LATE SPORTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 66, 28 December 1928, Page 4

LATE SPORTS.

BILLIARDS. FRED LINDRUM'S MATCH. (United Press Association—(Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Fred Lindrum (Australia), who" I* suffering from a chill, resumed his time-limit match at Thurstons against* Arthur Peall, which was commenced oat Christmas Eve. The scores are: Peall (received 1000), 3010; Lindrum, 1984. Australian Press Association, United Service. WRESTLING. ' THYE DEFEATS TOM RAY. WASHINGTON, December 26 Ted Thye defeated Tom Ray, the "Washington Grappler." Ray nearly downed Thye with a headlock after 15 minutes' wrestling, but the Australian, j with his shoulders nearly flat on the mat, flopped Ray over, to win on a decision.—Australian Press Association. Though Thye has been wrestling im Australia recently, he is not actually an Australian, as stated in gram, but went there from the United States. • CRICKET.

OTAGO v. WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, This Day. The Plunket Shield match, Otago y-i Wellington, was continued to-day m' fine weather. Otago continued their second innings. . ■ ~. „. , Monk was caught off McGirr s fourth ball. Runs came freely. At 318 Galland was caught off Foley a second delivery. Cavanagh skied: one before scoring. At noon Otago hart scored 322 for six wickets (Monk 61, Galland 44, Blunt 96, Cavanagh 9; extras 20). . ~-' Blunt reached the century just after noon, having been in 205 minutes. Wickets then fell quickly, Otago being, all ou* at 12.30 p.m. their score being 351, leaving Wellington 399 tor get the win. , , , Dempster and Rotherham opened Wellington's second innings. At luncheon the score was eight for no wickets* Details of Otago's second innings are: Knight, run out ... ... -|1 H. 0. Alloo, c Dempster, b Lambert 66 Eastman, c Henderson, b Hoar ... b/ A W. Alloo, c McGirr, b Badcock <&- Monk, c Hoar, b McGirr ... ••• «** Galland, o McGirr, b Foley ... 4* Cavanagh, c Lowry, b Foley ... » Zimmerman, lbw, b Hoar •■• A Elms, not out ... -.*. Blunt, b McGirr IX * Douglas, b McGirr ... ..'• ••• ,f Extras ... l * Total , 351 ' Bowlim* analysis: McGirr took three wickets For 19 runs, Rotherham nonet for 48, Lowry none for 15, Badcocfc one for 49, Hoar two for 80, Lambert one for 55, Foley two for 16.

CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Canterbury cricket selectors have chosen the following players for the match against Wellington, commencing on Monday:—Burns, .Cunningham, Gregory, I. M. Hamilton, Jacobs, Merrfttt Newman, Page, t&yrick, J. Powell Read. Roberts.