GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22389, 8 April 1936, Page 22

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

UNIQUE TENNIS KECOffcD REFEREEING IN SOCCER UNIVERSITY CRICKET COUNCIL This year's Wellington provincial golf championship will be almost as hard to win as the New Zealand amateur championship. The entrants will probably include J. P. Hornabrook, 13. M. Silk, T. H. Horton, J. L. Black, H. A. Black, Russell Hobbs, K. Jeffery and J. P. Mortland. The annual llugby tournament for tho Spillane Cup between North Island Marist teams will be held at Gisborne at Easter. Eight teams have entered from Auckland, Hamilton, Wanganui, Napier, Palmerston North, Gisborne (Marist and Celtic) and Wellington. The Wellington side won the trophy last year and is sending a strong fifteen, in its defence this week There was general regret at the passing of the well-known and respected Balmoral bowler, the late Mr. A. H. Yeoman. Popular with everybody with whom he came in contact, and a tireless worker, not only on his own club's behalf, but for bowling generally, he will be much missed in bowling circles. He was for over twelve years a club secretary.

The introduction of tlio two-referees' system into Association football in England is advocated following tlie inquest on J. H. Thorpe, Sunderland's goalkeeper, whoso death, tlio coroner's jury found, was accelerated by injuries in the match against Chelsea on February 5. Tlio jury considered that the referee, Mr. R. S. Warr, of Bolton, was "very lax in his control of the game."

The thirty-fifth annual sports gathering of the Auckland Primary Sphools' Amateur Athletic Association will be held at the Domain to-morrow. The morning programme will be decided between the hours of 9.20 and 12.35, and the afternoon events between 2 and 3.50. Fifty-four, schools will be represented and the large entries will necessitate the running of no fewer than 18 heats in one event and 17 in several others.

It was recently mentioned in the TTkkald that it would be interesting to know whether the feat of five holes in one by H. C. Stevens, of North Shore, constituted an amateur golf record. H. T. Gould. of "Rotorua, has holed his tee-shot three times at Pupuke, once at Rotorua and once at Hanmer Springs. He commenced golf in 1921 and possibly this is a record for New Zealand ex-servicemen.

A feature of the annual primary schools' tennis tournament, which was finalised on Saturday last, was the performance of Rosemary Hodges, the 11-vears-old daughter of Mrs. S. C. Hodges, in winning the girls' singles championship. Mrs. Hodges won tho New Zealand ladies' singles championship in 1919 and the doubles championship with Miss M. Maefarlane in 1919 and 1920. She was Auckland singles champion in 1920.

A unique record has been achieved by a Franklin girl tennis player, Miss Uettv Potter, of Otaua, Waiuku, who is only 14 years old. On March 28 this promising player was successful in the district schoolgirls' champion of champions tournament, and on Saturday last she gained greater distinction by winning the open champion of champions title for ladv players in clubs affiliated to the Franklin Lawn Tennis Association.

Tho Auckland water polo representative,' W. F. Smith, who suffered injury to an eye in a match at tho Tepid Baths a fortnight ago, is not likely to lose the sight of the eye, as was at first feared. The injury has healed well. This news will cause relief to Smith's friends in swimming and Rugby football circles. He represented Auckland at Rugby in 1921, and for several years coached one of the Grammar Old Boys' junior teams.

Not only was it a case of father and son playing father and son in the final of the Waiuku Bowling Club's handicap pairs competition this season, but all four players bore the same surname. The load of the successful pair, J. Bnrriball, who is over 80 years of age, had as skip his son, H. Barriball. The opposing pair was led by A. M. Barriball, a brother to J. Barriball and also over 80, and skipped by E. S. Barriball, a son of A. M. Barriball.

At the conclusion of the ladies' cricket match, Auckland against Thames, played at Point Chevalier on Saturday, Mrs. Grant Cowen presented the C. H. Grant Cowen Memorial Challenge Cup to the successful Auckland team. The game, which was the first one played for the trophy, was a challenge fiom tho Thames Women's Cricket Association for possession of the cup, Miich was donated to tho Auckland Women's Cricket Association by tho president, Miss P. H. Dawson, to encourage the game in the country districts.

Although the idea of forming a New Zealand University Cricket Council was suggested in Wellington some years ago it was only this season that something concrete was put forward, and with the support of the Auckland, Canterbury and Otago colleges, the council has now been formed. Had time permitted it was intended to play a North v. South University cricket match this season, but it is now proposed to select a New Zealand University side in order to give players the honour of bemc announced ns hcine: included in such, the intention being to award "bluet..

The outstanding performer at the Northcote primary schools' athletic sports on Saturday last was Jack Lepper, Northcote School, whose consistent, form in the several events in which ho competed won general admiration. This promising boy finished first in tho third heat and final of the 75 yards race for boys 10 years of age, won the first heat and final of the 220 yards open, Avon the sixth heat in tho open potato race and finished second in the final and completed these successes by gaining second position for Arawa House in tho 100 yards relay championship.

Tho veteran footballer and yachtsman, Mr. 0. Riley, who lost iiis 14-* •looter Ola IJJ. in the bin gale in February last, was presented with a cheque at tho week-end by members and supporters of the Heme Bay Sailing and Richmond Cruising Clubs, in making tbe gift, Mr. CI. Dennes referred to Mr. l{iley's long association with yachting and the loss he had sustained in the totnj destruction of Ola 111. Tho donation would help Mr. Riley to secure another small boat. Returning thanks, Mr. Riley said his first boat was presented to him by Mrs. Dennes, sen., 55 years ago and lie was very pleased to see her present that day. He had owned other boats since then, but during his life-long connection with boats Ola 111. was the first one he had lQst. J