1959-08-06 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959. ·

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England Selectors Make A Blunder Contrite Brian

OMISSION OF TOM GRAVENEY

FROM TESTS AND CARIBBEAN

TOUR A GRAVE INJUSTICE

Says DEREK JOHN

Who is the forgotten star of English cricket? Which world-class batsman has been inexplicably ignored all this season by the MCC selectors? **

The answer: Thomas William Graveney, captain of Gloucester- shire, scorer of 2,502 runs in Test matches and more than 70 centuries in first-class cricket.

Graveney has been omitted, But the most important from all

Test the

matches has been overlooked byfe ginal India. His name bas hot majority of his erities: That once been mentioned in the ree- Gravettey was une of the few

who did

NOL fall koning for the forthenming tour balsmen

aniserably In Australia last year.] of the West Indies.

Indeed, the Test career

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this furd-driving six-footer have come le an Inay

end.

Yet he is only 32 years old...... a year younger than Gilbert been Parkhouse. who has brought back to ihr England

side this year.

No Explanation

Highest Score

fact. Where is the logic in that?

"England is crying out for class the inclusion of batsmen, and Graveney for the West Indies tour would help to give the party the right blend of youth and experience.

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Only Peter May and Colin Cowdrey reared more runs the Inur or in the Tests. And Graveney's 177 against Western Australia was the highest score by an Englund player in the

entre EOLIT.

He has a Test average around Su Graveney eclipse cannot) 48 and only one present-day be explained by the fact that the player hes scured more centuries selectors are melting to build akiper Peter May.

new and youngit élevant.

In

fact, and it Impossible' la ex- plain any senre.

Graveney has been unlucky in First. many ways this sensun.

he was put out of county cricket by an arm Injury. Recently, a fractured finger put him out again,

But there was nothing wrong when the Erigland with him team was chosen for the First Test against India. And he as been averaging more than this season.

Was

F

don't care a hoot about 'T'om'n fluctuating form In

Current Parlier years.

form 1st clusa in what mallers. And Graveney scores well on bath counts.

On this reckoning. I believe the selectors were guilty of a grave injustice when they dropped him from the England

team

Subba

Now the 29 "possibles" for the 50 West

Indies Include Raman Row, Arthur Milton. Willie Watson, Peter Richardson, Trevor Ralley and Ted Dexter, And not one of these batsmen did as well as Graveney on the

Why

he dropped? Some say, "He has had a fair trial in Test matches. And he

has falled far too uften.'

1st MCC tour.

Desperate Need

Even more despersie is the need for a Terl-class pln- bowler. But again the Eng- land selectors are ignoring an outstanding candidate-out- spoken Johnny Wardle. labelled the Bad Boy of Cricket last year.

Johnny is not forgotten like Graveney. The selectors, evidently, just do not wish to know him, and he now confines his brillant spin-bowling Lo Lancashire League. It is and waste of talent and as big loss to England os Roy Gilchrist

s to the West Indies.

order is;

for

the

My England tearn Caribbean lour, in batting Pullar, Cowdrey

Barrington. May. ravency, Smith,

Wardie, Illingworth, Evans, Trucman and Statham.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE

HITS THE JACKPOT

Marks Time On

U.S. Offer

By HARRY CARPENTER

Pools Pay-Out Should Give Heavyweight Brian London, whose suspension

Clubs £500,000 A Year

by ALAN HOBY

Now it's official. Britain's big four pools firms Littlewoods, Vernons, Copes, and Murphys--will pay the Football League and Scottish League a guaranteed minimum of £245,000 a year for 10 years for the right to use the Leagues' fixtures.

Last week, the four members of the Pools Promoters' Association agreed to pay the two Leagues half of one per cent of their gross stakes-less betting duty. Other pools firms outside the association have agreed to pay royalties on the same basis.

The

from what we shall annual receipts all pools Arms-including the money.

muller companies

not in the P.P.A-are in the region of

£80,000,000.

Leagues

This means that the English and Scottish

can clean up to the tash tune of

£400,000

year or £4,000,000 over 10 years.

*

dla with:

the nominal head of every amateur and professional club In Eng- land, It is the League Manage- ment Committee who are tbo real boares,

"You can take it from me that we have no intention whatever of taking money from churches. other deserving charities, and

who derive bodier

money from private football pools." emphasised Mr Richards.

where £100,000, Throw in another the minimum the Leagues the thousands should get from

of small, privately raised pools throughout Britain who use the fixtures, and you get a glittering cascade of cash amounting to not less than

a million half pounds.

