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10 1 WEDNESDAY EXPRESS ECHO JANUARY 16 1963 urnley take lead in OUTGUNNED CHARNLEY-FIGHTS AT MANCHESTER May be for title JYAVE CHARNLEY the British and European lightweight champion who decisively outpointed the American Jetro Cason at the Royal Albert Hall London last night will have his next contest at Belle Vue i BEN STACK ODDS-ON ROMPS IT JJACING was resumed at Leopardstown this afternoon under overcast and showery Irish skies and with an appropriately-named first race winner 40th minute SPURS DEFENCE LET IN HARRIS hopes of having a clear pitch 1 for the start of their third round FA Cup-tie against Burnley at White Hart Lane this afternoon were dashed when light snow turned to a heavy fall half-an-hour before the start chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control last night Mr Fane is going to Paris next week and the European Boxing Union authorities are bound to raise this question mind where the fight is here or Itaily I am hoping to speak to the Italians sometime Manchester on February 25 Both Charnley and the promoter Mr Hanry Levene hope that it willl be a title fight against Maurice Cullen the Durham lightweight If that project falls through it will be against a leading American Charnley has agreed to defend his British title against Cullen on that date and Mr Levene has offered the Dunham boxer a four-figure sum to take the fight Mr Levene added: But at the moment Cullen wants the contest to go to purse offers I am surprised at this because if it does the offer may not be as high as the substantial one I have DRAWN-OUT AFFAIR Mr Arthur Boggis manager said: It would be a pity if Cullen insists on the fight going out to purse offers for it would mean a fairly long drawn-out Mr Boggis said that Charnley wants to keep busy and if Cullen did not want the fight he would still go ahead with his plans He added: Dave is anxious to defend his European title against the Italian Giordano Campari as soon as possible I talked over the matter with Mr Onslow Fane Heavens A five-year-old horse trained by Norrish Great Heavens who in two previous outings this season had run unplaced starting at odds of 6-1 received a neck verdict over 10-1 chance Fair Gina in a photofinish to the two miles Delgany Hurdle Punters made an unhappy start Tom Cheltenham Gold Cup hopeful Olympia making her first appearance since Boxing Day 1961 started 11-10 favourite for a winning come-back but the mare could finish no better than fourth The Thurles County Tipperary-trained gelding Dance On justified his name in the Ticknock Handicap Hurdle with his third success in four races Something of a Limerick course specialist Dance On obviously took kindly to the conditions scoring readily by lengths from Jungle Trix with the Grand National entry Sedge four lengths further away third A runaway winner over this course on Boxing Day Clem candidate Ross Sea favourite at 2-1 failed to find a place The rout of favourites continued in the Kilcroney Handicap Hurdle in which another Champion Hurdle entry PC Wren fell Last Hope trained near Cashel in County Tipperary by Nick Browne was clear from half-way and in spite of a mistake at the last hurdle had plenty in reserve when beating the favourite Rainbow Jacket bv three lengths 130 (off 134) 1 Great Heavens (iA Redmond) 2 Fair Gina (T Murphy) 3 Air Commodore (T Lacy) Also ran Olympia Judkin Caulfield Boy King of the Gipsys Great Morning Oold Hand To Battle Bov Aussie My Gift Tanderaeee Fiora Dr John Starlighter Royal Record Betting: 11-10 Olympia 4-1 Judkin 6-1 Great Heavens 8-1 My Gift 10-1 Aussie Fair Gina and Royal Record 100-9 Dr John 100-8 others Photo-finish Won by a neck 6 lengths Winner trained by Norris Tote: Win 32- places 8- 146 14- 20 (off 25) 1 Dance On (J Rafferty) 2 Jungle Trix (F Carroll) 3 Sedge (J Magee) Also ran Ross Sea Bahrain Fitz Forest Son KO Betting: 2-1 Ross Sea 5-1 Fitz Forest and Jungle Trix 6-1 Dance On and KO 7-1 Son 8-1 Sedge 10-1 Bahrain Won by 2) lengths 4 lengths Winner trained by Tote: Win 20- places 66 66 6- 230 (off 235) 1 Last Hope (Mr Browne) 2 Rainbow Jacket (J Wrighti 3 Strong Deal (F Carroll) Also ran: French Express Wren Santa Oceana Barney Fagan Rhigos Ho rath Titan Lady Betting 6-4 Rainbow Jacket 3-1 Rhigos 6-1 Santa Oceana 8-1 Last Hope 10-1 French Express