SPORT and SPORTSMEN

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 303, 22 December 1931, Page 11

SPORT and SPORTSMEN

JJEATHER, which has been chosen to represent Otago in the next Sanders Cup race, won the first Sanders Cup event at Auckland, M’Cullough being her skipper. Iler crew at Wellington will be: Pettit (skipper), I. M’Grath, A. Shanks, E. Reynolds and J. Burt. Palmer Going Back. New Zealand boxing enthusiasts have seen the last of Ambrose Palmer, the Australian middle-weight champion, for some time. After his bout with. Bob Thornton, Palmer intends returning to Australia. Palmer expresses himself as being very disappointed at not meeting Alan Campbell, New Zealand heavy-weight champion (says a Wellington writer). He was not prepared to box Campbell unless the latter made 12st 31b, and Campbell, for his part, consented to make the stipulated weight, but would not agree to the condition about a forfeit being inserted in the articles. As neither boy would give way on this point, the bout fell through. Delaney For Home. After having had two tights in this country against Reg Trowern for a loss and a win, Bobby Delaney, lightweight champion of Australia, left for Sydney last week. Delaney’s departure was something of a surprise to many followers of the game, who were looking forward to a contest between him and Ted Morgan. It is reported that the Australian hopes to be matched with Bobby Blay. From some accounts it would appear that Blay is willing enough, but Delaney himself has been the stumbling block to the match in the past. CYCLING. Sumner Club Stages Three Races. The Sumner Cycling Club held three road races last evening, an eleven-mile event open to club members, a fourmile race for schoolboys and a sweepstake race for cash riders. The entries were not as large as usual, but the races were keenly contested. Results: Eleven-mile Club Race. E. Moreton (3min), 30min 31sec . . 1 F. Bradbury (lfmin), 29min 22sec 2 J. Steele (3min), SOmin 39sec .... 3 V. Milner (4imm), 32min lOsec .. 4 H. Gibson (Umin), 29min 50sec .. 5 L. Kench (ISmin), 29min olsec . . 6 R. Moreton (ljrnin), 29min 51sec .. 7 C. J. Klingstein (4Jmin), 32min 3Ssec 8 D. M’Millan (3£min), 31min 40sec 9 R. Sutherland (scr), 29min 43sec . . 10 Fastest time was registered by R. Sutherland and second fastest by I. Sutherland. R. Sutherland, H. Hobson and I. Sutherland, the scratch men, conceded a limit of four and a half minutes. Klingenstein and Milner led at the turn, being one and a quarter minutes in front of Miller. Moreton won easily. Boys’ Race. T. Johnson (limin), 13min 20sec .. 1 A. Cox Grain), 13min 2 11. Tully (sc*r), 12min 25sec 3 A. Wilson (scr), 13min 45sec 4 Fastest time—H. Tully. Cash Race. F. Hart (SJmin), 22min 42sec 1 G. Platt (43min), 23min 27 l-ssec .. 2 L. G- Fleming (limin), 22min 56sec 3 T. D. Griffiths (45sec). 21min 13sec 4 H. J. Harper (limin), 22min 28 l-ssec 5 L. Welsh (scr), 21min 40sec .... 6 Griffiths registered fastest time.

