1959-12-10 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959.

Malayan Skipper Bowled

Unique Cricket

Brabham, Moss Or Brooks Can Win World Drivers' Championship At Sebring

New York, Doc. 9.

in an

British racing driver Tony Brooks, currently third in the World Drivers' Cham-

pionship standings, commented on his reported possible retirement article published in the American weekly, Sports Illustrated, today. "It has been rumoured in the press that my future in racing depends upon the out- come of Sebring", declared Brooks, referring to the United States Grand Prix at Sebring, Florida, on Saturday-last Formula one race of the season.

If I win the championship per- tion would be 25% (present to leges Eam expected to retire. The Hat plus six (for second) plus advent of family responsibilities one (for fustest lapì, minita one, y wife and I have a new He woula beat Brabham by half also beat <1.hier)

a point. ite would

11s line of

has probably led to

1 am thought,

not have tc [ur my livelihood.

a

dentist and do

Autor-race

Every year, consequently, I find the pros and myf weighing

racing cons of continuing tomist shall do so again.

No

and

In the article Brooks

Ex chancen measured

of Austraila's

me by half a point, even if i won the race.

the Brabham win "Should race, or finish second with the fastest

would be un- lap, he

champton assailable workt whatever Moss or myself did." and Brooks Brabham, Mors Jack are all three out for their third win this year. Brabham and Britain's Siri-Grand ITX ing Moas to take the world bham won the Monaco and championship.

British races, Moss the Portu-

Intan and Russe und

Brooks German. the French and Sweden's Joachim Bonnier won the other Grand Prix in Holland.

'Must Win'

One thing In certain.

to win thei m win the race.

A win Championship

would rive me a further eight points,

1 in . and equal to Brabham

if he Enished in no better than

ircl position Although

Another American who was runner-up in

Iwo

the Inst Indianapolla 500-mile evenis, will be at the wheel of the Tec Mer.

McLaren, the New Zealand rep-|

- will

with restitutive American Masten Gregory in a Cooper Climax.

Other France's

277

team

top Maurice Trintignant

curants

tire

(Cooper

The Tec Mec is a creation of Climax), Germany's Hatian engineer Valerio Cololl, Wolfgang Voi Tripps (Ferrari), the man who perfected the new America's Harry Scholl

gearbox for the Cooper Clinux and Climax)

Mike used this year by Moss. The (Cooper

Maserati). Tec Mee weighs less than 600 (Cooper Taylor Venezuelan Ellore Chimer will los. I has a tubular chassis pilot Maserati and Argentine with four independent wheels,

Tomaso Alerandro

and a 270 horsepower Maserati Onen.

De

Newcomers

motor.

The number of ears represent- ing ench stable is Ove Cooper

four Climax,

Ferrari. three Lotus, two Maserati, two Cooper Florida Maserati, one Osen, one Porsche, Connaught, CRO Kurtis

Oppenbuter and

E Mcz wins the Sebring enIC race, it will be his third straight ! Kraft Formula One win.

Points Standings

Avealed trish with the same The points at Sebring will be number of points as Brabhamarded as

I would win the championship eight.

follow First third seconds. four, fourth three and th

The fastest lap will to two,

worth one point.

at the basis of having won three Grand Prix events Brabham's two.

Only the last five placings | "loss, on the other hand, would win the championship if for each driver count toward the hanished second, providing championship,

e al made the fastest lappoints records of

30:4

Brabham

Buished Da

Bargher than third. Moss's posi-

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

5th Race Meeting 1959/60-- First Day

Owners are reminded that! Declarations of sturters and riders close at the Secr tary's Ulice, Happy Valley,

10.00 a.ra. on- Friday, 11th December, 1959.

A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 9th Dec., 1959.

'THE HONG

Here are the the Three

drivers in races at Monaco, Hol- instad, Fraser, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Italy;

Brabham

9-800-4-31.

Mons

7116.50-2-8-25.5.

Brooks

60~8~0~8-10-23.

The

ul

V.S.

