1955-06-24 — Page 77

33 RUNS AN HOUR JUST

ISN'T CRICKET, LET ALONE TEST CRICKET

Says DENNIS

HART

First thought on the first England-South Africa Test is that its like mustn't happen again.

Twenty-one hours producing an average of under 33 runs an hour isn't cricket.

The question is how did it happen? And more important still, how can a repetition be prevented?

To find the answers let us exhume the body of the late unlamented match.

Thes merely

followed the

Are the players to blame? decide a series between England | now be covered 24 hours before Inasmuch as they were the and Australia, would there have the start of the match. Tais instruments of the negative tac-been a wail about slow cricket? rule is designed not so much to ties, yes. But they were not the Not in England anyway, It give the wicket life—in fact. It instigators.

would have been cheers all the usually has the opposite effect way.

es to ensure a prompt start, Ta

trend of modern Test cricket. So don't blame the players. But if such a policy is to be Winning is the thing these days, They

be expected to pursued It must be followed not the game. A dreary draw change the mood to sult the op- fully, The Nottingham. wicket la nobler than a fighting defeat position. They must be encour- was flooded before groundsman A batsman's biggest crime is aged to play cricket as it should getting out, for bowlers the sin be played, no is conceding runs.

1

The trend, alas, has been ac- centuated by England's undoubt- ed current position as No. cricket nation, a position gained through super-fast bowling and Six-A-Side defensive batting

Junior League: R.N. v R.A.F. (Tamar) Army "North" Army "South" (Victoria Pool); EYMCA V South Cama (EYMCA),

Meeting

Annual General Meeting of Soft- bill/Baseball Asmus.

TOMORROW

Lawn Bowls

Div, 1. Recreo YRS TRE

Bv Recreiɔ "W*;. KCC

""G"; KBGC v FC.

Div. 2:

KCC ▼ PRC, KDC V HKFC.

TC v USRC: FC v CCC

Div. 3: FRC KCC: POC V

HIKERC: HKFC ▼ KBCO

Swimming

USRC

RASC Aquatic Sports Victoria

After a neck-and-neck race with Fred Winter, apple-cheeked Tim Molony has won the battle for the Champion National Hunt jockey title for the fifth time. Tim was born in an Irish racing family in County Pool 2 pm. Limerick in 1920 and was in the saddle at the age of four. He was an accomplished follower of the County Foxhounds long before he rode in public.

43

SUNDAY

Lawn Bowia Open Rkaka

Championships: Matches at KBGC. KDC, Taikoo and HKFC.

Liberation Shield: KCC v. KBGC (Cox's Path) 34 gam

MONDAY

cannot

opponents or what the cost.

Fred Dalling had a chance to DIL. matter who the the covers

Subsequently, artificial drying cause the ground to become a leaden mass, with the result that not until the fourth day could bowlers - tract the slightest life from the pitch.

DOUCHY STRIP TE

And more than enouragement batsmen and bowlers must have wickets on which they can ply the finer arts of their crafts, not the doughy strip which Trent Bridge provided, a fitting grave yard indeed for chronic cricket

Here a change in legislation Trent Bridge match been to would help. Test wickets can

For few questioned the tactics when they won England the Ashes in 1953.

And had this

Ken Rosewall

Form

That

Hits

Is

A Joy To Watch

By ROY MCKELVIE

The remedy is obvious. I rath is about, then the grounds- man should be permitted. to protect the wicket any time prior to the start.

The next point is where do the South Africans now stand? What chance do they have for the remainder of the series?

The tourists are disappointed but by no means downhearted. Manager Ken Viljoen recalls that they began their Australis tour with defeat, and fought back to draw the' series and it will be remembered that Eng- lang went down by an innings and 154 mums in their first Test in Australia last year yet won the series.

