OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18709, 15 May 1924, Page 4

OVERSEAS SPORT.

S. AFRICAN CRICKETERS. i . SUBBBY MATCH DRAWN. ; Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 13. In their match against Surrey the South Africans mode 223 runs in their first innings (Nourse 62. Deane 19). Sadler took two wickets for 23 runs. Fender two for 56. I'each four for ii. Nourse played cautiously on a Bodden wicket. He was batting 128 'minutes. Surrey, . whose first innings score wa«s 223, declared their second innings closed with two wickets down for 136 (Cook 38, Hobba not cut 79, Shepherd not out 13). South Africa, in their second innings lost two wickets for 85 (Commaille 22, Taylor not out 35, Hands not out 12). The match ■was therefonte drawn. Hobbs and Cook put on 92 in 89 minutes for Surrey. They declared 20 minutes alter the tea adjournment, leaving the South Africans 75 .minutes in which to play. They survived the, ordeal on a wicket which made the bowling tricky. ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET. TWO GTOOD PERFORMANCES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 6.5 pan.) LONDON, May 13. Playing ior Kent against Essex. Woolley scored 11Y not out. For Yorkshire. Macauley took seven wickets for 21 runs in a match against Gloucester. CARSENTIES IN AMERICA. MEETS GIBBONS ON MAY 31. (Received 5.5 p.m.) (Renter. NEW YORK. May .13.

The French boxer. Georges Carpentier, has arrived for his fight with Tommy Gibbons at Michigan City on May 51. He -was greeted by a. small crowd. An attempt to prevent the Carpentry Gibbons fight ana compel the Frenchman to abide by his' Alleged agreement to" make his first American ring appearance against Gene Tunney was frustrate. '' Carpentier's party evaded Tunney's Manager and the latter'- legal forces. ~ -

I POOTB_JLLERS IN SPAIN. ' JEJfGLISH CHAMPIONS BEATEN. A. and N.Z. . MADRID. May 13. The English Association Football Cup winners. Newcastle United, who are touring Spaing were beaten by a Spanish eleven at Bilbao* by one goal to 0. LAWN TENNIS IN LONDON. NEW ZEALANDER'S WIN. A. and NJZ. LONDON. May 13. Dr. Park, a New Zealander, playing in the London County Club's lawn tennis tournament, defeated Okamoto. a probable Japanese Davis Cup player, —6, 10—8, 7— BOXING BOOM IN GERMANY. LONDON, May 7. A boxing • expert who stayed in Berlin after the Carpentier-Townley fight, states that he is convinced that Germany is using boxing as a means of propaganda intended to renew friendships with Britishers. « The expert says that there is a boom in boxing in Germany, .and that two sailors who were captured early in the war-Brieten-atraeter, a former heavy-weight champion, together with Prenzel, now the middleweight champion, are prominent. Prenzel learnt the art whilo interned in the Isle of Man.

BOXER WANTS "BIG MONEY." NEW YORK. May 8. "Benny " Leonard states that he wants a guarantee of £30,000 before donning the gloves for a championship bout with "Mickey" Walker, BOXER AS AN HOTEL PORTER. LONDON. May 7. "Battling" Siki. who achieved pugilistic fame by defeating Carpentier. is now a porter in an Havan* hotel. He has appealed to his Parisian friends to subscribe to a fund to enable him to return to Europe.