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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST

ANYTHING BUT LUCKY JIM

X

By ALEX BANNISTER

How much did Laker, due to appear on his home ground the day after smashing almost every Test bowling record, lose from the August I total wash-out?

Surrey's opponents

the Australians were

who, despite their modest record so far this tour, still pull in the crowds they are roughly only £8,000 down on the comparable period in 1958. A fine day might have meant a 26,000 crowd, and a modent bob a time would have produced a collection of £1,250.

Cyril Washe brook, “Lan- ca hire cám and tain, England batsman,

holda the Benefit record with £14,000 in 1945.

had bumper ben

ɔABREŽNIKIZ

Normally a trust com~

formed. 14

money is invasted,

Surrey allow their bene-, kre Ets many capcs highly felaries three collections during organised affudin run by a corn- the season, and obviously there mittee and including evering are peak times to take them. an! Sunday

danges feiary? matches, Unlucky Jhri'n beneût

and competitions. Subscription mittee with his native Yorkshire in

Usb swell the total. June was also pulled

The top class professional con Surrey's secretary estimated .GO well, particularly the is that Laker was about £1,400 backed by enthusiastic helpen, down

his takings

while the Test cricketer for the but Yorkshire gaune.

thanks in thousands there are

THE GAMBLE

[:

Kame

by ran

He could finve made up that

with Golden Day But Instead August petuies from heaven it pelting rain--and There have the

Kambie erickėler's benefit,

for

on

of

Wan

others who are grateful for hundreds,

wise, precaution

and

the

This is a

which ErVes the best interests of both club and player.

One

great advantage of the cricketer's beneft is that it ja tax free-thanks to the courage Kent of Junes Seymour, a player, who died in 1990.

Canterbury, in 1920, he benet worth £030 and took

the against appealed Joter

M

Sometimes, however, there cm serious flops-Laker has had many disappintments in his Sunday matches this wet sum- ssessment for income tax. Youmer-ind one disgruntled long- took his case to the House of

thervice

The netual match 1. the fir¡

ʼn beneft f. not the main source of Income, for the player has

player, when old heLords Lad been granted A Second "Sorry, but i benefit, replied: coret afford it,"

HE WON

The great- hearted Surrey and England „bowler Aler

Bedar... received £12,500 in 1963,

£9,713 was

collected

in 1960' for Len (пош Sir Leb- nard) Hut- ton, of Yorkshire, and former captain of England.

defence of activities, is a

tu His argument, Ha money-making

fair one.

Chancellor then Lord The (Viscount Cave) said that the question to be answered won; "Is it in the end a personal gift If the or is ramuneration? melley

latter, it was subject to tax; if the former, It was not."

TAX FREE

happens 10 Bene brought in for the lucky bene

To pay all the match experien and those of the corresponding away fixture as well

What

Australians Dismiss

Warwickshire For 194, Score 47 For 1

Birmingham, Aug. 8. The Australian cricketers

dismissed Warwickshire for 191 and scored 47 for one wicket in repty on the opening day of their three-day game at Edgbaston here today.

Warwickshire's innings was 11 patchwork affair. colourful in parts and threadbare in others. Top scorers were the couuly's two amateurs, Michael Smith (55) and turbaned Swaranjit Singh (41 not out).

all-rounder

of the cuteased

wreck

the

was altered by batsmen who failed to get to the pilch of the bati ma allowed themselves to be forced on the defensive.

Seymour win his appeal, But for the incentive of the beneft many players would be lost to the game, Contrael and payments differ from county to County

according to the size

11 up to

and wealth of the club, but the Average professional has lo be rati Red with around £500 a year from cricket. him to augment this modest +uniner salary and he is free to carn what he con for the rest ut the year.

Only tho ulars make big money out of the game. Their eamly contract is the founda- tion of their income which they boost in Dvoriety of ways- newspaper

Denis Com. pton, the idol of Mid-

\\dlesex "sup="Sa

¦ porterajnia third with

"My stay at the top le a short one," he says. "I am not in the publle eye for long, and once you finish you are forgotten. I

£12,200 benefit re- caipte in 1949,"

a public entertainer, but compared with others my earn- ings are mall, so I've got to

the while make hay shines,"

Buri

AND AMATEURS

is not the The profesionini only cricketer to cash in Many face i familjar an amateur's

on the advertising hoardings. He profits mainly from business

in which he appointments ue his name and contacts.

know at least two But 1 county secretary-caplains who mentioned the would lough it cash in cricket.

