ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6818, 24 September 1883, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

[Secretaries of. clubs and others arc requested to send .'.iiu-onnation referring to matters dealt with in this ■column to Heuald ofiico.] ."•..' FOOTBALL. The Banks beat tho Post Office Busings by four tries (8 points) to nothing. Martin, Young Clayton, and Culpan each placed a t ry to the credit of their side. The place kicking was very poor, no goal resuming feom the above tries.

A football mutch between the Young Colonials and a team from the shoemaking establishments in town was played at the Domain Hollow on Saturday afternoon. The match resulted in a win for the Young Colonials by two points to nothing. Warbrick obtained the try for the Young Colonials. ..T.he game, which was a very good one, was watched by a large pumber of persons. Messrs. D. Ryan and King acted as umpires.

Last week I suggested that the dispute with Wellington should bfi referred to the Unions of Canterbury and Otago. lam glad to hear oar Union has viewed the matter in the same way, and I trust before nest week news will arrive of their decision, for I feel sure the Wellington Union will see it in the same light, as it contains men who will not let the unsatisfactory feeling remain as to whether they have drawn or won the match. Then, agaiD, this will always be taken as a precedent, and should finally settle tho powers of an umpire. If by chance the Unions referred, to cannot come to a satisfactory decision 1 think it would be well for them (if they will allow me to suggest) to go to the fountain head by getting the evidence from both sides and forward it to the Rugby Union of England, and let them settle it once and for ever. On this subject, Mr. Sleigh, of Dunedin, who baa been present at nearly all, if not all, the iuterprovincial matches, writes as follows in the Otago Daily Times : Sir, —The Press .Association account of the above match was thoroughly unintelligible, and most unfair, to put it very mildly ; and tho Southern papers were not backward in recognising these facts. - A few extracts from, the Wellington papers might proro interesting to footballers here. [Mr. Sleigh quotes from the Wellington papers to show their unfair criticism, not only of the Wr-llington v. Auckland match, but of the Wellington v. Otago match. He then proceeds :J At the football dinner given to the Canterbury footballers in Wellington, a leading Wellington Rugby Unionist boldy remarked "that he could not compliment the local papers on their football reports." Therefore I say, do not judge the Aucklanders hastily give them fair play. You have heard the Wellington version of the disputed try; doubtless the Auckland papers will euligliten you on the same subject to a different tune. Wellington claims a win and Auckland a draw, and, judging from the stand taken by each side, no other result will ever be arrived at by their Unions, at any rate. I have written tho above just to show what reliance can be placed on Wellington football reports and letters. We must remember that the Auckland men travelled the length of the colony to meet the different Unions, and that they were recently our honoured guests; so let us wait calmly for their account of the disputed try, which was so carefully omitted from the Wellington paper's.

Some of the Southern writers have been very pointed and nasty in their remarks on our style of play, and aa I did not see our men while in the South, and I cannot understand the reports of these writers though I have played the Rngby game for over twenty years, and have also reid the accounts of most of the principal matches written by the best sporting writers of the day, I will loave these remarkable fairy tales for more elever writers to interpret. As a curiosity I intend to have one report framed in leather aa synonymous with tho writer and the article he writes about.

Jewett, who played for Auckland against New South Wales, played in both matches for Queensland v. New South Wales. Jimmy Anderson, the Ponsonby half back, played for the same side in the first match. I recognize the names of Thallon, Walker, Hill, Raper, and Fligg amongst the Sydney men. The first match was notable for the quantity of scoring; the return, New South Wale 3 won by two goals to nothing.

As I am frequently asked for the alterations in the Ruaby Union Football Rules, I give them up to March, 18S2 :—To rule 23 ia added : "In case any player plays the ball when off side, the captain of the opposite may claim that the ball be taken back and put down at the place where it was ' last' played ' before ' the oppose play oceured." To rule 25 i 3 added: "If any player when off side tickles, or in any way interferes with an opponent before the opponent has run five yards or taken hie kick, the captain of the opposing side may claim a free kick for the player no interfered with, and such free kick shall bo eithor a drop-kick or a punt from the spot where the intopterence took placs, End shall be taken in accordance with conditions of rule 44. Such free kick shall not count a goal."

A football match between a Te Aioha team and-the Thames Football Club resulted in a tie after a spirited contest.

The late football match at Cambridge has led -to some ill feeling, and the Cambridge team have declined a challenge from Alexandra to play a return match.

East Christchurch beat North Canterbury by one try to nothing. Rayner getting the try. Francis also played well, Robinson being conspicuous on the other side aa halfback, but he was shepherded too muoh to score.

