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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1961.

DRAMAS OF THE

The time when Len Hutton almost took

root at the

By JOHN MELVIN

Oval

The church bells ran out time and again in the little Yorkshire town of Pudsey. A peal of 364 changes was rung by o toom of eight bell-ringers in the parish church. Three hundred and sixty-four was a significant figure-the number of runs scored by Pudsey-born Len Hutton against Australia at Kennington Oval in August, 1938.

Hutlon's math indings, he left with his own score 59 lasted 13 hours 20 minutes.

This shy 22-year-old, playing his third Test against England's oldest international

opponents was the complete master of the Australlan attack weakened by

Bradman, handily, stationed at short-leg was the first to congratulate the new record- botter, then came a procession hand-shaking as the tired

and the total 540, England sut- tered a minor collapse,

Eddie Paynter stepped in front of a straight one from O'Rell and

but was leg before; Denis Compton gave Walte his one joyous moment in more than

the absence of Ernie McCormick.wo days' toll. Five hundred their leading bowler,

And yes the

tourists went

to the Oval na August 22

and Afty-five for Ave.

Before the end of the day

admiring Australiana showered their congratulations the shy Yorkshireman. The crowd broke out in spontaneous applause.

A little later the world Test

Jive

with a 1-0 lead in the series. Hutton, now partnered by fat-record went Hammond's un- Two other matches had been haired Joe Hardstaff, had reach- baten drawn and the fourth-ated 300. In so doing he passed Zealanders Mauchenier-abahiloned with the record Individual score out a ball bowled.

Began quietly

For the fourth time running Wally Hammond won the toss

and ckeeled to bol. Fulton opened the innings with Bill Edrich and faced the bowling of McCabe and Walle-an un- inspiring partnership.

England began quietly. "Tiger" O'Reilly caine on

.Bill to

bowl tightly from the Arst and claimed almost immediate suc-

Edrich

was caught by Hassett with his score 12 and the total 20.

cess.

Hutton was joined by fellow- Yorkshireman Maurice Leyland and the score begun to mount first slowly, then with Increas- ing momentum as the Australion bowlers oiled throughent the clay,

The bowling was stendy rather than sharp and the batemen had only two uncertain morients throughout the day.

Stumping chance

The Brat whe when Leyland missed a spinner Irem Fleet- wood-Smith and was within 3 whisker of being bowled; Hot- toh, when 40, was benten by the same bowler and escaped being stumped because ot Ben Bor- nett's over-engerness.

At the end of the day the two men were ill together: Ilutton had 100 against his Leyland 158.

name,

When the teams came out for the start of the second day, Monday. Austrațin faced another weary day in the Aeld.

When the stuntl reached 324 England's record partner- ship was broken, and the total reached 411 before Leyland was run out.

But si Hulton went on inexorably.

Hammond, jolning Hulton, added hy contribution to the ever-mounting total, but when

Sports Diary

TODAY

Tennis

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CCC v LRC.

Bowls

Second Div 1KFC KCC ai 8.30 PRI.

Tomorrow

Water Polo Army Kowloon v HK Regiment Victoria Park 0.30 pm. CYMCA V Holtin, Victoria Park 7 pra.

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By LEONARD BANDER

stere id probletts by J. R Neukombi (Pésti Urlap, 1009), Wiitepiny and mate in two MOVER.

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LEN HUTTON

ASHES

MAINLY

ABOUT SPORT

Рано 9

U.S. baseball A step towards

results

New York, June 28,

Results of today's Major

League baseball natches

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Cinchmoti Chiengo

-AP.

Hitchens makes Italian debut al centre-half!

Millan, June 20, Aboul 30,000 people packed the Internazionate Milan Stadium here tonight to watch Italy's latest British fontbull "import" Geiry Hitebens make lus debut for s new club against the visiting Argentina side.

But flitchens made Htte

of difference to the 1-1 result this friendly match.

former Englund Aston Vilja centre-forward a strong pivot for the made home side's attack and sent the Halians raetny goalwards reveral

Imes,

336 against the New.

