OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20744, 11 December 1930, Page 20

OVERSEAS SPORT.

BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT, ILARGE BREAK BY McCONACHY. (Kcccivcd .December 10, 5.5 p.m.) , LONDON. Dec. 9. lii Hie billiards tournament Davis (receives 7000) Ims made 10,741, including breaks of 433, 403 and 907, unfinished, and Newman (receives 7000) 9551, including breaks of 456 and 535. At snooker Newman bus scored 369 and Davis 306. • Against Lindrum McConacby (receivos 7000) has J made 10,969, including breaks of 202 and 1230, and Lindrum 2477, including breaks of 924 and 282. At snooker Lindrum has made 521 and McConachy 147.

ENGLISH CRICKETERS UNWELL. / TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA. ' CAPETOWN, Dec. 9. In the match between Rhodesia and the English cricketers the visitors made 278 and in the second innings 322. Chapman and Allom did not bat. Leyland made 169, the highest score of the tour, and Hammond 49', retired indisposed. Chapman declared as there were only eight fit men. Rhodesia had made 248 in tho first innings and the match was i drawn. TENNIS AT MELBOURNE. ,WIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. MELBOURNE, Dec. 10. New South Wales defeated Victoria in the inter-State lawn tennis contest by 11 rubbers to nine. Hopman and Crawford defeated both Clcmcnger and Schlesinger in the singles, but the southern pair turned the tables in the doubles. UNIVERSITY RUGBY MATCH. CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD DRAW. (Received December 10, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, Dec. 9. The 55th inter-University Rugby match at Twickenham to-day ended in a draw. Oxford scored a penalty goal and Cambridge a try (three points each). The tackling on both sides was deadly and the scrums were hotly contested. Henley, a New Zealander, saved Oxford from defeat with a magnificent goal from the corner. On one occasion Minns, Also of New / Zealand, sprinted splendidly for the line, but Smeddle (Cambridge) tackled him and prevented a try by inches. / > • . - DIRT TRACK RACER. MISS TAYLOUR'S MOVEMENTS. LONDON, Dec. 9. Miss Fay Taylour, dirt track racer, who rode in Australia and New Zealand last season and recently rode at several meetings in Germany appeared at the Crystal Palace to-day in outboard speed-boat events.. She is to go to India by the Ranpura and proposes to return to Australia before the end of the speedway season. NEPIA AS FULLBACK. OPINION OF FOOTBALLERS. LONDON, Dec. 9. " Famous Rugby footballers agree that Nepia (New Zealand) is the hardest and most relentless tackier they have ever faced," writes Mr. Lan Stuart in his ■"Theory of Modern Rugby." He says: " Nepia is more than relentless. He is murderous. Ho is perfectly fair and clean, but has such weight and perfection of' build and determination that he rarely tackled without hurting his man." Mr. Stuart is of opinion that the extra back in the New Zealand formation is largely pasted as a defensive player, unless he lias the spirit of the game at heart. Ho is in an excellent position to obstract and cause ill-feeling. The great success of the New Zealand formation is due to the amount of combined practice by the players. .