1954-04-21 — Page 6

THE WEST INDIES TOUR

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1954.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

STOLLMEYER WAS RIGHT

CRICKET IS NOW A

GAME FOR PROFESSIONALS

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the West Linkius,

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to take an additional report from on Australan. Pre ihat (quently their sturies are much *ven in a bels $ wood the same but decusonally they

bering the

my fellu

jay and then

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the public can to read both account, mit jadge

to themselves.

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one-aded Forumoweh,.

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performance.

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on this tour but, retains the ensure vi stability

C- gured over the last two Tosts, he should be good enough.

RAISES DOUBTS

It a the butting, u it has been ever since the wai, when ruits coralsts. Neither Giuveney andisputable is that the ton Watson, the Julferdespite first Tesi, dus aught have been his 100 the

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of his batting.

sult Next ye the Australians are much to visit the West Indies and t in field placing and handung of the attack he has had to give presetat

each) Myste

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un many Bul umpum is retained the prob- occasions.

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play won comforted. There were Colony proving

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SPOILED ATMOSPHERE

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utility 1 that ALUSEN mistakes that England cannot go to Aus-

will be made

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Tom King, no Intipe + Was deliberately curating

ka

The tunt

Control

tradin without him.

BING.

As for the West Indies, per- haps the biggest disappointment Wus

Worrell's fallure Lu get When Compton was distused | 19,

1 can still recall with 1 did hear it sad that, because should" aparatit a panel of four,

double at the mulende hve, who with pleasure his maghticent Anket after hel14

Can Tatto do thing in with of the century against England in the FIS CON

They will then have far Test at Nottingham" in 1950. 1L of the most beautiful ce Or 1. famuliarise them- elves with the allilies and have seTZ. a that he as shed dad and kinow what! Chrosyne Foxpos

On This *

Lerlust liss s bul had happened

Nu a people, and will be tas ietter adored to

shadow of the former self. He see the R wing the same make their devis

scored a century in Trmalad, k So

is time, but in his own

AUAUS "I pastiered and unb I had got a hundred and by that ture I had tư m my shots.“

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way and, of course, evryone. entitled to bestowa opares

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gone alount expireng nyatileTES

Thard of Control, has

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d that It was Jargely the the form which once made hini

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As I remarked earlier, every- any farter when i say that the

enkilled to his own atmosphere when the MC re- one is

WIS In Bash much pár

Sr Errol was not. less friendly

when they list arrived

But to return to the cricket. as east of these secund-hund Not even the harshest erines of shown butt been circulated Englund mild deny they have freely

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WIN plete our Naturally and

which saved England. In Engha-hurat as going English to see thung- through oyes and has viewpoint will be expressed from that angle

Opritory out here after the ane Bucs

matetus in Jamala it would have been considerablydos, and quite rightly so, was

better if a West Indian couli have presented his version also.

In England It 13 practice nowadays when Australian side is visiting for

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Diane and Rosalind Rowe, the Middlesex twins, winners of the Women's

Wembley, with Doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships at Championship trophy and their 21st birthday cake. They were both 21 the day

they won the trophy.-Central Press Photo.

The Home

In

Rugby Retrospect

Season

By PETER LOVEGROVE

I know a man who argues that since International and other top- class sport as become so bound up with questions of prestige and often causes so much bad blood, the cause of International amity and under- series of games standing would be enhanced if all such encounters or resulted in a division of the honours.

the most attractive batsman in

he world to watch. But it was an effort and that is something that Worrell's batting has never

1 tear been.

he is paying the price of League cricket włoch 25 hardly conducive to the de-

tuls vl zux-day Texts.

Valentine was the other dis- | Injuries

answer

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63 DOCTORS TO MAKE BOXING AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE

By GEORGE WHITING

Sixty-three London doctors have promised to bring trained brains and healing hands to the problems of sport during the next two years, every speciallat among them, dedicated to the spure-time task of making boxing us safe as possible consistent with the spirit of youthful adventure-and at the same time knocking some of the stuffing out of Dr Edith Summerskill's clap-trap about the perils of pugilism.