Wren Horath Barney Fagan and Titan Lady 100-8 Strong Deal Photo for second and third places Won by 3 lengths a neck Winner trained by Browne Tote: Win 46 6: places 10- 4- 16- 30 (off 32) 1 Ben Stack (P Taaffe) 2 One Seven Seven (T Carberry) 3 Rainbow Battle (E McGitUck) Also ran Packed Home Bannow River Rock Forest Carrigdown Night Ace Tom Dooley Fancy Betting 8-11 Ben Stock 5-1 Carrie-down 6-1 Bannow River 10-1 Rock Forest Packed Home and Tom Dooliey 100-8 Rainbow Battle and One Seven Seven 100-7 Fancy 20-1 Night Ace Won by 8 lengths 6 lengths Winner trained by Dreaper Tote: Win 3 6 places 3- 6- 106 AMERICAN BOXER Jetro Cason of Philadelphia turns a snarling look of menace on the speed ball as he plies his busy fists But despite his energetic training he was outpointed by Dave Charnley lightweight champion last night The line markings were obliterated and the referee Mr Langdale (Co Durham) ordered a squad of ground staff men to sweep both sides of the lines and so leave the original markings standing out in relief against the colour of the pitch Just before the start with snow still sweeping the ground backed by an icy north-east wind there were barely 15000 spectators Burnley made a change just before the kick-off Jimmy Robson came in at inside-right in place of Ray Pointer who withdrew with a strained groin It was decided not to risk Pointer on the hard surface Tottenham Brown Baker Henry Smith Norman Mackay (capt) Jones White Smith Greaves Dyson Burnley Blacklaw Angus Elder Adamson (capt) Talbut Miller Connelly Robson Lockhead Mcllroy Harris Spurs eventually favoured Hat-soled footwear The snow ceased just before the kick-off when the crowd had increased to nearly 27000 Both goalkeepers wore track-suit trousers A flurry of snow biew off the pitch into Spurs' faces as they attacked but Talbut Angus and Elder threw them back with quick inter-passing Keeping a secure foothold was a matter of luck and pluck Gloves worn Greaves with a plaster cast on his injured right wrist and Bobby Smith were both foiled in another Tottenham onslaught Greaves and several of his team-mates wore gloves Adamson coolly marshalled his defence against the lively Spurs and neither set of forwards mastered the nasty conditions sufficiently to produce even one shot in the first ten minutes The crowd roared when burly centre-forward Bobby Smith was sent flying into touch by an over-vigorous charge Then front a free kick by Baker the Spurs centre-forward put the hall into the goalmouth It struck the underside of the bar and was scrambled away off the line with Spurs appealing for a goal The referee up with the play did not allow a score This was in the 15th minute: Clever exciting Spurs faced the and Brown the Spurs goalkeeper had trouble in kicking a third of the pitch For all the handicaps much of the football was clever and exciting Goal-scoring chances against determined defenders remained scarce though after play John Smith deputy let flv from 30 yards and was inches wide As the players became accustomed to the slippery surface more scoring opportunities were created Greaves wasted two by wild shooting but only smart goalkeeping by Brown kept but good efforts by Connelly and Robson for Burnley Loohhead was well held by Norman Burnley profited by a defensive slip and Harris scored in the 40th minute From an interception Miller swung the ball into the centre Lochhead headed it down and Harris from 12 yards range drove the ball past the helpless Brown Half-time SPURS 0 BURNLEY 1 A minute after the interval Connelly scored a second goal for Burnley Murray fit for test crisis By Leslie Smith PA-Reuter special correspondent TNGLAND wicketkeeper John Murray who hurt his shoulder in the third Test against Australia is expected to be fit for the fourth Test starting at Adelaide on Friday week FIVE OF SIX GAMES WENT FULL 4 HOURS Exeter beat stubborn foe PXETEH CHESS CLUB visited Teignmouth last Saturday to play Torbay in the second round of the National Club Championship Due to weather conditions neither side fielded their strongest team and the win favour with points to in no way represented the stubborn resistance put up by the losers After two hours of play only boards 5 and 5 showed an advantage and five of the six games went the full four hours Ebullient Clapp fifth board had bewitched his opponent