SPORTS AND GAMES
ROWING [BY CABLE— PEESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT,] MELBOURNE, May 10. Geelong College won the Public Schools Head of the River race yesterday. This is the first time in 28 years that Geelong College has won. The winners had a length and a quarter lead at the finish. Wesley College was second the Geelong Grammar School was third. CRICKET. L LONDON, May 9. Against the Indians, Somerset, first made 496 (Gimblett 103, Hawkins 79, Burrough 85, and Badcock, not out 63). The Indians, first 0 for 24. WRESTLING. SYDNEY, May 10. At Leichhardt Stadium a dour wrestling match between Lurich and Nick Dneprovosky resulted in a draw, each securing a fall. BILLIARDS. LONDON. May 10. In the professional billiards championship, the first heat resulted: Willie Smith 10,372, defeated Sidney Lee 7,212.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1936, Page 8
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