From May none of the 1,500 ar so young men In the 230 clubs affiliated to the London ABA wil be permitted w box without producing his medicul card, on which will be entered detalls of all injuries received.

The

But that is only the imme- diate part of this painstaking and pain-coping scheme. real alm is a complete medical history

who every youth | fights for fun. Boxing by the unft, it is determined, mist become a thing of the past.

TWO YEARS' WORK

It will take thuse 83 duciers two years to complete the job. In that time

to put they m "palienis" through mi examina»

tu tion designol

reveal every possible flaw in physical, nervous and mentai make-up.

By the end 1950, no young. Landoner will be permitted to expose himself to ring punish- ment until the doctors have probed and drawn conclusions weight from his

uge, height, chest measurements, family und heart, lungs, personal history,

bdomen, eyes, cars. centrul nervous system and blood pres- Buro.

Investigations into the effects of knockouts are already being minde at three London centres

J and Di

I.. Blousten, the Harley Street surgeon heading the probe-team--has been giving 4 zumie revealing figures theron.

BRAIN WAVES

West Bromwich

Beaten 6-1 By Aston Villa

West

Loulon, Apr. 10.

Broenwich Albion's E1 defeat by Aston Villa today, Thole the heaviest defent of season. virtually ended their chances of winning] the

Football English League Championship.

Wolverhampton Wan- derers though besten 2-1 by Huddersfield, remained; at the top with 55 points against 58. They each have one more game to play, Wolves being at home to Toltenham and West Bromwich away to Portsmouth.

At present Wolves have! a superior goal average of 94 for and 66 against to Albion's 86 for and 60 against.-Reuter.

Athletes Leave

For Manila

On Tuesday

10

tha

All preparations for sending Hongkong's representatives the Asian Games have been completed, and the atletes will Jenve for Philippines early Tuesday Blenkinsop, "Nobody

morning. announce. Mr J. E. P. pt the Hongkong Amateur Athletic Association Executive Committee's extraor dinary meeting held in the Education Department Building yesterday.

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IRISH GRAND NATIONAL

Car-

and

Chan

The two representatives ut the Colony. Stephen Xavier,

aprint Hongkong's

champion. Wal-chuen, local shot put star, will have on a C.P.A plane at 3.30 a.m. 011 Tuesday,

A

That's as may be, but if there's something in his theory then the utmost harmony must reign la Rugby Union circles just now. For never in the history of the game have the major honours been shared in such a wholesale manner as in the 1953-54

season which is drawing to its close.

had played to the five-country Inter-she

to her i The Northerners I turgely uwes

rugby throughout Championship. national

captain and wing-forward. the outstanding Wales and France have shy, soft-voiced, teetotal, non- the competition, but the absence land,

and England hooker, cafe proprietor of their figured in the first tripfe tie for smoking Prat,

to two other from Lourdes in the Pyrenees. | injuries

cnps. 15 years The Royal Navy, the

Including games against Con-Higgins and Himiner,

This scuson, 34 boxers suffer- Army and the HAP ended all square In the Inter-Service tinental countries and Argen- the Anal maleb, settled their ing trom head injuries have re- Tilonkolar Tournant. and

out 45 Tate

celved

(bron encephalograph Oxford and Cambridge shureif

all. wave examination together 12 port In the Inter-Varsity

a tremendous worker and per- however, came in the Hospitals with the same number of "un- Only mateb. The touring New

on the field.

controls, St. Thomas's won knocked-out" a great Cup, which sonality Zcajanders did not quite con- kicker of goals. placed or by beating St. Mary's, the five of them showed the "wrong" form to this general pattern,

in kind of waves on the graph-and for they won three often, dropped, it is he who has built holders and hot favourites.

