1956-06-02 — Page 17

WEEK-END BOWLS

́THE ̈ CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1956.

KCC-RECREIO MATCH TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT THIS AFTERNOON

By

TOUCHER”

Following their brilliant win over Kowloon Bowling Green Club last week-end, the Kowloon Cricket Club First Division team take the spot- light again in this afternoon's Lawn Bowls League matches when they take on declining Champions, Club de Recreio, at Cox's Road,

For both teams the match will be a crucial one. To Recreio, a defent may mean the end of their bid to retain the lille. To the Cricket Club, a 5-0 or even a 4-1 win will enable them to close the gap between them and the League-leading Craigengower squad who already have 17 points to their credit in four matches,

A B-0 win for KCC will give, last week-end by Filipine Clu, the 181⁄2 polnis IG IN many who came fairly close to snatch- matches and put them in แ ing a win from the potential strong contending position when champions. they cinst again with their Happy Valley rivals in the re- turn match.

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Thi Cricket Club are rely. the same twelve who ing

them to a 6-0 victory curried over

Saturday and KBG" Just the Recreio line-up reibonis un- that of previous changed from weeks

Hong Sing's tour have been playing steady wind cotatera bowin

far 30

and are Rol enough to earn one point for the Cricket Club. Kerman's four debut last made

a successful week-end as a combinallon,

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They may look rather BOCUDUS on paper but with fewer than three temperamental Tung Dick players John Rossetel and Furley Kermani

Dot one rink, one should underestimate The capabilities

In

of this rink.

On their day, they are capable of taking on the best rink the Colony can offer, Last week

showed above-average! they form and will, 1 think, be able to hold their end up agains1 any Recreio rink to give KCC a 4-1 win.

Although a formidable cum- bination on paper, Jack Chubb's four cannot be said to have com- bined smoothly in their first out- Ing together last week. Against Recreio's formidable line-up of berada and No. 25, both. Don Phillips and Divocha will have to much better form enable their rink to eke out what may turn out to be a narrow win

to show

THEIR OWN WAY

and Coates Both Bradbury have still not been able to find. their last year's form and have already dropped three out ot Stanley Leonard's four games. four are not by any means an junbeatable combination,

If it is any encouragement to Talkoo, I think they are rapable of putting up a very good fight this afternoon, and given a favourable draw may even start the first major upset of the mas ron, despite the odds of a 4-1 defeat appainst them.

other

matches irl hori,

(ww the IRC "Blue", playing should be good enough for tour Points guint Filipino Club, if It Ave, and IRC "Gold" will

givo KBGC ago probably

all their worth befoe, run for going down by a 4-1 margin.

Since writing my notes in

I have been told thu Monday

Bunny Abbas, in addition to some very fine bowls were also

another five

points this after- noon from Craigengower Cricket Club to keep themselves still in the running tor top honours.

THIRD DIVISION

The Mird Division Homes during the past work saw sume fortune changes of dramatic and, in fairness, some good bowls its well.

While speculation was rife un to whether Filipino Club Club ur Hongkong Football would win the title this season, Cruigengower Cricket Club with two major swept past victories-one over the Football

ur

Famous Most Sports Stars I Have Met

George Cook

By ARCHIE QUICK

There are certain women who will always be indelibly identi- fod as

famous the wives of sportsmen. The present Lady Hobbs was always "Ada" in Sir She Jack's high-pitched voice, went with, him on most of his overseas tours, "Maggic" wili

bo EVLT

associated with Jimmy Wilde, She was always at in training comp as cook and business adviser, and never the from his corner during a fight. And so to "Edith", the wife. mentor, trainer, cook anst manager of the late George

for

Cook.

lovible character were.

They

Batsmen Will Admit Are Not Comfortable Facing Tony Lock

Says BRUCE DOOLAND

Lots of people say that personalities are dropping out of cricket. Of course they are. They always have been. But thank goodness new ones are growing up to take their places.

When, for instance, has England had more striking bowling per- sonalities than Lock and Laker, Typhoon Tyson and Statham? For many, I suppose, Tyson, the man of speed, the Typhoon, is the most romantic and exciting. But my pick would be Surrey's Tony Lock,

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What a remarkable character he is. Already, at 26, he has become

a cricket legend. And if you could take a Gallup poll of batsmen all over

Pare

SPORTRAIT

* Whatever you do, "Johnny, DON'T put that

apple on your head!"

