TRAINING COLLEGE TOURNEY

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26477, 19 July 1951, Page 3

TRAINING COLLEGE TOURNEY

CHRISTCHURCH AND DUNEDIN

"Th* Presf Special Service DUNEDIN. July U. With six events decided. Dunedin is leading by 7 points to 3 from Christchurch in the annual Training College winter sports tournament, which began to-day. Dunedin won the Association ,'ootball, women's hockey, and the crosscountry race, and Christchurch won the men's hockey and the debate. The boxing was drawn. The tournament will conclude to-morrow, when badminton, women's and men's indoor basketball, and women’s outdoor basketball matches will be played. • Boxing results were:—feather-weight: C. Blakie (Dunedin) 9st lib beat R. Brown (Christchurch) Bst 7ib, on points. Lightweight: D. Matthews (Christchurch) s«t 31b beat G. Rees (Dunedin) Bst 121 b. on points. Welter-weight: A. Hall iDuaedin) lOst beat W. Duff (Christchurch) lost 71b, the referee stopping the bout in the second round. Middle-weight: J. Falconer (Christchurch) list 21b beat E. Cameron (Dunedin) list 31b. on points. Light-heavv-weight: B. Proctor (Dunedin) list 121 b beat J. Bateman (Christchurch) list 121 b. the referee stopping the fight in the first round after Bateman had been down three times. weight: W. Nightingale (Dunedin) list Sib beat P. Stuart (Christchurch), the referee stopping the bout in the second round. Better ball control and ability to use its opportunities gave Dunedin victory by « goals to 0 in the Association football In the women’s hockey. Dunedin beat Christchurch by 4 goals to 0. The superior stickwork and positional play of the Christchurch men's hockey team gave it victory over Dunedin by 3 goals to 1. The mainstays of the Christchurch team were R. Rogers, at centrehalf. and the captain, R. Chapman, on the wing. Chapman's ball control was outstanding. The cross-country race over a course of three miles and a quarter, which included some stiff hill country, was won by Dunedin. F. Cameron and E. Cameron were the first men home. F. Cameron winning by about 400 yards. ResultaF. Cameron (Dunedin) 1, E. Cameron (Dunedin), 2, P. Timings (Christchurch) 3, K. Walls (Dunedin) 4. J. Napier (Dunedin) 5. A. Price (Christchurch) 6, G. Gower (Christchurch) 7. G. Dunham (Christchurch) •. F. Allan 'Christchurch) 0, D. Brown (Christchurch) 10. Time. 21mln 32.4eec.