Sportsman’s Notebook MANY SPORTS FIXTURES AT EASTER

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28551, 2 April 1958, Page 6

Sportsman’s Notebook MANY SPORTS FIXTURES AT EASTER

A wide variety of sporting- atwill be held at Easter week-end in Christchurch. The main fixture will be the New Zealand Universities’ tournament, which includes athletics, basketball, cricket, rowing, swimming, shooting, and tennis. Several of the country’s leading athletes will compete. On Saturday, the Canterbury Easter tennis tournament will begin, continuing until Tuesday. The Christchurch Bowling Centre’s Easter fours tournament will begin on Friday, with play on Saturday and Monday. A yachting regatta will be held on Friday and Saturday at the Waimakariri and the Otago-South-land-Canterbury show jumping contest will enter its second day on Saturday. • On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday an Easter golf tournament will be held at Shirley. The South Island archery championships will begin at Burwood Park on Saturday and will conclude at Spencerville on Monday. Lancaster Park will play Karori at cricket, and an under 20 match will be played between Canterbury and West Coast. On Monday, the main fixture will be the New Zealand motorcycling grand prix at Cust. The Kowhai sports meeting is also set down for the Sefton Domain. 1000 Wickets A presentation to R. W. Griffiths in recognition of his 1000 wickets in the senior grade was made at last evening’s meeting of the Christchurch Suburban Cricket Association. It has taken 26 years of consistent bowling and many hours of hard practice for Griffiths to attain this figure, which is probably a national record in suburban cricket. 1000 Runs The captain of the Christchurch West High School first eleven cricket team, K. Thomson, has now scored 1044 runs this season. This includes 980 for the school and 64 in Brabin Shield cricket. Thomson has made four centuries this season: 104, 116, 182, and 109. Thomson is also a wicketkeeper and a bowler. He has taken 22 wickets for 236 runs. Weight Lifting Russia’s victory in the last world weight-lifting championships at Teheran, has been hailed as the greatest domination by any one country since the contest was begun. Russia won six of the seven titles. In the seventh title, the Russian, F. Bogdanovsky, lifted the same weight as Tommy Kono (United States), but was declared the loser as he was slightly heavier than the American. Russia gained 33 points. America was second with nine points. Russia had previously won at the 1952 Olympic Games, and in the world championships in 1953, 1954, and 1955. Women’s Tennis Although the University team finished well down the list in the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s Senior women’s competition,

(two ’ of its members played [through the season unbeaten. [They were Misses G. Hopkinson land J. Lambert. One of Miss | Lambert's best wins was over Miss J. Davidson (United). Games’ Finance New South Wales sporting organisations will have to bear the brunt,of financing the Australian team to the British Empire Games at Cardiff. The total cost for New South Wales, which contributes 65 competitors to the 115-strong team, will be £34.500. Ap added embarrassment is that the money must be found by May 31. The largest individual amount will have to be met by the New South Wales Swimming Association, which is responsible for all but three of the 18 swimmers competing at Cardiff. This amount is expected to be almost £BOOO. The total cost of sending the Australian team to Cardiff will be about £64.000. Hayes In Form J. A. Hayes, the well-known fast bowler, was the saviour of his Eastern club team in the Auckland Cricket Association’s championship last week. It was Hayes’s ability as a batsman, not a bowler, that won the game for Eastern. Although such notable players as G. O. Rabone, W. M. Wallace, W. R. Playle and R. W. G. Emery made only 15 runs between them, Hayes scored 48 not out out of the side’s 97 for nine wickets, Hayes was the top scorer in the innings and also made the winning hit. Catholic Rugby Two hundred and fifty players and officials will take part in the South Island Roman Catholic Rugby football tournament at Ashburton at Easter. Several of the 10 competing teams were the winners or runners-up in their senior competitions last season. The tournament will be a knockout one. The teams taking part are: Invercargill Marist: St. Mary’s, Gore; Dunedin; Timaru Celtic; Ashburton Celtic; Christchurch Marist; Greymouth Marist; St. Mary’s, Hokitika: Blenheim Marist; and Nelson Celtic.