1948-12-17 — Page 6

TOMORROW'S LEAGUE CRICKET

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948.

By "RECORDER"

OFFICIAL PUNCHED

RECREIO STAND COMFORTABLY

TOP OF THE LEAGUE

Except for three postponed games, tomorrow's programme will see the end of the first half of the First Division Cricket League season. Recreio "have a comfortable three-point lead on the Army and will be up against an

casy opponent.

Army, to close this margin, require a win while Recreio draw. The chances are that Recreio will win comfortably tomorrow while Army, faced with the now formidable Scor- plons, should draw at best, perhaps lose.

7 5 2 0

Cricket is the most unpredictable of games and what may be looked forward to from the second half of the season should bo for different from what was served up in the first half,

the Recreio has been a steady quantity The Scorpions have passed all through. Their team is no bet-experimental stage as a team and I ter or worse now than it was when can't see them losing to anyone in the season commenced. There have the second half of the season. been some radical changes of form in most of the other teams.

Craigengower and IRC, apparently games following on tomorrow's, have the Army 85 well, seem to have also passed successfully through the tolten off what they were in Octo-experimental ern. ber and November,

MAY BE SHAKEN,

The University, who will be at home at Pokfainm

for the

HOW THEY STAND

P W D L Pts.

nine

Recrelo Army Scorpions Optimists University RAF KCC IRC Craigengewer Royal Navy

The RAF and the Optimists have Though Recrelu could hardly lose had their ups and downs and should to the discouraged Indians tomorrow continue having them, KCC liave or to the equally discouraged Crai- had no bright afternoon 50 far. gengower in their next match, they Royal Navy ure sill waiting for the will not have as easy a time of the day when a full eleven can face the second, half- the reason as they opposition.

had of the Arst,

TEST MATCH

S. Africans All Out For 161

*

Durban, Dec. 16In a race against the weather, England's bowlers dismissed 'South Africa for 101 by ten time today in the firal Test here.

Recreio

TEAM AVERAGES PER WICKET

They could well lose to the Army. Scorpions, Optimists, RAF, KCC (perhaps in the postponed match as well), and University. Or they Optimisis could draw several of these matches Scorpions and find the two first-meniloned RAF teams as much in the running for the Championship by inid- February,

Army, though standing second to date, will have to be on their toes from now on not to be overlaken by either of the KCC teams or the RAF. see them. having a hard time of it even to repeat their vic tory over University in the second round.

The Scorpions, who stand third. seem to have the brightest future even if they cannot depend on Pearce taking three wickets in every match Bad light prevented her bats-with full tosses. At worst, they can pile up 200 runs for six wickets and men from forcing home the it back while the opposition tries advantage, for with England's to emulate that feat in 75 to

Bcoro

DO

The Optimists and RAF have ready drawn and lost too many games, as have University and KCC. But all should have a brighter time ahead than in the first half of the competition,

at one for no wicket, minutes. stumps were drawn 45 minutes early. This decision was made after a wait of more than half an hour for an improvement.

From the time that Alec Bedser and Cliff Gladwin took the new Ανα ball at 148, South Africa lost wickets for 13 runs in 20 minutes A persistent drizzle fell during that time.

atmosphere,

TOMORROW'S CHOICE

KCC Army

BATTING

Total Wkts Average Runs Lost Per Wkt.

011 45 22.44

B01 43

B25

1,143 73

1,005 50

20.71

20.10

36.05

5.40

63

13.00

720 61

11.03

Craigengower University INC

.782 74

10.50

758 72

10,52

602 58

10.37

Royal Navy

918 72

8.58

BOWLING

50 024 60

Runs Wkts Average, Given Taken per Wkt

05 0.01 050 05 '10.13 736 720

039 57'

.11.13 13.27 -13:39 14.71

707 32

14.75

843

50

15.05

17.10 17.33

Recreio

my............ Scorpions RAF University KCC IRC Optimists Royal Navy 1,049 01 Craigengower 1,002 63

CATCHES

60

N. Tieltrao, Recrolo's wicket- keeper, and L. D. Kilber, Optimists' In the number of captain, lead catches held in League cricket

League far. Kübee played in six matches and Boltrao in seven.

