1961-06-06 — Page 9

RICHIE BENAUD....faces toughost cricket assignment

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THIS MAN BENAUD

His deceptive casualness has produced many dramatic solutions on the field

London.

By SIMON KAVANAUGH

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top-spinner, emerged as the top was all in his dressing gown wicket-taker with thirty dia- and pyjamíbi

Like a good missals to his credit.

| newspapermen he did not misa

the deadline.

His biggest challenge; how- ever, was still to come,

It came on the MCC trip do Austratin in 1958-59. With an

· Craig-unût, a-new-contain had

viously

"going

bo Nell Harvey, vice-captain under Craig and with the experience

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The rest of the day was A scries of quick change acts with two practice ressiona

to supervise, a cocktail party and an official dinner to atend, and

He has a casual approach, this 6ft, 14 stone crime reporter

with the taste for bright bow ties. It is that deceptive to be appointed." It Was ob- correspondence to deal with. sort of casualness that produces the dramatic solution on the last page of the whodunnit. Richie Benaud has produced many dramatic solutions on the of eight years Test cricket! Jumps at the chance of mestiny

ericket field."

He has led Australia to victory in successive Test series against Eng- land, Pakistan, India and the West Indies. In 50 Tests he had taken 204 wickets, scored 1,698' runs and held 40 catches.

He now faces his toughest cricket hasignment to bring Australia through a Test series in England, victoriously and enterprisingly.* Victoriously, because Bennud like any sportsman, especially an Austra

Han sportsman, likes to win. Enterprisingly, because Benaud wants to help lift Test cricket front the gloomy rut it so often follows.

lie has made a stari. The This was the state of affairs Indles that faced Benaud when he recent Australia-Weal series was the most exciting in went out to bat on the Monday West Indies morning the fourth day of crickel history.

match. In front of him Renaud the art the pace, but

Ten minutes after lunch, he of his was within thres runs echtury. With no thought of playing it safe, he went for the if that would have hoisted his

eagerly nocepted the challenge, an uphill task against one of hundred in fittingly dramatic As bents the story book here, the best attacks England has style. Dit is cleaving hock did Benaud revels in a challenge. If ever mounted-Statham, True-net meet the ball with the full Wardie face of the bat, merely with un not he would not now be in Eng-nau, Bailey, Laker, land as Austrolla's captain, le Behind him a record of aimosi. would not be here at ni.

unbroken influre against Eng-edge. Renaud Brst toured Englanti land. His top score was 34. in 1953. Australla had been on top of the cricket world for over Twentytwo-year-old 20 years. Bennu was one of the bright young men who were going to keep them there.

Australia did not stay on top. England won the Ashes for the fr time since 1932-33 series, Benaud's ས་ས Tesi Innings yirked a total of 15 runs. His tavo Test wickets cost 174 runs,

Greatest innings

Back came the Australfins in 1056. The twin bogeys of Jim

wickets sent Laker and chusty them Lumbling to defen Benaud won generally as un- distinguished as his colleagues. But he did play the greatest innings of the series.

It was at Lord's in the recond Test A batting collapse hud leit England 114 runs behind on first innings, but capturing the first six Australian wickets for 112, England were back in the gank.

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The big challenge

It was the big chailenge, to his technique which many thought not sound enough, to Bis mental attitude, which Lanch not though! MATY enough. Bennud regards himself as a natural cricketer who establish-

his dashing style early in his. career.

by He fashioned it bowling at a concrcie wall and He did driving the rebound. this for hours on end. He has modded his style on advice, but has always refused to allow any one to change it.

Could he change i now?

The question never arose. He did not try. He went for Eng- Innd's much-feared bowling with Irreverent assurance, His fifty an hour. eame up in just over

In the normally tense over be fore lunch he clouted ten runs and went in to enjoy his saled two having scored 67 runs in hours out of a total of 100.

SAY WHAT YOU WILL, BUT I PEAR YOU ARE ON YOUR JACKE

SOMEONE MUST FACE

THE RUSSIANS

"AND YOU ARE?

KE, DEAR BOTY

The ball was skled and there waiting below was England wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans to deny Benaud his merited een- tury.

Australia, however, were well set on the victory path, and another romped along it with fine bowling spell by Keith Miller.

His peak

Come the bombshell. Benaud was appointed: The critics atormed: Unfair to Harvey. Unfair to Benaud, how couļa he Be expected to do the job and tarry on the role of leading boller...

Benaud's answer was to do 1hb jo so well that Australia ivon tour of the tive Tests and drew the other, and to 'bów! so well that he took more Wicket series: than any other bowler in the

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His character The people who wrote rèndud bn bèfore "lo Begin the Job overlooked an Em- portant fact... Benaud's char- acter-It fuss played'as big's pårt trẻ his success as his technicat ability and ihrewd · cricketing brain.

