ATHLETIC NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1888, Page 4

ATHLETIC NOTES.

Aquatics. The races held over from Thursday rtL . Forsyth were decided yesterday atfKaSi The Champion Fours was rowed far "'if' ended in an easy win for Canterbwrb^l lengths, Wellington 2, Union 3,- qJ A Star 5. The contest between thel^ yl boats was very keen. Maiden «M Union 1, Kaianoi 2, Star 3, X^li Won easily by four lenetha^L'B pion Pairs: Union 1, Kaiami «TB terbury 3. Won easily. liffiSßH Athletics. y.} v <}.-% ' In answer to " Athletics, WI«b«wIi8 we may state Mr P. Twohill's vaulfco^S;; polo of 10 feet 7 inches at the SLU ;i sports, Thames, some years back ia^jH best record for Auckland, while tt^Qilp for New Zealand . was done by^iSM Julian at Christmas, 1886, in Danedk jBH is 10 feet 10 inches. i ■ ■ Cricket , K| The annual interprovincial 'wb&tJßt' tween Otago and Canterbury was nJw"'menced at Dunedin yesterday, Canfr4-i won the toss, sent Otago in, and khtnt last wicket fell had scored 97, to '•$9 ' Harper contributed 53. Canterliufr 01 ' all out for 68, and Otago have made 68 b ' the loss of tyro wickets. The match'fiM^ 3 continued to-d&y. *> . ■•; The intercolonial cricket match bahraiH * New South Wales and Victoria w« 3 "• tinued yesterday. The New South.WiHh team commenced their first innings alili have lost three wickets for '269/^sllll highest scores are : McDonnell, 1 not out, 147 ; Burton, not out, .47, %fj§ * toria made 266 in their first inninga, 'i Lilly white's cricket team have b&JBIl Orange playing a team of twenfctMM''-i which they easily defeated by an iaoyßl and 70 runs. °| | (by telegraph—press Assocuuoyj m I Wellington, this flit Warn At a meeting of the WelUngton^tlllH Association last night it wasdeddS^ N offer Lilly white's English team 90 per csi ] of the gross takings. It is underi^^m I •Lillywhite's manager in Ne\? Zeakod j satisfied with these terms, and w onh^., ing a reply from Ghnstchurch Absocuvj ' before making definite arrangement a a visit of the English team. " j[BY TEUSGRAPH—OWN CORRE3EOSDK The walking match last %bW!*^ Goodman and Burton for the mk> championship was won eaßiSy b; * 3 former, ■■■ who covered 6 miles 2?^ Burton was indisposed, and gave up it I accomplishing 5 miles 5 laps. The.M§| hour's go-as-you-please wa^- wg ■? Gallagher, but Gordon, the bblf|wH | competitor; has entered a prbtest»-ai j I