Leading the catches are: LD. Kilhce (Optimists) The best cricket to watch tomer. Beltran (Recreio) row should be at Chater Road, Pie. D. Burton (Army) where the Optimista take on RAF Dr A. M. Rodrigues (Recreio) In what will be anybody's game, T. A. Pearce (Scorpions) and at Sockunpoo, where. I can't co K. Nazarin (IRC) Helped by the heavy, humid the Army bowling dismiss the Scor D. Chelllah (University)

even with J. M. Gosano (University} with their swing plons for over 150. bowling, Bedser and Gladwin took Steplo, Banton and Jones at their W. Howard (Optimists) four for 39 and 3 for 21, respectively. best.

G. A Souza (Craigengewer) I can also foresee Clague and Gee A. M. Prata (Recreio) Roland Jenkins, playing in his Arst Test match for England, got work havoc with the Army batting while there are always Howarth, a wicket with his third ball,

take bowlers were backed up by excel-Owen-Hughes and Pearce to

enre of the tall. One never knows lent fielding and good catching.

the who Scorpions will open their South Africa mada a bad start.

The following have been selected bowling with.

represent LLC, 18 XI in a league Tic losing her first two wickets for 18

The Chater Road match, with good

ket match against Recreio ist X1, play Then the captain. Dudley

bowling on either side in a continueding at Bookunpoo on Saturday, com Nourge, and Bruce Mitchell, playing rut, should be a high-scoring one. moncing at 145 pm. R. Abbas in his 30th Test, came together in it may well end in a draw.

(capL), A. El Arculli, A. K. Ismall, 5. A. Ismail, S. 11. Chan, A. I. Madar, A. a third wicket partnership of 51, and

at home to the Navy Ксе

R Kitchell, K. Nazarin, I. M. Omar, M. aro seemed to be carrying South Africa

1. Razack, A., R. Sumad, timpire, G. M. Bult; scorer, A. M. Wahab. through or awkward period when and it Hart is playing, may be out

runs.

The

Nourse, with his score at 37, fell to a marvellous catch by Alan Watkins. Mitchell was out for 27, one of Bed- ser's vicilma.

D. Begbie, who joined Nourse as Joint top scorer with 37, and Dawson (24)-put up 49 for the sixth wicket before the ultimate collapse, which saw only, 13 runs added minutes.

In 20

The ten interval was prolonged to 35 minutes because of rain, and

Cricket Teams

IRC

CRAIGENGOWER

to

The following will represent Cratgen Tower against University in a senior to-

under three figures. It is not incon- ceivable that Navy takes is first four points for a win tomorrow.

Craigengower

cntertain the University and I have a feeling that League match at Happy Valley

will undergraduates

G. A. Bouza, K. Y. Tam, R. Tay, S. thoroughly. entertained. If they Ramchand, G. Hong Choy, P. J. BU- open their bowling with J. C. Koh; morla, A. I. Imall, F. Crabtree, J. L. Youngaaye, R. O, Baker, H. P. Lim. C. A. he could do better than Pearce's 6 Larn

the

the

be

morrow:

for 8 last week.

The University left-hander is Just TENNIS

man to unleash against the Craigengower batting. He could well finish up with eight for three,

u start was made an appeal all caught out in odd corners of the when against the light was upheld whenfeld.

only two balls had been bowled. Craigengower, I was told on good England were one run for no authority, will be just about ready wicket when play was thus brought to pack up if something of that to a premature close-Reuter. nature happens.

EARLIER PLAY

Interport Soccer

Hardcourt Open Quarter-Final

in the other half of the ment

Dayton, Ohio, football players examing the nose wound of head linesman Frank Jones after he had been punched. in the face by Don Mills, Dayton guard, who objected to being put out of the game held at Chattanooga, Tenn.

Jones was nol-seriously hurt but was given a blood transfusion for loss of blood. Chattanooga players look on—AP Wirephoto.

