OTAGO ENTRANTS SHOW UP WELL IN FIRST DAY OF UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27058, 18 April 1949, Page 6

OTAGO ENTRANTS SHOW UP WELL IN FIRST DAY OF UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT

PA WELLINGTON, Apl. 17. With excellent weather as an added impetus, the 1949 New Zealand University Easter Tournament got away to an encouraging start on Saturday. With the final athletics, swimming, basketball, cricket, and tennis points still to ceme, Canterbury lead with 121 points. Otago has 111 points, Auckland lOf, and Victoria 104.

Athtletics Records were bettered in almost every event on the first day of the university athletics championships at the Basin Reserve. The weather and the track lent themselves to good performances, and in *two cases records will not be recpgnised. J. M. Holland, Olympic representative, competing for Auckland University College, in a heat of the 120 Yards Hurdles, lowered his own record, and in the second heat F. W. Duckworth’s time was also below the previous best. The Otago University miler, J. D. Sinclair, retained his championship and clipped over two seconds from the record in a race in which he had no serious competition. Records were also broken by D. -R. Batten (Canterbury) in the heats of the 220 Yards and 440 Yards: J- G. S. Myles (Auckland), in a heat of the 440 Yards, though his time was not as low as that of Batten: G. C. H. Gilmour (Auckland), in the Discus Throw; J. Shackleton (Otago), in a heat of the Women's 80-metre Hurdles: and F. Spencer (Auckland), in the Women’s Javelin Throw.

Boxing Otago won the Boxing Shield. The final results were:— Bantam-weight: E. Gardner (C.) beat D. Wong (V.) by a technical knock out. Gardiner won primarily through the power of his body punching, a wellcfirected solar plexus punch virtually finishing the bout. Feather-weight: S. Davis (A) beat A Young (V.) on points. This was a closely-contested bout with little between the boxers. Light-weight: M. Callahan (O.) beat C. W. Orr (A.) on points. A solid straight left which he kept continuously in Orr’s face won the bout for Callahan. Welter-weight: J. Goldfinch (V.) beat H. Gibson (O.) on points. This was the best bout of the evening. By his bulldog tenacity and harder punching. Goldfinch gradually wore his opponent down, gaining a well-deserved decision. Middle-weight: W. Boyd (O.) beat K. Richardson (A.) on points. A heavy puncher, Boyd had Richardson down for seven in the second round. Boyd was the aggressor throughout. Light-heavyweight: D. McClymont (O.) beat G. Hutchinson (C.) by a technical knock out. McClymont opened the barrage in the second round and had Hutchinson at his mercv when the bout was stopped. Heavy-weight: J. Roberts (V.) beat J. Ingram (C.) on points. Roberts, by far the heavier, had more power ir his punches. Rowing

A dip in the ground in the run up ruled out as a record the broad jump by C.' M. Kay (Auckland), and, because of the following wind, the new time by B. Hill in the Women's 75 Yards Flat will not be recognised as a record. Results:—

120 Yards Hurdles (record, 15.8sec).— First heat: J. M. Holland (A) 1, W. Muirhead (O.) 2. E. L. Hardy (C.) 3; time, 15.2 sec. Second heat: F. W. Duckworth (V.) 1, J. H. Borland (O.) 2. J. Davies (A.) 3; time, 15.6 sec. 220 Yards (record, 22.6sec).—First heat: D. R. Batten (C.) 1, J. G. S. Myles (O.) 2, A. J. Catt (V.) 3; time, 22.1 sec. Second heat: H. B. Rainey (O.) 1. S. Matanitobua (C.) 2, B. H. Clapcott (V.) 3; time, 23.1 sec. 220 Yards Hurdles (record, 25.45ec). J. S. Williams (C.) 1, W. Muirhead (O.) 2, I. H. Kawharir (A.) 3; time, 26.45ec. Second heat: J. M. Holland (A.) 1, R. A. S. T. Gethick (V.) 2; time, 25.55ec. 440 Yards (record 49.6sec)—First heat: D. R. Batten (C.) 1, J. C. Gierson (A.) 2, B. H. Clapcott (V.) 3; time, 48.9 sec. Second heat: T. G. fa. Myles (A.) 1, H. B. Rainey (O.) 2. M. D. Dawson (C.) 3; time, 49sec. 440 Yards Hurdles (record, 55sec).— First heat: J. M. Holland (A.) 1, J. Williams (C.) 2, F. W. Duckworth (V.) 3; time, 55.1 sec. Second heat: H. R. Gordon (O.) 1, E. L. Hardy (C.) 2, J. McLevie (V.) 3; time, 55.8 sec. One Mile (record, 4min 22.8sec).— J. D. Sinclair (O.) 1. J. C. Hawke (V.) 2, D. Turnbull (V.) 3. Time, 4min 20.1 sec.

