SWIMMING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 241, 25 September 1922, Page 2

SWIMMING.

CROSS CHANNEL FAILURE. (Received 25. 8.5 a.m.) London, Sept. 23. Toth, a Boston swimmer, after sixteen hours’ swimming from Dover, got within five miles of Grisnez, then abandoned the attempt.—(A. and N.Z.) ENGLISH CRICKET. NORTH vTsOUTH. (Received 25, 8.5 a.m.) Loudon, Sept. 23. North, 162 first innings aud 62 for 3 wickets in the second, beat South •160 and 63. R. Kilner took 5 for 11. Woolley has completed 2000 runs and .exceeded 100 wickets. This is the third time ho has accomplished the feat. AVIN DING UP OF SEASON. Cricket is dying hard. This season .is probably a record. There have been two first-class games after 20th Sept., those being played at the Air Force festival at Eastbourne. Prolongation of the season has hardly been a success so ■far, heavy sea mists deadening tiie wicket, and giving bowler the upper hand throughout the North v. South match, which lasted under nine hours. The game commencing to-day and winding up the season is the Air "Force v. Rest of England. The former includes Hobbs, Hardinge, Woolley, Fender and Waddingham. The chief interest is whether Hobbs will succeed in making his 100th century. —(A. and N.Z.) VISIT OF MACLAREN’S TEAM. AUSTRALIAN FIXTURES. The New Zealand Cricket Council has received the following official schedule of the fixtures in Australia of the M.C.C. team under the captaincy of Mr. A. C. Maclaren: — November 2nd, 1922. —Arrive Perth. November 3rd and 4th.—AVestem Australia, at Perth November 4th.—Leave for Adelaide. November 7th. —Arrive Adelaide November 10th to 14th.—South Australia, at Adelaide. November 15th.—Leave for Melbourne. November 16th.—Arrive Melbourno. November 17th to 21st.—Victoria, at Melbourne. November 22nd.—Leave for Sydney November 23rd.—Arrive Sydney, November 24th to 28tb - New South Wales, at Sydney. November 30th. —Leave for New Zealand. Tour of New Zealand. February 20th, 1923.—Leave tor Brisbane. February 21st. —Arrive at BrisbaneFebruary 23rd to 26th —Queensland, at Brisbane. February 27th. —Leave for Sydney. February 28th.—Arrive Sydney. March 2nd to sth.—New South Wales, at Sydney. March sth. —Leave for Melbourne. March 6th.—Arrive Melboutn® March 7th and Bth. —Combined Universities, at Melbourne. March 9th to 12th.—Victoria, at Melbourne. . Mhrch 13th.—Leave for Adelaide. March 14th.—Arrive Adelaide. March 15th to mh.—rSouth Australia, at Adelaide. March 19th.—Leave by Ormonde for London. NEW ZEALAND TOUR. PROGRAMME BEING RECONSIDERED. The itinerary of the team in New Zealand, recently published, was not intended to he final, and was only put forward tentatively. The Management Committee of the Now Zealand Cricket Council is at present reconsidering the New Zealand fixtures) of the team, l he difficulties of the committee are being increased owing to the receipt of many applications for matches from cricket associations in districts not included m the itinearary as originally drawn up.