OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20070, 6 October 1928, Page 17

OVERSEAS SPORT.

ENGLISH COUNTY RUGBY. WIN FOR WARWICKSHIRE. Australian Press Association—United Service LONDON. Oct, 4. In a Rugby county championship match at Coventry, Warwickshire defeated Leicestershire by 24 points to 5. BRITISH LADIES' GOLF TITLE. DEFEAT OF MRS. GUEDALLA. Australian Pres3 Association—United Service LONDON. Oct. 1. In the British-born ladies' golf championship. Miss Molly Gourlay defeated the holder. .Mrs. Gucdella, by 5 up and 4. In the semi-final the former girl champion, Miss Enid Wilson, defeated Miss Gourlay, 1 up. Tho other finalist is Miss D. Pearson. NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS. MATCH PLAYED AT SUVA. SUVA. Oct. 5. Fiji bowlers defeated the New Zealand players, who arc passengers by tho Niagara, by three matches to one. Uren 12, beat Needham 9; Perks 21, beat Horton 6: Butler 11, beat Sole 10; Grant 16, beat Mil left 4—aggregates 48 to 41. LAWN TENNIS IN AMERICA. LOS ANGELES TOURNAMENT. Australian Press Association—United Service LOS ANGELES. Oct. 4. In tho Pacific south-west tennis tournament Cocliet beat Held (Los Angeles), 6—4, 6—l. Cocliet and Doeg beat Laird and McArthur (Los Angeles), 6—o, 6—3. Tibdall and Ribins (Los Angeles) beat Landry and Boussus. 7—9. 7—5, 6-3. Cochet beat Sidney Wood, pin. (lasadena), 7—5. 6—2; Boussus beat Vines (Pasadena), B—6, 6—3. Cocliet and Doeg beat Vines and Gledhill, 6—2, 6—l. In the mixed doubles Boussus and Miss Harper beat Taylor and Miss Blatt, 6—l, 7—5: I'ederson and Miss Park beat Landry and Miss Berkhardt, 6—3, 3—6, 6—l. ' . WORLD'S TENNIS PLAYERS. SELECTION BY- FRENCHMAN. Australian Press Association—United Service PARIS. Oct. 4. M. Gillou, captain of tho French Davis Cup team, ranks the first ten internationals as follows :_Cochet, Lacoste, Tilden, Hunter, Borotra, Lott, Hennessy. Austin, de Morpurgo, Crawford. M. Gillou explains that for the final place ho prefers Crawford to Hawkes, whom the British critic, Mr. Wallis Myers, favoured an almost identical list.