1956-06-23 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1956.

FAST BOWLERS' INJURIES PURELY COINCIDENTAL

Says BRUCE DOOLAND

I can't remember an occasion before when so many top-line fast bowlers were crocked at the same time. Frank Tyson, Brian Statham and Freddie Trueman.. Then Ray dropped out of the Test count before the Trent Bridge game began, Lindwall, Alan Davidson and Alan Moss all went bust during the match. And the point that must be worrying the Selectors of both sides as the second Test of the series comes hurrying round is the severity of so many of the injuries.

Alan Moss is expected to be out of the game for two or three weeks; Alon Davidson will be lucky if he can bowl fast agum this summer; Tyson's trouble in n bone fracture. The others are mainly recurring muscle tears. has this, spate of trouble occurred?

has the RSWET, have been suggested. Some wonder whether they have been over-bowled

יז

One

The point is why

most of the

pleasing features of the Notis team just now is the success enjoyed by Ron Giles. He is back up there As opener again and he seemi a new lease of

I can assure you that through- But, in fairness to Colin, out the cricket paviliors of the think we should all be prepared country the topic has been hotly to have some patience.” I be- discussed and analysed in everytieve, like the Selectors, that conceivable way. But nobody this Kentish young man of 60

Hard grounds much charm and skill, is one of to have found

the "quality" players of world fe. Ron is one of those play- cricket. But I still think he will ers who just doesn't like to wall need time to bed down in the jabout the pavillon with his pals My own opinion is that it has new job and gain experience in on. He likes to get on with it. bren

Just a freak of circum- the lively frat hour conditions |His recect rm of 64, 83, 136 stances. All the Injuries

of say Lord's or the Oval. are

So and

inninga 55 in successive vastly different, and I just can't have patience with these new shows how much the operring see any connection between one boys. They've taken on a big job has suited him. and the other. Davidson, for in-job, stance, went over on his ankle and chipped a bone: Lindwall re-pulled an old muscle Lear: Moss wrenched his pelvis muscle when he wasn't even bowling.

So I can't see how une suggest remedies when one cank pin down cuuses, All the Selectors can do is wait the casualties

get better

can

LACK OF STABILITY

COACHING HINT

A little thing but imperiant- even if you are not the captain of your side develop the frabil

Of the batting generally In the Ars Test, the most notler able fealuro was the luck of

iability in the middle ranges on of trying to asses the weak- both sides 1 Just cannot bellevesses of other players. It helps the Tront Bridge wicket WYS

you to be able to assess,

own gamVC-

and bad enough for a full Australiam remedy, the weaknesses in your side to be out for 148-or for half-a-dozen England wickets

(COPYRIGHT) thirty-odd

until and then keep their fingers crossed to fall for a mere and hope that this will be the fruns. Yet these things happen- ration of Injuries for the season,

BE PATIENT

[

The outstanding fcature of the Arst Test, of course, was Tie - SUJECT'RS

Peter Ches Richardson-Colin Cowdrey com- bination as Pagianc openers. 1 would like to jump right in here and after my congratulatiorts to both of the m

have Tract

several crites who felt That Richardson was "lucky" to get away with thai Brst innings run- out mix-up and that

H

AVOK

"lucky" aguit to be dropped in

Miller's first over in the second Ár:140

OK, so he was lucky. And what's wrong with a bit of good luck fo:

a change? It my memory serves me right quite a lot of the young players

ed and both sides musi wonder why, 11 could be that the general standard la not as solid As it used to be.

Every club, whether it is #

club county

or a little club. naturally and normally appoints u captain for each season. When we send touring teams abrad the skipper for the trip is known all along. Why, then, shouldn'l the atcipper be appointed for the fult hune

here in Enk-

land?

Peter Richardson (left) and Colin Cowdrey pictured at their return to the pavillon at Trent Bridge at the close of play in the fourth day of the first Test match against Australia. They made 129 undefeated.--Central Press Photo,

Who Will Win The

The Silver

Medals In The Olympic

Hockey

Tournament?

Asks SYDNEY SKILTON

London.

Who's for the Olympic silver and bronze field hockey medals at Melbourne? That is a highly speculative poser as Europe reviews its past season.