¿London Rusresa Barpida,

the world I would wager he would come out as the bowler most of thom Sports Diary

fear most,

the

TODAY:

on the fold he Cook ranks only behind Les pleasant,

is a quiet, Lakver at the moment because he, problem the England · Sjectors com-cept his hands tough in Pakistan. will hope to ovo settled i self-effacing among pandon,

Jimm On it he is a dynamo Both

and Tony usually opening batting probiern, Peter D'Arcy and Bill Lang Australian Heavyweights of the of relentless

and Reg Simpson | CCC, IRG D2 TO aggression. He reckon to be able to heal their Filchardson past, and Emories of this hasn't got red hair for nothing. split fingers in three to four are right.on the spot, This is

revived He bowls expecting to beat a

days.

can They

get bowling their big chance. fur me when I mot his widow

quickly | men every ball and he takes it again

because they recently. After his audden death

as a personal let-down if he heal with a special land she went to live first in New doesn't catch everything within spirit,

I would say York and then Sydney, but now

ho is yards. she has thriving millinery probably the best close-to- in Marylebone, e-wicket neider in the world. establishment

cricket London, hard by Lord's

He is the kind of player spec- Fround,

tolors love to se They talk the of his aggression, of his diving George was Just about

entches, his thundelbolt throw liest man I ever met, with a

and bent level, his pace and extraordinary ore Rattened

spins. to his face. big cara and a

£1

102

Boula. Chir

Federation cunt. RMI (CH), 8.30 p.m.

Aquatis Tinal of the „Interschool aginčio

Knowing something of their TC V POC. CONTY" VERA feeling I hope they are lucky 3rd Diyalon: KBɖ) with the wicket. for 1 always | %; HARD GOING

fool that so often the stain of

the plece of turf can decide Like most of us who come whole future of a man's career TOW to the tough school of quite as much as his own skill. county cricket my new Aussie these two boys strike a buddy in the Notte team, Allan docilo pitch they can both plays Canang 6mg Pavilion, 3 p.m. Walker, lu finding the going their way into the Tat side. quite hard. I reckon it takes

If they hit a lively · Lofd'a

Annual Botthail primetilmattor full half season-if you'll ac-wicket they can be, shot out in

Pandzsetta Hotal, a.pm. cept that Irishism to get pro- the unlucky flash of one ball.

One thing R.

the most extraordinary cricket-perly enjoying

Club and the other over Filipino lowering brow. His appearance They think of him as one of Club-to install themselves as was completely misleading, for, Chan-outside the ring, he would not top favourites for the

his herm a fly. In fact it was his pionship.

hun docility that prevented

to

ers they have seen. They make special

arrangements down to the grounds at which

Allen is

get

maln

The

match in most cricketers minds

little Test" between MCC and

naw is the Try not to

COACHING

HINT:

cultivate too big, with your hat

he appears.

In other words he a crowd puller - per sonality of the highest order.

PITOR?

In four matches they have Ketting to the very top, and his

points. Today lack of business acumen

andis collected

guests of the generosity were the constant they will be the Bowling Green Club and are despair of his wife. And during wife's their unha inst days, la hia expected to safestain beaten record with at least a words "he was a dead loss as n 4-1 win.

London publiern."

their

ot of a

was these

TOUGH AT THE TOP

PERFECT

I saw him taking quite a lot

one

a backlitt

Koftbal

TOMORROW

Yachtter Japers Clyngdom form Hongkong Trotre Club,

Athletic

Annual Pentathlon Championato

the Australians at Lord's. I especially carly in your in- doubt whether very much re-nings. It isn't really necessary at Caroline Hill Stacken, D., lable intelligence will be gained for for it seems to me that there might be more pulled punches than anything else.

of wickets

Bridge. ut Trunt

It looks very

much like a and HKPSA Filipino Club

And right well he bowled. But

the match of finessing-with le looked I didn't think should have the better of PRC