Grand Prix

1930 will start which hours GMT on Saturday, wili

over a distance be run 218

kilometers) mlies (350 or 42 lap on a twisting and relatively difficuli circuli which is 5.2 miles {about 8.4 kilometers) ləng.

A total of 22 drivers from eight countries have enrolled for the race.

The

the most

home country entrants with as eight, followed by Britain with France with two and Australia, the Argentine, Vene- zuela, Germany and New Zea- land with one aplece. Bruce

seven.

KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

5TH RACE MEETING Saturday 12th and Saturday 19th December, 1959. (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club)

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 16 RACES. The First Belt will be rung at 1.30 pm. and the First Race run at 2.00 p.m. on both days.

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 am. on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

one

Ter Mec.

The la: two-named cars are nev comers to big races and it will be curious to see how they ገና well 1 Their perform, drivers.

The Kurtis Kraft, a "dwar?” compared to the standard racing corn, will be driven by American veteran Jim Rath-

RUGBY RESULTS

Results

گاره

London. Dec. 8.

today's Rugby

Union courtly championship

matches were:

Dorsel and Oxfordshire 11.

Prizes

75114,250 prizes in th. us. Grand Prix ung by Automobile Club will be split up as follows: $6.000 to the winner, $4.000 10 the ravi placer, $2,000 to the thir, $1,000 to the fourth. $750 to the fifth and $500 to the sixth. Many other prizes in merky and it goods offered last commercial firms will be awarded.

The Sebring track is partly airport lying strips and part- Iy roadway. IL varies in width from 20 metres on the strips to eight metres on the roadways Part of the sur- facings are cement, and part

asphalt

macadam. Several sections of the track are pretty hard and the sur- facings very rough,

аге

Wiltshire 22, 55 kilometres

or

The track has a dozen turns, three of which are slow (40 to

The per hour). others can be taken at average Easter Courilles 3. Hamp-speeds of from 110 to 145 kilo- shire G.

metres per hour and a few at 100 kilometres and over, Un Herfordshire 10. Sussex 0. Surrey 5. Middlesex ek the canted European trackz, Reuter.

Sebring is completely flat.-AFP.

The Malayan cricket team's skipper M. Sathasivam is seen here being clean bowled by L. G. Ebert after scoring 38 runs in the Malayans' match against the President's XI at Sookunpoo last Tuesday.

The Malayans won the match by 36 runs to chalk up their second suc- cessive victory in Hongkong. Today they continue their two-day match which began yesterday, against the Combined Services at Club de Recreio. - China Mail photo.

MCC Players Pakistan

Seasick

On board the 'Camito',

Dec. 9. Several MCC Players have been seasick as a result of rough weather en- comiered on the first day of their trip to the West Indies.

However, the sea has not been as rough as expected. but plans for daily physical training have been shelved until the cricketers gel their "aca leg”

farewell

Among many messages received by Mr R. W. V. Robins were cables from the Duke of Norfolk and Mr H. 3. Altham, president of the MCC.- China Mail Special.

England Rugby Selectors

Make

14 Changes

For

Second Trial Match

London, Dec. 9.

The England Rugby Union team selectors today made only four changes to the "Probables", who beat the "Possibles" 14-6 in the first selection match on Saturday at Banbury, for the second match on December 19 at Exeter.

Three of the four changes are is the sole member of the to the three-quarters line, where "Fosalbies" to get a promotion. only centre Brown who scored

two tries on Saturday keeps The other change is in the his position. The three new second line, where Perry Joins linesmen were all internationals Harlequins teammate Marques. No Person without an admission badge, which must be

last season. They are Jackson and Young, wings for the Lions Of the losers, only five players prominently displayed throughout the meeting, will be admitted.

are cbtainable in Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day

the Antipodes, and three keep

positions full- during office hours from the Club's Cash Sweep Ofees, aquarters centre Phillips. Young back Rutherford, three-quarters Blackmore and Dee and for- Queen's Building, Chater Road, 5, D'Aguilar Street, King's Road, on the written

wards Webb and Wills. North Point, and 382 Nathan Road, only introduction of a Member.

