THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY," "AUGUST ́ ́ 13,”- 1955,
CHAMPIONS SURREY HAVE A MUCH TOUGHER LAST LAP THAN YORKSHIRE
Says BRUCE DOOLAND
If I were asked to name the three teams likeliest to upset the Championship challenge this year I would name Sussex, Hampshire and Derbyshire, All three have a liveliness in bowling, batting and fielding which could turn the tables on any combination.
And that is good news for Yorkshiremen. For their nearest rival is Surrey and Surrey are meeting these three demon clubs in their last three games. So Champions Surrey have a much tougher last lap to fight than Yorkshire and they are not likely to pull through with any great ease,
barn.
In addition they have yet to |land Test fraternity and the elreumštinoss 1k thi-es- meet their Londen rivals, County clubs. I would have, peelally
youngsters of Middlesex, twice, and however thought that as soon as it was haluval, talent ilke Arthur low in the table Middlerox may known that the England Selec- | Milton, say, or Brinn Close. be they are never beaten easily tors
"thinking of by Surrey.
were
even
Cowdrey and Watson as openers, The young Yorkshire lad was
cricket as I' their Counties would have im-rushed into Test- So while Surrey are meeting mediately given them experi-teen-ager too soon. But the Middlesex (at the Oval), Somerence in that position.
telent. the class, was clearly there. Now that he is older and tol, Gloucestershire, Northant", Middlesex fat Lord's), Sussex, But no that doesn't seem to bang in form I think he should Hampshire and Derbyshire, happen. Over here few things have careful thought. For he Yorkshire are playing Derby-work out as logically as over- bowls and fields splendidly too. shire, Notts. Middlesex, Glouces-acas cricketers and, I suspect, tershire, Worcestershire Esx
and the general
Knowing something at these!
that one more really matter.
A
for
SPORTING SAM
MARILYN BELL
By Reg. Wootton
Youngest Swimmer To Beat English Channel Is Truly A Mighty Atom Of The Water
Spring, 1947, The Bell family moves to Toronto. The move just about exhausts the family exchequer. Not enough over, anyway, for a summer holiday for mother, father, eight-year-old Marilyn and three- year-old Karen,
To make up for the disappointment, father buys Marilyn a season ticket for the local swimming pool
So began a sports story which has thrilled the world. The latest chapler was writ- | Truly a mighty atom of the crowd at Abbott's Cliff: "Came public-expect,
a general principle
ten at half past eight on July water.
the last two hundred yards and mystery doesn't Test Selection it home 1 be- 21 evening when Marilyn, now
she nearly sprinted it." GRUELLING FIGHT Australians. for lieve the formula of "the men a 17-year-old schoolgiri, crawl-
This is the second time in her When conquering the Channel, short life that Marilyn Bell has why Len Hutton should often a man's reputation makes Dover, having become the England and not York-people overlook the human frail-youngest swimmer to beat the three miles off the English coast
The first was in September Yorkshire to be top at the end shire. Right now, they can't un- ties which for one reason or an-English Channel.
after eight hours swimming last year. Then she matched derstend how. Peter May can be other sometimes put him at less
Then followed a gruelling fight her five-foot frame against the against a surging tide. Hour x-foot waves of frigid Lake skipper of his country and not than his best.
after, hour she battled. of his own club,
Ontario, and won, Marilyn is the How could this seemingly only swimmer ever complete frail schoolgirl match the batter-the crossing. Experienced Chan- MYSTERIOUS REASONING
In a crowded swimming pooling waves and remorseless de? nel swimmer Florence Chadwick or on a packed beach she is the No one knows, But she did. last person you would pick.out as a long distance swimmer, lel alone one to battle with the Channel's pounding English waves.
two lots of opposition I would have never really un-in form" should be followed. Too ed ashore at Abbol's Cift, near Marilyn reached a point about jamazed the world.
may the betting on Surrey or
must be dead evens,
1
COWDREY AS OPENER?
We still do not know what the Selectors have decided to do about England's opening batting problema problem us tough and persistent as any yet faced by a selection committee.
TOUGH OPERATION Incidentally, Lancashire people should know that Jack Ikin was definitely the man standing As for the
rent lete of by to play for England when affairs when. Len Jutton was Waton fell out of that last Test, captain of officially appointed MCC sides all over the world he had been fit for a five-day match Jeck would certainly have and yet not a metober of the
the been thore. MCC himself, well that was one we gave up trying to understand
We
reasoned
years ago.
You have to remember that that this centageous character
of
I do not propose to join the army of amateur selectors who are on the job in every pub and lub in the country, but I think It will be of interest to readersLen should have been appointed Engilsh cricket went through a to know what most players are | an
an honorary fe member of pretty tough ulcer operation not feeling.