in the opening stages taking full lllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllli CHESS NOTES by LCAL iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii advantage ot a misjudged developing move as follows: QR3 Bl 20 Bl KP 21 22 QxN K4: 23 Ql 24 25 B4 26 B3 Ql 27 K5 P-Q4 (white agreed to a draw missing the winning continuation followed bv R7ch) Individual scores (Exeter names first): 1 Richards Jones i 2 Dr Gray Thynne 3 A Lewis 1 Walker 0: 4 Jones Burke 1 5 Clapp 1 Mosley 0 6 Dr Chatervedi 1 Liggett 0 SEVEN CLEAR Plymouth Junior Congress completed last week was a great success for Robert Pearce (Plymouth) under 15 champion for the past two years FA YOUTH CUP-TIE MAIN ATTRACTION team to play City on Welling ground By a special correspondent FA Youth Cup opponents on Saturday Bexleyheath anci Welling have twice reached the quarter-finals of the competition and on each occasion were beaten by the eventual winners the celebrated Manchester Unted ED CUP-TIES 16 Mr Fred Hoar the Exeter and District Football League fixtures secretary said today that the East Devon Cups Committee decided last night that cup matches which should have been but could not be played last Saturday would be re arranged for February 16 This would leave next Saturday (January 19) free fo League fixtures He asked Senior clubs in particular to note this DEVON PAIR SET TOURNEY alight Fine fight in losing final THE Devon open badminton cnampionships played at Torquay Town Hall last Friday and Satuiday attracted a record entry of 138 players and every event had a larger entry than last season Thirty-three players contested the open men's singles and Major (Wiltshire) the holder went out to Bickell (Gloucestershire) in the first round Both Bickell and the HOUSES CAN Clapp (white) Mosley (black) Sicilian Defence 1 K4 QB4 2 KB3 QB3 3 pQ4 4 Q3 5 QB4 B3 6 B3 QR3 7 N5 K3 8 Q2 KN3 9 10 K5 KN2 11 (P would seem even more devastating) 12 Q4 13 Ql 14 Nl 15 QN3 R3 16 RP 17 Q2 N2 18 B5 K4 19 K2 K5 20 N2 21 Q4 22 B4 23 Ql B5 24 KP 25 N4 26 B4ch N2 27 Q7ch B3 28 KR4 B4 29 Q3 N5 30 31 K5ch N5 32 N7ch R5 33 R7ch N5: 34 B3ch Resigns AFTER THE ERROR The game on board 1 which should have been a win for white after black's blunder on move 27 went as follows: Richards (white) Jones (black I Ruy Lopez 1 K4 K4 2 KB3 QB3: 3 N5 QR3 4 R4 B3 5 B3 QN4 6 N3 K2: 7 8 Q5 N2 9 Kl Q3 10 QR4 11 Bch 12 B2 B4 13 P-Q4 BP 14 R3: 15 P-QN3 B3 16 R3 N5 17 N2 Q2 18 Q2 QR4 19 Badminton tables turned on Holsworthy When Holsworthy Badminton Club visited the St Club (Bude) for a return double match the home team turned the tables on their opponents with an 8-1 win Results (Holsworthy first): Cobbledick and Fowler lost to Heard and Yeo 3-15 5-15- to Cook and Frost 8-15 5-15 leat Atkins and Penwarden 9-15 15-11 15-8 Knight and Soby lost to Heard and Yeo 3-15 3-15 to Cook and Frost 3-15 9-15 to Atkins and Penwarden 16-18 11-15 Yeo and Rogers lost to Heard and Yeo 5-15 4-15 to Cook and Frost 4-15 5-15 to Atkins and Penwarden 7-15 15-3 4-15 who took advantage of the absence of his namesake and title holder to win the Devon under 18 champion ship with a clean score of seven wins Cresswell (Devonport) took second place John Baguley (Churston) after defeating his nearest rival Best Harris (Devonport) in the fifth round maintained a half point advantage to win the Devon under 15 title with six points In the open under 18 tournament Burnett Weston-super-Mare) finished a half point ahead of Jackman (Public to win the title The open under 15 tournament won by Dan (Sutton HS and the open under 11 tournament by Aspden (Woodfield JS) Com petltors numbered 106 Piggott last of 8 British jockey Lester Piggott finished last of eight on Constantia Star in a six-furlong race at Tropical Park Miami Florida yesterday Constantia Star was having his first outing since November The winner was Broadway II ridden by Ruybali rail travel Matches County Rugby Championship (Play-off) GLOUCESTERSHIRE v- DEVON SATURDAY IANUARY 26 GLOUCESTER 213 St dep 86 1035 am Restaurant Car Tram) 1 SUNDA noon 6 J0 pm l2 j0 250 TRIPS 65' Sl From St SUNDAYS By trains to 55 pm WEEKDAYS By trains to 527 from EXETER NEWBURY (RACES) 306 FRIDAY and SATURDAY IANUARY 18 and 19 St dep 10 15 am Restaurant Car Train He will remain in Sydney for further treatment but is recovering well took a look at dull