SPORTING.

Southland Times, Issue 18851, 17 June 1920, Page 3

SPORTING.

NOTES BV SIB MOORED. The Napier Park R.C.'s Winter meeting XN’il 1 open tomorrmv ami continue over Saturday. Fair tield.s can lie depended upon, in spite of the jockey.-' dispute, as a large number of horses trained in Hawke’s Bay will be available. It is stated that Mr \V. U. Keinhalls Australian importation, Old Mungindi, jumped in a very proficient manner at the recent Auckland R.C. .Winter meeting, and it is anticipated that he will display good form at the N.Z. Grand National fixture, as the level going at Riccarton will be all in his favour. The list of winning owners for the rinsing season in New Zealand under the Units of Trotting is headed by .Mr W. 11. Norton (Trix Pointer, ete.i with £2945 to his credit, then follow: —Mis.-, N. Gunn (General Link) ~2421; Mrs T. L. Morrison (Tello Sydney ■Wilkes, clc.i ,112400; C. Uhanmng (Nelson Bingen, Agathos, etc.) 112022; J. U. I’onagan L 1982; l-ldwanis and. Humphreys (Vice-Ad-ndral, etc.) lllOO.a; li. F. Niccol ( Lady Swithin. Child, Pointer, etc.' 111005; 11. J. Frossan (Stockade, (5. M. DiHou l 11.)5.>; It is very satisfactory to find Mr Nieoll and tiie Glago owner-breeder Mr Frossan high up on the list as both have L>een keen supporters of light harness racing for many years pa.-t. It is also interesting to note that second uiul third places on the list arc tilled by lady supporters of the sport. 11. McSweeney has heal his time fully occupied since his re'urn from the Dunedin meeting (writes “Glencoe" in Wellington Dominion i, and regularly he schools Mannish, Falsi a ft and Spangle over hurdles. The iirst-named has been entered lor the hack hurdle races at. Napier Park and Hawke's Bay meetings. Some curiosity is being shown as to how | the handicapper will a.-sess Master St row an I and Loehella when he compiles his adjust- I meats for the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase, to | be decided over a three-mile course. There j is a chance that the pair referred to will j not be able to reach the .scene of action j owing to transport diuiculties, but, if they | should meet on June 25, the gate receipts j al Hastings will .-how an increase. { Nearly 200 trofing .-ires had representatives in tile money in .Maoriland during the ’ current season, wl.de there were more than i Cop horses raring, representing about 000 iliiiereai owners. "A ’pare recital of these figures (writes ’Argils' in the Christchurch , Star' i.~ sidlicient to show that the sport \ anneals to a eery large number of small ; owners, big teams being somewhat rare.’’ 1 Many good judge's consider Slowcoach the jno.-t promising novice amongst the Junipers ; seen, out at the recent Auckland R.C. Winter meeting. He is only five years old and is ‘ bound to be improved with his racing. Al- j ready the Australian-bred son of Wauken-pha.-t. is being mentioned in connection with the N.Z. Grand National Steeplechase at the | C.J.C. Align.-: fixture. j His many fricii'ls will be pleased to learn j that the North Island jockey Roy Tapp, who was confined to the Cambridge Sanatorium for some months, is reported greatly improved in health. During recent years ; Tapp accomplished a remarkable record in i eonnecuion with the Winter Cup at Jiieear- i ion. In August last, lie was placed second . on Gold Kip. beaten a head by Gazique, in ! 191 S he won on Bedford, and in 1917 a great outsider, viz.. King Star, defeated ; Rari-ian Diamond, on whom Tapp had the '■ nounr. bv half a length. i I During the past two seasons the progeny j of ihe light harne-.s sire Harold Dillon have von ‘22,177 HV in stakes. His record is an ; exceptional one. and in spite of the fashion ■ for younger sires, lie looks like holding a , leading place for some time yet. Roths- | child, who ’.'.as fourth a year ago, is now in | second position, a wonderful record for a horse who h.is done no stud duties for several years. j Backers of favmu-iu-s had an unusual ex- ! ierieucc on the concluding day of the Auck- ! land R.C.'s, Winter gathering recently. Six I out of the seven events on the card were ' v.am by the best, supported candidates, while j in t h■ ■ seventh race the .second selection pre- I '.’ailed. j Acquittal, who ended, his career with a j fatal accident at Gisborne on Saturday, I Was a three-year-old colt, by Treadmill—■ ! fair liavea, and was a full b nit her to 1 Quarantine. Stevedore. Wharfinger, Sailors' ; Hope, Happy Captain, and Harvest Home, j In his only start as a two-year-old. Acquit- j kid won the Lyttelton [’late at the C.J.C. 1 Summer Meeting, This season his only 1 Jueec.