SEARCHLIGHT ON SPORT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19372, 9 July 1937, Page 8

SEARCHLIGHT ON SPORT

The following arc the fastest laps scored in any record-breaking run:— First lap, N. S. Tabor, 58sec (4min 12 l-ssec); second lap, .1. F. Lovelock. 62 l-ssee (4min 7 3-ssec); third lap, G. Cunningham, Gl 4-ssee (4min 6 4-5 sec); final, J. P. Jones, 58 l-ssee (4 min 14 2-ssoc).

Slowest laps timed in any record run are:—First, T. P. ConnelT, OSsec (4min 18sec); second, J. P. Jones, 67 3-ssec (4min 14 2-ssec): third, N. S. Taber, 68scc (4min 12 3-ssoc); final. T. P. Conneff, G4sec (4min 18sec).

The fastest first hall-mile: P. Nurmi, 2min 1 4-ssec i4min 10 2-ssec)

The fastest last half-mile: Glen Cunningham, 2min 0 9-10 sec in his run of 4min 6 7-10 sec. This time for the full distance is recognised as 4min 6 4-ssec as the International Board does not recognise tenths of seconds in any distance over 250 metres.

The Rugby match on the Oval tomorrow between Old Boys A and B junior teams should be one of the best games seen in the junior grade this season. When they met in the first round the B team wore the winners, and under the coaching of Mr. J. E. Mercer have improved their play. If they can lower the colours of the A team again they will make their position on the championship ladder more secure.

New Zealand and South Africa have each sent three teams to Great Britain, and Australia has sent two. On their three tours the South Africans have a better record than New Zealand or Australia, as the following table shows:Points

The tests were played against England, Wales; Scotland and Ireland, and the results of their games against the touring teams were:— Points

The following are the results of the tests played by the South Africans:— Agains Wales. —190 G, won 11 —0: 1912, won 3—o; 1931, won B—X

Against Ireland.—l9oG, won 15—12 1912, won 38—0; 1931, won B—3.8 —3. Against Scotland.—l9oG, lost o—6 1912, won 16—0; 1931, won IG—3.

Against England.—l9oG, drawn 3—3 1912, won 1G—0; 1931, won 6—3. By New Zealand: — Against England.—l9os, won 15—0 1924, won 17—11; 1935, lost o—l 3.

Against Scotland.—l9os, won 12—7; 1924, did not nlay; 1935, won 18—8. Against Wales—l9os, lost o—3; 1924, won 19—0; 1935, lost 12—18. Against Ireland.—l9os, won 15—0: 1924, won G—o; 1935, won 17—9. Bv Australia:— Against England.—l9oß, won 9—3; 1927, lost B—lß. Against Ireland.—l9oß, did not play; 1927, won 5—3. Against Scotland.—l9oß, did not plav; 1927, lost B—lo. Against Wales—l9oß, lost G—9; 1927, won 18—8.'

In the professional cycling race held last week-end F. Chitty had a bad spill at Reynold's bridge when four men were riding close together and one of them went into a pot hole, which caused his bicycle to wobble a bit, causing the fall. Bernie Thompson rode a good race from the scratch mark to gain third position about 300yds behind the winner, Cox. This was Thompson's first ride since he broke his collarbone while training on the track some months ago.

Contrary to expectations, Brydan Smellie, who played in the forwards here for Old Boys senior fifteen, did not join up with the Old Boys club in Christchurch. He is a member of the Merivale club and is reported to be playing well there.

" (By "Four-Forty.")

The following is a list of the best times put up by runners who never held the world's record, the record standing at the time of their effort beins shown in parenthesis: W. G. Snook, 4min 18 4-ssec (4min 18 2-5 sec); W. E. Lutyens, 4min 19 4-ssec (4min 18 2-ssec); F. E. Baron, 4min 18 3-ssec (4min 18 2-ssec); J. W. Ray, 4min 14 2-ssec (4min 12 3-ssec); A. G. Hill, 4 min 13 4-ssec (4min 12 3-ssec); E. Wide. 4min 13 l-10sec (4min 12 3-5 sec): R. 11. Thomas. 4min 13 2-ssec (4 min 12 3-ssec); H. Larva, 4min Usee (4min 10 2-ssec); E. Purje, 4min 11 2-ssec (4min 10 2-ssee); R. A. Rose (N.Z.), 4m in 13 3-ssec (4min 10 2-5 sec): G. Bulliwinkle, 4min 12sec (4 min 10 2-ssec); Ralph Hill, 4min 12 2-ssec (4min 10 2-ssee): Ray Buker, 4min 13sec (4min 10 2-ssec); Ray Conger, 4min 13sec (4min 10 2-ssec); Gene Venzke, 4min Usee (4min 9 1-5 sec): and Bill Bonthron, 4min 8 7-10 sec .(4min 7 3-ssec).