John Macadam's Column

Soccer Scramble Starts Early

Usually, it is about a couple of days before Christmus that the Soccer boys cast contemplative eyes over the League tables and mutter to themselves: "They'll go

and so on. down and They'll go up, and

Like the so-called milder weather (pass ma that wool- ly vest) the muttering and the eyeing of the League tables has come earlier this year and, don't mention it to a soul, but there are a lot of chaps shivering in their goloshes.

It is an ancient axlem of the understood to be £17.000. geme of faniball that 34 points at the end of the season pula a sido in a safe position a position they 20 points can achieve by getting around Christmas.

This is one of the Old Directors' tales in which we ourselves believe

and, this being so, a scrutiny of the week-end's tables Indicates that whatever fight eventuates for the various championships, it will bo croquet-on-the-lown stult compared with the fight to avoid going down. Regard the deep end of the First Division-upwards from Villa (13 points) to Huddersfield and proud Preston (14), Sheffield United (15), Everton and Middlesbrough with Chelsea, the Old Invincibles, lying not too far up with 19.

HOW MUCH?

“LET'S FORGET THE DAVIS CUP FOR FIVE YEARS,” THEY SAY

GATE RECEIPTS FALL FOR LACK OF A TILDEN

*

· By CORNELIUS RYAN

New York, Dec. 16-Money talka loudly enough to be heard even by the most aloof and hidebound" of lawn tennis associations,

Sports writers agree that no organisations aro staffler and more self-important than the various national tennis groups, but oven these august personages are interested in cash.

And when cash remains stub. borniy

away from the box office, aigns of life can be seen among tennis, moguls

Thus the 1948, Davis Cup chai- lenge round produced the worat tennis and the most life of any such international final.

The USA retained the cup by whipping Australia five matches to none, and lost only two sets in the five matches.

Australian Sport

By PETER MULGRUE

Nor was it A great American Boxing Find Began ordinarily good players, aged from As Booth-Fighter

team which 10 humiliated tho Aussies. 'It was just a quartet of

27 to 34.

NO GREAT NAMES

Like Allm star Errol Flynn, Jack Hassen, latest contender for Vic There were no great names and Patrick's vacant lightweight crown, so the customers stayed away from had his first dove.flalit In Jimmy the West Side Tennis Club at Sharman's boxing tent at an agri- Forest Hilla.

cultural show.

on

Gate receipts for the three days Tom Nevin, Queensland fight were $10,000. In 1945 at Melbourne manager, spotted him when he put the Cup finals drew $00,000, and inst year at Forest Hills the matches Sharman's troupe during the war,

the gloves; against one of drew, $15,000.

Nevin got an option over Hassen's "Davla Cup challenge round fighting future, and after matching tennis hit a new low," wrote J. hím a few Umes in Queensland: P. Allen of the New York Sun. country towns, sent him ta

"The Aussies pathelle showing banc. took on the aspects of a wake," far, only four of Hassen'd

tho Journal-American,

opponents have gone the distance, and Competitively

financially and he has won all of his 21. Davis Cup tennis has gone on the Oghts. rocks," said the World Telegram, Hassen used to work as a boun "Best solution would De to forget dary rider a cattle station at".

4

cald

Bris

the whole thing, for Ave years and Charters Towers in Queensland. give foreign weaklings a chance to One day he became involved in u fatten up.

bare knuckle scrap with stranger US Davis Cup official Walter Pate who afterwards turned dut to be took notice of the criticism and the the local champion. poor crowds.

BYPASS OLDSTERS

"I think we' may bypass

the

It was winning this fight that sat him thinking about boxing.

Hassen has now been taken over by the Sydney trainer Ern Mc- Quillan who managed Patrick. oldsters like Frank Parker, Gardnar Some trainers belleve that he is an Mulloy, BUI Talbert and Ted even better prospect at this stage Schroeder next year and let the of his career than Patrick was.

youngsters play," he said.

