GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21541, 12 July 1933, Page 16

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

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MRS. MOODY'S FINE RECORD POLICE STOP WRESTLING "Interested," Ifuapai, asks: —Could you inform me whether Quist or Purcell holds the junior tennis championship title of Australia r —Quist is the title-holder, Purccll being tho runnerup. —Athletic Editor.

"Wager," writes: —Would you kindly settle this question per medium of your sporting column? Who won tho League test match between New Zealand and England, played in Auckland in 1928? —New Zealand won by 17 points to 13.—Athletic Editor.

Great Britain's successes, before this week's, in tho Ryder Cup professional go!f matches with tho United States of America wero in 1926 and ]929. Tho United States won in 1927 and 1931, there being no matches for the cup in 1925, 1930, and 1932.

C. Seeling, a son of tho famous 1905 All lilack forward, was one of the outstanding players in the League Cup final, played recently at Wembley between Warrington and JI uddersfield. Seeling, likn his father, is a forward and plays with W arrington.

In defeating New South Wales at Rugby recently, Victoria made history, as on no previous occasion has tliQ southern State defeated New South Wales in Sydney. In 1891 Victoria won at Melbourne by three to nil: the other success was recorded also at Melbourne, in 1929, when the score was 1G to 9.

Speaking at a meeting of the Now Zealand Cricket Council in Christchurch last week, tho chairman, Mr. A. T. Donnelly, said the committee had in mind negotiations with South Africa, India and the West Indies for visits to tho Dominion. However, it had to bo remembered that England and Australia were the mainstays so far as New Zealand was concerned.

"W.A.W.," Auckland, asks: —When did Arne Borcc last swim in Auckland? Did George Walker and Kklund wrestle in Auckland, and what was the result, and their weights?—Borg last swam in Auckland in March. 1929. Walker drew with Eklund in 1929, each securing ono fall. Walker weighed I3st. 61b. and Eklund's weight was 12st. 61b.—Athletic Editor.

Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody the world's lady champion lawn tennis player, was born October 6, 1905 and the first of her seven wins of the American championships came in 1923 when she was 17 years old. In 1926 she played Mile. Suzanne Lenglen at Cannes and was beaten. The following year, 1927, she scored her first singles win at Wimbledon, repealing in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, and 1933.

The ex-Auckland Maori wrestler, George Gardiner, now competing in Australia under the name of " George Tiki," was involved in a spectacular bout in Queensland recently with another wrestler by the name of "Nugget" Potaka. An Australian writer says the pair performed with such an amount of horseplay, frivolity aud synthetic roughness that the police stopped the bout.

Auckland bowlers will hear with pleasure of the success of W. Williams and G. V. Westbrooke in the Suva bowling carnival pairs championship. Both players are actively concerned with tho Public Service Bowling Association, Williams being the genial umpire, who has assisted at tho annual tournaments for a number of years. The skip is usually in charge of a toam from the Department of Agriculture.

" We will not develop properly until we can get some of our players as professionals," said Mr. A. T. Donnelly, chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council last week. " but we cannot do without our visits to England, evon though they have proved a drain on our players of recent years. However, wo must not let these tours become too big a call-on the time and work of our young amateurs. Rather than have that, it would be better to be content with a slightly lower status."

Unless it loses all three of its remaining games, Auckland Grammar School is certain of winning the firstgrade Rugby football competition for secondary schools. At the moment, Auckland has a load of six points over Mount Albert and Takapuna Grammar Schools Sacred Heart College. Each of these schools also has yet to play three matches. Auckland should beat King's College on July 22, but may lose points in its return matches against Sacred Heart and Mount Albert, two rapidly-improving teams.

Mr. 10. C. Reale, a former prominent figure in cricket circles, is at present visiting Auckland. He arrived last week from ITaveloek North where lio has been residing for some timo and expects to be in Auckland for about three weeks. Mr. Reale was a very valuable member' of the management committee of tho Auckland Cricket Association a few years back and will lip remembered for tho colt tours he organised each Christmas, which were tho means of greatly developing some of Auckland's present ou ts ta nd ill g cricketers.

Winners of tho annual harriers' road race from Onehunga to Auckland are:— Individual: 19.'!1, N. l'\ Cooper, University Club, 37m 435: 1932, N. F. Cooper, Technical Old Roys' Club, 3Stu Jos; 1933, ,1. W. Savidan, Auckland Club, .'IOIII 3os. Sea'led handicap: 1931, C. Dow, Technical Old Roys' Club; 1932, A. Clark, Auckland Club; 19; ill, C. Littler. RapatoeLoe. Teams race: 1931, Technical Old Roys' A (Barker, Kclls-, Hill, Bradley, Wilson, Gillespie); 1932, Technical Old Roys' A (Cooper, Bradley, Rainbridge, Relham, Hill, Rapcr); 1933, Technical Old Roys' A (Cooper, Nicholson, Relham, Rradlev, Rain bridge, White),

W. 1). IMerritt, had a big share in the win which his club in the Lancashire Cricket League, Ixishton, gained over Accringlon, to -which Alan Fairfax, former Australian eleven player, is professional. Accrington scored 5)5, Mcrritt taking seven wickets for -4i» runs. Uishton scored at a loss of seven wickets the 5Hi runs it needed for a win. iVlerritt made 11, the highest individual score of tho match, lie issaid, though, to have been lucky in being given in, instead of ont, for a catch at the wickets, off Fairfax's bowling, just after he had reached doublo figures. Fairfax had been stumped off Merritt's bowling, after scoring 22.

"Curious," Waiukn, asks:—How many times did Tom Alley defeat George Walker itt wrestling contests in New Zealand? Did Ben Keary over wear an All Black jersey? What is the largest crowd that has over witnessed a tennis match anywhere?— Alley defeated Walker on points at Palmerston North on ono occasion, while Walker was also disqualified in a bout with Alley at Wellington. Keary never represented New Zealand at Rugby football. In a match between Vines and Cochet at Forest Hills, America, on September 10, 19:12, there was an attendance of 15,000. There was an equally largo attendance at the match between Vines and Austin, played at Wimbledon last year.—Athletic Editor.