LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 60

LAND AND WATER.

HOCKEY. WALES DEFEATS IRELAND. LONDON - , February 20. At Dublin, Wales beat Ireland by four goals to three. VISIT OF INDIAN TEAM. CHRISTCHURCH, February 23. The Management C mmittee of the New Zealand Hockey Association has been advised that the Indian Army team, comprising three British officers and 12 natives, will probably arrive in Auckland on May 18. The first match will be played on May 22 against W likato, at Hamilton. The first test match will be played at Christchurch on June 26, and the second at Auckland on July 17. The team leaves for Sydney on J *.ly 19CROQUET. NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. NEW PLYMOUTH, February 23. The following are the results of the North Island croquet championships:— Ladies' Open Championship. -Semi-final: Mrs Tiffen beat Mrs Watkins, 26—8. Handicap Singles.—Semi-final: Mr Stratten beat Mrs Tiffen, 26—24. Second Round North Island Open Championship. -Mrs Xibblewhite 26. 22 26, beat Mrs Pitcaithley 19. 26, 18; Mrs Jaryie, 26, 26 beat Mrs Lowery 8, 9; Mrs Watkins, 26, ?Jt beat Mrs M’Dowell, 12, 7. Open Championship.—Third round: Mrs Tiffen 2, 20, 26 bee' Mr Stratton, 26. 22, 5. Semi-final: Mrs Watkins 26. 26 beat Mrs Jarvie 14, 17. The other semi-final is still unfinished with the scores as follows:—Mrs Tiffen 26. 9 v. Mrs Kibblewhite 15. 26. A RECORD POLE VAULT. NEW YORK, February 23. ChavHy Hoff, the Norwegian pole-vaulter, •JeareJ the bar at 13ft 4£in—a world’s record. POLO. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. MELBOURNE, February 25. The Australian polo championship between V.-ioria A and Victoria B resulted in a win for the former by C goals and 8 behinds to 5 goals and 15 behin ls. It was ci close contest, and the interest of the spectators was maintained till the last minute RIFLE SHOOTING. TARANAKI ASSOCIATION’S MEETING. NEW PLYMOUTH, February 25. The championship was continued under adverse conditions on Thursday. Palea Match (500 yards).—Booth (Okaiawa) 49, Webster Waverly) 48, Hogg (New Plymouth) 48. Wellington Match (600 yards).—Hamilton (\Vanganui) 48, Carter (Palmorßtou North) 47. Wanganui Match (GOO yards).—Corbett (Okato) 47, Cross (Hawera) 47, Carter 46. Short Range Aggregate.—Cross 183, Carter 181. Hamilton 181. Hawera Match (800 yards).—Arnold (New Plymouth) 35, Hogg 84, Soler (Wanganui) 88. New Plymouth Match (900 yards).—Roots 84, Kitto 31, Ilogg 31. Long Range Aggregate.—Roots 66, Hogg 63, Kitto 62. Grand Aggregate.—Hogg 341, Carter 240, Hamilton 238, Robertson 237, Roots 236. Toams’ Match.—Hawera 313, New Plymouth 310, Kaponga 307. SWIMMING. AUSTRALIAN "CHAMPIONSHIPS. SYDNEY, February 28. The following are the results of the ladies’ swimming races on Saturday:—

220vds Free style championshij of Australia.—Piri Page (New Zealand) l, Clare Could well 2, M Broughton 3, Ena Stockley (New Zealand) 4. The start was de laved, the New Zealanders taking the water before the flag fell, and they were recalled. Miss Page had the best of the restart, but Miss Stockley put in a fine sprint, and quickly took the lead. Miss Couldwell joined her and the pair swam together halfway down the second lap where Miss Page came along and again went to the front. Maintaining .. lead to the finish she won easily by five yards. Miss Stockley was just beaten for third place. Time 2.54 4-5 220yds Breast-stroke Championship.—E. Robertson 1, J Sherridan 2, E. Mealing 3. (All New South Wales) . Won by sev4n yards Time 3.40 2-5. BOXING. GREB LOSES MIDDLE-WEIGHT TITLE. NEW YORK, February 26. The Middle-weight Boxing Championship of the World was won by ‘Tiger” Flowers, who secured a 15-round decision over Harry Greb, the holder of the title. MURRAY DEFEATS VOL AIRE. INVERCARGILL, February 26. In a 15-round professional contest for a puree of £l5O, Les Murray (9.12) beat Eugene Volaire (10.7) on points in a clean and fast exhibition. Murray was more aggressive and did most of the loading, winning two-thirds of the rounds Volaire made a good fight, but Murray boxed up to his best form and finished quite fresh. A record house witnessed the fight, and the association should come out of it very well. A LIFELESS DISPLAY. SYDNEY. February 28. At the Stadium, Joe Hall beat Tommy Fairhall in the eleventh round ot an uninteresting contest. The crowd hooted, and the referee several times warned the boxers for their lifeless display. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. SCOTLAND DEFEATS IRELAND. LONDON, February 27. At Glasgow Scotland beat Ireland by 4 goals to Ail. The weather was fine, but the ground was very heavy after rain in the morning. At the end of 13 minutes Gallacher, the Scottish centre forward, goaled from a cross pass from Cunningham. A ittle later Gallacher almost scored again, but he slipped when shooting. Near the interval Cunningham goaled with a left-foot drive from a penalt. At half-time Scotland led by 2 goals to nil. The Scottish forwards showed good combination, and were lively in attack. Gallacher got two more goals. It was a pleasant game, but never great, for which the weather conditions were chiefly responsible. RUGBY FOOTBALL. INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. ENGLAND DEFEATS FRANCE. LONDON, February 27. At Twickenham England beat France by 11 points to*nil. Forty thousand persona, including the King, attended the match. The weather was dull. Following on French attacks, the Englishmen pressed, and from a tussle

on the French line Aslett scored a try, which was not converted. Young was playing a great game in the scrum, and started a movement which resulted in Aslett scoring another try, which was not converted. A. half-time the scores were: England, 6 points; France, nil. On the resumption of play danger threatened the French line for a long while, but by putting eight men in the scrum instead of seven (which number they had tried prior to the interval) the Frenchmen obtained possession more frequently. Their backs, however, kicked too much. After 20 minutes Kittermaster got across and scored a try, which Francis covnerted. Play slackened in the closing stages, the English line being rarely in any danger.

IRELAND BEATS SCOTLAND. LONDON, February 27. At Edinburgh Ireland beat Scotland by 3 points to nil. The weather was fine after heavy rain overnight. The attendance was 40,000. It was a magnificent game, in which superb play by the full-backs was a feature. The game-was full of thrills, and ended in a last minute try for Ireland, whose forwards played a great game, though the Scots' pack were of the dourest and put up a tremendous resistance. Crawford, the Irish full-back, was injured, but he continued to play. Waddell, the Scottish half, was carried off senseless near the end of the match, having collided with Browne, an Irish forward.