THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1858.
AN INDIAN PLAYS FOR ENGLAND MCC Tour Can
Subba Row Follows The Footsteps Of Three Immortal Countrymen
By JOHN COTTRELL
London, October. Three immortal Indians-Ranjitsinhji, Duleepsinhji, and the Nawab of Pataudi—have played cricket for England. Each slommed a contury in their debut against Australia, Now, for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, another Indian is in Australia as an MCC tourist-Raman Subba Row. a 26-year-old hard-hitting left-hander, who also bowls googlies and leg-breaks.
An
Thiru hundred ruma Bowed well-groomed, soft volred, from his bat in uno first-class | modest, looking more like Innings last season-the biggest offer worker thun
F1 trained
A century in his debut against Australia" He looked barrassed at the question,
knock seen in England for eight | athlete. years. Only two men in Eng- land-Pater May and Willle Watson bettered his season's batting average,
Of the Nell this six-foot six- bilter is on executive of an English music publishing firm-
Former Colony Table-Tennis Champion Wins China Title
A
Canton, Oct. 13. 21-year-old Cantonese. Yung Kuo-tuan, who was unknown In China Inst year, has heaten ali oppo- nents to win the men's singles title of the 1958 table Chinese National Tennis championships, which ended in Canton lust night, the New China News Agency reported.
Out For Nine "I've had only one innings for England.
Against you know. New Zealand And that was because some regular players stood down,
points out that ho is English on hi mother's side; that he was born, educated and taught cricket in England; that he has brea to India only ence-in 1953
with a Commonwealth XI.
Learned A Lot
"I learned a lot of cricket t Пom Eddie Whitgift School
Surrey all Watts, the former rounder.
1 rend cricket books, and as a boy I went to Lord's as often as I could to watch
"I wus out for nine-bit Arst-class players and try to wicket.
"I shan't forget that innings," he reflected "I went in on a when I was and the new ball
| difcult wicket
pitch black
RAMAN SUBBA ROW
His last match against China's veteran Swaything Cup player, | Chiang Yung-ning last evening was being used.
was a decisive one. It followed his victorles over the country's
Eo excuse.
Bul that wh
I've
"Australia? I can't say. only played ugainst the Aus
her top players, Wang Chung-trullans once-aud that was to yao and Chuang Chia-fu.
The litle for the women's England in 1953. singles this year went to Yeh Pri-chuo, China's Corbillon player.
FRASED
learn from them,
"I was niso lucky to be at Cambridge bl some time as May and Sheppard. The mora you can play with players of ihat class the better,"
CAUGHT IN
THE SLIPS?
THE BASIS OF LEAVITT'S THREAT ?
Perth, Oct. 13. The father of the world's After taking his law degree at fastest miler, Herb Elliott, said Cambridge Subba How went today that he believes he knows basts of the threat by into the RAF for two years' the National Service. He spent an American promoter Leo Leavitt, such time in cricket whites as
The promoter had announced tope In 1933, he in Sydney that he had Air Fores blue.
u telephone con- debut for Surrey recording of 17:0 his
which he claimed versation Warwickshire, against
would prevent Elliott from run- aing either as an amicur or a professionia).
Birmingham,
"All I can
at
remember about that match is that it was a very bad wleket and I got hit badly on the Angers by Pritchard," Remarkable Start
Elliot's father said today that ho telephoned Leavitt last month and asked him to deposit 30,000 pounds in the bank of hia solleitor us a guarantee of That season, however, Subba good faith during negotiations Row collected his third Cam-on Leavitt's professional offer
the lbq1 bridge Blue, came fifth in the sidpulating
money national batung averages, and should be paid to his son if second in the Surrey averages. the professional offer was - A remarkable start to a county cepted.-U.P.1. crickel curcer.
In 1955, he joined Northants and registration by special promptly set up a new county
"But it the wickets are asrecord with a bit of 200 not Rund as expected I think all our ont gubist Lancashire. Two batsmen wil make plenty of years later he was made county runs Personally, I prefer a captain. hard wieket, I like to get out to the pitch of the ball.
