ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 9

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET. HAWKE CUP COMPETITION.' (By Teleeraph-Press Association.! . j Christchurch, November 29. Tlie following teams have entered for the Hauico Cup, presented for compete tion among cricket associations outside the main centres: North Taran&ki, South Taranaki, AVairarapa, Manawatu, South Canterbury, Southland. • The draw is:—Wairarapa v. Manawatu, North v. South Taranaki,' South Canterbury v. Southland. Tne winner of tho South Canterbury-Southland match will have a bye in the second round. The selection of grounds will be' by mutual agreement or by draw. Matches in the first round must bo played before January 4. INTERSTATE MATCH. VICTORIA DEFEATS SOUTH AUSTRALIA. . Or Teleerap'b -Press Ass-,ciatlon-CoDyriEl»t. (Rec. November 29, 8 p.ni;} Melbourne, November 29. In the inter-Stato cricket match between South Australia and Victoria, the South Australians, in their second innings, made 284 runs. Tie chief'scorers were: Crawford: 24; S. Hill, 42; L. Hill, 51; Whitty (not out), 19. ' Kenny secured the fine average of five wickets for 49 runs; and Laver, three wickets for 112 runs. Victoria won by an innings and 87 runs. - Cricketers . should not fail to see the stock of cricket requisites at Laws and Manning's, Courtenay Place.* FOOTBALL. NEW SOUTH WALES TOUR IN BRITAIN.' . By Telegraph—Press ABsociation-CouyriKht. Sydney, November 29. An invitation has been received from the Northern Rugby Union for a New South Wales team to visit England. BILLIARDS. STEVENSON AND INMAN. The match between Stevenson and Inman.for the billiards control championship, played-at Holborn Hall, London, had proved a very close contest up till tho time the last mail left; The scores were then: Inman, 14,988; Stevenson, 14,'894. BOXING. BERLIN FORBIDS DISPLAYS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . Berlin, November 28. The, police have prohibited the AngloAmerican Boxing Club, of which many Germans are-members, from giving displays, on tho ground .that tho exhibitions of a private club were assuming a public character. LANG-BURNS MATCH. London, November 28. Mr. M'lntosh' has arranged a boxing match.of twenty rounds between Lang and. Jack.Burns. • The latest' "Referee" records the defeat of Mike Williams by "Ranji" Burns. The.former, who was out-boxed, tho i whole way, fouled in tho sixth round, , aiid 'had a- verdict given against himVijM". ."■'••■""■.■.• •' ■■ . - b •

jDevift, the hard-hitting New Zealand welter-weight, beat'Georgo Rcidy, of Cobar, in . Brisbano on . Saturday week last. The affair, only lasted , two rounds, Roidy being knocked ■' out. ; - : ' TJnholz, who is at , present in Wellington, intends spending a month here with an old" regimental friend' with whom he fought for the British in the South. African war. -It is likely that ho will; proceed from Now Zealand to America. During his stay of, verging upon two. years,-in S.ydnoy. (says the "Referee") Rudio made a largo number of friends, as much through the gamehess ho invariably displayed while fighting as tho clean, manly way in which he conducted himself, on . the other side of. the ropes. His associations were alwmys wholesome, and bo was invariably careful - not to make the slightest lapse from that path within which he who would win tho respect of his fellows . must keep, and as a consequenco TJnholz had access to people and places denied many of his profession, mainly through their own fault. . .