OVERSEAS SPORT

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 64, 17 March 1930, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT

CALCUTTA CUP. England Draws With Scotland in Rugby Match. FRANCE MAY WIN TROPHY. (United P.A.-Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (■Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, March 16. At Rugby football at Twickenham in the annual Calcutta Cup match England drew "with Scotland. Neither side scored. There is a possibility of France's reaching the summit of her sporting ambitions, by winning the international championship at Rugby football, tor if she beats Wales at Paris on Easter Monday, she will have three victories, while England and Ireland will have only two each. Yesterday's pointless draw at Twickenham before 60,000 spectators, including the Duke of York, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, was one of the hardest fought games ever seen in England. It was full of excitement from the kick off to the final whistle. It was not a great game, compared with many other international matches, for the three-quarters rarely got going. But there was a tremendous struggle between two fine sets of forwards. The tackling throughout was fierce and relentless. England was unfortunate not to win, for the greater part of the game was played in the Scottish half of the ground, and the Englishmen were within an ace of scoring several times. England's half-backs, Sobey and Spong, who are members of the team which is to visit New Zealand and Australia, were in fine form, and continually opened up the game, but the threequarters could not carry on this good work. Sobey made the most brilliant effort of the match, when he broke away from a scrummage on the half-way line and swerved and dodged through the bewildered Scotsmen, only to be tackled a yard from the line. DEMPSEY RETURNS. TO THE BOXING WORLD. NEW YORE;, March 16. Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, intends to sta,rt training as soon as he completes his theatrical tour. If he finds he can get into proper condition he will be ready to meet the outstanding claimant to the title. HAGEN IN VICTORIA. DEFEAT OF KIRKWOOD. MELBOURNE, March 16. In a golf match at the Victoria links yesterday Walter Hagen defeated J. H. Kirkwood over 36 holes by 2 up. Kirkwood was 2 up after the morning round, but Hagen made a brilliant recovery over the last nine holes. Hagen was seldom off the line in the afternoon. He made many magnificent approaches and holed some beautiful long putts. His figures for the afternoon were: Out, 37; in, 33. Kirkwood's second round score was: Out, 39; in, 37. BILLIARD CHAMPIONS. LINDRUM'S MASTERY. LONDON, March 16. "At the end of yesterday's play the scores in the Lindrum v. Smith match were:—Lindrum, 18,669, including breaks of 688 and 352; Smith (in play), 6891, including a break of 832 (unfinished). In the match McConachy v. Davis yesterday's totals were:—McConachy, 12,209, including breaks of 6SB, 406 and 411; Davis (in play), 10,741, including breaks of 324 (full), 318 and 237 unfinished. SOCCER FOOTBALL. I SCOTLAND DEFEATS ENGLAND. LONDON, March 16. In an international Association match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland beat England by 1 goal to 0. NEW SWIM RECORD. GIRL'S FURLONG RACE. NEW YORK, March 16. In a swimming contest at Miami Beach, Florida, Miss Helene Madison, of Seattle, aged sixteen, established a new world's record of 2m 35s for the 220 yds free style. The event was the national women's amateur swimming competition. UNIVERSITY SPORTS. CAMBRIDGE BEATS OXFORD. LONDON, March 16. Cambridge University defeated Oxford University in the annual athletic sports yesterday for the fifth year in succession. Cambridge won by eight events to three. ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS. WINNERS IN VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, March 16. E. Jelbert won the sculling championship of Victoria yesterday from C. Pepper by several lengths, over two and a half miles. Time, 17m 46 3-ss. The champion eights were won by Mercantile from Richmond, with Hawthorn third. BOXING CHAMPIONS MEET J EDWARDS DEFEATS HUGHES. SYDNEY, March 10.

At the Sydney Stadium last evening in a bout of 15 rounds between the respective feather-weight champions of New South Wales and Victoria, Llew Edwards, Sst 131b (Victoria), defeated Archie Hughes, Sst 13ilb, on points.