1956-07-18 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,

1956

EVERY ROSEWALL TELLS

A

STORY!

"This "London" Express, technique freaxes" Ken Rotowall ton times during his match with Vie Saixin at the recent Wimbledon Championships. Result: A whole game in one picture.

One man's view of Wimbledon -- the view of American Vio Seixas (38 across the not Australia's: Ken Rotówall produces the winning power tennis. From left to right in this' remarkable Express picture it ta Rosowall with a smash ・・・ a cunning lob driving. up for

a mash

whoosh! and hooray for a a slip

winner. retrieving on band

the back- down again and anguish as a shot again goes out of court.

--

TOUR DE FRANCE

TOUGH MOUNTAIN CLIMBS

TAKE HEAVY TOLL

OF THE SPRINTERS

Luchon, July 17.

lead during the

The tough mountain climbs in the 12th stage of the Tour De France cycling race today took their toll of the sprinters who dashed into the earlier ful stages.

Andre Darrigade (France) who had worn the yellow sweater most of the and Peyresourde time as overall lendor faded before the stiff Aspin (1,480 metres) (1,563 metres) mountains over the relatively short 126 kilometre stage from Pau to here.

Jean Pierre Schmitty Luxem- | Payre-Saude bourg) won the hours, seconds, und Belgium's Je123

54

minutes

Adrensn

yellow sweater.

14th

With the Arst half

the

24-day, 22 la nave over 4,450 kilometres

completed.

flac

stody elevated mis, such Belgium's Slock Dekers. experled in creep up t the

was

4.

ย

mins,

Belgium-12 hrs, 3 mine,

Italy-12 hrs. 3 mins, 55

6. Southeast France-12

4 mins. 40 secs.

hrs,

7. Southwest France-12 hrs. 4 mins, 48 secs.

He De France-12 hrs, 10 mins, 13 secs,

19 Bes

Frabee-12 hrs, 12 mins,

Pass, Robinson 3. Spain-11 hrs, 57 "t } } zwj

out 10 secS, striking stage in

as well as i did yesterday, but i R 40

sledy had to help Charly for whole 55 secs.

the of the srst part, I had a nice Took

but elimb up the Aspin Hehe!

the secs. 28th today. Darrigade Anished Pyere Soude was a little more

However. oublesome

I am | માં n} Ali. In

the met stage was too short for me."

Hobuses skerificed himself Most Cor his captadiy alt fejun. of the thine are

he ]t]; the main jack ko at attempt to help Gaul E team anates to make a breakaway

leading The after puck " the

But

Lubembourg The boys couirint make it

Setupite

allowed to go Win

stage. alone in the early

togel alread to win the It took Brian a ton of stage 2450-control not to fly off with Schmitz, his team mate.

Gaul big difficulty in warm- min at the mountains. Ile overtook Robin-

Lougher

d half with the dropping

back or droppings caz! wayside

Ninely-me raters out

120 sturters aue left in The Tour, which wiends up 30 Paris

on July 28 Brlan

lau

Robinson, Britain's rider is the Tour De

Frame cycling race, ploxided Ing up fr

steadily ove the mountainous

A

12 stage from Pau to here to- son on the way down to here to

day to find himself three places up in the overall position

is now 16th

He

Alter spending the early part of the B1 mila stage helping Charly Gaul, his captain of the Luxembourg

team, 25-year-old Robinson from Mirfeld, York- shire, finished 32nd in 4 hours, and 4 minutes and 27 seconds, 9 minutes, 47 seconds down on

h

tearn music, Jean Pierre Schmitz, who won the stage in

hour, 54 minutes

"

3

seconda

and 40

ALWAYS TOUGH

Willyout one bead of sweat un

hds brow ofter the

finish 24th but is at 32nd In the overall position and 50 minutes. 17 seconds down on Jean Adriaenssens, Belgium's who took the yellow sweater us overall leader. Robinson is 30 minutes down on the leader.

Francois

(France) Mahe abandoned the race, leaving 09 riders out of the 120 starters.

OVERALL POSITIONS

Overall positions after 12th stage.

France)

race, Rees.

Robinson said: "The heat does hr, 32 mins, 6 secs.

not

worry Whether it is fine or cold, the race is always tough,

me particularly.

