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THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1958.

Pago. 21

Hexangulars Today ATTACKS ON BAILEY UNFAIR

STRENGTHENED POLICE FACE STRONGER NAVY IN INTERESTING GAME

CHILDREN OR COUNTRY?

This afternoon a slightly strengthened Police XV face the Mrs Mary Halford,

Navy at Sookunpoo at 4.15 p.m.

This will be a real test for the Police who pleased and sur- with their prised both themselves and the spectators spectacular win over Army South last week. This week the opposition is much stronger, and much interest will lie in the result.

Two other Hexangulars will be played off. At Kai Tak at 4.15 p.m. in the only game of the day there, Club face the RAF, and at Boundary Street at the same time, the two Army XV's meet for the first time.

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A Spokumpoo at 3,00 Club "B" 18 scheduled to play the aircraft carrier Albion.

The Poller today have made one changed with Rnger now being it enough to take his Pince il full-ark surat Mis permits Duna to move up to The wing outside Scoli Two one would fallve

Ago

By

Pak Lo

The Northerners have

with Writi much better pack willen off the Police as having and Muntz to the fore, Ungh Jutle line nd whying today'suguinst Mander and Gibby this i match, but the way they played afternoon they may not same; Just week-end was an eyeopener and they repent their per formance they wit

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to the extent they usually d42. On paper Army South have Vry the betler threes with a the centre in Goulds but Jutely he has been starving his Wings with disastrous results.

have

eng

Sharp appears in the Unie 1] position of full-back and Green, held, returns to wing-forward Jung 1. Atranker to the rugby

The Northerners star in Bede-Cox, but the offer throes while not so spectacular very stendy ankl with are Phillips at serum-halt ve them the Jong passEN shey Should again win Gils game.

non-

most of the children's school holidays,"

Which should a mother put first-her children or her country's sporting pre-But Mrs Halford's services stigo?

are so valuable that the British Lawn Tennis Asso- ciation have rofused to accept hor resignation. They have appealed to her to stay on until they can find a suitable successor. Mrs Halford has been captain

vote

playing captain of the British Wightman Cup team, wants to give up the post so that she can de- more time to her family,

CAN'T SPARE TIME She explains:

spare the time for the long trip to the United States with the Cup team next year. It would take the whole of August and

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England

Will Still Win The Test Series

By DENIS COMPTON

England have lost the first Test, and she deserved to lose. What has not been deserved, though, is the screaming attack by some cricket writers on Trevor Bailey.

A lot of what they have said is untimely, unfair

Leave Bailey alone, I say.

Of Curse he played a long for five years and this year and alubborn Innings. What she led the British team else do people expect from him? to its first victory since Do they expect brilliant stroke- 1930. For the present she play, a free flow of attacking

shots? is continuing to organise

You can'! expect that sort and supervise the team's of pay from Bailey. He's not winter training-London | that kind of player; he hasn't Express Service,

that sort of gift.

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

SOFTBALL SERIES

BEGINS ON BOXING DAY

By TIME OUT”

The Annual International Series comes our way once again as six teams in Men's division and two in the ladies' battle it out for National honours. The first round games will be played off on Boxing Day.

In the draw at the last Softball Association Council Meeting Philippines meet Pakistan at 11.00 am., U.S.A. meet Great Britain at 3.30 p.m. in men's section whilst Portugal and China cross bats in the best-of- three-game series in the ladies' division at 1.45 p.m.

Navy have made one change

Throu with

coming #t wing-forward in pince of Price. Despite their defeat by the Club recently this XV mus!

underrateri,

They have fast threes who should Pruve the equal of the Police and their forwards have always ben dangerous Is the louse. They have one big advantage ft. Ixanes the Navy hooker, for at the moment he is We best In the Culouy, though it Cua- ! noghain is still on Jurra the It is possible Army Nirth will;

The winners of the Phlip- Rosurlu of the Cardinals, Daves his battle between the hookers will start by keeping the ball fight,

nes-Pasistan

WIR Litt

meet Cooper and his Austers. be well worth watching. But but ce they have gone into enerali IsnDU'A has the better the lent they will probably, and China in one of the semi-Cuals whlist the winners of the packing forwards and

with anfety, open up the game. this should give him and the Navy Both XV's are bound to put 1.8.A.-Great Britada meel Por- superiority.

