SPORTS AND GAMES
HOCKEY. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. .June 12. Men’s Hockey: Karori A beat Hutt 5 to 2, scoring three goals in the last nine minutes; Training College beat Karori B 3 to 2; Wesley beat Wellington 4 to 1: Varsity a bye. Ladies’ Hockey: Swifts A beat Training College 3 to 0; College Old Girls A beat ’Varsity 3 to 0; Huia A beat Huia B 7 to 0. AUCKLAND, June 11. Areta beat Wesley two to nil; Somerville 4, Mt. Eden nil; St. Luke’s 2, Varsity 2. ATHLETICS. SYDNEY, June 12. Timbanner, the champion sprinter, easily defeated E. Good (conceded five yards), and A, Edwards (nine yards) ovei’ one hundred yards in 9.9-10 secs. WRESTLING. MELBOURNE, June 12 Thye defeated Edwards by one fall to none in eight rounds. TAIIIAPE, Jun'e 13. A wrestling match for the championship of New Zealand took place at. Taihape. on Saturday night between Em Anderson (Palmerston North) and Charles Holland (Auckland) and was won by Anderson, two falls to one. Anderson had the challenger on the defensive throughout the contest. Anderson was thirteen stone two. and Holland twelve stone. SCULLING. LONDON, June 13. The crew of Jesus College, winner of the Head of River eights, at Cambridge, included three Australians and a New Zealander, O’Rorke.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1927, Page 5
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