1961-09-12 — Page 9

OF SPORT THROUGH STORMS, FLOODS AND

LANDSLIDE

-And all to play cricket!

Although England and Australia have now played more than 180 Test matches, no encounter between the two cricketing coun- tries has had a more extraordinary background than the first- ever Test of 1877 when James Lillywhite's all-professional touring side was defeated in the sun-baked Melbourne arena by 45 runs.

The match itself was not particularly remarkable, except that an England team has probably never bowled so erratically or fielded so clumsily. The hero was Aussie opener Charles Bannerman who, after being dropped in single figures, went on to score a match-winning 165 the first Test century - before being forced to refire with a hand injury.

Bu! the eiretinstances in which this match was played could senreely have been more sensational. Indeed, it was FL miracle that the first Test was played at all.

In jail

England match without their regular wickel-keeper beentise. I was offletally announced, slumper Edward Pooley was "absent Injured." The truth of the

Went Inte the

matter was that he was "absent

imprisoned."

England's baggage-manı, A Branuli, was also detained by the police in New Zealand.

The rest of the MCC touring team had arrived hi ́Australíu only 24 hours earlier after surviving weeks of sea-sickness, extreme fatigue, storms, floods and a landslide on their perikou travels. The players completi themselves hurky to be alive.

Violent sea storms had follow ed them all the way to Austra- laniu; it was so rough on the ship that one mentr the had been butter to death when the wheel suddenly spun rutine crazliy.

crew

River barrier

Llywhite's min arrived pale and weakened by sea-sickness. Many of them had heavy colds, while one player, Harry Jupp of Surrey, had been dropped" off at Melbourne with rheumatism.

Their troubles increased during the lour of New Zoa- land. Freak storms turned peaceful rivers Inte raging torrents, and when the bridge at Greymouth, South Island, collapsed under the pressure

NOT A RECORD

Los Angeles, Sept. 11. The American Athletle Union today announced that the 6400 metres (210 ft 2 Ing) discus throw by America's Jay Silves. fer would not be reengaised be a world record.

Silvester,

Ariny young Lieutenant, who hirendy. holds. the world record with 40.72 metres made the terrifle throw last Saturday during a meeting at the Ls Angeles University Studium.

After examining the stadium's ground a Union inspector said the slope of the ground be- tween the throwing area and the pain at fall of the discus war outside the Umits for AR official record.

The point of fall was 58.5 centimetres lower than the throwing area whereas for a throw of 64.40 metres only A maximum of six centimetres is allowed for a record throw.- AFP.

Dave Hill wins Denver Open

Denver, Sept. 11.

Favourite Dave 1 casted In with a 69 In the final round yesterday to capture the $3,500 trst pilke money in the 72-hole Denver Open Golf Tournament with a 21-under-par total of

203.

Art Wall Jr who baud the toiament's best round of $1, eurdid a 07 today und Bob Cloalby took a 08 to phuro arend and third place money with 209. Each collected $2,030, -AP.

Sports Diary

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of rising waters, the players passengers were forced 10 h to be ferried across the Jump waist-deep into the Ingoon.

river.

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Next, they travelled by Cobb rosches from Hokit aerops reuntry to Christchurch. Rains turned the mud tracks Into

As the coaches bew quagmire. came

down, the bogged cricketers often had to get ou and push.

Crazily, the couches lurched over the muddy roads the drivers and horses blinded by

clanting rain, the players and

other passengers battered and bruised as they bounced around an werken seats. Many hours behind schedule, they reached the Olifa Gorge in darkness.

Road blocked

A Woman passenger was carried to the bank by Tom Armitage of Yorkshire; the other players dragged the horses to safety and then went back to heave out the flooded couch.

That night saw Englund's cricketers lying naked on the floor of a small gearby hostel while their clothes hung out to dry before a fire.

Next morning. the MCC tourists resumed their journey only to find that

landslide ind blocked the roadway, An- other day and night had to be spent at the hostel before the road was clear and after some 30 more hours of uncomfort- micrist

they travel. and the able

reached Christchurch gerdie

that normally

ottl worn trickled over a shallow ford hungry. was swollen into a terrifying turrent of dark, swirling waters. The coachmen decided to risk the crossing.

was

stream

and

Their match was due to start one hour later.

Callantly, after three days

Pooloy bet he could forecast everybody's score.

they even faced trouble while Canterbury player would make comfortably lodged in Christ- a "duck,' church. Wicket-keeper Paoley and

Bramail baggage-nan were luvolved in a hotel bar trawl and were liter arrest- ed on a charge of assault and mallelous damage.

of joker Pooley, the

the team, with full moustache and long side-whiskers, had been unable to resist the chance of playing an old cricketing trick on one Ralph Donkin whom he met while drinking In Christ- church. The trick was to bet he could forecast every indivi dual

ayers of Canterbury make against the MCC

scure that the local 18

Wild boast

would

It seemed a wildly extrava- gant boast and the unsuspecting Donkin was happy to offer odds of 20-1, paying 1 to every

individual forecast.