And England bailed on. When al the lea years pre-Hammond declared

The by viously. Then Fleetwood-Smith interval on the third day, the

look his sweater after bowling score wax 903 for seven, more than 80 overs,

un English Test balsman against Austrolin-207 by R. E. Fuster at Sydney 33 years earlier.

cup

of ten. Surrey

Anti-climax

By now Hution wna tired in both mind and body, All he had for lunch that day was ingot a brisk pace,

Hardstaff, who had tren bat- brought train the total to 730 Sandy Tait gave him a massage Highest Test score, set by Aus- 10 beat the he returned to the pavilion at the end of the day traiin at Lord's eight years arid another before Hution before.

when

went back to the crease on the Tuesday.

Records

The records cane thick and fasi next morning.

AL Just Button was out. Tiredness brought his downfall. After 13 hours and 20 m

is record innings came to an end when an attempted Jürive ended in Hassett's hands.

cover

The rest was anti-climax, The tourists collapsed feebly. resistance There was token

Has- from W. A. Brown and sett, but with Ken Farnes and Bill Bowes in dazzling form,

and

The vinilors took the lead in the 35th minute through their

Grigual, right-wing

Milon

tennis sanity

By BRIAN GLANVILLE

An Open Wimbledon next year seems more likely than ever after the re- cent votes by the French Tennis Federation. By a landslide major- ity of 43 to six the French endorsed the principle of a so-called "third category" of players who are neither professionals nor amateurs; by an only slightly less impressive vote of 3215 they agreed to support any of the eight major international championships that become open tournaments.

man

1ry

This feaßkallons — bitight jatrendy dressing the part 11 Tennis, we're glad for this about in ho aran theasure, says tried to have paal wegi

(what?) "L'Equipe," by the lent given with him, but amall, - Racquet and ball, game for by the All England Club-in-plosive

blue

ue all, creases the cithood that this blazer intervened: "You've got It's Tennis. mahth'a meeting of the Inter-nothing to do with the lad!"" antonal Federation, In Stock- Would that those who have holm. Will carty ot feast the hog counselled him better, second of these reforms.

Tu do this, a two-thirds Russian tribute

majority is needed. The French and the British, boil commitleri now to open tournaments, hayo dozen voles each; en have the Americans, who hava been equivocaling and the Austro- obstructive. ins ztubbornly Five Hatlons-among them Italy and three Coininvhwealth coun-

riccath have seven voles, nije tõuntries each have live.

fron't believe that Australia's 12 will find enough support, this lime, do maintain the obuolescent stains que,

the end was not long delayed the scores in the second Unwise choice

Australia out for 201 and 123. were beaten by the record. Tosi match margin of an innlags of 979 and England drew the series.

Hulton Since then,

record has been beaten for both size and time, The Pakistani Hanif Mohammad took 10 hours 13 minutes to score 337 against the

MILL-AFP.

European show-jumping champion

And you pay a dollar for the fround....

"Sports Illustrated"

ve the last word: "Well, the red love didn't kill tennis, so We doubt if this song will."

Steaks demode

Anatoli Tehatkovski comes from Kley, where he's the cor- for "Sovietskl spontent

the Sport's over

Tatboxer, mouthing illeous- past few weeks, He has been looking at lyi te ting, as boxers do, Britain. He's a folly, swarthy, ex t be swallowing his aturdy young man, with re-gun-eti; he may simply be Marx eyebrows, and a discon- steaks, seems, are out-and ceding, wlty hair, Groucho taking Varidase tablet. Beef- certing habit of asking you to with the one more links with feet his biceps and, saying he boxing's Dorious past. Swallow swims every day in the Dnieper. Varlde

tablet. its

in- not

For those of us who believe ventors calm and presto! that Brilain exists in a per-one but te enzymes, strepto- manent crisis of sports facilities, kinse ard streptodornase, go Tchaikovski's observations were whizzing the hapless blood- consoling. "I was very pleased stream, via ho boxer's buccal to see how many football and pouch-wheer that is. Jnc Baker, the Hibernian erleket felds there, were, both The Low Borstein, medical centre-forward, could have gone | in vilinges and towns and cities. to Florentina; to a Arst-clus I noticed that even little child- oficer both Beth ABA,

that Vick found teani with the

eyes and support of ren were playing on them, and

brukes disapped in half the Humarli, Montuari, Peiris. that all these grounds were in time, and the astraliins, 100, Inslend. he has gone to Torino, excellent condition.