ADMISSION BADGES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS.

Tiffs will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).

NO CHILDREN under the age of seventeen years, Western the Club's premises during the be admitted to Standard wil Meeting.

www

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable

at the Gate.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gala re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be available in the RESTAURANT.

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $16.00 each per day and $32.00 for both days may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offees at Queen's Building, (Chater Road), 5, D'Agullar Street and 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon, during office hours.

Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 am. on Friday, 11th December, 1959, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.

Special Cash Sweep Tickets at $2.00 each on the Pearce Memorial Cup scheduled to be run on 13th February, 1960 and Cash Sweep Tickets at $2.00 each for the last race on 19th December, 1889, may be obtained from the Club's Cash Sweep Offices.

The Office hours of the Club's Cath Sweep Offlees are as follows: Queen's Building (Chater Road) and B, D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong on

Week-days, Mondays to Fridays ....

Saturdays 5th December

Saturday 12th and

Saturday 19th Decenjer

Dam. to 5 pan.

9 am to 12.30 p.m.

9am to 11 am

King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong and 382 Nathan Road,

Kowloon on-

Week-days, Mondays to Fridays

Saturday 5th December

Saturday 12th and

Baturday 19th December

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

9 am to 11.45 am.

9 am to 11 am

By Order of the Stewards,

Hong Kong, 5th December, 1850.

A. E. Arnold,

Secretary,

Combined

Services Follow-On

The Combined Ser- vices were fighting hard to avert an in- nings defeat by the lunch interval in the second day's match of their two-day match against the Malayan cricket team today.

Resuming their first innings this morning they were all out for 114 runs. forced to follow-on they had lost five wickets for 45 runs when the lunch interval came-d

ARMY MAN IN

COMMAND

Capt Frank Reynolds, of the Army Physical Training Corps, stationed at Aldershot head- quarters, has. been appointed manager of the 'Britim hockey team for the Olympic Games in Rome next year. Recently back from tour of duty in Singapore and Berlin, Capt Reynolda hay played twelve times for: England drid won a silver modal at the 1040 Olypoplay---Bararen Bervice.

their

Two Oxford Men

The

was capped for the eighth and last time in 1956 and Currie is a former trommate of Marques,

Line-Ups

PROBABLES

The line-ups ar

ton); P. Jackon (Coventry). M.

J. Hetherington (Northamp

Phillips (Oxford), (Blackheath) and

H. J.

Brown Young

B

Score

Upset

Win Over Iran in

Asian Cup Soccer

Ernakulam, Dec. 9.

Pakistan defeated Iran by four goals to one here

Record

Melbourne, Dèo. §. Melbourne sportsmen are claiming a unique "cricket record for 14-year-old schoolboy Keith Gent, # medium- paced off - spin bowler.

Keith plays in an under- 13 Melbourne suburban Junior grade league and in The last three innings in which he bowled took 22

wickets for 38 run.

Last Saturday week be took six wickels for IR PUNA, claiming three wickets in tour balin iwlen In the second Innings ho took six wickets for une run, sain with three wickets

four

talla Lwice.

At the weekend his team had lost both openers with- ous score when John weni to the wicket.

His side declared at 95 Tus for two wickets with John undefeated nt 48. The young bowler then dimiss- rd all of the opposing bats- men for 17-China Mall Special.

O'Neill Heads Test Batting Averages

Karachi, Dec. 9. Norman O'Neill, forcing 22- year-old Australian bats- man, headed the batting averages in the Australia- Pakistan Test series which ended in Karachi today.

He averaged 72.00 from six

today in the Asian Cup West Zone football tournament at the Maharaja's College grounds. innings, three of them not cuts,

It was a great victory for un- fancied Pakiston against favouri- tes Iran. All the guals were scored in the first half. Centre- Ummer spored thrice forward and outside-right Fakir once fer Haji Pakistan. Outside-right Mokhtar melted Iran's only goal fought and I was a closely vely match,

especially in the Pakizion hail.

struck firs! phenomenal form today to con-

Their found followers of form.

heights Idefence rose to great

while their ferwards were sim- ply brilliant.

