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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 30,- 1955.

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| CONGRATULATIONS FROM MOTHER AND WIFE

PICKED FOR THE PRESENT

RATHER THAN THE FUTURE

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Says BRUCE DOOLAND

I have news for you from Australia. My old cricketing friends over there are chuckling their heads off.

Why? Because they fully intend to take those Ashes back home next year British selectors are having and they se hope for themselves in the troubles the with their England team.

In England's Inability to And the right balling talent to provide a consistent opening pair and to build up consistently high scores, they see England's real weakness--and their own chance for a handsome triumph in 1956.

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1.

will have unts something 19 Look back over

her he would be able to

* tirught of too. And thought make the big jump from County 1 ROW.

But let's accept the gloomy

ariner with Button, there many better improvisations furing the Just

hasn't been a consistent re-this Test match than they have England.

done.

placere ni.

Luet That Why not, for instance, call on Add to that the

blinaelf Jack Robertson of Middlesex as Les Hutton> maestro

and the much-needed opening but? is now on the Ba

that Endland now Juck, who will go down in the you rendise peech fre new opening but records as one of the unluckiest

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to

I don't know. dia nulekly.

has certainly done the Tests of the link few years, fact that the Selectors are not but 4.2

un you see? England king their Judgment on young rough in recent years to justi

consideration. In thi: hasn't scored very many runs. 'rew talent. Let's permit them, fy

Improvise with the old. But emergency can assure you he Sue Cyd Wh. abt nok ppUNI

CLIC I can think would be a long way from be- cwn from the position of open- ja that

word prospect for

of York- For the thousands shiroman spread all over the country, honour seems to have been saved by the return the England skle of Wardle and Watson and with the news that men. Whatever Peter May runTest players ever, made a conAppleyard would probably have been in too if he had been fully M.

Those self same mien have also noted shrewd pleasure that Surrey, the given four Champlons, have men to this match-May. Lond- Why er. Lock and McIntyre.

honour this delight at national

in the county for these rivals championship" Because they Test cun see that with these demunds Surrey may well suf- fer. As Yorkshire has so often suffered in the past

Het

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the

tory when he last played in n do with the tenni ivon

Test match in this country! for the Leeds test, I ran

That was against

New you that he won and an open-Zealanders. And he hasn't been ing

woont vuugh icect itiner, in his dut Test partnership 10 BUTIN England

ear abroad-in India-he hit 77 and against the Australians.

50. And his complete Test TAKE BISKS NOW

averege as a batsman is around The Selectors are

140 or 47, Not many players with grand mess of 19. of emirse a record like that can have been Englund Test team should be fucked for dropped so abruptly. the remat mather

roid tave done worse this re- future, but the England Selectors call him now. are dog neither They are not providing a gone! tem to beat The Springhoek, No are they showing a good long-term po- hey for the fame N. wader my Autrahan cobbers are rub- bing their Bands in glee.

1.

Yorkshire-

with

YORKSHIRE PLEASED Another good opening Vatsman In fact, Yorkshiremen haven't still around

Derbyshire's

Cham- Riven up hope of this

The last lap in York Fiber Arnold pionship yet He plays most of his tranings on

any rave is always the tough- The hively Derbyshire wicketsest and Surrey re roided as

Test severely for the last To trud new talent demands but he still scores steadily in a

young lal side net over-blessed with good they have been for this courage especially

13t

risks Now

DS

they

at is better to take batsuwen ife isn't a flashy play-may yet he papped at the post

South Fert he slid, sound, safe. But by Yorkshire the against Abras than against the he has tremendous power when Aussies who will be flat out for wants to cut lose and

And what can make shuts the kill next year. abat

the West Indies the year of the ground after” How to beat The mists feels like 11.

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to most parts whenever

Donald Campbell's mother (left) and his wife (right) drink a toast to his new world mark after he had beaten the world water speed record at Lake Ullswater, last Sunday in his turbo-jet boat, Bluebird, averaging 202.32 miles an hour in two runs across a measured kilometre.--Agence France-Presse Photo. HEADLINE SPORTSMAN

Eddie

Firmani Can Score

Goals And Prevent Them With Equal Efficiency

Genon's From a "semi-detached" in London South East to a luxury flat in Millionaires Row; from a maximum £15 a week to a cool £150 each pay day, with liberal bonuses thrown in.

