NOTEBOOK OF SPORT

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 153, 1 July 1939, Page 13

NOTEBOOK OF SPORT

JIM SULLIVAN’S BIG SCORING HUGE F.A. GATE TAKINGS English R.L. full-back, Jim Sullivan, has scored 5641 points and didn’t play in any junior League team in his life. Points are made up of 89 tries and 2687 goals. His ambition is to score 100 tries before he hangs up his togs. English F.A. Cup Final “Gate.” English F.A. Cup finalists, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers, each received £7342 as their share of the receipts of £26,410 from the semi-final and final stages of this year’s tourney. The English v. Rest of Europe match at Highbury drew a gate of £5075, while the England v. Ireland international at Manchester yielded a surplus of £2IOO. Films and Javelin Throwing. Are these Finns hot stuff at the javelin throwing? Last season six of them exceeded 233 feet. Best effort was that by Yrjo Nikkanen, who heaved the implement 258 ft. 2iin,, a world record. And this year the Finns predict distances well in excess of 260 ft. If this isn’t throwing, just give the javelin a try some time.

Fasted For Three Days. Fred. Archer, famous English jockey of other days, and a iv.tural 11stone man, used to ride at S.O. For one race he was without food for three days, and spent 18 hours in a turkish bath. A case of sacrificing steaks for stakes. John Tunnicliffe Knew How. There weren’t any slips in the slips while long John Tunnicliffe, ex-York - shire cricketer, was there. He was a sort of a cross between an octopus and a telescope, and caught 698 victims, scarcely bothering to move his feet to do it. Harold Gimblett’s Lucky Number. Harold Gimblett’s (Sommerset C.C.) lucky number must be 108 this season. Up till the Gloucestershire match a few weeks back his scores were; 108 v. Lancashire at Manchester, 93 and 103 n.o. v. Sussex at Taunton, 108 and 23 v. Leicestershire at Leicester, and 108 v. Gloucestershire at Taunton. Oxenliams Didn’t Follow the Turf. Brian Oxenham, who has been selected as one of Australia’s breakaways for the British tour, is a grandson of the late Humphrey Oxenham, leader of the Randwick ring, and owner of Acrasia, who won the Melbourne Cup in 1904. Curiously enough none of the Oxenhams has followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, and been associated with the turf. One is a chemist, and the others are doctors. All of them are Riverview products, and it was there that Brian learnt his football. He is now at Sydney University.