Leicester Mercury from Leicester, Leicestershire, England • 28

2 LEICESTER MERCURY THURSDAY DECEMBER 17 1970 Last chance for Hampshire to get Test place JACKIE HAMPSHIRE forgotten man of the MCC party looks likely to step out of the shadows at last and play in his first first-class match for more than a month been The 29-year-old Yorkshireman Australia in a match starting only three who have Sport Starts Here: tomorrow in Adelaide will not be announced until later but Hampshire is certain to be included and if he does well will come back into tlih Test reckoning Hampshire made a poor start to the tour He scored 52 when he played against South Australia in the opening game but in his next four first-class innings he totalled only 36 runs However the recent failures of several of other leading batsmen have increased TITLE FIGHT PROTEST REJECTED BY EBU THE European Boxing Union last night rejected Austrian protests concerning the victory of Britain Ralph Charles over European welterweight champion Hans Orsolics of Austria in Vienna last month The EBU ratified Charles as the new champion The result of the fight was contested by the Austrian Boxing Union and manager Karl Marehant who claimed that Charles landed a low blow and failed to step back when ordered to break by the referee EBU Secretary-General Piero Pini said the complaint had been rejected because it did not come within the competence of the rules After seeing films of the fight he thought the referee had made no mistake and knock-out victory in the 12th round was well deserved To meet Bonavena Floyd Patterson the former world heavyweight boxing champion will meet Argentinian Oscar Bonavena over ten rounds at Madison Square Garden on Jatiarv 22 it was announced last night Bonavena will be making his second appearance in six weeks at Madison Square Garden after being stopped in the 15th round at Cassius Clay earlier this month in the toughest fight of unbeaten career Patterson who at 21 became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title will be 36 next month He has had only one bout since 1968 when he was outpointed by his fellow American Jimmy Ellis then the world Boxing Association champion in a Stockholm title fight Patterson and Bonavena have each been guaranteed £25000 or 25 per cent of the net receipts for their January bout ire Ai pc Soccer teams SENIOR LEAGUE Earl Shilton Inst (v Anstey Res): Longdon Thomas Bodycote Johnson Worthington Grewcock King King (R Wills Hunt Longdon (R Sub Ladkin DISTRICT LEAGUE Earl Shilton Inst Res (v Holwell Res): Hlghton Duncombe Barker: Jayes Abbott Edwards Nixon Higglnson Coates Raven Camberlain Sub: Smith MUTUAL LEAGUE Parkside (v Aylestone Olympic away): Gillings Symonds Hurst: Brown Williams (D) Randell Evans GOALS IN CITY DRAW LEICESTER CITY and Bristol Rovers drew 1-1 in their Combination match on the trim Enderby Town ground yesterday It was a fair result Both sides missed chances and there was more than a touch of luck about the two goals they shared between thm scoring runs consistently Colin Cowdrey has topped 50 on only one occasion Ray Illingworth has a highest score of 40 not out and Basil has done little since his unbeah century against South Austra7 at the beginning of last month Keith Fletcher has also been going through a lean spell since scoring half-centuries in four of his first five first-class innings Hampshire will have to do exceptionally well against South Australia and in Tasmania over Christmas to clinch a Tdst place but his chance is there and it will probably be his last of the tour bowlers face possibly their stiffest task outside a Test match in game South Australia boast the strongest batting line-up of any state side with South African Barry Richards and the Chappell brothers Ian and Greg in tremendous form When MCC played South Australia at the beginning of the tour the state side scored 649 for nine declared contribution was 224 while both the Chappells made half-centuries MCC arrive in Adelaide this evening and immediately after the South Australia game they will will fly to