Wau, T.N.G.

Pt. Moresby Invaded

By Air

Cricketers and Tennisers From Wau, T.N.G.

From Our Own Correspondent,

Pt. Moresby, Jan. 5.

ON the morning of December 30, Port Moresby was suddenly brought to life by the arrival of 15 sporting visitors from Wau. The visitors came down over the New Guinea mountains by aeroplanes, and, undismayed by the sudden change of climate from Wau to sea level, at once proceeded to give an extremely good ac count of themselves.

Saturday afternoon was devoted to tennis, a series of four doubles matches being played before sunset. The play was very keen and close.

Grahamslaw and O’Malley (Port Moresby) beat J. Ireland and Lockrey (Wau) 6-5, 5-6, 6-3; McGregor and McCay (Wau) beat Paul and Schafer (Port Moresby) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Grahamslaw and O’Malley beat McCay and McGregor 6-4, 5-6, 6-3; Ireland and Lockyer beat Paul and Schafer 6-5, 6-0.

Each team thus won two matches, and the decision went to Wau, who scored 6 sets to Port Moresby’s 5, and 53 games to Port Moresby’s 51.

Saturday evening was occupied by a dance given by the Port Moresby Tennis Club, and in spite of the late hour at which it ended, the two teams were fit and ready for the cricket match on Sun day morning. Play continued throughout two days, and resulted in a narrow win

for Port Moresby by three wickets, with only six minutes to spare.

Wau, Ist innings, 275 (J. Ireland 40, Moran 42, Denny 43). 2nd innings, 195 (J.

Ireland 119).

Port Moresby, Ist innings. 405 for 8 wickets, declared (O’Malley 90. McKenna 143, Harris 74 n. 0.). 2nd innings, 70 for 7 wickets.

Outstanding features of the game were the bowling of O’Malley for Port Moresby (10 wickets for 111), and the extremely good fielding of the Wau team, who brought off several “impossible” catches, and kept the Port Moresby batsmen thinking hard.

Sunday evening was spent at Mrs.

Healy’s house, where some 70 guests were entertained to welcome the New Year; and on Monday evening the Port Moresby Cricket Club provided dinner for a simi lar number.

The visit was a very great success from the point of view of the Port Moresby residents, and no party could have been more pleasant to entertain than the sport ing and sociable visitors from Wau.

A message from Marquesas announces the arrival there, via Cape Verde Islands, Martinique and Panama, of M. Gerbault, who left Marseilles early in September, 1933, for the South Seas in the yacht Alain Gerbault. M. Gerbault is already famous for the lone-hand voyages he has made in the South Seas.

He: “Look, darling, I have something serious to tell you. I am a married man.”

Sweet darling: “Heavens, how you scared me. I thought you were going to say that you were out of petrol.”