OVERSEAS SPORT

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 245, 14 September 1929, Page 10

OVERSEAS SPORT

BOXING. SYDNEY, Sept. 13. The New South AVales State boxing championships resulted as follow: Bantam-weight.—A. Allen v. 8.6) outpointed A. Christie (8.4). Feather-weight.—A. Mitchell (8.10) outpointed F. Hartman (8.9), in an extra round. . lv Light-weight. —A. C. Danner (9.4) outpointed W. Eberhard (9.7). Welter-weight.—A. G. Obern (10.4) outpointed L. Fogarty (10.4). Middle-weight.—H. Shepherd (11.4) knocked out W. H. Pugh (11.1) in the third round Heavy-weight.—F. Packer (12.11.' outpointed C. E. Pick (14.8). ROWING. SYDNEY, Sept. 13. The New South Wales Rowing Association, owing to the big financial burdens on hand and the fact that the Mosman eight, the King’s Cup holders, will not row this season, has decided not to persevere in the negotiations for a visit of a New Zealand eight to Sydney. CRICKET. (Australian Press Association —United Service.) LONDON. Sept. 12. Playing against Yorkshire at Scarborough M.C.C. made 176 to Yorkshire's 355 and, following on, lost one wicket for 28. At Folkestone, the Rest of England, playing the M.C.C. team that toured Australia, mado 543 (Calthorpe 81). The M.C.C. touring team mado 2/1 for six wickets (Mead 62, Geary not out 66). TEST TEAM IN 1933. (Australian Press Association). LONDON, Sept. 13. Chapman states that “it will bo a great pity if the 1933 English Test team does not visit New Zealand. It would be most helpful to cricket there. I do not see that it would involve any curtailment of the Australian programme. It might mean dropping a match at Perth on the return journey, but the last team was the first to play such a match. We could rlay at Perth on the way out.” LAWN TENNIS. (Australian Press Association—United Service). LONDON, Sept. 13. The Spanish Davis Cup pair, Flaquer and Morrall, beat Borotra and Gerbault in the final of the British tournament, 6—2, 6—2, 9—7.