SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 18030, 26 July 1922, Page 7

SPORTING

THE'TURF. Mr Donovan’s Kick-Off and' Dudley were landed at Sydney from the Uhm-nroa in good condition. . , . . i A private cablegram received in Auckland states that Hector Gray rode three winners in Succession last week. Included in the number was the Liverpool Cup, on which Gray had the mount on Sir 11. Umliffe Owen’s Eaglehawk. LOST HIS AMATEUR STATUS. LEDESTRLAN’S PENALTY. C. N. Walden, a well-known amateur runner, appeared before the Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last night to answer charges of having on various occasions between October and March in Australia competed at athletic meetings _ under an assumed name. Walden denied the allegations, but alter an inquiry, by the centre had been held he was declared to have forfeited his amateur status. . A lady, whose name the chairman requested should not he published, gave evidence aa to having seen Walden running at a night meeting'of the Victoria Athletic Club, near Melbourne, on February 9. Walden had run on that occasion, she said, in a cash event under the name of C. Walls. , . , Walden flatly contradicted the lady s statement, and declared that he had never run in any event in Australia, either amateur or professional. The chairman produced a letter from the secretary of tlje Victoria Athletic Proprietary, Ltd., who stated that Walden had run on a proprietary ground out of Melbourne, and had, he believed, also run at Stawell. The chairman said that, under the centre’s decision, Wtil den would' now be debaiiccl from competing /nfc any amateur athletic event in the world.

RUGBY. The New Zealand Rugby Union met at Wellington last night. The Wanganui Union applied for the'New Zealand teams match against the Maoris to be played there on the return of-the team from Australia, —The Wairoa Union protested against the alteration of the date of the _ Maori match. The manager of the Maori team agreed ■ that the match against Wairoa be tbs last one.—The Taranaki Union complained against dilatoriness m the matter of loans and school grants being dealt with. —The Canterbury Union advised that it could not accept August 5 pr 19 .as fixtures for the matches against the New Zealand and the Maori teama—The Manawatu Union objected to the terms offered for the Maori match there, and suggested that it .be allowed 20 per cent, of the net gate receipts. The AH Blacks have arrived m Sydney in good condition. ' They were officially welcomed. Their.first test match, v. New South Wales, will be played on Saturday next. INTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNEY. In connection with the intercollegiate tournament at present being held between . the Dunedin and Christchurch Training I Colleges, a football match will be played lon Tahuna Park to-morrow. The follow- ! ing will represent the Dunedin Training College in this matchßorthwiclc, Kibblewhite, Sligo, Jefcoate, Townsend, j Webb, Saunders, Wallace, Thomas, M’Kay, i Delahunty, Grant, Calder, Dickie, Cabot; 1 emergencies—Simpson, Conly, Jennings, Service.

HOCKEY DRAW: PRIMARY SCHOOLS. The following is the hockey draw for the primary schools (boys);—Albany A v. Albany B, at Oval 1; Forbury A v. North-East Vailey, at Oval 2; Forbury B v. Normal B, at Bathgate Park; Caversham v. Normal A, at Oval 3. BANKS AT RUGBY. The annual match Bank of New Zealand versus Combined Banks will bo played on the Oval to-morrow, at 4 p.m. Teams are ■as follow .-—Bank of N.Z.; Moroney, Low, Ringer, Campbell, Thurlow, Smith, Bruce, Cameron, Monson, Cantrell, Jennings, Wilson, Stewart, Jones, Robson. Combined'; Jackson, Fountain,. Muirhcad, Spiers, King, Deehan, Duncan, Whyte, Taylor, Craig, Bbddy, Pierce, Edwards, Suteis, Weir. Referee, Mr Wolstenholrrre.