SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10670, 15 February 1926, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

LAWN TENNIS.

SATURDAY'S GAMES. Two tennis matches were decided on Saturday, but only one, that between Tinwald No. 1 and Ashburton No. 1 Junior teams, was a competition game. A friendly game was played between the Te Marae A and B Senior teams. Tinwald beat Ashburton by 10 sets 111 games to six sets 107 games. Te Marae A beat the B team by 14 sets 124 games to two sets 69 games. Detailed scores are as follows: — JUNIOR COMPETITION. Tinwald No. 1 v. Ashburton No. 1.

(Ashburton Names first); ! Men's Singles.— Lawson 9 y Barnett 6, Heenan 9 v Tarbotton 4, Dyhrberg 5 v Hockings 9, Field 2 y Bryant 9. Ladies' Singles—Miss W. Hunter 7 v Mrs Hulme 3, Miss M. Hunter 4 v Mrs Gudsell 7, Miss Morgan 2 v Mrs Barnett 7 Miss Pritchard 7 v Miss .Hulme 6. ■' ■

Men's Doubles —Lawson and Heenan 9 v Barnett and Tarbotton 8, Dyhrberg and Field 8 y Hockings and Bryant 9. Ladies' Doubles.—Misses Hunter (2) 7 y Mesdames Hulme and Gudsell 3, Misses Morgan and Pritchard 7 v Mrs Barnett and Miss Hulme 5. Combined Doubles—Lawson and Miss W. Hunter 9 y Barnett and Mrs Hulme 8, Heenan and Miss M. Hunter 9 v Tarbotton and Mrs Gudsell 6, Dyhrberg and Miss Morgan 9 v Hockings and Mrs Barnett 8, Field and Miss Pritchard 8 v Bryant and 1 Miss Hulme. 9.

CLUB MATCH.

Te Marae A v. Te Marae B» Men's Singles.—J. Robilliard 9 v A. S. Christie 2, E. Easterbrook 9 v R. Judge 4, L.'R. Clarke 5 y H. Taylor 9, N. Johnson.s y 11. Featherston 9. Ladies' Singles.—Miss D. Vesty 7 v Miss M. Dixon 2, Miss M. Bell 7 v Miss L. Porter 3, Miss M. Vesty 7 v Miss E, Hunterf 5, Miss M. Sparrow 7 v. Miss I. Easterbrook 4.

Men's Doubles.—Robilliard and Easterbrook 9 v Christie and Judge 1, Clarke and Johnson 9 v Taylor and Featherstone 5. Ladies' Doubles—Misses D. and. M. Vesty 7 v Misses Dixon and Porter 0, Misses Bell and Sparrow 7 y Misses Hunter and Easterbrook 1... Combined Doubles—Robilliard and Miss D. Vesty 9 y Christie and Miss Dixon 5, Easterbrook and Miss Bell 9 v Judge and Miss Porter 8,. Clarke and Miss M. Vesty 9 v Taylor and Miss E. Hunter 3, Johnson and Miss Sparrow 9 v Featherstone and Miss Easterbrook 8. ,'«■>

I CYCLING.

ALLENTON ROAD RACE. The Ashburton Amater Cycling and Athletic Club held a 14£ mile cycle road race round the Allenton Block on Saturday evening, when'l7 riders faced the starter. A large crowd assembled to witness the race, the finish of which was very exciting. The result was as follows: W. Parkes (3£min.) 1 H. Weston (4min.) 2 H. C'avill (4min.) 3 W. Watson (4min.) ' 4 Fastest time was obtained by R. Wood, who rode the. race in 25mm. 57sec. The winner's time was 26nnn. 30sec.

BOWLING.

THE ASHBURTON CLUB.There - ' was a good attendance at the Ashburton Bowling Club's green on Saturday, when one of the championship rink matches was played, in addition to a number of friendly club games.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

ASHBURTON DEFENCE CLUB. A match of ten shots at 300 and 500 yards was fired by the Ashburton Defence Rifle Club on Saturday. Conditions were good for shooting, and some good scores were registered J. Carr, with a handicap of 4 proved the winner with, 95, J. Yeandle (scr) being second with 92, and H. Cromie (scrAhird with 92. • The scores registered were as follow :

IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD

WELLINGTON. February 14. The results of the Imperial Challenge Shield rifle competition and the competition for the Earl Jflncoe trophy have boon announced by LoloneJ W. L. H. Burgess, Chief of the General Staff. „ , _ ... The winner of the Earl Jellicoe trophy was No. 89 Company, New Plymouth Technical College Cadets, with a score of 50.864. The same comnany was successful in the Imperial Challenge Shield senior competition, and tb Q iunior competition was won by C Company, Ist (Cadet) Battalion, Otago Regiment. The Dunodin Technical High School Cadets, with a score of 43.425. were the winners of the National Rifle 'Association's bronze modal. It is also announced that 91 teams competed in the competition for the Kind's trophy. They made a total H r.„ve Vf 139,214, the ' figure of merit being 69.295.'