After stene anxious moments, with little sleep or food, eleven sklling that Poolcy bet on an The Arst coach rolled safely up

MCC cricketers went out to The opposite bank. But the

feld against a side 18-strong-- water, over three feet deep, was

and Anally won by 24 runs. rising fast and the second cunch stuck hopelessly in mid-stream.

The horses callapred.

the couch became flooded, the

MADDOCKS BY Four D. Jones

FERDINAND

One "duck" was certain since the New Zealanders were not in The some elska as the MCC tourists. In fact, more than hull the and Pooley for each.

team falled to score

claimed a

pound

Refused to pay

Jt

Donkin refused to pay up. was a "catch bet”, he clalined.

Immediately there was a "scene of disorder." Istown were struck and properly damaged "above the value of

A5."

After being fined £5 each at the local sessions, Pooley and Bramall had to swalt trial before the Supreme Court at Christchurch on April 0, 1877. They were eventually acquitted but, in the moanime, they against Australia. missed the irst two Tests

The loss of Pooley, who had In fact, Pooley couldn't lose, once claimed 32 victims in four He had only to forecast one successive county matches, was Their worst Journeys were score correctly out of 10 to be a severe blow to England. ever and they looked forward sure

profit, and he Nevertheless, the tourists re- to better times. Unhappily, promptly predleted that every. mained. favourites at the start

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of the Arst Test since Australia were without four of their star players.

The historic meeting took place at Melbourne on March 15, 1877, and lasted only three days.

weary

England's players, from their travels, dropped several

easy catches In the fold. The bowlers sens down some full tosses which went so high that the Australian bata- men couldn't even reach them with tennis-like mashes.

Revenge

Two big problems face international soccer, says Sir Stanley_Rous

London, Sept. 11.

A top British soccer official believes two big prob- lems face international soccer in the next few years-racial difficulties in South Africa and the "everlasting one of accepting a universal set of laws."

Sir Stanley Rous, the 66-year-old secretary of the English Football Association, said in an interview: "The problem of getting whites and non-whites playing together In South Africa is a very thorny problem.

"The organisallon catering for, jun on their bread and butter.. whites is officially recognised. They want to see star foreign' The big problem is the restric-teams in action in addition to tlons placed on mixing of whites watching national league and non-whites by the govern- matches. ment.**

"I think it's an

excellent Hous sald FIFA must land thing. But I doubt if a super for "no embargoes and restrictions." But he arreed #

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was a very dimcult problem. Rous went on to say that a racial problem in the West Indies was amicably settled about six years ago.

Universal laws

to be

He also called for the Inwa of the game

nocepted universally with every country in the world playing "under an accepted interpretation ¡of

the rules."

Rous said that was done

But two weeks later, on the

unless this there was a danger same ground, England had their of masses revenge when they defeated a being necessary

of correspondence before every stronger

Australian team four wickets.

by game between tennis from dif So the first Test fereni.countries. series ended at 1-1.

New

And Ed Pooley? is hour of glory came after his trial when sympathetic

Zealanders collected E50 for his "benent and cheered him in a procession through the streets. He wen home with proft and three years later became manager of à South London billiards saloon, (All rights reserved)

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Sir Stanley Rous nominated for FIFA presidentship

London, Sept. 11. The English Football Association today confirm- ed that their secretary, Sir Stanley Rous, had been nominated for election a president of FIFA, soccer's world controlling body.

Bir Stanley Will scek election at FIFA's Extraor- dinary Congress in London on September 28 and 29.

If he is elected, Bir Stanley will continue PLS secretary of the Engilsh FA In ап honorary capacity. charging of

sald.

"We'll be back to where we started years ago." he

Teams will have to agree an things like wearing shin guards, whether substitutes should be goalkeepers is legal and so on." allowed, whether

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Rous also thought flist the development of knock-out cup competition among teams from different countries WAN др "excellent step forward.”

Said an English FA omoful: **The Congress meets again in 1932 and s president will then be elected for a period of two years."—China Mall Special.

team comprising leading teams He pointed out that later-be a big hit.

from various countries would national football was only a reflection of the domestic game "I think fans want to see in the various countries but knock-out matches among lead- added: "Now fans want a Hitle ing teams from different coun-

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RUGBY RESULTS

London, Sept. 11, Results of Rugby matches played tonight were:

23.

RUGBY UNION Abertillery 4, Ballymena 15, Lianelly 14, Irish Wolfhounds

Merchisionians 24, Old Cron- Icfghans 0.

Penzance and Newton 3. London Scottish 11.

Plymouth Albion 0, Captain Crawshay's XV 25.

Redruth 3, Penarth D. Watsonians 3, Waterloo II. RUGBY LEAGUE County Championships Cumberland 23, Yorkshire 8.

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