GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21879, 15 August 1934, Page 17

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

DACRE SCORES 10,000 RUNS TITLES AT EMPIRE GAMES FERRIER'S CONSISTENT GOLF C. C. Dacrc, former New Zealand cricketer, now with Gloucestershire, has completed the scoring of 10,000 runs in first-class cricket. Advice has been received that the Now Zealand basketball tournament, which is to bo held in Dunedin, commencing to-day week, will bo opened by Their Excellencies Lord and Ladv Bledisloe. An unusual incident happened in the Rugby League game between Richmond and Hawke's Bay at Napier last Saturday, when the referee received a nasty cut over the eye in a collision with Prentice. The game was held up while a St. John Ambulance official rendered first aid. The British bantam-weight boxing champion, Dick Corbett, lias officially lodged a challenge to A 1 Brown for a world title fight. It is considerdd that, if Corbett's challenge is accepted, he will stand a fine chance of securing the title, as all evidence is that Brown is on tho down grade. Fifty years have passed since the Rugby championship games were instituted'. in Dunedin and in tho long series of games three clubs stand out prominently —University, Kaikorai and Alhambra —but every club at some time or other has had the honour ot annexing the premiership.

Franco nearly defeated England for tho first time at Chantilly last month in the fourth women's international golf match- between tho two countries, and only a brilliant recovery by Miss Diana Fishwick. the former British champion, enabled the visiting country to share the honours at four matches each, with one game halved.

Auckland will be well represented in the North Island championship road cycling race of 60 miles, to be held over Tarauaki roads on August 29. J. Brown, li. H. Dwight, T. L. Nixon, and J. C. Dolores, of the Manukau Club, and R. Jones, of the Takapuna Club, have entered. . The event has a splendid trophy list, and is attracting riders from all over the North Island.

The knee injury received by L. Barker, of the Technical Old Boys' Harrier Club, is not responding well to treatment. Barker, who was in good form earlier in tho season, injured himself in the Onehunga-Auckland road race. He is most unfortunate as he was well in the running for a place in the Auckland team to compete in the New Zealand cross-country championship at Dunedin later in the year.

Water-polo players in the Ponsonby Amateur Swimming Club arc not observing a close season during the winter. With the ambition of retaining the senior championship lost to Waitemata last season, and having good representation in the Auckland team, they have been attending weekly practices at the Tepid Baths. Usually there lias been a muster sufficient for two teams, and useful practice has been done in the various throws and team tactics.

At least one member of the North Auckland Rugby team which defeated Auckland so convincingly last Saturday was no stranger to Eden Park. 'J his was G. D. Lawric, who was a brilliant attacking player for Training College a few seasons ago. Lawrio was also a cricketer of promise and batted well on several occasions for tlie Eden senior eleven. He and G. L. Voir used to play cricket and Rugby together in Auckland and now both arc teaching in the North.

Only a few swimming ethusiasts in Auckland were acquainted with the name of G. Burleigh, the Canadian swimmer who won the 100 yards freestvle at the Empire Games last week, and defeated the Aucklandcr, N. Crump, who filled third position. Burleigh is 21 years of age, but almost n veteran in experience, as he represented Canada at the Empire Games of ]930. He was then runncr-up to the Australian, N. Ryan, and the New Zealander, G. Bridson, in the 110 yards and 1500 yards events.

Although Sacred Heart College and the Ponsonby third grade intermediate team provided a bright curtain-raiser to the Auckland-North Auckland match at Eden Park last Saturday, it was somewhat surprising that this gajne should have been given pride of place to the match between the Auckland and Mount Albert Grammar Schools, the two largest secondary schools of the city. A keen contest on No. 3 ground at Eden Park saw Mount Albert lower the colours of tho older school for the first time this season.

Many followers of cricket in Auckland have been wondering at the exclusion of E. Paynter from the English teams which played Australia in the first four test matches. News from England, however, throws light on the subject. Paynter has received invitations to play in each of the matches, but he has been unwell, evidently a recurrence of the ailment he experienced in Australia, and has not been able to play. 'Many will remember his splendid effort .in Australia during the fourth test match, when he left a sick bed in the hospital to make 83 runs and save England at a vital stage of the game.

Only two competitors at the Empire Games last week retained championships won at the last Gaines in 19:50. To have retained two titles was the splendid achievement of the Australian swimmer, Noel Ryan. Moreover, his times ill tlie 440 yards and 1500 yards contests were considerably faster than in 1930. Ryan was only 18 years of age then, and has made natural improvement, but he has also remodelled his stroke, so that his latest victories, were the fruits of his consistency and eagerness to learn. The other competitor to gain a championship for the second time was tho South African, Hart, who was again successful in the shot putt.

Arthur Mailey, former Australian eleven player, now travelling with, the present Australian cricket team, comments as follows on the match with Scotland: "Scotland was saved from absolute disgrace by tho New Zealander, C. S. Dempster, all the Scots being at sea against L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith. The Scottish batsmen generally were unable to understand why tho Australian should twist his arm one way and break the ball the other. Dempster was included because he has Scottish blood in his veins. Walking back to the dressing-room after the innings, Dempster said, 'Well, 1 suppose • the Town Hall flag is waving at Dunedin tonight.' "

Jim Fcrrior's remarkable consistency during the past two col fine seasons has started a movement to send him overseas for the British amateur and open golf championships next year, says a Sydney writer. His father, who taught him, is all for having the boy wait until after the Melbourne Centenary tourney, when he will meet many of the overseas golfing visitors, including Gene Sarazen and Joe Kirkwood. If he comes out of that trial with credit, the tour abroad will be considered. Always a distancegetter from the tee and a fine putter, Ftirrier has recently given more attention to his approaches. How he has profited can be seen in his runaway win from the Queenslander, Hadcliffo, in the New South Wales championship, in which his approaching from all sorts of lies was extraordinary. Fcrricr is only 19 years of age. '