SOCCER

Evening Star, Issue 22271, 24 February 1936, Page 4

SOCCER

First Division.—Arsenal- v. Portsmouth, 2-3; Birmingham v. Sheffield Wednesday, 1-0 when abandoned; Blackburn Rovers v. Derby County, 0- Chelsea v. Everton, 2-2; Grimsby Town v. Huddersfield Town, 1-1; Leeds United v. Middlesbrough, 0-1; Liverpool v. Bolton Wanderers, 1-1; Manchester City v. Preston North End, 1- Stoke City v. Brentford, 2-2; Sunderland v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3-1; West Bromwich Albion v. Aston Villa, 1-0 when abandoned. Second Division. —Blackpool v. Charlton Athletic, 6-2; Bradford v. Tottenham Hotspur, 2-5; Bury v. Barnsley, 3- Doncaster Rovers v. Hull City, 6-1; Leicester City v. Newcastle United, 2-1 when abandoned; Norwich City v. Fulham, 1-0; Nottingham Forest v. Burnley, 2-0; _ Sheffield United v. Manchester United, 1-1; Swansea Town v. Bradford City, 8-1; West Ham United, v. Plymouth Argyle, 4Third Division (southern section). — Aldershot v. Crystal Palace, 1-3; Bristol City v. Clapton Orient, 2-0; Coventry City v. Cardiff City, 5-1; Exeter City v. Bournemouth, 1-3; Millwall v. Southend United, 1-2; Queen’s Park Rangers v. Notts County, 2-2; Swindon Town y. Reading, 4-1; Torquay United v. Northampton Town, 3-3; Watford v. Bristol Rovers, 1-2. Third Division (northern section). — Carlisle United v. Crewe Alexandra, 1-2; Darlington v. Barrow, 4-1; Gateshead v. New Brighton, 3-1; Halifax Town v. York City, 2-0; Hartlepools United v. Accrington Stanley, 2-1; Mansfield Town v. Southport, 5-1; Oldham Athletic v. Rochdale, 3-3; Rotherham United v. Chester, 1-2; Tranmere Rovers v. Chesterfield, 1-3; Walsall v. Stockport County, 0-0 when abandoned; Wrexham v. Lincoln City, M. First Division Scottish League.— Airdrieonians v. Dunfermline, 6-2; Hearts v. Hamilton. 4-1; Kilmarnock v. Particle, 2-1; Queen’s Park v. Celtic, 2-3. Second Division Scottish League.— East Fife v. Edinburgh, 5-1. RUGBY LEAGUE Bramley v. St. Helens, 2-4; Dewsbury y, Hull Kingston Royers* 6-2.

