THE CHINA -MAIL - SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1956.--
SPORTING SAM
By Reg. Wootton
CRICKET IS LOSING ITS GRIP; MORE AND MORE EMPTY BENCHES
Says BRUCE DOOLAND
I am prepared to wager that back home in Australia more people were excited and delighted over the Wimbledon triumphs of Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewail than Ian Jobuson's surprise Test victory at Lord's. This may astonish those people who still fondly Imagine that every Aussie youngster is born with a baf or ball in his hand.
I was shocked to note the Cricket interest in Australia is waning alarmingly. change when last I was home. The youngsters nowadays are tennis mad. Cricket
And quite frankly, as
who loves cricket and firmly is a very poor second, believes there is far more character building influence in it than tennis, I am rather
alarmed.
the swing
LA
One
I don't thank
Since the war
Keith Miller was
πτύχτη given quite as evident in England, anct Ray Linxiwall climbed ordinarily tough job. Cricket is definitely josing prelly high, mad I suppose Frank ground in public esteem-bul | Tysur. Freddie Truciary Peter tennis is not taking over quite | May, Colin Cowdrey are com su clearly Back home I suppose 'ing else to having our weather NWINH.
than
LEAGUE BOWLS
KCC START THEIR UPHILL FIGHT TODAY TO STAY IN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
By "TOUCHER”
Kowloon Cricket Club start their uphill fight this afternoon for the receding Colony First Division Lawn Bowls League title when they take on Recreio at King's Park.
The Cricket Club bowlers fell down badly last week from their favourable position by losing to Kowloon Bowling Green Club by 4-1 to allow Craigengower to increase their lead as the contestants come into the final stretch,
Despilo Kowlooniles
this setback, The
still within reach of the Division title. They will, however,
have to collect at just 21 points from their re- maining live tough matches which Include two against He- creio und <re against IRC "Blues".
40-60
chanco
after-
Taikoo
robca
6-0
SPORTS SPECTRUM
There's A New Gleam In The Bird's Eye View
A roar from the dive school in The comer showed that some unfortunato soui was on the wrong end of a bill for a round') of drinks. The big smile on their faces as they pushed their chairs back
tho trom
Lable
wis
adequate indication that neither Big John por Mr Wong was due for the big dip in the pocket.
my
own words--and
the elrcumstances
controversy. Imagine the fun we could have. It would put the Yankee comles right out of busisibay,...
"Suppose--for the suke of discusion--the Club upset all predictions by knocking South China out of the Schior Shield by 4 goals to 1 on a Sunday... the Clarion and the Clanger would
deluxe on Monday.
bc documents
MC-
"The Clanger would probably appear with cleven photographs under a banner houding claiming *OUR HEROES and
American
style shock- tacties reporting would
Dorne
the
tell of wanders uchieved by the It in blus boys
and white. might even tell how unfortunate It was that the smaller Chinese boys had persisted in running into our boys' shoulders
and and it might
the Tho
throo
com-
"You look particularly bright and cheerful today," old John as his old friend banged the bar to haster his successful dice player's reward
What's the occasion? Gol a pink This after-special Should Farley Kermani's four, i thorny path ahead. who have been playing extreme-noon they will be up against the ticket or something?""
twelve, ty well as a team during the last | giant-kifung
few weeks, be able to maintain fresh from thetr
Mr Wong gave John a sly look "How their form, the Cricket Club triumph over the IRC "Blues". as he sipped his drink.
bould be able to collect at
accurately you assess a altumtion. ANYTHING MAY HAPPEN How cleverly you diagnose kast
from four poirsus
thus
Kane,
With the Craigengower bowl-guilty symptoms, for the truth is that I'm on the louse for the Their third rink of D. Phillips, ers playing much below the form
missy
lon gone alght. My "They mu win this
Duffeld and they displayed during the early private canasta drive in aid of falling down. M. J. Divecha, J.
also spare a word of noon's gume by at least a 4-1 W. Gaffney
playing part of the season and with the some worthy charity or other will bo
mendation for the referee who margin to give themselves a tapether for the first time and Taikoo twelve hitting their top these are her
course, of overtaking som to me the weakest of the form at the moment, anything there is no worry about any dohad, very correctly of
and menacing phone | awarded them
Inte manding CraigengoweT in the final three. Though probably intend- may happen in this game.
cally upseWing the calculated { pmalty klekn reckoning. A 4-1 defeat for ed ns a periüce rink, this com- them will mean that they will bination may yet surprise,
In the first game between the pleasures of my evening.....”
