of Hunts and Trevor Bailey is the Assistant Secretary of Essex But other play must be worth their place counties who have tried to solve the problem in this have failed to And suitable candidates.
ONLY WAY OUT
Dru
Krowing scarcer every
way year und Whether English
Only way out is to put a paid And Is it so player in charge. bed? Over the years in many counties senior professional her virtually been the skipper. The amateur seeks his advier and acts upon it; he makes the decision which his professional offers.
have
Some amateur captains frankly not been worth place In the side on playing ability and I recall the occasion when one of them at last got within reach of his ambition to
scure a half-century. He got in
the twenties, in the thirties and to the forties, At ten he had when he tol છ one run to go. the dressing-room the senior pros went up to him and said: skip, but we've had to
declare!"
it would be entirely wrong and unfair, however, to suggest English cricket has not been blessed
with many Inspiring captains also well worth their place in any team on ability alone.
there
cricket likes It or not will be even more paid leaders.
Perhaps the solution would to play Jess Arst-class be cricket-sny une match a week spread over the week-end; or to do away with the status of professional and amateur,
has ften puzzled me--what des constitute fatmateur? One fellow I knew regularly received payment for coaching and yet played orensionally for his county as an amateur.
Tople
I could write on this for hours! I maintain all players should be known as PLAYERS distinguished us amateurs or professionals. All contracts should be the private the club und the concern of individual.
Then there worry abouil
would be less whether 1 man was officially a professional or 2012.
NOT SO FUSSY
The Australians ure not so fussy over the appointment of & captain as presurnably
THE WEEK-END GAMBOLS
BETTER NOT RISK RUNNING DOWN THE BATTERY ON A COLD DAY LIKE TAIS
the
cuunty
NO. 7 IRON SEES DENNY THROUGH
WALES v, SCOTLAND The two points gained would enable France to equal Eng- land's total of atx, Wales can reuch a similar total by beating Scotland at Swansea,
They'll and the Scata in fighting moud. For, whilo England alm at a hat trick of honours. Scotland battle
return of R.K.D. McEwen 25 hooker will considerably strengthen the Scots fifteen. Their forwards form one of the most powerful packs in the tournament.
With McEwen alongside they should the backs getting plenty of the bail.
ensure
But can the backs make full use of 117
They are undoubtedly much improved and should increase their meagre tally of three points gained so far this season.
But I don't think they'll score enough for victory.
-(London Express Service)
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
TENTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 10th April & Saturday 17th April, 1954. (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 22 RACES The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. on the 1st Day and the First Race run at 2 p.m.
On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung at 11.30 a.. and the First Have run at 12.00 Noon. The tiffin biterval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 p.m.).
The Secretary's Offee at Alexandra House will close at 11.48
on the 1st Day and at 10 am, on the 2nd Day.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE MEMBERS ARE INFORMED THE 1954 SETS OF MEMBERS' BROOCHES NOW SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS ISSUE,
In the ranks of the 5th Battalion the South Stafford- shire Regiment Territorials today there are men who tell a joke about having a dirty bow and arrow on parade. They are members of the Regiment's spare time club, the Whittimere Company of Archers, who include the BADGES AND LADIES adjutant, Captain A. T. de Villiers.
When he is posted to South Africa in the summer he will take a hunting bow and arrows with him. He hopes to emulate the 1950 African venture of that brilliant American archer, Howard Hill.
brain
In
Using a modern bunting bow It is quite a thrill to watch! with tubular steel arrows, the the arrow streak heavenwards he
for of which were 41⁄2 in. during flight shooting
arrow long and 1 in, wide tpol steel, maximum distance, the
the lenses of being shot at an angle of 45 he bagged under the movie camera two lions, a degrees elevation. Record dis- leopard, nine crocodiles, and tance is more than 600 yards,
CHEAP SPORT many other animals, including four elephants! One of the Club archery is a comparative- latter was killed with a single ly cheap sport. No special cloth-
ment, apart from
bow and Art that uppites equally well By James Goodfellow arrow placed accurately in the ing is needed and all the equip- to England's first eleven and
ONCE THE GLORY
arrows, can be made or bought in the huntbiest county side. International Cecil Denny
a few shillings. Bowa cost Archery was once the glory of for
£8 and arrows Captains have an immense (North Middlesex), who the Army in the carly days, from 50s, to
to help responsibility
archers were the from 3s. to 15s. cach, but it is open The soldier ericket remain attractive to the captured the Essex pubile and It is up to them, championship three times best in the world, and to u great not essential to buy the most
extent it is to the skill of their expensive. and perhaps even mure to the when he
Competitive shooting at straw was professional forefathers the use of the professional, to enforce dynamic at Thorpe Hall.
the chief practice of recalls & boy that Britons uwe
their targets is
the club sport but more variation riekel,
one-stroke win over Bert national existence.
found in can be
archery than Six centuries ago their un- Hodson for the title.
in ony other
spur, including cestors rose at Crecy with their practice for real animal hunting Sold Denny: "The contest was
long bows and with deadly over a feld course at unspecified at Chigwell, My score 140.
accuracy drove off repeated "The gallery watching the French attacks,
ranges with
animal silhouettes inflicting a dotted over moor and woods as exciting finish said I needed 4,
men and palling casualties in 5 for the last two holes to win. horses.
targets. During the Second "In the stress 13-putted the World
The Territorials'; cracks about War Colonel Jack
bows and arrows is not 17th, however,
dirty Churchil used his bow
on really so funny, for it is possible now did not look so Commando raids, Prospects
to have them like that to the good,
These Staffordshire Territorial extent that accuracy is impair- 500 YARDS
archers ware finding that the
ed. If the tubular metal arrowa "I determined to go all out
develops sport builds stamina, 18th for a 4. No easy
ute dirty then they will not fly nt the
co-ordination of muscle, hand straight. Moreover, matter as the hole was around
and eye, which in itself is a roller-archer is a good rifle shot 560 yards, the going heavy and
useful equipment for any soldier, it does not necessarily mean that the wind against.
An archer shooting a York "A good drive
he can shoot equally well with Round (144 arrows nt three bow and arrow. Accuracy in different ranges) using a medium both kinds of shooting is weight bow will have pulled achieved in different ways. over 21⁄2 tons with three
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afternoon?
London Erpidav Service,
I
to
take a
6.
was followed
by fine brassie shot and still
was short of the green. "This meant that I had to get down with an approach shot and
one putt for my second win in and walked about 21⁄2 miles/org
the championship.
(London Beprem Service)
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Recent years have scen Д great revival in the sport of highly of the archery, and today it is
used organised under the auspices of
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Cash Sweep Tickets on the last race of the 1st Day. (10th April) at $2.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep. Officer at
Queen's Building, (Chater Road), 6, D'Agullar Street and 382 Nathan Road, during normal office hours and until 11 a.m, on that
One may shoot any "My 7-iron shot, a beauty, standard rounds--a term
of arrows the Grand National Archery finished three inches from the for a fixed number
may Society of Great Britain, whose day. ranges-and pln. All I had to do was to tap at certain
at Oxford Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby In the pult for the coveted 4 choose from 12 to 144 arrows at hundredth meeting and viciory."
ranges varying from 30 to 100 last year can be said to mark scheduled to be run on 8th May, 1984, are now available. The cost
of each ticket is $2.00. the rebirth of modern archery, yards,
Nearly 300 active archery clubs in Britain are affiliated to this governing body. Any of lis members may compete in the British championships. There no eliminating contests or selection committees to ` pass. Even a raw beginner can com- pete, which is more than most
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