THE UNIVERSITIES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20420, 15 December 1931, Page 7

THE UNIVERSITIES.

SPORTS AND GAMES. I - * NEW ZEALAND SUCCESSES; (MOM OUR OWN CO*aiSPOHDEHT.) | LONDON, November 5. On the first day of the joint programme of Oxford University. Seniors' and Freshmen's sports, at Oxford, overseas atheletes were prominent. The Freshmen's One Mile was won by J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand and Exeter) by 60 yards from A. It. Max-well-Hyslop (Winchester and New College) in 4min 37 3-ssec. JHJa had to make the whole of the running and won in great style. J. Byles, a lihodcs scholar from Princeton, put the weight 40ft llin, and another American, K. Kurtz, was credited with sft 7in in the Senior High Jump. Perhaps the best race of the day was the Seniors' Mile, in which J. 0. Mahoney (Queensland University and Balliol) beat Gowan, otHertford, by 10. yafds in 4min 35 3-5 sec. ' In the Freshmen's half-mile, heat two, R. J. N. Todd (Cheltenham and Oriel) beat J. E. Lovelock by two yards in 2min 15 l-ssec. But next day, the New Zealand frednnan followed up his victory in the mile race by taking the freshmen's iialf-inile in 2tuin 3 3-ssec, s.nfl this, considering the conditions, was one of the best performances of the day.. As iu the mile, Lovelock had nobody to extend'him, and even Lprd John Hope, the Public Schools challeng6 cup and record holder, had to be content with a share of the second place, 25 yards behind the winner. J. C. Mahoney (Queensland and Balliol) also completed a "double" by winning the seniors' half-mile in 2min 2 l-ssec. Mi - G. M. Butler, writing in the "Morning Post" says: Perhaps the most stx-iking victories of this threeday meeting were those of the New Zealander Freshman, J. E. Lofelock. On Monday he took the mile as he liked in 4min 37 3-ssec, making his own pace the whole way. Yesterday he repeated the performance in the half, defeating Lord John Hope, who. made a new Public School record of 2min 1 2-ssep last year. r Lovelock again ran his oyv:n race froni pillar to, post and eoon opened up a 20-yard lead. Hope and Maxwell Hyslop, • another Public School finalist, followed' at a discreet distance in his wake, but really never looked like catching him„ /Neither are, 1; imagine,"fit wet, though Lovelock is. 0, runner who will take a lot of boating when they are. His time, 2min 3.2-0 sec,' was good on the day with no one near hijm to draw him out. Bowing. In-Heat 2 of the Coxswainless Fours •J. H. Laseelles (New Zealand) stroked that Balliol boat which lost to Brasenose by 13 3-saec. Time, 7miri 21sec. Coxswainless Pours at Cambridge. The first Tound of the Coxswainless Fours was decided at Cambridge yesterday, when a strong head wind in Long Reach mkde the times sloav. In each heat those who drew front station were successful, and a good race was seen between, Third Trinity 1., the holders, asd Jesus 1., only 3sec dividing the finishing guns. Time, llmin 25sec. T. W. Reed (Auckland) was . stroko in the Jesus boat. Rugby. On October 31st Pv 0. Minns andW. E. Henley were playing for Oxford against London Scottish, at Oxford. The home side scored 26 points; the visitors scored nothing. Both New Zealanders were prominent, Minns being in excellent form on the wings. Henley ► three times converted. The score islightly exaggerates the superiority of Oxford, as London Scottish had nearly iaS- much of the play as the winners, buj, labile Oxford- generally finished" ■the.ir nlbvemonts witn tries, the losers threw away innumerable chances after the defence had been beaten. .This in no way detracts from Oxford's victory, as they made some excellent constructive play. The chief reason for the improvement was that W. Roberts, the captain, set his three-quarters going much better than in previous matches. ■ J On the same day Cambridge had O. E. 'Malfroy and H. B. L. Johnstone playing in the match against Leicester, at Leicester. The. University gained rather a remarkable victory, when, after leading by only a couple of points at half-time, they finished so strongly that they scored in the end four goals, a penalty goal, and a try (26 points) to a penalty goal and a try (6 points). "The Times" correspondent remarks: In the centre C. E. Malfroy did enough tot suggest that he may improve a. good the second half the, University lost Johnstone, one of their most useful forwards, but that did not prevent th© whole side from staying wonderfully well the pace of a game that was played on 'a fine afternoon but on treacherous going after the frosts—so well that Leicester were aimost overrun in the end. Malfroy, Brook, and, once more, Watherston shared the honours of the, final try scored iby Watherston and by Smeddle. "Blue" for Johnstone. , After the 'match against the. Springboks at Cambridge on November 4th,,J. G. Askew, the Cambridge captain, started team-building by awarding Blues to two forwards, J. G. Watherston (Bedbergh and Corpus Christi), who only iust missed that distinction last year, and H B. L. Johnstone (Christ's College, New Zealand, and St. Catharine's), tfho apart from being a fine forward, ■is: also a splendid place kick, Johnstone was unable to turn out for the match, owing to an injury sustained a ; few days ago. The South Africans beat Cambridge by the decisive score of one goal, one dropped goal, and four tries (21 points), to one penalty goal and two tries (9 points). A Double "Blue"? The Twelfth- Man of the "Evening N remarks: ■IfC. B. Halflroj' the New Zealander, who has just beenelected captain of lawn tennis at Cambridge, gets a Rugger blue this term he will be the first athlete at either 'Varsity to bring off this double for over twenty years. The last man to represent his 'Varsity at both: games was G D. Roberts, the Oxonian, who played for tho Fifteen in 1907-8, and for the in 1908-9, and is now a K.C. This particular little company .of doubles only numj bers five in all. The first man to achieve the distinction was T. A. Cock, who was a triple blue- in 1899; he. also got his colours for rackets. Then came J. V. Nesbitt (1906), the only Oxford man on the list in addition to Roberts; E. D. Evans in 1904, and R. J. Stone m 1902. ' ■ ./: Malfroy's Wimbledon Fight. ! As a tennis player Mdlfroy firsf attracted- attention by reaching the final j of the All England Hate, the consolation prize at Wimbledon, in 1930. Lftst summer he came very near to beating Sidney Wood,: the young American Who holds the All-England title. A few weeks before Wimbledon Malfroy injured a, leg ih attempting a big climb" at Cambridge, and'this undoubtedly handicapped him.