Dr Ellsworth Davenport_official Davis Cup referee and an official in the US National Singles tournament for 1948, admitted that the US Lawn. Tennis Association iz making special concessions to bolster the sagging morale of other nations.

draw,

Aboriginal Makes

The Grade

he knocked out George Kapeen, a useful opponent, › In - the

second

Jack Hussen, lightweight abort- ginal boxer from Queensland, ro- "We are giving foreign players a garded as the future national tie-

holder,

-made a good beginning to favoured position on the stadium of his carcar in the bigger events when grandstand courts for their matches to the singles tourney," he said. Powell, who had been provided with a house in Birmingham and

"And WC made arrangements round

of their Sydney Stadium fight whose transfer fee is a record for about the

100--no foreign recently..

It was Hassen's first fight both the Villn and the Rangers, will player is in the same quarter with play at right' half for Aston Villa at

a man from his own nation.

Sydney, and he impressed, critics a Liverpool on Saturday.

"For instance,

Czecha Vladmier with his short, straight punching Another International wing-half, Cernik and Jaroslav Drobny were and His ability to land a knockout. Douglas Wright, has left Newcastle drawn in the same quarter, so we He overcame first-round ner- for Lincoln City. He was wounded switched Cernik.

very

stalked well, would never be able to play again—

don't want a foreigner to Kapeen from the opening of the Reuter.

travel several thousand miles and second round, forced him then play a man from als homi. the ropes with lefthand punches town in the first match."

and made no mistake with a short Especially If they play before right to the jaw which came 106 empty stands.-United Press,

seconds after the round started. In this light, Hassen weighed in at D.B; Kopech was 0.034.

ONE MORE

Aldershot, Dec. 10.-Aston. Villa having secured Ivor Powell from Queen's Park Rangers are already

Aldershot's six foot (16),

in the market for another player Rowland, who-was-a-prisoner of war for four years,

Now, disregarding all the shallow- end clubs who can crack before the end of the season, what real expec- tation is there for any of these lesser beating breeds within the League the rap before Christmas?-as Ports-

from bottom place before Christ-

We

centre-halt, SQUASH. RACKETS

Aldershat signed him on in 1945, after he had served with the Green Howards.

Rowland will probably cost the Villa, at least £10,000 for there is keen competition from Cardit City--Reuter.

Manchester U. Hard. Hit

Army Beat RAF

Ho vousness

on to

Pro Offer For

Olympic Star

London, Dec. 16-Two mishaps. Sydney heavyweight Wrestler, marred the Inter-Services squash Jim Armstrong, who was third. In rackets contest in which the" Army his division at the Olympic Games, beat the Royal Air Force by four is expected to refuse an offer..of matches to one at the United Ser- £A1,000 a year to become a pro- vices Club, London.

fessional in England. A five years' Involved, with good Major D. Burnett, last year's Army contract is

berms. champion, hurt his back in the thin:

said that George game and had to retire, conceding Hackenschmidt, the

to Flying Officer

month.

famous

utle next

A. Second

H. A. Ayres & R. Segalen meet mouth did by picking themselves Choy Tin-fook & Choy Tin-wah in (mas 1946 to halfway up the table the quarter-final of the Colony Open at the end of that SCREON? How Manchester, Dec. 16 The Cup his match

ald.. South Africa had made 74 runs

Hardcourt Doubles Championship at much? Friend, your guess is as good holders, Manchester United-faced Waugh.

timer had offered while he was in for three wickets at the lunch inter-

the Chinese Recreation Club this as ours.

with the biggest test of the season so

England to touch him and take him val today in their first Test against

It was disclosed at the Interport afternoon.

There are three more games be

with: far-meeting

the the MCC.

League

in quick time, Arm- Sub-Committee meeting held at the The winnern will meet Teul Wal-fore New Year's Day, and who is leaders, Derby County-on Satur test, Flying Officer P. Drummond strong will defend his New South

In the opening match of the con- to the top England made a good start, dis- HK Football Association offices pul &

ul & Tsui Yun-put in the sunl going to say that Preston will col-day, have half their team

heavyweight on the Hay twisted his left ankle against Wales three of South Africa's best yesterday, that the Hungarian team, final for the right to play Kwok lect six points from missing

them or injured list. Six players, Delaney Captain A. Bishop.--Reuter. batsmen for 74 runs in 105 minutes which was to visit Hongkong dur- Hing-chung and Roch Liang, who Villa five....and so on?

