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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 50, 22 November 1941, Page 13

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The Wellington Programme

Cricket championship competitions will be continued in Wellington this afternoon, when the following senior matches will be decided :—

Wellington Association. —Institute v. Johnsonville, Kelburn No. 1; Wellington v. Midland, Basin No. 1; Karori v. Hutt, Karori; Army v. Old Beys, Basin No. 2; Kilbirnie v. Air Force, Kilbirnie; Petone v. Varsity, Petone. Mercantile League. — Amalgamated Bricks v. Prestige, Kelburn No. 3; Jas. Smiths v. Woolworths, Kilbirnie No. 5; Justice v. Hannahs, Newtown No. 7; Fort Dorset v. W.M. Ciub, Wakefield No.

' Hutt Valley Association. —Trentham (Army) C v. Bell Park, Petone Recreation No. 2; Eastbourne v. Trentham (Army) D, Hutt Recreation No. 6; Metters United v. Trafalgar Park, Trafalgar Park No. 1; Empire v. Moera Stop Out, North Park No. 2. Women’s Association. —Senior; C.v.G. v. Technical Old Girls, Prince of Wales; Wellington v. Kilbirnie, Nairn Street. Junior: C.O.G. v. W.A.A.F.. Emerson Street No. 1; Trinity v. Tanera Crescent; Onslow v. Technical Day, Emerson Street No. 2. Yachting Trials.

The Wellington Yacht and Motor-Boat Association will conduct races for the provincial X class boats for the Campbell Chip, and also trials for the Idle Along class, on Wellington harbour today and tomorrow. The courses will be substantially the same as in previous years, the two senior races starting and finishing off Point Jerningham. Cornwell Cup and Tauranga Cup trials wil be conducted m Evans Bay. The races for the two senior contests will start at 10.30 a.m. and 10.40 a.m,, and at 3 p.m. and 3.10 p.m. The following entries have been received: — X class, 5; I class, 14; Z class, 2; J? class, 9. Lawn Tennis.

The Wellington Lawn Tennis Association will play the following interclub matches on the Miramar courts today :— Second grade men: Technical v. Air Force; Seatoun v. Lyail Bay. Third grade mixed: Newtown v. Seatoun; Crawford Hill Av. Crawford Hill V; AuForce v. Te Ope; Technical v. Broadway. Hutt Valley Sub-Association: Senior A; Eastern v. St. Augustine, at St. Augustine; Lower Hutt A v. Petone at Lower Hutt; Lower Hutt B v. Hutt Bowling, at Hutt Bowling. Senior B: Koro Koro v. Waiwetu, at Koro Koro; Lower Hutt A v. Lower Hutt B, at Lower Hutt; St. Augustine v. Eastern, at Eastern. Bowling.

The second pound of senior and junior pennant matches will be played under control of the Wellington Bowling Centre today. The draw is as follows:— Senior Pennant—Section A: Lyall Bav v. Central. Hutt v. Karori, Thorndon v. Wellington, Hataitai v. Petone, Newtown v. Porirua. Section B: Karori v. Thorndon, Wellington v. Kelburn, Hutt v. Upper Hutt, Victoria v. Hataitai, Island Bay v. Lyall Bay. Section Sj Lyall Bay v. Kelburn. Island Bay v. Victoria, Hataitai v. Woburn, Newtown v. Seatoun, Hutt v. Thorndou. Section D : Seatoun v. Petone, Karori v. Hutt, Johnsonville v. Khandallah, Island Bay v. Kelburn, Newtown v. Eastbourne. Junior Pennant.—Section A: Wellington v. Seatoun, Petone v. Newtown, Victoria v. Lyall Bay, Island Bay v. Central. Section B: Seatoun v. Petone, Eastbourne v. Kelburn, Khandallah v. Hutt, Karori v. Island Bay, Lyall Bay a bye. Amateur Athletics. The Wellington centre of the. New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association will conduct a graded scratch meeting at Hataitai Reserve this afternoon, starting at 2 o’clock. There will be events for seniors, juniors, and women, and the pick of local athletes will be seen in action. Golf. Miramar.—’The winter season will close this afternoon with a mixed fourball competition. The summer season will start tomorrow. Baseball. The Wellington Baseball Association will continue its championship competitions this afternoon, when the following matches in the International League will be decided: —Miramar A v. Ford, Kilbirnie Reserve, 3.30 p.m.; Hutt v. Jenkins Gym., Strand Park, 3.30 p.m.; B. Demons v. O.P.T.’s A, Polo No. 1, 3.30 p.m. Athletic Carnival at Lower Hutt. An. athletic carnival will be held on the Hutt Recreation Ground this afternoon. A street march from the new post office to the ground will start at 2.15, and the carnival wil be opened by the mayor of Lower Hutt. Mr. Andrews, at 2.30. A feature of the programme will be a display of marching and physical drill by 100 members of the Hutt Valley Interhouse Girls’"Association. Another attraction will be Te Ropu Maori Entertainers. There will also be athletic and cycling events.