LIFELESS PITCH

The South African batsmen,

it is true, played at Nottingham

as though undergoing penance

To watch Ken Rosewall playing well is one of the joys of Lawn Tennis. After he had lost the rather than enjoying a game of first set to Ian Vermaak, a South African and an told more against them than the

He rode his first winner in Ireland at the age of 16, and after four years as an amateur on the flat and over the jumps he turned professional. He went to England in 1945; and quickly showed that he had all the qualities of skill, courage, toughness, determination and stamina that are necessary to become Champion jockey. He has still to realise his greatest ambition: to ride a Grand National winner.

Archer--will year-old Rugby Union hooker RCC(1) CC12); Upionships at Queen's Club last week, Rosewall's and Thirsk, the popular

3rd Division (Home) v P.D.Cfriendly race-course at the foot Kruse, J. K. Mundy, W. E. of the Hambleton Hills in Macfarlane A. G Cardner (skip) Yorkshire, has just celebrated

H. Pienell, F. A. Goldag (skipi:

C. W. Johnson, A. R C. Spencer,

. Padgett, E. Poufson skip).

HKFC

2nd Dock at 4.D.-P. Cottler, R. C. Butler, P. B. Gardner, B. 1. Bick- ford (skip): I. Black. W. McColl. W. Boyard. H. Forrow (skip); K.

Divsion (Away) v Kowloon

was

parts-Mr Fred positively ride.

Tennis

Men's "Div. Group

V

erlaket. But the lifeless pitch

A: attractive stroke player, in the London Cham-home side, who are used to the

Rectelo V

PORC V

Water Polo Senior League: Chinese YMCA V

Lawn Bowls Sipples

·,』,

conditions.

He OCC. SCAA Y USBC(1).

But it was England who set: "B": USRCIZ) ▼ CAC play reached the heights.

the slow-scoring. example, He beat Vermaak 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, and from the taking nine hours over their frst KU CRC KITC:

end of the second set to the close of the match Rosewall innings of 334, was frequently taking the ball near the half-volley.

Vermaak was playing well, yet he often had no

time to move away from his previous stroke before the reply was past him or over his head. Rosewall Tobbed as well as he did while beating Art Larsen in the U.S. Championships last year.

Open

Matches

for the past four scasotis. arrived in will fill the vacancy left by the "Mr Archer has Thirsk Town, so there'll be no surprise retirement of Norman its centenary. In the early days Save the Queen and Mr the Oiley club, played his first

disappointment whatsoever. So Haley. Mackie, a member of RC(2). G. W. K. Crawford, E. Land. G. Ta potato reale

used to

First

of clerk weigh

the jockeys and the Fred Archer,"

201 (of 19. and won thirty County Dm. weighing room, was lit by can- the course was the local school match for the County at the ago South China Chung Sing pool) 1.30

master, who remained in office

caps in aid.

championships: diclight at autumn meetings.

for 20

His death was

KBCC: COC: years.

at AKTC: During his National Service,HKERC: Recreio: RC and DC. hastened by his excitement at

Hockey pulling off a double over the he helped the very successful ist

HQLF Ex-a-side hockey league. Regiment Royal Cesarewitch and Cam-Training 1875

Signals (Catterick) XV to carry bridgeshire.

off the Army Rugby Challenge gears in succession, Cup two also appeared several times in Combined Services teams,

Baker, Sneddon, H. Ridsdale, E. Greenwood (skip).

3rd Division (Home) v K.B.C.C. at 4 p.m.-B. Lang. R. G. Baker R. Blyth, M. » Rakeüsen (skip!: K Sumner, W. Taylor, Dyer H. Shields (skip): A. Boyd-Cowan, N.

(akip). Reserve: F. Young.

When the great Fred Archer paid his only visit to the course in 1884, the Thirsk Town crier announced the event thus: "A Thirsk Races this afternoon, the greatest jockey of this or any other age: in England, Ireland.