Woog. m'boy, it would be have to win all their outstanding
two teano played at Talitoo, the
wonderful stuff. Just think too The IRC "Blues" sufferext a matches by a 6-0 margin cach--
dockmen fully extended their John saw that Wong was real-
what the Clarion would have more devastating blow than KCC opponents before losing by a 4-1 ly njoying kun almost impossible task.
game. COACHING HINT:
ist week-end by losing to Tai-margin and only by five shots ous and felt that a well placed word to say about the same
headline would probably As Both Recreio and Kowloon Roo by five polais to nil Fift C'un you
the
or two would put him aguinst
the aggregato.
tell the soccer thousanda "WE break? 10 often asked this
Cricket Club will take to the result of this, defeat their chances
There is no doubt that Crai- right mood. "Trust you lo or-
WUZ ROBBED" You always w
and the front question The
reshuffled Une-ups of coming out at the top of the unswer
green with
page might even carry a private ging<wer will have their hunds gause things well. this afternoon. Recreio will have al League tablo are it's safer to course you can
afternoon full this
trying
to were a cunning old fox when It
investigator'a
of appreciation their three usual skips, C. E.. shut with the spin
came to fixing and Addling and the Taikoo threat.
the glave
referee's ancestry. It would Noronha Passus, Jacke
11's няка but you
re-assuring do it the other
also Unless they strike somewhere
tell how the probably WHY Today, wir so many other
Cyr Washbrook and Jenny Ribeiro, but will field
little Chinese pinyer had been printer-attructions are stealing Everton
our then wop form, they may haven't lost your touch. Weekes often do two new players in C. P. Buste,
d themselves back againə
Wong accepted the complimea fronted by their massive op- against of spinners
F. X. M. Šuva and a new No. 3 Especially
would show in where they were just before the
Il concealed
and satisfaction ponente who pack their leg field.
Fin E. M. Alarcoun.
been bowl- drop one point or KCC to dropdownfall of IRC "Blues" and and purred the incident to a close pictures they had the big point is that they give
five points in the two clubs out KCC.
with a quiet disclaimer, "Don'ted over every time they went themselves room to make the
starting games Aguinst the
worry, Jahn, sonic of us have today they Filipino Club
Craigengowr Bine-up, the inbor ablilty to organise" however, keep up whatever too, bi much to be desired. things.... but I suppose optimistic hopes they have by Costes is woefully waking full points.
teur in time . . . . . No. 3 to Jou Landof},
"Coming from you that's really two matches that he has play- Although with only three
Buy only hue shown rich....but matches to go and the Champlon- how much more
ed as skip, Cooles
valuable he time will tell," repised John, as ship title buck again within their
round of could be by being given a rink. he called for another gasp, Craengower still have a
The Second Division games refreshments. will see the race Contine for
By now the pair had made The runner-up position amon their way to the familiar table Recreto, HKFC, KCC, CCC and USRC, with Recreio being the by the window where so many best bet to maintain their second Werdy battles had been fought, place with a probable 5-0 win but the general air of goodwill suggested that quiet waters lay over PRC.
shead.
Sony
1hx*
1
bax
helping the, appeal. But are they really us than lewd-commanding as the pre- More important thal. I tinak, is the new
doubt wor character
play your it
build-up players like
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After all, these boys are world | both young players and paying elis Agres and have been for spectators this is of crucial im- four years Yet they are abill pintaise
by 211 Day after day they have been latting the headlines. and i am serfielly sure Austin- hate yeningsless are wrapped up
traumphant in them That means that,
progress subconscious- ly perhaps, every kid feels thal he may well be à potential Hoad or Rosewall, and so it's the tein turket for him.
uni Apart from the honour The glory ul
National Cham- pionships all over the world, I know that every Aussie bau considerable interest
hard And big tentus these
big hard
days it can be really cash.
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|
shot, They move well away --
Kol hirn out same churacters | towards square leg-and hit the prejured to sur the tempo of the gune quite considerably, or it will soon be in real trouble as a popular national sport-both in Britum and in Australia.
all as it turns into then. It isn't a shot I recommend but if you must play it your footwork must be good enough to give
you room.