Barcelona In Soccer Final

Barcelona, Dec. 9. Barcelona, the holders, to night qualified to meet Birining- ham City is the final of the European Inter-Cities Fairs Soc- cer Cup competition.

The highest aggregate of 273- 55 more than O'Neill's-wus made by Neil Harvey, who was

In the this time second with 54.00.

list

Kon Mackay,

right arm medium-pace bowler, was top of the bowling average with 10 wickets at 19 runs apiece.

Hanif Mohammad. 24-year- old Pakistani who acored ank undefeated century in the third and final Test today. hended his side's batting averages with 00.80. Most runs were scored by

with Saced Ahmed

334,

They beat Belgrade 3-1 in Centre-forward

the second leg of their semi-averaging 55.68. He has now Ummmer was the hero of the day

Anal to qualify on a 4-2 goal scored 1,041 runs in 11 Tests. fand his goals were the result of

The aggregate.

teams bad and uncanny opportuntim

drawn 1-1 in Belgrade in Octo- thrust.

ber.

Iran played clean and methodical foolball but were unlucky to see their effor's go amray. It was Iran who took the lead in the tenth minute when Haji Makhtar found the net with a. smart right-footer from just outside the penalty box. Pakistan fought back and minutes later Unmer levelled the score with a power- ful shot. In the 27th minute abend when Pakistan forged Fakir Hussain beat the whole Iran defence with a sudden Spurt

and scored, of speed Ummar added two more bril- liant goals to put his team four- one up--AFP.

ten

ENGLISH FA CUP RESULTS

London, Dec. 9. (Harlequins); A. Risman (Man-

Fourth division Crystal Palace chester) and

Jeeps

non-League club (Northampton Captain); eliminated

Margate from the English Foot- mediocrity of the Rimmer

(Old Birkonians); W.

ball Association Cup by defeat- Oxford-Cambridge match yes-Morgan (Medicals) and P

ing it three-nil in their second terday resulted

round replay match here tonight. cepting the already established R. Marques (Harlequins); P. The teams tied in the first International Philips, only Wright (Blackheath; H. God-match on Saturday at Margate. two Oxford forwards were

win, Hocker, and selected for Exeter. They are (Coventry). Wilcock and Murray.

In that, ex- Ryan (Richmond); D. Perry and

POSSIBLES

P. Judd

visit will Palace Crystal second division Scunthorpe United in the third round,

second Other

round ru-

play results were;

The absence of Wilcox, full-back who played a Anc

D. Rutherford (Percy Park);

Torquay United (fourth divi- INITIA yesterday, is a ittle M.

Bluckmore (Barnstaple),

sion) 1. Gingham (fourth) 2. surprising.

Hetherington J. Dee (Hartlepool Rovers), W. (Gulingham will receive and Rutherford played rex-Patterson (Sale) and P. Thomp Swansea Town (second) in the

but

peelably at Banbury.

Also to be noted "Possibles" team is sence of centre another Lion who was

son (Waterloo); M. Weston 3rd round).

In the old

J. (Richmon) and Williams Bradford City (third) 2,

Millhillands): D. Wils Rochdale (fourth) 1. the pre-(Wasps), G. Parker (Manches- (Bradford City will receive Patterson,er) and S. Wilcock (Oxford); Everton (Brat) in the 3rd round), forced. Price (Coventry) and J. Cur Crewe Alexandra (fourth) 2. out of the Banbury match, and rie (Harlequins); C. Murray Stockport (fourth) 0. the recall of the two internationals Williains

Curric Scrum-half

former (Oxford), S. Hodgson (Durham

(Crewe Alexandra will and City), Hooker, and L. Webb celve Workington (fourft) Williams (Oxford-Captain)AFP.

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the 3rd round)-AFP,

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In

Medium-pace bowler Fuzal Mahmood took 11 Australian

Birmingham reached the final wickets at a cost of 19.27 apiece. last month--Rcuter.

THE

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