weather here and felt thankful they had clinched the third Test with over a day and a half to spare Heavy rain fell overnight and today and it is doubtful whether play would have been possible Only twelve MCC players will go to Newcastle for their three-day match against a New South Wales Country XI starting on Friday The others will stay in Sydney O'Neill struggles Norman the Australian Test batsman is facing the first major crisis of his career sports writer John Priestley said in Melbourne Herald This is the only construction he wrote that can be put on the choice of lan McLachlan for the Australian twelve for the fourth Test For the crisis will come a week before the Test when he bats for New South Wales against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match starting in Melbourne on Friday If he fails the selectors will nave no option but to drop him for the man in form said Priestley Never yet 25 has not been dropped from the Australian side since he played his first Test against England at Brisbane four years ago Before this season he had played in 23 Tests making 1722 runs with an average of 53 Three more Tests this season have yielded 19 56 19 0 and 3 After his 143 for New South Wales against MCC has made 238 runs in twelve innings with only two scores over 25 McLachlan this season has scored 755 runs with an average of 58 More Cup-ties off efforts were in vain T'HE icy weather continues to rule the roost and dominate the third round of the FA Cup At dawn today there were five FA Cup-ties one replay and four Scottish first-round games By 230 only two FA Cup-ties remained In addition one of FA Cup games Arsenal Oxford was put back again this time to Monday The first casualty was Stamford Bridge where Chelsea were to have played Tranmere in their third-round replay Despite the use of a tar-burning machine on the pitch yesterday referee Mr Jack Sturgeon declared the playing area unplayable early today Tranmere were saved a 200-mile rail journey Manchester United Huddersfield the Arsenal match and Lincoln City Coventry quickly followed Then came the four Scottish games These were Dundee Utd Albion Rovers Partick Thistle Morton St Johnstone Sten-housemuir and Falkirk Celtic In view of the local weather forecasts and the fact that the snow was falling referee Jennings (Stourbridge) had no hesitation in postponing the Luton-Swindon tie when he made a second inspection at Kenilworth Road this afternoon He said There is no point in making Swindon travel if the game is to be called off when they get MATCHES OFF FA CUP Derby Peterborough Manchester Utd Huddersfield Chelsea Tranmere Luton Swindon Lincoln Coventry SCOTTISH CUP Dundee Utd Albion Rovers Falkirk Celtic Partick Morton St Johnstone Stenhousemuir TOMORROW Arsenal Oxford United (FA Cup third round re-arranged for Monday) youngsters Several of the Bexleyheath youths who played against United are now playing in League football among them John Sewell the Charlton right back and Eddie Werge the Crystal Palace forward Others are now in Southern League side Over the years Bexleyheath have had the best record of any non-Football League club in the FA Youth Cup The quarter finals were reached in 1954 and 1956 On the first occasion the late Duncan Edwards scored the winner for Manchester United who won 2-1 On the second occasion the game was at Old Trafford and United won 11-1 with Bobbie Charlton scoring five 22 to four This season Bexleyheath Colts are not a spectacular side They occupy a lower half place in the South-East Counties League but on the way to the last 32 in this cup they have beaten Eastbourne United (a) 5-1 Sheppey United (h) 7-0 Chelmsford City (h) 7-1 and Crystal Palace (a) 3-2 Usually Bexleyheath Colts play on Bexley Hospital ground but so much interest is being shown in the Exeter match that it has been moved to the main ground in Welling (2 15) A Metropolitan League match has been shifted to make room for it Team sketches Youth team for Saturday with brief biography Goal Joe McCowliff joined from Brentford Juniors a few weekse ago Right pack Ray Holmes product of North London Schools team left back Dave Beilkus also from North of the Thames and played for Tottenham Schools Right-half David Lamb local boy represented North Kent Schools centre-half Alan Lillis a professional nephew of Tommy Nekrews