-v- was in the Ruahitu- Handicap, at the j Wellington Spring Meeting, after which he I wSLQjAti to a Gi.-borne sport. The refusal of seamen to handle racehorse,- i> seriously atlecting the arrange- I rm’P.ts of owners and trainers. Mr G. L. ! Stead recant!}- endeavoured to ship six i broad man’s in foal at Lyttelton to his new j [•lace at Cambridge, but was unable to do so. j Tiu- North fsl a ml-o wood horses at present | helii up op. tins sule of Cook Strait make j quite a formidable list, and include; Ar- 1 lington, Bairn.slale, Scadown, Coalition, All j T.dx, Diavolo, Bonnie Maid. Wamiai, Tor- j freiia. Munhiku, Prince Martian anti Strat- : «£}’• 1 here i.- very’ little doubt but that the ’ trouii!..- could tie clearetl up if the head of i the Racing Conference would adopt a more reasonable attitude. He refuses to recognise the ngnt of jockeys to organise an association sanctioned by the laws of New Zealand, and industrial workers and seamen ( resent this fact, ns striking ar. the right of j the worker to organist, for his own pro tec- i turn. \ cry many people are under the ini- i pr-sston tiiar the Labour unions are back- i ing up. the jockeys in their dispute for other ■ reasons, hut this is not so. Members of legM associations and unions- in .New Zealanu arc simply not going to permit the Racing ft rife fence or its officials to over- - ride the of the Industrial Concilia- | Jam and Arnitrafion .Act without making • r0t..,-:, and m this connection a section of the industrialist!; are holding up the trails- : port ol all horse.- connected with racing. The owner- of Brunswick tend L'agot. who cur up (jot) sovs .-take money offered for the principal jumping events at Gisborne (writ's “Sir Lane-lot.” in Wellington Post), mmt have been very’ grateful to the seamen who pirevented the foreign competitors gettmg to the meeting. Judging by the a 'counts id the two event- won by Urunstt ita, and fagot, they must have been the biggest burlesques in the way of cross- 1 country contests that have ever taken place j in riie dominion. On the first, day, when 1 Brunswick won by ten lengths, it was not a I race in the meaning of the term. On riatur- I day. Brunswick parted with his rider at the ' first obstacle. The clerk of the course (Mr i W. A. Stephens i then took a hand, after- I Teams relinquishing one ride to a person | li.uiicd Ritney. Altogether it was a mem- i crable contest. | .According to a cablegram received in .Aus- i tralia a few days prior to the running of I tic Kmdi-h Derby Spion Kop, who captured i the event of the year at Bosom, ruled sixth | favourite when starting time arrived. I At a sale of trotting horses in Christchurch mi .Sal unlay last the bay stallionraeer John Dillon was passed in at 200 j guineas, and Birdwood at 275 guineas, but ir. is und'Tstood tiiat negotiations are pmccciiiig tor the sale of the first-named. Birdwood, as already’ reported, is in future to be trained by R. Pollock at New Brighton. The deer-asc in totalisator figures at the Gisborne Winter meeting amounted to £10,4.4, while the inclement weather prevailing seriously affected the .attendance figures. The statement that Garryowen’s fall at the top of the hill in the final round of the Great Northern Steeplechase contest was due to a straying dog getting in his path is, I learn from the A.R.C.’s secretary, Mr W. S. Fpence Isays “Phaeton” of N.Z. Herald), contradicted by the course attendants on

duty at that particular point. A dog that j made its appearance prior to the race, it is stated,, was secured and handed over to its , owner. After the horses had passed in the final stage a fox terrier came on the course near the post-and-ndl fence, and that, it is declared, was the only canine seen during the contest. It is further alleged by the course attendants that Garryowen struck the fence heavily with Ins stifle, and to that cause they attribute the horse falling, with the result that he received injuries which necessitated his destruction. NAPIER PARK ACCEPTANCES. (Per United Press Association.) NAPIF.R, June 15. The following arc the acceptances for the first day of the Napier Park Racing Club’s meeting;—• MOTKO HACK HURDLES; one mile and three-quarters—Hendra 11.9, All Over LI.I), Ladoguer 10.8, Pretty BMihy 10. S, Birkenvale 9.11, Vacuum O S, Sir Agnes 9.5, Banopue 9.0, Marshal Neil 9.0, Cyra 9.0, Miss Do Curtonc 9.0, Ftrangeways 9.0. PR TANK HACK STEEPLECHASE; about, two miles Oaklcigh 11.12, Brunswick 11.4, Torehy 10.12, Notability 10.11, Harbour Light 10.10, Manhattan 10,0, Master Webster 10.G, Te Toa 10.6, Bollin 9.10, Jacaranda. 9.12, Parewanui 9.10, ’Cello 9.9, Gunwale 9.7, Flumix 9.7, Nicomur 9.7, llikurangi 9.7, Tornra 9.7, N’rlisehe 9.7. STEWARDS’ STAKES HANDICAP; one mile--Croesus 10.15, Maioha 10.10, Gold Kip 9.115, Bagdad 9.11, Goldshine 9.10, Risinghaut 9,8, Ruddv 9.7, Heather Sprig 9.2, Eheina 9.2, Hookah 9.0. Hindi 9.0, Arch Salute 9.0, Rose Pink 9.0. N.-VITER STEEPLECHASE; Mxiut three miles—Old Mungindi 1 I.S. Eukc 11.4, Foeman 10.10, First Line 10.9, Maratotara 10.7, Wimkino 10..’5, Guanaco 9.10, Polthogue 9.9, Brunwsick 9.9. Khartoum 9./, Silcuus 9.7, Chillies 9.7, Peneton 9.7, Boldn 9,7. j LADIES’ NECKLACE; one mile and aquarter —Pretty Bobby 12.7, Ruddy 12.7, ! Black Lace 12.2. Army Service 11.11, \ erj million 1 I.S, Ethiopian 11.0, Khartoum ; 10.11, Tatimi 10.11, Ricnzi 10.9, Europa j 10.9, King Albert 10.7. Sensitive 10.7, Lnch j Dim 10.7, Donnybrouk 10.7, Powder King ! 10.7, Buckeye 10.7. j AHURIRI HURDLES; one mile and i three-quarters Zola 10.8. Coldstream 10.2, : Paddington Green 9.15. Ore Ore 9.9, Want '9.0, Meltchikoff 9.1, Strangcways 9.0. 1 SETTLERS’ HACK HANDICAP; six furlongs—Honey Bee 11.5. Night Time 10.10, Ngata 10.S, Lord Asloiat 10.G, Otauru ; Kid 10.4, Willy’s Knight 9.15, Molyueaux I 11.2, Eormline —, Lalla Rookh 9.8, V aukee : Lhiu 9.5, Mumble 9.7, Mosthenes 9.7, San- | acre 9.6, Magistrate 9,5, Miss Giron 9.0, Pirn j Piro 9.0. Idleness 9.0. Negambo 9.0, Princess . Charming 9.0, Form 9.0, Ben Bolt 9.0, Wal- : ton 9.0, Tiora 9.0, Wawata 9.0, Master (Inflame 9.0. j THE JOCKEYS’ DISPUTE. RACECOURSE DETECTIVE REFUSED ! SEA PASSAGE. j GISBORNE, June IG. i A sequel to the jockeys’ strike occurred on the Arahura in the roadstead last evening. when, as the result of action by the ship’s firemen, four riders, who wish ( to take part in the Napier Park races, A. i Manson, J. Deerey, E. Lowe and T. Close, I and S. Kraitzer. a racecourse detective, re- | turned by tender to the wharf. The tender | left the wharf with passengers, but, previous to her departure, the local manager of the Linton S.S. Co. warned the riders I they might have to return. On arrival at i the Arahura representatives of the firemen j informed those aboard the ship that they i would not sail with the jockeys and Kraitzer. The five men, therefore, returned | to the wharf and the vessel left for Napier j on the 15th. i | RACING IN ENGLAND. THE ROYAL ASCOT MEETING. j (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright.) I LONDON, June 15. i (Received June IG, 5.5 p.m.i ; The Ascot meeting opened in delightful 1 sunshine, but later rain fell. The King, I Queen, and Princess Mary, who were Royal j guests, motored through Windsor Park, | then changed to carriages, drawn by eight I horses, for the procession on the course, | with scarlet-coated outriders and postillions j who wore blue anti gold livery, with pow- ( dered wigs. The display of frocks was unprecedented in the history of the gather- | ing. There was not an empty place on the j grandstands or in the enclosure. i FOOTBALL. j KEEN GAMES AT THE PARK. The conditions overhead were ideal for football yesterday, hut the recent frosts had made the ground heavy, anti the ball after | a few minutes play was dead and hard to i handle. The Athletic v. Invercargill game I was an attractive match, and the excite- | meat, in the closing stages, intense when | the Invercargill team was making every j effort to get on even terms with its opponj cuts. The game was in favour of Athletic ■ in the first half, but Invercargill had the 1 upper hand in (he second spell. • Star and Waikiwi fought out a hard forj ward battle varied by Hashes of good hack I play by Eorde and Knight, of Waikiwi. Neither side was able to open up the game and at times the play was very slow. This match began nearly twenty minutes after scheduled time; after a long wait Waikiwi | took the field with fourteen men. ! ATHLETIC (12) v. INVERCARGILL (II). i (Green and Black). (Blue and Black), j ! * Athletic.—Backs : Gilroy; Cooke, Kerr, (Cross; Cosgrove, Horan; Shepherd; forwards. Meflin, McKenzie, Sparks, Roche, Leith, O'Brien, Miller and Maplctoft. Invercargill.—Backs; MacKay; Fraser, ’ Lyttle, Sutton; Vial, Lopdell; Davidson; ! forwards; Rice (2), Todd, Fougerc, Garrett, Webb, Millar and (J’Byrnc. Blues kicked off from the western end, the ball going out in midfield. The Blue forwards then opened in a loose rush and invaded Greens’ half. From a line-out inside Green’s twenty-five the Blue backs gained ] some ground with a passing rush, hut the ! Green forwards cleared to halfway. An exchange of kicks ended in Green’s favour, hut a fault}’ passing rush enabled Blue forwards to get away and shifted play to Green’s line. Blues opened out, but Sutton was ruled off-side after getting across-. The I Blue backs opened with some attractive 1 passing until a long kick went over. Green forced. Using their forwards Athletic attacked, but the Blue forwards stopped Ihe | rush, temporarily. A long kick went over, t Blues forced. Greens held the Blues in the I latter’s ground for some time, until a free I kick to Blurs shifted play to midfield. Give I and take play in neutral ground followed | until MacKay failed to field cleanly, and j the Green forwards carried play to the Blue line. The ball went over, and Blue forced. ! The drop-out was scrummed and Blues were I penalised for “feet up.” The free kick j shifted [day to Blue’s line, but the defence i was solid and Vial cleared to outside the i twenty-five flag. Roche, Cosgrove and Horan headed a good Green rush toward I Blue’s line, the last-named fielding tinder the posts scored. Cooke goalcd. Athletic 5, j Blues nil. Blues livened from the kick-off, but the Green forwards with Roehe prominent again returned. The Blues opened and by loose play made ground. By close forward play, which opened into a loose rush, Greens were able to clear, and invade Blues’ territory. A clearing kick was fielded by Maplctoft, who dropepd a goal. Athletic 9; Blues nil. The Athletic forwards were able to bold their opponents, and play centred in midfield with the advantage with the Greens. A loose open Blue rush shifted play downfield, but the Greens returned in a strong counter which MacKay stopped. Blues cleared to halfway. Faulty handling by the Green backs let the Blues away, and a strong rush ended inside Green’s twentyfive. Cooke cleared. 'The Green forwards in a loose rush came away, but Millar saved. The Blue forwards were unable to hold

| the Green pack, and the Blue backs were kept on the defensive, a long kick going ; over. Blue forced. The drop-out brought no relief until faulty handling let the Blues away, hut off-side play lost a good opening. After an exchange of kicks half-time sounded with Blues attacking. Greens kicked off and the Blues opened with a loose rush that ended in Green’s twenty-five. The Greens by bad handling allowed the ball to go out touch-in-goal. The drop-out cleared (Keen terri ory, and the Blues attempted to penetrate by passing rushes that were, too slow, all the backs standing to pass. Garrett in a solo .dribble put Blues on attack. A free kick clearetl. Vial with a high kick allowed the Blue forwards to get away, and Sutton made a big try for the line, being thrown out at the corner flag. The Blues kept on attack from the drop-out, and another force relieved j Greens. Davidson opened and all the backto Sutton handled. The same with Lopdell j and Vial ended in the last-named being j collared on the line. The Blues were now | throwing the ball about, but the rushc.- I lacked dash, just failing to prove effective. | The Blue pack was now playing bettor, and Miller headed a nisli that, ended in Fougere j scoring. Lopdell coaled. Athletic 9; Blues5. The kick-off was returned to half-way and a exchange of kicks ended in Blue s favour. A loose Blue forward rush carried [day to Green’s posts, and Lyttle coming round fielded and passed to Lopdell who gave Vial an opening. The lasj-named scored wide. Lopdell failed. Athletic 0; Blues S. The drop-out did not clear Greens, and by using their backs Blues were almost over again. The Green forwards, however, clearetl with a fast rush, but the IMues were soon back in Green’s territory. A Biue rush, looked dangerous, but Gilroy saved well. A scrambling rush by the Blue backs ended on Green’s line. Bad passing allowed Greens to clear, but O’Byrne returned play. Leith cleared to half-way. The Greens livened anti the forwards, playing well, carried play to Blue’s ground. Lopdell cleared. A long line kick put Blues inside Green's twenty-five flag. Short line kicking clearetl Greens. By good forward play Athletics came again and Horan anti Cross working a short, throw-out cleverly, registered a try. Cross scored. Cooke failed. Athletic 12; Blues S. Blues worked downfield from the kick-off, and a passing rush with a kick towards Green’s line made ground. Gilroy j marked. Loose forwanl play followed in Green's territory and Vial, with a dribbling rush, crossed Green's line. 4 odd scored. Lopdell failed. Athletic 12; Invercargill 11. The drop-out brought no relief to Greens the Blues making big efforts to cross., A long kick went over and Green forcctl. From the drop-out Blues returned, the Green hacks being kept busily defending. The Blue backs opened again and Sutton was grassed by Gilroy within inches of the line. The Greens rallied and Cooke cleared downfield with a good run. Time was then sounded. Athletic 12 points (1 converted try, 1 dropped goal and 1 try) to Invercargill's 11 points (1 converted and 2 unconverted tries'. Mr J. Forrester controlled the game. STAR (5' v. WAIKIWI (5). (Blue and White) (Red and Black) j Teams; Waikiwi (backs) Wills; Brown,) Dawson. Maltbv; Sloan. Knight; Fordo; (forwards) Walker; Acton, Patterson; Wlivte, Mortimer, Pay; Acton, Pay. Star (backs) Lilley; N. Brown, H. Brown, McDermott; Oughton, Jenkins; Murray; (forwards) Agnow; Clarkson, Smith; Hall, Adamson, Leggatt; Sparks, Aitkcn. Waikiwi kicked off with a strong easterly breeze behind them. Play settled in the centre of the field for some minutes until the Star forwards came across the fielo quickly to break up a slow' passing rush by the Waikiwi backs. The Star pack took the ball well into their opfiononts’ twentylive, where Wells went down to stop the rush. The Red and Black forwards rallied and, after their fifteenth man came on, a solid attack led by Walker brought play to Star’s, quarter. LlUey fumbled a take and the 'Kiwi pack swept up to the Star goal-line. Star had a hot time defending and, although they cleared to the quarter flag temporarily, a Star back who stayed on the ball too long was penalised. Knight’s kick went outside and Star forced. Wills dallied with a return and Knight went down to stop a dangerous rush. The players hero changed over to No. 2 ground. Star attacked strongly, and Murray followed a short kick along the line to ’Kiwi’s quarter Hag. Play went back to the other end of the field us qruickly as before. Forde had , an unsuccessful [>ot at goal from a penalty, and Star forced The play now became very slow, both sides being unable to use their backs. A long kick by Wills was fumbled by a Star three-quarter, and it went nut at Star's quarter flag. From the lineout Forde, Knight, Sloan, and Fordo handled in the first passing rush of the game, but the ’Kiwi centre did not connect up and Star made a lucky force. Another good run by Knight and Sloa.n was spoilt by bad handling among the ’Kiwi backs and Star cleared their line. Half-time sounded with no score by either side. Play again settled into the monotonous forward scramble until Knight, receiving from his half, kicked and followed fast down-field. Forde. with a beautiful cut in, came right to within a dozen yards of Star’s goal-line, but, when tackled, he had no one to pass to. The Star forwards worked back again and they followed hard after a speculator towards ’Kiwi’s line. The Red and Black backs dallied with the ball anti a rush of Star players over the line ended in 11. Brown scoring wide. Lilley converted tiie try with it good kick—Star 5. Waikiwi 0. A fast run by Forde was spoilt by the bad handling of the ’Kiwi three-quarters and two powerful Star kicks drove Waikiwi back to their own ground. Knight and Fordo got away from scrums I several times, hut the handling of the rest of ’Kiwi’s back was poor