LATE SPORTS & PASTIMES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10179, 9 August 1924, Page 5

LATE SPORTS & PASTIMES

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AFRICA v. SURREY. (Per Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 8. The Africans in their first innings against Surrey made 418 (Susskmd 137, Catterall 63). Fenley took six wickets for 148 runs. . , . . Surrey, in their second innings, niade 203 runs for 4 wickets (Knight 68). ■ ' 'The match was drawn. . . The weather was fine, and the wicket good, Catterall went out the first ball lie received in the morning. Catterall batted 261 minutes, giving no chances.

RUGBY FOOTBALL

ASHBURTON v. PENINSULA. JUNIOR COMPETITION GAMES. The Ashburton County and Peninsula sub-unions’ senior representative teams are playing on the Showgrounds this afternoon. The weather is fine, though the ground is somewhat slippery owing to the recent rams. Matches in the junior competition are also being played. The Timaru Boys’ High Schools fourth team met the Ashburton High School’s B team this morning m a match, which ended in a wm for Timaru by 13 points to 3 Tries we e scored for Timaru by White, bmait, and McDonald, while White converted two. J. Todd put over a penalty tor Ashburton. Mr H. J. Chapman was the referee. ~ The following results or otoei matches were available before the "Guardian” went to press:

JUNIORS

Ashburton 14, Old Boys nil

SCHOOLS’ MATCHES

In the trial representative game, the B team wou by 8 to nil. . In the match Timaru High School third team v. Ashburton High School seniors, Ashburton won by 12 to u-