OVERSEAS SPORT

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 246, 16 September 1929, Page 2

OVERSEAS SPORT

, LAWN TENNIS,

(Australian Press Association. —United Service.) NEW YORK, Sept. 13.

11l the semi-finals at Forest Hills to-day Hunter beat Alcrctir 6—4, ( 6 —B, 6 —4, 6—3; Tiklen beat Dorg 4 —6, 6—2, 2 —6, 6—4, 6 —.3 Tilden beat Hunter in the final, 3 —6, 6 —3, 4 —-6, 6-—2, 6—4. - (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Sept. 14. Tho Spanish Davis Cup players, E. Flaqucr and J. Morales beat J. Borotra and A. Gcrbault in the final of the Biarritz tournament, 6 —2, 6 —2, 9—7. STATE CHAAIPIONSHIP. (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, Sept. 15. The fifteen-mile State championship was won by A. Gainsford. Time, 1 hour, 23 minuteG, 4 seconds. RUGBY LEAGUE. SYDNEY, Sept. 15. The Rugby League premiership was decided to-day in the presence of 16,000 spectatoi's. South Sydney defeated Newtown by 10 points to 10. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Sept. 14. The Australian Rugby League team defeated Batlcy by 27 points to 5. CYCLING RACE. SYDNEY, Sept. 15. Tire professional bicycle road race from Goulburn to Sydney was won by Hubert Opperman, of Victoria, with ten minutes to spare. Opperman started from scratch, his time being 5 hours 59 minutes, 5 seconds. C. Li.iidus (Newcastle) was second, and G. Birch (Sydney) was third. In a similar race for amateurs, the winner was YV. McMurtic, whose time was 7 hours 14 minutes 35 seconds. RUGBY. (Australian Press Association. —United Service.) OTTAWA, Sept. 13. At Winnipeg to-day the final link in the chain of Empire Rugby Unions was created when delegates from the provincial associations passed a resolution authorising the newly-formed body, the Rugby Union of Canada, to control tho sport in the Dominion. The delegatee adopted the rules in force in Britain, aiming to assure an even standard of play. CRICKET. (Australian Press Association. —United Service.) LONDON, Sept. 13. Yorkshire beat Marylebone by five wickets. The Rest of England beat the English team that toured Australia by an innings and 103 runs. (Australian Press Association.) • LONDON, Sept. 14. In a match against Notts, the champion county, tho Rest of England in the first innings made 399 (Woolley 106, Sandham 82, Wyatt 85). THE AVERAGES. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Sopt. 13. The latest cricket averages are as follow: BATTING.

BOWLING.

Runs. Average. Hobbs 2193 69.53 Hammond 2456 64.63 Mead : 1733 55.90 Woolley 2683 55.89 Wyatt 2534 53.91 Dwleopsinhji ... 2545 53.02 Sutcliffe 2189 47.19

Tyldeslcy Runs. ... 2399 Wkts. 154 Aver. 15.57 White .... ... 2648 168 15. lb Goddard . ... 2907 131 16.08 ... 2043 120 17.02 ... 2403 133 17.41 Shipman . ... 1050 59 17.79 Kennedy ... 2773 154 18.00 ... 2801 155 18.07 freeman ... 4879 267 18.27 Rhodes .. ... 1870 100 18.70 Macdonald 25th on (who list) ... is ... 3080 142 21.69