SECOND EDITION. SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Mataura Ensign, 28 December 1911, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

ATHLETICS. WHY A HOME TEAM FAILED. I'F.U nNrri-T) VItKSS * S'-/iPiXTIf»V WELLINGTON, Deo. 28. Tiny Now Zealand Festival of Empire Committer l;,st night entertained Mr R. Cbomlx>s, who wan its representative in London with the Australasian team. In the course of his reply to the welcome Mr Coombes said the team which went Home was foredoomed to failure. -Members of the team reached I/ondon one by one and were located in different parts of the city, consequently it was difficult to deal with them as a team, and the men were left to their own devices. Whenever a team went Home again the members should go together, Ik>. in the same quarters when they got to England and 1 be bound to d:> as they were told by the representative in charge of them. Mr Coombes concluded. "The team was hallmarked with defeat before it left the shores of Australia and New Zealand." WAIKAIA SPOUTS. The 34th annual games of the Wai!•".:!ia Caledonian Society will be lield on "■'•■snday next. (New Year's Day) on the i{-cm\°rio!i Grounds, Waikaia. and the programme, which makes provision for some 25 events, is a mott attractive one, including many real Caledonian items. The Core Brass Band will be present and it is announced that pipers will play on the, ground all day. A concert and dance in the evening should fittingly round off what promises to be a good day's .sport. A special train »vill leave Gore at 10 o'clock arriving .•it Yiaikaia fjt 12 o'clock. and : a special train will leave Waikaia at 6.5 p.m., arriving at Gore at 7.50 p.m. to suit the express for the South. SPORT AND MILITARY SERVICE. WELLINGTON. Dec. 28. At the final meeting of the Board ;if Control of the Australasian Amateur Athletic Union it was resolved that the association be recommended to consider its duty to sport in the changed circumstances likelv to b:> '--i ought htiout l>.Y compulsory military service. CRICKET. ENGLISHMEN DRAW AT BENDIGO. BY ELECTRIC TELEnRAPII. —COPYRIGHT. PER DJfTTKIi PRFSS ASSOCIATION MELBOURNE, Dec, 27. The match between the English team and a Bendigo fifteen was continued today. The local players made 163 in their first innings. Hitch captured seven wickets for 47 runs, Hearne four for 34, Vine two for 47, and Iremonger one for 25. In their second innings England lost five wickets for 120 runs (Woolley 64 a; d Rhodes 28 not out). iteceived December 28, 10.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, Dec. 28. The Bendigo match was drawn. England in their second innings lost nine wickets lor 188 (Rhodes 58, Hearne 20). NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. The match between New South Wales and Victoria was continued to-day. Victoria made 217 runs in their second innings, Korthuig (07), Smith (22), Matthews (65), and Brown (26 not out) being the chief scorers. Cotter took six wickets for 86 runs. Emery two lor 50, and Kellewav two for 32. In New South AVales' second innings Macart ney (28) and Waddy (15) wiped out the deficit, and New South Wales won by 10 wickets. THE SECOND TEST. MELBOURNE, Dee. 27. Bardsley has notified the selectors that he will be unable to play in the second .test match. PLi'NKET SHIELD MATCH. OTAGO OUT FOR 52. t'ER TINITEO PRESS ASSOCIATION. CH RISTCH URCH, Dec. 28. Rain overnight, had softened the wicket a good deal, and when the Plunket Shield match was resumed at 11.40 o'clock the bowlers were obviously in charge. With seven runs added to the total Reese bowled Watson, 39—6—10. Ramsden was the next bat. With 10 added Eckhold, who had batted patiently, was beaten by Reese, 50—7—10. Then Bennett beat Ramsden, 50—8—5, Downes fell during Bennett's next over, 51—9—0, and Reese closed the innings by bowling Eckhoff. Scores:— OTAGO. Eckhold, b Reese 10 Watson, b Reese 10 Ramsden, b Bennett 5 Downes, b Bennett) 0 Downes, b Bennett 2 Eckhoff, b Reese 1 Extras 4 Total 52 Bowling analysis: Bennett three for !). Reese five for 19, Sandman two for 16. Wanting 91 to win Canterbury opened with Lusk and Caygill. The former batted freely before being beaten by Downes, 17—1—16. Carlton and Caygill played carefully. | The adjournment was taken when the I score was 25 for one wicket. [The scores of the Otago team as telegraphed do not agree with the total. ! —Ed. 