Explaining the carly part of the race before the steep climbs

up the 4,854 Tool Aspin Pass.

lopped off by the 5,120

foot

Two Wins For England At Tennis

London, July 17. England won two Home lawn. tennis Internationals today.

They beat Wales saven-one in Newport and Scotland by the same margin in Edinburga,

Router.

10 Northeast Central France- 12 hus, 13 mins, 49 secs.

11 Holland 12 hrs, 14 mins, Hi sees

12. Switzerland-12 hrs, mus, 17 ET'S.

TEAM POSITIONS

Team overall position;

Belgium-189

1 mins, 40 secs.

29

hours,

19

2. West France-180 hrs, 43 mirs, 43 secs.

3. Holland-180 hra, 5 mins,

54 secs.

B

4. France 189 hrs, 55 mins,

5003,

5. 1aly-190 hrs, 14 mins, 18

SEEN.

Northeast Central France-- 191 hrs, 3 secs,

7. Southeast France 191 hrs, 32 mins, 67 recs.

8. Southwest France 191

hrs, 34 mins, 18 secs.

1. Luxembourg — 101

hrs,

34 mins, 43 cca.

the

4. G. Bauvin (France) 03

hrs, 33 mine, 10 secs.

G. A. Darrigado (France)

129, 33 mins, 16 seCS.

03

mins,

Presse.

7

Sports Diary

TODAY' Swimming RAPC Gala at Victoria Pool.

Water-boto

Good Luck to your Comeback, Denis,

To coin the biggest understatement of the year

...

·ENGLAND NEEDS YOU!

ROMULLTETT.

On

Lancashire Now

Top Of County Championship Table

London, July 17.

Lancashire, defeating Leicestershire by ten wickets without losing a wicket in either innings, today took over the County Cricket Championship leadership from Surrey, They have 116 points from 16 matches. Surrey, who were playing outside the Championship in this sertes, have 108 from 15 games.

Then

88

LOSS ON TRANSFER

FEES

Aston Villa Now

Owe

The Bank And Other

Creditors £42,000

By ARCHIE QUICK

the Football League?

What is the price of a place in the First Division of How much is it worth to avoid relegation? Famous Aston Villa paid out nearly £70,000 in transfer fees last season and placed themselves £42,000 "in, the red" * in' twelve months. They just scraped clear of the big drop to Division Two and Hud- dersfield Town and Sheffleld United went down.

These are revealing, startling figures and recall the time, over twenty years ago in fact, when Villa did just the same thing and still suffered relegation. Then they spent £40,000 when £40,000 wns £40,000 to purchase Allen Cummings, Richards, Massie, etc.

This year the £70,000 outlay took the huge sum of £190,000 occurred, but one thing is cer- wwe bn Hickson, Sewell, Dug- which showed a credit balancetain dale,

There Australians" are ; quite Sims, Smith, McBride of £88,000, excluding the final and Seword, but they did get and

gameal Even unused to playing on a spinners semi-final

wicket. They have had little of the amateur side of the game back £27,000 for the sale

on pitches and re-practice at home Thompson and Hickson whose thri

thrived. International

in when the ball is turning, ond Nevertheless presentative games brought and Gloucestershire in getting them

stay was short.

there was a loss on the senson's working of £42,000

compared

with a prodit of £10,000 the

Strangely enough, despite team's Indiferent form,

£54,000 £11,000 profit,

the FA Amateur Cup Final and out in four hours at Bristol for of semi-finals produced

through the agency £9,000, 210

Sam Cook and to the balance year before when the transter with a £2,000

Wells clearly demon- General Ac "B good, Even the account showed a credit balance

they count of sundry income showed strated that the visitors have of £10,000. Am a result

not to the good of a balance

yet learned the technique. now owe their bank and other

£42,000.

a three-man It was strictly creditors £42,000 the exact

There is just one item in the innings by McDonald, Craig and loss on transfer fees.

statement of accounts where the Benau. The rest were all at sen, Jim Rutherford, Australian the figures are not of big propor- the tions.

That is the Benevolent opener, now hus the melancholy en his of 0, 0, 17, 0, 1, in his the Fund. Income was £1,815 and record

last five innings and they were crowtis still rolled up and "gate receipta" of £88,000 grants made totalled £1,178.

spin were, in fact, an increaED -07 An item of interest is that all on wickets that took

Almost as bad is Tom | £1,700 on the previous coupon of the 80 League clubs re early.