Suburban Cricket. After losing the first four wickets for 96, Beckenham made a good recovery against Shirley, N. Stokes and F. French taking the total to 211 for the fifth wicket. N. Stokes, who is batting well this year, played a fine innings for 61. Going in at the fall of the first wicket for 25, he saw the total to 211 before being dismissed. F. French played his best knock this season and his 121 not out was the result of a good defence and forceful hitting at anything loose. A brilliant one-handed catch by Davis dismissed J. Clarkson early in Beckesham’s innings. Another good catch was taken by Cawtheray off Agassiz in Shirley’s second attempt. R. Griffiths played havoc with the Shirley batsmen in the second innings. Bowling a slow leg break that looked simple, he had the batsmen beaten and ca'ptured six wickets for 20 runs in six E. Barnes gave an interesting exhibition of stylish batting in knocking up 113 for Sunnyside against W.M.C. Barnes possesses a sound defence. He is always confident and his timing is good. Last season he scored well consistently, but has not been able to get going this season until this match. He was -well supported by R. Chinnery, who hit up 80 in good style, the pair adding 135 for the fourth wicket. The partnership was largely responsible for Sunnyside’s big total of 308 for five wickets. W.M.C., who were 152 behind Sunnyside in the first innings, lost seven wickets very cheaply and only saved an innings defeat by the splendid effort of H. Watson, who batted brilliantly for 88. W. Lee kept his end up while Watson attacked the bowling. L. Hood bowled consistently well in both innings for Railway on Saturday. He dismissed five St Albans batsmen, in their first innings, for 34 runs, and in the second innings he secured four wickets for 21 runs. His figures for the two innings read: Thirteen overs, 55 russ, nine wickets. It was a great performance and one that assisted materially in enabling Railway to gain a three-point: win. S. C'legg did well during St Albans first innings, taking three for 2 5, but did not secure a ticket in the second innings, when St Albans crashed for 68. E. Brooks was no-balled no fewer than nine times. He sent down only two overs. In his first over lie was no-balled six times. W. Fitzsimmons was deadly with the ball during St Albans’ second innings, sending down two overs, one of which was a maiden, for one run and three wickets. H. Pickup and F. Dibden were the best of the St Albans bowlers. Pickup took four for 32 and Dibden three for 21 in Railway’s second innings. St Albans carried their previous Saturday’s score of eight wickets for 127 runs in their first innings to 155. In their second innings they were dismissed for the small total of 68. None of the batsmen could make any headway and put on 44 in quick time. He Brosnan was highest scorer in both innings for St Albans, making 33 and 14. ■T. Peterson batted brightly for Railway and put on 44 in quick time. Ho puts plenty of power behind his strokes, scoring mostly with fast, straight drives. W. Fitzsimmons was also responsible for a good knock of 30 for Railway. No competition games will be played on Saturday next or January 2. Junior Cricket. The fifth round of the junior competition was commenced on Saturday in good weather. Taken all round the scoring was rather low, Lancaster Park with 226 being the highest scorer. East Christchurch, after showing improved form, slumped badly against Riccarton, making only 46. Riccarton replied with 174, while East have four down for 52 in their second knock. Sydenham, with 97 on for no wickets, are in a good position against West Christchurch, who confpiled 114 in their first knock. Old Boys, with five down for 81, still have 47 runs to get to lead on the first innings against Old Collegians. Batting first, Lancaster Park made 226 against St Albans, who have lost four wickets for 102. At Sydenham Park, West Christchurch hatted first for 173 against Sydenham. J. D. Camm, who made his first appearance in the team, opened with R. Camm. The latter was bowled when the total was 22. The wickets fell at regular intervals, J. D. Camm being bowled when he had 45 to his credit. Although not chanceless, he played good cricket and hit eight fours. K. Bain, who compiled 38, and L. Haynes 24, were the only other men to make a stand. F. Newton bowled very consistently for Sydenham, sending down seventeen overs and taking five wickets for 46 runs. Sydenham have made a very good start in their first attempt, having put on 97 without loss. H. Mackie (3S) and C. Falloon (48) are the not out batsmen. East Christchurch were completely routed by Riccarton at Lancaster Park. Andrews and Hooper were the bowlers responsible for East’s downfall, each howling only seven overs apiece. The first seven wickets fell for 17 runs, one man being run out and Hooper taking five for nine runs. Mills and Rollinson made a good attempt to stop the rot, but the former was dismissed when he had scored 12. Rollinson could not get anyone to stay with him. The last five batsmen made six runs between them and the innings closed for 46. Hooper finished up with seven wickets for 27 and Andrews two for 13. Sanders and Kyle opened for Riccarton and scored 23 each. Mills was bowling a good ball for East, and of the next seven men dismissed, Evans was the only one to stand up to the attack. The other six contributed only a dozen runs between them. Had it not been for the 50 Evans scored, the total would have been very low. Batting in great style, lie hit nine fours and a six, and on two occasions hit three fours in sucNine wickets were down for 117, but a last wicket stand was made by Hope and Atkinson, who brought the final score up to 174. Hope scored his runs in quick time, his total of 32 being made up by seven fours and four singles. Mills had the best bowling analysis for East, taking six for 38. in their second innings East have fared better and at stumps the score was 52 for four wickets. t-. mainJ y *° a fine innffigs by G. Dryden, who compiled 91, Lancaster Park put on 226 in their first strike against St Albans. A. Saunders also played sound cricket and contributed the useful total of 50. F. Kerr, H. Snooks and R. Bishop also batted well, but the other seven batsmen failed badly, putting on about a dozen runs between them. When time was called -Albans had scored 102 for the loss °f four- wickets, H. Armstrons being unbeaten with 41 to his credit. The low scoring was the main feature °5 Boys-Old Collegians match at Elmwood Park. The latter batted the afternoon and made only 7 - Lawrence, with 27, was the highest scorer. When stumps were tor's! ° ,d Boys had five wickets down