the senior team pivot skipper and formerly played for Medway Schools left-half Barry Johnson youngest in the side and Sunday football discovery from New Eltham Right wing John Wickens from South London was on West Ham books inside-right Alan Rutherford local boy North Kent Schools representative centre-forward Jimmy Jones lives South London shone in school soccer joined from Charlton Colts inside-left Eddie Newton professional top scorer has made one first team appearance comes from North London left wing Barry Maggs Blackheath District Schools representative CRICKETS STILL WARY OF ROADS IN arranging to meet at the Imperial Hotel at 1155 on Saturday Crickets Hockey Club have in mind the possibility of roads being unfit for travel to Dartmouth for their match with BRN College Decision will be taken at the rendezvous if road travel is out they will leave by train from St at 1215 This is a gym shoes match A Hallen Hudson Trotman Watts Dougherty Ellett Milford Carter White Houghton Brown Reserves: Corkery Halliday Ahl Whiteway and Sneesby For their visit to Yeovil (245) next Sunday Crickets have chosen: A Hallen Sneesby Trotman Corkery Dougherty Rastall Halliday Carter White Houghton Ahl Reserve: A Whiteway Remanded in custody A 41 year old unemployed labourer Cyril John Hitchcock of no stated address was remanded in custody until Saturday by Exeter magistrates after appearing on a charge alleging be broke and entered a shop fit 41 Paul Street on January 16 and stole goods totalling £8 15s 5d in value and 5s belonging to Mr Harry George Hansford Arsenal or Fulham the prize The FA Youth Challenge Cup is another competition held up by the weather There is not one definite fourth-round tie The draw for the fourth round which must be completed by February 9 presents the possibility of a plum away tie for Exeter City Youth if they first dispose of Bexleyheath and Welling on Saturday For the winners of this tie are drawn away to either Arsenal or Fulham The full draw is: Burnley or Grimsby Town Blackburn or Liverpool Manchester United or Sunderland Newcastle or Bolton Wanderers Nottingham Forest or Rotherham United Sheffield United Middlesbrough or Birmingham City Sheffield Wednesday or Stoke City Chelsea or Cambridge United Wolverhampton Wanderers or Norwich City or Ipswich Town Aston Villa or Watford Walsall or Luton Town Arsenal or Fulham Bexleyheath and Welling or Exeter City Southampton or Portsmouth Brighton or West Ham or Swindon SEATON PICK -IN DOUBT OEATON TOWN whose last game was on December 22 have to play either Cullompton away or Tiverton at home this Saturday The side selected is the same as drew their last game with Sid-mouth viz: King Baker Len Annung Rob Driver Davies Martin Ivor Annin Rew Dereck Ann-ing A Criehard Statham Seaton Reserves travel to Colyton providing the pitch is playable Key Fox Rodgers Cockram Prichard Willetts Searle Albert Anning Roe Dack Bridle In view of a statement by the league fixtures secretary (see this page) that this Saturday will be left free for league matches it appears that Seaton will be at home to Tiverton for Premier Division points on Saturday Dawlish Town (home Heavitree Utd): Bedford Chadwick Slee: McClelland Atkins Thomas Gilpin Woolacott Veale Sokell Ainscough The newly-formed Exeter University team Kilmore AFC require away fixtures with Exeter and District League Junior II or III teams on any Saturday up to and including March 16 Clubs should contact Hunt Martin or Hiatt at Exeter Hall Pennsylvania Road (telephone 74793) Nigerian farming The Whimple Broadclvst and District YFC heard a talk by the Rev Curtis on Farming in Mr David Wells was made a new member The club held iitis ainnuad Christmas party at the Victory Hall DRANK RUM FOR COLD A man who told Exeter magistrates today that he had started drinking rum because he had a cold was fined £1 for being found drunk in High Street Exeter on January 15 He was a 40-year-old kitchen hand Samuel Patrick Davey co Knowie Hotel Staton Road Sidsnouth Seaton darts GEORGE INN TAKE OVER LEAD AGAIN rPHE George Inn move back into top position of the Seaton Darts League as White game with Beer Club was postponed Seaton Club did manage to take two games from the George but they still occupy the bottom position without a win to their credit Pole Arms are now in second place as a result of their