SPORT NEWS IN BRIEF

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25129, 10 March 1947, Page 3

SPORT NEWS IN BRIEF

N.Z. President of English Cricket Club.— The East Molesey Cricket Club, which owns a ground where cricket has been played 250 years, for the first time in its long history has elected New Zealanders as president and secretary. They are Mr B. M. Turner and his son, Mr M. Turner, wjio formerly played for the Waitaki Boys’ High Scnool > first eleven,. The ground, which had been in the possession of the trustees of a Kent family for many years, was purchased by public subscription during the war, when the New Zealand Government and a number of New Zealanders and New Zealand sporting bodies contributed. — London, March 8. Australian May Coach N.Z. Team. — The former Australian Rugby League international forward, Ray Stehr, may tour England with the New Zealand team this year as trainer and coach, according to the Sydney “Daily Telegraph.” He said he was very interested in an invitation he had received from a prominent New Zealand official, and was awaiting developments.— Sydney, March 8. Service in Table Tennis.— Delegates to the annual meeting of the .International Table Tennis Federation in Paris decided to adopt the American “open hand” service for,All future international competitions. The ball m future must be transferred to the racket from the open. hand. This bars players from spinning the ball with their fihgers before the service stroke. —Paris, March 8. World Table Tennis Championships. —ln the final of the men’s singles in the world table tennis championships, Vana beat Sido, 21-10, 21-14, 21-9. In the men’s doubles. Vana and Slar beat Leach and Carrington, 21-8, 21-14, 21-1&. Giselle Farkas (Hungary) won the women’s singles, beating Betty Blackbourne (England) 21-19, 21-12. In thd women’s doubles. Farkas and Pritzi beat the Americans, Clouther and Monese, 21-20, 21-14,. 21-19.—Paris, March 8.