SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10532, 23 October 1925, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CRICKET. TEAMS FOR. SATURDAY. The following are the A and B teams of tlie St. Stephen’s Cricket Club for the official opening on Saturday _ A team. —Reeves, Lennan, Peez, Little M. Smith, Hynam, Wallis, Rooms, Flannigan, Garriock, Stockdill, Ciaytoß team.—-Mora, Cartwright, Muir, F. Smith, McLennan, Lake, Field, Argyle, Urquhart, Collins 3 Fur by, Miller. boxing. amateur tournament. CHRISTCHURCH, -This Day. The tournament for amateur boxers held by the Christchurch Sports Club in the Caledonian Hall last night proved very successful. It drew a big attendance, who were rewarded with some fine bouts. The results of the bouts were: Paper-weight—Jack Neligan (sst lib) drew with Edgar Plesse (sst 51b). Flv-weight.—J. Plesse (7st 21b) beat A. Mullins (7st lib), the fight being stopped after the second round. Bantam-weight. —G. Plesse (Bst 51b) beat S. Hobson (Bst 81b). Light-weight.—A. McGrath (9st 111 b) beat W. Carey (9st 111 b). W - Clare (9st 51b) beat L. Tmdell (9st) by a. knock-out in the first round. IV. Gahagan (9st 21b) beat W. Hampton (9st lib). , TT „ _ . Catch-weights.—A. Wallace Temuka (10st 21b) beat A. Thompson (lOst 61b), the latter being an emergency, as N. Moulin was not able to appear. Middle-weight.—C. Pocock (lOst 131 b) beat C. B. Norton, Temuka (lOst 111 b). ... , Light-heavy.—H. Thompson (list 21b) beat A. Birchfield (list).

WRESTLING. NAPIER, October 22. Ike Robins (Hawke’s Bay) beat Walter Miller, the American, for the Australian heavy-weight wrestling championship, on points, after minute rounds. The purse was £SOO. GOLF. LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY MRS DODGSHUN. WELLINGTON, Oct. 22. The ladies’ golf tournament was concluded at Miramar to-day, when Mrs Dodgsliun (Otago) defeated Mrs J. A. Cook (Otago) in the final of the New Zealand championship by eight up and seven. The play of both through the greens was very steady, that of Mrs Dodgshun being remarkably so, while her putting was up to a high standard. That of Mrs Cook was very weak indeed, and therein lay her downfall. It was her weakness in this respect that caused her in the morning round to be five down, although coming in her putting improved considerably. Again in the afternoon her putting was decidedly weak. To Mrs Cook’s credit, though meeting a lady whoso golf was machinelike in its ease and precision, she played gamely to the end, which came on the twenty-ninth green. Mrs Dodgshun commenced her golf at the a<_y. of 12 years at St. Clair links (Dunedin), which were situated on her father’s property. She received her early coaching from Mr J. Mullinder, the professional of the club, and from her brother, Mr J. Fotheringham, who was one of its prominent members. Mrs Dodgshun before her marriage twice won the championship of the St.. Clair Club and has twice been champion of the Otago Club, to which she belongs at present. For the last three years she has been open champion of Otago. Last Easter slie won the Canterbury open championship.