Rifle and Range. Fixtures. December 26—Canterbury Rifle Championship at Redcliffs. December 28 and 29—North Island Rifle Championship at Wanganui. January 1 and 2—Southland Annual Championship meeting at Invercargill. Value of Shooting. In presenting the prizes at the Aidershot Command Small Arms Meeting, General Sir Charles H. Harington, pre-sident-elect of the Army Rifle Associ- “ I would like to emphasise that during my time here I shall do everything I possibly can to back up rifle shooting in all its forms, and I include Lewis gun, machine gun, revolver and all weapons. No one can pay greater attention to it or think more of shooting thn I do myself. The last time I was on these ranges was as Company Commander in 1914. We little knew then that in a few weeks’ time it would be one of the companies of the original Expeditionary Force which was going to save our country. It was the training which we were given on these ranges that brought the force through and saved the Ypres Salient and probably our Empire by the good shooting of our “ One can never do enough to encourage rifle shooting and other weapons in the Regular Army, the Territorial and in our civilian rifle clubs. A very great honour has been paid to me recently in being asked to become president of the Army Rifle Association, and it is an honour which I much appreciate. “ The soldier is a. formidable fellow with his rifle,” added Sir Charles, “and he is 100 per cent more formidable when be knows how to use it.” Speaking of the changes he saw in the Army since his return from India, Sir Charles said that much had been done to protect men, to move them more quickly and to improve supply arrangements, but in bis opinion battles would always be won by the human factor—by the man with liis weapon and lior.se. On the Indian frontier, where he had come from, it. was the man, the rifle and the horse that were wanted for operations against the wily tribesmen. He had been very much impressed by the keenness shown at the rifle meeting and by none more than the match which had just finished, the inter-ranks knock-out competition, which was one of the events that brought officers and rhen together. General Harington concluded by saying he was perfectly certain that lime spent in rifle shooting was never wasted, and it should be the aim of every regiment to be known throughout the Army as a good shooting unit, which could be done by sound an<7 careful training. There was no better way of judging a regiment than by the standard of its rifle shooting. Canterbury Championships. The executive of the Canterbury Rifle Association has everything well in hand for the championship meeting to he held at Redcliffs range on Boxing Day. An excellent entry has already been received and a successful meeting should be the result. Owing to there being some doubt about the quality of the ammunition to be on issue at the meeting all competitors will be allowed to use that issued to clubs by the Defence Department. A free is«sue of 50 p.c. 192 L Nitro and 50 p.c. 19TS nor- I dite will be allowed each competitor. A test of the latter was carried out by the executive last Saturday at Redcliffs and proved most successful. One of ten shots returned a score of 49. With two others of five shots each scores of 25 and 2 4 resulted, and one of seven shots totalled 34. The meeting will commence at 8 a.m. with the Rervico Match at 300 yards, followed by the Canterbury, South Canterbury, North Canterbury and the Peninsula matches. The competitor who puts on the highest aggregate in all the foregoing matches will receive the Fox gold medal and bold the Fox Cup for twelve months. Besides the Championship Belt and gold medal, numerous other trophies wil be competed for. Tyro competitors are well catered for, there being several valuable trophies, including a gold medal for the tyro who finishes highest in the Fox Cup aggreClub Notes. The Ashburton Defence Rifle Club fired a three-range competition on Saturday afternoon. D. F. Keir, with 34 at 300 yards, and A. Bonn, with 34 at 600 yards, were two excellent scores. Results of the competition, which was won by A. Donn, are as follows:

