OVERSEAS SPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 220, 16 September 1932, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT.

ENGLAND'S ELEVEN. Maurice Tate Overtaken By Sudden Illness. TEAM'S STRONG ATTACK. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 12 noon.) .LONDON, September 15. M. Tate, of Sussex, has suddenly become indisposed, and may not sail with the English cricketers for Australia op' Saturday. His illness is" ascribed to nervous trouble, due to overexhaustion throughout the season. At present Tate is confined to bed, and shows a high temperature. Specialists will be summoned to-morrow. The "Daily " Mail" expresses the opinion that the Test team for Australia and New Zealand could not be improved. Rarely has there been so formidable an attack, it says, and the batting resources must command the highest respect. STAR. VINES 1j BE MAERIED. SAN FRANCISCO, September 15. Ellsworth Vines, American tennis star, returned to Pasadena, California, yesterday from his triumphs in the East. He announced that he will marry Miss Verle Low, of Pasadena, ibefore October 5, on which date he is to leave for Australia.

DIRT-TRACK CONTEST. SEEN BY RECORD CROWD. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, September 15. In a night of close finishes and brilliant riding, England defeated Australia by 51 points to 42 in the fifth and final dirt-track riding test. The attendance numbered 84,000, the biggest crowd yet at a dirt-track meeting, and caused a traffic jam extending for two miles from the Stadium gates. FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN. SOCCER AND LEAGUE RESULTS. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 15. Late football results are:— Soccer.—Scottish, Second Division: Hibernian beat Armadale 4 —2. Northern Union Football.—Broughton beat Widnes 12—5.