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COUNTY CRICKET

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1956.

BRITAIN'S SURPRISE PACKET

YORKSHIRE SEEM TO HAVE DISCOVERED ANOTHER BATSMAN IN LEN TAYLOR

London, July 9.

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Yorkshire seem to have discovered another brilliant batsman in Len Taylor, the Huddersfield Town soccer centre-half, when he opened today's innings and was still not out 168 when Yorkshire declared, Reaching three figures in ten minutes ander He hit five hours he hit out afterwards to take only 85 minutes for the next 68 runa. a six and 21 fours.

Cyril Washbrook (30) and Colin Cowdrey (49), two of the men named in England's Test team, latted confidently in today's games which were not affected se severely as might have been expected after the`storm which swept the Southern counties.

Only malet:

Inter-University: the

Alan Wharfe (Lancashire), | Crupp.

for Test honouro, Olher good bowling feats in- serioudy delayed. passed over WIN

century today cluded Trevor Bailey's 4/48 for Play Festning is late afternoon, jcmpleted

The Cxford, after Cambridge on out 69 60 Saturday), hitting Essex, who are having an up- Jad declared collapsed to have one six and twelve fours.

hill battle with Northampton- Hilton's Malcolin and

Lancashire against

HIS THOUSAND KUNS

shire. Colin McCool, former Aus- 5/48

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player, completed | Surrex Thousan reason today, the first Somerset player to do so, 1700

had then wirkets down for 7 But giral gland by their rap- fair, Michael Smith (hot out BUY and Michael Engar, consis The Tumpsture explains (not aut

mised tre folal to without further loss before the cline

Cowdery's 40 Save Kent fiest amined the And he

';

did

following Champions, Surres was leg before for

seeund

eight 161 Ih

When Kent were struggling to avoht an innings defeat when inay b theor fate tomorrow

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for The

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES At Lord's Cambridge Uni- versity 303 for seven declared. Azother former Test star in Cxford University 170 for five. the newn was Deals Compton (M Smith not out 80) Start who followed his century of delayed to mid-afternoon owing

by breaking anto wet wicket. | Saturday

De AL

La Ashby by opening

for eight at 43 when he had Derbyshire 33

Liccestershire 243 for clared. Lewis Plekiny leg before

Glouce Vershire

inne (Palmer 194). were

obstinate

Somerset

sland

Zouch: de-

bouble, and foreed to follow on At Manchester: Lancashire

Worcestershire

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when

and

Lock who took six Best mones Toob Berry had an inspired spell for 801 and basicitets has sai Tae taken all six COE NEX t T!- For What Rent have Jost tre thane the wickets. if those batting

Knock

Mars Emmelt. Gruvency

MARCIANO'S INJURY—A

BAD SPRAIN OR AT WORST

A SLIPPED DISC

Brockton, Massachusetts, Jały 9. Rocky Marciano's physielan said today that the Brockton blockbuster did not plan a return to the ring no matter what the outcome of his spine injury,

"We haven't yet established a definite diagnosis," said Dr Nathaniel Gould. "If it should turn out to be a slipped dise Rocky would be out of the ring for six months to a

year.

since he

"However,

doesn't plun to return, the only thing we are interested in is Anding out what's wrg.

"A slipped dise is one of the things we look for in an injury of this type,"

He said he suffered the buck injury while playing with his thress-year-old daughter, Mary

Ann

A BAD SPRAIN

Je told the United Press from

Marciano, who retired in his hospital beri by telephone: April undefeated in 49 bouts,"I won't know for a day or so went into hospital on Friday how bad it is. At best it could be a buti sprain nod at worse a shipped dise la my spute,

Former League Baseball Player Dies In Hospital

wan

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this

Plainville

Sacramento, July 9 John (Bucky, Ryan, formOUT League le eball player, died th

Sacrumento hospital nivening at the age of 79.