The following will represent the club in the Canterbury championships to be held on Saturday next:—D. F. Keir, F. Clark, H. Cromie, G. Cromie, (2. Glassey, E. Truman, A. Donn, F. Porter, N. Bauerle, J. Yeandle and L. M'Natty. The Christchurch Defence Rifle Club fired its third short range competition last Saturday at Redcliffs. Conditions were tricky at times, but several good scores were registered. A young rifleman, O. W: Sandford, put on 49 out of a possible at 300 yards, and H. Reynolds 4S. On going back to 600 yards the scoring dropped considerably, there being only two scores of an outstanding nature. G. Hepburn was top with 47, followed by H. Harries with 46. Leading scores were as follows:

With one cut-out and three shoots to go the following are leading in the short range aggregate:—D. Murray 254, H. Reynolds 249, G. Hepburn 246, A. Halmshaw 243, W. P. Glue 243. The following will represent the club at Redcliffs next Saturday in the Canterbury championships:—H. Harries, G. Crimp, D. Harries, J. Chapman, D. Murray, S. H. Clark, IT. Reynolds, R. honey, H. Mason, W. Oakley, R. Rundle, O. W. Sandford, S. F. Nelson and R. Jottings. O. W. Sandfoi'd, who won the Christchurch Defence Club’s competition last Saturday, is a son of that well-known rifleman, E. F. Sandford. The present issue of 1918 cordite, which is now to be used by rifle clubs and all district rifle associations, is of splendid finish. All the present stocks have been regraded and tested, and riflemen should have no grievance in this respect. Three tyro shots, who finished in the first three places in the Sydenham Defence Club’s competition last Saturday, are at present shooting well. R. Sowden and H. MacDonald are first year shots, while J. M’Carthy has been shooting for the second season. L. C. Pimm, a former Canterbury

Rowing Notes. Work on the Avon weir is going ahead satisfactorily, and already there has been a decided improvement in the depth of the river over the rowing course. All the sheeting has been completed, but the metal work will not be finished until the holidays. A narrow board walk will be placed along the top, and no doubt will prove a benefit to the general public, and an irresistible attraction to small boys. The date of the Akaroa regatta is fast approaching, and club members have been training solidly for this event. All the boats will be sent over to Akaroa by motor-lorry next Thursday week. There will be strong entries from the Christchurch clubs —Canterbury, Avon. Union, Sumner-Redeliffs — and Lyttelton will be represented. The Cure Club at Kaiapoi will also send a crew over for the regatta. 55 5*5 5*5 Keen racing may be expected at the Akaroa regatta as the head-of-the-river races have shown what the city crews can do. On practice form the Avon senior four-oar crew, consisting of C. Stiles, F. Thompson, A. Andrews ancl C. Bishop, seems to have the best chance for the Akaroa, event. In the pair-oar event, C. Stiles and F. Thompson are generally favoured by those who have seen them at practice. But with such good entries in every event some other crews might upset calculations. The annual inter-school boat race between fours from ‘Wanganui College and Christ’s College, rowed on Kerr’s Reach, last Thursday, resulted in a win for the home crew by four lengths. College rowed a heady race, keeping well within themselves for the first half of the distance. Their long, easy body swing assisted them to spurt at the right moment. Wanganui’s short, quick stroke had the crew rowed-out when College made their bid for victory. Wanganui rowed a good race under two handicaps, the first of which was a swan that crossed their bows half-way through the race. The second handicap was that the narrowness of the course made it a difficult task for the Wanganui cox used to the wide Wanganui River. The race was interesting in the comparison of the crews’ strokes. There was the long, easy swing of the College crew with the body ‘‘going right through, and the short, quick stroke of the Wanganui crew, with the hands cut smartly away. The Union Club has a good list of entries for the Akaroa Regatta which with crews is as follows: Youths’ single sculls, G. Toner; maiden double sculls, 11. Dale and G. Empson; senior four, E. G. Waddell, F. Rogers, W. Whittington and W. Green way; youths’ double sculls, G. Toner and C. Cooper; maiden four, G. Crockett, W. Rhind, G. Butler and E. Rhind’; senior pair, F. Rogers and W. Whittington; youths’ four, C. Cooper, G. Toner, R. Dale and G. Emp*on: maiden pair, G. Crockett and W. Rhind. Challenge races in connection with the above crews were rowed last Thursday. E. G. Waddell and W. Greenway challenged the selected crew in the senior pair, but were unsuccessful. In the maiden double sculls, G. Butler and E. Toner challenged the picked crew, who held their claim to representation.