• Mr. Snow, captain of the Oamaru Football Club, won the silver medal presented by Mr. Forbes for the best drop-kick. The above gentleman landed the leather 50 yards. Thi3 does not speak much for the Oamaru dropkicking.

The Southern Rugby Union of Sydney has sixty clubs. Notwithstanding the stronghold the Victoria rules have got in Australia, the Rngby game is still progressing. . Last year 12 new clubs joined, and this year 13 more have been added to the liab.

East Christchnrch beat Christehurch by a goal dropped by Rayner to nothing. By this victory .East Christehurch takee the premier position in Canterbury, the title held'by the Christehurch Club for many years past. . CRICKET. The West End Club has had a very successful season. Their First Eleven shows a record as follows :— Played 11 Won 7 Drawn 2 Lost 2. . 2nd Eleven.. 19 ..8 .-4 ..7. Total .. SO ..15 ..6 .. 9. . Arceil's average of 33 for six innings speaks for itself. .The Southern trip took up a month of the season, or no doubt he would have played in more matches, for the "W.E. cannot very well spare this fine allround player. King improved last year very much as a batsman, and I think in King th 6 clnb possesses the best wicketkeeper here. Isaac, like the preceding player, has como. on, and though he never made more than 25 in an innings, has au average. of 12 and 7-lOtha, which shows his consistency. Mitchell, Coleman, Thwaites, Laurie, and Reid have all done their club service -with the bat, though nut in many inningo. Arneil has' a sood analysis, having bowlqd 655 balls for 6'29 runs per wicket. Rsid comes next, with S'2. From the appended analys-s ii; would aupear tho weak point in the XV.'E. is the bowliug; however, I shall be better able to judge as the.other clubs send in their last season's records. The second eleven shows that they do not miss many Saturdays without a match. The promising young player. D. Berry, is at the head of the poll, ■with the capital average of 15 9 for 17 inninga; his highest score was CO, anrl ho has been three times not out. I quite expect to see him in the First Eleven this season, v,-here he will gst a belter show on better ■wickets, and I ehall be vory much mistaken if hie average is not quite as good next year. He ha? a good analysis of 6"25, having ' bowled the large number of 924 balls without a TS-ids. Sim is the only other double figure—average 104—he having played 19 innings. S. Baker has a first-class analysis, 3"13 runsfpev wicket; Verney coining next, with 5 ; 44. Apparently the bowling of the Second is tho strong point, though no doubt •what interferes with their batting average assists their bowling. The annual meeting of this club takes place on Wednesday, the 27tb,aa may be aeon by advertisement. ' '

■' : . ■• TVESI! END FIKST ELEVEN. < BATTINO ATERAOEB. • v-, mn »'„„. Mostinan Timcan't No. of .. ' frame. Runs. inninga< ont _ Age. Arnell . .155 *49 . 1 C. 33' King- ..170 47 1 11 17* Mitchell ..65 23 1 5 16-1 Colemnn ..60 27 O ■ ' i IS' Thwailes ... 70 " 23 ■ 0 5 If Isaac ..115 25 1 10 12-7 Eeid .. 71 L 3 0 7 20-1 laury „ 23 27 0 2 14Georgo .. 25 13 1 6 β-l Gregson ..27 9 0 5 5"2 Brook ..10 8 1 2 5' Hacky .. 2S 13 O 6 4"4 BOWT.IXO ANALYSIS. ; Name. Balls. Runs. M'dns. W'ds. Wkts. A'ge. Arneil ..055 311 12 2 47 6-29 Reid . 245 00 8 1 11 8-2 Macky ..350 174 12 0 1C 1014 Thwaites.,l2s 56 2 1 6 11-1 Isaac ..3C» 155 11 O 8 19'3 I Gregson .. 1G 0 1 0 * 1 0 - SECOND ELEVEN.—Batting Averages. v.™« Mostinan Times n't No. of «. „ I * ame - Kuns - innings. out. in'gs. Age - Berry ..219 CO 3 17 15-9 Sim ..164 28 3 19 W4 Waters ..14S 30 0 18 9'l Courtayne 8t *18 5 17 T Mears' .. 23 13 0 4 T Hanna ..50 19 0 8.02 Lewis „ 8S 14 0 17 54 S. Biker ..55 M 4 2 13 5Chapman.. 25 12 2 S 4 - l Beavan ..20 16 .0 5 4W. Baker,. 35 9 2 12 3 - 5 verney ..42 11 1 15 3-3 Owen ..10 *B 1 i 3-1 Analysis of Bowling. Name. Balls. Buns. M'dna. Wds. Wkts. A'go. Verney ..724 20i ?9 2 50 5'44 Berry. ..92t 367 26 0 57 0"25 Hanna ..3SO ISO 12 0 19 9-9 S. Baker ..224 76 . 8 1 21 213 *Signifles not out. Mr. Byng, who did such good service for Waikato wten the cricketers were here Inefc summer, has gone to the Hawera district. At the meeting of the Phoenix 0.C., Wellington, I soe the well-known names of Messrs. J. H. Wood and S. Alpe; both these gentlemen are also delogates to the Wellington Association for their club.