Canterbury retained the Fours title and Auckland the Eights title, and with it the Hebberley Shield in the rowing tournament held on the Korokoro course. . Canterbury also won the Double Sculls event. The races were rowed in almost perfect conditions. In the Fours, of one mile, all four crews got away well, but Otago retired almost immediately with a broken swivel. Canterbury drew slowly ahead with Victoria close behind and Auckland gradually dropping back. Victoria made a big effort towards the end of the mile, but Canterbury won going away by a length. Auckland was four lengths back in third place. Auckland got a lead of about a-quar-ter of a length in the Eights oyer two miles, the other three crews going away pretty well together. Auckland led all the way, quickly fighting off Canterbury’s challenge at the mile, and won by two lengths and a-half. with Victoria five lengths away third, though a strong Otago challenge almost caught them on the finishing line. Canterbury and Victoria were the only starters in the Double Sculls. Canterbury established a slight lead at the start and went on to win by three lengths. Cricket

Throwing the Discus (record, 130 fl 34in).—G. G. H. Gilmour (A.) 1, I. Inssienko (V.) 2, D. P. Culav (A.) 3. Distance, 130 ft 7|in. Broad Jump (record, 22ft Bain).—C. M. Kay (A.) 1, N. R. Morris (A.) 2 G. Dummond (V.) 3. Distance. 22ft lljin. Pole Vault (record, lift s^in).—J. H. Borland (O.) 1, D. W. Earp (A.) 2, G. J. Barnard (V.) 3. Height, 10ft 6in. 4 x 110 Relay.—Auckland 1, Canterbury 2, Otago 3. Time, 44.45ec. 75 Yards (record, l)sec). —B. Hill (V.) 1, J. Shackleton (O.) 2, J. Stephenson (C.) 3. Time,* B.9sec. 80 Metres Hurdles (record, 12.8 sec). —First heat: J.. Shackleton (O.) 1, B. Hamilton (C.) 2; time, 12.1 sec. Second heat; J. Stephenson (C.)' 1, C. Black (O.) 2, A. Anderson (V.) 3: time, 13 2sec. Javelin Throw (record ,75ft 6Jin).— F. Spence (A.) 1, B. Sparrow (C.) 2, B. Hamilton (C.) 3. Distance, 87.9 m. With six of the 20 championships completed, the points for the men’s Athletic Shield are Auckland 8, Otago 4. Victoria 2, Canterbury 1. Two of the six championships in the women’s shield have been decided, the points being: Auckland 2. Victoria 2, Canterbury 1, Otago 1. Basketball Otago won both their games in the basketball, and their match with Canterbury should provide very attractive fare. Canterbury are a formidable combination, as they showed, by their win over Victoria. Otago s wins were over Auckland and Victoria. The standard of play was generally high.

High scoring was the order of the day in the Auckland-Otago cricket match. Auckland declared its first innings closed with eight wickets for 404. U. Wells scored a brilliant 198, including 28 4’s and three 6’s. Hollywood scored a fast 70. The most successful bowler was I. Cameron, three for 113. At stumps Otago had lost two for 179. Victoria lead Canterbury by 101 runs on the first innings. Canterbury collapsed badly, and could muster only 101. The chief destroying agent was Murray with five for 29. In the second innings Canterbury are two for 22. Victoria replied with 202, the total being mainly the result of a fine innings by R. O'Connor. Shooting The shooting at Trentham was won by Victoria with 710 points. Canterbury (703 points) was second and Otago (685) third. Auckland had 670 points. A record performance was put up by A. M. Cookson (O.) with an individual score of 143. The individual practices were won by Victoria (300 yards application and 300 yards snap), Otago (300 yards rapid) and Canterbury (600 yards application). # Tennis . In the tennis, Canterbury lead after the first round with seven points, followed by Otago and Victoria with six and Auckland with one. Further elimination rounds will be held tomorrow and the finals on Tuesday.