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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 16

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A Cricket Record. . Kent' sperforrnance at the close of the English cricket season in scoring 219 in 71 minutes is without parallel in county cricket. During Alletson's notable innings for Notts v. Sussex at Brighton in 1911, 227 runs were hit in 90 minutes, while 234 runs were scored in 90 minutes at Hastings, in 1907 in the game between Gentlemen of the South and Players. of He South, when G. L. Jessop scored 191. Adrian Quisi. Adrian Quist collected .a couple of championships at Wagga recently, but he is far from satisfied with his. form. He hopes to reach his top before the Australian championships in Adelaide neXt January. Quist misses the Adelaide sunshine, and does not appreciate the Melbourne weather. His practice has frequently been postponed because of it. Writing to Adelaide friends, Quist says it is difficult to realise that he is now a Victorian. Bonnie Ronnie Roberts. Thirteen years of age, five races, two wins. Record of Ronnie Roberts — Australia's youngest open-boat skipper. From 6£ minutes he sailed the canvas-built Aberdare to a fine wiri ari the N.S.W. 12ft. Sailing Club's WellWishers' Cup. The fluky breeze and the strong fibb tide called for tenacity and patience, but this lad has all that, and more. He handled his boat like a champion and .won by 1 miiiute, 36 seconds. • , t Billiards Docisions. .« . Three decisiqns of momenfous importance to billiards and snooker players reached Australia and' New Zealand during the. past fortnight.: In the first place the • Billiards and' Control Council has decided that the wprld's championship will be. played iri London in ' April next, whetheir Lindrum is present or not, and ; two rules have been definitely altered. It has been decided that if a player has. been penalised for two. misses in consecutive turns, he shall not be further penalised for, a third consecutiye miss. The pe'nalty ; exacted for the first two is held to/have condoned same. . . t » .

Leading. Lady's IVIisfortuiie. Joan Hartigan has had a series of upsets in health in recent months, and her tennis has suffered. Quite recently she had a brief attack of German measles, which upset her form for Stratchfield, although she played late in the tourney. Now, after a few weeks' activity on the courts, she is again rendered hors de combat, with a troublesome knee injury, which may develop rather seriously — synovitis is feared. The lady Selectors are very concerned about this latest ailment of Miss Hartigan's, as her absence from the N.S.W. State team will greatly lessen N.S.W.'s. chances against s. the .strong Victorians in the coming intersfate game. Poor Women's Tennis. The standard of women's temiis in South Australia is lower thari it h'as been for 20 years, so it's lo be hoped that some new talent will be unearthed. Miss Gwen O'Halloran, No. 1 senior and junior tennis player, started the season with a win, 6 — 4, 6 — 0, against Miss Ruby Skinner, an interstate representative last year. Miss Dorothy Weston, ranked in the first three South Australian players for 15 years, is playing- in top form. Miss K. LeMessurier, for a decade South Australian No. 1 player, and often named in Australian ranking, has retired from match tennis. Mrs. Max Field (formerly Miss Gwen Griffiths). has also dropped out. Rugby at Lord's? The suggestion that Rugby fooiuall might be played at Lord's, the home of cricket in the heart of London, has aroused the liveliest interest. It is not proposed, of course, that goal posts should be pitched and matches played across the wicket, which will be used for the Test match against the Australians next year, but on the adjoining practice ground. Even this is only a possibility in the minds of the Harlequin Club, and it has only been talked about informally by members of the M.C.C. The Hariequins have their home at Twickenham, and while they could not wish for a better ground, it is too large for their requirements. So they have been wondering where else they might play, and some one said, "Let's go to Lord's." However, the cricket authorities will iaot be easily persuaded that they can house a football crowd. Besides, the practice ground would first have to be equipped for the game. At the present time there is no stand or seating accommodation, and it is doubtful whether the Hariequins are in a position to bear the cost of this. Indeed, there are so many difficulties in carrying out the idea that, good as it is,; It way have to be abandoned.

