THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 921, 14 March 1930, Page 7

THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Lone Voyager Alain. Gerbault, formerly famous a; a French Rugby player and lawn ten nis star, who spent five years in sail ing alone round the world in his yach Firecrest, is building a fine new Fire crest. In this he will leave France, to ward the end of the year, for a cr’uis. in the South Seas. Gerbault propose: to buy an atoll and engage in copragathering, revisiting Europe period! cally to play in tennis tournaments.

Arthur Gilligan Retires The definite retirement of Arthur E. R. Gilligan from the captaincy of the Sussex County cricket team is announced. Business reasons are chiefly responsible, but. in addition. Gi ligan has not been in the best of health for *ome seasons. Heart trouble—partly raused by a blow he received while

batting—lias made it dangerous for him to bowl except occasionally. Gilligan was always a player who took a lot out of himself, putting all his energy into the game. He bowled fast, he hit hard, and he was a ver> active and efficient fieldsman at mid-

A. E. R. Gilligan off. He will not be ?.6 years of age until June, but he has clone much in his cricket career. He captained Sussex for seven years, and under his leadership it was one of the brightest and most popular teams in England. He captained England against South Africa in 1924, and in Australia iri 1924-25. The captaincy of Sussex is being offered to his younger brother. Harold Gilligan. who has lecl the county when Arthur has been unable to play, and who became leader of the M.C.C. team now returning to England from New Zealand when his more famous brother was unable to accept that position Teaching a Selector It is no secret that the live-wire cricketer. A. Gulland, was much displeased at his omission from the Otago

eleven which played the M.C.C. team. To show the selectors that their judgment was all wrong, and that his run of small scores up to that time was the result of, ill-luck rather than lack of form, Galland sot to work on the Carisbrook bowling on Saturday and thwacked it good and hard to

the tune of 104 runs before he was stumped. Appropriately enough, he •was specially servere on R. C. Blunt, who is one of the selectors aforesaid.

Th® Women Have a Turn "And now it’s our turn,” said the Women bowlers of Dunedin, after catering for the comfort of the male kitty-chasers at the recent tournament. So a women’s tourney was arranged, and hubby it was who' had to go home early and have the tea laid, then to sit and listen to the old story of how Mrs. •Tones, with her last bowl, ’’wicked on to Kitty, trailed it three f eet and lay four—a frightful fluke, deal." The single women’s -champion—no. the women singles champion—proved to be Mrs. Gaston, of the Dunedin club. The champion rink was skipped by 31rs. Aders, of St. Kilda. Sharkey’s Boast Boasting before the fight, of how easily he would beat Phil Scott, Jack Sharkey said that he might have only 15 minutes’ work in the ring. Sharkey J® a conceited individual, but it would be interesting to know just \yhat made Sharkey so confident that the contest W’ould be over in a very few rounds. Camera of Tennis Known as the Camera of lawn tennis G. L. Roberts, who recently beat C. H. Kingsley and then J. Brugnon in the Monte Carlo tennis championship tourey* Rogers, an Irishman, stands 6ft 'in, and this height enables him to send down a terrific service. If the rest of his game were equal to his service lie would be unbeatable. But it if remarked of him by a contemporary fiiat he has the true Irish temperament, ''hen things are going right “all the World is sweet.” Rogers requires two new rackets each week, and they have To be made extra -tr ’-st even *nch a short period.

Phil Scott has won so many fights on fouls, and has claimed so many fouls in others, that Jack Sharkey, fighting under an American referee, knew that the best way of affecting his judgment \° ma . ke h 'm afraid of being fouled again. Ryan In Form Noel Ryan, the Manly (N.S W ) swimmer who toured New Zealand with Owen Griffiths

month or two ago. won the Northern Suburbs 220yds championship at Clifton Gardens, Sydney, the other day in 2.24 3-5, after a desperate struggle with his club-mate, Hans Robertson, w h o registered 2.25 1-5. Ryan’s time was 2 l-ssec, and Robertson’s 1 3-ssec.

better Andrew Charlton’s record lor the distance. The New Zealand record for this distance is 2.26 1-5, established by Gordon Bridson at Auckland last January. * * * W. W. Wakefield’s determination is expressed by his initials—We Will Win. Not Much Confidence Two referees controlled a recent match in the Yorkshire Rugby League competition. Th© avmointed referee did not attend the match, as his notice of appointment had gone astray in the mails. The contesting teams each had a qualified referee. They agreed that the nominee of each should control half of the and they signed a formal agreement to abide by the result. But it is noticeable that neither had any confidence in the impartiality of the other side’s referee for the whole of the game.