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THE CHINA "MAIL" WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1956.

TEST POSITION IS EVEN AND COULD NOT BE MORE BALANCED

London, Aug, 16.

It was under the scorpion's sign with a bitter sting in the tall that the third day's play in the all-deciding Test match at the Oval ended this evening, with England 195 for eight in their second innings, leading the Springboks by 234 runs.

The position is even and could not be more balanced. Probably the fate of the series hangs on the weather. Rain is forecast, but at the moment it le a perfect evening with the sun shining from a blue sky.

South Africa to win will need { May's theory proved to be 10 seare more runs in their last justified and the Gloucestershire innings than have been totallet man proceeded to play by far side at the Oval this his best knock of the by any summer. On the other hand,Test series. Just Saturday's raft has made the wicket considerably docile, and rubbed it of almost

all of his devilry,

Surprisingly

ball

enough,

force

to

not afraid to hit it, and thump it hard and straight to the boundary fence.

present

Cheotham placed n mainly both defensive field to cut off the more Close and Graveney showed a singice and stop the fours, while good pleasing eagerness to go for theils bowlers bowled to a

tled down, were in no hurry. and the runs. But the

of tied down were in no hury bowling, particularly that Time at this stage was in their When play rezommenced this Heine

to was difficult

favour, for although the wicket morning, Egland were due, to

away, and was backed up by was playing well enough, it is open their accond innings: kinome truly magnificent fielding. bound eventually in this match und Close main came out to Elart the Innings but almost im- Both batsmen seemed to ex-ly worsen ones again, and this

but Inedinfely, South Africa struck |perience

little dimeulty time to worsen Rually.

and and struck hard.

against the pace men,

In the meanwhile, things brought Cheotham Heine, bowling his second over, completely beat Ikin for pinners, Tayfeld and Mansell, seemed to be working up to a pace, and the batsman, edging the latter alternating with God-ting and tremendous climax ball, gave u catch to Mansellard, while Tayfield proceeded when shortly before four o'clock,

to make one end his own.

at slip. The thekidsman, rentising

that

or his

Graveney went, lured at long last by the persistent Tayдold

he could turn his aff-clean bowed.

bail breaka and his second

He had contributed un in-

a flash thin he coulti not Tayfielit immediately showed into having a go and he was out himself held the ball, knocked it up to exklard Belding at svennt slip, and the young all- rounder made no mistake,

FIVE FOR ONE

live for one.

England were Cheetham had opened his attack with Heine and Fuller, and both bowlers were able to make the ball lift slightly: certainly suf- Relently so to trouble the bats-

men.

England now sprong a sur- prise. May sending In Graveney it number three, presumably in the Bellef that he had had suf- clent experience in this series as number une, to go in at this crisis.

struck Graveney on the pads, but the appeal was refused. A valuable 42 and the home side Compton alnute later, however, England were 95 for three. did lose a furdier wicket, Close came in and despite the handicap of a bod knee, played a great being bowled by Goddard for 15. The total was then 30 for knock in partnership with May, two wickels, and South Afrien which saw the total to 157. were back in the fight with a vengeance,

It was a long and laborious performance, this partnership between England's two premier batsmen, with the run rate at less than one run every two minutes, but they took England out of the danger zone, out of stage. the stormy waters of impending well, defeat into the deceptive and louse tricky sea of uncertainty. were

BOUNDARY FENCE

May now came in to join Graveney and between them, these two put up the best stand of the match up to that Both batsmen defended but when the inevitable ball came along,

they

Surrey Are Now 12 Points

Ahead

Of Yorkshire

With Five Games In Hand

London, Aug. 16.

Surrey, who yesterday beat Gloucestershire by 43 runs, took a firm grip on retaining the County Cricket Championship pennant today as their nearest rivals, Yorkshire, crashed to a five wickets defeat against Middlesex at Leeds.

Thus history more or less repeated itself for it was Middlesex, Surrey's London neighbours, who upset York- shire's Championship aspirations last season with a 96 runs victory in the corresponding match at Leeds just a

year ago.

victory oc-

have won Surrey, who

the 168 they needed for

a stylish 82 which Championship now for the past with

Full credit must be paid to Compton, whose performance in Injury and under strain was most gallant one.

д

Gra-

When Tayfield took veney's wickel, it was his 100th in Test cricket and the crowd gave him a tremendous ovation. He is the first South African

to accomplish this magnificent! Cent.

