THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1957.
England Has A Wealth Of Bowlers But Not One Can Be Sure Of A Test Place
Says BRUCE DOOLAND
England is the most fortunate country in the cricket work in its present wealth of bowling, the top, department of the game, according to the old hands, for winning matches,
But a quiet check over the names which provide that wealth leads to the surprising conclusion that I couldn't name one absolute certainty for the First Test now less than three weeks away.
After all ho lenging all the time, and just as I suppose many people would better than most
on the long as Frank Tyson is struggl man bullt his success here Bay that Jim Laker, the who tore the Australians to orthodox, spiced with the odd ing with himself to try to re
or google discover his lost speed, I reckon shredo last summer, must be an surprise chinaman
he should it will be an even toss-up ben automatic choice. But wait! So who should say
tween them. Shall we have the turning change now?
INJURY TROUBLES wickets of last year this time? Will the slow off-spinner be effective against these quick moving West Indians on a good
wickelt
Famous Sports Stars I Have Met
DENIS COMPTON
By Archie Quick
When Denis Compton took tho fold at Lords against Kent on May & he embarked upon his last reason in firss class cricket, It was an historie occasion, not o nostalgic as his final appear- aner comeilme this autumn will be, but heart-saddening never- thelex.
Peter did himselt a world of
gifted Denia woll. It was Of the England fast bowler good in South Africa by grasp-
say that Brian ing every opportunity, Не many people Statham is a must. But is he? didn't break any records by the Brian, and on form, is the number of wickets took but am assured he impressed most accurate fast bowler in the world and would be in my team everybody by the gule he show- every time. But of late he posed in keeping us als pace and to have been running into injury standard of bowling in the beat. troubles and with 20
With the slightest bit of luck 1 other young men hammering on gather he could have the door for the job he will cracking good figures. have to prove ono hundred per cent both in flacss and form this en
many
when
top
had
different Louder is a life from most fast bowlers, in 43 much as he 'bn't as fast as most But I don't remember any quick merchant who varles ħla pace as much, who thinks his man out na carefully, or, when he wants to, can put a surprise bouncer in so well or so quick.
his
the
It was on 23 May 1930 that 1 first came to know the genial
twenty-Brst birthday, and I coincided with the famous Yorkshireman, George Hit's retirement ng coach to Elon College, and I interviewed pair of them In the pro- old dressing room fessionals down in the basement at Lords There they were, one on the threshold of a fabulous career; the other at 67 years of age passing Into the aporting shadows, George went homi to Huddersfield to live for an- other fifteen years; Compton strode out conquering new, fields in every corner of the cricket- ing world.
always think now how characteristic it was that that double interview should have oul-of-the- taken place in an way corner of the game's head- quarters. It was thought good enough for the professional in those days; he had
It
SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT
PLAYERS ARE NOT
PUPPETS
THEY MAY HAVE A BIG BOMBSHELL FOR THE CLUBS
Says I. M. MacTAVISH
"The relationship between Chinese clubs and players will be very That is what one much different when next season comes around....
of our foremost Chinese football officials said to me some weeks ago,
I have every reason to believe that as far as the intentions of some of the clube are concerned that statement represents a faithful appreciation of how things are shaping......but I must make it clear that it is only a club inspired attitude. What of the players?
to
HIGHLY ORGANISED Let me warn
no
ia
Sports Diary
TODAY.
Bowls
Ini Devision! 100G * KCC KG "JN" Y CO.
And 170mlong PRC V EDC, KDC
3rd Divinoti: Decreto v Rice,
VJ0023A, ADENO V KON.
Indies League: Bet Ilvidon: USRC V KBGC, KỐC Y COC,
2nd Division: hoc v ccc, KOO
V USNC, TC V PRC.
Boccer
Shunday shield; Herren-A-Glide al HKJO p.m.
MACOT Rally
Motor Sports Club Bally, RICKET Hm, 3 p.m.
public nocusation agains; a club and the other an oqually public donini by the member club which was accused.
