SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 168, 3 July 1911, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

SPORT OF KINGS.”

FIXTURES. Juiy (> and 7 —Gisborne R.C. VICTORIA GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE RAC E. Melbourne. July 2. TLe V.R.C. Grand National Steell n.-H h:g wa)i..iy. The folhiv. inu i-i::> : -‘.it of rhe Grand N ;;l Nm-il Hi.iuitRace :—Arquebuse 1. Sparkle 2. Obi 3. Starting well. Golden Cairn led out. followed by Rufus. Lady Esker and Aeqitebme. Leaving Vh< straight Bribery ami Huuti i •■vent to the front. Passing , tyie stand The Reckoning assumed <•<>«)- inand. ArquehtiM' being closest, with Bribery running last. With half a mile to go Arquebuse held the lead. The Reckoning and Sparkle being a couple of lengths away. Arquebuse showed the way into the straight. Sparkle and Hunterston being nearest him. Then Sparkle made a determined effort f o overtake the leader, but Arquebuse, who showed no signs of tir - ing. won comfort ably by fourlengths, Sparkle beating Obi by six lengths for second place. Time. smin 49sec. All the acceptors started. Minato and Bob Gilder fell. RACING IN AUSTRALIA, Sydney. July 2. Home Rule ran third to Loughrea in the Moorefield Hurdle Race.

ATHLETICS.

FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. London. July 2. The Festival of Empire championships at the Crystal Palace resulted as follows : - Ten-miles Cycling. — Kingsbury (United Kingdom). Won by two lengths. Time, 25min 35 l-ssec. Denny (United Kingdom) was second. a- length and a half ahead of Scheider (New South Wale-). T,i\ lor was sixth. 100 Vanls Inter-Empire Swimming Match. — Hardwick (New South Wales) won in 6o 3-ssec. Der byshire came second and Johnson (Canada) third.

One Mile. Ho dgson (Canada) won by 30 yards in 2.7 min 27 3-nsec. Battershy (United Kingdom) came second. Chamion led for eleven lengths, but tired owing to his leg troubling him. 100 Yards Invitation Match.- Innocent (London), with a start of fr-ec. won b ya touch in 73 1 ssec. Findlay (4sec) came second. Tartakover (ssec) third. Woodsland (User) fourth, Haskings Lisec difth. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. London. July 2. In the Amateur Athletic Championships at Stanford Biidge the half!mile fiat race was won by Braun (Germany) by six yards in Imin 59 4-ssec. Wheatley (Victoria’) was second, three yards ahead of Brock (Canada).

HOCKEY

On Saturday afternoon a trial match was played on Cornwall Park between an A and B team picked by the selector of the Hawke s Bav representatives. A number of Wed- , nesday players could not attend and their places were filled from B Grade and Juniors. The game from the start was uninteresting. The plays did not seem to take the game seriously. The game ended in a win for the B Team by two goals, scored by R. Anderson, to one. scored by Sturm. Messrs. G. > R. King and (.. Fail were umpire-.. LADIES’ SENIORS. NAPIER («> v. HINEMOA (o). This game was played on Nelson Park anti resulted in an easy win for Napier by six goals to nil. Mr T. Thomas was umpire. CLIVE (I) v. HUIA (6). This game was played at Farn■don Park, the Huia team challenged for the Helm Cup. After a very interesting game the Clive won by one goal, scored by Miss K. Crowley. Mr. C. Fail controlled the game.

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY. INTER-UNIVERSITY MATCH. NEW ZEALAND (15) v. SYDNEY (!<>). Sydney. July 2. The Rugby match between teams from the Universities of New Zealand and Sydney was played yesterday in fine but cold weather. The attendance numbered 5000.