I would in this conwction sound the warning that one of the greatest potential menaces to the production of personali- ties is the new vogue in Britain for mass coaching. If that hack heen the order of things in Australia few years 20
have never would prestataly beurd of Don Bradman or Bill O'Reilly And England would
half
Why andy inst week hat Hoad tos turned down £32,000 offer to turn fessional Сата
certainly you wonder that children, and their parents, being influenærd and that that initiewe is showing ibell more and store in the empty bench at our currently dull, five-day crawl enæket"
FANCY CHANGES
I don't know what the answer 1 I don't want to see any fancy changes in the game of cricket There is too much character, ton much malay. Çoo much tradi- Lis and experience in
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have character of Denis Compion
In the new conveyor-belt training systrau Bruchnun's od
which served him grip betonishingly well-would have been altered, O'Reilly's bowling style would have been frowned upon and Compton's Impetuosity stilled.
might
In other words, three of the crowd-pullers of our Preaten
easily have been common pattern. caching klea may valuable
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well
to
teach
that. But I think something will retain Lonching techniques for
have to be done scoli,
those who have to coach, but 1 But Lots of pusple disigree with just don't like It for kids. Ine when I argue that despite that is merely my inion its essentiel feum quality crowd- | Other
prope might
Whe
pulling cricket is a matter of tricketers turned out to pattern, personalities steerful, colour-
I note that our top golfers
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They must not only win their nating four matches with maximum points but also wait for either Craigengower to
TACTICAL LINE-UP
Kowloon Cricket Club appear to be putting up a laetical une- up against Recreio, obviously going out for a 4-1 win. Hong Sling's four
Charlie with Thompson,
Talky and Ꭻ . Chubb as front Inen sen to to be good for one point.
MOTOR RACING
Now The Russians
CELI
Prepare To Crash In On UK's Speedway
Says JOHN MACADAM
In Oslo the other day was underlined the international character of Australian- born and British-bred Speedway, the sport that started without an apparent chance, and now, year by year, is sweeping the world-even to behind the Iron Curtain.
The
waned £15 In the
with
10
as you
ya |
near the ball.
you'll
Hleve and
"
"
a
Wong began to see the funt y side of Big John's. make be- with, chipped in
how and just think
two players night between would be reported. One side of the story would probably Ko something like thisDuring a particularly hectic period of OLET centre-half Wis play struck very i hard on the right fist by
opposing centre- nuse and a
trying to forward's seconds inter while
the ball he was agtin get to the victim of a deliberate at-. tack. This time the contre- The League-leading Kowloon.
forward's groin hit him right Dock "Blues" will be questa of
клес across the
with great Craigenɣower and the main in-
The No. 1 bay placed
It is a mystery to this terest it this game will be
drinks and some potato crisps reporter how the frresponsible centred OT whether Gourlay's m the tublo Us Mr Wong referee who was in charge four will be able to maintada glanced over the front page of the
did not Bond the ,me their unbeaten record lay the his China Mail' and
off the field... then centre-forward came the innocent sort of remark the same as he did to our In the Third Division, the that in the past had given birth
long suffering centre- | match between CCC and KBGC to so many discusions between half!!! You're right, John, there
League.
the force.
the
of
Bats In The Belfry sug-
has been postponed due to the two worthies. Tell me, are great new possibilities in shortage of greens and HKPSA John, do you ever rend that this are expected to retain the League leadership
wich at least a 4-1
win over HKERC.
column in the Morning
Port gestion.
what's it called Bats in the Belfry.. от the Cuckoo Column
"You inean Bird's Eye View I never miss it. and
OPEN TRIPLES
Tomorrow, the Colony Open Triples Championship enters the clever and funny it is," cut in second round with a programme | Big John, ...
of eight matches on different
"It is the Bird's Eye View," John
Corrected with trace of impatience In his voice.
•
•
A
• "....wej! whatever it is....I agree with you it has hit on brilliant idea. I'd become sub- "Well, I was very nearly cor
scriber No. 1 to all the papers, There, in Norway's capital, the Continental countries ride out the final trials
had the The Triples Championship has rect.
right but I'm afraid I'd be taking s to decide who and which shall compete in the World Championship final at Wembley become the "underdogs" event sort of idea. but I don't
few Mondays off just to read this year. on September 22, a Saturday for the first time in the history of the contest.
One after another know
clever about it being
them
. incidentally, what favoured combination, hing been ar hunasy
sometimes
· ful personablice - Just as us the
started all I can't undersatnd the darned football teams and newspapers this prattle about So the all-family, more individual game of tennis. these days untrally stage a golf
What fantastic [ellows they { from Leloester, who learned his eliminated and out of the sixteen Before the war
thing and that always makes speedway on BAOR tracks; Vic combinations left it is extremely Austic crowds "line" for the ardiels of the betting sport that seemed
recent years, ap-
WON FIRST TIME flocked to
Bradley, the former
West difficult to pick Dn Bedmyn, rame who fleek to watch them languish In
me furious."
