OVERSEAS SPORT

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT

M.C.C. CRICKETERS.

Light-Hearted Match At

Colombo.

WHITE GETS WICKETS. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) COLOMBO, October 7. The English cricketers reached Colombo early yesterday morning, and met the Ceylon team daring the day, but the match was spoiled by rain, which caused an interruption from 12 noon till 3 p.m. Ceylon batted first and scored 96 for the loss of seven wickets. Larwood did not impress the onlookers. Tate, although always dangerous, did not come up to expectations. White bowled the best, flighting the ball cleverly and making it turn quite a lot. He took three wickets for 44 runs, all off catches. Leyland took two for 29, Tate one for seven, Hammond one for nine, and Larwood . took none for seven. The only Ceylon player to make a score was the former Middlesex cricketer, Dr. Gunasekera, who made 46. England has lost six wickets for 156 (Hobbs 54, Chapman 60). This pair in a light-hearted partnership made 101 for the first wicket in 45 minutes. Chapman hit four sixes. Hobbs amused the crowd by audaciously pulling off balls to the leg boundary. Tate made 1, Ames 7, Jardine 8, Hammond 11, Leyland 13 not out. For Ceylon Horan took three for 51, and Marlands two for 33.

GREGORY THE HITTER.

SYDNEY CLUB CRICKET.

SYDNEY, October 7.

In the grade cricket matches yesterday for Waverley against Glebe Gregory made 66 in 16 hits. For Marrickville against Paddington Asher made 60 not out. For Cumberland against North Sydney Punch made 56. For University against Northern Districts G. Hogg made 66. For St. George against Gordon Louden made 102 and Bradman 107. For Balmain against Rand wick Jackson made 63.

Bowling for Randwick McNamee took six for 67 and Ward two for 43. For Western Suburbs against Petersham Long took two for 35.

NEW GOLF KING.

DIEGEL OF U.SJL (United Service.) BALTIMORE, October 7. The national professional golf championship was won by Leo Diegel, who defeated A 1 Espinosa, 6 up and 5. The new champion was 4 up at the end of the morning round, and was dormy 6 at the 30th hole. The match ended at the 31st green.

THE POLO CUP.

U.S.A. DEFEATS ARGENTINA. (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) NEW YORK, October 7. In the final of the international polo matches the United States defeated the Argentine by 13 goals to 7 and retains the International Cup.

TENNIS IN U.S.A.

FRENCH PLAYERS' FORM. (Australia!) Press Ansa.—United Berrlce.) LOS ANGELES, October 7. In the lawn tennis tournament for the Pacific South-West championships in the final of the doubles Cochet and Doeg defeated Vanryn and Berkeley Bell, 3—6, 4—6, 6—4, 6—3, 6—2.

In the singles semi-final Cochet defeated Herrington (Hollywood), 9—7, 6—4, 6—3, and will meet Boussus in the final to-day.

TENNIS PLAYER KILLED.

RESULT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Keith Poulton, aged 29, a prominent tennis player who visited New Zealand in 1923, was killed in a motor accident at Mosman, a suburb of Sydney.

N.S.W. RIFLE MEETING.

SOME GREAT SHOOTING.

SYDNEY, October 7.

The National Rifle Association of New South Wales opened the Bang's Prize meeting yesterday with service shots. In the Thomson Match, seven shots at 500 yds, ten possibles were recorded. Cole (Waverley), repeated the performance in the shoot-off and took first prize.