Tasmania for Christmas iv has tepr alia has not played in a first-class game since the New South Wales match which ended in Sydney on November 16 During the past month he has spent brief periods on the field as 12th man and has played in three country games The team to play South Richardson who a little previously got his head to a Sandercock cross only to see the ball glance off the post Over the bar best first half effort came from Partridge who cut in cleverly and let go a fine left foot shot that Clarke tipped over the bar nearest to a second first half goal came when Fearnley shrewdly put through shot for the far post and it took a perfectly timed save by Mackleworth to save the situation In the second half Fearnley had two shots in quick succession blocked by Mackleworth and when the ball finally rebounded to Higgins his shot was stopped by Woollett City were not far off on several occasions Tearse in particular went near with a header Partridge just failing to divert the ball at the post This was second comeback game after a long layoff with a fractured elbow He is still feeling his way but every now and again showed some clever touches and appeared to survive awkward tumbles quite well No 9 Allan moved the ball shrewdly and looked a cut above Combination class as did Jopling No 3 Sandercock Tearse and Richardson played energetically in the second half but it was a game that looked like being a draw long before the end Teams: Leicester City: Mackleworth: Woollett Jopling Sandercock Harrison Bowerbank Irvin Phillips Partridge Richardson Tearse Sub Capewell (M) Bristol Rovers: Clarke Stanton Impey Brown Aitken Marsland Stephens Fearnley Allan Tedesco Higgins Sub Newberry retire if Frazier boxing champion Cassius Clay up as soon as he had defeated asking three million dollars (£1248000) for Frazier to fight Clay He wants the same guarantee for Clay Durham said yesterday that he had received offers from several places including Madison Square Garden the Houston Astrodome and from closed circuit television one was from some business people in Durham was quoted in The Philadelphia Bulletin as saying offered me two million dollars and I told them it enough have agreement with Clay and his people that both boys will get the same amount of money when they fight is no question that going to fight The only question is where and for Swift Hulbert Measures Turner Sub: Griffiths King Road WMC (v Outlook Res at Victoria Park): Hyde: Blowfield Pinfold Walker (R H) Cox Moth: Stevens Davidson North Money Blowfield (M King Richards Rd WMC Res (v Northwood at Victoria Park): From: White Munday Fetch Cowles Surch Mauley Blowfield Hayden Porker Leatherlannd Bugie Lilly-stone Witchen Lock CITY LEAGUE Houghton Rangers (v Fosse Imps home): From: Funnell (J) Ransom Nourish (B Toone Hartley (P) Butler Mee Nourish (R) Hartley (T) Handford (M) Funnell (M) Brown Houghton Rangers Res (v Knighton WMC away): Marlow Hayes York Muller Simpson Edgson Holder Crapper Harding Handford (P) Johnson Sub Rowley Houghton Rangers A-i(v Wycliffe Ath Res home): From: Walsh: Woods Cawood Mawby Sadler Clinch Heritage Rich Hessin Curtis Taylor Byatt Sub Smith (G Tommy Milligan dies in Glasgow Tommy Milligan one of greatest boxers has died in Glasgow He was 66 Milligan held the Scottish British and European middleweight titles in the His biggest moment came in 1927 when he fought the American Mickey Walker for his world middleweight title in London Milligan was reckoned to be well ahead on points when Walker knocked him out in the 10th Clay will he beats FORMER world heavyweight said yesterday that he would give Joe Frazier I believe getting he said sure I am This will be the climax of my whole Clay also known as Muhammad Ali said he thought the big fight of his life would be the Frazier fight on February 23 in the Houston Astrodome contracts been signed yet but I think where it will he said Three million each He added that he intended to retire and declared want any more to do with it after I beat He expected to make a million dollars (£416000) after from the fight