SPORT OVERSEAS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 7

SPORT OVERSEAS.

FIGHTS FOR FIRPO. A TRIP TO ENGLAND. (Received 10 -a.m.) BUENOS AYRES, December 1. Luis Angel Firpo expects to leave in March for England, where he will fight Then he will go to Canada, and afterwards to the United States, where he hopes to get another chance at the champion.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA.

QUEENSLAND V. N.S.W. BRISBANE, December 1. Tn the inter-State cricket match, Queensland v. New South Wales, the former in their first innings scored 500 for nine wickets and declared. Oxenham made 94. Thompson 132, and Preston 52 (not out). Everett took four wickets for 142 runs. New South Wales in their second innings have made 10 for one wicket. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

CAMBRIDGE V. OXFORD.

LONDON, December 1. Tn the inter-university relay races, Cambridge beat Oxford by four events to nop. Rinkel defeated Porritt, of NewZealand, by Syds in the last lap. Cambridge won in the record time of Sfls. Porritt assisted Oxford to win the hurdles.— ("'Sun.")

"YES," SAYS DEMPSEY,

{Received 30 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 1. The "Los Angeles Dispatch" says that •Tack Dempsey is willing to meet Eirpo there before he fights Wills in July.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)