LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 52

LAND & WATER.

ATHLETICS. - NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS. SYDNEY, March 4. The New South Wales amateur athletic championship meeting resulted as follows:— Putting the Shot.—Lewis (Queensland). Distance, 41ft Olin. 100 Yards Championship.—Heagney 1, Ferguson 2, Smith 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. 440 Yards.—W. Hunt. Timo, 51 l-ssee. Mile Run.—J. A. Martin. Time, 4min 30 3-ssee. 120 Yards Hurdles.—R. E. Scott. Time, 15 4-ssec. Running High Jump.—C. D. Spieer. Height, sft 11 jin. Broad Jump.—C. Ebert. Distance, 22ft 6Jin. Throwing the Javelin.—B. Rydbeck. Distance, 159 ft GJ in. Three-mile Walk. —R. Lotham. Time, 22min 58 2-ssec. CYCLE RACING. STANDEN AND OAKLEY. MASTERTON, March 4. At the Wairarapa Sub-centre Athletic Championships on Saturday, under ideal conditions, J. Standcn won the Halfmile Championship in Imin G 3-ssec, the Mile Championship in 2min 28 4-ssec, i— and the Three Miles Championship in Tmin 34 l-ssec, T. Oakley being, second in each event. Oakley, however, substantiated his claim as the best unpaced grass track rider in winning the Two Miles Invitation Pursuit Race from Standen by a. margin of 100yds. Oakley's time was 4min 35 2-bsec, an I Standees 4min 41 l-ssee. Gane and Searfe, both of Wellington, were the other competitors in the pursuit event. CYCLING. WELLINGTON, February 29. In a pursuit cycle race to-night, Standen and Gray (the Australians) beat Flett and Carswell. Jenkins ran 100yds in lOsee. r FUND OPENED IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY. March 1. An appeal for £lO,OOO. of which New Booth Wales’s share is £5OOO, for the purpose of sending tire Australian team to the Olympic Games, has been launched throughout the Commonwealth. Newspapers and sporting bodies are warmly Supporting the movement, and it is ex-

petted that the amount will be easilyraised. WRESTLING. THYE BEATS KAUFMANN. NEW YORK, March 1. At Portland, in a wrestling match. Thye won from Kaufmann, of Columbus (Ohio), by two falls. LACROSSE. OXFORD BEATS CAMBRIDGE. LONDON, March 1. At lacrosse Oxford beat Cambridge bv 10 goals to 3 goals. COLF. FLORIDA WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP. .NEW YORK, February 23. At Bellair (Florida). Espinosa won the r lor id a West Coast open golf championship with a score of 282. Kirkwood was ninth with 294. CROQUET. ENGLAND v. SOUTH ISLAND. CHRISTCHURCH, March 2. Perfect weather conditions favoured the players in the croquet match to-dav between the English team and the South Island representatives. The grounds were in good playing order. Details-.— Miss Steel (England) beat A. G. F Ross (New Zealand), 26—5. 26 16. Miss J. Retallick (England) beat S M’Cullqugh (New Zealand), 23—7, 26 4.’ Colonel Du Pre (England) beat T F 2^ la ™g ers New Zealand), 26—13, 0—26, ~.H- J - Williams (New Zealand) beat Sir Francis Colchester Wemyss (Emylanu), 26—17, 13—26. 26—14. S CHRISTCHURCH, March 4 The croquet test match series between the visiting English team and the South Island was concluded to-day. The result of the two days’ play was a win for England by four matches to two The following are the results of Saturday’s play:—Miss Steel and Colonel Du Pre (England), beat A. G. F. Ross and G. F. Hambers 26 —1. 26—0. H. G. Williams and S. M'Cullough (South Island', beat Sir Francis Colchester Wemyss and Miss J. Retallick (England) 26—25. 26—9. ” ’ In the first game in this match England won, the New Zealanders resigning when in a hopeless position.