SEARCHLIGHT ON SPORT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19898, 28 March 1939, Page 10

SEARCHLIGHT ON SPORT

BY “ FOUR-FORTY”

Gisboi’ne Rugby Season Most of the clubs in Gisborne have commenced training lor the Rugby season. The Celtic and Marist clubs will be represented by their senior team in the annual Spillane Cup tournament, which will be held at Easter in Wanganui. The Old Boys senior team will play the Napier Technical College Old Boys in Gisborne on Easter Saturday and will need to be at full strength as the southern team will include two All Black forwards, “Snowy” Bowman and Douglas Dalton, besides one or two other promising' players who are expected to wear the “magpie” jerseys before the season concludes. For sometime the members of the Old Boys' team have been doing solid training and the forwards will be led again by Bill Aitken, who last year was one of the fittest forwards in the Poverty Bay representatives. Archie Campbell, who has been a mainstay in the forwards over a number of seasons, is thinking of retiring from the game. Girl Who Swam the Baltic Jenny Kammersgaad, 19-year-old Danish swimmer, who swam 37 miles across the Baltic last July, not long ago gave birth to an 81b daughter. She took 40 hours to swim the Baltic. In 1937 she swam 55£ miles from fhe island of Seeland, on which stands Copenhagen— to Jutland, the Danish mainland. * # * AWill Not Copy Berlin , Finland's Olympic Games next year will be vastly different from Berlin’s in 193 G, according to Finland’s Minister for the Interior, M. Urho Kckkonen. “Berlin was the incarnation of energy and will-power,” he said. “We are dedicating our Olympic Games to sportsmanship, goodfellowship and harmong, and have no wish to emulate Berlin’s spectacular show.” The 19 countries entered to date do not yet include Australia or New Zealand. Preparations for the Games include teaching the police constables foreign languages and the erection of a rowing stadium to accommodate 10,000 spectators.

Harry Lee Last season Harry Lee, the High School left-handed slow bowler, secured 108 wickets at a cost of G 92 runs, an average of G. 41 runs, from IG3 overs, of which 11 overs were

maidens. This season this young bowler again did well and of his IGS overs 21 were maidens, while he secured 92 wickets at a cost of 752 runs, an average of 8.1 runs. This season he has shown a big improvement in his batting and as opening - batsman has played several good innings. •.:« * * * Marathon Cricket Marathon is used more often to describe the race of 2G miles 385 yards 7 inches than to describe a cricket match, but the fifth and final test between England and South Africa proved a marathon. Starting on Friday, March 3, South Africa won the toss and scored 229 runs for two wickets down. Saturday, Mar. 4, saw the score increased to 423 for six wickets while on Monday, Mar. 6, South Africa were dismissed for 530 and England had made 35 for one wicket. England batted all day on Tuesday, March 7, to take the score to 2GB for seven wickets. Wednesday, March 8,

saw England dismissed for 31G and the South Africans had lost three wickets for 193 runs. Thursday, March 9, saw flic dismissal of Souili Africa for 481 runs. On Friday, March 10. England had 252 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket in needing GOG runs to win. On Saturday, March 11. there was no play on account of rain, and the Sunday was a day of rest. The Monday saw England batting again and at the close of play the team had scored 490 for three wickets down Tuesday saw them carry the score to G 54 runs for five wickets, when the game was abandoned as the team had to leave to catch the boat that was to take them back to England. otherwise the game would have taken up part of another day as they were still 42 runs behind.

Highest Aggregates The following table of big innings will be of interest to readers. First-Class Matches

1981 for 35 wickets, England v. South Africa, at Durban. 1938-39. 1929 for 39 wickets, New South Wales v. South Australia, at Sydney, 1925-2 G. 1911 for 34 wickets, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney, 1908-09 seven individual centuries were made in this six-day match). 1905 for 40 wickets, Otago v. Welling-

ton. at Dunedin, 1923-24. 1815 for 34 wickets, M.C.C. v. West Indies at Kingston, 1929-30.

1753 for 40 wickets, England v. Australia, at Adelaide, 1920-21. 1752 for 34 wickets, New South Wales v. Queensland, at Sydney, 192 G-27. 1744 for 40 wickets, New South Wales v. South Africa, at Sydney, 1910-11. 1739 for 40 wickets, New South Wales v. A. E. Stoddart’s XI., at Sydney, 1897-98. 1716 for 40 wickets, New South Wales v. South Australia, at Sydney, 1907-08. 1704 for 39 wickets, J, Ryder's XI v. W. M. Wood lull's XI, at Sydney, 1929-30. Highest in England IGOI for 29 wickets, England v. Australia, at Lord's, 1930. 1502 for 28 wickets, M.C.C. v. New Zealand, at Lord’s, 1927. 1492 for 33 wickets, Worcestershire v. Oxford University, at Worcester, 1904. 1475 for 27 wickets, Northamptonshire v. Surrey, at Northampton, 1920. Fourth Innings Heavy Scoring Records

(Unless otherwise stated the sides making the runs won the match) G 54 (five wickets) England v. South Africa, at Durban, 1938-39 (after being set G9G to win). 572 New South Wales, v. South Australia, at Sydney, 1907-08 (after being set 592 to win). 518 Victoria v. Queensland, at Brisbane, 192 G-27 (when get 753 to win).

507 (seven wickets) Cambridge University, v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord's, 189 C. 502 (six wickets) Middlesex, y. Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge, 1925 (game won by an unfinished stand of 271, county record). 502 (eight wickets) Players, v. .Gentlemen, at Lord’s, 1900. 495 Otago, v .Wellington, at Dunedin, 1923-24 (when set 641 to win). 473 (six .wickets) Canterbury, v. Auckland, at Christchurch, 1930-31 472 New South Wales, v. the Australian team, at Sydney, 1905-06 (after being set 552 to win. Trumper, Duff, Noble, Cotter, Kelly and Howell were playing against their State). 466 New South Wales, v. West Indies, at Sydney, 1930-31 (when set 553 to win). 463 (eight wickets) Hampshire, v. Kent, at Southampton, 1911 (after being set 568 to win). 458 Auckland, v. Wellington, at Wellington, 1927-28 (when set !735 to win). 456 Queensland, v. Victoria, at Melbourne, 1928-29 (when set 507 to win).