SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 January 1925, Page 4

SPORTS AND GAMES

TENNIS ' ' ’

(Australian and N.Z Cable Association.)

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 14.

The South African Lawn Tennis Union has, decided to compete for the Drivis Cup in 1925. Invitations are being' issued t-o . America-and Australia to send teams in 1926. Negotia-* tions are starting with a view to the visit of a joint Oxford-Cambridge team in July next.

BILLIARDS [

LONDON, January 14.

In the billiards match, Falkiner is 9,653, including breaks of 166 and 140, unfinished. McCdnachy is 9529. He found his top form/ and had breaks of 385, 154, 102, and 431.

SWIMMING.

." . ;t , ' /SYDNEY, January 14. Kahanamoku won. the 220 yards swimming championship of Australia from Moss Christie by one and a. half yards, in 2.27 3-5. . ' .

Following . are the handicaps for a 90. yards race to -be held 1 at Cobden to-mbrrdw (Friday) evening at 5.30:—McKechnie scr., Griffen Isec; Lynd, Sexton,-Doogan, 3. secs; O’Hallahan, E. Quinn, .J. King, H. Trouland, bsecs; Skinner Bsecs; N. Kiely, D. QB 11 /?’ Lake, V. O’Neill-9 secs/L. (TNeill, Bellamy 12seds,- Hall and Boucher. 14. . ’’ .CROQUET CLUB. /., The lawns of . /the Greymouth Cro-, quet Club are ifi excellent -order this season and players are taking advantage of the prevailing fine weather for practice, in view of the forthcoming matches. At a meeting held ■ yesterday afternoon, Mrs F. W, ; Sliallcrassv offered to donate to the club for competition a handsome rose bowl, the conditions being that it shall become the property of any member who wins it three times in Succession or five times at intervals. The offer was accepted and Mrs Shallcrass was heartily thanked for her generosity.' Next Saturday afternoon the Committee are arranging competitions such as golf croquet, putting and target for the entertainment of all members and-well-wishers of the Club. A general tea day will be observed on this occasion. A programme of matches has drawn' up for the present season, commencing with a handicap singles for the -senior and junior divisions, the first round., to be completed before t Saturday, January 24. The following is the order of play-:— '/ Senior Division: Mesdames Tennent and Mabin, Coburn and Scott, McKay and Whibley, Hannan and Griffen, Fogarty, and Mercer, Say well and Top- - liss, Allison and Clark, Ross and Miss Sheedy. , j. ' Junior Division:- —Mesdames. Hamilton a bye; A. Phillips and 1 Williams, Cribb and M. Phillips/Smythe and Harker, Matheson and Miss Sotheran, Bunt and Miss Pratt, Johnston and Miss Shine. .-. / ■ To follow this ev'eint, there will be championship doubles, a match, for the Shallorass rose bowl, junior handicap doubles. Championship singles, and a match for the Peace.rose bowl, both • divisions.