The suggestion that he might doesn'i hold any lose form" water at all. For I can assure you that when a caplain loses touch he doesn't need to be told by anybody else. He knows and is the first to insist on making way for somebody else.

feel always

that a who

Test be something to have planned as a series and not as five single matches, and for that

Having reason alone I feel that the cap- And my reaction to Peter's spot tain should be appointed from Olymple of good fortune is to be thank-start to finish.

1

have been tried as England series

openers in recent times

had precious little of the luck any player needs to succeed,

ful and hope it will continue

for

him. Sometimes, in this

game of the great uncertainties, As as important to be lucky as it is to be good.

add

can

If Peter Richardson luck to his talent he will be Just the man England Selectors have been looking for over the post years. One thing, at least, this ikeable Worcestershire Ind established was his perfect'tem- perament for the bly occasion,

Many people were sorry he didn't join the few who have scored a spratury in their first Test match. I expect Peter was be sorry, 4oo. But I'll wager

was perfectly happy to settle for that B1 his first knock and the 73 in the second. By any standard that is not a bad way to start a Test career-especially against the Australians!

The back-stage story of the decision to make Colin Cowdrey open with Richardson is based on the Selectors' falth in "quality". I would have been inclined to buck the "experience" of a player like Reg Simpson. Bul the theory Was that Cowdrey has all the tempera- ment and technical skill neces- sary for the ideal opener, and that if he could be promoted into the job the opening prob- lem might be settled for a long

time.

Well, at Trent Bridge any way, the experiment "worked perfectly and the experts I re- spect Assure

Colin me that looked the complete article--un- ruffled, completely soumd. and tremendously strong In his stroke-play,

THE

WEEK-END

Answers To

Sports Quiz

Miller, Alistair 1. Kath Ross

Garden Piric, Elley Vietor Sclaus

00

are

the

reached an advanced stage after what is probably the most ex- acting trials ever undertaken by the British Hockey Board.

This is a union between the our United Kingdom countries and operates only for the Olympic Games and its pre- Hmimarles. As early as

Jost September the board nominated some 29 players for a special training course at the Cent Cound of Physical Recreation's Luleshal centre,

New Marathon

Page

BRITISH

Marvel From Old Kent Road EVEN

By PETER CONNELL

A new British Marathon star emerged along the rain- swept Windsor - Chiswick roads last Saturday-Ronnie Clark. This modest, fair- haired, 26-year-old shipping clerk, who, no one had givin a chance, admitted after- wards he did not really want to run.

He was persundet

part by

10 tako

his couch, *Johnny" Johnson, that maker

of

Marathon champions,

Soldom bas this famous Marathon baan.

a bitter such ducl. At 22 miles right men

were bunched together. It was at this stage that Clark slowly pulled away from the tough-as- zteck Lancashire miner Fred

NeIris.

After this Clark was on his own and onicred the Chiswick Stadium 400 yards in front of Norris to win in 2hr.

15.890.

20min

This is second only in time to the best set up by incomparable Jim Peters.

MORE DRAMA

There was further drama in the stadium when Derby railway worker Arthur Kefly and LoD- doner Harry Hicks entered to- gether after Norris,

They had a lap and a quarter left to run,

and fought it out Like milers, Fifty yards from the tapo Kelly was slightly in the lead, Then came Hicks, but his rival responded again and won by inches. A fantastic finish after such a gruelling

race.

This was Clark's first-ever Marathon und ho folshed like

a real champion. It is difficult to see who can prevent him from running at Melbourne in the Olympic Games next Novem ber.

Last December Clark was told by Johnson that if he trained hard enough there was an 011- side chance of him making the Olympic Games, At that stage Clark thought this out of the question.

Even now, he says: "I hope I am considered good enough."

His training cotricts of more than 100 mlies a week, and some of this takes place at 6 o'clock In the morning along roads around the Old Kent-road where ho lives in London.