champion, was in form on Saturday last and should do well on Boxing Day. Sydenham Club. The Sydenham Defence Rifle Club fired its second short-range competition at' Redcliffs on Saturday, conditions being seven shots each at 300yds, 500yds and 600yds. Following were the scores: 300 500 600

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds ITop. T1. A. Donn 29 29 34 10 102 C. Glassey 33 33 32 3 101 T„. M’Natty .. 30 33 32 6 101 K. Truman . . 33 32 32 2 99 D. Keir 34 32 31 scr 97 N. Bauerle .. 33 33 26 5 97 F. Porter 31 32 29 4 96 F. Clark 30 28 30 5 93 H. Cromie .. 31 33 26 1 91 G. Cromie . . 26 31 27 5 89

O. W. Sandford . 300 . . 49 * 600 yds. 4 5 Hep 3 Tl. 97 G. Hepburn . . 44 47 96 9 H. Reynolds . . 48 45 93 H. Mason . . 4 5 4 3 3 91 < •• Wear . . 45 40 6 91 IT. Harries .. 4 4. 4 6 90 H. Brake . . -U 44 90 IX Harries 1 8 9 44 2 89 G. E. Naylor . . 42 42 5 89 D. Murray . . 44 44 88 W. Oakley .. 43 88 1 87 G. Crirpp . . 43 4 3 86 . . 43 R. Loney . . 38 42 4 84 R. Neill . . 39 4 3 1 A. J. Beaven . . 29 42 8 79 \V. Braddell ... . . 39 38 77 W. E. Glue . . 38 36 3 77 W. P. Glue W. S. Wharton 41 . . 35 28 24 6 10 75 69

yds. yds. yds. Hp. TJ. R. Sowden 30 33 33 6 102 H. MacJDonald 32 32 30 6 100 J. M’Carthy 32 30 35 2 99 L. Pimm 30 34 33 scr 97 W. R. Barrett 33 33 31 scr 97 W. Thom 29 33 28 6 96 A. Barker 32 33 28 2 95 H. Barker 31 33 30 scr 94 J. Craig: 31 31 27 5 94 W. H. Cockroft . 30 29 28 7 94 C. Poulsen 28 30 28 8 94 W. Buschl 33 31 25 4 93 S'. O. Hay 29 32 30 1 92 R. Hay 28 30 27 7 92 J. Buschl 28 30 34 scr 92 F. Hodge 29 32 28 1 90 A. F. Webb 24 32 31 3 90 C. Thom 29 32 27 2 90 P. Morgan 28 30 29 2 89 V. Tims 30 25 28 scr 83