COMPENSATION
A referce is the officially ap-
as well as when it is in progress. The decision of the HKFA
In concert with many other I The HKFA,
Every player who dons a club would like to soo the original It seems to have been taken for
the body granted that whatever the club responsible for the management, shirt deserves nothing les acousations blown to the four- officials decide will of sheer of our football affairs, mus than the boot, that the club out winds and the KMB offcinta toy necessity be acceptable to the take up this matter immediately give. If he is injured he do- OFFICIALLY cleared of players, and while it is probably and I hope to hear that at just serves the best of attention, stigms which the accusalong where 13 may have Imparted. That how- true that the rich prosperous one of our Councillors has the both on the field
in the time that ever can only I think wo shall have to walt
dona, by a Chinese organisations are in a sense of responsibility to put it happens, or
tapes unti ho can be placed systematic enquiry....and know- and see wait and see Jim's form,
very commanding position as on the agenda of a forthcoming
In relinble and too. So often after a tremendous
qualified ing the reputation of the men tar ng some of the players are meeting.
medicnt hands. a bowler can be hit by
who guide the KMB football forw concerned, I would venture to year renction and just fall to find the
On Sunday there was a great tunes I am sure-ins the light of suggest that they are by
JUNIOR GAME
dout of recrimination between their letterthey would welcome touch which yielded so much
means in the over-riding post- That isn't Just gold. Carlier.
various such an investigation.... tuot Juntor different officials of tion they would like to think On Sunday in the fancy. It is opinion based on
they are,
game which was played before organisations as to whoce, I was rather astonished they did hard experience, so much so
The star players who, in re- the re-play of the Senior Shield efficiency had caused the delay not press for one at the Council that times I think this I hope he dues for he now
cent years, have become used to Final at the Hongkong Stadium in getting the injured player meeting last Tuceday evening.
to hospital. great game of ours deliberately packs a wealth of experience
certain privileges and pro-a South China player was badly
Personally I have lible timo applies its own balancey and England is going to need. And
vidences as a result of their injured, The early diagnosis
for such Inquisitions unless compensations to make us all at this stage, it looks as if the
soccer endeavours, will certainly was that he had sustainda
they produce an answer which realise it la bigger than we are,
three We Indies bowlers
not take kindly to any drastic fracture to his left leg. He will ensure there is no repels pointed representative of As for the left hand spinning Walcott, Worrell and Weekes
changes and already important was eventually carried on ation of the dangerous and HKFA when he is given charge padon, will it be Wardle or
are moving stendily into
I don't profers to be able to
influences are Lock? On South African form
at work to chaletcher do the main entrance undesirable hintus we saw at a game. In this capacity he is forecast whether Frank Tyson
courage them
resist the should be
yhall but believe lost The best bet for the second will be able to find his
or not, he the Hongkong Stadium on Sun required to make vial oficial Johnny Wardio
change of face by the clubs in
not
into loaded
on day.
decisions......, before play starfa.......... fital choice. But this series will
fast bowling position must bespeed or not. All I know is that
the Colony,
umbulance and taken to hospital be not
South on
Atrienn Freddie Trueman.
al- I have
SENIOR STARS the Northants tad will be try- And from all accounts ways liked the dark-haired ing with every ounce he's got
wold 30 pain-racked minutes wickets.
.as on after thought to 1 doubt whether Jonny will
and that Yorkshire N
for his whole future is bound
who had passed those up with it. He has my sympathy to over-board here, as he did haven't been batting at the other
to mention that when Luk Tak- the HEFSA for damage to the
on the chinaman and google as hand I hate him for I know he too, for it's no easy job trying field: All that is democratically } highly organised if those people, wards of a couple of hospitals. I during the big game
that such resistance may be possible to throw a stone thay...one of South China's Boundary Street playing surface, In South Afries, to concentrate end: When I have a bat in my siird bed-wishes in his efforts septrale inte to get on to the might scoff at this suggestion spite of the fact that it is almost to se observatione 1 should like Counell, to pay compensation to
where he iny tato the back senior stars.
injured sustained during a recent fengue altered now, and the profes who see the present circum-
Beningt game which was played when sionals are in confortable quarances as a fire opportunity to Such treatment was no credi: KMB, SEVEN allendants EX-the conditions satisfied the re- ters, will the amateur's, above
break
the game but the near stranglehold to the club whooo colours he CLUDING the auditance met levent laws of The Long RoWN,
which has been exercised over wore, and as such it was also rushed out on to the playing apparently did not satisfy the field wher Reforon Tuck officials of Police Sports Amo- the players, have their way.
a sad reflection on the HKPA. Their eventual notions may It is
that specialised clation, is surely an administre- unthinkable and totally dicator
sistanco was required. .!11|tive blunder of dar wenching well be the biggest bombshell to unacceptable that at injured
There must be a moral thore hit Hongkong foolball, in -years! Denis will leave the scene
obviously player
suffering
somewhere, but I leave you to his many triumphs at the com- ... and although there may not
pain...
