SUNDRY SPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 95, 22 April 1912, Page 6

SUNDRY SPORTS.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. London, April 21. In the Association Cup final West Bromwich and Barnsley played a score less game. The match .will he replayed on Wednesday. Owing to the strike, only 6000 were present at the Crystal Palace to watch the game. SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS. London, April 20. The South • African cricketers have arrived. Mr Alsop, the managei, . interviewed, said that he did not think Hill, Trumper and company would be missed, much as their visit had been anticipated. Faulkner, writing to the Sportsman says that England should nave no difficulty in annexing premier honours. WELLINGTON FOOTBALL. Wellington, April 21. The 1912 football season was opened yesterday, when the first round ol senior matches began. The weather was favourable, but the attendance; were not particularly good. Flayer; naturally showed some lack of form. Rugby senior results: Petone boat Pouekc ny 8 points to 3.Melrose beat Southern by 14 points to nil; St James beat Old Boys by 29 points tc nil; Oriental boat Victoria College by 12 points to 3; Athletic beat Wellington by 22 points to 6. NEW ZEALAND’S OLYMPIAN. Wellington, April 20. Malcolm Champion, the Auckland swimmer, who aimed here on Wednesday with the inieption of departing, for London to compete in the English championships and the Olympiad at Stockholm, experienced some difficulty in making satisfactory 'financial arrangements prior to his departure. He understood when ho arrived that Christchurch would contribute £SO. to his expenses, in addition to £SO raised in Auckland. Late last Champion received ,a; wire from Mr Harris, president of the New Zealand Swimming Association, guaranteeing £SO. At midnight he boarded the Athenic, which sailed at an early hour this morning. -Champion will he nominated for the Olympic games on ' receipt by the committee, of the Auckland guarantee.