ITEMS OF SPORT

New Zealand Tablet, 19 February 1914, Page 30

ITEMS OF SPORT

CRICKET. Five members of the Shamrocks cricket team, Blenheim, were chosen to represent the Wednesday Cricket Association in their recent match against the Karori (Wellington) team. R. Waters (18) and R. Morrison (12 not out) were among the chief contributors for the local team. A curious incident happened in Blenheim on a recent Saturday. A batsman who had compiled 117 had his leg stump bowled clean out of the ground, but his bail did not fall off. The bowler appealed, but the umpire ruled not out. Was his decision right or wrong? At Dunedin in the senior schools cricket matches on Saturday Christian Brothers B defeated High School A by 69 to 54. For the Brothers, Brown did the ‘ hat trick,’ and was top scorer with 27. Mclntyre for the High School was the best player on his side, being top scorer (19) and also obtained a good bowling average.

ATHLETICS. ' > The professional championships for 1915 have already been allotted to the Blenheim Hibernian Society, which is recognised (says our Blenheim correspondent) as the premier athletic body in the Dominion. SWIMMING. When giving the results in the opening events of the Schoolboys’ Swimming Championship of Canterbury last week (writes our Christchurch correspondent), I omitted to state that both batsmen were pupils of the Marist Brothers’ School. Swimming is the principal topic of conversation in Blenheim at present. The New Zealand Swimming championships are being held in the Municipal Baths, commencing on the 16th and extending over a week. Some 150 swimmers will be participating in the different events; and if favoured with fine weather a very successful week is anticipated.