PROFESSIONALS Bradford Northern have signed

Van-Heck, H. Holgate, E. Gauder Scotland, or them there foreign Norman Mackie, Yorkshire's 23-played twice for the Army and

РАС

int Division (Away? & Recreto "Blue", at 4 p.m.-H. Flaney, T. Poynton, R. D. Hughes, H. B. Dewar (sklp): Roza Yu, R. L. Rus sell. F. W. Hollands. K. F. Bodie (skip F. R. Reynolds, R. Laurel, G. F. Watt, J. H. Goodman

(skip).

G.

2nd Division Awar) v K.c.c. at

4 p.m.-W. Gilles, N. Williamson

|_ F. -O'Brien, P. Lowe (skip);

3. H. Harris, W. Jones, C. Willcox,

A. Sautar (sklo); E. J. Jenes, V. L. Veriga. T. Pikington, S. II. Mar- vin (skip).

3rd Division (Home) v K.C.C. at 4-p.m.-E, Bellamy, N. H. Bryan, Lonsdale Roberts, H. E. Jones. W. R. Coton (skip): EG. R.Mackenzie (skip); R. J. Smith,

Arlies (skip).

1. M. Gurney. A... Bennett. G.

HXCC

The following have been selected to

represent the Hongkong Cricket Club

in a friendly match against the Cra)-

zengower Cricket Club at home to at 4.m.-N. Heaton

TO TOW

T. W. R. Wilson, J. Wyper, F. Mar- shall

(skip); L. Chadwick-

-Kew.

J. R. McAusland. F. C.. B. Black,

D. Trail (skip); A, B, Coleman, A.

Peter Thomson Leads The Field

He weighs 14" st. is. 5 At Halfway Mark used

11 in, high, and works for an Otley engineering concern

Mervyn Hose played his third long match in three days, this time beating Luis Ayala, a cat like Chilean, who was within point of the match at 6-4, and twice at 8-7 in the Angi set. But Rose wen 6-3, 2-8, 13-11.

Rose

The tourists, I fancy, will do better on faster wickets, even against Tyson, The ball will as it should, come through making stroke, play & worthwhile, business.

more

This should give the midla batting, made up of the classical, time

bard arta Badean By the

plays William Those lobs caught Vermaak Drobny in the second round at hitting Roy McLean and Paul as he moved up court,

Wimbledon, as seems likely, he Winslow, a chance to establish

keelf should be remarkably ft. Rosewall's back-hand volley was a shot for the gods, dis-

In their failure lay a large, Angela Buxton came through in direction, deep, and

# the last eight in the Women's part of the reast for the Treat skidding into the cortÈTS.

Singles, beating Mary Carter, of Bridge defeat. In six innings Leeds, England, June 23,

cuna came from their fresh Rosewall looks

and Australia, by 6-2, 6-3. Little only 40 James Geoffrey Palmer. the Peter Thompson, holder of young and Very promising the British Open title, led the eager. He has lost that hang-Jean Forbes beat Georgie Wood-bats, and 29 of those were scored sate for the second time this by McLean, Lendon Express Rosslyn Park, and Middlesex international feld at the half-dog expression.

season by 6-1, 6-4.

Service centre-three-quarter; has signed way mark of the £1,550, York- professional forms for Halifax stire Evening News Golf Rugby League Club. The club

tournament at Sandmoor today. paid a substantial fee for his

6 services, Aged

He added a 69 to his first round of 66 for a total of 135 Davis Cup doubles players, pró- When you go in against a Heavyweight you tive of Maryport Cumberland and leads the Argentinos vided the shock of the tourna- have to start throwing your big punch right away, turned out for Newport.

Jack The Giant Could Top The Bill In 1956

Says DESMOND HACKETT

Gardner did not even put up his defence. He came Duffy, L. M. S. Lloyd, F. D. Angus slugging back: "Be delighted. Meet him anywhere. Yes,

and under any rules he likes to break.”

(skip).