Yancy (Yank) Durham manager of Joe Frazier is Later kick-off for Villa Cup tie To avoid congestion created by Christmas shoppers and football fans in Birmingham the Football League following' police advice have switched the kick-off of the League Cup semi-final second leg match between Aston Villa and Manchester United next Wednesday from 730 pm to 8 pm Bradford second round FA Cup second replay with Lincoln City will be played at Doncaster ground on Monday at 730 Leicester hope to turn tables Although Leicester lost a Midland Table Tennis League match against West Bromwich local officials arc confident of reversing the result when the two teams meet in the Zone Final of the Coca Cola national team tronhv competition at Knighton Park tomorrow Not without good reason for in the league match Pat Kilsby won two sets and Glenys Odams one and for this match Jose Rogers comes in to strengthen the side Teams: Leicester: Jose Rogers Pat Kilsby Glenys Odams West Bromwich Hath Perry Ann Bake) Hita Beobee Rovers with the wind behind them scored five minutes before the interval when right back Stanton sent a high speculative cross into the goalmouth and the ball dropped in near the far post It looked a soft goal and this certainly was the description of the Leicester equaliser eight minutes after halftime Impey square-passed a ball from near the line into his goalmouth and Clarke made a vain attempt to stop it So Richardson was left with nothing to do but tap the ball in It was ample consolation for STEVE HEIGHWAY IN TOP 10 LIVERPOOL centre-forward Steve Heighway in his first season as a professional with the club has been named one of top ten sports stars for 1970 There are two women in the list both from Belfast Ulster athletics captain Mary Peters a Commonwealth Games gold medallist and schoolgirl Susan Minford an international lawn tennis player The voting in alphabetical order Athletics Mary Peters Boxing Mick Dowling Gaelic Football Tom Prendergast Gaelic Hurlling Pat McDonnell Golf Christy Hockey David Judge Lawn Tennis Susan Minford Motor Sports Brian Nelson Racing Vincent OBnen: Soccer Steve Heighway COMPETITION RESULTS FRIAR LANE OLD Club Nos winners each receive £7 5s 0d) Membership Nos Mon 727 Tues 3667 Wed 4760 Thurs 2406 frt 3805 Jackpot next week: £6 'TEICESTER CITY FC Development Association Tots Wednesday: Three lucky numbers £5 04287 £4 10063 £1 09117 Bingo: 12 62 51 86 71 89 13 16 Maxi Weekend Nos 11128 1394 BLABY BOYS7 CLUB Winning Nos 8 and 12 Jackpot: 30 FRIENDS OF THE BLIND Margaret Road Leicester Dec 17th 10 17 30 (£10) 11 18 23 (£5) ENDERBY TOWN DAILY 1st £30 16645 2nd £15 14815 3rd £6 9S60 4th £4 5600 Bingo: 46 17 27 11 84 73 43 89 i OLD FOLK'S CLUB £10 08-16-27 £1 02-12-23 Sup-16 and 18 (13 NEW PARKS HOUSE Teachers' Association Tote Nos 20 and 29 (three winners) Snowball (14-18-07) not won OADBY TOWN and Amalgamated Clubs' Development Fund Tote Thursday: 1st 4534 2nd 5935 INDEPENDENT FCh TOTE Winning NoS 12-22 (23 winners £8 8s 9d each) Next Toie: yucs Dec 22nd p7o7 EU TOTE Nos 22 24 (eight winners) Snowball: 11-18-08 (one winner) BEAU MONT WMC (Marwood Hoad) Ex-Servicemen's Association Nos 18-19 (one-winner) JACKIE HAMPSHIRE his chances of inclusion in the side for the third Test in Melbourne on December 31 John Edrich Geoff Boycott and Brian Luckhurst are the 70-YEAR-0LD IN 10-MILE RACE longest-established athletics event Donor annual Boxing Day race over 10 miles at Phoenix Park will again see oldest competitor again running this year He is 70-year-old Frank Cahill of Dublin who will challenge a big field of international stars This will be 38th time in the event which he has never won LONGSLADE HILL CLIMB LONGSLADE Cycling hill-climb was held at Tilton and attracted ten riders Result was: 1 Tony Carlsen (second claim) 1 min 345 secs: 2 Paul Stbkes 1-42 3 Neal Shingler 1-445 4 Martin Cowlyn 1-45 5 Malcolm Kestin 1-505 6 Chris Holyoak 1-53 7 Paul Hartshorn 1-59 8 Paul Franklin 2-08 9 Roger Bamkin 2-30 10 Paul Boulter 2-333 The cyclo-cross team competed in the Velo Club Central schoolboys event at Hadley