OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19125, 17 September 1925, Page 9

OVERSEAS SPORT.

CRICKET IN ENGLAND. , YORKSHIRE V. THE REST. (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.—Reuter. LONDON, Sept. 15. In the cricket match between Yorkshire and the Rest of England the latter team is in a very Btrong position. Hobbs made 30 in the second innings of the Rest, reaching 3000 runs in one season for the first time in his career. The Rest batted first and scored 430. Jupp making 61 not out and Fender 56. For Yorkshire Macauley took seven wickets for 135. Yorkshire's, first innings produced 313, Sutcliffe contributing 124. Kilner 61 not but and Leyland 40. Parker took three wickets for 86, Fender two for 54, Jupp two for 58, Tate two for 69 and "Woolley one for 1. The Rest declared their second innings closed at 252 for four wickets. Woolley made 104 and Carr 83, the partnership adding 148 runs in 65 minutes. Yorkshire have made 17 without the loss of a wicket.

Hobbs is the eighth batsman who has succeeded in making 3000 runs or' over in first-class cricket in England during one season. T. Hay ward and K. S. Rarijitsinhji have the distinction of having twice made over 3000 mns in a cricket year, and Hayward holds the record for a season's aggregate—3slß runs compiled in 1906. The other players who have passed the 3000 mark are: R. Abel, C. P. Mead, C. B. Fry, J. T. Tyldesley, E. Hendren. , - (i GERMAN RUGBY TEAMS. ENGLISH VISIT APPROVED. (Received 5.5 p.m.) Reuter. LONDON', Sept. 15. It is stated that the English Rugby Union has approved of visits by two South German Rugby teams, which will play against Oxford Greyhounds and a London fifteen. . NEW BILLIARDS RECORD. OPENING SESSION BREAK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) PERTH, Sept. 15. In the billiards match against Falkiner Lindrum created a world's record for an opening session, making a break of 1452 unfinished. Of this score, 1160 was made off the red. , Lindrum's previous record woe 1417.'