In the first half the play was dull and straggling. with occasional good forward rushes. The backs on both sides showed want of combination. The first spell ended : Sydney 5. New Zealand 3. On resuming the New Zealand backs, attacking strongly, had their heavier opponents ii difficulties, and reversed positions, though not supported by the Lacks. The final score was: New Zealand 15. Sydney 10. For New Zealand. Faire scored two tries. Quilliam two. Curtayne -me. None wore converted. They were mostly angle' shots.

j SENIORS. I PIRATES v. ROVERS. | T’Lis match was played on the 'Recreation Ground, and was fully up to the expectations of the large number of people who attended. The rain had rendered the ground a little slippery, but this took nothing away from the game in | pace and in interest. Pirates kick- ; ed off with the sun it) their eyes. | After a few minutes' play Allen I kicked, and by cleverly following | up scored for Pirates amidst treI ntendous applause from the onlookers. Holder kicked a beautiful ■ goal. O’Neill kicked off. up and flown play ensuing. Pjiyne’s appearaitee on the ground caused f much interest, and his play was excellent. Pirates were pressing I hard, and Rovers were compelled I to force. The position was almost I reversed a little later, and only I Bridge’s good play as full-back pre- ) vented Rovers from scoring. Laing I for Pirates headed a rush, but [Rovers forced. Another rush by ’Pirates was stopped by the fulli back failing on the. ball and hangi ing on. A free kick was awarded, land Holder again obtained a goal. | The first good passing rush by i Rover- took place at this stage, i The play got as far into Pirates' (territory as the t hree-q uarl or line, [but the player was "downed.” and la good kick restored play to the j half-way line. A passing rush by ' Pirates resulted in Allen again • getting over the line. W. Holder J failed with the kick. Bad play uu ; the part of Bridges. Pirates’ fullI back, nearly gave Rovers a score. I A cmiple of scrums took place on [the line, but a good boundary kick I relieved tension. Rovers had play in Pirates’ territory when halfjtime sounded with Pirates II and I Rovers nil.

On resuming play O’Neill, for Rover-, kicked off. and a few minutes later Allen got over the line after a splendid run. Holder failed with the kick. Howard, ■with several others, made a good but unsuccessful rush. Pirates were pressing continually without any success on account of Rovers' ; good defence. A rush by Pirates i seemed as if something would hapI pen. but the ball was passed out ;of bounds, thus preventing an I almost certain try. The fighting that commenced at this stage of | the dame added considerable in-|t<-rest. Poralliwi ki-ked a good [goal for Rovers. Flhngham, for ! Rovers, made a splendid rush, but a tew yards from tlie line he was thrown out of bounds. Several times the play of the fttß-baek for Rovers saved by good play. A bad kick by a Rover back gave the Pirates a good opening, but. the full-back saverl by kicking out of bounds. Later Holder got over the line and took the kick, but failed. From the quarter-way Allen, for Pirates, in spite of two men throwing themselves at him, got over the hue. He failed in converting. Howard seemed to score, but a scrum was declared. The fighting at Hu’s stage got worse, and four men were ordered off. two from each side. Fortunately the whistle Mew a little later. ho is responsible for this disgraceful exhibition 7 is a question which is freely discussed by the spectators. Rovers certainly were rough at times, but the blame seems to rest with a Pirate player. The Rugby U nion, without doubt, will have a thorough inquiry into the matter. Air. R. T. Bailey, the referee, had a very unenviable position, but he did very well under the circumstances.

I JUNIORS. ; PIRATES A V. OLD BOYS A. This match was played on the Recreation ground, and was a fair exhibition. In the first half no score was registered. In the sec--1 ond spell Pirates made a rush, and ■ Chisholm scored near the corner. | Dive failed to convert the try. > After give and take play in which ; Pirates seemed to have slightly the i belter, Amner scored for Pirates ; Campbel! failed with the kick. The game ended with 6 points for Pirates and nil for Old Boys. HIGH SCHOOL v. H.S. OLD BOYS. At first sight it appeared as if the School team would have no chance against their older and heavier opponents, but as the game went on it became apparent

