SPORT OVERSEAS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 67, 20 March 1926, Page 9

SPORT OVERSEAS.

FOOTBALL IN VICTORIA. SUGGESTED RUGBY REVrVAL. SYDNEY, March 10. The statement emanating from the New Zealand Rugby Union concerning a revival of the Rugby football game in Melbourne has caused surprise and interest in Sydney, where nothing is known of any effort to re-establish it there. Apart from an odd club or two, the Rugby Union game was never seriously played in Victoria, where the Australian j rules game holds the popular favour. The League code there is also dead. Enthusiasts here express some doubt as to the financial results of a Rugby team's visit to Victoria.—(A. and N.Z.) ARMY SOCCER TOURNAMENT. BRITAIN AND BELGIUM DRAW, j ■ i LONDON, March 19. ! In the Army triangular Association I football tournament, Britain and Bel- ! gium tied with two goals each.—Reuter. SPLENDID SHOOTING. MELBOURNE, March 19. H. G. Kershaw, of Chatswood. New South Wales, won tbe Victorian King's prize, scoring 339, which is a British Empire record for a King's prize contest. Kershaw shot throughout the competition with remarkablbe consistency in spite ot treacherous weather conditions in the final stage. He secured in addition to tbe King's prize the David Syme aggregate which is the most important and valuable prize of the whole series.— ' (A. and N.Z.) j DAVIS CUP CONTEST. J TOKYO, March 19. The Japan Tennis Association has decided to send three entrants for the Davis Cup to America—Tawara, Toba and Harada.— (A. and N.Z.) BOXING IN ENGLAND. LONDON, March 19. In the boxing contest at tbe Albert Hall for the heavyweight championship of Britain, Phil Scott knocked out Frank Goddard. the title-holder, in the third round. The bout was scheduled for 20 rounds. In the first round Scott demonstrated that he was too fast for Goddard, who was very slow. In the second round Scott forced matters, but ran into a straight left that sent him to the floor. However, he managed to weather the round. In the third session Goddard opened aggressively, but left himself open to Scott's left. This was followed by a stinging right to the jaw, which ended i the contest, Goddard taking the count. After the match Scott said: "The result makes mc champion of Great j Britain, and I am prepared to defend the title against allcomers, but my great ambition is to fight Dempsey for the world's championship." In a 15 rounds heavyweight contest Tom Heeney beat Charles Smith, who was disqualified in the sixth round.—(A. i and N.Z.—Reuter.) j