Test record this of the Graveney's probably due to the relegationceived 1,026 as a share our season. He has an aggregate of

Cup Pool. That is, of course, fight. Which is one way, it a precarious one, of attacking the extra to the "gates which the 41 and at Bristol his Test future.

clubs received,

to his problem, I suppose.

this there was a sum of £80,000 tor into trouble again

on trial. To add

Not much peordeal he had to bat in a bad But what will happen if Vak club, of course, but it shows that ght. He was very sketchy In'

got

It is hardly spare after the FA and the clubs his strokes and it does look as

wicket winners in 38 minutes. A spell of threely that they will be in a posi- had had their individual pick-though the "Pride of the West",

}

over

four

hours.

Of these

ings. High finance indeed.

anxi

of

can

Malcolm Hilton. hit Middlesex were left to get 71 in | Accrington, Derby, Coventry and itish relarves officiated keeper Langley's old, with his

Next in the table are York- hour, helped by

B whirlwind ebire and

wicket stand Northamptonshire, fourth

by Alan both of whom won today, with Walkins (44) and Louis coming winter?

Licely 02 points each. Glamorgan, Devereux (47), who put on

together with Willie Watson, tion to delve once more into the exciting one

of Yorkshire, has disappeared transfer · market and the pro in four runs by fast

483 TRANSFERS · · Essex. are fifth with 88 wickets

from the Test limelight over

Jack medium bowler

Bailey posed ground improvements and

The FA had 7,340 registered Players

no longer bo points. 10. Spain-192 hrs, 4 HEES. Lancashire had some scares changed the plotum, and they flood lighting at Villa Park are

Such are the professional players last season, chosen for what they promise 11. Ita 1. J. Adriaenssens (Belgium)

De France--192 hrs, from the Leicestershire batsmen just scraped home with the last indefinitely off.

mccluries and economics of and there were 483 transfers. to do art then don't produce. 63 hrs, 28 mins. 10 secs,

9 mins, 10 secs,

and from the doubtful weather pair at the wicket.

soccer today,

The FA will, in future, sub-

ONE CURIOSITY. ADA Lauredi 2.

(Southeast 12, Switzerland - 102 hrs, before gaining their victory at

scribe four per cent of A splendid innings of 156 by Manchester,

had After they 63 hrs,

secs.France- 3 Man 31 mins.

A SORRY TALE 12 (51

One curiosity of the Bristol Gloucester

receipts at International m Villa are declared at

not the only club to the League Benevolent Fund, match was that Len Maddocks, their overnight Tom Graveney for total, the Leicestershire opening shire made Middlesex fight for

with financial troubles, although it is disclosed that a ten | reserve. Australian carller hari 3. B. Voorting (Holland) 63

wicket- none of the others tell such a yours pair, Gerry Lester and Maurice a victory which

Graveney hit 15

further agreement

for Uie first keoper bowled There are been reached with the Wembley time in his first-class career and Halam, cleared off the arrears semed easy. of 58 before being parted.

fours in an attractive exhibi-rry tale as Aston.

48 Third Division clubs and only muthorities for 1190

the got the wicket of George tion of stroke play lasting live eleven of them showed a proaft Stadium for the Fibal Cup the HIS BEST FORM

minutes

Emmelt, with brother wicket- Norwich, Leyton, bis best form and sat back 83 minutes.

sional games in Central thirteenth delivery,, Maddocks three men for two runs in a John Wardle (three for 31) Grimsby alone had a balaton, on America, the Caribbdari Vene has an action similar to Ray Barracks | spell of fine left arm alów

zuela, Russia, Hungary, Germany, Lindwall's and is quite as lost, they Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Turkey: Could he become an Australian bowling. This started a collapse and Ray Illingworth (three for the right side of £8,000. Senior League! Chirag Bing via which seven wickets went 11 in 38 balls) spun Somerset Chinese YMCA (Chung Eing), 5 pm for 27 runs in 60 minutes, out cheaply to give Yorkshire a plunged deeper into the miro Switzerland, Holland, Argentine Cowl tong

and yet come up year after zil, Chio, Uruguay, Spoki,

more punishment,

Yugoslavia. Austria, and Lancashire were left to get comfortable victory. TOMORROW.