<Melency.

Such is the luck of Eddie Firmani, 22-year-old South African inside forward transferred last week from English Cinderella Club Chariton Athletic to money spinning Italian club Sampdoria for £35,000, a record fee in British football.

Playing on the Riviera lastead

Last season he was! one of the top secrers n In-of at the Valley, noted for the

homely atmosphere rather than English League-desplle

net, absent through injury for pulutal surroundings will over £3,500 a year for Firmani, number of matches. Play him

because And all

of Grand at full back, as Charlton have in the Popt Italian football rules state done quite frequently that no club may sign

mory

past, and he is one of the finest than one player from a foreign defenders in the business. club unless that player is of Italian descent. And Grand-daul Firmani was an Balian,

SPATE OF INJURIES Many people have been ask-

expinta The he ing me to

credible spate of injuries to the England de just now. Most of it is just bad luck. I had the bad luck Just week-end when I went for a catch-and let the ball make an inch-Inog split between the little and third angers of my right hand,

Harry Storer, Iron Man Of Soccer, Knows What He Wants And Gets It

upon

The indignity ef Third Division football is famous Derby County for the first time, and the man they have engaged to restore them to their former greatness have made a Is Mr Harry Storer. They could hardly better or more shrewd choice, for Mr Storer is a man who knows what he wants and generally gets it.

same

But there are other causes.

We have just seen two of the liveliest Test wickets in years and the South African bowlers Nell Adcock and Peter Heine jure by

slow. no means

They are the men responsible for the extraordinary number of Anger injuries. Tyson, too, did the same damage but to one of his own side. wicket-keeper Evans. Tyson's own twisted ankle

to have seems

a measure of poetic justice in it.

But so much has been made England's Injuries fant Harry is the Iron Man of Soccer. He manages in the

nothing has been sold of the Wilf Copping used to South Africans. same uncompromising manner as

They tell me thol plucky little chap play. He was a success as manager of Coventry City and that Birmingham City; there is no reason why he should not Jackie McGlew was black be equally successful with the club for whom he once played.

-against

one

ef

and blue from his knee to bis shoulder after his last innings against Tyson at Manchester.

What man is this who

can

step away from an ordinary English club to a life of Juxury as a lira millionaire away from his small suburban home to a flat with marble halls, mosate bath- rooms and

a sunny balcony overlooking the blue Mediter- rancan?

out of British football,

EQUAL EFFICIENCY Firmani con score goals and prevent them with equal

Taiwan Girls' Softball Team

Coming Here

or all the characters I hove met in cricket McGlew and Bill Edrich are the toughest. Neither A letter from the Taiwan ever admits he has been hurt.. Athletic Association was received the When McGlew took one from by the Hongkong

Tyson full in the ribs, he still

COACHING HINT

For a bowler, the run-up

to

be

He should have it

sa

ed

Sampdoria won, and so Eddie the is in the big money. He will being get e £30 bonus for each win, Im- up to £80 for the most po:tent games; £10 bonus for a £15 for an away home draw, draw.

It is ironical that this trans- fer should bring a record tes Yes, this Firmant is a useful to Charlton Athletic the club man to have around. He started which never buys big. But in In ng hts football

a schoolboy many ways it is a smack centre forward in his Capetown the eye to British football. suburb. That

he was where

Only

weeks before Stuart Eddie inside forward and

decided to

the take Leary, were spotted by Charl-

and England plunge, Charlton ton chier Jimmy Seed.

The shrewd

10 Mr Seed ar- ranged for both to come

reach the top, in British England and the Valley as soon ball. Wages haven't risen with as their school days were over. the cost of living.

Before Firmani was converted into

almost every top full back, Leary to centra for-player ran his own ward,

few can affont such a luxury

Where do Italian clubs get all the money from? Higher The cheap-

to

a

Last season, apart from oc- casicoal appearances at full back, when Eddie was needed to bolster up a sagging defence, Firmani was at Inside left with Leary in the other inside position.

trainer Jimmy Trotter said:

There isn't the incentive

war

admission charges,

foot-

the

class

est enclosures cost five shillings. When the Firmanl's move into one of the luxury flats offered them" let the wife do the

will say choosing"-Eddie

to Grand-dad, without whom all this would

It was confidently expected In many quarters that Firman! would be chosen for one of the word of thanks "Young England" intermediate internationals. Leary

Softball against

Association stating that Yu Shan Girls' softball team of Taipch will visit this Colony on August 10 for a series of softball games against local teams.

