Cricket Match

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1949, Page 2

Cricket Match

A team representing the touring Rcoklyn theatrical company defeated the Greymouth Licensed Victuallers team in a cricket match at the Recreation Ground, Greymouth, yesterday by 94 runs on the first innings. The company made 197 (Mossfield 61, Lawman 40. McMahon 22). The L.V.A. team scored 103 (Coffey 25. J. Beban 20, Croudis 15).

Australian Swimming Records Two Australian swimming records were broken at the all-schools’ swimming carnival at the North Sydney Olympic Pool on Saturday. Eighteen-year-old Frank Stevens, of Palm Beach, broke the Australian 100 yards backstroke record by covering the distance in 64.25ec. In his first attempt he eased up too soon, but equalled Bruce Eourke’s record of 64.55ec. Two hours later he established the new record. A university student, Len Stenstrom, established an Australian record of 67.55ec for the 100 yards breaststroke, breaking the previous record by half a second. He used the butterfly stroke. —Sydney, March 14. Another Win Far Jack Hassan

Sydney stadium was packed to capacity tonight for the international lightweight contest between the French champion, Pierre Montane, and the Aboriginee, Jack Hassan. Both weighed out at 9st 811 b. Hassan was the aggressor throughout in a fast moving, hard hitting match. Montane took a count, of five in round three. Hassan floored 'the Frenchman in two minutes of the tenth round and he at no stage looked likely to make the count. The bout was scheduled for twelve three minute rounds—Sydney, March 14. S. African Loan To Britain

The political correspondent of the Johannesburg newspaper Die Transvaaler says: “The South African Government will soon be obliged to consider calling in part of the £80,000,000 gold loan to Britain. The recent import controls were imposed to avert this and also to protect the country’s resources. The restrictions imposed last November have done little to curb the flow of gold and foreign exchange from the Union.”—Johannesburg, March 14.

Counter-blockade In Germ'any “Allied agents are to be sent to investigate a serious leakage in Western Germany’s counter-blockade of the Iron Curtain countries,” says the Berne correspondent of the Daily Express. “Bulk supplies of machine parts, tools, and ball-bearings are reaching Russia and Eastern Europe from the British and American zones. The goods are sent to Switzerland, and then redirected to Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria from the frontier station of Basle. Swiss officials have for some time known about this illicit traffic. The goods never leave the frontier station, and therefore are. not subject to Swiss customs duty.”—London, March .14.