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Southland Times, Issue 23227, 16 June 1937, Page 14

R. J. Crisp, the South African cricket Test bowler, who displayed great prowess in New Zealand, has taken up residence in Worcestershire, England, and will be qualified to play for the county in 1938. He should prove a fine acquisition to English cricket. He is a fast bowler with a very natural and free style. The Australian British Empire Games Organizing Council has received from the parent body the new international boxing weights for amateurs. They appear very fantastic, as a comparison with the old weights, appearing in brackets will show:—Flyweight (8 stone), Bst 01b 6oz; bantam (Bst 61b), Bst 71b; feather (9st), 9st 11b 3oz; light (9st 91b), 9st 101 b lOoz; welter (lOst 71b), lOst 71b lloz; middle (list 61b), list 61b 15oz; light-heavy (12st 71b), 12st 81b soz. Apparently the odd ounces have occurred through converting foreign weights into the English rule. They will apply to the Empire Games.