Stadium Smethwick Out of 45 starters Nick Wood came second Stuart Preston fourth and Derek Mog-ford fifth The school team took the team prize Overall winner was Tony Evans (Wolverhampton) The club also held a cycle speedway meeting on an indoor track at Stonehill Community College with 15 riders in four-lap sprints and six lap pursuits Overall winner: Paul Stokes COOPER AGAIN Henry Cooper the British European and Empire heavyweight champion was last night voted BBC sports personality of the year Cooper who also won the award in 1967 finished ahead of Tonv Jacklin the United States Open golf champion who was second and the England football captain Bobby Moore third It was second suah win this year Recently he finished top of the Daily Express Sportsman of the Year poll FIRST RACE AT MALLORY PARK THERE WILL be 17 races in the 1971 Lombank Formula 3 Championship for l600cc cars andjfour wilt be held on the local "le opening event on March 14 Mallory Park circuit including th WMC darts cup pairings Leicestershire WM Club Darts League CIU ko cup draw resulted New Parks A Spinney Hill Thur-maston KRR New Parks Braunstone Vies Bel Lib A West End TUL Knighton Newfound-pool Hiyhflelds A East Park Rd A Beaumont Notts Cipsy Lane Saifron Lane Highflelds KRR Grobv Notts A North Evlng-ton Manchester Latimer East Park Hd IS Bel Lib New Parks Eyres Monsell Anstey Anstey A Boot and Shoe bye to be plaved Wednesday January 13 OFFICERS Oadby Bowling Club officers for the coming season are: President Goddard senior vice president Tonks junior vice president llensman: secretary Freer match secretary Bray: competition secretary 1 llensman treasurer A Bruce captain It Green vice captain Blakemore I It delegates A Welch and Bray: Oadby UDC delegate Adams Rushed Head officers were elected for 1971: President Kldger sv president Harrison jv president A Helps: hon secretary Simpson hon treasure A French bun match secretary Kidger Saturday captains Stevens and A Clafton: Thursday captains It Hurd and Allen gen committee Langley Taylor VV Allen: hon auditors Hawk! and A Foot dele-gales to LBa and LCPB Ass Simpson and Clarke The sponsors will be donating over £6900 to the series which will be contested over a distance of 24 miles or 15 laps whichever is greater and a best 12 scores will count towards the championship Points will be awarded on the basis of 9 6 4 3 2 and 1 making a total of £100 for a race The series has in the past produced some of the best ever racing and has been responsible for furthering the careers of drivers who are now in the top flight of motor racing including the 1968 winner Tim Schcnken A full list of the qualifying rounds is: March 14 Mallory Park: March 20 Brands Hatch: March 28 Snetter- ton May 15 Oulton Park May 30 Hrands Hatch: June 20 Brands Hatch: July 3 Oulton Park July 4 Mallory Park: July 25 Mallory Park August 15 Brands Hatch August 28 Oulton Park September 12 Brands Hatch September 26 Brands Hatch October 10 Mallory Park October 24 Brands Hatch: October 31 Brands Hatch: December 27 Brands Hatch Ratby HS pigeon presentations Mrs Harrison and son were the top prize winners in the Ratby and District HS pigeon club and last night at their annual dinner they received their just reward £59 and four trophies The Brewin brothers of Mark-field won £54 and two cups while Mr Hunt and son collected £60 and one cup Mr VV Marston £37 and two cups Mir A Pickering £36 Mr VV Poole £21 and Mr Forman four cups Mr Brown was honoured for winning a really tough race from Harrogate when a lot of pigeons failed to get home and Mr John Hutton and son secured a fine cup for winning the long race from Truro Mr Taylor who could just not seem to win an event received many second places WFCA TOTE Numbers 7th December: 1st 09 15 2nd 18-21 14th December: 1st 10-14 2nd 08-26 I WORK FOOTBALL Prize Draw: 1st prize 4983: 2nd 12916 3rd 12736 4th 1106 5th 7036 6th 3098 7th 5775 8th 1086 9th 7967 10th 5375 lltli 11492 12th 3034 13th 9782 14th 2874 15th 14857 16th 15092 17th 4H72 18th 2524 19th 5940 20th 6124 21st 1671 Prizes must lx claimed by Jan 1st 1971.