should be work it out for yourself.. It is, in fact, tantamount to a puratively early age of thirty- be a loud audible bang the great
stretched out
like ધ curioolty
tacit admission that the referee nino premature retirement explosive effects could very well axhiali in the public trancs
made a bad decision....BO ON tho Soccer fans who have enforced by the badly injured be as far reaching.
hall of a great stadium where
the same basis why not start Kame at kr.ce which has handicapped 1 culus point of view
those the noise on big match day is best interests of the two devastating. him this last reason
paying compensation to heart must have been A Intense.
in tan with
rith an
teams who lost poin'ɛ on what und now let me tell you
it was announced that Compton will always tell you that he has only himself to ecmething that will make quite a particularly a suspect-senior KMB official had watten they feel is a poor decision? It
noods com- blame
a few Босест for the Incapacitation.
to the HKFA denying on bois exactly the same principle. eyebrows shooted fracture
and export at- fort, quiot He had
back in April up in surprise... The other come
This player did not half of his club, that any tention. from an
pensáve some evenings three Important foot- Tour
presentations аустзеда
With the show game made to their players after the years ago, and eagerly played in ball personalities mot in private get them. the last match of the season for to discuss this very problem. of the attemoon just about to Senior Shield Final, This is
One of the elumvirate was a start it may be that the team step in the right direction, Arsenal against Portsmouth
were busy, prominent player and after a emetuls
but how BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. crash- was Highbury.
of views and shabby and aren't they The HKFA DOW has $wo teckled by full-back Harry long exchange
carta on its table. One is Ferrier, and that was the begin-proposals they each went their looked in the public eyes. ning of his troubles. He never separate ways to examine the
efrcumstances and 10 played League football again, i
kaup a close watch on the develop- ments of the next few weeks and months.
opposed to
um stuf
the orthodox Jeft
is hating me and has only one think in his mind--to get rid of me quickly.
But ne a fast bowler 1 would 13 like Freddie on my side
really time. For he is strong, fast, always hostile, always ready to come back for mare. And at 20 I would say he is just about
I almost wish he would try a season of concentrating on the unorthodox ruff, for he and George Tribe of Northants are the only men in the business bowling it these days and I think It could pay well. Especially as Johnny La probably at his prime now. He's got all sploring the ball harder that is strength, he's got experience he's a good braind him and way than anybody else.
bowler. The ly pitching it better too. But I would be the last
England's wealth is shown, fact that advise Johany. He is typical of nowever, by the his county shrewd, bainneed, Freddie is by no means sure of deep thinking cricketer and a place. Surrey's slim Peier he knows English conditons Loader is right up there chal-
And
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
THIRTEENTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 25th May, 1957.
(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 10 RACES. The Frist Belt will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2:00 pmn.
rx-
to find that clusive "something extra" once it's slipped away.
AWKWARD ACTION
14 I think Frank's task
because he pecially hard
19 Always had an awkward action with a tremendous amount of strength and strain in the final delivery. That last burst of effort gave him his super speed, But I suspect it has also led to many of the injuries which have hampered him In recent that if seasons. I would say
come- Frank does make the
challenge back to best off the of Trueman, Loader and Moss, it cheer 10 will be something about.
So my view is that England's opening attack may be made up of cay pamutation of this And clutch of fast bowlers, with Statham and Trueman my Idea of the strongest combination. But whichever pair gets the joa England will not be let down and should count herself lucky Eer wealth at the moment,
The Secretary's Office of Alexandra House will close at on the ball, 11.45 am.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.
Admission Badges at $10.00 each are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Buliding. Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.
Tins will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. Boy (Tel. 72011).
The 5th Floor is restricted to Members and Ladies wearing Lady's Brooches.
NO CHILDREN will be admiked to the Club's premises during the Meeting, For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3.00 each payable at the Gate. Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 In order to gain re-admission,
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.
SERVANTS
Servanta must remain in their employers' boxes except for passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths In the Enclosures.
CASH SWEEPS
Through Cash Sweep Tickets ut $20.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building, (Chater Road), and 5, D'Agullar Street during normal onice hours and until 11.00 àm. on the day of the Race Meeting.
Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be reserved for all ruce meetings, es Through Tickets. Such tickets will be Issued consecutively anty and the right is served by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a particular Meeting it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000.
Tickets reserved and available but mot paid for by 10.00 am. on Friday, 24th May will be sold and the reservation cancelled for
ure Meetings. futtare
Tickets over 3,000 whit also be issued consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved, as Through Tickets.
The reservation of any particular number does not confer ou the registered holder any rights whatsoever unlew the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced
holder. by the
The
Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also the right to remove any name from subscription lists without stating reasons for their action.
Cash Sweep Tickets on the last race of the Mooting at $2.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Swoop Offices et Queen's Building (Chater Hood), 6, D'Aguller Street and 382, Nathan Road. during normal office hours and untji 12.00 am, on the day of the Race Meeting.
TOTALISATOR
Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets until after the "all clear" signal has been exhibited.
ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COUNS ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED, TO BE RUN,
PAYMENT WILL
NOT BE MADE ON TORN DISFIGURED TICKETS, •
OR
Bookmakers, Tie Tac men, etc, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club,
By Godly of the Glewarda,
It strikes me that England have a lively lot of Selectors, 100, this year. They are already They've given Peter May the captaincy job without any mersing about and to they've already go down business, worrying about their bot and batting problems I'll content to leave the bowling ones to their final meeting.
It is amazing how 1-luck cati dog a team sometimes. At Notts we badly missed akipper Reg who still hasn't got Simpson clear from wpected disc trouble. Then, at Lord's recently, my room-mate and buddy Australian Alan Walker, gets, of all things, mumps! Just when ho hod dropped into his best torn and whipped away seven Middlesex wickets!
Have I been worried? I'll say
I have. I've never had mumps and I don't want them now. They look damned uncomfortable. But the main burden of this co- ment was the -luck to Notts. So for my own sake and Notte let's hope the bug doesn't bite again
COACHING HINT
Check those wandering feet. At the beginning of engy BORBON, E batsman's feet are apt to wander If they do the shots wander, 100, and the wickets go down. So carefully check the position of your left foot on the forward shot and in your off-side driving, It should be right out there as close to the pitch of the ball us
the bat will allow. If it wanders down the leg aldo while your hat pushes away the fatal gap will be wide open.
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Headaches BAYER
Toothaches Colds
•juickly overcome by
CFASPIN
PREMATURE RETIREMENT Sometime nickt September of
Ho
UX
at
and from
DS
How I know about this meet- for the moment at least remain my secres... but big must
even that is a good story and r hope I can tell it in the very near future.
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
Now his cricketing, swan song is upon us. He is a wealthy man, with a beautiful wife and family, and the most handsome of homes at Gerrarda Cross, Buckinghamshire. He says ho is going into business-but my guess is that he will gettle down 03 2 cricket and football Journalist as well as dabbling in other commercial Interesis. Congratulations are the order Week-end club cricket now and of the days for South China
their last two games then, perhaps, for he loves the and in gamo too
18 much
wholly they certainly produced desert it.
why they should good masons be crowned the season's 'Double' champions. Six goals against KMB and 12 against the Royal Navy puts the seal on a great achievement • especially
to
SPORTS QUIZ
1. What la the record
in-
dividual score in first class cricket, and who made it? 2. Which golfer won the Erilah Open title in 1949,
'50 and '522
weight Boxing Champions in
when it has been accomplished with a brilliant forward line defence and a ragged rocky that must have given the club officials many a heart attack during the season.
The triumph belongs entirely
to the forwards who, time and
ENE
bo
,wus
•
pleased
COS
were
D
consequences,
"...the referee shall decide ......provided he doesn't traad on the wrong toes..." dangerous piecedent has been set and a "claims dor Damages to Grounds Committee" sSOCIA Inevitable....further claims are virtually a certainty,
WORLD OF SPORT
A. Courageous Man Is
Pat McAteer -- He Intends To Fight On
By DEREK JOHN
It sometimes takes a tragedy to hammer home a lesson. South African Middleweight Champion Jimmy Elliott died after being knocked out by British title-holder Pat McAteer in Johannesburg.
Almost immediately, Ron Barton, former British Cruiserweight Champion, announced his decision to quit the ring. And in Amerten, Sugar Ray Robinson, who regained the World Middleweight Championship by beating Gene Fullmer the other week, says he may retire too,
WRS
Barton, the handsome 24-, he would be doing an injustice | fatal fight were on top of his
when his body again, had to retrieve the situa-year-old who henved meat to his many supporters the comin tion after the tottering defence around Smithifold market riskid losing the title again at carried to the cemetery. had failed to keep the oppost-before he took to professional the age of 87.
