GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22934, 12 January 1938, Page 18

GENERAL NEWS

TENNIS TEST PROFITS CRICKET HONOURS BOARD BLOMFIELD WINS IN AMERICA POLICEMAN'S FIELD ABILITY The next Plunket Shield cricket match will be played between Otago and Wellington at Carisbrook from February 4 to 8. Auckland will plfly Wellington at the Basin Reserve from February 18 to 22. * The Australian sculling championship between Evans Paddon and George Cook will take place at Woodburn, Richmond River, about February 19. The winner, in all probability, will be matched against H. R. Pearce for the world's title. The Canterbury cricket team left Auckland by the limited express last evening an J was farewellcd by representatives of the Auckland Cricket Association and a number of friends The team will commence a two-day match against Manawatu at Palmerston North to-day. Manawatu holds the Hawke Cup. An athlete who has again forced himself into the limelight is Lyall Wall, the young Sydney University broad jumper, who cleared 24ft. OJin. in interclub competitions in Sydney recently. This ranks him third in Australia. Wall as a schoolboy jumped 2.Jft. 9^in. last year, so his form was no flash in the pan. The total net profits from the German and American test tennis matches nekl in Australia recently were about £s<oU. Total takings were £; 720. Australian Association received about of this—ss per cent—and the New South Wales Association £.34/o—-45 per cent. The expenses amounted to approximately £975. all paid by the State Association, leaving a profit for New South Wales of £2500. The outstanding golf performance during the holiday period in Sydney was that of the New South Wales amateur and close champion, Jim terrier 137 for 36 holes at Manly. With rounds of 67 and 70, he was seven strokes under par, and with them he won the scratch trophy, and the handicap, playing from plus.l. Incidentally, he is the only player in the State who is handicapped at his club to concede start to par. The honours board in the cricket pavilion at Eden Park has been brought up to date by the addition of centuries scored by Auckland members of the New Zealand team which recently toured Kngland. They are as follows: W. 31. Wallace, 110 v. Somerset, 111 v. Sussex; G. L. Weir, 134 not out v. Worcester; H. G. Vivian, 112 v. Hampshire. Only one bowling performance is recorded, that of J. Cowie in taking six wickets for 67 runs against the M.C.C.

In the recent Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and South Australia at Adelaide, L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith, the Victorian slow bowler, dismissed nine opponents in South Australia's first innings for 135 runs. The only batsman he failed to dislodge was Bradman. Earlier in the season he took eight for 161 against Queensland and eight for 189 against New South Wales. Foiir years ago Fleetwood-Smith captured nine for 36 against 'lasmania. No bowler has ever taken 10 wickets in an innings for Victoria in an 11-a----side match.

First" choice among England's sprinters for the Empire Games at Sydney, C. B. Holmes, has competed in international events for three* years, and has been acknowledged as England's sprint champion for half that time. He is keen and young. This year he has won the British indoor title in record time, the British. 100 yards and many other 100 and 200 metre events in Europe. He was defeated only three times, by A. Yf. Sweeney in the British 220, and by two American negro athletes, P. Walker and B. Johnson.

C. Denny, 28-vear-old English golf professional, won his first major British competition when he defeated A. Padgham, former open champion, 5 up and 4 in the Maiden tournament. Superb approaching; and putting enabled Denny to bring off one of the surprises of the vear When t was practising for last, year's British open championship at Howlake, 1 had several rounds with Denny, who played some great golf, \7rites James Ferrier. In one round he was out in 32. He is regarded by many us one of the potential champions an British golf.

The Australian professional sprint cVclist, «T. Fitzgerald, the Queensland champion, ♦!. Middleton, and the New South Wales road champion, 11. Morgan left for Australia by the Wanganellii on Monday. The three visitors competed at sports meetings at Springdale Te Aroha and Morrinsville, but, prohablv owing to the handicaps imposed on them, were not very successful. After meeting some of New Zealand's best professional riders Fitzgerald expressed the opinion that, since his previous visit a year ago, cycling in New- Zealand had greatly improved.

Thfc New Zealand lawn tennis championships will he played in Auckland at the end of the present month. The presence of A. C. Stedman will lend additional interest to the tourney and he looks the winner of the men's singles title. With the retirement of Miss Dulcie Nicholls speculation is rife regarding the winner of the ladies' singles. The popular selection in Auckland .is Miss Margaret Beverley, of Matamata, who defeated Miss Nieholls in the final of the Auckland championship last season. Miss Beverley has already won the Notorua and North Island titles this season.

Tbte New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield, who loft for the United States with a view to meeting Bronko Nagurski, the present world champion, has had several matches in British Columbia, and has already won himself a £ood reputation and quite a following. Blomfield recently won on points against the Mexican matman, Vincent Lopez, each securing one fall, and he subsequently beat Jack Forsgren by two falls to one,. Blomfield's octopus clamp has aroused a good deal of interest whenever he has appeared in the ring, and he has been given pride of filace in a special programme of bouts arranged annually in Vancouver, his opponent being King Chiwaki.

One of the best field events men in the Hamilton Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club, G. Tait, who is' a member of the police force stationed at Hamilton, has been selected as a member of the New Zealand police team to compete at the Australian and New Zealand Police Games to be held at Sydney on March 5 and 6. Tait. who is 22 years old, is the present holder of the Canterbury throwing the hammer title. This year he has been a regular performer at the Hamilton Club's weekly meetings, in which he has.scored a lone list of successes. Although he has had very little experience with the discus he can get this implement out well over 100 ft. He has thrown the hammer and the javelin 130 ft., and is also a solid performer with the 161b. shot, which he can putt 37ft. or more. Tait will be a valuable acquisition to the Hamilton Club at the provincial relay championships to be held at Hinemoa Park, Hamilton, on Saturday week.