SPORT NEWS IN BRIEF

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24903, 17 June 1946, Page 5

SPORT NEWS IN BRIEF

English League Team Beaten—firing a splendid exhibition of speed nd handling, Newcastle beat England W in the Rugby League match at Newcastle. Although the sports writers ee predicting an Australian win in iH&orrow’s first test, it is stated that tth the number of injuries already offered, the visitors were obviously "ting no chances in the Newcastle etch. The score at the interval was W 1 from tries scored by Grave (Newstie) and Phillips (England), and averted by Screen (Newcastle) and f aid (England). Newcastle was well c top during the second half, Hutoinson, Graves, and White scoring ties and Screen kicking a penalty and ! conversion. England .replied with ties by Ward ana Johnson, Ward conone.—Sydney, June 15. World’s Walking Record.—P. J. Read--4 aged 35, set a new world’s record J walking 105 miles 466 yards in 19 -Jirs in a 24-hour event begun at the ’bite City last night. Reading went ® to break the world’s non-stop wing record by covering 129 miles • yards in 24 hours without once Jting the White City track. His did not equal in mileage pt Hammond’s record in 1908, when I walked 131 miles 580 yards in 24 * u rs. but Hammond’s effort was not '■’i-stop. Stretcher men awaited ReadSi in case he needed assistance at the but he waved them off and Jwd into the dressing room untai. He drank barley and a mixture •glucose and sodawater as he wed. He did not receive special raws during training.—London, June Wightman Cup.—British sporting it 3- Se - suffere d a humiliating blow ‘ Wimbledon to-day when the United “•ates retained the Wightman Cup wout conceding a set to Britain, says tennis writer of the Press AssociaResults: Osborne beat Bostock, A Brough beat Curry, 8-6. 6-3: Jtz beat Menzies. 6-4, 6-4; Betz beat Estock. 6-2, 6-4; Osborne beat Men--6-2; and Betz and Hart beat ■assingham and Lincoln. 6-1. 6-3. June 15. Open Golf in U.S.— Further scores in United States open golf championS? are:—Byron Nelson 142, Picare J? Barrow 144. Snead and Demaret & Bulla 146. McSpaden 149, Keiser, Jkwoqd and Ward 151. The final 36 will be played to-morrow with ■players having scores of 151 or betQualified to compete. Craig Wood, who won the last pre-war championship in 1941. has been eliminated, J? was Sarazen 152, Ferrier 154, and Ur ton 160.—New York, June 15. Test Cricket Team.— Eng-. st . team includes two players to international cricket—Alex. Surrey's fast medium bowler, the Lancashire all-rounder, a a com ing Maurice Tate Ikin. bo^ t ’ hand bat and right-hand spin bio •’ P r °ved his temperament for aLf ric,cet at lord’s this Week. The SmSi SUr P rise is the selection of wbo * s now advancing in and is very slow in the field. the selectors needed an ““•■weak bowler.

•k a vis Cup Games.—Sweden entered of the European zone of the f h&n2 s Cup when, at Stockholm, Jobeat Paten (Belgium), 6-3, [nv-O-O, and Bergelin beat Washer 7-5. 3-6, 6-3, 9-7. Sweden , r mat ches to one. At Montreal, *£i C< 4i? eat Cana da in the Davis Cup foSJ brothers Armando and Roqo Vega'beat Laird Watt and Bren-

dan Macken, 6-3 8-3, in the doubles. Mexico won by three matches to ml. At St. Louis. Frankie Parker (Uiuted States) beat the top-ranking Filipino, Felicisimo Ampon, 8-0, 6-0, 6-0. Billy Talbert beat Amado Sanchez, 0-1, 6-3. e-o. Association Football In Australia.--New South Wales beat Queensland in an Association football match by □ goals to 0 at Brisbane. was the first inter-State match since 1939 Goals were scored by Date, the centre 2) and Cunningham, the inside left, in the first half.—Sydney, June 16.