Once Compton

was

Smith Rides

Douglas Smith

TEST MATCH CASUALTY

His

Opening hat John Ikin receives attention after he had been struck by a ball from

He retired-Central Press Photo, Heine in the Fifth Test at the Oval.

DAVIS CUP

5-0

Australia Completes

Win Over Italy In Inter-Zone Final

By CONNIE RYAN

Philadelphia, Aug, 16.

Australia completed a 5-0 sweep of Italy in its Inter-Zone Final Davis Cup matches today as Ken Rosewall defeated Orlando Sirola, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and Lew Hoad won over Nicola Pietrangeli, 9-7, 6-2, 6-3.

Australia now will challenge the United States for the Cup, Rosewall, a steady and accurate baseliner, gave a magnificent display of his talent today against the six-foot, seven-inch Sirola who has a tremendous service and an excellent volley but little else.

Rosewall and Sirois played on oven terms in the first two pots, and the second-eet loss was only the second that Rosewall has dropped in Davis Cup play thie

year.

100th Winner

Of The Season

London, Aug. 16.

At the plcturesque little Sussex racecourse, Lewes, last week Douglas Smith, Britain's modest successor to Bir Gordon Richard's Champion Jockey title, achieved another landmark in his career.

Urging home the odds-on favourite, Viking, by a head in a minor event, Smith rode his one-hundredth winner of the present English flat-season and virtually. assured himself of this year's Championship.

The new Champion has been However, England's new top busily engaged recently riding jockey is hoping for consolation at afternoon and evening meet-by bringing home Acropolla a brother of Alyeldon (by ings and has been drawn well full clear of the Australians, Edgar Donotello Aurora) in the

Saint Leger,

Anal turt classic Britt and Seobia" Breasley, and

of the

on young Lester Piggott, his three September 7-China Mall Spe-

chief rivals.

Smith's present total is 103. three and a half more With months to go to the end of the DISON, Smith has д good chance of beating his record tally of 178, achieved in 1947. Only five famous jockeys-Fred Archer, Tom Loates, Morning- ton Cannon, Frank Woolton-and Sir Gordon Richards have cooded that figure in the last hundred yeaTS.

X-

Seven times runner-up for the Championship, Smith, now 38,

first illo gained his

Jost your when £ racecourse accident ended the illustrious career of Sir Gordon Richards.

Smith had his first ride at the age of 19. Ono year later he rode his first winner, Denia, a ton to one chance, at Salisbury, Wilt- shire. Since then he has been riding winners consistently.

He

STYLISH

the

does not

posscas dynamic qualities of Sir Gordon, or the incalculable personality

of immortal Steve Donoghue, i

but is a stylish horseman with modesty perhaps forced on

Д

him by so many years of being cellperd by Richards,

cial.

year

at Doncaster

United States Davis Cup Team Against Australia

New York, Aug. 10. Tony Trabert, Vie Seixas, Ham *Klchardson, And Gil Shes were named today as the team which will represent the United Staten against Australia in the Davis Cup Challenge Round, August 20-28.—— United Press.

U.S. TENNIS

TOURNEY

+

Rex Hartwig And Fraser Clear

1st Round Easily

Games followed service until and I will play in the Doubles the 15th when Hoad broke on at Boston. But it did botter He is a "jockey's Jockey." | Chestnut Hill, Mass., Aug. 18. two netted shots by Pletrangeif me today.

Not for him the whip-swirling The following are today's re-

Ho wins his races sults in the "As to the Challenge Round," dourishes. and two placements to the base-

75th National line. Then Houd ran out the sot Pictrangoli continued, "I think unobtrusively, keeping thought- Doubles Championship at Long- on his own service.

Tra-ul, calm and unflustered, and wood Cricket Club: Australia will win 3-2. bert will win hle two Singles by shrewd positioning during 1st Round Men Rex Hert- but America hes no Number the running.

wig and Neal Fraser, both of Two mian, and the Australian

One big advantage he hne Australia, defeated Sam Schoon-

and Doubles are the best."-United

Edward Bennet, his well-known Jockeymaker Prass.