everything into today's teethel In the other semi-hol musich, but Army North seem during the Chinese New Year. Could Be Dangerous assured of another win, despille The finals will be played off on

Army South's "new look"

Easter Monday

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of the

Needle Match

his of halves

The Club "B" match will let Nuvy have the stronger and though the Police pair did spectators gauge the newcomers!

from the Albion, but as they well, O'Hare is just a true- To slow

have so many people le choose in Beting

bil away, Bud with the Navy, last from, their XV should be quite

and hard tuckling wing-for- wards this could be dangerous.likely

a

packs are

strony, and the Club "B" are

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another produce victory

have

However, they have It is unlikely that this game will develop into forward upset the forecast before today'

they too and provided battle for the

recovered from X'mas may well evenly matched, and havin, von see by playing an on game do 50 again the Police are sure to it out,

The Teams

Portugal and China cross bats in the byes in the Men's section.

of the three games the Philip- affair should pines-Pakistan

more evenly prove to be the

Coached by Fred matched! Diesta and backed by the sizzi- ing pitching of David Mallg, the Filippions should have the edge.

As fur thes Pakiston tuam. rely on lefty A. R. masinger Alladin will have to Salleh to 1035 the strikes and experience of old reliables, Denny Omar, Following are the teams for Sherry Bucks and company to to gain any great advantage by

bring home the baron. All keeping the ball light will du foray's ihmer-

an intereying match ikewise.

nfielputzet.

while the Navy being unlikely

Police: Hinger. Bellingham. Justen. Scoll, Dunn, Riach, Overall the Navy has a very

should 'Harr advantage and

win today,

Purves, Cunningham, Newton, Counsell, Roberts, Ross, Haigh.

will Bryan, though they

know they have been in fight.

In the Club

RAF mater

Navy: Kaye, Watson, Delaney, Futtock. Bevan, Melbuish, Haengi, Ross, Isaacs, Strachan,

Ladies Take Over

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the Club with their more Russeli, Hunt, Douglas, Hollick, in the first of their three-game powerful pack, smoother threes. Firlana. and opening finding halves should have tule trouble

taking two points away from the airmen, whose main strength Simple, ties in the threes, though until Coombes returns they have no- Conway.

Club: one to pair of satisfactorily with Martin, who is being left McTavish. Addig. Inglis, Valen-

Line,

Bennett, to do too much,

what should Williams, The Club with

At 1.45 .m. the ladles take over when Portugal meet China

series. China boasts all-round RAF: Wilcox, Burwood, strength and should take .be Martin, Radclyffe, Poyner, Low, | first two games from the Por

Stear, Hill, King. tugese iarsies without too much Wright, Ahern, Haigh, Roberts, trouble as Portugal will be field- ing a team without many of its Laxhrie, Browne, star players.

Whileicy, Immediately following, the H Miller, llowe, United · States teams take on Britain. Captained by be a steady supply of the ball Newbigging, Penman, Steven, Great

Peter Choke вп including in are certain to play an opt Cunpbelt

Army North:

line-up.

Ray sluggers Leppard, their game, and this should be quite!

Bede- the specta Peasley. Bayes, Jowell,

Lamontagne, and Doug Murray a good game from

Phillips. not the Cox,

Morrison, plus a couple of Navy boys the tory point of view if

McIntosh, Wison, Muntz. Wynn, Americans are favoured. AB nirmen's.

for Great Britain, manager A.E the

clash, In

Army

Whitmore, Hodge, Hill.

Ablong has at his disposal Ber- Northerners

Army South: Sharp, Warring- on paper should

Goulds, Brown. aurd Lee, Kenneth Abbas, the walk this one, for while they ride ton, Birdsell,

brothers of the serenely at the top of the Table. Hommersham, Clarke, Chappell, Dayaram Army South languish at the Lowe. Lemage, Monder, Pet- Seminoles, John Bryant and two bottom

feld, Camey, Clarke, Green others from the Comels, Eddle

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Patches undoubtedly Saints Cheyennes contest scheduled for Sunday ut

deliveries gro getting faster and more accurate.

