“Solomaniacs” at Sport

The “Five Events” Cup

From a Special Correspondent.

TULAGI, March 20.

THE annual competition for the “Five Events"

Cup, which was presented by His Honour the Resident Commissioner (Mr. F. N. Ashley), created considerable interest and some wild speculation m our small community recently.

The Cup is for competition yearly between the Government and Commercial element of the Solo mon Islands and, as the name denotes, is extended over five events, cricket, golf, tennis, billiards and swimming, and the conditions are such that each team shall consist of 14 players only, from whom particular teams must be chosen. Once commenced, the matches shall be completed as soon as possible, thus apart from ability in sport, the Cup demands, stamina in all teams.

This year’s' competition was very close, and once again it might be said that it “hung on the billiards,” but it was a pleasure to see the way the Commercials barracked their team to victory by the narrow margin of 3 events to 2. Nor must it be forgotten the way in which the ladies held the teams’ bodies and souls together the constant attention and applications of good “kai kai.” They excelled themselves.

The full teams were;— Government: N. S. B. Kidson, (Capt. of Tennis), F N. Ashley, (Capt. of Golf), P. Colley, (Capt. of Cricket), G. H. C. Train (Capt. of Swimming), Dr. N. Crichlow (Capt. of Billiards), F. McL. Bart lett, W. Fowler, F. Stackpool, E. N. Turner, A. E.

Osborne, R. J. A. Lever, Miss I. Svensen, Mrs.

F. Blake and A. W. Dickes.

Commercial: J. C. M. Scott (Capt. of Golf), R.

Firth (Capt. of Tennis), H. Dunn (Capt. ot Cricket), R. J. Lotze (Capt. of Swimming), J. A.

Johnstone (Capt. of Billiards), U. Driver, A. W .

G. A. Glenn, V. Murphy, T. Elkington, E. Palmer, A. Mathieson, V. Hodgess,, G. West, H. Rawnsley.

The cricket match was won by the Commercial team by an innings and 157 runs. They also won the billiards by 3 matches to 2. Golf was carried off by the Government team by 3 rounds to 1, The Commercials were too good for the Govern ment team at swimming and won by 4 to 1. At tennis the Government defeated their opponents by 3 matches to nil, 6 sets 43 games to 1 set 26 games.

Mr. G. H. Roberts, merchandise manager of Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., at Rabaul, New Guinea, arrived in Melbourne,.

Victoria, by the Neptuna on April 11. He was accompanied by his wife and child.