The Association Cup at Christchurch was won by the Lancaster Park Club last season mainly owing to the excellent bowling of Messrs. Wilding and Frith. Why have we no association in Auckland, and why have we no cup? It is time we had both for many reasons. In the firet place, letters frequently arrive addressed ti the Secretary of the Association. They havp to be given to some weli known player, who either calls a meeting by paying for tlie advertisement himself, or has to go round and tell one or two secretaries that he wants them to meet and discuss the matter, Somo clubs possibly do not hear about it, and are therefore dissatisfied. Again, if au association is formed, each club has its delegate, and a committee is evenly balanced, and probably there would be fewer jealousies than there are now. Some will argue that because we have no around wo should not have been an association, but we have no football ground. Still, as far as I knowj the Football Association has answered its purpose, with the exception of producing a Cup, which no doubt will be forthcoming from somewhere when demanded by the winner. While on the subject of grounds, I believe there is some talk of a suitable piece being got at Surrey Bills. It is to be hoped that any of the suburban districts that can get hold of a suitable piece will do so, for, ►as Auckland increases in eize, it will not be long ere the Domain will not have room for 1 half thematcheßthatwill be playedinthiscity. I may state that Mr. W. W. Robinson has received a letter irom Mr. Chapman, the hon. Secretary of the Wanderers C.U., Christchurch, the gist of which is that they wish to come to Auckland about New Year's Day, providing it for Auckland players to meet them. It is their wish to play three two days' matches with three of the principal clubs. I may add these gentlemen have been in the habit of going annually to Dunedin, and doing the same thing, but no doubt many of them would like a change, especially as our races are en about the time they would arrive. Ido not see what is to prevent them except the fact that the Wanderers, like the late Mr. Neilsoo's team, might prove very nearly a representative one, and quite good enough for our best vnen. With us, club matches never draw, except on Saturday afternoons. No doubt the secretaries of the various club 3 will meet and settle this, as Mr. Robinson, who has been requested to send the names of the three principal clubs to Mr. Chapman, is rather in a fix to know which they are, so has called a meeting for Saturday night to settle reply. Greenwood, the Otago cricketer, has gone to Sydney, I believe.

C. Frith was coming up here in 1875, and has been coming ever since.

Peat took eight Surrey wickets for five runs.

There were six or .seven wickets pitched on the Domain Ground on Saturday. The grass is rather thin yet for practice. The roller and mower were at work on it last week. I am informed it looks better this year than it did la3t. At the North Shore, Surrey Hills, and Mount Roskill, lovers of the willow were shaking off the winter stiffness. AQUATICS. The Whau regatta is to take place on tbc 9thof .November. Itisnot expected that any Association Clubs will compete, aa the present commitieu do not care to clash with the annual fixture of the agricultural show. The Rowing Association will most likely hold their regattas early in December and about the middle of March, but it will depend a great deal on the generosity of the public in the way of presented trophies. I notice Mr. G. S. Kissling's yacht Toroa is alongside the Victoria Wharf refitting for the season. Ido not think any others are down y 3t, for it is early. The .Rowing Association Committee met last Thursday night, and a report was adopted to be presented at the annual meeting on the Ist of October. On difc, that the Rob Roy Canoe Club will join' the Uowing Association. This club

expects to number 50 members this season. During a late nor'-easter the New Zealand Timber Company's ba*-ge The Ghost smashed

tho Devonport Wharf, anil carried away the end of the North Shore Rowing Club's boatshed, breaking up tho wager boat that

Albert White built to row Messenger in. The shed will coat about £25 to repair ; so it is to be. hoped the New Zealand Timber Company will at any rate find the timber to repair the damage done by their barge. Besides this, the club has hid to send over to Sydney for new sculls to replace those lost, by the above wreckage. By the report which was read at the aom-al meeting of the Canterbury Rowing Club I see this club has 163 members on the

roll, including 6 . life members and 24 honorary members, and shows an increase of 13 since last report. £85 19s has been won in prize money. The Otago Rowing Club desire in future that their annual interprovincial race sh'ould.be between inrigged boats, as their water is unsuitable for outriggnrs. This Canterbury has agreed to. The boats

at present in possession of the club are :— Three racing outrigged four 3, one racing inrigged four, four practice fours, two racing outriggod pairs, one racing stump oatrigged pair, seven stumped outrigged pairs, three whiffs, one waser boat, two pleasure boats. Their shed and plant is insured for £975. There has been some talk of a match between Hearn and Laycock in Wellington. This ia less likely to eventuate than ever now that the Australian has broken his leg. PEDESTRIANISM.