Morris, Chilton, Rowley, Mitten and before lunch.

Fifty-one of thereing the Chinese New Year Holiday", | have already reached the final round The one team we are aware of McGlen all are doubtful starters.

One Hundredth Of runs came from the third wicket will not now be coming,

tourna-having no inferiority complex about

Another club hard hit by injuries portnership between Dudley Nourse, The Korean team will not arrive

the situation-as Pompey had none Is Hull City, who will travel to South Africa's captain, who claimed until January 8 or 9, and it

in that 1946 seasons Middles Reading for the Second Round re- brough, who have a legitimate play without

In one of the Carter 37, and Bruce Millchell, playing in decided at yesterday's meeting, that

and Eddie

closest photo if the Korean team could not play

feeling that they wouldn't have been Burbanks.

Antsbes-ever recorded in Australia his 38th Test.

off its match on December 31, the

this way without the Mannion busi- In addition their centre-half,

Solvive won the Nalla Nulla High- Micons, will be absent with a cut Rickey announced today that weight race recently, at Monner An it is David Jack belleves im-head-Reuton

Brooklyn Dodgers have traded Valley, Melbourne, from Star Fort, plicitly that his defence he says he

outfolder Pete Reiser to Boston with Lara Led third. has the best back in England In the

Only one hundredth of a second Braves for Mike McCormick 21-year-old Dickie Robinson-will

first: from second, and separated pull them through.

and a minor league player. to

second from third, All three horses might have been beaten in another ztride by Our, Land, who "camo from nowhere and finished, inchica away in fourth place,

was

Jenkins, England's so-called original date, the whole visit would "secret weapon", got a wicket with be called off.

his third ball in Test cricket. The For the Saigon team, threo other wickets were claimed by Bed-

ser and Wright, who used his new shorter run proved form.

13

UP.

until a marvellous catch by Watkins

at forward short-leg off Wright diz-. missed Nourse.

visitors wil meet

Rifle Shooting Match By Post

the

ness.

20.

Baseball Deal

Chicago, Dec. 16. -- Branch

Big Pikes Caught be named later.

Rickey said it was a straight player deal with no cash involved

Reiser had been plagued by: in- Juries) ever since ho returned from service.

Flying Mare Has

Foal Flight, the greatest stake-winning

matches have been arranged. The Interport match with Hongkong will The National Rifle Association and showed im besplayed on January 20, and the Overseas Elfes and Revolver. Fos After two wickets had fallen for Chinese team

the. Combined.tal Matches, 1948, are open to Bri-

ON THE WALL on January 30, and tish Subjects and/or British pro-

London, Dec. 13-A Jackson. The deep-end eltuation is already runs, a great responsibility rested play the Rest on February 1. Alltected persons resident or stationed indicated in the Second Division assistant master of Hemsby Norfolk on Mitchell and Nourse, and they these games will bo

be carrying South Caroline Hill.

played at appeared to

in the various colonies, Protecto- with Lincoln (11), Coventry (10), holiday camp, caught a 351⁄2 pounds rates and Countries within the Bri- Nottingham Forest (10). Africa through an awkward period

and pike, the biggest In Britain since Queen's Park 1878-Beuter. tiels Commonwealth, and the Colony Cirimsby (15) and Beauty On Skates and one pistol team of four.

is entering two rifle teams of eight Rangers going not too steamily at

Stockholm-A, record pike has

McCormick played 155 games for London, Dec. 16. Wembley The following have been selected" So the writing, friend, is on the been caught in a lake in Jaunt-

Ho wall already two weeks ahead of land, North At lunch, Mitchell was still un-Stadium are searching for the most to represent the Colony in

Central Sweden. It the Braves and batted, 303.

beaten with. 21 to his credit,beauliful amateur ice skater Rifte Teams, and will fire at 10

time, and these two weeks should be weighed 12 pounds, which is claim- played with the Reds before rong

mare of the Australlon turf, has had Reuter.

