Sports Brevities
Christchurch Rugby Title Sydenham established its right to the Canterbury championship of 1947 when it decisively beat Linwood at Lancaster Park on Saturday in the last game in the senior Rugby football competitions. Sydenham thoroughly deserves the honours for the season. In 19 games it has won 15, lost three, and drawn one, scor-
ing 296 points to 126. Following are the results of Saturday’s matches.— Sydenham 35, Linwood 18; Old Boys 11, Albion 8; Marist 11, University 11; Technical 29, New Brighton 11, Christchurch 31, Merivale 12. Championship points are as follows. — Sydenham 15|-, University 14, Christchurch 12£, Technical 121. Albion 12, Linwood 12, Marist 10, Old Boys 91, New Brighton 71, Sunnyside 4, Training College 21, Merivale 2.
Association Football The second round of the English Cup knock-out competition was played by Canterbury Association football teams on Saturday. Results were.—Nomads 7, Rangers 2; Technical 10, Shamrock 1; Western 7, Technical II 2; Thistle 3, Celtic 1. Billiards Title
C. Peek, of Wellington won the 1947 New Zealand amateur billiards championship tournament at Auckland by beating J. J. Shepherd (Auckland) by 1500 points to 1317. The final was played in two sessions of 750, Peek’s game was tactically sound, and his cueing painstakingly deliberate, but the scoring, as so often happens in a hard-fought- final, was without sparkle or brilliance.—(P.A.)
Rugby League in England \ Rugby League matches in England resulted as follows:—Bradford Northern 9, Hunslet 17; Castleford 13, Wakefield Trinity 14; Dewsbury 11, Hull 7; Featherstone Rovers 13, York 12; Halifax 7, Keighley 12; Hull Kistnon Rovers 11, Batley 12; Leeds 18, Huddersfield 32. Lancashire Cup.:—First round: Barrow 14, Bellvue Rangers 12. Lancashire County Amateurs: Rochdale 5, Hornets 16; Leigh 0, St. Helens 15; Liverpool Stanley 3, Oldham 26; Swinton 2, Wokirig Town 19; Widnes 4, Salford 8; Wigar/ 16, Warrington 13.—London, Aug. 30. ________
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1947, Page 6
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