grand slam over the Harbour who had shown a marked improvement in the last three games Arms although not a real threat to the league leaders picked up two points at the expense of Golden Hind A while the Hind took a point from the Dolphin The Golden Hind are the draw specialists of the league having finished level in seven of their thirteen games Anchor completed the double over their A side to the tune of 7-1 Results: Golden Hind A 2 Kings Arms 6: Seaton Club 2 George Inn 6: Dolphin 4 Golden Hind 4 Anchor 7 Anchor A 1 Harbour 0 Pole Arms 8 White Hart Beer Club-postponed Fixtures (for January 21) Golden Hind A White Hart Harbour Inn Beer Club Anchor Pole Arms Dolphin Hotel Anchor A Seaton Club Golden Hind Arms George Inn A Inn 13 9 4 0 69 35 22 Pole Arms 13 10 1 2 68 36 21 White Hart 12 9 2 1 64 32 20 Arms 13 8 1 4 67 37 17 Anchor 13 7 3 3 66 38 17 Beer Club 11 5 2 4 50 38 12 Golden Hind 13 2 7 4 50 54 11 Dolphin 13 4 3 6 47 57 11 Harbour 12 4 0 8 40 56 8 Anchor A 12 3 1 8 35 61 7 Golden Hind A 12 0 2 10 22 74 2 Social Club 13 0 2 11 22 82 2 Wincanton off and Newbury prospects dim There will be no racing in England again tomorrow one-day fixture was abandoned soon after 11 am today because of frost and snow on the course The outlook for Friday is no more hopeful Mr Frank Osgood the Newbury racecourse manager said today: The necessary thaw has not materialised We still have four to five inches of snow on the course There were nine degrees of frost last night and afraid that there is now no hope of racing on Friday A formal inspection will be made at 11 am 4th DEVON OCA RETURNS Members of the 4th Devons Old Association smallbore section sadly reduced in numbers now continued familiarising themselves with the challenge of the NSRA five-bull target as they continued their cup and salver competition last night At the TA range Barrack Road Exeter Martin returned scores of 78 and 86 ex 100 Hoare a 72 and Gliddon no returns Miss A Collins in her first (nontrophy) practice on these targets returned 89 (ex 100) and 44 (ex 50) RED AND WHITE AND CITY FC WINNERS Winning numbers in last and Club (Exeterl Daily Draw: First prize £25 9 19 25: second prize £10 10 38 50 £5 44 53 54 £5 8 20 25 Daily Draw No 2: First prize £8 3 9 20 second prize £4 4 19 22 Exeter City third draw (Week QL First prize £10 2563 second £5 8024 five of 8146 3908 11138 8Q6S HELP CLEAR BACK LOG T'HE weather has seriously handicapped fixtures in the section of the City and St (Exeter) Darts League and up to now ten matches have to be rearranged It is requested that house? try to help by making their own arrangements to get these matches played off This week George and Dragon without a win since November 1 came back with an odd game win at the Coachmakers to bring them back into the picture and Ship had all the way to go to beat St Loyes by the odd game after the match stood at 3-all Results Division 1: Sawyers 2 Barnstaple 5 More ton 5 Hour Glass 2 Coachmakers 3 George and Dragon 4 Port Royal 2 Country House 5: Ship 4 St Loyes 3 Division 2: Lamb 2 Butlers 5 Barnstaple 3 Sawyers 4 Brook Green 3 Papermakers 4 Half Moon 3 North Bridge 4: Country House 5 Artillery 2 Leading positions: Division 1 Ship Inn 12 Moreton Inn 11 Coachmakers 11 George and Dragon It Barnstaple 11 Division 2 Papermakers Id Sawyers Arms 11 Barnstaple Inn 11 North Bridge 11 The first round of the mixed pairs will be played tomorrow URIBBAUE LEAGUE The vital City and St Criibbage League match between Moreton ard the Head this week resulted in an odd game win for tne Head so this team take the lead by one point on equal matones Results Moreton 4 Head 5 Green Gables 6 Prince Albert A 3 Artillery 6 Golden Lion A 3 Golden Lion 3 Half Moon 6 Leading records: Turk's Head 10 Moreton Inn 10 Green Gables 9 Prince Albert A 10 Artillery Inn 9 There are no matches this week due to the mixed pairs being played but houses are asked if possible to play these outstanding matches Half Moon Artillery and Prince Albert Golden Lion Argyle ask Martin to more games rpERRY MARTIN who has been Holsworthy regular right-back played his first game for Plymouth Argyle A in a South-Western League match against Saltash When Terry arrived at Home Park he found himself playing in what was virtually the London Combination side Mr Ellis Stuttard explained that he had to include most of