Hyun, of warby Carmichael,

halive of 5 Korisus, He played for Boston and Cleveland in the American Lengue before 1920, and Port Lati artel

Lake Pacifle coat league. Ryan also was manager of Sacraineid of the PCL from 1820 to 1932, the longest any une

stayed with

Press

the

pilot ever tas

the club.-United

GOLFING

wasn't planning on fighting agat. When } retired), I sakt

would not box again

suppose you could say something like this would keep me from coming back out of re- |tiremesa, though I never cutist-

dered it."

before he was discharge:!

movement

Press.

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WONDER

248 (Wharton 109, Thomson five 16 for no wieket. Sussex 119 (Hiltan five for 40).

At Peterborough: Northamp tonshire 140 and 283 (Arnold 55. Brookes 00. Balley four for 487 Essex 82 und six for no wicket.

At Birmingham: Glamorgan 210 and 97 for three (Woolter not mit 801 Warwickshire 170 (Spooner 52. Shepherd five for

381

declarot

At Worcester: Worcestersture 364 for nine

(Wells six for 95). Gloucestershire 171 Berry four for 35 und 177 for four (Enimelt 87. Milton 68).

At Blackheath: Surrey 404 drclared (May not out for four 12811, Kent 101

(Lock six fur 29) and 128 for six

At Nottinghamshire; Notting-

| ham 107 and three for no wie- ken, Yorkshire 319 for five de- clared (Taylor not out 108).

At Glastonbury: Mickitessex 287 and 0

wickets, for two Somerset 288 for nine declared (Lemax 71, McCool 54. Hurst four for 30).-Reuter.

Unrated Parker Gets His Break- Meets Moore

Ov

He

ment

inthet

In Toronto

Britain's Bobby Wilson in action against America's Budge Patty seeded No. 4 - whom the he surprisingly beat in the Men's Singles of Wimbledon Tennis Championships on June 27, Bobby won 12-10, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4,—Reuterphoto,

HUTTON PLAN FOR BRIGHTER CRICKET

REDUCE TEST MATCH FROM

FIVE

TO FOUR DAYS

London.

The duration of cricket Test Matches has long been a controversial, point. None of the big names in cricket today curries more weight thân thè famous Lën Hutton of Yorkshire and England who has recently been knighted for hin servicës fö the game.

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He feels that they should be reduced from the present five days to four us he says in his autobiography "Just My Story" (Hutchinson London 16/-):

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the gumo two decades ago. At crense, I believe the game how the same time he admits that would become better for the extra day has achieved its players and more enjoyable fox wickets for

object in producing

matches which went complete finish,

more the

the spectators.

to

B

The book is as frank and outspoken as one would expect from this forthright Yorkshire

man.

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Was

Brfish

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Sir Leonard Hulton bolleyes comes out in favour of changes (The Fifth Test, 1963". ' or that if Tests were reduced to in the game, writing "By how England won back the four days, teams would ap- zeturn to the old leg before cricket Astres at the Ova in proach the game with the at-wicket law, wider wickets and Coronation Your tackling spirit which featured reduction of the bowling "Franić Tyson ut "Sydney,

Tyson won the second

Tear the cricket

by taking 10 130 runs to CONT the name "Typhoon";

"Foxhunter at Helsinki"'; "Al the samIYO time it would

the immortal retain its essential character. how Cricket would be played at a jumper got Britain's only gold iveller pace and I think every-medal In the 1932 Olympic one would be happier."

Games;

"Caplain Webb Swims the He says "No Sunday cricket please and devotes a special Channel" and how the British chapler to cricket and golf." Channel, now swum with the

The concluding chapters are greatest regularity, of apecial Interest, for in these quered for the first time by the swimmer Captain he names his choice of the six Shropshire

batsmen

of his time Matthew

who Webb,

aub- greatest

lost his life trying to (modestly omitting himself) sequently and the six greatest bowlers,swim the Rapide of Niagara;

Mile of the Century" and finally his world cleven

victory

over. Landy at Vancouver;

"Master of Sport First Class," the tale of "Mr Second" Chris Chataway and how the Russians honoured him for his dramaile his world eleven there win over Vladimir Kuts at the might be controversy in his White City; naming Washbrook an opening "Dorando's Marathon," "...the bat with Sutcliffe, preferring eple of the Olympic Gardes Ames to Evans as his wicket-Marathon of 1908 in London;

beper art relegating Compton

He attacks

con- bumpere, demns many of the tactics_em- ployed today

discloses and stories "about

which I knew" as he states in his opening chapter.