'M.E.'] BOWLING. CH A MPIONSHII* TOU RN A M EN T. The annual tournament of the New Zealand Bowling Association was opened at Dunedin on Wednesday. There were players from the North Island and nearly all the principal clubs in the South Island were represented. The games wore played on the three-life syscern. The losers c;f two games in the first round B grade and the losers in B grade formed C grade, prizes !>ehig allotted for each grade. Southland was not as well represented as it might have been. In the first round of play on the Kaituna green the fforth-East Valley rink

skipped by Abbott defeated the Gforo oolts, viz., Dillon, Baldwin, Md)oug*]l and J. Day (skip) by 26 to 8. Day's team found the keen trreen too much for them and fared rather badly at the liiiauo ui i.,„: »a.«,v men. Day also suffered ueieat at the bands of the ka.giora rink. / n the B grade Day scored a win against Edwards, of Teinuka, by 19 to 9; but) C oko, of Otago, beat him in the seconu :»>und by 25 to 14. Finish, of Gore, skipped a rink composed of MeLood, Towindicml a;i<i Thorn (Mataiira), Out was beaten in his first game on the North-East Yalky green by Blair, of Lawrence, bv 19 to'ltS. Jn the second round Fruish'beat Slat- i\ of Moriuiigton, by 22 to 1:}, but ir the tlurd round fell to Young, of Croen Island, bv 31 to 25. DINEDIN, Doc. Rain fell all the morning and the Journanient Committee decided that play in the championship rinks would be continued on the Mosgio! greet-. At three o'clock all plav on the city green* was off for the day. LAWN TENNIS. DAVIS CUP PROSPECTS. PER UNITED I'lll'SS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Deo. 28. Rain fell last night and the weather was dull and muggy with a hint of rain to-day. The court for the Davis Cup contest, however, is in very fair order as it was covered against rain last night. The hooking* of seats have been very heavy and visitors are coming from all parts oi New Zealand and manv from Australia. Play will start with the singles at 2 o'clock to-morrow, when two match©* will Ik- played. Of the doubles one match will be ph:.v<-d on Saturday afternoon, probably about 4 o'clock and the remaining singles will bo played on Monday ai'taruoon. All the players are in fine form. Wright and Ms-Lough'Jii beat Fisher and Peacock very comfortably yesterday, showing consummate skill." while Diinlop and Brookes made no race with Wertheim and Kidston. giving away only < lie game in three pets. Probably the doubles match for the Davis Cup will be treaU-d also am the final of the New Zealand Doubles Championship. The draw for the singles event will be made to-night. .' xt Liter. The New Zealand tennis championships were continued in dull and muggy weather. So far the Men's Doubles is the only competition in which the matches have been played with any regularity, but good progress is being made to-dav. MEN'S SINGLES. i Third Round.—Ollivier beat Kidston, 4—6, 8—«, o—3, 0— I; O'Hara Wood beat Fisher, 6—4, G—2, 6—4 LADIES' SINGLES. Second Round.—Miss Hartgill beat Miss Scott, G—2. G—l. LADIES' DOUBLES. Second Round.—Misses Baird and Nunneley beat Mesdanies Ohisnali and Lord, 6—4, G—3. Third Round.—Misses Travers and Gray beat Misses Stewart and Wellwood, G—2 6—l, and reached the final. COMBINED DOUBLES. Third Round.—Peacock and Miss Simpson beat Ross and Miss Van Severn, 6—2, B—G. Later In the Ladies' Singles, fourth round, Miss Stewart beat Miss Travers, 6—2, 7—5. First-class tennis was played on both sides. Miss Gray is leading Misn Hartgill. and the winner of this match meets Miss Stewart in the final. BILLIARDS. REECE v. LINDRUM. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PEE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION LONDON, Dec. 27. A billiard match between Reece and Lindnim has been commenced. The scores at present are as follows: Recce (including a break of 308) 1367 Lindrum 543