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RUGBY LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINALS
Grandstand Collapses
At Rochdale
London, To-day.
In the semi-final round of the Rugby League Cup, Halifax bent Leeds by 10 points to 4 at Brad... ford, while at Rochdale Salford beat Wigan by 11 points to 2. Play was interrupted. for six minutes when the grandstand collapsed, many spectators being injured.— Reuter,
RUGBY UNION TOURISTS”
BIG VICTORY
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1989
Australia's-
London, To-day. Proud
In a friendly Rugby match on
Saturday, the South Africa touring Record
fifteen beat Majör. Hartley's fifteen by 99 points to 12-Reuter.
IRELAND WIN MEN'S HOCKEY INTERNATIONAL SERIES
A letter was received in January from Australia, expressing the plea- sure of the members of the Olympic Committee at being able to inform their Finnish colleagues that their country is one of the very select group of those that have so far competed at every modern Olympiad, the others being Greece, Great Britain and U.S.A.
Dublin, To-day-In the Men's Hockey International played here Australia is sending the following on Saturday, Ireland beat Scotland team to Helsinki in 1940-athletics, 8 by two goals to nil to retain the men and 3 women; swimming, & men championship. Ireland has now won and 3 women; cycling, 6 men; rowing, the triple crown-Rugby, Associa-3. men; boxing, 2 men; wrestling, 2 tion Football and Hockey for the third year in succession.-Reuter,
men.
Further acceptances include Argen-| tine, Brazil, Estonia, Haiti, India, Ice-
land, Latvia, Malta, Hungary and Fin Hand.
Notifications of acceptance.were re- ceived last year from the following 18 countries:-Belgium, Costa Rica, Czc- choslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Jugos- | lavia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nor- way, Palestine, Portugal, Roumania. Sweden, and Switzerland.
Total entries up to February are, therefore 30.
GREAT BRITAIN TO MEET NEW ZEALAND IN
DAVIS CUP
Great Britain will play New Zea- land in the second round of the Euro- pean Zone in the Davis Cup at the Sussex County L.T.C. ground, With- dean, Brighton, probably on May 11 to 13.
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