For them, and the rank and file, cricket is a game they play for love-not for profit.

COUNTY CRICKET

Doug Insole And Bear Defy Surrey Attack In Fourth Wicket Stand

London, Aug. 8.

the

A fighting innings by Doug Insole,

Essex captain, frustrated Surrey's plans at Clacton today when the Champion County put Essex into hat on a drying pitch.

Essex lost three wickets for 22, but Insole and Michael Bear defied the Surrey attack for 95 minutes in a fourth wicket stand of 84, articles, books, TV appearances, lending their name to cricket equipment, and ad- vertising.

This

the age of the cricketer-business man, who, in somme cases, employs an agent.

Twenty-Eight Competitors For Channel Swim

four.

England spinner, gastritis.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

Phillies Carry Their Winning Streak To Six Games

Now York, Aug. 8.'

Weak-hitting Ted Kazanski walloped a grand-alam inside the park homer and Robin Roberts registered his 14th victory today to help the Philadelphia Phillies In- crease their winning streak to six games with an 8-3 decision over the New York Giants,

In

The Phillies, who have won 10|away a nai sacrifice bust by of their just 11 games and are | wirzing pilcher Jim Bugging, now on the threshold of the frat Cleveland wae at Chicago, division, collected nine hits, in- | New York at Washington and

Lopata's cluding Stan

23rd Baltimore at Boston in Ameri- homer with the bases emply in

can League night games, the

Arst tinut, also

and Willto

National League are-lighters, Jones' 12th

with St. Louis was at Milwaukee for twi- night doubleheader. Brooklyn was at Pittsburgh and

at Cincinnati.-- Chiengo was United Press.

A

none on, In the fourth,

Kazanski, batting 217, drove in five runs with a homer, single came off losor Jim Hearn In the sixth inning following nad Elmer Valo singles by

Jones, and a walk to Granny Hammer,

Roberts struck out seven, walked only

and one batter scattered 10 hits in bringing his record to 14-11.

Singles by Red Schoendient, Willie Maye and Bill White gave the Giants а гип in the first Inning and Dusty Rhodes slammed his seventh homer in the fourth

Coach Bucky Walters handled the Giants in the absence of manager Bill Rigney who was suspension serving a three-day

for his run-in with umpire Bill Jackowski on Tuesday night.

Apple

1 the Major League's only

day kame. the Detroit Theacs edged the Kapens City Athielies 8-7. The Tigers scored their winning run in the seventh when Frank Bolling doubled and then dashed home as K. C. pitcher

Insole batted on for three and, against Derbyshire DI Trent a quarter hours for his 72, Bridge, thanks to leg-sphICIS which included a hit for eight. Gemini Goonesena of Ceylon, The Essex

com- who took five for 62, and Aur- captain had pleted his fourth run when a traitan Bruce Dooland (three for fierce overthrow by Tony Lock 45). Derbyshire were all out went on to the boundary tor for 102 in three hours 40 minutes and Nottinghamshire were only Peter Loader Look four of 40 behind by the close, Salih, last term's cuplain

with the first seven wickels Oxford University, showed the county's innings when he sent

his fast-medium deliveries and concentrailon in batting for over

Lock, whose final figures were the total slumping from 03 for

Ai Clacton: Eex 193 (Insole two hours while wickets were

five for 45,

claimed the ors to 122 for six. Well though

Last 72, Lock five for 45). Surrey 15 three

six runs, Surrey for no wicket. tumbling at

for other Tan

endi he bowled on a patch which

were without Jim Laker, the Silkb

Leicestershire AL Cambridge University's gave

Leicester: Little help. Benaud

who Indian

has from the

103 (Hallam €5. Illingworth Punjab, brought a gay nole 10

four for 44), Yorkshire 37 for the Bal batting with a mixture

London, Aug. 8,

At Canterbury: uf cultured and rustic strokes

Lancashire Twenty-twu swimmers from

258 Smith was playing to his last

(Washbrook 60, Ridgway countries, including start to reach a respectable *Th

Austrullans*

Kene 28 for one. cricket match of the season

balting A:

Sweden, Denmark, India and Lotal of 258 against lowly live for 83). the week-end he flies to Burns during the last hour and 40

the Unlied States are training placed Kent at Canterbury.