of Pine Orchard, Conn, brother, Eph, is that he is able both

G-1, 6-1, 6-0. stone to ride at sever

seven weight, DE pounds, an ident most trainers who seek Sinith

But in the third set, Rosewall Hoad raced through the last began to master Sirola's power-two sets against little resistence, ful service, and was returning it The blond Aussie's game was 41 to its peak and Pietrangeli simply for winners, forcing Sirola abandon his speed and turn to v didn't have the shots to cope spin and chop service,

with him. That worked no better and After today's matches, Austra- Rosewall broke Siroln twice in ilan captain Harry Hopman

over

gone, the third set and again in the would make no prediction about Three Changes In services will agree."

there was another paltry Eng-fourth set as his accurate shots his team's chances against the land collapse. From 157 for to the corners forced the toll United States, five, the score tumbled in half and slow-moving Italian Into

hour to 180 for eight, yet error after error. once again the Springbok Rosewall even outdid Sirola

an

scorpions sting lay in the tall, during that time the wickets of Watson, Dalley, Spooner and Loker crashed to the Oval turf, while captain May could

only watch, aad-oyed, the evaporation of his dreams, MARATHON PERFORMANCE

balling performance. 12 points cupled nearly three hours and

three years, are now alead of Yorkshire with included 11 fours.

to play. Yorkshire have matches and

games

23

only three bre

of entching the their chaners' Chansons intrat now

be con sidered very slim.

With 244

points from gumes, Surrey seem all set for a record number of points scored the Championship table. Previously any team reaching 225 points could be assured of the title, but this year the com- nuch more petition has been formidable and Surrey look like beating their own record of 250 points made in 1952.

in

Only then can he have realised the burden. Len Hutton had to shoulder so long and so well for so many years of bearing the responsibility of his 'side's May und Lock saw out time and at the their close England retained

were 195 for Middlesex fourth place in the table with eight. 188 points-six points behind The honoura of the day go Hampshire who could only get Arst and foremost to the in- first innings lead over Notting-ovitable, seemingly tireless Toy-

close hanshire in

match field, whose marathon draw after formance

20 .of

ovora, which ended in extra time.

maidens, four wickets for 54, can only be described in terms of sheer magnificence.

AL

4

#1

52

per-

of the the other end table Glamorgan

jumped from

The South African fielding too bottom place over Worcester- shire and Somerset by beating was of the highest possiblɔ the latter by an innings and quality. Every man pulled his 4 great team effort 15 runs. Somerset's three re- weight in maining wickets fell in less than and the credit must go to them an hour today and they were all, but especially Hugh Tayfield, most fittingly this day all out for 148. Don Shepherd, who

hundreth puce achieved his Glamorgan's medium bowler, had match figures of wicket.

FOURTH PLACE Middlesex, 76 for two over

Iwo quick wickets night lost this morning but Jack Robert-13 for 91. tun put them on the way to the

Australian

Vic

Test

may

The fortunes of war Jackson make this game go either way. achieved the double of 1,000 runs tourists have a fair wicket to Let us hope that tomorrow the and 100 wickets in Leicester-

Verbat от and a fair chance to shire's 143 runs victory over

Little Cesar May Susack, He finished with figures show us their undoubted vint-

Get Official

World Rating

Manila, Aug. 17. The Philippine Bantamweight Boxing Champion, Little Cesar, may get world rating by the National Boxing Commission by virtue of his second round knock- out victory over the third World

af seven for 60, Doug Wright, ge Aghting qualities: And let Kont's legbreuk bowlor, also the best tearn win what has reached a milestone completing been and will yet be to the very his 100 wickets in the drawn last ball, a most admirabic and match with Warwickshire exhilarating series; Reuter.

League Tennis

THE SCORE. BOARD

England 1st Innings 151 South Africa, 1st Innings 112 England 2nd Innings

D. B. Close, b. Goddard

...

15

J. Ikin, o. Goddard, b.

Post Office Recreation Club Heine

0

Flyweight Nazareno Gianelli of beat Kowloon Indian Tenn. Gravendy, b. Tayfield Italy here last week, according Club 5%-3 in a postponed P. Mey, not out 10

communication received Group 11 Men's "C" Division D. Compton, c. yesterday

NDA's tennis league match played at the Prosklent Mr Anthony Petronella. | PORC yesterday.

#

from

Mr Petronella sent a letter tó the Philippine Games Amuso- inent Board stating that he is submitting Cesar's name to the 36th annual convention of the Boxing Association in Detroit.

♫

Another Filipino boxer, Featherweight, Flash Elorde who decisioned the World Champlon, Sandy Saddler, har may also get official rating from the world body.

