SPORTS QUIZ

Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 9, 8 May 1944, Page 16-17

SPORTS QUIZ

(Answers on page 23)

1. Mr. Dwight Davis, of St. Louis, presented his Cup for International Tennis competition in 1900. Which country is the present holder of the Davis Cup ? 2. A rather full programme of representative matches is planned for this Rugby season. It would be interesting to know what is the greatest number of tries scored by one player in a representative match in New Zealand ? 3. Some years ago a mare named Wairoa Belle paid over £ 1,000 at a trotting meeting at Nelson. Of course, the dividend was not published because the publication of race dividends is illegal in New Zealand. In what year did this become*law ?

4. The Third Test at Auckland against the Springboks in 1937 will always be remembered as the BLACK DAY in New Zealand football. We all remember the score was 17 to 6. Can you name the back-line of the New Zealand team ? 5. The cricket season has closed, and it is well to remember that a New . Zealand record was made when Mooney and Buchan added 127 for Wellington’s ninth wicket against Auckland. Can you remember what is the world’s record score in first-class cricket, and who made it ? 6. In 1907 Tom Reece startled the billiards world by compiling a break of 499, unfinished, with the “anchor” or “cradle” cannon. He didn’t pocket

the red even once. Incidentally, how many times may the red be pocketed from the “ spot ” in one break ? 7. Joe Louis has held the World Heavyweight Boxing title since 1937. Can you name the holders of the title from Johnson to Louis ? 8. Now that racing is held only on Saturdays and public holidays, the jockey who wins the premiership cannot hope to ride as many winners as in prewar years. Who was the jockey who rode the most winners in a New Zealand season ?