ALL SPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 677, 31 May 1929, Page 14

ALL SPORTS

A Weekly Budget

The eight forwards or the New South Wales Rugby Union team which beat Queensland by 47 points to 16 recently averaged 13st 121 b. The heaviest man was J. A. Ford, 16st, and there were two men who weighed 14st 71b and 14st 21b respectively. As these big forwards are fast, too, Now South Wales reckons on giving the forwards of this year’s New Zealand team a very interesting time. W. H. Cerutti, who was one of the star forwards in the New South Wales Rugby team that toured New Zealand last year, has been showing splendid form this season. Yet he could not gain a place in the New South Wales team which beat Queensland. Competition for places in that team was very strong. All for Charity Harry Alpe, of Wellington, veteran walker in the cause of char?tv has been compelled to give the game up for good as the result of an accident which has left him with a stiff leg He has been responsible for the collection of large sums of money in the cause of patriotic and charitable objects over a great number of years. He usually did this by walikng from town to town, collecting - on route for the cause he was advocating. He has raised thousands of pounds in this waj% and wh£n the Prince of Wales Zealand he Presented Alpe ? e 2 al 28 a recognition of the work he had carried out. The old champion is not very well off, and owmg to his accident hafe been unable to do any work for some time. “ understood that a Xortli Island effort is to be made to give him some assistance. * * * | ‘’Pick Rang” i th r» M With the that this is S the Wdj .Maoris spell their names—-

though. Pickrang is not a Maori—-& Sjdney paper refers to the ex-Well-ington Rugby forward a's “Pick Rang, calling him “a splendid specimen of the Maori race.” Pickrang, who gets bis dusky blood from another source, is now playing for Y.M.C.A. in Sydney Rugby competitions, and has already taken the eye of the critics. He is a fine forward, but has a weakness for waiting off-side. Although it is yet rather early to look for results, the appointment of Mr. W. (“Bill”) Meredith as coach to the Manukau Rugby team should effect an improvement to the team work of the suburban fifteen. Individually. Manukau has the material, and the side certainly does not lack daslT, but it seems to just miss topping off what should be scoring movements. In the rearranged rear division last Saturday Linden showed himself to be a resourceful wing and splendid tackier* Looking for Morpeth Australian golf enthusiasts are looking forward with interest to the visit of the New Zealand Cup team for the Kirk-Windeyer CUP competition. They are specially interested in Sloan Morpeth, who has won the open championship of * se '' Zealand thrice, but who has not y« played, golf across til® Tasman. The i& x that about two years ago I>r. R. Lee Brown, who afterwards runner-up in th© South Wales championship. beat M°r-

peth in New Zealand is not taken f any indication of Morpeth’s pptenti** form this year.