Today, Subba Row insists that he is just a balsman." In fact, he is also an agile felder and a
Subba Row refutes the sug-better than average spin bowler. gestion that, as an Indlan, he
play for Indla.
BOBO OLSON
Chin Chung-huk, inst your nationa! champion in the women's singles, who partnered Sun Mei-ying in last year's work championships to beat the English team of Ann Hay-should don and Diane Rowe Collins in a vitni virtory that paved the way for Chinn winuing third place in the Corbition Cup, was erased from this year's national ranking 1st-France-Presse,
(Yung Kuo-tuan Cantonese ame Yung Kok-tuen, the Hongkong slogies champion 1957. After winning the Championship he returned to Conton where he is now per- manently stationed. Sports EX.)
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As Whitgift cricket captain, he He tapped the bowling us well on the batting averages. In the 1851 "Vuralty malch he had 5-21 igures. In 1952, he took eight wickels for Cambridge in the match against Yorkshire
Subba Row is a tall, hunched figure at the wicket and appears
forward stroke. But his bat is always as straigh! as a die.
Invaluable Gift
A controversial decision in the first division league cricket match between Hongkong Cricket Club "Scorpions" and Indian Recreation Club at Chater Road last Saturday was the "out" given to Scorpions batsman Donald Lench.
Photo shows Mohinder Singh holding the catch at first slip to a ball which appeared to many onlookers as having been deflected off the ground. However, the umpire called what he saw and Leach was out after scoring 27 in the drawn match.
Others in the photo are (from left) Aly Khan, N. Careem, Lalchandani and Anwer Javadh. China Mall Photo.
Russians Off To A Good
Start In
World Modern
Pentathlon Championships
London, Oct. 13.
The Russians, holders of both the team and individual world modern pen- tathlon titles, got off to a good start in the current championships near Aldershot today when its riders took first place and shared second place in the equestrian event.
world serRIES AFTERMATH
Yankee
Pitcher,
And 22 Braves
Members Fined
New York, Oct. 13.
Nikolai
in Tatarinov, third last your's championships at Stockholm, won today's event when he scored 985 points over the 2,500 metres course with its I obstacles at the Tweseldown course near Aldershot, Surrey.
Fastest Time
Empire Champion Easily Beaten
Sydney, Oct. 13.
Make Or Break
Cricket In
Australia
Porth, Oct. 13. The 23rd England test teum which stopped ashore in Australia today faces one of the most important cricket tours evar to take place in this country, the Melbourne Herald sport waltor, John Priestley, sold today.
He said the tour could make or break cricket as a front rank Australian sport.
STAYED AWAY
In recent years, he wrote, the Australlan sporting pubile had stayed away from test and rst class cricket because they were weary of a long run of Australian Successes from 1946/47 to 1950/51.
Pricsticy added: "Andi 30 much unforgiveably dreary crie- kel, played in all grades of com- petition In Australia, did not help rekindle enthuslusni,
LOWEST EBB
"The disastrous 1956 tour of England saw the gamo reach its lowest cbb.
has
"But happily the tide, I think, turned. The Australian selectors looked to youth, and Tan Craig led the renaissanco squad to a 3-1 victory over South Africa, who tied two-l with England the previous summer"
Priestley suka big pointer towards the probable success of the tour is the number of crle- keting personalities in the Eng- lsh team-China Mall Special.
Benaud Getting Nearer To Test Captaincy
New selectors
South
Sydney, Oct. 13.
Wales cricket have appointed test all-rounder Richie Benaud to cuptain the state's Sheffold team to play against Queens- land this month
Benaud
has now become, In
effect, the New South Wales nomination
for the Australion
Johrany van Rensburg, South captaincy in this season's test Ivan Novikov, the world African welter-weight cham-matches If Ian Craig, recovering champion, led for second place pien, scored an cosy painis win from liver trouble, la not fit with Hungary's Dr J. Nagy.
over Australian George Barnes, enough to lend the Australieti each with 950 points. Dr Nagy the Empire champion, in a 12- lest aido, bac the fastest time for the round non-litle contest here to- course with 4 minutes, 38.4 night. reconds.