BOXiNG.

DRAWN MATCH IN BERLIN. BERLIN, February 14. A ten rounds boxing contest between Paoline and Franz Diener (German) was drawn. Fifteen thousand spectators watched the fight, in which Dieper's superior ringcraft counterbalanced the force of Paoline'6 blows. Both took merciless punishment unflinchingly. UREN DEFEATS HALL. SYDNEY, February 14. At the Stadium, Havilah Uren defeated Joe Hall, the latter being disqualified for delivering a low punch in the second round.

RUGBY.

LONDON, February 14. Playing Rugby at Dublin, Ireland beat England by 19 points to 15. At Belfast, playing Soccer, Ireland beat Wales, 3-0.

SWIMMING

GRIER'S PROTEST,

ADELAIDE, February 13. In connection with Grier's protest in the 100" yards swimming championship of Australia, the referee decided that the race must be re-swum, and his decision was endorsed by the governing body.

Reg. Crier is the Queensland champion. He made his first appearance in championships last year, when, at the age of 19, he won State and national championships. He won the Australian quarter-mile title in smin 37 4-5 sec. This year, at the Perth section of the Australian championships, he brought off a surprise by winning the 220 yards title in 2min 30 2-ssec.

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

ADELAIDE, February 14

The three-quarter- mile swimming championship of Australia resulted as follows: —Christie (New South Wales) 1, Jones (West Australia) 2, Cormac (Victoria) 3. Time, 18min 3sec. The diving championship of Australia resulted as follows*:—Barras (New South Wales) 1, Fowler (West Australia,) 2, Morris (Victoria) 3.

CROQUET. TPIE ASHBURTON CLUB. A large number assembled on the Ashburton croquet lawns on Saturday, when a. senior and junior tournament, for prizes presented by Mrs L. C. Dunn, the club captain, was played. Mrs T. J. Hunter won the senior tournament and Mrs: John Lane the junior. A Gift Sale was held in the pavilion in aid of the pavilion; fund. ASHBURTON v. TIMARU. The following are the detailed scores in the junior flag croquet match, Ashburton v. Timaru Club, which was won by Ashburton by 6 games to 9. Ashburton names are mentioned first: — Singles—Mrs Watt'26 v. Mrs Moodie 21, Mrs Buxton 21 v. Mrs Thomas 26, Miss Moore 13 v. Miss Hassell 26, Mrs Smith 26 v. Miss Murdoch 11, Mrs Heenan 26 v. Mrs Bowker 21, Mrs Patterson 18 v. Miss Coleman 26. Doubles—Mesdames Watt and Buxton 26 v. Mesdames Moodie and Bowker 21, Miss Moore and Mrs Smith 26 v. Misses Hassell and Murdoch 17, Mesdames Heenan and Patterson 26 v. Mrs Thomas and Miss Coleman 11. ASHBURTON v. AORANGI. In their senior pennant match against Aorangi Club .(Timaru), Ashburton were defeated by 7 games to 2. The following are "the detailed scores, Ashburton names appearing first:— Singles—Miss Hosken 16 v. Mrs Taylor 26, Mrs Dunn 2 6v. Miss Ogilvie 13, Mrs Clark 17 v. Miss Green 26. Mrs Boyce 6 v. Mrs Calder 26, Mrs Hunter 16 v. Mrs Blue 26, Mrs Brodie 15 v. Mrs Watt 26. Doubles—Miss Hosken. and Mrs Dunn 26 v. Mrs Taylor and Miss Green 22, Mesdames Clark and Boyce 24 v. Miss Ogilvie and Mrs Calder 26, Mesdames Hunter and Brodie 9 v. Mesdames Blue and Watt 26.

300 500 * yds. yds. Hep. Tl. J. j. Garr ... Yeandle . 44 . 44 47 4S ■ 4 scr 95 92 92 92 92 91 91 91 90 • 88 87 86 11. Cromie . 4G 46 scr j). Clements P. Keir . 47 . 47 45 45 scr scr F. G. E. Clark ... Waddington . Baker ... Truman . 45 . 44 . 44 . 41 46 46 43 44 scr 1 4 5 \\. Bramley . .44 44 scr !i. Nickolls . 44 37 6 G. Cromie . 41 45 scr Porter ... . 35 45 6 86 J.' a. Clayton Pratley . 44 . 38 34 32 3 6 81 76