In George's day in pre-war whit better than he did last England selectors hiding their and MKERC, playing on served up by another prom and HKPSA reminds me

season. For he wasn't beating top bowlers. Just the same it home greenis. Meation of PRC London it was tough at the top division. the Heavyweight

Trent the famous

Bridge will be packed with Interest, youngster, Sherry Bucks, in the

received

and from a Cornes-England had Len Harvey and feather-bed. No sir. Ho had a For I think Ian Johnson Indiana match against Recreio Hote

pondent which enuities

represented net

only by spinner's delight of a wicket to his men really have to pull out A repeat performance last week

but by iwe teams to an apology from George,

estow bowl of The ball really span something extra to try to win by the two will be looked

Australian Ambrose ommitting to mention

and fizzed and popped about so handsomely. That defeat at the me tur forward to this week-enut.

their Canadians Eddle Wenstob and that even I could get cheap hands of Surrey two "sevens" scored by

was a nasty South Africa by wicketal.

blow and moralo rinks during the lust two weeks. Larry Gains.

must McCorkingdale and New

restored quickly. Apart from the first Test match Saturday's gamme at Lord's-poems the finest possible occasion.

SECOND DIVISION

of

in the Second Division, the hopes

most of the par- ticipating teams will be centred tire KDC "Blue"--KCC match at Hunghom.

on

Having already etilected to pointa in four matches, thu Dookmen are almost a certainty to the Championship honours ไว

division, this

unless the Cricket Club can do something abcut it this afternoon.

Lengue-leading Cruigengower Cricket Club, with four straigh!

The KDC "Blues", however, victories and 17 points to their

will credit will probably not have

i think, prove too strong thetr own matters

the at for way

Cricketers especially their houze Quarry Bay though their when playing on opponents

the aro

newly- green this afternoon, The worst promoted Taikoo Club twelve. they can do is to drop a point

They were given quite a scare to their opponents,

Pompey Sends An SOS

By MARRY CARPENTER

Yolande Pompey, 27-year-old Trinidad Cruiserweight, training at Devizes, Wiltshire, for his with June 5 world-title fight Archie Moore at Harringay, has cent for moro sparring partnera. Pompey started sparring last week with 23-year-old Clark Mellor, of Manchester. By the end of the week, after being on the receiving end through nine punishing rounds, Mellor had returned home,

Then Heavyweight Marcel Lámago arrived from Belgium, In his Arst session a Pompey Jeft hook opened up a cut by

from his right eye. So down London hurried corpulent Heavyweight Eddie Hearn,

REINFORCEMENTS

Them

ex-Brush

-Middle-

weight Champion Albert Finch, and the current Championship contender, Lew Lazar, come in to help Pompey,

I don't now whether Pompey is noured of losing moro spar- ring partners, but for a man whose vital amet against Moore will be hier strong punching, ho socmed strangely reluctant open up,

to

In any enacy, there was some dlábrence of opinion in the camp mbout what Pomper. obold co

Ha truoc. Boowy Bucdong Born, was in the ring urging him to "Let 'em go, Pomp.***

But he manager, portly: Jack Burns, mat by the ropes saying:

"I don'h want to 1400 film u00 up mil his strength in gym fighis. Let him moist it on the night?”

All I cut my fu that I hope. "Mr Burns Seks –Me Buckingham: agros can: training policy before

The Football Club will be given

good opportunity to avenge their last week's 5-0 de- feat by the KDC "Blues" whan they take on the KDC "Whites". 1 am sure they will 10 nil out for the maximum points.

The HKCC-PRC and FC-POC matches will produce two evenly-contested games with the odds in tavour of the Cricket Club and the Filipino Club.

USAC suffered crushing blow in their bid for the divi- sion's Championship Попоцга when they went down in or major upsci to HKCC last week- end by a 4-1 margin.

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They still have, however, 14 points to their crédit and standi a very good chance of collecting

THE

WEEK-END

|

Bodio.

