SPORTS OVERSEAS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 June 1924, Page 5

SPORTS OVERSEAS.

I SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS. ' : A MATCH AT KEIGATE. l LOXDOX, June 2U. The South African cricketers com- 1 ] mcnml a. match at Reigate to-day against, , lan eleven captained by .Major 11. LoveI son-Oower. Tiie visitors in their first j I inninga made 203 runs (Taylor 81, i ( ■ lllanckoniiorg 36, Xupcn 37). Rhodes j I took six wickets for oti runs. Lcveson-i, i (jowcr'e team had lost two wickets for |, i 57 runs when stumps were drawn. Taylor j, I gave a delightful exhibition of batting. — (Reuter.) Major Levcson-Gower's team in their , I first innings made 230 (Howell 43, Dog- | part 47). Blanckeiiberg took five wickets I fur 53 runs. The South Africans in their second , innings made ]71 (Taylor 33, Susakind i' 44, tattcrall 45). Doggart took five J ! j wickets for 5S runs, aud Rhodes four 11 for 30.—(Router.) COUNTY CRICKET. , LOXDOX, June 26. r In the county cricket matches yester- , day, Marylebone made 328 runs (Titch- • marsh 77, MofTatt 92). Kaikes took five t,; wickets for 112 runs. Oxford replied 5 i with 48 runs for two wickets. ' Surrey made 153 (Sandham 90 not i out) against Cambridge's 177 for four t wickets. 1 Hampshire compiled 106. Haij: took ' three wickets for 14 runs. Middlesex r replied with 108 runs for two wickets (Stevens 78 not out). — (Reuter.) r GOLF IN ENGLAND. LONG DRIVE CHAMPIONSHIP. LOXDON, June 26. At the Hoylake golf links the longdriving championship was won 'by J. t Smith, of C'antelupe. The basis was 1 the best aggregate of three out of \ four drives. Smith's best three drives c were respectively 230 yds 2in, 217 yds 2ft, ;i and 244 yds lft, giving an aggregate of b 7"2Syds 2in. Mitchell's aggregate was 61'iGyds lft, and Duncan's 053 yd:-.— t (Reuter.) i. ' FIRST-CLASS TENNIS. d ("Received 10 a.m.) c LOXDON, June 26. i- Iμ the Wimbledon tennis tourney, -. Brookes beat Hunter, 3—G, U—3, 0 —4,! 5—7. G—2. Hunter began brilliantly, giving Brookes no chance of taking the initiative. In the second set Brookes got into i his stride and kept the American runj. J ning. He continually played on Hunter's backhand. A remarkable incident occurred in the first game, when a shot from ] Brookes hit a post, the ball bouncing J into Hunter'S court. The former rej fused to take the point, but ultimately l- won the game. — (Reuter.) "-'I Kingscote heat Ritchie, B—4, G—3, n C—3. n Ttutman and nadi defeated Willard r - and Bayley, f>—3, o—3, G—4. The Belgian. .1. Washer, heat J. ™ I Bayley, ti—4, o—o, o—2, S—o, 7—."), in ' ; (he third round. ,t I Mdllc. Lenglcu, writing in the "Daily ,( ! Exprcs?." says that the feature of the ie day's play was the genius of Brookes in I his match against Rutman. His craft a 1 was wonderful. He made the court his v J own by his placing. His footwork was '~ remarkable. The writer adds: "I always i rt i lciirn something when I see him play.'"—■ , r ! ( Renter.) •