GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20991, 30 September 1931, Page 14

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

WORLD'S CRICKET RECORD. ALL BLACKS AND WALLABIES. BRADMAN IN DIFFERENT ROLE. The Kent coogly bowler, Freeman, took over 200 wickets during the past cricket season. Freeman lias now accomplished the feat in four successive seasons—a world's record. The first man to score 1000 runs arid fake 100 wickets this cricket season in England was V. W. O- Jupp, the Northamptonshire captain. It, is the eighth time he has accomplished the feat.. S. J. Malcolm, halfback and captain of tho Wallabies, did not return to Australia with tho rest of the team. lie intends making a business trip through the Dominion during the next few weeks. In spile of the fact that not one penny profit, was made out of the third test match, at Durban, which was washed out by rain, the last M.0.0. South African cricket tour yielded a total profit of £3004. A great opinion of New Zealand forward play is held by Mr. G. T. B. Palmer, acting-manager of the Wallabies. "Give us the All Black forwards with our backs and we will beat arty team in the world," he said. J. E. Mills sprang a-big surprise on his many cricket admirers in Auckland by joftiing the ranks of the benedicts before sailing for home. Mills will have the best wishes of every follower of the game throughout, the Dominion. The Springboks, who will open their tour of Great Britain next Saturday with a match against Gloucester and Somerset at Bristol, were forbidden by those in authority to take their wives with them. The touring allowance of the l team, the average age of which is 24 years, is 3s per day per player. The Auckland Rugby Referees' Association paid Mr. F. E. Sutherland a -welldeserved compliment at its annual meeting on Monday evening, by electing him as its president. Mr. Sutherland, who has held this office previously, has announced his retirement from controlling the game on tho field of play.

Tho difficulty of securing a sufficient number of wickets in Auckland was referred to by the president, Mr. J. Elliott, at the annual meeting of the Suburban Cricket Association on Monday evening. Ho ttrged that both associations in Auckland should co-operate in an endeavour to obtain tho use of more pitches. Discussing the wet weather which ruined the third test match between the New Zealand cricketers and England, an English critic says:—"The experiences of Old Trafford with test matches have been terribly unfortunate; not since 1896 has Old Trafford witnessed a test match that was not spoiled at some point by rain." Miss Hilda Schrader, of Germany, winner of the. Olympic 200 metres hreaststroke championship in world's record time at the 1928 Olympiad at Amsterdam, has resumed training after two seasons of inactivity. She is said to be displaying speed, and the Germans feel confident she will be a strong bidder for title laurels at the Olympic Games at Los- Angeles next year. New South Wales has lost another of its Rugby League representative players. C. Fifield, a centrc-threequarter, recently accepted an engagement with the Hull Club, and left Sydney last week for England. With Fifield, O'Rourke, Harris, Moores, Shankland, Busch and Hardy, a champion Australian rear division will be in England shortly. Bradman's name is constantly before the public. The latest rumour concerning Australia's cricketing idol is that he may pive up the game in order t»o take up astage career. Bradman, as is well known, has talent as a singer and actor, but it is doubtful if cricket-lovers in Australia would permit the early departure of such a stalwart from the scene of his amazing triumphs.

Another girl swimmer, unknown Six months ago, has leaped into the ranks of the likely winners at next, year's Olympiad at. Los Angeles. Miss Magda Lenkey, 01 Hungary, who is 17 years of age, displayed international calibre at a recent carnival in a 50-metre bath at Budapest, when she shattered her country's national record for 200 metres free style with a striking performance in 2m 43 2-ss.

The full absurdity of freak declarations in county cricket this season was emphasised recently when the Surrey and Glamorgan cap.ains agreed to declare their first innings, closed after one ball had been bowled for no runs. Spectators witnessed the pantomime of each eleven and two opposing batsmen taking up their positions in the field in turn and tho wicket being rolled between their appearances, as well as before and after, in strict accordance with the letter of the laws. Last season was not a good one financially for the Auckland Cricket Association, but the prospects for the coming season aro much brighter. CKago and Canterbury will meet Auckland at Christmas and New Year respectively, and both matches should draw excellent gates. Special interest attaches to the Canterbury match, in view of the fact that each province was represented Vy five players in the New Zealand team which is now on its way back from England. Votes of sympathy with relatives in the death of persons who had done a good deal to assist cricket in Auckland were passed by the annual meeting of delegates to th& Auckland Association last weekThe deceased gentlemen were:—MV. J. 8. Barrett, for several years Auckland's representative on thtf management committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council; Mr. P. R. Fraser, formerly honorary auditor to the Auckland Cricket Association; Mr. R. Riddolls, a member of the Y.M.C.A. Club; and R. R. Kisslir.g, the best all-round player in the King's Old Boys Club. "Peter is par excellence the wicketkeeper of the heavenly team, and when \vn go there we shall find him behind the sticks," declared Admiral H. E. Grace, son of tho late Dr. W. G. Grace, speaking at the annual sportsmen' 6 soi'vice at Downend Church, Gloucestershire, England. Admiral Grace used the famous cricketer's life to illustrate an address on "tho winning spirit and playing the game." Downend Church is close to tho pitch where Dr. Grace learned to play cricket. Two members of tho New Zealand cricket team who were playing Gloucestershire at Bristol, R. C. Blunt and I. B. Cromb, read tho Lessons at tho service.