Van Rensburg, who was stop- The third Soviet rider. ped by Darnes in the 19th Alexander Tarasov, who was round of recent Empire title side for last Fecond at Stockholm, could only ght, was only in trouble once. make 10th place with 195 Dames staggered him with a points,
right to the jaw in the sixth Thirty-nine competitors re round, but he rallied and boxed presenting 14 nations competed his way to a good win.
A heavy in slanting rain over
course.
Van Rensbury won the Em- le title from Barnes last May, -but lost it again when Berne
stopped him ko Sydney just month, China Mall Special.
The Results
Results of the Equestrian events in the five-day cham- plonships were:--
1. N.
(Soviet Union) 065 pts (5 mine 7 secs). 2. I. Novikov" (USSR) 950 I. (5 mins 10 secs), and
950 pts (4
Tatarinov
to have a lack of balance on Relief pitcher Ryne Duren of the New York Yankees was fined $250 today by Commis- sioner Ford Frick for making the "choke up" Oakland, Oct. 13.
sign to umpire Charlie Berry during an argu- Fornier world middleweight
Strongest on the off, he has i champion, Carl
ment in the sixth game of the World Series. Olson, today decided to make a ring invaluable gift of realising his limitations and playing comeback as a light-henvy.
At the same time, Frick also, which Berry, working behind within them. He Diso hay a He is tu meet Californian
Mil- the plate, called "ball four." Unknown, Don Grant, over to reliable temperament and, like fined 22 members of the
waukee Braves $50 each for Duren stormed off the mount rounds at Oakland on October the great Hanjitsinji, he does
not relax his efforts after pass- violating a baseball regulation shouting at the umpire. As he had waliced back to the mound, he they Olson claimed the middlo-ing the century, or even their disclosing how
voted to split up their World turned in Berry's direction and weight crown
Serles shares. on October 21, double century, mark.
grasped his neck with his right 1053, by Lenting Britain's Most valuable of all is bis fine
hand-the traditional "choke pis Randy Turpin,
which
Charles Segar, Secretary-up" sign in baseball. Duren's Nagy (Hungary) sense of timing. He lost the
title to Sugar makes
of him
baseball, an- gesture was clearly visible to mins 58.4 seca). outstanding Treasurer Ray Robinson on December 9,
nauteed the Commissioner's | television viewers and to fans squash player. 1055.-France-Presse.
punitive actions today following at County Stadium. Subba Row, son of an Indiana belated report by Berry on barrister, believes that Indians the Duren fieldent."
The Implication Was that P. Berry did not have the courage Berry, one of the
rol American to
close third strike League's more experienced um- against a Milwaukee player be pires, said he had not
fore the partison Braver crowd. Durch make the derisive-U.P.I. gesture, but made his report after being urged by two other
Another Soccer
Thrashing
An
als
often have an exceptionally good eye for games and need only proper coaching while young to develop into fine sportsmen,
It was true in the case
of
For Brazilians, Dulcesinhil and
the Nawab of Pataudi And
London, Oct. 18.
The Brazilien all-time dop team, Bela Vislu, received another akmmusl unbelieveable 0-1 thrashing tonight by first division club, Luton Town,
not evon
And Luton did bother
to try after fencing
true in the case of Raman Bubba Now.
ATHLETICS MATCH TIED
Warsaw, Oct. 13.
seen
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4. H. G. Lenvall (Sweden) 045 pts (5 mins 11.6 sees) and Lichtner-Hoyer (Austria) 945 pts (5 mins 11.6 seck).
6. B. G. Schmidt (Denmark) 928 pts (5 mins 12.0 seca).
7. J. Daniels' (UBA)
(5 mins 15.6 secs).