Northamptonshire's Australian year for only 65 to win.

and Jack Manning, again mes

by non-League clubs to formidable list,.. five for 13.

Four byes off the fourth ball merised the Kent batsmen lo cut them. In this direction whatever the spectators may everything in their fed rou lagafrist Children's Medal Competition with of the last over gave Glamorgan day. Tribe finished with match there has been a considerable think, British ratores, die stil solution to win back, the Ashes,

enthusiasm at Poter-conaltered the best overseas. and their matches Exalt they figures of nine for 64 and borough for League handicaps at Deep Water Bay, Bhek

victory

football

England played eight Inter County slides may, Buffer O Golf: Three Club Competition.

had been set by a sporting do- Manning with eight for 67.

Dennis Brookes (67 not out) At the ammual general meeting national matches during 1955/66 consequence. **FRIDAY

claration bo, soore 180 runs in, 1 100

home countries, minutes.

France, Spain, was a case in point, -Water-pola

ngan seemed well on the Narthante well on the way to to undertaker such a big step Portugal, Denmark and Brazi Junior · League: Army North, y

to achieving their target victory with an opening stand while it has such heavy com- How many playing did they call second Tost at Lands, the Eastern (Victoria) 5 pm. Anyway South V YMCA (Vimoria) 5.20 p.m. when they scored 121 in the first of 114-Reuter,

in ground improve upon? The answers

21 two mitments

spectators Navy v Dockyard (Navy) 8.30 p.m.

ments Peterborough have long trame plus fival No fewer than been leading contenders for eleven of them filled the three little for their money Mackay

60 in 34 hours, Rutherforti. 30: League vacancy

in.1% hours, Craig: 35 in 110. inlinesten 'drica Harvey 32,šin~110.

B. F. Ploot (West France) 03 lurs, 33 ming. 27 stes.

7. R. Walkowiak (Northeast Central France) 03 hrs, 33 mins, 68 secs,

8. G. De Smet (Belgium) 63 'hra, 40 mins, 23 secs.

9. N. Deflippis (Italy) 83 hrs,

40 mins, 13 pcs.

* Lawn Bowls Open Paine Championships (Becond Found Matches, at lite, квас

10. W. Wagimans (Holland) | occ, ficc, Reggelo som KDC.

3 hrs, 46 mins, 57 secs.

STAGE TEAM PLACINGS

1. Laixembourg mins. 63 secs.

Stage placings-Teams

11. hrs, 64

2. West France mins. 47 seÇË,

11 hrs, 55

THE GAMBOLS

WHO PUT THAT.

THING THERE? JUST WHERE I'D FALL OVER

"VE A GOOD MIND PUT YOU ACROSS KAN KNEE

for the First,

and the

The Australian cricketers

Hilton's innings figures wie loft-arm spinners, George, Tribo the with might and main the Scandinavian showing that, i seem prepared to sticrifice

of Barry Appleby

I'LL SEND IT BACK, DARLING

NEMEZ VONONN

over

WHAT NE IT. ANYWAYK

CA LOVE)

and

cooling of

of the club doubt was

Peter Arnold (60) put about the club's AND season again the three other | The match against Kampshire;

So Tender

In marked

and

Tasty

·FRANCIS MILLEROS

GREAT NORTHERN FANCY: RED SOCKEYE SALMON STEAK

contrast to

inside-forward positions...

Intanediately

?

Southe Ington

prior

red

the

the A Lord's To Maton store unhappy financial state of Aston circulating to the effect that inglish journalist, who had Villa the balance sheet of the Richie Bopaud, the Australias reported 35 Tests told me Football, Association shows at all-rounder, was actually

Caught

It has assets and cash to the of the wicket before he had is very nearly the poorest tour value of £305,000 ar com scored, but that there: de orde Australia fimm erat, bay pared with £280,000 the year appeal from the Engin

but we played into their before. A very pleasant

000 profit on the conson's work- This turned the tide

Income from International eld, aver

representative matcher with the inside of tile but to them

the coloma) - total of :and here there when

#209,090.; THE TA share of the Cup takings at the Final and Semi-final brought Îns 2-67,000% which yw £19,000

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