OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 December 1938, Page 3

OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS

t) SI'OKT HiiEE AND OVliltSl AS e I JANUARY 4 -Wellington defeated Canterbury in Plunket Shield match by six l-s wickets. Cl 5 —Auckland beat Otago in Shield II game by ten wickets. h B—Nelson defeated Motueka in the >- Newman Shield game by innings and 139 runs.

10 —Auckland defeated Canterbury by an innings and 193 runs in Shield cricket. Auckland made 590 in their first innings. Whbelaw 108. Postles 103. Scott 122. and Matheson 112 15-Wales defeated England in an international Rugby match by 14 points to 8. 27—Australian cricket team announced for English tour. 29—England beat Wales at Soccer 8-2 31 —Kitty. Wellington's Sanders Cup candidate, retained the trophy. FEBRUARY s—Empire Games opened in Sydney. C. Matthews. New Zealand's representative. won the three-mile event in record time of 13rnin 59 3-ssec s—Otago defeated Wellington by 84 runs in Plunket Shield match. 7—Pat Boot won the 880yds at the Empire Games in record time of 1 min 51.\sec. 3—A. D. Brown (Auckland* won the New Zealand Tennis title 10—Matthews again triumphant at the Games—won the six-mile race, reducing the record by 31.5 sec. Hitime was 30min 14.5 sec. I 13—Final day of Empire Games. Boot third in the mile.race won by Alford (Wales). Backhouse (Australia* second. Time. 4min U.Gsec. Games record.

the first innings, but Auckland retained the Plunket Shield with an aggregate of 18 points. MARCH 2- Nelson beat Marlborough by three wickets to hold the Newman Shield again. 7 -Lofty Blomfield drew' with Bronko Nagurski. Both obtained a tall. Lofiy with his clamp. 18-First Wrestlers arrive in Auckland lor the 1938 season. APRIL 2 -Oxford won the University boat race from Cambridge by two lengths. Time. 19-Jmins 28 Rugby and Soccer season opened in Nelson. 26 - Australian cricket team arrived m England. 30--Australia opened the tour. « See above). 30 Preston defeated Hudderslie'd m the English Association Cup Final 1-0 after extra time had been played MW 4 K K Uttlev <Olago‘ awarded the Redpath Cup for the most menin*New Zealand. 19 —Wrestling season opened in Nelson when Andy Moon and Abe Yourist wrestled a draw.

JUNE 11 —North and South Island Rugby match played. South won 23-3. 22 Joe Louis beat Max Schmeling m world Heavyweight bout. Knocked out the German in 2min 4sec. 25 Nelson defeated by Marlborough at Trafalgar Park by 19 to 5. JULY 1 Budge won the British Tennis title al Wimbledon. 16 Marlborough again deleated Nelson This time at Blenheim. The score 30 Otago beat Southland for the Ranfurly Shield. AUGUST 20—Budge won the American national singles title. 22 Nelson College won the inter-Coi-legiate Rugby Tournament, defeating Christ College 10 points to 6 23 L Hutton <England) created a new 3.64 runs. 29 Nelson were deleated in Seddon Shield match by Bullet*. The score was 26-14 SEPTEMBER 3—Southland regained the Ranlurly Shield by beating Otago by 10 points to 3. Southland thus the premier Rugby province of New Zealand for 1938 5 America defeated Australia in the Davis Cup final by 3-2. OCTOBER 8 - New Zealand road cycling championships from Timaru to Christchurch held and won by M. M. Annett. of Christchurch, in 6hrs 1 min 36 2-ssec. 8 Old Boys' Day at Nelson College. Present boys deleated Past pupils by three wickets. 8 Bowling season opened in Nelson Centre on Richmond and Wakefield 9 Budge. American tennis player, turned professional. 29 Nelson senior cricket championship opened NOVEMBER 12 A. D. Locke. the South Alrican golfer. won the New Zealand open championship at Dunedin. 18 Jim Londos won the world > wrestling title from Bronko Nagurski by obtaining a fall after 47 minutes 11 seconds of wrestling. DECEMBER 27 Wellington deleated Otago by an innings and 130 runs in Plunket Shield game. 28—Auckland beat Canterbury on the first innings in a Shield game. 28—M.C.C. drew with South Africa in the first Test. 30 Waimea beat Nelson in the Newman Shield match by six wickets.