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Test Cricket Is A Two-Way Business To Avoid Defeat;

To Provide Entertainment

Says BRUCE DOOLAND

Sports Stars MAIN INTEREST TODAY IS

I Have Met Laurie Gray

By Archie Quick

"Standing"" In his fist Test Match when the South Africans take on Enghind a second timė at Lords for five days will be Laurte Gray. It is only his third Season 45

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class umpire and Test honours have come more quickly to him than most of his brother-umpires.

Far Many of themy by senior, have not been awarded

Test

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ON FACI

CRUCIAL

SECOND DIVISION MATCH

By "TOUCHER”

With the First Division League games this afternoon being mainly

a race for points for the leading teams, main interest will be centred on the Second Division crucial encounter between Kowloon Dock Club" and Hongkong Football Club.

One of the chief reasons for both hards.

Well

on

that 30-an-hour on one day and 25-an-hour on another just wasn't goodpored was, perhaps, that he may do them some good, but the

The other event is the open. ng or the Colony Lawn Bowls Open Championships with the play off of the nine first round matches in the rink event,

It will be with mixed feel-

On this match will rest the hope of at least two other strong title-contenders, ings that he will walk to the

Taikoo and Crafgengower Cricket Club. A decisive win for the Dock bowlers will centre of the famous ground

of World give them a commanding lead when the League enters its second round, as their with the doyen umpires, Frank Chester, for remaining Brat round match is against Police Recreation Club whom they are ex-

he tolled at the though

pected to beat by a clear margin. John's Wood headquarters cricket for many many year Hongkong Football Club, who day earned for themselves the, Cricket Club, who were the as the opening fast bowler of suffered a severe setback during distinction of hating B. W. holders then, retained the shield, Middlesex, representative non-

by 1-4, showed in this first defeat of the season.

on eight rinks, should provide Whatever else the first Test match produced, it laid wide open the out never came his way. He gower or 110sing to Craigen Aradbury and his men their The match, which will be played

Sambo Ramjahn had some songe good bowls. good, +

honest workman game that they were das from

phenomenal luck in this game problem of slow scoring in modern cricket. From what the critics say, at his craft, but he never reach comfortable in

green that was drawing a

with lucky wicks in at least three and from the accounts of friends who were on the spot, most people felted a place among the stars.

heads, but he and his men did a Middlesex man being thus

The little practice they bad at the same time played some very good bowls throughout the Season after fact that they will have to play whole afternoon. was overworked. Seas season, with little support from on almost the same kind of

Police Recreation Club turged "over Hunghom will already be one

one of their special per- speed he plugged down the other end in the way of drawing green this afternoon after over and at season's end factor in favour of the League ormances last week-end against

dockmen.

Indian Recreation Club, But be had always sent along more leading

playing Much, I think, will depend on

away afternoon deliveries than any other bow- ler of his type in the country. the condition of the green this agains: Recreio "Blues" It is ex-

doubtful afternoon.

they On a heavy green the fremely angular As this tall,

"The only once said to me:

Valley Club

Club squad will have a repeat their giant-killing feat,

the With

"Blues" bent OD more good chance of upsetting their Iar people responsible deliveries than me are the milk-hosts as they did in their match getting the points, the custodians

Ότι against Taikoo. B fast green the dock bowlers may be too good for their visitors.

Second-placed ⚫ Taikoo, who are only will be

only one point behind Kow- in loon

given a dne opportunity

enough entertainment for people asked to pay present day Test prices,

"As one who is earning his living out there in the middle and trying to provide some entertainment in cricket, I have great sympathy for the spectator when a match gets into the doldrums when conditions or tacíles make it dull. Most bread-and-butter cricketers should remember that we are entertainers as well as players.

at the

Sometimes I think we get far this, a side has to try to avoid Ico deeply dug into the Oner, defeat at all costs so that it can points of the modern game live to fight another day of On the other, it is which are completely over the the series. heads of the average tan who supposed

bright to provide pays his money

turn-entertainment. Sometimes the suic. If we could get a little two just cannot be brought to nearer those elementary princi-gether. ples--which dictate that the bull should be hit hard and often by the batman-we would prob- ably de a deal better. Especi- ally in the highes, field of all Test cricket.

We also tend to forget that Test cricket is our main shop window, Thousands Rock to Tests whenever and wherever they are staged. And it IN there that those thousands should be confirmed in the love of the game by seeing bat ting and bowling and fielding at, their very best.

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cumstances I still she no reuer why we should accept the push- back of the half volley or he neglect of the long-hop. I have always been brought up to be lieve that these two should be hit hard, and far whenever they appear.

one on

be

Now for another cause of slow cricket-and agein which there is plenty to said bn both sides. I refer bowlers defensive attack on batsman's leg-stump.

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it as easy to keep his length or make his experiments.

After playing at Northampton this week I am sorry for Eng- land and Northante star Frank Tyson For Frick has to play most of his cricket on one of

mon

maan, postman and paperman."