LIBERATION. SHIELD

разя

and 142 stone, Palmer fo

is a na

KNOTTY POINT

Pietrangeli Nicol Orlando Sirolo,

and

Italian

อนุ

The Italians will play against Great Britain in the doubles of the European Zone semi-final of the Davis Cup next month.

A

Other and is four shots in front of ment by defeating the reigning players, Charles Doubles Champions. Vic Seixas Trabert, America's so without even any Fancy Dan footwork I asked leading clubs, including Wigan, three British

of Little Oldham, Workington Town and Ward,

Aston, Bill and Tony

No. 1 pair, 6-4, 6-4 Hancock of Stockport and Jack Gardner down at his Lodge Farm in Market Leigh had sought his signature.

Arthur Lees f Sunningdale, Dennis Wilshaw, the Wolver- Harborough: "How would you like to fight Rocky Marciano?" Then I ducked.

hampton Wanderers and England After today's second round 28 footballer and

Hanley High professionals and ene amateur School (Staffordshire) master, with scorts of 147 and better bras been appointed as * will contest the final holes An incident in the Best 'set peripatetic teacher in football to tomorrow.

caused much discussion on Stoke-on-Trent schools and youth These include Spain's C

The Jaw.

giant clubs probably the only post of Potente with a round of 72 and

point of And there was handsome Jack and I took two sharp paces back its kind in the country. The following have been selected

144 aggregate, Angel Miguel 73(6ft 5in) Sirolo went up for a He takes up his duties in (147), Argentina's Arturo Soto from his

high smash, and his racket few hand" after the ball represent the Kowloon Bowling Gardner, his splendidly mous-as Gardner declared: "If I got Green Club in the first round tire fached upper lip drawn back for the chance to fight Marciano I September; these will include 71 (147) and Belgium's Flory

to the other side of the net Liberation Shield series with Kowloon

smile that tigers would throw up everything the coaching the Stoke-on-Trent van Donck 74 (146);

The question was Was the ball Cricket Club at. KCC on Sunday the brand of

English Schools Shield team and on round about feeding day that date was made, commencing at 3.45 p.m.-V. I put Thomas A. Baley,

Among the overseas competi-dead before the racket crossed C. Bounsefell, time.

"I would just get down to the City Youth XI. Similar

the net? M. E. Purvis (sklo); S. Bichena, S. Tremlett R. Morrison, P. Kennedy There were no is, no buts, no being as hard as that chap. Aye, appointments have been made fors who failed to quality were and swimming. Hassan -Hassenein, Egypt, Eskip): 1. W. Gordon, c. w. clauses about this new model and I wouldn't be above learn for athletics Greaves. 7. Howarth, A. Harvey Jack the Giant Killer, You ing a

few of his tricks he Wilshaw's new post will not Neuman All, Egypt, S. Miguel, (skip): V. Bond. H. Scott A. But know, he really looks the giant wants to fight rough.

Interfere with his playing career Spain, and J Jimenez, Spain. tan. A. Campbell (skip): J. Dew.

at Wolverhampton. He was a United Press, hurt, W. Bayne, L. Gaddi 5. Me-when you get up close to his 6ft.

"I know there would be plenty pupil at the school where he now Kelvie skip I. Tindall, F. Gasson, 11⁄2-ins. and his 151⁄2-stone of E. J. Liddel, W. Williamson (sidp) prime British beef.

of money in a win, and I am peaches, Colmana, W Stonach, T.

Before Gardner turned on as fond of a bit of brass as the

to

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Kavanagh, P. Hughes (skip); G. A.

land, L... F. G. Cosgrove · (skip), Reserve: W. Stanyer

Gordon. A. McCracken. J. Meel that burst of opponent-hate and next chap. That kind of money would be worth forgetting every- against strength

Johnny Willams, I would have advised thing for-say-six months, and him to stay close to the good I would be prepared to do that."