her virile up

and fast pack, † the

wus cleared final. St. Mary's had won every abnormality International matches.

eradicated those temperament- the trophy il out of the last up in two months. Englated had the satisfaction at anses which were so often 13 times.

denies that boxing her wltning

11th Triple her downfall, and dictates her

CLUB RUGBY

Dr Bionstein Wales, stra|cgy Crown bay bonting

Cardiff, with over 30 wins has its dangers,"

"How can it be other- Ireland and Scotland, but ther? He has been kicking 4 vali and 500 points, and a unique lold me. will be many to argue that had since he was five years old, und | triumph

over the All Blacks, Wise when, os in no other sport, they J

crippled by

no one trains harder. He rutta

competitors are trying to were the outstanding Welsh the dogged by bad

bad six miles every morning

for club

inflict punishment? But at least again; indeed. draw the series, appointinent. Perhaps in tus Jurk in the vital Twickenham eight

montis ol the year, their day. they were the best we can try to make the amateur point After the hit two Tests I could case ko, the

safe ng of the sport side Wales raight be match

have would emerged clearly ng the team of follows this up with 45 minutes side in Britain. a great pity that the lave sa st

was impossadale, but said, foi although Weekes, Wal-

with

the ball, trains twice

possible." of their players-- Ramadhin

They

beat have lost the West Indies press did not have Leg Hution is nut the greatest et rad

week with the other Lourdes Bleddyn Williams, Alun

-(London Express Servicm) batsman in the world for nothing none uf their sk-It their own representative cover-

fact

and tus effort Walcott looks better every time largely

were the only ing the

holidays summer

mountain- Rowlanda, Clift Morgan, enough

11 see him)-22

account for France. two people are

climbing. There are rumours Willis and S. Judd-got capped. The absence of alike and what may be good for

Jackie Kyle

but he Swansea drew with the New

It was also unninced that that he plans to retire, through injury robbed Ireland is only 31 and may be prevailed Zealanders, but had fone is not necessarily good fur

modernie

Chu Ming, Hongkong's longt of any another.

hapes of making her

Lo fresh season, and Newport, though

Jump champion, will noi bu usual strong challenge, and her upon to load France

H | Triumphs next winter, 93 | That England must have invoked

representing the Colony. CAREER TO MAKE

only victim was Scotland, who ***** | some form of voodoo last sum-

THE SERVICES of better mes by

letter from Chu, In answer lo raised hopes

Fulryhouse, County Meath, $112* when they defeated Aus- But on usk

the Association's invitations for he what the

their grand

The most striking feature of Ing records. display against

Eire, Apr. 19. tatia

Neath made a shocking start These players have

the All Blacks, but again went Service

unth

Lord Bicester's six-year-old him to join the team, said that his Certainly there was only one aureer to make and it is up to

through

circumstances the season without

fame of five and did not win spectacular riso

prevented CIFER

the side m it to begin with. While than to go where the money is. starle

Invitation Their last National Servicemen in the 1st 14th outing, but then made a gelding, Royal Approach,

accepting the touring team strugglevi

and ried topweight (188 pounds)-to West victory. to Unt such me

P. Donahue, Chairman of Mr P. By the

Improvement In fact, goes back to Training Regiment Royal remarkable

of a two-length's victory tho the Committee, aller reading acclimatise themselves and work Indies Board can offer them all February 1851.

Signals at Catterick, three of finished on the right alde

Irish Grand National run over

letter out some system of tactics the comparable

from the Inter- living at huine

out a them

Rugby League players the ledger. West Indians all but ran away the drain

Committee, oc- WELSH RECORD star performers

who

School Sports permitted are

to play Amung London clubs London 3 miles here today, with the series,

will continue.

Two

more at

Ken Jones,

Scottish came back to pro- the popular and Union rugby while in unicomminence; they provided four af vourite, Royal Approach, rid-time of 21,8

Starting an even money facepting Stephen Xavier's record

seconds for

for the icas!

