GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20925, 15 July 1931, Page 16

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONS. HONOUR FOR GREAT YACHTSMAN ( ' MINIATURE*' SHOOTING RECORD. Georges Carpentior, the former French champion boxer, who was defeated by Jack Doni'psey in a world's title, match, is reported to bo coining to Australia for a theatrical engagement. The Victoria Cruising Club will hold its annual, distribution of prizes this evening. Tho function will take the form of a socia| and dance and the prizes will lie distributed by the patron, Mr. E. 11. Davis. For the first time in the history of the Bulawnyo Golf Club a lady member holed out in one. Playing in a mixed foursomes competition, Mrs. A. A. Colborno holed out her toe shot at the tenth hole, a distance of 187 yards. At this late stago in his life Sir Thomas Lip!on, who is 81 yoifrs old, and who has challenged five times for tlio America's Cup, was one of the two now members elected to Iho English Royal Yacht Squadron at its last annual meeting. Miss Gwerncr, an English girl, has boon notified that her score in the miniature rifle-shooting competition against Hamburg last year constitutes a. world's record. Miss Gwcrner, who is only 18, scored a possible 400 points at a 50yds. range. . The two leading cricket counties in England, Notts and Yorkshire, 'wore in opposition on Saturday, Monday and yesterday. They meet, again next Saturday, and the results of those two matches will have an important bearing on the championship. Big improvements have been effected on the Otahuhu Club's new links since its opening in May, as is reflected in the improved standard of the scoring lately. The new links are proving very popular and the membership now stands at about 80 men and 130 ladies, wjiich represents an increase of about 70 members since last season.

Followers of Rugby were pleased to see Kuhu, the big Maori forward, at Eden Park on Saturday afternoon. Kahu was a popular figure on the playing field, and lie has been much missed this season by his club, Mannkau. Ho injured his leg severely somo months ago, and spent several weeks in hospital. He is now able to walk about with the aid of a stick. " Argument," Waihi, further to his quory answered last week, wishes to know who has scored the higher number of runs in a series of test matches, Hammond or Bradman ?—Bradman holds the honour with a total of 974 runs scared in the 1930 series in England as against Hammond's total of 905 established in Australia during the 1928-29 series.—Athletic Editor. - With the view of inducing more players to patronise its links and so swell the finances, a country golf club in Now South Wales recently invited members- of other clubs to become honorary members for the day. The device was immediately successful, so successful, in fact, that on Saturdays, Sundays and tho eourso was so crowded by visitors that the congestion became acute, to the annoyance of members. So the executive lias withdrawn the concession so far as those particular days arc concerned, but visitors may still piny on week days without tho formality of being introduced by a member. v» - / ■A world Soccer chsflnpionship on the knock-out "principle, embracing practically every country .except England, was decided upon at a meeting of the International Football Federation in Berlin. This championship will bo held every fourth year and play will extend over a whole year. Amateurs and professionals will play together, and tho countries will bo divided into zones, after the manner of the Davis Cup zones. For the final rounds sixteen teams will meet in one centre, where there would bo a week or more of football until only the two finalists are left. In the county cricket match, Sussex v. Gloucester, the Gloucester captain, Hammond, had the rare experience of putting ten of his sido on to bowl. Hammond, iii scoring his 168 not out, made his first century against Sussex, and ho ■has now scored a century against all tho first-class counties excopt Worcester and Leicester. When he has added those two counties to his list of victims ho mil equal tho record held only by Hobbs, Ernest Tyldcsloy, and Sutcliffe of presentday cricketers. Hobbs, however, is the only one to have scored a century in homo and home matches. Under the caption " Man of Merit," an English -writer, commenting on tho New Zealand cricketers, says: "Tho tourists' bowling mainstay has been W. E. Merritt (M.C.C. spell it "Merit"), whose deceptivo " googlies " were largely rosponsiblo for tlio M.C.C.'s second innings collapso. His analysis of six for 26 shows how completely ho had the rival batsmen in his power. When tho Now Zealanders, visited this country four years ago Merritt, then a mere youth of 19, proved his worth by capturing 169 wickets in all matches. He is now better than ever, and seems likely to meet with as much success, though tho support is likely to bo stronger from his colleagues this time. During tho progress of a football match in a country centre in South Australia recently a hugo white bullock galloped across the road from an adjoining butchery stockyard, smashed through tho fence, cleared the oval rail and charged the footballers. Tlio ono player who remained stood like a bravo matador, watched the beast carofully, and jumped nimbly to ono side at the critical moment. Tho baffled animal then sighted a six-year-old_ boy and rushed sib him. Tlio child tripped and fell, but tho beast, fortunately, only brushed the boy with ono of its horns. Just as the animal turned to renew its aUack, two horsemen appeared oif tho scenes and, tackling the bullock, drove it away from the child, and off the oval.