KINNAIRD MEETING Derek Johnson, the brilliant Oxford runter, is sült undecided about his Olymple Games event. He gave another smooth display of mile running at the Kinnaird mering, also at Chiswick, win- ing in 4 min, her Mile in

"I'm

another running

Nobody seriously questions the destination of the gold. Every time winner has been India. It will be the upset of the whole festival if any but the turbaned terrors stand on the victors" rostrum this time.

gone through five Et is in

these ball games, tournaments without basketball as well, that the are fostering their conceding one single match and Germans with a record of complete im- greatest Olymple hopes. munity

Trom defeat

LWO Europe's two athehr entrenta, world tours, the Indians stand Belgium and Portugal, are not મ at feld hockey where the Amer considered to be in the same icans do at basketball and the category as the top three. So Malayara ut

at Badminton.

place the challenge for these Reports from India, where modals

to come is expected field hockey is the national most strongly from Pekistars game, reveal an extremely high and Malaya standard of play and keen com. These

IVO young the team countries with rapidly growing petition for places on that con

confidently expects to score reputations for sports at which

The majority were newcomers a sixth successive win.

the Asian natural characteris- to representative play. Tire ties of a quick eye and teline board felt they should be given

a tremendous azze Budininton,

a fortnight, and then will decide rackets squash

whether to try for the 800 cr by The and table tennis or outstanding

Metres at the Olymple 1,500 examples. And Europeans have

Games," said Johnson, I pre very shrew

shrewd suspicions they will

Happily, a sort of compromise" encounter them at feld hockey was achieved. Some of the new fer the 800 Metres, but I'm not world realises,

blended extremely well with not brighter in the metric mile," Groupings will play a signia-those seasoned campaigners far cant part In the fortunes of the too experienced and expert to In 1955 Germany surprisingly rivals. There are some countries leave out.

No set team has yet been triumphed in a major tourna-likely to benefit from a tough

This is in won ment on the European mainland preliminary scrice while others officially announced.

accordance with the board's ind in April of the present year would favour an easy draw 50

declared policy of Interchanging to be fresh for the finals. to Britain to came

given

The proposed plan is to divide players as much as possible masterful dirplay against the potential British Olymple team the 16 into four groups with the until the last possible moment. The idea is then that each has winner of each qualifying for Lawn tennis, although losing 4-2.

the remi-nal round.

very good idea of each other's Space for 22,000 spectators fa play,

2. Blue Peter and Lavandin won the Derby, and Goldon Miller and Russian Hero the Grand National,

3. Fake. Charles lost cu points

who he met Margian

Meantime here in Europe the problem of

of assessing form for agility aro second third places has been

and

complicated somewhat

Germany. Breat revival of

Since World War II, Great Britain and Holland have been Europe'a

their chance to prove their worth on the understanding that if they failed the veterans would bo recalled.

challenged Marciano in Sep-and best they were second much sooner than the rest of the comes made the grade and have sure whether, my prospects are

June, 1054, and was knocked out when two once again

tember 1934.

respectively at the with a reversed

1948 Olymples with a

4. Zarko Dolinar and Rosalind order at Helsinki in 1952.

Nowe.

5. Frank Sedgman, who the Men's Singics, Mica's Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

6. Hune-racing. Swimming.

the the

7. Yes, provided the ball is within the tercing ground.

8. Nile Bowled, caught,

stumped, hit-wickel,

run

THREE FANCIED

A Holland has also continued being provided at the hockey It seems, however, that the successful-wins in the season field

now rearing completion majority will ultimately come just ended included 3-0 agains! | Melbourne.

from England the country Ireland and 3-1 against Wales

retained the Pan The host nation will be corn- whic

with championship

we now have three instead of peting and others in addition to Britannde

WL FAPU 0 13 1

д

ou low, hit ball twice,

the usual two fancied' favourites those already mentioned are final. standing which worked obstructing field, handled for place medals.

Afghanistan, Egypt, Japan out ike this: ball.

The addition. of Germany Kenya, New Zealand and coinckle will that country's Singapore.

Most Exatting uperge at another team sport, soccer, for which the World Selection of Britain's possible Wales Cup was won two years ago. to go to Melbourno

9. Cuptan Webb in 1875,

Gertrude Ederle in 1920.

and

10. Yes, Johnny Bulla in 1941.

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