INTER-VARSITY TOURNEY

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 April 1935, Page 3

INTER-VARSITY TOURNEY

SPORTS EVENTS AT DUNEDIN BIGHT OAR RACE TO AUCKLAND BOXING, TENNIS, ATHLETICS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association,) . DUNEDIN, April , 20.. ' Tlie New Zealand..- inter-Varsity tournament opened on Saturday with the. eight oar race,:.preliminaries in the tennis and boxing and: heats oil the swimming and, athletics. -The eight-oar race for the-Hcbber-lcy Shield on Otago harbour resulted: Auckland 1, Canterbury 2, Otago 3, Victoria 4; won by 3} .lengths, threequarters of a- length between second and third and five lengths between third and fourth. •Auckland jumped out : at the stars followed by Otago, which was deposed by Canterbury after three-quarters of a mile. The. time was 13miu; 21« cc. Other results were:

BOXING. ■Bantam: Turner (Auckland) by default from Lennie (Victoria), Williamson (Canterbury) beat Tuekoy (Otago). ,Feather : McNair (Canterbury) beat Whetter (Otago), Steele (Auckland) beat Alsel' (Victoria) by a technical knock-out in the: third round: ■ , , ,Light: Brown- (Canterbury) beat Wat£ (Auckland), -Moor e_ (Otago.)., beat T. M’ Meek (Victoria). • . Welter : Statliam .(Otago) bear, TogTey (Victoria), Pemberton (Canterbury) 'beat Abbolt (Auckland) by a technical knock out in • the fourth round?; Rliddle: Barnes (Canterbury) beatMakgiJl (Auckland), Boswell (Victoria) beat M, Kean (Otago).. Light heavy: Gaudin (Canterbury) knocked out Stuart (Auckland) in .the. second round, Ilott (Victoria) beat Anderson (Otago) on it technical kno.ck.out. , . , T Heavy: " Armour (Victoria) ? beau Mack (Otago), Hudson (Canterbury) beat- McGregor (Auckland).

w : -TENNIS.,,Meh r s . singles : . Puffield (Canterbury) heat McCarthy (Victoria), 6—l, 6—3- Webber (Otago) beat Karnachan (Auckland), G—4‘, 6—2; Gosnall (Victoria) bcat'Hecnan (Canterbury); .6—4, 6—o; Halstead (Auckland) 'beat MacAllum (Otago), B—6, 6—-1. Women’s singles: Miss Wauchop (Canterbury) beat Miss Boss (Otago), C— 6 —l: Miss Gardiner (Auckland) beat’ Miss " Phillips (Victoria), 6—Q, 6~;—O; Miss Fraser (Otago) beat Miss Morrison (Canterbury), 7—S, 6 l; Miss Briggs (Victoria) beat Miss Bent (Auckland) 6—3, 6—l.

SWIMMING. 50 yards women.—First heat: Miss Rees Jones (Otago) 1, Miss Morris (Canterbury) 2, Miss McLeod (Auckland) 3. Second heat: Miss Armstrong (Auckland) 1, Miss dhoip (Canterbury) 2, Miss Lang (Otago) 3. IQO yards.men.—First heat: Symes(Otago) 1* Munro "(Auckland) 2,' Hall (Victoria) 3/ ' Second " heat: • Mason (Victoria) 1, Clark- (Otago) 2, • Kennedy (Canterbury) 3. 'ICO yards women.—-First heat: Miss Morris (Canterbury)’ : T, Miss Weston (Otago) 2, Miss. Sanders (Victoria) 3. Second heat: Miss R. Armstrong (Auckland) 1, Miss Lang (Otago) 2, Alias Thorp (Canterbury) 3.

athletics: 440 yards hurdles.—First heat: 3lilnfcr (Canterbury) 1, Ball (Auckland) 2. Second heat i Anderson (Canterbury) 1, Abraham (Victoria) 2. ! i 220 yards.—First heat : Oldfield (Canterbury) 1, Mafskcll (Otago) 2. Second heat: Watt (Otago) 1, Gcddes (Canterbury.) 2- . . .. 220 yards hurdles. —h irst heat • Bowie (Victoria) 1, Benham (Canterbury) 2. Second heat: Anderson (Canterbury) 1, Ball ('Auckland) 2. Third heat : Young (Otago) 1, HoJdeiness (Victoria) 2.440 yards.—First heat: Watt (Otago) 1, 3lcElwain (Victoria) 2. Second heat :> Oldfield (Canterbury) I, Cropp (Otago) 2.-