the end of three laps, Mathieson held an advantage over -Pelham and M'Grath, but the last time round the course, Blakeley and Jarvis had a great tussle for honours. Blakeley drew level after passing the first buoy, and they rounded the second buoy for home together. They swam together all the ■way, but Blakeley forged slightly ahead nearing the shore, and beat Jarvis in the run up the beach to win by 15yds, Oreti being third. FOUR-MAN ALARM CHAMPIONSHIP. —Final. — Lvall Bav B (N. Milligan, patient; ‘j, Williams, beltman; S. Muller, reel and captain; 11. Pearce, line) 1 Oreti A (W. A. Springford, patient; ■ p. H. M'Grath. beltman; S. A. Glennie, reel and captain; A. R. Marshall, line) ... ••• 2 Maranui A (B. A. Raven, patient; T. Hewitt, beltman; E. Hughes, reel and captain; J. Hewitt, line) 3 M'Grath, the Southland beltman. put up a very fine swim, and reached his patient/ 2yds ahead of the Lyall Bay beltman, Sumner being ahead of Maranui. Although Oreti secured time honours, Lyall Bay’s work in the resuscitation and drill swayed the points in its favour, there being little difference actually in the time of the two beltmen. MARCH PAST CHAMPIONSHIP. (Teams of 10 men.) Title-holders: Eastern United (Auckland). y Maranui 1 New Plymouth Old Boys 2 Lyall Bay ... ... ... 3 Canterbury 4 St. Clair 5 Oreti ... .... 6 NEW ZEALAND BELTMAN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. Previous winners; 1926-27. D. J. Murrell (Maranui): 1927-28. C. Atkinson (Canterbury) ; 1928-29, G. Harrison . (Opunake) ; 1929-30. J. Blakeley (Lyall Bay); 1930-31, J. Brown (Opunake); 1931- E. C. Eversleigh (Maranui) ; 1932- no competition; 1933-34. F. L. Clark (Lyall Bay); 1934-35, W. J. Jarvis (St. Clair). —First Heat.— D. Gay ton (New Plymouth Old Boys). Imin 45sec ... 1 R. Pelham (Lyall Bay), 2min 1 l-ssec 2 P. H. M'Grath (Oreti A), the other starter, finished first in Imin 34 2-ssec, but was disqualified because his linesman entered the water. —Second Heat.— J. Young (Taylor’s Mistake D), „ Imin 39 4-ssec 1 D. Shanahan (St. Clair B), Imin 51 4-ssec ... 2 F. Mollier (Lyall Bay B), 2min 40 3-oseo ... ... ... 3 Only starters. —Third Heat.— W. J. Jarvis (St. Clair A), Imin A. T. Dalton (North Beach), Imin 41s6C ••• .«« .» .» ... 2 C. Durand (St. Clair E), 2min ... 3 Only starters. Dalton _ and Jarvis had a great race to their respective buoys, Dalton putting up a great swim in the rough water to the No. 1 buoy, but Jarvis just got there. —Fourth Heat.— P. E. Mathieson, (St. Clair C), Imin 25 2-ssec ... 1 D. H. Symes (Taylor’s Mistake A), Imin 29|sec 2 P. R. Malthus (Oreti B) did not complete the course. Mathieson put up the fastest time recorded in any of the heats. SEMI-FINALS. —First Heat—'A. T. Dalton (North Beach), 57 l-ssec ... 1 J. Young (Taylor’s Mistake), 61 1- 2 —Second Heat.— D. H. Symes (Taylor’s Mistake), S 3 2- 1 P. E. Mathieson (St. Clair), 66 2-ssec 2 D. Gay ton (New Plymouth Old Boys), 67 4-osec ... 3 —Final.— A. T. Dalton (North Beach), Imin 23 2-ssec ... 1 D. H. Symes’ (Taylor’s Mistake), Imin 31 2-ssec 2 P. E. Mathieson (St. Clair), Imin 37sec 3 Symes was smartest away, but Dalton followed him closely, and they had a great race to their respective buoys, Dalton drawing ahead m the closing stages to win by 6sec, Mathieson being 5 3-ssec later in reaching the buoy. JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL SURF RACE CHAMPIONSHIP (Under 18 years of age), Titleholder: J. Neville (New Plymouth Old Boys). S. W. Jarvis (St. Clair), 3min 22sec ;.. 1 D. Davis (Oreti), 3min 27seo ...' 2 D. Gayton (New Plymouth Old Buys), 3min 33sec 3 Also started: H. Callender (St. Clair} and H. C. Downes (Maranui). Jarvis swam a very strong race, and led by a yard from Davis and Downes around the first buoy. He increased his lead to the next buoy before turning for home, and when about 40yds from the shore he shot a breaker beautifully to win comfortably from Davis, Gaytan being third and Downes fourth. SENIOR INDIVIDUAL SURF RACE CHAMPIONSHIP. Titleholder: W. J- Jarvis (St. Clair). J. C. Blakeley (Lyall Bay), 2min 34 4-ssec 1 R. Pelham (Lyall Bay), 2min 35sec 2 ,W. J. Jarvis (St. Clair), 2min 35 l-ssec 3 Also started: E. A. Haven (Maranui), D. Shanahan (St. Clair), D. H. Symes (Taylor’s Mistake), F. W.’ Springford (Oreti), J. Neville (Old Boys), J. Williams (Lyall Bay), J. Davies (New Plymouth Old Boys), A. T. Dalton (North Beach), A. Brown (Oreti), P. R. Malthus (Oreti), P. E. Mathieson (St. Clair), and J. Young (Taylor’s Mistake). Blakeley held the lead all the way. but Pelham and Jarvis both came fast on the homeward journey, and there was little separating the three placed men at the finish. BEACH BELT RACE. New Plymouth Old Boys 1 St. Clair 2 CANOE RACE. H. James and H. Lewis 1 J. Swan 2 BEACH RELAY RACE, Sumner ... 1 New Plvmouth Old Bovs 2 St. Clair 3 CHARIOT RACE. (Jreti