Newport want to join the trek to unassuming

right The Regiment won the Anny England

winger and Olymple sprinter, Cup next year.

again as expected, and then Scotland's backs and won 18 of den by Pat Traffoe, bent Sam metres

200

race during On the credit side, there was

Anals of the Inter-School Ath- up an individual Weish went on to annex the Yorkshire their 20 games. Their co-tenants Brownthorn, a 7 to 1 chance, The Tuming point was when Holis emergence via his 166 in

record by gaining his 36th Cup,

etics

on March full at the Athletic ground, Alch- ridden by his own trainer, #

19. A although nut at Hutton, England's Most

Barbudos as a Test batsman of

Successive International cap strength

had also

inter-school happier Freeman important mond,

-Jackson,

proposed Icclough,

racord, successful captain in the art of clas

class and the re-discovery of

(R. M.. Owen also won 35 rounds.

season, while Blackheath and second favourite at 6 to 1, was that the Committee accept the calling heads of tuils, secured

саре, Denta Atkinson, an all-rounder

but not In succession). choles of innings In Georgetown of real merit.

Higgins, the wing forward, London Irish,

further who share the three lengths

away time. He was seconded by Mr Here Is

both the Ken has played in every Inter- played for England four times; Rectory Field,

showed third in a field of 11-Reuter. Kwok Ling-kwong, and the This,

coupled with J subile natural successor to that grand

national since the war and also Boston and Jackson. the great improvement on recent

motion was passed unanimou which gave old change in tactics

war-horse Gerry

the Gomes appeared in three Tests for the centres, are going to Australia years and could go with the batsmen more chance

hen he decides the time has British Isles in New Zealand. with the British R.L. touring best.

Mr F. J. Tingay Informed tho. play their own type of game

to bang up his books, Need Very lew of the men who ride this summer,

Harlequins were not quite the

mecting that as he will be go- provided the necessary breathing

id that we hope it will not wero in top-class rugby in With these three.

and the dominant force of recent

ing on leave soon, he will not And I believe that from

1940 have anaged

managed to space.

be able to carry L too soDN.

on ns Trea- retain | brilliant halves, Gabbitas and sons, London Welsh faded, and their places. Bleddyn Williams Evans,

Mr Kwok Ling-kwong the most then on they looked the better

was, 100,

the Army beat the more Wasps,

surer. the only club in the side.

successful debut of 17-year-old and Rees Stephens Without question, the

atil! figure

fanded RAF in the Triangular country to field eleven XVs, had

was then elected Treasurer in West

whe has the in

Welsh XV

XV with

Tournament. Ken

without

his place. Indies had the greater all-round Garfield Sobers,

Boston, a very disappointing season. Old M.F.

Jackson Weekes and distinction of being the youngest Jones; Kyle and

Lane

and Evans,

Adelaide, Apr. 10. the Army Alleynians were the pick of the. strength and

to take a wicket have again won the Player ever

capa

The Australian Soccer Counell for went down to the Navy and moderate Old Boys clubs, Walcott, or perhaps after the Test

this cricket. Here is material Ireland

In the Midlands, Northamp-Association to arrange an Em- content with sharing farmer had to be

ask the English Football last Test should say Walcott for the future and if the West WD.

Eillul has made ain a triple tie. and Weakes, two batsmen who

Nunce- ton were supreme but Indies can

And one or two more spectacular come-back in would walk into

The other major tournaments ton, served by a splendid pack, pire soccer carnival in 1955 with any present like him they should not slip Scottish pack; and the remark were not without their sur-made

notable

terms_from Australia, England, advance.

The 10 probables, starlors day World XI.

