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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 5

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Scots Defied Ireland. Ia the third soccer international of tho season at Tynecastle, Edinburgh, Scotland defeated Ireland by two goals to one. Both sides had played one game. Scotland drew -with Wales at Cardiff. Ireland were beaten 3-1 by England at Belfast.

Rugby League in Franco. Writes Maurice Blein in Leeds Sports Post: “Our trial match which was played at Bordeaux on All Saints’ Day, provided a grqmd game/ ' and 12.U00 people—the receipts were 65,000 frances, which is round about £BSO in your money—were satisfied well' with the unceasing attacks delivered' by both sides."

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Egypt for Olympiad. The amazing progress male by Egypt in sport will be emphasised at next year’s Berlin Olympiad. The Egyptian Olympic committee crc planning to send a party of. 50—they will compete in the track and .field, swimming, football and basketball competitions.

Woman’s Billiards Break. After one of the finest games ever witnessed in the women’s professional championships, Miss Gardner beat Miss Lennan (Scotland) in the final at Thurston’s (London) by 3000 to 2872. Miss Lennan made a break of 153, which is a record for women in a championship match in England.

Lindrum and McConachy. Walter Lindrum and Clark McConachy may soon be in England again. They are playing exhibition matches in Canada. Mr. J. O. Bisset, chairman of the Billiards Association and .Control Council (London) has sent a cable inviting the pair to play in the world’s snooker championship in London in the spring. Mr. Bisset believes tho two players will take part in the championship if they decide to return to Australia via Europe. Lindrum, set up a new Canadian record by compiling a break of 559.

Walker Cup Golf. Next year’s Amateur International golf match for the Walker Cup between Great Britain and the United States will be played on Wednesday and Thursday, September 2 and 3. The venue is the Pine Valley Country Club, New Jersey. The Walker Cup match, when played either late in August or in September, and the weatner m New Jersey on the dates chosen should be temperate. The par score for the Pine Valley course, 70, has never been beaten in competition. Only twice has it been equalled, in each case by the late George V. Rotan, of Texas, who played in the Walker Cup match at St. Andrews 12 years ago.

Scottish Sprinter Retires. Scotland has lost one of her best runners for next year’s Olympiad In Berlin by the retirement of lan Young, the Edinburgh sprinter. In announcing his retirement Young gave business as his reason. Young, who was overshadowed for some time by his brilliant compatriot, Robin Murdoch, flashed into the limelight by winning the Scottish sprint champonship. His 9 4-ssec. for the hundred constitutes a Scottish native record. He represented Britain against Finland and France last- season, while in the Empire Games at the White City last year he finished third behind Arthur Sweeney and M. W. Theunissen—time, 1-Osec.

Prince of Wales Soccer Player. Told by Hugh Gallagher in London News of the World: “Not many people know that the Prince of Wales, was once a brilliant inside-forward for Oxford Uuiversity, and still less are they aware that the Welsh F.A. once desired to ask His Royal Highness .to turn out for Wales, in an amateur international. Mr. Ted Robbins, the Welsh F.A. secretay, has since stated, that they were afraid the Football Association might object on the ground that, the Prince was born in England. Thus the idea fell through. What a draw it would have been if His Royal Highness—the most popular figure in the world—had turned out for the gallant little country whose Prince he is!’’ ,

Aston Villa’s Lean Days. Aston Villa Soccer Club made another big cauture by signing - Cum- 1 mings, the Patrick Thistle left-back. The transfer fee is stated to be in the region of £IO,OOO. Only a few days before Aston Villa paid something like £BOOO to Middlesborough for. Griffiths the Welsh international centre-half. Aston Villa, once the most renowned club in England, has fallen on lean winning days. “They stand at the foot of the First Division, and have not won a game since September 21, and have lost their last five matches. Recently Mr. James McMullan, the manager, resigned’’ (says a London writer). Last week seven goals (all by one player) were scored against them by Arsenal. J , . J, - S 1

All Blacks’ Maori War cry. Ka mate ka mate ka ora kaora, Iva mate ka mate ka ora kaora, Te nei te ea nga ta pu hum huru Na na e piki mat w-haka white ta ra Hu pa nei, hu ka nei, he pa nei kau pa nei white to ra.

Together we live, together we die, This man we bring is the murderous one, He slew as long as the sun shone, So shame on him. Shame on him, Shame on him. Shame on him, Shame on him as long as the sun shines. Business and Pleasure

One of the All Blacks’ party, E. W. Tindall, is taking three New Zealand University examination papers in London next week (November 1-14) states Geoffrey Simpson in the Daily Mail of October 31. Special arrangements have been made for him to sit here so as not to lose a year’s work. He is a studious man of 23 who spends his train journeys with the team with his nose in his books. I fancy ho must be the first Rugby tourist to sandwich examinations between matches. But this is not the last time he expects to do it. He is hoping to be back in England in 1937 with the New Zealand cricket team, being a fine exponent of the summer game.