that High School would win. A fast and clean game ended with 12 points for the School and 6 for the Old Boys. OLD BOYS B v. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS A. This match was to have been played on Nelson Park, But as the Old Boys did not turn up the game was forfeited to High School Old Boys. NORTHERN UNION. WANGANUI BEATS TARANAKI Wanganui. July 2. The first representative match of the season under the Northern Union rules was played here on Saturday in glorious weather and before a very fair attendance of the public. The Taranaki team, which included several emergencies. was beaten after an attractive game by 19 to S. NEW ZEALAND v. QUEENSLAND. FAST AND EXCITING GAME. Brisbane, July 2. The match between the New Zealand representative Northern Union football team and Queensland was played this afternoon. There was a fine attendance, the spectators numbering 6000. TEAMS. New Zealand. —Baek, Seager ; three-quarters, Asher, Siddels and Mitchell : five,-eighths, Gillett and] and Woodward ; half, McDonald ; I forwards. Francis. Mason, Savouryj Kukutai, Feary and Dunnning. . ; Queensland. —Back, McGregor ; | threequarters, O’Brien. Moodhead. | Mother and Gilmore; five-eighths,! Dickens ; half. Heidke ; forwards. | Glasson. Jarrot t. Scholtz, McKay. I Nicholson, and Havlock. I . THE PLAY. I

The opening stages favoured Queensland. The New Zealanders, lacking combination, were kept defending the first ten minutes. The New Zealanders played into form, and towards the close of the firsthalf showed splendid combination. Their passing and dribbling rushes completely beat the Queenslanders Infringement of thcr rules lost the visitors several tries. The second half was very fast and exciting ,and was free from roughness. New Zealand scored two tries in quick succession as the result of brilliant combined play. In the last quarter of an hour the play was very even, both sides showing great combination. Ashers knee gave way, Uottcrill replaced him.

At half time New Zealand was 13 and Queensland 3. For New Zealand Dunning and Savoury scored tries, one of which Seager converted. Seager kicked a goal from the field. The final result was New Zealand 24 Queensland 13 Dunning scored two tries, and Savoury, Woodward, and Francis one try each. Savoury converted three, and Seager kicked a goal from the field. CLIVE v. CITY. This match was postponed until next week on account of-the bad state of .the ground. PETANE (11) v. WESTSHORE (10) The ground at McLean Park was in bad order, and good play in this match was in consequence hindered. The day was fine, and there was a good crowd present. In the first spell the honours were, with the Westshore team, who looked like winning, and piled up 10 points against 3 scored by Pctane. The second spell, however, found them in difficulties, and they succumbed to the persistent attack set up by Tutu. Hiha, Hata, and Go., who fairly outclassed their opponents at the finish. For the winners tries were scored by Haka (2) and Tutu, Sam Hiha (captain) converting one., Stitson and Clifton (captain) each notched a try for 'Westshore, and B. Starkey was successful with both kicks at goal. Air. Alcgill controlled the game. WEEKLY MEETING. The weekly meeting of the Northern ( nion League was held in the Albion Hall on Saturday’ evening, j Air. J. Point on presiding over a large attendance of delegates. The secretary of the Clive chili wrote forwarding a team for the junior competition, and asking that the first match be played at Clive. —lt was decided to send the Ahuriri juniors to meet them at Clive on Saturday next. E. Boyd applied for a transfer from the Westshore to the Ahuriri Juniors.—Granted. Other business of a routine nature was transacted, and the following fixtures were arranged for next- Saturday : — Senior. —Ahuriri v. Kia Ora, Ale-' Lean Park, 3.15 p.m. ; Clive v. City. Farndon Park, 3 p.m. Juniors. —Ahuriri v. Clive, Farndon Park, 3 p.m. : AVestshore v. Kia Ora, McLean Park. 2 p.m.

BILLIARDS.

LINDRUAI v. REECE. Sydney, July 2. Lindrnm defeated Reece by 869. He did not use the hazard of Gray to anything like the extent he did in the previous game.