N.S.W. Tennis Team. The N.S.W. tennis selectors have annouriced the team to represent against Victoria early in November, and graded them as follows: — 1, V, McGrath, 2 J. Bromwich, 3 J. Crawford (capt.), 4 D. Thompson, 5 A. Huxley, 6 H. Lindo. Reserve, N. Turvey. Frank Woolley May Play Again. Frank Woolley, the veteran England test all-round -cricketer, who visited New Zealand some years ago, stated at the end of the recent English season that he will play cricket for Kent another season providing he remains in good health. .Woolley is in his 51st. year. » World's Reco:»i Rugby Attendanco, A correspo: s ent has tnquired as to the world's s.cord attendarice at » Rugby football match. Available records indicate that this was- . established on the occasion of the test match between the All Blacks and England at Twickenham on January 4, 1936, when the official attendanca .was reported as 72,000. England won by 13 points to nil. Australian Women's Tennis Team, The CounciJ of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia has unanimously decided to s^nd an Australian women's team abroad next year, providing ithat suitable players axe available. Inquiries have been made to each of the 10 ranking women: Miss N. Wynne,' Miss T. Coyne, Mrs. V. Westacott, Miss J. Hartigan, Mrs. H. Hopman, Miss D. Stevenson, Miss M. Wilson, Miss M. Blick, Miss V. Selwin, Miss M. Hardcastle — as to whethfer they will be" available if selected. An English Eight. A cable message received in Australia' last week indicated that -an English eight will probably visit Sydney for, the Empire Games next February. Sir Janies Leigh- Wood, chairmaii of the^ Empire Games Association of England, is most anxioqs that a crew should compete, and announced that one donation of f 500 had been promised toward the expenses, and another enthusiast had guaranteed to make up any deficit before the crew left. . N.Z. Cricketers' Next Opponents. In the New Zealand cricket team's opening match, against, South Aus-" tralia at Adelaide from November 3 to 9, it is likely to be opposed by a side of test match standard, as the home eleven is expected to include Bradman, Grimmett, Badcock, Darling, Robinson, Scaife, V. Richardson, Ward and White. The New Zealand team will play Victoria on November 12 to 16 and New South Wales in November 19 to 23. , World's Swlmming Record. When Frank Beaurepaire, now m councillor of the City of Melbourne, created a new world's swimming re-. cord in Honolulu in 1921, his time was 23min. 30 4-5sec. Arne Borg reduced the time to 21min. 6 4-5sec. in 1929, and five years later Jack Medica won the mile championship of the United States in 20min. 57 4-5sec. That looked as if it might last for a while, but a week or so ago another American swimmer, Ralph Flanagan, swam a mile in 20min. 42 l-5sec., thus reducing the record by 15 3-5sec. "Quitting on the Shot." If you find that you are fluffing your approaches, it is almost certain that you are quitting on the shot, says an Australian golf writer. See if the head is coming up, the eye off the ball, or the grip relaxed at the critical moment. Ascertain whether you are following through properly. Merely as a - temporary measure lt is a good idea to take a shorter grip of the club. This will leave you no alternative but to give the ball a sharp, firm rap; for other wise you know you cannot make the distance. , Once you have become used to the idea of hitting the ball firmly again you can return to the normal longer grip. However, quite a number of golfers employ this shortened grip permanently, finding that they get more regular results with it« Australian Cricketers. Commenting upon the selection of the Australian cricket team which it to tour England next year, a writer in a Melbourne paper states: — "Practically half the team will pick itself, but a. team to be representative must be strong at all points, as a frail spot here or there is a weakness that might easily spell disaster in a test. Australia has had one intensive struggle to reach the top of the tree in the cricket world, and, as we have the men, if properly chosen, to.keep up there, nothing should be left undone in building up an edifice capable of withstanding any shocks that the might of England can hurl against us. The combination is not to be chosen until January 27, and in the meantime shield cricket should prove most interesting, so many players being on trial. Careless of Rules. Like Alex Murray, many othci4 players have lost important titles because of foolish mistakes or careleSsness, says a Victorian writer in commenting upon Murray's disqualification in the New Zealand open golf championship at Hamilton recently. A most unusual and dramatic sequence of events followed the near disqualification of Jamie Anderson, who won the championship at Prestwick in 1878. Anderson was playing the second last liole, and was just about to make his tee shot, when a girl remarked that he was standing outside the teeing ground, and that if he played the sti-oke from there he would be disqualified, Having so closely escaped disqualification, Anderson re-teed his ball in the proper place. He then hoied in one. The circumstances previout to - this feat were almost as extraordlnary. At "The Burn" hole Anderson holed a full iron shot, and at the next hole he ran down a 45-Xoot putt. He won the qhampionship by one stroke.