OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20823, 16 March 1931, Page 9

OVERSEAS SPORT.

INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

WALES CHAMPION COUNTRY.

(Received March 15, 5.5 p.ou) LONDON, March. 14.

In a Rugby* Union match at Belfast Wales beat Ireland by 15 points to 3, thereby winning the international championship, which [Wales has not held since 1922.

In the final of the Rugby county championship Gloucestershire beat Warwickshire by 10 points to 9 at Gloucester. The results in other Rugby matchei were as follows:—Army, 10, Richmond; 5; Bradford, 6, Blackheatli, 13; Harlequins, 15, Old Merchant Taylors, 15; London. Scottish, 16, United Services, 6; Newport,, 19, Swansea, 3; Northampton, 9, Bath, 3; Plymouth Albion, 8, Cardiff, 23; Edinburgh Academicals, 7, Watsonians, 14 j, Glasgow Academicals, 13, Hawick, 21 Rosslyn Park, 5, Birkenhead Park, 6; St.. Bartholomew's Hospital, 3, London Irish,, 10; Pontypool, 0, Crosskcys, 0-

BRITISH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

AUSTRALIAN COMPETITOR,

(Received March 15. 6.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE. March 15..

Rufus Stewart (South Australia) won the Spalding elimination contest to determine who shall represent Australia in the British open golf championship. His score for 72 holes v/as 309. Naismith (Victoria) took 315, Downs (New South Wales) 330, Denholm (Queensland) 334* Robertson (Tasmania) 341.

PROFESSIONAL BILLIARDS.

NEWMAN DEFEATS LINDRUM.

(Received March 15, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 14.

11l their billiards match Newman (receives 3500) defeated Lindrum by 12,590 points to 11,418. Newman made breaks of 467 and 226 and Lindrum breaks oIE 323, 315 and 415.

BOXING MATOH IN SYDNEY.

CRITCHER DEFEATS HANCOCK.

SYDNEY. March 15.

In a boxing match al the Stadium lasfi evening Rus Critcher, lOst. 241b., won on points against Wally Hancock, lOst. 3jlb. In a dingdong bout of 15 rounds Hancock was the cleaner and more scientific boxer, but Critcher was more effective, in spit« of his crudeness.