The

many

only

man who captained England for four years tells how his team recaptured the Ashes, to end a 21-year-old and gives his version of the

in the

Indica The West Among his conclusions are that the West Indies "are not an ideal pince to send immature English cricketers.

WIDER WICKETS

Flutton

The

He puts Hammond top of the with Bannister's hoodoo,

ahead of Bradman, batsmen and nominates Lindwall as the number one bowler, with the great Verity only in fourth place.

In

io not conservative when it comes to cricket,

Same Old Teams Will Be

Soccer

Competing In UK's

League Next Season

season.

Says ARCHIE QUICK

He

All the world knows that there is to be no change in the Football League next The same old teams will be competing in the same old formations despite the attempt by the Management Committee to make refreshing alterations to the Third Divisions and the application of many non-League clubs for admission.

The "No Change" decision at the annual general meeting was a volte face, particularly by the Southern Section clubs, At preliminary meeting the Northern Section had said quite candidly that they did not desire any alteration and their two votes went that way at the annual meeting. But the Southern Section clubs had previously been in overwhelming favour of a change, and it was a big surprise when The two votes went the other way when the time came.

Mr Jimmy Carter, of Reading, Chairman of the Southern See llon, wants to know why, and so do the many non-League clubs who had been led to sup- pose that there would be four vacancies in

spew Fourth

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side so often criticised this sea- БОП for their alow methods. Skipper Wilt Wooller is having the last

even if he Jaugh keeping the spectators away be- cause of Glamorgan's dreary play.

wickets for four runs.

They pulled up, however, to 197 for nine.

One wicket to fall; two rung needed for victory. A bats |man hit what everyono Basumed was Ik boundary, nrxd the players trooped off. Then some spectators drew attention the The chief reason for the Welsh ball which had stopped only an county's success is the arrival of inch short of the boundary line,

Don Shepherd us a top class There was

a wild

He heads the averages scrumble, bowler. Indeed. to replace the bails, and has taken most wickets. resume netding positions, score He has done this by completely runs and avoit being run out.

changing his style.

Previously The Harborne batsmen had he has been a fast bowler pure

and simple. Now managed one run, so the scores were level. The umpire in the down to medium pace, shorten- we confusion, had lost count of the ed his run up and delivers the of balls to come in off break. He has done all this unber what was the last over of the at the suggestion and under the day He called "How many?" direction of the wily Wooller. day and the reply from the scorers box was "One." The Harborne men tried for an impossible run off that final delivery of the match, one was run out and the game ended in a tie.

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От did it? For when the teams came in, the scorers con- fessed that they thought the umpire had asked how many runs were needed when they answered "One,” There were, In fact, three more deliveries

he has cut

Mantle's Status And Starting Pitchers AU Cleared Up

to his second world eleven. There

is no South African,

EVERGREEN WIZARD

"Stanley Matthews Wing his Indian, Pakistani or New Zen- Medal" and how the evergreen lander in his fog lists, though wizard of the right wing helped the New Zealander Donnelly is given a place at first wicket down in his team to meet the world.

to make the 1954 Cup Final one of the greatest of all time;

which

"Soccer Revolution" might have been better called "The Hungarian Rhapsody In which England are trounced 6-3 for their first home defeat by a Continental team in 80 years; "Doris Hart's Tripic Crown," how the American giri crippled pollo become of the Courts · at

