A Calendar Of Sport

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28210, 23 February 1957, Page 5

A Calendar Of Sport

Saturday, February 23.—Cricket; Club competitions continue; Australia v. Otago, at Dunedin; Hutt Valley v. Whangarei, at Lower Hutt (Hawke Cup elimination match); M.C.C. v. Western Province, at Cape Town. Rowing: New Zealand championships at Lake Karapiro. Athletics: Canterbury senior championships at Rugby Park; Hawke’s BayPoverty Bay senior championships at Wairoa; Caledonian sports meeting at Carlaw Park, Auckland. Swimming: carnival at Christchurch. Bowls: Christchurch centre v. Malvern sub-centre; champion of champion pairs (three bowls); all-day tournaments at Burwood and Opawa. Archery: Teams contest, 50 yards. Tennis: Town v. Country. Softball: Canterbury v. Southland, at Christchurch. Motor racing: Canterbury Car Club’s Mairehau meeting. Cycling: Canterbury amateur championships at English Park (evening). Marching: championships at Show Grounds. Yachting: Charteris Bay Yacht Club’s two-day regatta begins. Sunday, February 24.—80w15: tournaments at Avon, R.S.A., Canterbury, Opawa, Rangiora, and Rakaia. Surfing: Canterbury championships (fourth day), at Taylor’s Mistake. Yachting: Charteris Pay Yacht Club's two-day regatta (second day): Auckland 18-footer Flying Squadron’s “Queen of Waves’’ race at Auckland. Monday, February 25.—Cricket: Australia v. Otago, at Dunedin (last day); Hutt Valley v. Whangarei,- at

Lower Hutt (last day); M.C.C. v. Western Province, at Cape Town. Bowls: floodlight tournament at Sydenham; West Coast centre's annual fours tournament at Greymouth (first day); opening day of Australian championships at Tasmania (New Zealand touring team competing). Tuesday, February 26.—Cricket: M.C.C. v. Western Province, at Cape Town (last day). Bowls: floodlight tournament at Cashmere; West Coast centre's fours tournament at Greymouth. Athletics: Australians. Marlene Matthews and Betty Cuthbert, compete in meeting at Invercargill (first appearance in New Zealand). Wednesday, February 27.—Cricket: Australia v. combined minor associations’ team, at Timaru (first day). Bowls: Secretary-treasurer pairs' tournament; West Coast centre’s fours tournament at Greymouth. Thursday, February 28.—Cricket: Australia v. combined minor associations’ team at Timaru. Bowls: floodlight tournament at Beckenham; West Coast centre’s fours tournament at Greymouth. Friday, March I.—Cricket: Australia v. New Zealand (first unofficial test), at Christchurch, first day;, M.C.C. v. South Africa (final test), at Port Elizabeth, first day. Athletics: New Zealand junior and women's championships at Dunedin (first day), Australians. Marlene Matthews and Betty Cuthbert, competing. Bowls: all-day tournament at Shirley, first day of two days’ Slay; West Coast centre's fours jumament at Greymouth.