SPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 211, 6 September 1941, Page 3 (Supplement)

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Hemi Leads in League 1 Jack Hemi is the most prolific scorer in the League code this season, and the versatile Manukau back promises to set up record figures for points scored in club games. So far ! Hemi has scored 120 points, from 1 eight tries and 48 goals. Leading the •I try getters is his club mate J. Mur--1 ray, a former Maori All Black, who I has shown fine form of late. Murray i has scored 20 tries. Allan Saves, former New Zealand amateur 440 yards champion, is next with 18 tries. Among the forwards, C. Petersen, with 16 tries, is on top. Leading ; point-getters up to last Saturday were: J. Hemi, tries 8, goals 48, I points 120; J. Smith, tries 1, goals 39, ! points 81; H.' Emus, tries 9, goals 20, I points 67; A. Kay, tries 5, goals 25, points 65; J. Murray, tries 20, points 60; A. J. Sayers, tries 18, points 54; C. Webb (Richmond), tries 1, goals 25, points 53; C. Petersen, tries 16, points 48; W. S. Clarke (City), goals 23, points 46; W. Butler, tries 11, goals 3, points 36. * Meet the Champion Displaying the nearest approach to | his Auckland form that he had ever revealed in Wellington, R. Carrick succeeded in wresting the New Zealand arr.at.eur billiards title from S. Moses (Wellington) in the final of the tournament held in Wellington last week.

The final score was Carrick 1500, Moses 1371. At the half-way mark on Thursday night the position was Carrick 750 (including an unfinished break of 29), Moses 635. The best breaks in the final were:—Carrick: 48, 39, 47, 48, 33, 42. 34, 43, 48, 56, 36, 62, 71, 53, 54, 57, 46. Moses: 30, 58, 46, 40, 114, 39. 48, 45, 64, 53, 67, 38. Century breaks in the course of the tournament were: Carrick, 114; Moses, 109, 114, 148. Writing after the event the Sports Post stated that Carrick is generally considered to be as good an amateur as there is

in the country, and some of his

performances certainly lend colour to the idea. No less an authority than Clark McConachy considers that Carrick, among all the lily-whites, comes closest to having the professional touch.

At the same time it has proved to be a fact that his best performances have generally been reserved for his home town. The Main Trunk line seems to upset him. At Auckland, for' instance, he sometimes averages as much as 50 a visit to the table by concentrating on nursery cannons. Carrick's best break in a game is 409, but in practice he has reached 480—all nursery cannons. His best break with nurseries in a match is 284-.

His previous record includes the New Zealand title at Auckland two years ago, the Auckland provincial open championship in 1938, 1940 and 1941, and the Auckland provincial amateur title in 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1940.

In snooker he has won the Auckland provincial amateur title for the past three years, and his best breaks in this game have been 119 and 109. Carrick holds the official New Zealand amateur record for billiards of 179 which he made in the Auckland championships last year against A. Bowie.

He is the only player in New Zealand who has held four titles simultaneously. Two years ago he won the Auckland amateur and open billiards and amateur snooker championships, and also the Dominion amateur billiards title.

List's Imposing List ! Few, if any, players in the Rugby League code can boast a playing record of 29 years continuous footJ- - T i?. ls 3 oes to the still fit and active Claude List, who in turn shines as a back, or a forward, for Mount Albert. List made his debut lu «9? gue c °de in Auckland for the old Kingsland Club in 1921, and since then he has gained both New

Zealand and Auckland representative honours. He first got into an Auckland team in 1927, and actually was picked to represent New Zealand in 1928, while still a senior B grade player. The Kingsland Club became known as Athletic in j

1928-29, and in 1931 List- changed over to Marist. His greatest success came in 1932 when he played all three Tests for New Zealand against England. At Christchurch, in the second match; with A. E. Cooke badly hurt, Claude played the greatest came of his career. Many times his powerful fend came into action, and ne stood out as the best of the New Zealand backs. Jim Sullivan, the English captain, reckoned that List was next to A. E. Cooke, the most dangerous attacking back his team had met in the Dominion, besides which his tackling was always a great asset. Claude first played football for a League team in Queensland as a schoolboy in 1912. Nearly every Saturday List can be seen at Carlaw Park giving the Mount Albert Club valued assistance, and he is still up to the best first-grade standard.

Heroic Cricketer The official story of how PilotOfficer P. G. H. Chalk, captain of the. Kent cricket team before the war, and well known to Domittioh cricketers, won his D.F.C. makes thrilling reading. A member of the Honourable Artillery Company in the days of peace, Chalk secured a transfer to the Air Force when hostilities broke out. He was soon in the thick of the fight, and, when the last mail left England, had made something like 25 operational flights over Germany in his capacity as rear-gunner. It was on one of these that ne won his medal. During this night his aeroplane, a heavy bomber, was attacked by a Meßserschmitt. The enemy succeeded in hitting the aeroplane, setting fire to one of the wings and shooting off part of the tail. The British crew first set about putting out the fire, and then Chalk turned his attention to the enemy fighter, finally shooting it down. Pilot-Officer Chalk played for Kent against the 1937 New Zealanders, and was the best scorer for his side, with 62 and 59. He also batted for the Gentlemen of England, as well as for his county, against the 1938 Australians.

Is It a World Record? A performance unparalleled in the cricket history of the Second N.Z.E.F. was turned on in Egypt earlier this month by LieutenantColonel A. H. Andrews, who is probably better known in New Zealand as a footballer. He gained a place in the Canterbury team, and represented South Island as a wing-for-ward in 1931-2-3, and then went to Wellington, playing for Hutt. He was chosen to go to Australia A'ith the All Jlacks in 1934, but did not make the trip. However, to return to his cricke* effort. Playing 'or New Zealand Divisional Headquarters against the Royal Dra-

goon Guards hi scored a chanceless century (106 retired), and then proceeded to take all ten of the opposing team's wickets at a cost of 73 runs in an innings of 187. New Zealand declared at 255 for five wickejs. This extraordinary double of Andrews may even be a world record! Dr. W. G. Grace, who many critics still regard as the most wonderful batsman of all time, playing for M.C.C. against Oxford on the 'Varsity field in 1886 dismissed all ten of the students for 49 runs, off 36 overs, of which 17 were maidens. There are no statistics available to show whether he also hit a century in the same game.