Harold Lar-in Wally Hammond.
10- mly
rider gr159 When they decided, six years Country tournaments. wood, Bill O'Reilly They Telever
been established on an international technique has en basis, mentred those
long developed Harnes
and whereby
three after any of the games results.
tour of the top players de- monstrate various shots while one of them explains the details
SPORTS QUIZ
1. Name the losing finalists in the Men's and Women's Singles Championships ot Wimbledon this year.
have thesc
the big
41
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cas
to
De
not-
toarel
ed in Britain, where 50
of grip, swing, and a particulurches been done to perfect
problem of the shot.
CRICKET CLINICT
skills and techniques.
They
from
Moore, 1954 World
up
likely
of the after-
TODAY'S GAMES
First Division Recreio v. KCC CCC v. TC
KBGC v. IRC "Gold" FC v. IRC "Blue"
winners.
The best game the idolised George Salisbury ago, to take up big-lime Inter- the
noon will probably be that be- and Jack growing national ice hockey, they dis- White, of Swindon; enthusiasm for it on the Con- duined to Import
KCC's J Dooley, J. the burly cooper of tween Canadian Unstead, tinent will certainly be reflect-
Duffield and and J coaches. They merely watched Bethnal Green, who rides for Ta
KBGC's J. Tiscali, E. J. Lickell the experienced countries play Rayleigh, near Southed.
and A. Eastman to be played at the game, and fimed it. They Among the 10 World Cham-Recreto. studied their Hims and their plonship contenders—the four roles, and entered for the Continentals who emerged at seen at KBGC
Another good game should be. One indication of Continen- Cortina Olympics-and WON! Osio
where Recrejo‘B plus 12 British in- tal interest in Speedway is the
J. C. FonsSOCH, A. P. Poreira will go through the cluding, of course, the needed past week's Tent victory, by
same process with speedway as 1955 World Champion, Liver and C. C. Pereira will be pitted two matches
to one, of the they I often wonder if it wouldn't
against Kowloon Docks' S. Tel- are currently with golf pool-born Belle Vue man, Paterford, W. Huey and G. Coles. Swedish team over England. be Koi iden to organuse
and tennis, and heaven help us Craven-will be a choice selec- cricket clinic at our big games.
if they ever decide to také up
tion of our First Division stars. Another indication is the in- The kids would love the mee
cricket and bowls.
They are, notably: Bearded lensified interest of the Russians coaching and their dads would
Brian Crutcher, 21-year-old in the game. Already, they like the cloce-up demonstration
They will certainly be there o could be done in plan the completion of 17 large maiding notes when, at Oslo, Wembley; the New Zealanders, captain who rides for is wall.
Soviet eight
Swedes, six Poles, one Ronnie home opat away from the main tracks throughout the
Union
Norwegian, and опе German compte to find a best Con-Champion; and Barry Briggs,
and the South African not World Championship final. native rider are way of stimulating their
Two
Doug Davies. of rendy
International
these are likely competition, It is very likely the stars of the triumphant But the truly International QL course it would demand a Indived that they will be ready Swedish team who humbled character of the game can be certain amount of trouble, But to put a team-with-a-chance England the other week--Ove {ueen in the list of Continental
Fundin surely the game is worth any on the international track in
and Olle Nygren,
the countries now following it with amount of that. One of the time for next year's World real boxy men for us. Fundin intense interest. It le popular got a lot of his experience within all four Scartinavian coum- troubles of cricket today is that Championships. too few, are prepared to take
Norwich, and Nygren
once of tries, in Holland, Poland, Aus- They had obscrvera at the Wimbledon, was in the Isle of tria, Switzerland, Hungary May championship eliminator Man T.T. race this year. Yugoslavia, and Czechoslova for Continental countries
Tho Jo
British stora? Well, it is kia, and, as I have mild, Russia The recall of Cyril Washbrook Warsaw, and they will almoet a nafo bet that among them is all set to jump on the band of one oport. Name theto the England team at 41 certainly be represented at will be such of the Tests-with- wagon.
certainly not the cricket Wembley in September....Sweden, stars on Ken McKinlay, Choer the boys on....They'll 6. Nationalities please of these pavilion gog the other week watching and noting.
the Blantyre-born Flying Scot need it!. famous sportsmen, Peter Everybody wishes Cyril well,' Thomson, Kurt Nielsen and for he is a fine player and a Mario' D'Agata.