Golden

Mr Joe Richards, who an- nounced the golden haul in the ballroom of a Blackpool hotel said: "This is the greatest day in football since the League was formed in 1808,"

la-

He added: "But each case

cricket clubs running pools are concerned, for stance will have to be don aldered on its individual merits."

to the

Money in power. Fourteen Football League years ago the thumbed down a pools offer of £130,000 a year. Certain people

bc- eallod it tented monuy," cause it came from gambling.

If,

League's however, the rulers at that time had accepted that offer the money, if left the bank, would today have amounted to £1,400,000.

does not end until December 10, has received the following cable at his Blackpool home: "OFFER YOU PAT MCMURTRY BOUT SEATTLE SEPTEMBER 1 FOR TWENTY PER CENT OF GATE (signed) CONNELLY SEATTLE."

London then made a decision, which is virtually a capitulation to the British Board. He drafted a reply asking promoter Connelly to delay negotiations until after August 12.

On that date London will ap- || wood (Cralank.

In a 10-round non-title fight, pear before the board and ask them to

British light- reconsider bis *lx Dave Charnley, months' suspension.

weight champion meets Jimmy Brown (Belfast) at Wandsworth on September ). On the same bill, Terry Spinks has a B- rounder with Derry Treanor (Eire).

Behind it all is the sad tale of how London irled and falled-lo

make quick peace board so thai ho

the with could step back into the Bri- tish heavyweight picture and

nght anal eliminator with Cardiff' Joe

Ersking--the

man he knocked out in e British Tennis

rounds last year.

Apology

L

Listen to London's story, as

he told it to me:

to

"Two weeks ago 1 wrote the board apologising for every-"] thing. (He was fined £1,000. suspended me months, for fight-

of a board ruling.]

Stars To Play

Yes, money is power. So marking Floyd Patterson in defiance Two No wonder, at this resounding

well the names of Joe Richards recital of Annncial success, that the delegales

special and the Football League's tough, meeting were almost purring hard-bargaining secretary, Alan with

Hardaker. the pleasure-despite sweltering heat.

For this was a

unique oceaTM

Dynamic

"I offered to pay the £1,000 at once and asked if my aus pension could be reduced so that I could meet Erskine.

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"All I got was an acknow- Then today I heard would interview me they 50

But it was too late," added Brian bitterly.

sion. At last the cat was outr No two men have achieved ledgment. the great guessing game Was such spectacular successes i over. After winning 1gh short a time as these big names August 12. Court ruling declaring their x- of the Football League-Rich- ture lists to be copyright, and ords, the dynamic business after strenuous negotiations with mas from Barnsley, and Hor- the pools promoters, the Football dator, ex-seeretury to the Lord League have emerged 05 the Mayor of Portsmouth, ex-naval musters of English Soccer. commander, ad ex-Rugby plny.

That's team I would back Mr Richards told his beam

of League club to win in the West Indies. But ing audience

would not risk a halfpenny en chalemen that the royalty pay

inex-monts would be made each week the kind of unbalanced, perienced eleven that the Eng--although "as we have only

the agreement, shifted. land selectors have been flelding just concluded lately.

FOUR D. JONES

SOME TWO HOURS LATER, THE

INSPESTOR RETURNG........

WHEN A HODY RUBE BOBBIE, COH I, WANIE DIK..

| ENTER TWD UNION MEN, FACHASKING ABOUT THE BACK

FERDINAND

NANCY

WILL

ER---

You LEND ME A DIME ?

A--- I--- ER---A-

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BRICK BRADFORD

BACK! THE IS DR. JANUARY! DROP THE FIRST STAGE, OR YOU WONT ATTAN MAXIMILIAN SPEED!

OKAY DOC! Our IM CONCERNED ABOUT PAMÍ SHE WONT ANSWER

ME!

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OF STAMPS ON SACH LABEL AND

POST'EM IN THE WEE BOX DOTSIDE,

IT'S

BREAKIN' MY HEART TO THINK..

QUIT STALLING

For the scene of power has

the Although

Tufty

we have had no time to discuss Football Association is still the

by MADDOCKS

WAITA

MATE

GIVE ME AN ANSWER

... SHORT

AND TO THE POINT

BUSHMILLER

ORICK BLASTS FREE OF THE FIRST" STAGE

AVD CONTINUES TO CLIMB INTO OUTER

SPACE...

I'VE GOT IT! I'VE GOT THUts ANSWER TO DUR "PROBLEM-LEAVE

THOSE SACKS HERE, WE'LL CALL YOU

WHEN WE ARE.

READY,

/WHAT

NOW?