Derbyshire Nolingham: little provided Alres to join his

rugby rot-

Eat

Folkestone present

for

two wickets had fallen leagues of Oxford and

162 (Hamer 80, Goonesena Ave pileinest for the 20,000 specta-the Cam-

Bill

"Channel for 36 Butlin

Westbrook for 32). runs, Cyril

Nottinghamshire 113 tors. bridge who DC Y

Marathon," due to start drom a playing

und Jack Dyson added 77 ruma

for two, Jim Burke and Jack Ruther Cap Gris Nez on Sunday even- lour of Argentina.

in 85 minutes in a third wicket ford spent 75 minutes over 35

ing.

stand Font medium bowler Australia's most successful runs

the unlucky then

Fred Ridgway polished off the The Egyptian swimmers, in- bowler was hg spinner Riteble | Rutherford, who mis unable

tail-enders taking Lancashire htt

winner, year's Benaud, who look five wickets to strike form, was beaten by a cluding

in 9.5 ovETS for -14 to register best ball from Singh which took the Abdel Latif Abou Helf, have four for 20 runs

his

He finished with the new ball. barred uff stump

and

from the mulysis of the tour

Neil Harvey been AL DI

Benaud safely played out time.Reuter, Channel race by its organiser, with five for 03.

holiday camp king Butlin, be

MASTERFUL DISPLAY cause of the Suez Canal crisis.

BLOKU

minulos

and

South China Humbles Singapore Civilians With. A 2-0 Win

Singapore, Aug. 8.

ex-

Hongkong's South China soccer team beat a strong Singapore Civilians XI by two goals to nil before a crowd of 5,000 at the Jalan Besar Stadium tonight.

South China, who returned to Singapore this morning after a successful series of exhibition Medan, led 1-0 at half time.

soccer

gimen

in

Despite soggy ground condi- | right-winger Chu Wing-wah tions caused by a sudden tropical | missed the spot kick, shower, South China players had spectators on their foot by their excellent ball control and positional play.

After the Interval, South China replaced Chu Wing-wah with Yeung Wal-tao.

The visitors were also much faster than their opponents, Shortly after the resumption, particularly the wingers Chu Singapore Wap awarded Win-wah and Mok Chun-wah, penalty but failed to score,

Left-wing Mok Chun-wah, scored Sou

South China's Arst goal

South China's second goal in the fifth minute of the game came in the 67th minule of the 'during a melee at the Singapore gamo when Mok Chuh-wah

goalmouth

variou

ELL

Cross

A total of 28 swimmers aro due to take part. 10 men and nine women.

Lancashire, the championship two. leaders, recovered from

a bad

Aftor

Tom

AL

Troy Herriage threw

King Faisal And The Duke In Yachting Race

Cowes, Isle of Wight, Aug. 8. Khu Faleal of Iraq and the Duke of Edinburgh 'seited to- annual arther #28 the Cowes Regatta today in A Handicap Ruce for cruising yachts,

The Drake took the helm in his 24-foot sloop Fairey Fox with the Kingt, who in his guest, and Lireo other including Mr Uffo Fox, weil known British yacht designer aboord.

King Faisal arrived here by air from London yesterday to take port in the Regatta. He is staying temporarily with the Duke aboard the Royal Yacht

Britannia.--Reuter.

Jarvis Outsiders Give E. Mercer His Profit Lead

By RICHARD BAERLEIN

The jockeys' championship this year cannot really be described as a race. The reigning champion, Doug Smith, has held command from the beginning of the season and he has never let go his grip on the 'title.

Apart from his undoubted ability, Doug has the great advantage over his rivals of being able to ride at 7 st. 9 lb., whereas few of the senior jockeys today can ride at less than 8 st.

One cannot but admire, there- | Jarvis, but Lester Piggott, Harry fore, the way Lester Piggott has Corr and Britt are all showing kept in touch with Doug Smith about £20 profit On # level during the

two months. past

stake.

Wily Snaith, who is enjoying mus best season as a rider and has ridden some long-price out- sidera for the Holliday-Cottrill combination, 19 about £70 down on a £1 stake Invested on his mounts,

At Newport: Gloucestershire Lester has

has always been 12 or 298 (Graveney 200, H. Davies 13 winning rides behind the five for 32). Glamorgan sought | champion, but has not let him for no wicket.

got further ahead than that.