Again Drobny

GREATEST MOMENT

"Great Moments in Sport" by A. W. Ledbrooke (Phoenix House Ltd, London, 7/-) records what he regards as the fourteen greatest sports stories in youth by

the

the

**Queen within the last century,

You cannot really quibble Wimbledon; with the although in the steld of athletics any would dutinant of the Springbolts," that Roger Bannister's tale of the victory of the sory breaking of the "Miles in Four. London Counties rugby bay South Minutes

invincible greater over was A moment than his defeat of John Africans; Landy in the Empire Games "Jack Dempsey at Soldiers Field" the controversial boxing Mile in Vancouver,

His selection 13: "Surling battle between two of the Moss et Aintree And his world's greatest heavyweights British Grand of all time, Dempegy and Gene victory in the

Turney.China Mall Special...

Prix;

Australians 201 Runs Ahead Of Hampshire

Southampton, July 9.

The Australian cricketers, with nine second innings wickets standing, led Hampshire by 201 runs after the second day of their match here,

They dismissed the county for 189 in reply to their own first innlags score of 277, then scored 68 for one in their second innings.

A good spell of pace bowling task in the same dour way as by Derek Shackleton, in which on the first day. he took three wickets" in eight Rutherford, badly needing a balls without conceding a run big innings to restore his con- helped Hampshire take the last 6dence, was given a eccond' four Australian wickets this portunity at 11, when Marshall morning for the action of

of only ward

missed .n snap chance at back- 31 runs to the Saturday total

point. Marshallfrindle ton'a amends by of 248 for six. Shackleton'a

catching 'hin

Division for them,

A meeting of non-League Torento, July 9. clube from all over the country

Langue, Millionaire businessman Dave-Southern

Midland, Rush announced today that he Central, North Eastern, Lan- hos been held and Marciane smit be was "resting planned to disporre of his ent-cashire, etc.

that It comfortably", supported

inet with the Canadian Heavy-1 understand 11

WDK tourd under his mattress

decided to make a bid to forin weight, Janes Parker,

Rush sald he may be discharged from

made the

a National League of their own announce D World the

cannot Light hospital in another two chiys.

Ut.. they

some that However, he added

from he Heavyweight Champion, Archie guarantee

the Football arrivedi In Toronto. League that the present "closed expreted to receive more tests | Moore,

Moore will STA Parker, shop" attitude will be broken hexpected his back to respond Canadian and Empire Heavy-down and that they stand some to treatment,

chance of gaining election next weight Champion. In bout in

lime. Doctors have been "manipulat | Toronto on July 25. ing his back, the 32-year-zld | Rush said: "This is my first Marelina said, to see how much and lust venture in boxing. If

the wins hus, United Parker

light with

As a preliminary they are to Moore

his contract is going to

hold a knock-out Cup com- organisation or petition in 1957 it possible and some charitable a friend who could do justice

Knock-out Floodlight

Clup to Parker.

be ng Rush said he could not do two competition is

Inaugurated. Things

at once, run his various

A delegate from one of the businesses and promote fighters,

strongest non-League clubs He added: "I have done what

"The present position is I set out to do bring Toronto sold:

4t once hopeless and illogical. World Clubs and Canada Its Arat

are being voted back Heavyweight but in the year after year although their got the break he noded gates are poor and they can-

morrow's All-Star brebell The Australians, leading by J. Rutherford e Marshall b and deserved. Now my job is not hope to contribute anything

game, and the starting pitchers Just to complete the comedy will be Billy Pierce of the Chi-138 on first innings, ploded towards raising the standard of of errors Harbourne had rui Rush claimed boxing experts League play. Meanwhile, well- "one short" two or three overs of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

cago White Sox and Bob Friend long to add 03 runs by the K Mackoy not out

close for the loss of Jack I. Craig net out have not given Parker a'chance,

cluba supported

like

Peter- carlier.

