GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23094, 20 July 1938, Page 23

GENERAL NEWS

TOUR BY BOWLERS CRICKETER TRANSFERS HARRIER CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRESS OF BADMINTON I). Trevath.in, up to last week, had scored 95 pomes in Rugby matches this season. These were made up of lour tries, ten conversions, eight penalty goals, nine field goals and a drop kick from a mark. The British Bowling Association has issued an invitation to New Zealand for a team to tour Great Britain next year. Tho New Zealand Association has already indicated through its delegate, Mr. J. Pascoe, that the invitation would be accepted. Mr. W. S. Chapman, who controlled the opening game of the All Blacks against New South Yl T ales last Saturday, lost an arm at the war, but subsequently played as wing three-quarter for a couple of seasons after his return. Ho is u first-class referee. A feature of tho Kiwis' tour of Australia was that tho two fullbacks topped the list of point scorers. J. Hemi scored 67 points in seven games with 32 goals and a try. J. Smith in nine games obtained 35 points, made up of five goals and five tries. When it is realised that in the Rugby League game a goal of any nature is only worth two points Hemi's record is outstanding. The annual prize-giving of the Auckland Rowing Club will bo hold in conjunction with a dinner at Hotel Auckland on Saturday evening when a large number of past oarsmen arc expected to be present. The president, Mr. Stanley Reid, will preside. The annual prize night and smoke concert of the Auckland Transport Bowling Club will be held on the same evening. 1 {agn hi Id Hveger, 17-year-old Danish swimmer, recently set two new world records by swimming a mile in 23m 11.55, and 1500 metres in 21ni 45.75. Ragnhild Hveger has now equalled tho performance of tho Dutch girl, Willy den Ouden, in making world records over all distances from 100 metres to one mile. Actually she has broken world records 19 times, but several of these have been her own. The final test match between the New Zealand representative women's hockey team and the touring all-England team will be played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, to-morrow. The first test match was played at Christchurch on July 6 on a very sodden ground, and the English team won comfortably, I—l. The second test, played at Wanganui on Saturday, also was won by the tourists, by 4 goal to 3.

The British Rugby team scored two good wins in South Africa last week. It defeated North Transvaal on Wednesday by 20 points to 12 and Cape Province on Saturday by 10 points to .'i. The touring side lias now played elev«n matches for eight wins and threo losses. Two matches will be played in Rhodesia this week, the first at Salisbury to-morrow and tho second at Bulawayo on Saturday. The first test will be played at Johannesburg on August 6.

According to information received in Auckland the American Bowling Association has been unanimously elected to membership of the International Bowling Board, which previously had consisted only of representatives of tho four national associations of Great Britain and of tho Dominions. Bowling organisations in New Zealand have-co-operated with the other Dominions during the past few years, urging the International Board to accept America as a member.

The Grafton cricketer L. R. Sprinc, who has been one of the best allround players in the Auckland competition for several seasons, left last week for "Whakatane, where lie intends establishing an accountancy business. Spring represented Canterbury prior to coining to Auckland, and, following his success for the Grafton Club both in batting and bowling, he was chosen to play for Auckland against Wellington two seasons ago. An accurate off-spin bowler and a stylish bat. Spring will be a distinct loss to Auckland cricket.

The annual cross-country harrier championship of New Zealand this year will bo held at New Plymouth on September 10. The following runners liavw been chosen to undergo special training with a view to selection in tho Auckland provincial team:—J. W. Savidan. L. Pi. Walters (Auckland), J. I. B. Neil (Presbyterian), R. Crompton, W. A. Briggs, J. Perrett (Lynndale), A. G. Harding, V. J. lbbertson, P. S. Best (Technical), D. Porter, R. French (Papatoetoe>, E. Stephenson (University), A. Darroch (Calliope) and A. Trow (Hamilton).

With the advantage of much improved facilities in Bledisloe Hall, tho game of badminton in Hamilton has improved greatly in the last few years. Waikato will defend the Wisdcn Cup against Auckland at the Bledisloe Hall on Saturdav night, this being the third match between the two provincial teams. Auckland won tho trophy from Western Districts, Wanganui, in 1934, and staved off several challenges, beating Waikato in 1936 by 13 matches to three. In 1937 Waikato showed remarkable improvement and defeated Auckland convincingly, by 10 matches to six. Two prominent Rugby football pi a vers in Hamilton this season are D. Paterson, a forward, and B. Paterson, second five-eighths. who play tor the Hamilton High School Old Boys' Club. Two seasons ago they were playing for the High School first fifteen, and after one year in the junior grades both gained places iu the senior team. This is their first year in senior football, and their selection as representatives in the Hamilton team against Matamata was lolly justified. With a little more experie nce, they should find no difficulty in wearing the Waikato jersey. A more astonishing ending to a fight than that of the Eddie Phillips-Ren Foord Km pi re heavy-weight elimination bout in London recently has not been seen for many years. In the ninth round Foord lay lace downward, perfectly conscious, fighting desperately to got, to his foot, his right log stretched upward behind him, paralysed. Afterward, Foord said that he thought he was struck in the groin, hut whether by his opponent's knee or by his glove he did not know. Phillips looked astonished and deeply concerned as Foord was being counted out, and ran to help him to rise, hut his view afterward was that he had hit Foord with a left to the solar plexus. Mr. L. Simpson, a 1 fe-member of the Wellington Rugby Referees' Association and an ex-international referee, has been holidaying in Sydney, says a special correspondent of the; Hkii.u.d. He has seen four Sydney first, grade competition games ai d is very impressed with the high standard of play. He stated that Randwiek and Western Suburbs, who pla.\ed the best football he has seen for years, would beat any club team in New Zealand. Mr. Simpson wa.s also impressed with the refereeing of Mr. W. S. Chapman, who controlled the match at Sydnev last Saturday when tho All Blacks defeated Now South Wales. Mr. Simpson had seen the official in club games previously.