They will stay for a fortnight

played not have been possible, Italy tho previous apparently year. But the FA sticking to their recent pelley of by-passing South Africans even though there is no official ban-ignored his claims,

up-

"am I

as a

Frilled Panties Raise Basketball

Attendance

As a player Harry was of the both his own side and the op ern of Jackie Whitehouse, Bert position immediately, remedy Olney

Sk Plackett, Harry them, exploit them. If anyone

back stern can pull Derby Thion and they were opponents.

Division and then the as the great Frank Second Barson will always tesilly. First it is he, but the players refused even to rub it-in case

will Storer got two England "caps" under his commond

have Tyson felt encouraged. France In 1924 and earned their money by the time Ireland

In 1928-and he also they have done it.

JUSTIFIABLY UPSET played cricket for Derbyshire.

When

thinks

Firmani was justifiably of Peter the wicket is a vital indication and requested the Association to Carter, of the Derby Doherty, Ratch On the walls

Billy of his quality. He should

sets "Why," he asked, County Boardroom are photo-Steel and Johnny Morris one able to carry this run out blind-chedule ave to six games for able to serve England

them

They

also their National Service airman, and sigulty who realises that since the last War folded. graphs of all the players

Frilled panties on the Wim- have won International honours the County's enterprise in sign- neatly tied up that he needn't intention to play more games yet not able to serve England

teams as against school

they at football?" His wife, Patricio, while with the club.

ing big names hus provided the concentrate on it at all but be

daughter of Charl- bledon pattern, wern by women Awe-inspiring collection and Engilsh Soccer scene with the able to think entirely about the themselves are students,

Any ter

zany saltant Manager George basketball players at Bathurst, Third finest Inside forward play, foot-spot on the pitch at the other

team or school who wishton's

up attendances of male guarantee that Division or no Third Division, ball has seen this last decade.end where

he intends to land to play against them will please Robinson is English, and his sent

was spectators, contact either Mr A. M. Ozorio, ball.

But they brought down Born in England.

the for regime ponsible

those signings A will bring a relentless

or the womens to obtain enough to the Baseball Ground but have left the Board. Storer will

Italian football bosses became official wrath maximum the Hon. Secretary of the Hong-

controlling body at the kong Softball Association. The interested in this young forward basketball among new Isces, but if he balance and momentum will be a fair one.

goal-knack, is given his experienced head time of delivery. Yet it should former at Club Lusitano, Ice with the

They which banned the wearing of the "Rams" have a fair chance be as short as possible to con- House Street and the latter at watched him in League matches. anything other than "regulation" of getting back to where they serve energy. If you are t Mollers Ltd., Connaught Road, Then the fight for his signature type under tunics.China Meil

Special. once belonged.

Central, Hongkong.

It is

Storer,

да

Is determined to add to it. He |All the Directors who were re-theand run-up should be long the Chairman, or Mr Willie wax month old son Paul

Harry's slogan to the players has always been: "I will always do the best for your welfare; in return expect you to be 100% nt to play 90 minutes all out every match." He did it him- cell when he was playing: he looks to it from others under his control.

Storer is a grand "render" of Kame who can plekt out the weaknessen und strengths ol

Answers To

Sports Quiz

1. Brian Howson.

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2. The British Grand Prix.

3.

The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot won by the French horse Vimy

4. Wes Santee, the others have run a anile in under four minutes.

3. 1920.

0. Originally three defenders had to be between a forward and the goal before he was on alde. Tho 1925 alteration changed it to two,

7. The LBW rulo was widened to include deliveries pitched on the off-side of the 'striker's "wicket.

8. (a) Rugby Union (b) Cricket (c) Motor and Motor- 'cycle racing (0), Cycling.

\'9. -- Vladimir "- Kue of Russia with ime of 18 min, 20.4 stes, 216. One, Frank Bedgman In

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