Only three Filipinos are in- bluded in the NBA in

Results were as follows: A. G. Crook and Y. S. Fung (PORC) lost, to U.S. Muni and Yaqub Khan 0-0; lost to B.K. Wahab Moërjani and Y. A. 0-8; lost to Firdos Khan and N. N. Hariela 2-8.

Waite, b

Fuller W. Watson, b. Fuller T. Bailey, ibw b. Tayfield R. Spooner, b. Tayleld J. Laker, b. Toyfeld G. Lock, not out

Eckena

13

105

Total (for eight). Tall of wickata: 1/5, 2/30;

5. K. Chin and N. C. Wong 3/99, 4/157, 5/170, 6/180, 7/170,

(PORC) drew with Muni and 87188.

han d-dy buat Moorjani and wahab d-li, bout. Khan and Hariiela 6-4.

H. C. Wu and N. B. Wonk

Ranked in the World Flywelthi (ORC) beat Muni and Kham

Division

Leo .....EspinoU.

bart Moorjani wand. Waba) Danno Kid and Fanny Campo 7-3 PORIJEKLENKIMINA

BOWLING

OM.RW [の] 641/1

in service, scoring six acos to three for the Italian. The 20- year-old Ausste had 37 earned points against 25 for Strola and

errors to 91

for his made 70 Opponent.

NO PREDICTION,

·

British Isles Rugby

Union Team

2nd Round Men--Kosei Komo both of Lanc Atsushi Miyagi, Japan, defeated Al Everts Jr.,

It has not always been easy of Boston, and Don Manchester for this limble star of the of Newton, Mass, 8-1, 6-1, 6-4; saddle. He once rode through Albert Harum Jr., of Newport, a heartbreak losing sequence of R., and Barry Mackey of Day- "After all, I haven't seen Vic

111. But now he is reaping the ten, Ohlo won by default Seixas or Tony Trabert for a

from Lew Hood and Ken Rose- reward of his determination. long time," he said. "T'll only

Capetown, Aug. 16. Ask Smith the best horse he wall, both of Australia. predict on what I see with my

Three changes--one of them has ever ridden and he will tell own eyes and hear with my own

positional-have beến made in youAlycldon, who won the cara.

However, Hood's form the British Isles Rugby Union Ascot, Goodwood and Doncaster was very pleasing. He was not

feam to meet South Africa in Cups in 1949. yet up to his top form of 1953 the second international here on but he was playing well enough. Saturday next.

He won eloven races in all on this stout stayer who is now "The other fellow (Plot- rangeli)

Gareth Griffiths (Wales) ro-Britain's leading `sire. was not

playing as

(Ireland) Cecil Pediaw places

Smith suffered one of the big-ey well as he might have.

Tom Reid gest on the loft wing..

of disappointments his defented Ray Gortion, Cardif "Rosewall's form was satis- (Ireland) comes into the pack career when Allee Lady Derby's Wales und Mrs Frank Pilling factory."

as a replacement for Reg Higgins Colt Acropolis Venni captain

(England),

his third in. who injured make knee in the first international Derby. Canapele was willing to

definito prediction.

23 which British Isles won, by "I think the Australians points to 22.

SPECTACULAR DISPLAY Hoad and Pietrangel, each of whom plays an aggressive, big service, net-rushing game, had been expected to give spectacular display. but Hand simply was too good in all de- petrangeli hold `fis own In the Arst

set and even scored the frat service break as Hoad three volleys into the bangod net and then double-faulted.

In the

the next ganie, Pietrangell held his own service for a 6-2 at the

Italian

1st Round Women-Patrícia Ward and Shirley Bloomer of England defeated Darleno Hard, Montebello, Calif., and Babba Lewis of Newton, Mass, 11-5, 3-4, 6-4; Louise Brough, Berke

Calif.,

Margaret and

Delaware Osborne, Wilmington,..

finished only this year's English of Philadelphia, 6-0, 6-3. OTHER RESULTS

Other results of matches

The "hoodoo" which beset Str

would have won if it had been Russell Robins (Wales), who Gordon Richards winner for played are as follows: America instead

of Italy here played Germantown Cricket | the

(Scot- "hoodoo"

your.