In

the

Don

and

really are getting somewhere in tha search for good Cricket

bowler a and the

was sound and

The first of the two sevens Zealand by Maurice Strickland. And the moral of that sur- was scored by the HKPSA four | 11 was pretty hot competition, prising state of affairs is im- of H. Finney, F. Roberts, but there was always `night (postunt, "It means that we Mackenzie and "Lofty" Dewar for someone. against the KCC four skyped

I still feel that that absurdly by H. Triggs

I once visited Cook in training wickets at Nottingham Against short one week of practice be- a fortnight ago.

we had a too Last week-end the PRC four of on Hayling Island. He taught me the Australians

foro the Aussie tour matches G. Walker, R. Jacques, E. to throw a boomerang,

it perfect stretch of turf. Against begun is the real basis of the

think, troublea Arllss scored was there I first heard the story Surrey the balance, I Bellamy and G.

Jan

has Johnson of the man who was given a

Some-struck. the other way. the other sever against

swung

His theory of playing HKPSA four skipped by Ken boomerang as a birthday present where between these two les his men to form in the early and had the utmost difficulty in the Food cricket wicket-the

county games getting rid of his old unel

kind of turf that has the pace justified to a great extent. But In it to give a good the remaining Thiru

Harry Levens, now challeng- chance to get wickets

he is at the stage now where Division match, HKFC, after ing Jack Solomons as London's suffering a

misty Butback just ace promoter, was Cook's official good batsman a fair chance to week when they lost to CCC by 4-1, will have 10

than that manager, and to this day he says re runs. Nobody asks better make George would have been World amends this afternoon by taking Champion if he had had some The authorities are searching at least four points from KCC.

"killer" instinct. "He was built hard to find it and I am quite like Jim Jeffries" says Levene, sure, before long, they will but I could never get him to succeed. I was much relieved, hate his opponents."

in our first innings, to see Jim from the bowling Laler rettre front against 19. If he had kept on at the other end from Lock we would have been iza real trouble.

TODAY'S GAMES

First Division

KCC v. Recreio TC v. CCC

IRC "Blue** v. FC IRC "Gold" v. KBGC

Second Division

KDC "White" v. HKFC KDC "Blue" v. KCC HKCC v. PRC FC v. POC CCC v. USRC Recreio (byo)

Answers To

Sports Quiz

1. 1,500 metres,'

morale building wins should be built up.

INVINCIBILITY

In the past, one of Australia's greatest Test assets has been a feeling of invincibility as the team has taken the field Crush- ing county teams gave them feeling of confidence; superiority if you like, The sight of the big green caps alone had its terror valua

EL

Jim's injury wig the spin

But right now that just isn't bowler's constant

companion there in the minds of England's end -WOTTY. He had spilt the top players. Their feeling at the callous on the vital part of his moment is that England will spinning finger. This is a very win handsomely in the coming

the usual thing for

flerce series-especially if any of the heavy-pinners-especially early in the pitches take spin,

reason when they come up against a series of long spells before the fingers have really had time to toughen up after a one few months' rest.

2. Cricket, hockey and golf. 3. Jack Dempety, world

weight champlon

4. Louis Brough who has won title four tinca. Cricket.

It means a thou sand runs scored by

5.

Third Division

batman in May.

4.

Right.

1. Javolin.

KBGC v. CCC FC v. PRC HKPSA v. HKERC HKFC v. KCC

GAMBOLS

ISN'T IT LOVELY TO GET AWAY INTO THE COUNTRY LANES (TAS

I'LL DO IT - 1 ́KNOW WHAT

A LOT, OF EXTRA WORUJEJ GUESTS MAKE

WITH THE BEES BUZZING, AND THE BIRDS SINGING

Everything's way quiet

I'll go and find the othera

3. Archery,

9. Corbett and Jeffries,

I expect Tony Lock will run into the same kind of spot scener or later for he really tears at the seam of that ball with the

10. A boat mank and the race inside of his first finger. Ho

had to be re-rowed,

has probably been luckier than

by Barry Appleby

AND EVERYTHING GOLE22 PEACEFUL AND QUIET,

IT IS NICE OF YOU TO DO THE CHORES, SAYS

ONALLY I HATE THEM

BLAHAR

BUT GEORGE 1449 BEEN TELLING ME THAT VOU) (PNXY HOUSEWORKC)

In other words the Austry-

Hans modest record so for is working against them. And the sooner Isa Johnson and bis boys pull out the stops and wrap up some two-day wins to show who is boss, the better for Australia's chances in this series.

Getting back to the MCC │v Australlaga match the main

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