By Mik

By Erate Bushmiller

By Paul Norris

BRICK! I'M CHECKING. THE INSTRUMENTS ON PAM..SHE BLACKED OUT AT BLAST OFF.. HER PULSE IS NORMAL!. NOW...SHEEHOULD BE COMING OUT OF IT

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Scottish Regarding The League's share, secretary Hur- daker said: "Nothing has been settled. We have got to negoti- ate with them."

Britial

champton

In Moscow

London, Aug. 5. British International Gerry Oakley and Miss tennla players, Jawn Pat Ward, are to compete in the Russian lawn ten- nis championships In Moscow, beginning" August 21.

on

This will be the first Himo that British players have taken part in these championships. Too late because an hour Lnter Oakley and Miss Ward before they said they would will go on to Katovice, Poland. the will play In Kee London, the board an- where they nounced they had settled the Polish championships. heavyweight situation by

Mr Basi Reny, Secretary of ordering Henry Cooper to defend his the Bridal: Lawn Tennis Asso- who is Honorary theciation title against Erskine by end of the year,

Secretary of the International also accepted McMurtry, 27, is a 6ft 11in.. Federation, has white heavyweight from Tucoma, Mr Richards told the meeting Washington, who has lost only that Littlewoods had also agreed three his 34 professional not to proceed with their appeal fights. Willle Pastrano and Will against the recent High Court Besmonoff pulpointed him: last ruling. An arrangement saits December Nino Valdes floored factory to both parties had been him three times before stopping mude with regard

him in 2min. 39sec. at Madison Mr Joe Richarda said after the Square Garden. mecting that no further imme- diate action was contemplated about articles or statements can- sidered not in the

costs.

Lengue's

Delay?

de-

Year

The Cooper verous Ersidae interests which are contributed bout may be alightly to the Press, or in radio or TV layed until the New interviews by players, offells, because of Cooper's other referees, or linesmen.

CHRISTINE'S

FATHER

WON'T TAKE

LTA MONEY

By ROY MCKELVIE Christine Truman is going to be invited to tour Aus- tralia this winter. That is definite; but what is not

commitments which begin on August 26 at Porthcawl with an

defence Empire title

against Gawle de Klerk (South Africa). Other matches Involving British titles announced by the board last week are:

Flyweight: Frankie Joncs tholder, Plean) v. Johnny Cald- well (Belfast), Belfast, Oct. 3: Bantam, final ellrainator (ch,: Freddle Gilroy): Len Reece (Card) v. Billy Rafferty (G- row); Featherweight, dinaj ell. innator ten. Bobby Neill: Terry Spinka (lendon) V. John O'Brien (Glasgow); Lightweight elimine. Lots (ch. Dave Charnley: Barney Beale (Lambeth) v. Billy Kelly (Derby). Wandsworth, Sept 1: Dave Stone Batterseal v. Darklo Huglies (Cardi);

eliminators Light-heather Toward (Laling- Yucard):

ton) v. Eddie Wright (M)ờ End), Porthcawl Aug, 20; Jack_Whit Laker (Warwick) v. Chle Calder.

fixed is who is going to Portugal's Team For

pay the estimated £1,500 expenses of the trip.

The Australion LTA will of course pay parl. The British IMA, says secretary Bhati Reay, have offered "a generous contribution."

The Olympics

Rome, Aug. 5, Portugal will send 60 athletes to the Olymple Games in Rome next year, the National Olymple Conunlitee said here today.

They will compete in horse- wrestling, fencing, from riding.

and

But Christine's father, Mr Stanley Truman, is not prepared

to accept a contribution

the British LTA.

weightlifting, gymnastic "If necessary, I would rather catoding events, Reuter. pat my hand in my own pocket,”

he told me.

The Invitation to the 18-year- old Woodford, Essex, girl will through ME Donald Ferguson, present of the Australian TA, who discussed the proposed tour with Christine's parents recently.

DEPRIVED

Mr Ferguson would not give details of the financial terms of the tour, but I gained the im- prezalon that the Australian GTA would bear most, if not all of the cost.

"I think Christine is a player of great promise and would be a draw card to Australia," he added.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

Meanwhile the British LTA Issued a statement giving the tour their blessing and promie- ing a generous contributions. Her is a now problem by 8. Why would Mr Trumon rather Wright Wood (Shipley). White pay himself? Because, earlier to play and force Binck to give this year. Christine was thrown mate in two mores. In other off the LTA's "ncminated words, White wants to commit young players' list," thus do suicide. and Black can't stop priving her of some free coach-him.

London Repreis Burette,

ing and practico facilities.

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