These daya leading the team on the field is just a part of Test captaincy,

Binnud cees it all as part of the challenge of life, and almost

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When

captaining Australia at home he has fewer formal functions to attend, but he does have a job to do. Hia position with the Sydney Sun takes in general reporting. * police - beat And A teekly cricket coform "Come In Spinner." Ilia Iravels with him trips and he will

AMERICAN YOUTH

GETTING SOFT

Washington, June 5,

Is American youth getting soft? Congress was

told today that the answer is yes.

Ainess of

the young

Brants for

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schools to improve their

'programmes.

Churlea Wilkinson, Athletle More children now ride to Director and Head Football school instead of walking or rid- Coach at

the University of | Ing their bicycles, he said. Oklahoma, süld recent studies at Yale, Weat Point and the Wilkinson's comments

contained in testimony zup- University of Illinois show "a

porting a programme of Federal gradual deterioration" In physical

matching Americans.

which want physical Atncas Wilkinson, a speclat adviser

UPI. to President Kennedy on the subject, Bald other studies also indicate 18, youngsters are "not nearly as fit” as thoas In Great Britain or Japan. He told a House Education Sub-commitee that only 25 por of America's schools are doing an adequate job in the physical fitness feld.

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Le Mans, June 5. Entric In this year's eclebrat- ed Le Mans 24-hour sports cor "To a great degree, they have race will be formally disclosed neglected their responsibilities within two days, it was 471- for the physical development of nounced here today. Fifty six children," Wilkinson said.

teams are expected to compete war in the gruelling classic on June phone his copy through before ¦ comes the nation probably 30 and 11.

taking the field.

typewriter on cricket often telo-

He lo no despot. He tro quently calls on Neil Harvey, once again vice-captain, for ad- vice and pays tribute to the help Harvey and other senior players have given him.

On the feld Benaud imposes по curfew

his players, doesn't mind if they breakfast in bed and often does so him- self. His approach is summed up in his own phrase “We're all mates."

But...he expects his mea to Of the fleld there are give one hundred per cent, or functions to attend, the press to he wants to know why. And deal with. items which more on the ahip journey to Britain than one captain has found the Austrálian party subjected intolerable burdens. At the themselves' to the most rigorous start of the present tour, for keep ft routine of any touring instance, a typical Benaud day side. would begin at 7.30. By nine o'clock he had showered, break- fasted and answered 12 tele- phone calls.

One fixed

an interview

Injuries

He is of quiet disposition. But for at the fail of on

opposition

Jose But Benaud had Bomething to redeem his play- Int reputation, the tour did he nothing to suggest that

his wonid ohe day fead

Quile the reverse.nine. Then conterence deal wicket Benaud is transformed. country. Tho end of tour reporting with transport arrangements Alp catch" will ached him into labelled him as non-captainey for the whole tour was hastly war dance of delight with

arranged for that time. This thugs material.

for catcher und bowler lasted two hours twenty minutes alike. during which Benaud dashed This uncricket-like behaviour nway for ten minutes to give | may stem from an uncricket- his interview and answered an- like ancestry. His great-great- other half

a dozen

telephone grandfather came to Australia calls.

The end of the conference left him just ten minutes to prepare for an official function and he

So for the trip, to South Africa the captaincy went to young Tan Craig. with Nell Harvey as vice-captain. On this tour Benuud reached his play- ing peak. He was third in the batting averages and, adding the googly to his leg break and

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Bichie Benaud lends a com- fortable suburban Jife in Sydney with his wife and two sons. But like all heroes he foced danger, Aelding almost within bal-swinging distance at short leg. A trac- lured anger and a row of false teeth bear witness to the hazardis he bas faced in the cause of catching,

Once, when batting, he miss- ed his stroke and got the bal clean. between the eyes. His skull was fractured,

Tire injuries, the difficulties, the setbacks, they are all part of the challenge of Richle Benaud's Hifc.

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would not have ilme to get its potential fighting good shape.

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Among the expected teams in the trinis June 7 and } QFC: said that during Joachim Bonnier (Sweden) and the past 10 years, advancements Grahem Hill_(Britain), Olivier higher standard of living have HID (United States), and

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London, June 5. Ron Gaunt and Graham Mc- Kenzie, the Australian fast bowlers, are both to have' in- lensive fitness 'dests in the nets of Edgbaston on Wednesday, Gaunt has not played since he pulled a musclé agélnat Cam- bridge University three weeks Ugo and McKenzie hás - bteu troubled by a strained back.

The Australians, worried about the new-ball partner for Alan Davidson, Fare not ex- pected to name their side for the first Test match until after the net practice on Wednesday, Norman O'Neill, the Austra- lian batman hay có d his car win. Richle Behaud, that he has started heat treatment in La- don for bis Khee Injury hind that both he and the''specialist are pleased with the improve- ment so far.-AFP."

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