his full-time professionals as they had been without a match for some time Terry played at right-back in place of George Robertson and gave a good account of himself in a side that won 2-1 He has now been asked to play in further SW League matches Magpie NO EXETER GREYCING greyhound race meeting at the Exeter County Ground Stadium has been cancelled! owing to the state of the track number one seed Vincent (RAF champion) comfortablv reached the final where after losing the first game 12-15 Vincent tightened up his game somewhat and won the next two to six and seven using a well-disguised drop shot to very good effect In the unfortunate absence of Molly Govett (Cornwall) because of illness Mrs Jones (Somersetl BADMINTON by LDH comfortably won the ladies' singles for the first time having been runner-up to Miss Govett for the previous three seasons In the men's doubles event one naif of the draw followed its appointed course with the holders Major (Wilts) and A Osang (Middlesex) duly reaching the final The other half however was set alight by the progress of Beer and Wood (Combe Martin and Ilfracombe) who have only this season attained a regular place in the second team For fourth year They played a hard fast game with a very good defence and in reaching the final beat Scott and Chambers (Somerset) and Vincent IR AF) and Jones (Somerset) The latter pair were joint first seeds and all were players with several seasons of county match plav behind them Major and Osang proved too good for the Devon boys in the final but they gave a good account of themselves even here This was the fourth consecutive year that Major and Osang had won the title and the first time for many years that a Devon pair had reached the final There were also upsets in the ladies' doubles where Mrs Brandie and Miss Gerrish (Somerset and Gloucestershire) first beat the holders Mrs Corrall and Mrs Perrott and then won a close final against Miss A Brooks and Mrs Mayo (Somerset) The latter pair in their semi-final had beaten the strongly-fancied Mrs Jones and Miss Rice (Somerset and Tiie mixed doubles saw a lot of very fine play too and again Devon players did well Norman (Tiverton) with Miss Gerrish (Glo'ster) reached the quarter-linals where they went out to the eventual winners as did Hume and Miss Atkins (Teign-moutli and Torquay) in the semifinals This latter was an achievement on a par with and Wood's since both play only in the county second team They beat players normally reckoned to be two classes better than themselves to reach the semifinals when they lost only 15-9 15-13 to Bickell and Mrs Corrall (GIo'6ter) Bickell and Mrs Corrall became champions only after a very close match with Byron and Miss Price from the same county who in the semi-finals had just scraped home against the seeded A Osang and Mrs Jones 15-11 4-15 18-13 Inter-league Teams for the inter-league matches have been chosen as follows: Exeter League (v Torbay League at Torquay January Coldridge Coldridge (St Davies Pearson (Exmouth) Rippon (Exeter County) A Smith (Tiverton) Mrs Amos Miss Holmes Miss Nicol Miss Pennell (St Miss Cayless (Cranford) Miss Tavlor (Tiverton): reserves Dixon and Miss Edwards (All Saints) Exeter League (v Devon at Exeter February 10) Coldridge Davies Norman Pearson Rippon A Smith Mrs Amos Mrs Bland Miss Holmes Mrs Newton Mrs Radmore Miss Taylor reserves Coldridge and Miss Cayless Kidney fund A campaign for a national fund for kidney transplantation in recognition of Dr Ian Clark the Reading doctor who died after an unsuccessful attempt to save his life with a kidney given by Dr David Spencer was decided upon at meeting at Reading last night Rugby WALES ENGLAND SATURDAY IANUARY 19 To CARDIFF 266 St Thomag dep 742 am St dep 8 6 935 am paddibS'01' 10 v- St Davld6 VS Sl DaV l0i5 am 40 Return PLYMOUTH 10- From Exeter Central SUNDAYS: By trains to 416 pm WEEKDAYS By trains to 446 pm and further Information also details of others CHEAP TlCkhl FACILITIES enquire at Stations Offices Agencie Travel Western and beat road congestion I tillllllllllilllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllHHlllr EXPRESS ECHO printed and published by The Western Times T-nJu" House 160 Sidweil Street Exeter Phone 3051 LNlfoN EC4ar'd Private Wire Office: 143-144 FLEET LoWoNwT116111 STRATTON STREET PIOGADI Wednesday January 16 loe.