This is remarkable in that Lester cannot ride at less than Bat, Sib. and is therefore giving Doug Sudth 81b,

At Bushden: Northamptonshire 310 for four (Brookes not out

Livingston

108.

Hampshire.

Versus

England batsman

At Hove: Somerset 304 for six Graveney gave a masterful dis-(McCool #3, Tremlett not out play for Gloucetershire against 100) versus Sussex,-Reuter, Glamorgan, scoring 200 of his

total of 298, India is represented by Mihir | county's

Coming Sen, 27-year- old Calcutta in at number four, he propped lawyer, who abandoned during up the Gloucestershire innings last year's marathon after swim- for five hours and 40 minutes, ming for 111⁄2 hours.

The winner of the race re-

ceives a cup worth 1,000 guinea

man and woman and the first cach

receive a cash prize of £500-France-Presse,

Sports Conference In Peking

London, Aug. 9, A North

Vietnamese sports delegation led by physical cul- turism Mr Than Chi-hlen arrived in Pelding yesterday for a sports conference at the invitation di the Chinese Physical Culture the and Sports Commission, Now China News Agency, re-

TITLE FIGHT

ing

Cricket Fans Threaten To Shoot Miller

-Londen, Aug. 8. Cricket face In Ware winkshire take their sport seriously, it would appear. Tonight Keith' 26iiber, Vien-Déplain of the touE="

Australian cricket feaus, disclosed that he had been threatened, with abooting by Mosi fans. --

Miller, who is playing against Warwickshire," said last week he had received

Jetter

stating that ከተ would be shot if the Aus trallags beat the Midland County lea

don't

it is fair but

know whether

Sulum or ĐỜI,

Away 1

have not a bodyguard“, Miller old. He added that he had heard

nothing further of

the thread since arriving in Birmingham

letter

If the

serious.

were

which seems highly

unlikely, Miller will be the Drst Warwickshire

were

On

in trouble. play, day

194 all out on their first innings (silller took two wickets) and the Austendamu ina totalled 47 for out at the close of play-France-Presse.

DIVING

Pat McCormick Wins Olympic Selection

Detroit, Aug. 8. Pak McCormick, twice win

the der of

Olympic ladies' spring-board diving contest, to- day won the Olymple selection event in this category and con- firmed her chances of doing the

the bat-trick

Melbourne

Gumes,

Off a three metres board, Mic- Cormick scored 464.1 points.

Second was Barbara Gilders, with 457.3 points, third Joanne Stunyo with 427.4 polnis, and fourth Jean Myers with 421.9 points,

McCormick won the spring- boart event at the London Olympics in 1948 and at Hel- sinki in 1852.-France-Presse,

ANOTHER RECORD

American world record holder, swimmer Bill Yorzyk, today clocked the fastest time for the 200 motres butterfly breast-

stroke when he tired 2 minutes 22,2 seconds, during the Ameri- can Olympic selection events at Detroit.

Yorzyk holds the world re- cord for the 200 metres butterfly breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes 18.7 seconds.

in

Second today woe Jack Nelson 2 minutos 263 seconds and third George Harrison in 2

31.2 minubog seconds.

The previous best world time for the 200 metres butterfly breaststroko In GO

metres pool was set up by Japan's Takishi Ishimoto, when he clocked 2 minutes 23.8 seconds

In Tokyo in September last year.

Olympic Champion Yosh! Oyakawa, put up the excellent line of one minute, 4.7 seconds Whereas Doug Smith has

he won the 100 metres when Willy Snaith, despite this, is backstroke event B

Anlahca than N

today in, the percentage of about one winning riding stronger

American Olympic fide in Ave mounts; Lester ever he has done in the past, competitions here.

selection Piggott rides one winner foran hás ridden about one win-

The best world performance every four and a half mounts, ner in every eight rides.

for the 100 metres backstroke in STRIKING

Olympic

Kanfurn

Another striking the jockeys championship table

Carr. thind

in

all

the un

Ono

Horry jockeys, table, has ridden more up in June type pool was set this year by Davis Thil of Australia with minute, is the fact that Lester Piggott, than one winner in every five

4 seconds. Harry Carr, Edgar Britt and mounts and he promises to have New York, Aug. 8. hitting three sixes and 20 tours

Frank McKinney, who is only the best season of his career.