2. What
in
play by the players not actually engaged Certainly during the
common. Vanwali, Con- many rainy spells it could be a Although they claim that finental four for the Wembley hath of them with Wimbledon;
naught and Ferrari?
welcome
to rc- present his country after a break of five years. please.
3. He is 41 years old and last interest,
week was recalled
Nome
4. A 27-year-old thle
Champion of Britain, has Just retired. Who is he?
time,
the trouble to keep it in step with modern times.
5. Calchas - catch can and Greco-Roman are two forms
sport.
quiet, conddent nad popular-i character But few, in the
7. What have these sportsmen gamo, foel, that it was a kind
in common Ron Dolanoy,
Jim Bailey Tabori?
and Laszlo | Copecially no he is one of the
8. At an' international
to aok him to
Selectors. I
PL skupo he has con-
avery... breath,
of
sports critipan. If he has he has
ovent In Britain, this month 10 odds which must
victories were gained by a
heavily against the man canvas... Which ая the of 41 trying to plek up Test cricket witre he left off a full five years ago.
event?
D. How many Lols' is a player allowed in lawn tonnial
10. In crickes, is a teman out AR AS MEN disturbed, or must it be completaty moved?
reckons batman goes over the top around 33. I know, there are the exptions Hobbs - Brakmarim but for most folk 84 is the pool, and
A MENON SENG. WE berak lines oRY
You
POP
For
to be
WELL- WHAT HAVE YOU GOT:
SAY
ace,
Second Division USRC v. HKFC PRC v. Recreio CCC v. KDC "Blue" KDC "White" v. FC HKCC v. KCC
Third Division CCC v. KBGC. (postponed) PRC v. FC
HKERC v. HKPSA KCC v. HKFC ·
Ladies' League
KDC v. CCC "Green"
FRC v. KBGO
TC V. FC
KCC "Red v. USRC KCC "White" y, CCC "Yellow"
Paws for effect!
HCS
NAUGHTY NÄUGHTS DOGGIE
Gog
anyhow?"
Before John could make any Big John thought over that comment Wong pitched right for a long time as Wong had the **I'm not into the tray again, "Did you glasses replenished. seo it on Thursday? It had really competent to answer that, something about it being a good well not completely," bould idea if every football team had slowly, "but it is all centred Its own newspaper. What was round the reported misconduct the censo
or the humour in of two of our teams in Singa- that? Does it make any sense pone -- DUT Ambassadors who to you?"
footbrow-end there played ecems to be a difference of local "Don't your friends ever tell opinion as to whether or not we you anything" counter-queried should believe what the news- Big John, i ...but then maybe papers and commentators have if they did it would still be too had to say about .both la subtle for you... it's a subtle
from reporta
Singapore.. .and and clever paragraph."
comments made bere.
in
There
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Wong decided to let the balt seem to be thood who feel
should not associate ourselves lip but without knowing it be
OF showlarg
voicing
Our
had scored a provocative hit on with reliable on the spot critics his companion's fancy, and Johnn
what ia seemed to be reflecting on the genuine disgust at
qleged to have taken place,. text" of the "little" paragraph which Wong hind quoted.
"What," Wong almost shouted,
"It's mon intriguing sugyou mean that after all the
he commented 18
Sation."nd around his face,
reports we've pad we should still be Ho a big soccer ostrich think of
and pretend it rewer names we could have if we had regular I wonder what the lon
of the week-end fun
publication UL
the
....und the MacTavish fellow,
South China Clarion or the in particulen, wouki hava to; say. KMB Kourler, the Eastern Ex-If the same thing happened be
press, the Army Albf,
ibf, the Club Clanger, the RAF Rog and
on.
so twoth two visiting toome in Bách toán would then Hongkong....malets on feberest have its own staff of sporta ro-ing thought..........” portery and I think that might give rise to some really brillant
PRECIOUS DROPS
FOR
ECIOUS
MENTS.
CHERRY
HEERING
With that the bell rang in the telephone booth, Wons, Almont out of firstfrit, awung round to see the time on the clock, and then rather sheepishly | rumem-, bered his pink ticket.... "Must Your Miluð - this time;”. he mid, as John got himself on the outside of his drink and nodded to the boy for a replicem cert.....
John samod
Woh no,
It won't be ber I'm aute
gone to
oda" of Homo "worthy charity?. bar own words incidentams, na matice of foot Igere he the appond of the pair
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