Next to the gloves lay hi
tion at bay.
at
Terence Murphy,
my
So he is asking his tone to favourite groen dressing gown, 3, List these World Heavy- Whatever the circumstances boxing, has withdrawn from his
the double is a great place of scheduled fight with Tony Dove write and tell him whether he More than 1,000 people attended the order
Streatham on May 22, and should continue boxing or not, the funeral. in which they
worle... &nich whatever the
·will do whatever the the title: Bob Fitz- circumstances there is no el his June 4 Harringay date with "I
You may laugh at the often won
majority say," he added, simmons, Jack Dempsey, ment of qualification in
FAMILY CONFERENCE But through it all, one man, volood opinion that spory brings enemies together, Jack Johnson and John L. sincere congratulations to skip-
ono A family conference with his and the
most affected, the bitterest Sullivan,
per Chu Wing-wah and his
Pat McAteer, You may argue that no amount 4. Former world champions South China colleagues. Well wife finally convinced Barton stands alone.
he should get out while he still whose viotary elation turned to of dressing room convivialities, these, but at what sporls: done.. thie Caroline Hillers had his health,
He had been sorrow when he heard the news or after the match pleasantries Bobby Riggs, Juck Sharkey|... and stop back 13
out of boxing for almost a year, of Elliott's death, intends to over a bolile of what you fancy, and Jeanette Altwegg?
will clear the cloud of muspicion MacTavish Topper describes a
After cyn and back trouble had fight on, 5. Is there apt to the wide parabola in salute.
hindered his progress, and had "I have thought it over very which hangs ominously between length or breadth of a lawn
only a few weeks ago an- carefully, and I have decided it East and West, tennis racket?
But it helps. East and West Several times in the past few
was just one of those un- Taltenham years I have oritielse harshlynounced his planned comebacic.
His manager Arthur Boggis fortunate things," he says. Germany combined their citurta the gross mishandling of in-said: "Harton has taken very
the for A NOBLE ART
cventa
Olympics.
Now 7. Who or what was Calamity | jured players by some of the sa
Bdmuch to heart the death of A courageous man is McAteer. Melbourne called "trainers who descend on Jimny Elliot He was boxing Boxing,
although Dr Edith Egypt and Ismel are to th
by sich 8. With what sports do you a pour unfortunate who happene beautifully in the gymnasium Summerskill may disagree, is a side
In
the sam connect these poes: Lord to get a knock during a game. until the week-end. Then the noble art. At also has its ama ar boxing team against Lonsdale, Lord Cobham and
London a This side of Colony football oiler Monday he jumped out of traditions, McAteer could do the amateurs of Lord Burghley?
has been and in fact still the ring and announced that he far more harm than good to the Harringay on May 21.
A team of ten will be picked ... dangerously neglected,
bex any game if ho decided to quit now.
short list of boxcors the limits of the teeing I have a teen rooted feel was not going to
more."
There is no real reason why ho trom ing that it will continue to be
Sugar Ray, the
who should leave the game he loves bara in Moroso, Egypt, Poland, the old adage He la right to slay. so until we run into a major finally killed
And time, Turkey, Hungary, and Parala, su 10. Micic the Miller WES
Then it will be im they never come back, la not we hope, will help him forget well as Isract, famous (0) racing driver tragedy.
Good punching to them! bitter lesson proved as
He has aford | this unhappy ovent, of quite so definito, (b) horse or (c) greyhound? regret...... but that is joaving his fans to help him make up Tho boxing
word It too late. (Answers Bap Page 17)
6. Where
Corner?
Jane?
0. May a golfer stand outside
ground to play a ball Inside the limits?
POP
THIS IS A VERY
HOT TIPOFF
texx
his mind,
man
Robinson Tools that Elliott
IT NEEDS A
IT REQUIRES
DRIVE S
DASH!
NEW ANGLE
OF APPROACH
gloves fo hla
that Last
Scoops a dalsy
SENO
RIMMBONJ
IN TO ME
somhe
- London Krprets Bervice).
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PRECIOUS DROPS
PRECIOUS
MOMENT
CHERRY HEERING
A. E. ARNOLD,
Becretary.
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