EARLY RECOGNITION

Gray, however, has been overseas. He has coached

is

New

of

challengers

of

Comething There should be mum poirs to prepare.. the

he

B.ZIG

the

art

this

Four of these will be played at KBGC, two at KDC, two at Taikoo and one at HKFC.

Holders of the tile in this event ze P. R. Ragi. F. Q Madar, F. R. Kermani and M.. Divecha, who last year started. can from straich to end up as most

unexpected winners,

of the law may have to be at their best to secure even one point from this game.

解

THED DIVISION

Competition is expected to be

much keener this year in view of the great number of 41 entries participating, and lawn bowls being the game that it is It will be anybody's guess who the eventual winners will be. The Third Division games will The strongest four on paper Mind you, even in these cir- the slowest wickets in the cout | India, South Africa and

consolidating also have their own highlight in that will be on view in try. That's why his County Zealand, but his active career their position

the as the strongest figures don't always match could be said to be one

between the clash

second-opening games tomorrow size tire League T'est cres. It strikes me that it frustration. His eary recogni- leader inis afternoon when he placed Prison Officers Club and the four Luz brothers who are would pay Northants Handsome tion as a Test Match umpire feet USRC on their home green.

Hongkong Electric Recreation expected to "get through their in the way

first round match against their y if they could get their turf

They will have to take mari- quickened up.

Two games behind the League clubmates F. X. M. da Silva, many years ahead for Similar

Officers are still within and LF. Xavier I am sorry to note that first honours to come his way for selves for the expected in leading Kowloon Dock, the Fri-A. A. Guterres, C. F. Remedios

their remaining first round the son Tes duck by young Ken Bar-j

of will not be forty years against Craigengover next week, striking distance and a 5-0 or 4-1 But rington.

as I said last age until next December,

win this afternoon will put them week many great players have is almost the

FIEST DIVISION

in good stead

when they meet Youngest begun

their Tost carcera Uk frst-class umpires.

In the First Division games the docker again in the re-

to Selectors this week-end

I only hope the England Middlesex-born, he tells one this afternoon, League-leading turn match.

Many cd them still have vivid- will good story against himself. He Kowloon Cricket Club give him another go in.

Gourley the was playing in a preparatory almost assured of retaining their ly etched in their minds second Test. No youngster can school match for charity deep top position and even of immemory of their first round the Dock when What has happened is that he judged on one or even two in the heart of Sanderset, and proving it. Playing hosts to match against

The IRC "Gold," they have ave they were leading in all the which took place las captains have carefully weighed outings. One Test can break to add to the gafety of

proceedings he put one pad on points well within their grasp, three rinks at reatine only to his right leg when he went into mate so with their improved eventually lose by 4-1. the P the strong points of batsmen

bat.

line-up which will include F. R. The Electric bowlers will pro- difficulty which faced the South and concluded that while they

A cherubic youth of

some Kermani as No. 3. to. W. Hong bably give them a very difficult Africans, They were up against can hit the ball outside the off-

If you are a bowler don't)

twelve summers promptly told Sing.

time

this aftempos, but the the best Test attack in the world, stump easily, they just cannot

the and sheer hit the ore pitched on or just forget to study your opponent him he had his pad on

They may have however to be odds wat be slightly in favour Dude they were meeting outside their legs if a leg-side rat's an elementary principle, wrong leg for å right handed on the lookout for likely sure of the Prison Offers for a 4-1

be an automaten batsman and that "our fast never seen before, Moreover, field of four or five men is set. Don't just

Note his preference for off-side bowler will give you beano," prises, especially from S, i win

In addition to the League they'd lost half their side with

on-side shots and bowl Gray meant it as a joke, the Rumjahn's rink, who on Thurs- only 55 runs on the board..

games this afternoon, this week- where he is weakest

bowls end's lawn

programme. will also include two interesting events which are scheduled to take placé tomorrow.

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I'm not going to criticise events week

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THAT FIRST SHOCK

So more and more of them are curbing batsmen by attacking them on this weak spot 35 quickly and "as frequently as They feel that the possible. frustrated batsman will make his

To my

So what could they do? Have

go and perhaps throw the mistake in the end and in any match away? Surely they were case the runs will be kept down. entitled to fight as they did?

Now I cannot see how any Tacir slow scoring was natural captain can really be asked to after that first shock served up forgo those tactics. by Tyson and Statham. And

mind the responsibility lies with **CL afterwards...when they the batsmen: they must find the were compelled to follow-on answer and hit their way out of they could hardly have been

it. expected to "have a go", and risk another rout and quick defeat? It is all very difficult. Test cricket is a two-way business. On the one hand, in cases like

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One of the best men at doing this is my Nottinghamshire col- Hardstaff. Often, when Joe Is league, former England star, Joe faced

with this kind of thing or when he comes up against an off-spinner bowling to a close leg-trap have seen him take guard well outside his leg stump and then to crack the ball

through the covers as though it were being pitched outside his off-stump.

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him; three can make him.