London. The search alorts at the am Saturday, on Stonecutters Rife is mayheri, excessive defensive-pikes

fraught with not only interest but ed as a new world record for malato Boston,

It was the fourth deal of the her first foal. It is a colt by Dhoti, The teams were:

Empire Pool, Wembley, on Friday, Rango:

ness and scramble.

The female of the species can be meeting and came a few hours after second on last year's list of winning South Africa. D. Nourse, during the usual, publie skating

If you could only point qut una Service (Rine (A) Team Cir, Sgt.

much larger, however, 25 to 35

the Cubs serit, first baseman Eddio ziren; which was headed by Mid- Rowan, O. Wynne, B. Mitchell, W. sessions.

A. Maylor (HM) Cir. Bat. Lit. E of the endangered clubs for whom pounds being not unusual, weights

Waitkus and pitcher Hank Borowy stream, sire of Shannon and Bern- Wade, D. Begbie, O. Dawson, A. The six lovellest skaters, selected Davis (RM), S;£ 1. Benstead: RMI, they would also be fraught with The world record is 46 pounds from

to the Phillies for pitchers Embrook Flight won 24 races and Her "Dutch" Rowan, L. Tuckett, N. Mann and C. by a poc consisting of four Any

football, why we would show you Sacandaga, N. Y.-Associated Presy Cpl. R. Lloyd, (M), Comd, 8.8.M.

Leonard and Wolter A30,027 ih stakes | during McCarthy.

Wembley ice hockey players, will go

Duble-United' Prosi

career.. England.L Hutton, C. Wash-forward to the final on Boxing Day.

one that would be in way of escap- ing the dread descent,

· brook; ; R. Simpson, G. Mann, A., An exhibition, has been organised to Bedser. D. Compton, C. Gladwin, T. prove that America has not a d. Evans, A. Watkins, D. Wright monopoly of beautiful ico, skaters

Router ffyng

and B. Jenkins.

Bcores:

8. Africa; 1xt Innings

E. Rowtri, Evaila b Jenkins

O. Wynne, e Compton b Bedser. 'B., Mitchell," not out ...

A. Nourso, e "Walkins,b Wright-

W. Wade, not out

Extras

Total for 8 wkts)

Tall of wick

Strickland & Koen

(IN), W, O IL Dellery, R Thomas (RAP) Instr... Solomon

Service Rhe0), Team Chief. In, But, niss, football is almost the W. Cowane (ICP) Chief Ingn, J. Me last thing they seem to think of Cher (EXT) The nowadays as a method of winning Torp. (B) Jackle Lau (1KP), A‚B.P. matches, and that being so, a mur- C. C. CHAU (HRP)) Ingo, (B) K. C. Hoo rain on them.

Chief

: (BKP},"SL.{R} K. LT (IIKP),

You didn't ask our opinion of the Thd, following have been selected to represent the Colony in the revolver Third Division..., Friend, we · have team; andi,will: few. At 10 mam, blonday no, opinion about the Third Division,

particularly

the Third- Division

Transfors

Perth, Australia, Dec. 16-Shirley 20th Depornber: Strickland,

Australian

Tevolver 11. Lt. P.E. IL Thomas (Northern) Olympic sprinter, is, to tour Australia with c. fton/ BKP); Chief Insp (11) Jackie (NAT) CUMA. Mavior (KM) Insp. (R) Mrs Farmy Blankers-KoL BANDA Champion Datch athlete, it was naj round at 300-500 and 000 yards, and adt for The Nine Compellon will consist of hounced today.

The four starts on January 22, Revolt of live rounds at the bottom of ind: First Division,

thel Revolvers a elaven days after the arrival. In at 20 yards. AA Lagan Australia of Mes Blankers-Koen-: The superintending Officers are Park Rangers a wing half jagd va have signed Ivor Powell, the Queen's Reuterga Agu

2|tain A. D, 11 Jonas, Royal Marines and

Captain C. A1, CAIvort GEFANDO) Welth international order is your

Birmingham, Des. 10-Aston Villa,

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton