“MUST BE CAREFUL"

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 539, 17 December 1928, Page 13

“MUST BE CAREFUL"

ANSELM’S WRONG MARK ECHO OF WAIKATO TROTS C. G. LEE APPEALS TO CONFERENCE Press Association • CHRISTCHRCH, To-day. At a meeting of the New Zealand Trotting . Board, an objection to the Waikato Trotting Club's placing of Anselm second in the Visitors' Handicap was received from C. G. Lee, of Epsom. He stated that the unfortunate happening of Anselm being allowed to start from 72 yards, instead of 84 ,ards, behind, deprived his horse Nelson Dillon of being placed second, oeing beaten only In the last stride by half a head. Had he known of the mistake at the time, he would have protested, and must have been awardee second place. As he speculated £o on his horse, and was deprived oi jecond place by the mistake of the club's officials, he thought he could justly apply lor a , refund, of the bet. “We should be very careful about this matter,” urged a member, and the question was referred back to the Waikato Club for report.

BRILLIANT RECORD j— - ■ —, | /VUITE the outstanding feaj v — ture of club cricket in i the first half of the 1328-29 i season in Auckland has been i i the remarkable series of bat- | i ting and bowling perform- I I ances registered by S. G. j i Smith, the former West in- j dies and Northamptonshire l amateur. Now in his 48th i year, he has reproduced all j hie old skill and cleverness | with the ball, and his batting, j neat and masterly in place- | ment, has given him two ! century' scores in successive | matches. The detailed scores I are as follow: BATTING i In. N.O. H.S. Runs. Av. i 5. 2 114* 251 83.6 I BOWLING I Runs. Wkts. Av. ! 260 23 11.3 I