and their efforts ( failed. Whyte had an unsuccessful shot I a! goal from quarter way. ’Kiwi kept on .attacking. Forde, Knight, anil Sloan handled in a great rush to Star’s line, where they were stopped momentarily. The ’Kiwi forwards came round quickly and Knight, securing from a scramble, dived across well out. Forde converted with a fine kick- score, 5 ail. A long interchange of kicks down the touchline, in which neither side seemed to he able to find the line, ended in neutral ground. Oughton chased a long kick over ’Kiwi's line, bet the ball was behind the dead ball line beI fore be forced it. Play went hack to the | centre, ami when full time was called ’Kind were attacking strongly. | Mr H. Grace was the referee. JUNIOR HOCKEY. TO-DAY’S FIXTURES. I The junior hockey fixtures arranged for to-day are as follow: Me!rose College v. Technical College C. Technical A v. Technical B. High School A v. High School B. All matches will bo plaved on Queen’s Park. UNIVERSITY MATCH. CANTERBURY v OTAGO. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Juno 16. The annual football match between Canterbury and Otago Universities was played at Lancaster Park to-day in bitterly cold weather and resulted in a win for the southerners by 30 points to nil The game as a display of football was disappointing. The score at the end of the first spell was 0 to nil, but the Otago men ran all over the Canterbury forwards * towards the end of the second half, and won as they liked. Tries for Otago were scored by Mackercth (2), Perry (2), Valentine (2), Fea and Neville, three being conveted. LEAGUE FOOTBALL. AUCKLAND v. REST OF NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND, Juno 16. The Southern Rugby League selectors have picked the following team to represent the Remainder of New Zealand in the match against Auckland on the Domain on

Saturday:—Full-back, C. McCarthy (Hawke’s Bay) ; three-quarters, F. Merri t (Hawke’s" Bay I, D. Rigley (Wellington), A. Rowe (Canterbury) ; five-eighths, J. Saunders (Canterbury), Doc. Nicho’ls (Wellington) half-buck, M. Pollock (Wellington); forwards, front row, S. Trudgeon (Canter bury), H. Moffatt (Canterbury), J. Scott. (Wellington) ; second row, Burrows(Hawke’s Bay), J- McTagrart (Wet Coast); back row, J. Carroll ( Wei’mgton) ; emergencies : Ivick, I - inlay ( I taw'.'-':* --- Lay) , forward, Woolf (.Welling on). After Saturday’s match three selectors will pick tiie New" Zealand team to [ lay the Englishmen. ENGLISHMEN V. NEW SOUTH WALES. SATURDAY’S RESULT REVERSED. (By Telegraph. —Press Assn. —Copyright.) j SYDNEY. June 16. By defeating New South Wales by, 18 noinH to 10, before 00,090 spectator?, the 1 Englishmen proved conclusively that SaturI dav’s failure did not truly reflect their i skill. From the kick-off the visitors played ! cautiously, strongly fortifying the goal by | resolute and deadly tackling, which effectively smothered all’the efforts of New South Wales to break though. In invading New South (Vales territory they threw the ball about cleverly, abno-t scoring on several occasions. They were soon rewarded (Fronow getting :i, goal from a penalty and Hilton scoring a fry, winch Grohow converted, making the score 7 to nil. Buoyed up bv success, the Englishmen continued the invasions, Wagstaffe, Thomas and the other 1 backs treating the spectators to brilliant J passing movements. Gronow kicked two i more goals, one from a mark and the other i from a penalty, and prior to the interval Frazer got a goal for New South Wales after Burge had failed in several attempts. The score was then 11 to 2. In the second half both teams gave exhibitions of tine [Kissing rushes, play travelling over every inch of the field with lightning rapidity. Now South Wales gamely strove to overtake their opponents in a ] ding-dong battle, but luck was against, them. At a critical moment Reid scored a try and Gronow two more goals, bringing England's tally to IS, while tries by Farnsworth and Robinson and a goal by Norman increased New South Wales’ score to lu when 1 the final whistle went. CRICKET. THE WORLD’S BEST BATSMAN. LONDON, June 15. Hobbs secured 101 against Warwickshire, tins being bis third successive century. He has now made 7S centuries in first-class cricket. On recent form Hobbs is probably the best batsman in the world.