have been impurd, I wonder, a young, medioere team without

"I've travelled all over the meanwhile, who Bills Bum- Aschen, June 28. aster, hovering on the brink of British Olymple rider David relegation. There, he'll be the Stratford, and I've noticed that

country, from Edinburgh to merckill will sty Though Hulton Bave the

But his dismisant was by no West Indies in January 1038; two Broome, of Cardiff, huge crowd a moment's an- means the end

won the talisman--the throng that greet- xiety when ho completely

of the Austra-months later, during

European Show-jumping Cham-ed him bore witness to It-and along the roads there are many Test series, lans worries, Jack missed

Fingleton

belde him if he doesn't fulds, and many people with no-ball A

on Sun- from

golf clubs. The chief difference muscle

then stored 365 not out for the West Picship here today and

kalve.

score goals. ** square-cut strained

between the countries is thos in L Indies in an innings lasting only

Both Burnley Sheffield his foot in a pase Bradinan caught

Brcome had 181.7 points, 4.3 ten hours eight minutes.

Airport the Russia out. Government pays United have prese cups At Flumicino 334 of ole wom

the bowling

points more than the defending other day, wherk Hibernian great attention to the develop the Malayan Fool Associa

Piero But Hulton's mammoth endui - champion, Captain

were coming in, England going ment of physical culture, far lidh:" 1 conseguem ance test has found a permanent | Delozne, of Italy, who was nul, Baker was there, shy in a more than in, England.

sojourt in England Watay's place in history.

Pioneer-Reuier.

inulti-striped Italian blue suit- "But as I look back and see coach, the expert examiable how many, arenas ang stadiums Mr Choo. The "Bun Cup" have been built now, it is strik-will be a silver trophykter- ing-pecially the new physical State youth copation: education centre Ia Glasgow Sheffield United's cup ni bo Ugiverslty. Everything there is for teams under the aggs. splendid."

Choo hopes to bit the Malayan national lead to Europe in May

next yw, an

O'Reilly, he

Fleetwood-Smith tu

Bradman's fabulous

nt

eight years earlier-the record ferense. He sprained his ankle so Individual score for the badly that ho

England-Australia series.

was

unable to

pilzey sygain during the tour.

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The one thing which scomed

10 puzzle him was segregation the men'a and women's athletic teams. "For me, it is

Cups for Maya

the year aftor.

strange." I said that if we had Hamlet sans Gho

women like Tamara Press and La Ponomareva, then we might Aeld mixed teams.

Mr Tchaikovski grinned and said: "Russian women have an excellent appetite and eat well, therefore they are strong." But I wasn't to insult them, if I wrote, about them.

Net discord

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to

tho

Recently

not wilbo certain mild embarra ment -- I attended Tolterbis Hotspur's "double" celebrations the Savey. It way only t other day, et a British Embassy party in Vienna for the Englan players. that I was explaining to a diplomat how Burnley, in the semi-final, had played the football, while Tottenham scored the goals. An outraged voice behind me cried "Diabolicall" It was Bobby Smith, the Totten- ham centre forward.

It seems that tenals, like patriolism, Is not enough, at least no far as the Kramer Circus is concerned. As they go The celebration, given cochet on their way, bringing joy to by Sir Terence Donovan, Lord diminishing thousands, they are Justice of Appeal, who proposed actually peddling a song. The the toast of the club, was never- natno is. "It's Tennis," and it theless like Hamlet without the achloves an almost exquisite Ghost; for where was the in- banality:

exorable fluency of Blanch- We love this game best of all.) flower? Tennis, the greatest panie.

Alas, in Canada.

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