LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 21744, 12 June 1934, Page 12

LATE SPORTING

ALL BLACKS' TOUR Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, June 12. (Received June 12, at 11.30 a.m.) The New South Wales Rugby Union has decided that the games between New Zealand and Australia this season be played on the Sydney cricket ground. RUGBY LEAGUE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, June 12. (Received June 12, at 11.30 a.m.) There is competition for a projected visit of a club Rugby League team to New Zealand at the end ot the season. Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs both want a trip abroad and will consider the matter next week. HOCKEY AUSTRALIAN TEAM’S PROPOSED VISIT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, June 12 . (Received June 12, at 11.30 a.m.) There is a likelihood that the Australian hockey team's tour of New Zealand will be cancelled. This announcement was made at a meeting of the Metropolitan Hockey Association. The New Zealand body forwarded a tentative programme which the Australian Association agreed to, but a later communication , from New Zealand stated that an alteration was desirable, bringing forward the date of the first test. The Australian Association objects to this change. BOXING BRITISH WELTER-WEIGHT TITLE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 11. (Received June 12, at 12.30 p.m.) At Birmingham Harry Mason, of London, won the British welter-weight championship, Leu Smith, of' Birmingham, being> disqualified in the fourteenth round for hitting low.