OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19736, 8 September 1927, Page 16

OVERSEAS SPORT.

RECORD MOTOR-CYCLE SPEED RATE OF 119 MILES AN HOUR. / (Received September 7, 8.11 p.m.) Sun. PARIS, Sept. 6. A new world's record for motor-cycling was set. by Dixon, who covered a kilometre from a' flying start in 18.8555., which is an average of 191.642 kilometres, about 119 miles, an hour. ENGLISH CRICKET MATCHES. GENTLEMEN DRAW WITH PLAYERS A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, Sept. 6. In the cricket match, North versus South, North, who made 203 in their first innings, against 450 for nine wickets, made 144 for three wickets in their second innings (Gunn 57). The match was drawn. / The-Gentlemen, in their first innings against the Players, who made 51-3 for nine wickets (declared), made 271 (Tate four for 55), and followed on and made 204 for three wickets (Jupp 101 not out, Haig 85). The match was drawn. HIGH PRAISE FOR GOODSELL. FRESH CHALLENGE ISSUED. A. and N.Z. VANCOUVER, Sept. 6. Rowing critics acclaim Major Goodsell as the greatest oarsinan of all time, and call him a superman. The challenge by Alf. Burns to row Goodsell on the Parramatta may be accepted if Burns will row at Vancouver, and May 24 is suggested as a tentative date. A committee has been formed here for the event. Goodsell will remain in Vancouver. He mav take a vaudeville engagement. "We did our best," said Barry's trainer, "but Goodsell was too good for us."