ал

60

at

against years, that of riding the

Hamilton Richardson (USA) Jockforward

in the first inter-of the Epsom Derby, seems to Springboks lead and then Hoad held his to Club," he said. "However, in national moves to wing forward have fallen on Smith. He was and Kunt Neilsen (Denmark) de- confident he could break his feated. Ronale Holmberg and and Reid takes over at Toak. make it 5-3. Faced with the loss two weeks, who knows?"

this Mike Green (USA) 0-3, 8-0, Acropolis of the sot, Hond then broke Harry Hopman will name his Team: A. Cameron.

₤3-6, 4-6, 0-1. Pietrangell with a series of ex-four offelal Davis Cup players land), G. Grifiths (Wales), W. cellent

cross-court backhand tomorrow.

The fourth-seeded domestic Davies (England) J. Buiter placements, and in the next "They will be no surprises," | field (England), Α.

pair

And J. O'Reilly

of Clifford Moyne game Hoad beat off one set he said, meaning that Rosewall, (Ireland),

Eddie Moylan finally subdued point and held his service to tie Hartwig and Fraser would be

R.E.G. Joeps (Wales),

two Californians, Robin Wilner the score at 5-6.

chooch

and Edward Kauder, 3-9, 10-14, 9-7, 5-7, 14-12.

Sports Diary

TODAY Water-Polo Water-polo Knockout compalition semi-finale: Fortune w Chinese "y": Army v Easter,

Dowli

Third Division League Vilipino Club v KBGC at King's Park.

TOMORROW

Dowla

Commenting on the Italians, he said:

C

Morgan (North-

W. O. B. V. C. C.

Wiillams Meredith

LAWN BOWLS TEAMS

Meredith The following have boen R. H. Williameselected to represent Recrelo

The fourth-seeded foreign "Sirolo was very good for a while that's a terrific service † (Wales), A. Thompson "Whites" in a League lawn bowls, entry, Roger Becker and Robert

Wilson

of England, ran into he has." Hopanan just shrugged, i (Ireland), captain), R. gume against IRC "Blues" to

from Dever early set trouble however, when asked about Robins (Wales), T. E Reid day at Soodunpoo.-

Hobbs and Chauncy Steele be- (Ireland) and 3. T. Greenwood S. Rivero, A. M. Beplats, A. A. Core setting them down 8-11, (Scotland).

Guterre, A. A. Loper: 1. A. G. 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 Slive, F. G. d4 Liz, G. N. Noronha, C. A. Damenberg; 3. M. Cutlerces, M. Rota Pereira, 11. J. Noronha and

Pietrangell's showing.

Canapele mild he was satis- fled with the Italian's showing. WONDERFUL TENNIS

ANOTHER WIN

F. X. M. da Bliya.

Friendly Match

·and

of

Raymundo Deyro and Juan Jose, both of the Philippines British Indes scored another

defeated John Deen "I felt tho Australians were win today when they beat the

Card Kamrath, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2; at their best and we did well Combined Southern Universities,

Allan. The following have been selected Leslie Longshore and against them," he said. "On by 20 points to 17.

to represent Kowloon Criplet Citib Morris defeated Hal Anderson that court, with its bad surface,

match, under flood. The tourists led 12-0 at half-friendly

Joost Radford. both Open Palie Champsonship Matches the Australians played wonder time.

and lights against Hongkong Tootball at OCC, KHOC HỒI TỪNG THI and TC

Friendly Match,--Rec^v [ful tennis. I think they are the

Climb tomorrow at 5pm on the Australia, 7-9, 10-8, 8-6, 6-4. A crowd of 80,000 saw a fast,

HKJC gran Nay101.-4. N. In the 2nd round of the JIKTC.

beat,"

exciting match with one bril- Wong, W. Carte THE Bake Woman's Doubles. Angelo Mor After the match, Pleirangoli liant movement succeeding an- Skipi; C. Chamoilover timer and Angela Buxton, both

Phoenix

Thompson, W.NE. said that Hond was far superior other.

Howard (skip); A Tribble, §. X. of England, defeated Coristance today" to "Vix Seixas who ha Pat Quinn, Arthur Smith, Tug Doe, D. C. Bymuse. W. Hong Sling Brown and Isabella Troccoll,

(Sp) L. P. Quinon met in Europe early this season. Wilson and Tom Reid scored

"Hoad was very good today.telen for the British Dies, Cecil. (Ski): was handicapped somewhat Podlow ouverted one try and Phoenix, Ms D. By Begulera Meland, defeated Belmar Gunder- by a monte arm, in my forentys kicked two penalty goals,- and elbow. It's nothing seriour China Mall Special.

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