The first Black and White Shield match this season will take place tomorrow at Waerenga-o-Kuri, when the Hangaroa sub-union's team (holders) will meet Motu. Last year Hangaroa beat Motu in both games played and a keen match is expected to-morrow.

The captains of the basketball clubs should note that the names of those players lor representative honours this season should be in the secretary's hands by to-morrow and it i.; hoped to select the team to play for the Robson Cup against Wairoa at a meeting to be held on Tuesday evenin".

B. Tu Toit, the Springbok forward who was injured in the match against New South Wales, "was later X-rayed and found to have had two bones of his spinal vertebrae cracked. It will be some time before he will be able to play again.

"The Springbok Rugby team, in keeping with other sportsmen from their country out here," says a Sydney paper, "have shown us just how great they are in defeat. After an acid test, in vile weather conditions, battered by a relentless lot trained to the hour, beaten on points and suffering two casualties, they came off the mud-field smiling. To cap it all their captain, Philip Nel, and Gerry Brand, two men who have breasted the enemy in many terrific battles' in other lands, hoisted the New South Wales captain, C. H. Towers, on their shoulders and carried him off the field. It was a unique tribute to the play of the man and the unexampled wet-day game put up by the side." "In the 70 odd years of Rugby history in this country nothing similar can be recalled. We have seen the hero of a big match carried off by his own colleagues, but hardly anything to parallel this gesture by a defeated team."

Miss Rona Stephenson, who leaves at the end of the month for San Francisco to take up a course of Physical Culture, has been a prominent member in the Tuis Basketball Club, where she plays as defence. Miss Steohenson was selected to play as a defence for the New Zealand team that was to have toured Australia this season, but on account of the Australians onlv playing seven-a-side against New Zealand's 9 and the rules being slightly different, the tour has been cancelled for this season at any rate. The question of the rules will be dealt with by the New Zealand council when it meets at the end of August, while the tournament is in progress in Auckland.

Miss Stephenson was captain of the Poverty Bay basketball representatives three years ago and also has represented both Auckland and Canterbury while attending the Teachers' Training Colleges at these centres and had the honour of playing for both the North and South Island teams in those two years.

The following is a table of the world' s record for one mile running:— Runner Year 440yd . 880yd. .^-mile. 1 mile. T. P. Conneff ... 1895 G5 2.10 3.14 4.18 Joe Binks 1902 60 1-5 2.6 3-5 3.14 ■ 4.16 4-5 J. P. Jones .... 1913 61 4-5 2.9 2-5 3.16 1-5 4.14 2-5 N.S. Taber 1915 58 2.5 3.13 4.12 3-5 P. Nurmi 1923 58 3-5 2.1 4-5 3.6 7-10 4.10 2-5 J. Ladouniergue 1931 60 4-5 2.4 1-5 3.8 4.9 1-5 J. E. Lovelock .. 1933 61 2-5 2.3 3-5 3.8 7-10 4.7 3-5 G. Cunningham 1934 61 4-5 2.5 4-5 3.7 3-5 4.6 7-10 The lap times taken by these men we re:— 1st Lap : 2nd Lap 3rd Lap 4 th Lap CoTinofl 1 .. 65 65 64 64 Binks .. 60 1 -5 60 2-5 67 2-5 62 4-5 Jones . . 614-5 67 3-5 66 4-5 58 1-5 Taber . . 58 67 68 59 3-5 Nurmi , . 58 3-5 63 1-5 64 9-10 63 7-10 Ladoumergue ... . . 60 4-5 63 2-5 63 4-5 Gl 1-5 Lovelock .. 61 2-5 62 1-5 65 1-10 58 9-10 Cunningham .... .. 61 4-5 64 61 4-5 59 1-10

P. W. I .,. D. lor ; ;rgst South Africa 12 10 1 1 105 32 New Zealand 11 8 3 0 133 Of) Australia .. (i 3 3 0 54 51

P. w. L. D. for agsl England . 8 2 5 1 51 68 Wales . 8 '.', 5 0 41 77 Scotland . . (i 2 4 0 43 GO Ireland 7 0 7 0 27 104