17. The Australian - elder,

finished second Johnny Saxton will defend Manny Mercer all show a con- He monopolised the bowling and

today behind Edgar iderable profit with a 21 level Britt, is in fourth pince with a Oyakawa in another very good scored his runs in an eighth his welterweight title in a re-

Invested OD all their percentage

time one minute, 34 seconds. wicket partnership of 115 with un bout with former champion stake

mounts Peter Rochford.

Carmen Basillo at Syracuse,

For four of the leading riders winning ride in every four and September 12, eight New York, on Nottinghamshire, with

London Express Service). wickets in hand, were well on co-promoter Norman Rothschild to be in this position is indeed

\(COPYRIGHT) innings the way to ret

lead announced today-United Press, a rarity.

LADIES' LEAGUE

STANDINGS

Standings to date in the Ladies' Lawn Bowls League are as follows:

KDC Intercepted a puss from the port our member delegation, Centre-forward Ylu Chouk right and slammed the ball *Tho

USRC yin hund crashed a rising, hot home at point blank range after together with delegatos repre- Taikoo Club

Outer KBGC that hit the upright and dropped outwitting a Singapore deten eating North Korea, into play: Moke pounced on the | der.

Mongolia and Communist China, CCC "Green" will attend ball and slammed it past Singa-

a conference open- KCC "Red"" South Chios la expected to ing in Peking from August 10 CCC "Yellow" pore goalkeeper Ich Fook-teng

MISSED PENALTY leave on Friday for Saigon to to 14 to discuss the improve-Filipino Club Three minutes later, Mok was play three games before return- ment of sporta tice among the KCC "White"

Police R.C. four countries-Rouler, tripped in the penalty area buting to Hongkong-Reuter,.

THE GAMBOLS

Thidli save time,

Barry Appt

P

W D L

F

A..

U

Pts.

8

2

210

120

12

0

188 114

12

105

12.

120

10

180

158

140

120

102

For the r

the most refreshing THIRST QUENCHER

Manny Mercer is at prosent OVET

stake £30 up on a level invested on all his mount but he is specially favoured in this respect.

Manny ridies Jack Jarvis outsider of two in many of their raees and the outsider has come up particularly often this season."

EXAMPLE

at

a half mounts.

of

about

one

John Welser was third in one minute, 0.2 seconds. Al Wiggins was fourth in one minute, 6.7 seconds-France-Presse,

LEICESTER SIGN 'KEEPER

WHOM FULHAM LET GO

Harry Sinclair, goalkeeper to whom Fulham gave a example { free transfer at the end of the 1954-55 season, signed the

・when!"

other day for Leicester City, interrupting (obviously, only temporarily) the run of Scottish signinga by Leicester's Scottish manager, David Halliday.

There was another. Intely

Goodwood Flaneur won at 100 to 7 where as the stable selected. Copen hagen, started at 15 to B

In fact, the £53 which Manny Mercer is up so far can be ascribed as being

entirely

due to his association with Jack

BELGIANS SET WORLD RELAY RECORD

Beisela, Aug. 5. A Belgian national foam today beat the world recordi for khan, 4x 800 Metres Reiny with n clocking of 7

16.81 of 7 minutes The previou minster 25.3%) wonnich by a United States

David,

try: the words of Burgess has always

hela Lolcoter's secretary, Charles high opinion of King, and Maley, also a Scot, seems bent satialed that the boy will sotva on "colonising" "Leicester." In his centre-half troubles.. addition to his ten buys from

over

the Border

Willie Clark, the powerfully Queen's Park Rangery centre-forward, - who scored (26 trainer, Alec Dowdells, to join goals last season, had his reducers the club from Glasgow Celtic.

tootor very nearly so

to Scattish football Simalake leaves Shits home granted". town of - Wlinborne," : Dorset, He was signed by: Berwic where he has spent the past Ranger, the a most north year since leaving Fulham. outpost of English Boccer,

·ho"

bast per-bullt unded Scotland's most famous

Another goalkeeper, Sandy operate in the Scottish

Division Kenyon, left Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesing en roula for Húdime" Anthony. Gold Town, for whom, ha je to young Hounslow, mud;

famatouringsfraterviationpå

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Kenyon

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profesional fortna för He will not report

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