TOPICS OF THE WEEK

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 845, 13 December 1929, Page 12

TOPICS OF THE WEEK

THE quaint .bevy of foreign wrestlers who arrived at Auckland in mass formation last autumn seem to have done very well for themselves. The best part of £2,800 went with them when they packed their bags a month or two ago. As against this, the New Zealand Wrestling Association shows a profit on the season’s working of £420. The contrast between the two amounts is sufficient to suggest that “charity begins at home,” and that, in future, the association might be more generous to itself, especially as the development of wrestling in New Zealand has been considerably retarded in times past by lack of finance.

To the happy-go-lucky amateur billiards player, who occasionally manages a break of 30 or 40, there is something to marvel at in the huge break of 3,262 made by Walter Lindrum in England last week-end. But for a ball being deflected by a hair off the brush used to clean the table, Walter might be still going. “Anything is possible with that boy,” declares Claude Faulkiner. Championship or no championship, Lindrum has clearly established himself as the world’s greatest player. His successes in England, as well as those of Clark MeConachy, will be popular in Auckland, where both players are well known. When the New Zealand cricket team goes to England in 1931, it will play a test match against an all-England eleven. Some think the M.C.C. ought to have made it three tests, but there is time enough yet for that. One test or three, the fact remains that the M.C.C. has paid New Zealand a high compliment. The pioneer side of 1927 created a splendid impression in England, and if the howling and fielding strength of the next team can he improved a bit, the 1931 side should do even better.