Marciano Ready

To Meet Moore

earth of Leicestershire which Gardner agreed that he has yesterday was gulping the rain speeded up beyond

KILLER TOUCH

the old

into its rich zuil while farmer earthorse ploader stage, that he Jack observed: "Good growing has shortened his punch so that weather."

you no longer reckon he should be handlinga scythe. Even more readily he agreed that he But Gardner has suddenly needs still more pace, a more,

touch, the accurate punch. ady "anytime to meet light found the killer ready.

Archic strongarm method that is the

Brockton, Mass, June 22. Heavyweight Champion Rocky

CRAIGENGOWER BEAT IRC GOLD

Bridge Tourney

.

The referee, Mr A. R. Sum. mers, was called in, and ordered the point to be played again.

CHANGE OF LUCK

adjoining this On the court master's exhibition, Bob Wilson beat John Barrett by 6-4, 3-8. M. Kual and F. Cheng wen 6-3 in a good match that had the Jewish Recreation Club an unsatisfactory ending. June Bridge Tournament which

At the start of the final set bowls match played at Sookup-

In a First Division League lawn concluded recently, F

there was nothing between the Runners-up were E. Marchetti layers. Barrett looked farmer yesterday, the home team and Eddie Sun. The following and more confident then pre- Indian Recreation Club "Gold" were the complete remita:

this Weviously succumbed to the Craigengewerwe Cricket Chubby 4-1. Th

M. Kual and T. Chang 150 Z. The following are the results.

Marchetti, and Eddie Ben 158: Moses An error TECG (1)

Coohen, and partner 155 George his service for 1-3, but he was AM. Wahab. F. Lee.

Triang and DC. LOUE 155: MC.picking up his volleys well. Wil- ∙Law and Tang 155: Challiy and Ken Gardner will not just sit down All Abbay Moore in the ring. We only way Marciano knows how

B.M. Bumjaha Marciano watched Moore re-to fight Gardney is no fool. You on the farm hoping for that extra pace and punch. He gets

(Skip) tain his title at the New York cannot be a chung Polo Grounds over challenger farm pay back Inte

the home plan A Human Carl (Bobo); Olson, tonsght by

AH. Seeminh- the frightening (91dp) 11 television at a sports club phrased language of your true schedule that turned him into OR. Sadick

countryman: After the bout, promoter Jin reunirman This Marciane is we saw mauling Willems to B., Omar C

defeat in ave rounxis, recently, HY: Adal Nouris said he would take to accounts. I would be a mug if defeat ve YOUR

Yes, my sporting sirs, Massacre, (sappeR015, morrow with Weill about a I thought I could take him on Marciano-Moore match, posal right now, A

Man Marciano and this 30.56 bly at Yankee Stadium on

model Giant Killer.could be the September 22-United Fress,

top-of-the-bill date for 1956,

Marciano said tonight he'd be

heavyweight Litlist

mug and make

a

Sucks

He told me, in the slowly week, following again next A Kitche

a

Then his eyes narrowed, his mighty fists clenched menacingly,

EYE JAA Ramjah

C.R. Hossalat

nedy Bi;P.CHYip and P. Li Yipson failed to take advantage of B Login 1685 14. A: Ozorio and A Gerans the break and was caught at

BW. Brachary

15

FO. Mada

Guy Hong Chuy

GM

EKCC bowls" cards not avaljebla.

dal 142; Dodge Chen and

M. three all

Cim: 140% Mes-Picelotto and Mose De-la-Hocque 138, PT Yus, and S. Les Mr and Mrs Vago 13045

2- "Mira: Zigal and - El

Brown and · Barradas Bard and V. Zrinsky Mo: and Leung Tee Raymond and A. B. 27 Mas Pollak and B. Yo

A Chang, and Z. 15 Eurg "and", Mrs-Godkin® Pi: Kira:

bery, and Mr Rom 194.

Wilson survived a doubtful line decision against him for 4-3. Then the luck turned Wilson drove against Barrett.

service out of court, the shot was given in, but when the players protested alet was played Barrett, his concentra tion broken served a double fault, and that made it 3-5,

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