The regular lengur continues Matched man to man as far bota is concerned as fielding the week-end with six over

The spotlight must teams are evenly matched but

when it comes to the Senior

to batting the Cheyennes are one head above.

Fans will be out in full foret for this big game and there is no doubt that they will all be cheering for the Cheyennes as 6 defeat for the Saints will make the race a much more torrid

11.00 am.

A 2 p.m. The Pantaa.

the Braves meet

Junior League

In The Junior Jugue Ulic Dodgers and Diamonds start the ball rolling on Saturday at 2.00 p.m. and followers should see the Filippinos walking away

with the ghiny,

At 3.30 p.m. the lowly Over- rus clash with the Eagles, The Overseas, now in full uniform, look very impressive but have į yet to win a game Can they do į su this week? Very Improbable.

Lifting the curtain on Sunday morning the second placed Hurricanes should have до trouble in putting away A.G. Jamais Toreros. A margin of no fewer than lifteen runs in the favour of the Red Shirts is ex- pected.

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one.

So Often An Asset

Everyone knows he's a stayer, the mon who sticks at the | wicket in a crisis, the man who keeps one end up while others. maite the runa

cliente a desire to close up the game.

But why blame Bailey? He

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and quite nonsensical.

Luck favoured the Australians ún three ways

• Graveney was most un- fortunately run out.

did make 68 vital runs in tho second innings, even though II • Peter May. misret diag took him seven and half Denaud's hand, padded house,

shot and their Was oul 1.b.w. Peter the

and Graveney had done

If Cowdrey and May without making Д port

und mad runs those greatest batsman in the world, critical cricket writers might won't do that twice. have been declaring Balley 6 one of the heroes of a great victory.

Lucky

I still say England will win

So why criticise him if he does the kind of thing which the series. 1 congratulate puts and keeps him in the Eng- Benaud for shrewd captaincy and side and which bos pand O'Neill and Harvey for

often been an assol?

lucky to be

Cowdrey was most

dismissed by a highly controversial Catch-f It was a catch at all.

£t these things had NOT happened would the Australians have wont Į Bay до - ала Battey's marathon would have been hailed as a success story,

Ungthing is certain. Tha great balting. But let's not get Australians are, unlikely to have

such luck again.

I don't say that the way he things out of perspective. played merits no criticsm, For. instance, he kept too much of the strlice to himself when, in- stead, he should have been arelous to give it in the run- Katbers.

If a batsman has in watch 100 much of Bailey's slope- walling from the other

TREVOR BAILEY

end

ho becomes Just another onlooker, gets out of touch, and can't get the runs when he does get the strike.

have Peter May should not After lunch the Braves, an-

aent Balley in et No. 3. It im- other senior pennant-contender mediately gave the Australians (ncounter the Pandas and al-ļa psychological lift when they though the Cats have improved saw Bailey coming out at No. 3 considerably an upset is not very instead of No. 8. Pkely as the Braves are present playing championship

At

Lack Confidence

buil. After three setbacks the Why? Because it could only Braves finally woke up and mean that the England captain lived up to expectations. I was locking confidence in his personally do not think they will drop another game even though they will have to meet the Saints twice.

Nothing To Lose

The Pandas will take the fell with the "What have we got to

louse?' altitude and shall do their best to upset the Tribe's) Applecart.

To wind up the day's outings! the Juniors come into the ple- | (ure once again when Lionel Duyaram's Stardusts' come up against the Undergrads from Pokfulam at 3.30 p.m.

The week's big game follows at 11.00 .m, when the Saints take the field against the fiery Cheyennes The Joeys licked the tar out of the Cheyennes in the first round encounter BUT n vice versa forecast is predicted for this secourt round match,

The jolting Joeys will have Salleh tossing the strikes and Juley' Ribeiro calling the slants whilst the Cheyennes will match them with David Malig and Robert Remedios. Malig Is zust becoming a threat to all batters rough.

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The Stardusts have dropped six games in a row and will have to pall up their socks to notch up this victory.

The Undergrads are gradually settling down and if their bat- ters should strike form the; Stardusts will find the going

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