MCC as soon as he was first ap- pointed England captain-rather To them the answer, agreed than after he had finished the na by mest, is to have Willie
But perhaps we fail to Wat on et ene end and Colin Job
understand the mysterious rea-
Cowdrey at the other, Admit- soning of the MCC management. tedly neither
a reguler
so very long evo, and it takes a long time to get back to the pitch of fitness Test malches demand. Best recent or ihr big cricket names to go on to the operating table was my own skipper, - Reg
He
for his County. But the feeling But lo return to England's Simpson, For a long time Reg Is that, as improvisation seems opening batting problem. Al-suffered from head-aches from to be necessary, the men to pick | though the continuation of sinus frouble and finally he felt must be, technically, the most Cowdrey and Watson is what that the best thing was, to let sound. Certainly no two men Imost cricketers are suggesting at the surgeons deal with it, have seen play more correctly present I myself am by no means came cut of hospital last week behind the line of the ball than sure that this improvisation is and we all hope he will be back these two.
the right answer.
in the Notts side very soon. But I myself don't expect him back too soon. I know that operations take a lot out of you.
But what puzzles me is why there seems to be such lack of co-operation between the Eng-
I personally would like to think that youngsters who are in form would get their chances in
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THE
WEEK-END
GPORSE, HAVE YOU TIME TO MEND THE FUSE IN THE KETTLE?
{NO, MUST FINISH
THE LAWN,
GAMBOLS
Ah well!
COACHING HINT
The scorel of really good bat- ting for most chub players is SELECTION, Selection of the right ball to play safely and the right ene to Crack for four. Looking back 1 think you will usually find that you have been content to play defensively-| to most balls that have bowled you you would still have been there,
have
Alternatively, if you gone boldly into the drive, the ball you played back to wouldn't have beaten you. To my mind the secret of proper selection of stroke is CONCENTRATION a vital detail too many club players ignore.
A FAMILY AFFAIR
Final
The Haworth family of Spring Hill (Lancs) have been chiefly responsible for putting their local cricket club into the the of
Haslingden League's Knock-out Cup com-
There petition.
two branches of the family. Of the cleven, Ron, Joe, John and Frank are brothers and then there are their cousins Richard, George and Gordon Haworth,
HUMM, THAT LOOKS COMFY
WEEDS, WELDS EVERYWKI
RAIN OR
are
Marilyn Bell is one of the sport's wonders of the age-or of any age.
For Marilyn just tops ave feet, and scales only eight stone,
Barry Appleby
AT
HAVE YOU TIME TO MEND THE FUSE NOW DEAR ?
DARLING, DO YOU REMEN
HOW YOU LONGE
WHEN YOU WERE. SNOW OFF THE
At one stage she swam for two hours hardly moving for- ward an inch as she was swept five miles along the English coast. Yet she held on and, in the words of one of the waiting
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and Tasty
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was in that race but even sho gave up.
And Marilyn had only been entered for the race two weeks beforehand. It was a gesture of protest at the Canadian authorl- les who had invited only American swimmers 10 com-
pete.
There was no time to go about the long arduous pre- paration such an ordeal de- mands. There was another ren- son why Marilyn swam Lake Ontario.
INSTRUCTOR BELL
She is an instructor at 11 swimming clinic for polio vic- tims where water exercises help patients recover.
Last year bankruptcy,
the clinic faced
First prize for the Lake Ontario race was £3,500.. Gifts
of money, furakture, radios, television sets, watches and hosts of other things swelled the prize do over £20,000. Schoolgirl Marilyn Bell became Marilyn Bell and Co. Ltd.
And Marilyn Bell and Co Ltd., saved the clinic.
How is it that this modest schoolgirl has fought to the top in-so gruelling a sport? Is she ja natural swimmer?
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Оп tho contrary, Says Marilyn: "Some people take to swimming and diving. Me? I had no talent. It took me 40 minutes to swim my first mile.
"Then I met coach Gus Ryder || and he included me in the mile race for my age group in the amateur swims at the Canadian National Exhibition. There were nine in the race. I came ninth,"
But Ryder had seen the po- fential in this shy twelve-year- old. He agreed to take Marilyn to the Lakeshore Club.
It was through, working for Gus and the club rather than for herself, that Marilyn got to the very top.
was
She explains that Gus more interested in the club than in individual members; in the team rather than in particular swimmers. His enthusiasm was so tremendous that the others
Marilyn caught it-and than the rest,
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. All have
more
played football and cricket for England.
2. (n). Sam Longford, (b) Stanicy. Matthews, (0) Joe
Davis.
3. (a) Yachting (b) Winter Sports (c) Rugby Union.
4. Yes, in 1935 Lou's won by a.sixth round knock-out. 8. Three-quarter Mile, Three-mile.
Mile,
0. Four, America, Australia, Britain, Franco); (This includes the pre-1920 period when Bri- tain was included in the British Isles and Australia in the Australasian sides).
7. When boxer moves two divisions from the weight to Featherweight.
8. Marilyn Bell, 17.
up
Fly-
9. (a) Louison Bobet (b) This, was his third successiyo win.
10. Lindy
America,
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