Walcott's inninga

from the high potcstal upon able Jean Prat of France can prises. Oxford, after playing Coventry had their worst post New Zealand, Soulli Africa and and jockeys for the City and when the

whichi

the their post-war perfor- lay claim to being out-very mediocre football in their war season, and Bedford also Canada competing,

Suburban Handicap, running West Indies were trying to stave

standing Rugby player of mances have put them.

the opening games, sprang a off defeat at Sabina

big suffered from the retirement of Purk was

In announcing this tonight over one mile and a quarter at --(London Express Service) five countries. the best for his side in the whole

the serum. players outalde

Mr Sydney Storey, Chairman of Epsom tomorrow at 1413 GMT serles. His double century at

France, who beat New Zea who were considered to have a Barbados was perhaps the second

land, Ireland and England in strong attacking back division Penzance both had over 20 wins, on, said such a carnival would Hilltop (W. H. Carr), Pro- best, though in the early stages

do while and greater speed in all

Luke'a feld, and Scotland at Murray- and

College, be foro-runner to tho 1984 pluation (A. Breasley), Orgogilo went down only

to to partments,

П draw there was always o

Wales at Cardiff through somo one felt

at Exeter, set up a record by Olympic Games,

(K. Gothin), Sunny Brae (L. Twickenham chance he would mishit one and

after a furiously scoring over 1,000 points.

Piggott), Salling Light (Sir. and at times brutal get himself out.

Sale and Headingley had a Mr Storey also announced Gordon_Richards), Caerlaveroak most successful seapon in the, that a New Zealand team would (F. Durr), Dumbario (F. north, and the Scols dub tille vill Australia this year ana Barlow), Ocean Sailing (E. went to Glasgow High School that Australia would sond a Mercer), Prince Dor (D. Smith) F.P. for the second time la four team to Hongkong In Novant» | and High Revel (D. Foria)

ber or December-Neuter, Router.

NOTICE

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By Order of the Stewards,

H. MISA,

Secretary,

NEW TERRITORIES

FANLING UN LONG &

SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICTS.

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HOME RUGGER RESULTS

London, Apr. 20. Rugby Union results today

set

the

Paris and

year;

the

iri

two

892-

EMPIRE SOCCER

is to

CARNIVAL SUGGESTED

Probables For The City Suburban

London, Apr. 20,

surprise by holding Cambridge, Kythe west, Gloucester and the Australian Football Associa- [are:

superb goal-kicking by Viv, exciting,

Evans, had her best alde since struggle.

England, on the other hand,

the war and shared honoura Middlesex won the County had Hutton to whom all credit

which have eluded her ever Championship, ending up with has been given, Trevor Bailey,

since she started playing Inter- a runway victory over unlucky an indefatigabic

Aberavon 11. Devonport Ser-national rugby in 1909. And Lancashire at Blundellsandt. all-rounder

and until his injury, the best. fast bowler in Brian Statham,

I

can hear the shouts

were:

vices 3;

Bridgend 27, Halifax 6;

Bristol 5, Cheltenham 8;

of

Cardiff 14, Northampton 9;

Coventry 24, Rugby 0;

protest from King's supporters He is good, that no ond will deny, but wherena Statham attacked the slumps

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00 per cont of the time and only twed his bumper as 鼈 surprise WED FIGH King made it his trump card and when he was attacking the stumper did not

look nearly as dangorous,

Hutton, Balley and. Statham. Them thrée playad major roles But li in England's revivali would be foolish for Englishmen loxfast" that the present com. ...el Blemtion,thuptis Aleo Becker, in

10

Brolar 2. Leicester 8;

Lydney 3, Gloucester 12;

Newport 14, Barbarians 3;

Pontypool 21, London Welsh

"Baint Ives 11, Civil Service 8t

Stroud 3, Moseley 6; Hudderwald 0, Ballymena 13; Haylo 0, Saint Mary's Hosp!=. tal 8-Reuter,

HOME SOCCER

...

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Accorington,

the Autos against Austalle istihley. 4-3° in 'n League Türes

at the end of this year and the Northern football match today. beginning of nettet

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