PLAYING THE GAME AGAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 10 August 1935, Page 4

PLAYING THE GAME AGAIN

VARIED SPORTS JOTTINGSREMINISCENT, SPECULATIVE ' INTERESTING AND CRITICAL

Sydney Varsity Collapse Sydney University first eleven in 1876-7 dismissed the .South Sydney fifteen for 66. ML ,M. Sly and T. Iceton put on 6(1 for the first wicket for University. Blv was out for 30. The second wicket tell out at 60 and the third at 65. The next seven scored 0 ", ", ", 0 : ". 0, and Ireton was not out when hi. side, was beaten bv uno run! Hammond's 100 Centuries Against Somerset at Bristol on June IJ. Walter Hammond, the Gloucestershire and England all-round cricketer, made his hundredth centurv in first-class matches. Ho scored his first centurv against Surrey on the same ground 12 years ago. * His centuries have been gained as follow : In Test matches against Australia 7. South Africa 3, New Zealand 3, in Players v. Gentlemen matches 2, in county matches 64, against Cambridge University 2, against Oxford University 1. in other matches IS. Ke has hit a hundred against every county. Hammond is the ninth batsman to make 1110 centuries Hobbs, Hen d red. Mead, Woolley, W. G. Grace. .Sutcliffe, Hayward. and Tyldesley (E. i. being the others. A- -I- 4 1 Cricket in the East Mr. W. Tingle, the former Australian boxer and a Rugby Union player and athletic coach in Shanghai, has re turned to the East after spending a holiday in Australia. He states that a good deal of cricket is played in the hast, and that an Australian learn would find a tour there very enjoyable. There are turf wickets at' Singapore. Hongkong, Shanghai, Hankow. Yokohama, and Kobi. A tour of three or four months could be fitted in nicely. Racing Club Helps Cricket. 'The Auckland Cricket Association has been notified that L. I'. Townsend, the Derbyshire cricket professional, is to arrive in Auckland (N.Z.I on October 23 to commence his second season’s coaching engagement with the A.C.A. Townsend’s engagement last year cost about £550. The Auckland Racing Club now heads the subscription list with £lOO. g-- gi gi Three Boxing Belts I hire British boxing champions Jackie Brown. Jock .McAvov, and Johnny King—with their manager and sparring partners, searched frantically lor two hours on May 18 for three lost Lonsdale belts, worth more than £lOOO. 1 hey were found, wrapped in brown paper on a scat in Smithy Bridge railway station, near Manchester, where a messenger had left them. All Ten Wickets

Mitchell, the Derbyshire and Eng land spin bowler, on June 17, look all 10 Leicestershire wickets for 64 rhns “Ut of a total of 12.:. I’his was the third time Leicestershire had been the victims of such a performance. In 1845, (Turke, of Nottinghamshire, w;if Ihe agent of destruction. Exact lv 50 years later Pickett, of Essex,' ran through the side. 'Mie last time flic leal was performed in counly riickel was by Verity against Notts, 10 wickets for .10 runs. British Swimming Record Norman Wainwright, the English swimmer, on Juno .14 put up a wonderluj jierfurmanee at a swimming gala at •Strekov (('zerho Slovakia), bv winning the -100 metres free style ‘in 4miu. •>9 8 10s. By sy doing. Wainwright bent the British record, no British swimmer having ever previously beaten five I’d’iiJtnq,

: Longevity of Oarsman Jhe late Air. Justice AvOry, ar the last Corpus dinner 1m attended (he was captain of the Corpus boat in 18721 said; "I recently received a circular from an insurance company, j which asked to what cause 1 attributed jmy longevity. I threw it into thc j waste paper basket. But if 1 had I replied. 1 should have said that mv good health and old age were I dim lo the la.-t that when 1 .was at Cambri.lge 1 devoted my whole energy of niiud, body and spirit. 1 to the uno purpose of seeing that, the college boat did not lose ils place un j the river. ’ ’ I Ten Byes Were Ran I on byes were scored oft one ball for St. Aubyn against Burwood Cambridge at St. Luke’s Park on September M, 1907. Jack Bissett and W. Belsher were the batsmen. Grant was bowling last and they were running the sixth bye off one when the ball was thrown hard at the wicket, only lo miss ami tie* batsmen ran four more for the overthrow. J. G. Bissell, who kept wickets tor the Burwood first eleven in grade cricket, is a prominent officer in I he Auditor-General's Department in •Sydney. * -tWhere the Bail Rested. When bl. Hilda were playing Wil liamstow n. Pchruary, 1907, Howcwood in howling Inskip, knocked the middle slump Hying out of the ground. One bail hit the I\ illiamstowii keeper in the. »’ve. The log and oil stumps fell towards one another and tlm other bail c.-imo io rest on the top of them! I

Unfortunate Incident. At the dinner associated with the annual reunion of the Wa«atah team •?’ 1 ootballer.s who toured Great Britain in 3927-8, following on a gulf competition on the Manly links, there was a regrettable incident which, however, tailed 'o shatter the harmony of the proceedings, in truth they were added to. One oi the lorwards, now in the vicinity of Hi stone, demonstrated how, duruig the course, of a famous mactli, he had brought down an opponent who looked like scoring. F'or his purpose he regarded a chair hh the opposing player. Diving low. he somersaulted it in as pretty a fashion as ever seen. I nfort unately Ken. Wartun, the onlv invited outsider, turned a somersault too, lor he happened al the moment to be Mtuuding on the chair, making a speech. .p --p A Utility Man

Al the Southland Rugby Union dinner in honour of N. A. Mitchell, Mr. .1. W. Stead, ex vice captain of the NewZealand All Blacks, made special reference to the value of having utility men such as “ Brushy" in an All Black side. Uy illustrated his point by staling that of the four wing three quarters taken lu England in 19U5 onL one was able to lake Ihe field against Ireland in the test match. Another in stance was that of George Gillet.l. who. selected a- a full-back, became Ihe Tin csl wing forward in the side. He was) a different type to Gallagher, making play for his backs, whereas the captain was merely a forward and a spoiler. Gillette’s place at full back was taken by either Booth or AVallace. Mr. Stead pointed out (hat Mitchell, like Gillett, had the makings of a very fine wing . forward, and (hat if this position once more became a recognised one. as it gave promise of doing, he would not be at all surprised l<> see Mitchell playing < wing forward.