Sports Diary
YWCA
TODAY Badminton Ladies' "B" Doubles; LAC Recrelo v CCC.
Aten
Doubles: LRC v India Club CCC v chúng Cheong. St Stephen's v Reczek.
Kleeting Chinese Football Association Meat- Sports Road,
CAAF Buliding. 0 pm:
LIC Tournament,
Tennis
TO-MORROW Boccer Governor's Cup Final: 920 pts
CAAF (C3), 8 pm..
8. R. G. Ellis (USA) 200 pts
(5 mins 04 seas) and P. P
900 pla mina 200
Series umpires who had seen i Former Champion (Sweden)
DERISIVE GESTURE
The Incident occurred in the Swimmer. Retires
Iost half of the 10th Inning of the sixth Herion gome at Milwaukee last Wednesday. The Yankees had just gone ahend 4-3 in the top of the 10th and
was batting with one
10 A. Tarasov (USSR) 005
pts 15 mins 5.2 secs), and R. M.
Stoll (USA) 805 pta (5 mins 3.8 soca).
Team standings were;
1. Soviet Union 2,810 points.
2. United States and. Hungary
2,718 pla,
Budapest, Dot..13. Hungary's dyorgy Tumpek, former world butterfly stroke
14-years'
career. swimming Tumpak, П pioneer of the dolphin style to become With the count 3 and 2 on trainer to the famous Budapest Logan, Duren fired a fastball Honved Club-France-Presso,
The Draw will be held on seven goals to ni! at half tima. West Germany and Poland shortstop Johnny Logan of the champion, today retired from a
This defeat follows a series tied with 110 points each after Braves Betting Hall at the Race of high score defeats for which their two-day athletes meeting out.
football turf at Warsaw's 10th Anniverunry evon the greasy Course, at 11.00 a.m. on of England cannot be blamed. Stadium before 78,008 spectators Saturday, 18th October, 1958, -France-Presse.
here today.-France-Presse.
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4. Sweden, 2,305 pts.
6. Poland 2,030 pts.
Q. Italy, 1,845 pts.France- Presse.
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Inter-school swimming champion. his heal at 9.30 ..
The selectors have preferred Benaud to Nell Harvey who was vice-captain of the Australlan senson's South African tour. China Mail Special.
First Defeat For Czech Soccerites At Sunderland
London, Oct 13. Prague Dynamo, the un- feated Czech footballers recoly- ed their first defeat of the season at the hands of Britain's division Sunderland second (three goals to one) at Bunder- fand tonight,
The Czechs played pretty. football, highlighted by preet- slon passing, but they were no match for the Sunderland attacking machine, aided and abelled by a near pierre-proof defence.
Sunderland led by two goals half-time-France-
Victork Pool, o ono at
Presse.
AMERICA'S 'SABRE' WINS!
SCANDINAVIAN GOLD
CUP YACHTING SERIES
Houston, Oct. 15.
Ernest Fay, of Houston, skipper of the Sabre, won the Anal event of the Scandinavian Gold Cup yacht raceS today to break a tie with the Swedish Rush V and retain the Gold Cup in the US.
Fay overcame a bad start to Sabre overtook the Swedish defeat Bwoden's Caplain Lors yachi and rounded the second thom, of Stockholm, by one windward mark. three boat- minute 17 seconds.
lengths in the lead. The Babra Thor and Fay had been tad broke out its spinnaker before with two wins each going into | Rual V did and meadily pulled today's final race,
away from the other vessel going into the rench,
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OVERTOOK
Itush V took the lead round-
ing the first windward mar)e two
· The Gold Cup races held in
bost-lengths ahead of the Sabre. Galveston Bay this year, will Thorn held the load going down return.
10
Europe next
the Leeward leg and continued year, because a ruling statés into the second windward....log | the races cannot, stay out of shead of Tay --
Scandinavian waters, more then
But halfway do the Teg, the one year. CUPI,
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