Extras Rutherford's wicket,de He pointed out that Parker had brough are left in the cold. What one cannot understand Manlie's status and the iden=" LITTLE OPPOSITION) - beaten

Jimmy Slade, Tommy It is ridiculous that clubs like a why the players did not go ilty of the starting pitchers were Horton hit sit fours in his 41

Total (for Norkis, Johnny Newbeuse and Crewe

and

Halifax, who back and complete that Binal cleared up today at o joint for Hampshire and defled the Earl Walls, who were all rated

only 5,000 gates over with the two balls all to American National League news Australian attack for .100 among the top ten World Heavy- be kept in the fold while be bowled, Nevertheless, it all conference. weights, and wer they still did Peterborough; -

minutes, but after he had gone, Cannings with 12,000 made for brightof cricket, and rate Parker among the top intes and more, and with that is something these days. Earl' Haligin, American there was little opposition.

League public relations director, Ron grandstand as good na Arsenal's

Archer Was the foudats

Sainsbury Rush said: "This Oght in have their application

turned

To add to the strangenom of said that "as of now Manile most succesful bowler, taking Marshall. Toronto, July 25, will prove just down The League cannot

It all, this was the second time definitely will start in centrefeld four wicleefs for 18 runs Ray Byes 4 how

this season that Harborne. wrong everyone is about possibly make out a_caso.”.

bad for the American League all Lindwall, given n Parker,"

} been" "concerned "in", that

Thorohad' been doubt

bubt selton ventured above medium unusual stars. He said advance ticket sales One of the strangest cricket cricket result-a tie.

Mantle could start because of an pace on the damp turf, wisely. for the bout already had swelled finishes has just been played in Turning from the minnows to injury to his right knee suffered preferring not to risk a to 50,000...

the Birmingham League,

muscle play of the cuntthee of His thigh the whales, Glamorgan hos crept in the first game Leamington declared at 100 up unostentatiously. Into third Fourth of July doubleheader trouble. for eight, and, in reply, Har-pince in the County Champion with the Boston Red Sox When the Australions bafted borne. lost their first three ship table. And they are the United Press.

ogain, they approachbä

129

"A recent picture of the young South African golfer Gary Player. The 20-year-old goling wonder smushed the Hoylake record with a 68 'on July 2 on the first day of the British Open Golf Championshi

"Central Fresat

done."

not

Moore pushed off for his training camp at Grivenhurst, Ontario, tonight. ----United Press.

THE GAMBOLS

DON'T, THROW THAT STRING AWAY. DEAR)

*

KUOW THAT KALAYO TARE STRING IN TIMES

due in the over!

COMEDY OF ERRORS

fing figures were three for 79. splendidly when he had added J. Gray (22), Roy Marshall 17 runs. Mackay plodded on (28) and H. Horton (41) helped in his own imperturbable man- the county side bring up 100 forner and Craig was 20 minutes the loss of two wickets in 105 in opening his score. The in- dreary Washington, July 9.minutes, but then the side sings had lasted 95

In 10 minuten the minutes at the close collapsed. Mickey Mantle of the New

TILE SCOREBOARD·· York Yankees will start in fo-core went from 102 for two to

Australians 2nd Innings 130 all out.

Sainsbury S

Coleby

Barry

BUT. I THOUGHT, PT OLD STIZINGS. YO HAVING

THIS IS TO USE AVISNJ

HAVENT (TURE THAN TO UNRAVEL SOVE FROM

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wicket)

· Bowling To Date

Shackleton

Burden

USSR Picks:

For Olympic their Soccer Matches

FRANCI MILLERDT GREAT FANCY RED SALMON

Moscow, July 0.

The USSR Football Federation have named 20 players from whom their teams in Olympia matches will be chosen,

Tass, the onleial Soviet news ́agency, wald tonight that 11 of the 20 play for Moscow Spartak, the USSR Championship leaders, eight for other Moscow clube and one for Licy

Among the bear noun and Tustin (Moscow, Dynamo), goalkeeper * Netto and P monov Moscow: Spartak), backor Tatushin,; Simonyani Samilcov)(Moscow, Spa