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COACHING HINT

Note his stance; too-whether his weight is mainly on the back or the front foot. If it's. on his back foot, you can rea sonably assume he prefers to play forward and vice versa. The better, a man plays back the further up you must try to

the ball. keep

whole school looked upon the matter disparagingly and there the were

remarks to were many

hat chap

who effect that effect

for Middlesex is cart" however, WELS always worth nearly hundred wickets every reason for his County at- though his run-getting was al- school most as bad as that "padding-up,"

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A Petite Blonde Is The Latest Recruit

To Stock Car Racing

Stock car racing, the craziest pastime to hit Britain's sporting ecene for many years, has also the widest competitive appeal.

Lawyers, doctors, students, businessmen, tradesmen, everyone seems to have the urge to jolt and crash their way round a cinder track at 40 miles an hour.

This demands boldness and initiative but

good batsmin should have these qualities. I don't say that Joe's

Latest recruit is Kit Marais, "It would happen as no-one blonde, petite 24-year-old intended it to with as many as methods are necessarily the ช

20 fairly large cars on a smaller right ores or the only ones to from Duibar.

Kit looks as though the should quarter-mile track. And with- development. counter this

unnuck be behind Zootlights rather time out the banging and crashing have seen him come trying them. But I have also a driving wheel, but she is a the race would be boring for seen him come off with them keen competitor and also the spectators." and I think he has got a very sport's good workable and above air enterprising plan to develop.

Corte Champion...-

Kit is determined to make a This week Wolf Mankowitz, critic, antique collector and career of stock car racing. This author of several best-selling summer she will race ber 1953 What other reasons are there stories and film scripts, called coupe throughout Britain. To for low play? A typical one is stock

car racing rutalised earn money to take

up the the English habit of always try idiocy."

sports she worked by day as a

by night in a Retorts Kit Many people secretary, and ing to fight your way out of a trouble spot by digging in and would like to go in for legitimate night club.

atting 'em in

came to In Aus-motor racing. But that is very One

Originally she only trada We were taught exactly expensive, in deot quite prohibi- Britain on a visit with her The

opposite. We were told to tive for most, N mother. That was six donths it our way out, not dig our-

NEXT BEST THING

ago. Now bitten by the stock selves in.

“Stock car racing is the next car bug, she will stay 00-07 best thing.

least until the sport starts in a “It is car racing. The bang-big way in South Africa. ing and crashing is part of it. I

A classic example was pro- vided by Keith Miller in

the Leeds Test of 1948. Alec Bedser had struck two good early blows and it looked as if he might easily get on top. What did

Miller do?

He went after the very first ball Alec Tent down and drove it straight past him for four. Then he hit him again, two balls later and suddenly, instead of Alec holding the whip hand, it was the bold Miller who held the Initiative, Ervin then on Kelth- and Intor Bradman continued to hold it end Australia won.

As a bowl I admit I prefer to bowl to players who likes to dig their way out the curtius way. I always deel I can get on top of them. When a bowler suddenly finds somebody caning after him hic doesn't always and

POP

PHOEBE SAYS SHELL MA ME, BUT

London Exprem Service)

SPORTS QUIZ

1. What is diefag-in

sporting sense?

are

the

LIBERATION SHIELD

At KCC, the Liberation Shield series between KCC and KBGC starts with the first of three matches. Last year the serlea

the landed is a tie ca the incumber

2. What is a sponger-again,

in the sporting sense?

3. Who is the youngest foot- baller to play for England, and the youngest cricketer?

4. The foot fault law in Lawa Tennis has recently been changed. What does the new rule allow?

The most interesting match of the afternoon, however, from the point of closeness of score will be between. the Kowloon Dock four slapped by Empire Games

representative R.S

the Taikoo four skipped by J. H. Kinniburgh, This should be anybody's game from beginning to end,

TODAY'S GAMES

First Division Recreio "Blues" v. PRC & IRC "Blues" V Recrets "White"

KCC v. IRC "Gold" KBGC v. FC

CCC (bye).

Second Division

KCC v. PRC "KDC v. EKFC

TC v. USRC FC v. CCC HKCC (bye),

Third Division PAC v. KCC. POC v. HKERC- HKFC v. KBGC USAC y. FC

of aggregate shots and the KDC (bye)

KCC.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

Recreio Blues"

5. Sporting anagrams. AJNE CCC

DSERSOEFG KARNE KBGC STONY, VNSE IDDNOSAV. PRC

IRC "Blues"

6. Fill in the missing Christian IRC "Gold"

names; E. Victor Seixas, M. Recrelo Whites"

FC Colin Cowdrey.

7. Harry Lillis Cxxxix. Com

plate that name for one of the most famous personali-KDC ties to compete in a British TC Amateur Golf Champion HKFC ship. He is better known | KCC in another phere and by coc another name. Who is he? USRC HKCC

8. Springbok savaged by the FC

Lic. What recent event PRC does this

9. Whom die Maureen Con-

Holly beat to win her c third Wimbledon Singles POC title last year?.

10.

HKERO KBGC

A game that originated in PRC the Basque country-rated the host dangerous spott in the world. Name please,

(Answers da P. 19)

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