Mr. R. Ellis, acting' Secretary, will handicap the Bports to be held at the Racecourse or Kllerslie on the sams day as the Agricultural Show. A very good programme is offered as usual—l2o yards maiden and the following handicaps :—l5O yards, 440 yards, one mile, two miles walking, and two miles bicycle. Competitors should be beginning slow work if they want to get fit, and not try to do it all in the last weetc. Austin and Seymour have come to terms with Edwards, the Australian champion walker, for thu proposed 24 and 48 hours' matches, to come off iu about five weeks time. . ■ ,

Th« Rugby Union in Sydney finishes up tho football season with an afternoon of athletic sports. All competitors to app«'ar in club jerseys. of war, potato race dribbling, drop-kicking, and two bicyole races are introduced. I think it would be a good plan to wind np our season in the same way. •It brings all players together in a grand reunion at thb end of the year, and if made an annual fixture, -would thoroughly see football out, and usher in King Willow and the feathery Duke. Now, if lovers of both games, cyclists, and athletes generally, would combine, a good afternoon's sport onco a year might be got up, especially as. it seems our Amateur Athletic Club is unable to get up a meeting by itself. ;

The final heat in the Great Sheffield Handicap resulted as follows :—T. Palmer (84 J yards start), £SO, Ist; G. Ellis (83), £16, 2nd; aud H. Russell (S4£), £5, 3rd; The trio got away together. Palmer forcing the pace, won by a yard ; half; a yard divided second and third. Betting, 5 to 1 on Palmer_

"''IT. M.- Bay lisa won the place-kick-over goal at the S.R.li'.T7. sports at Sydney. He will be remembered as tbree-qriarter back for the Sydney team .which, played here. 61yds. Ift. W33 the distance. R. B. Hill won the J dribbling ; S. P. Jones the drop-kick over a goal,. 59Jyds. Addison won the 150 hurdles, owing Syda. The' 300 yds. maiden was won by G. W. Walke/.(remembered here as Jumbo) in 36 seconds. ■--' t CYCLING. It seems our two clubs, the Auckland and Waitemata, cannot quite agree about the day for the opening run of the . season. It is a pity, and for the sake of cycling a little give-and-take spirit should be indulged in, that one good meet might be witnessed instead of two small ones. i The Auckland Club proposed to have races on the 9fch of November, but I believe this will not be carried out, as they do not wish to clash with the Agricultural Show fixture, therefore most likely their crack riders will have a flutter for the Ellerslie prize. The Wanderers' Club in Sydney only possesses twenty-two members, and yet is the holder of all the championships of New South Wales, Mr. Lee having won the one and three milo races, and Mr. Bennett the ten miles. These two are bracketed as winners of the captain's trophy. „ ,■ A bicycle club has been formed in "Nelson; and called the Nelson Cyclists' Club.

The West of England Bicycle Meet was well attended, 300 cyclists being on the ground. The mile bicycle match was won by Gibson in 2rains. 55secs., tho three miles by Gibson in 9mius. 243ec5., and the fivemiles by Milliard in 16mins. 6secs. The championship meeting of cyclists, under the auspices of the National Union, held at Birmingham, shows the following times and results:—Five Miles Bicycle Championship, F. Sutton Ist, A. C. Anster 2nd, C. H. Illston 3rd, R. Chambers 4th. Time, 16mins. 42 2 Ssecs. Mile Tricycle Championship, C. K Liles Ist. Time, 3mius. 18 1-53HC9. C. E. Liles also won the Fifteen Mile* Bicycle Challenge Cup race.in 45mins. 47 2-, r )3ecs.

At tho Crystal Palace Mr. F. R. Fry, of Bristol, beat the best records from 31 to 100 miles. His time for 50 miles was 2b. 53mins., 34secs., and for 100 miles sh. SOmins. 5 2-ss(!ca. The previous bests for 100 miles, were (J. Waller (professional), sh. 51mihs.' 7secs., and Mr. J. B. Tierney's 6h. 29min's. : 57secs. ■'■ ■

A second race for the Ten Miles Tricycle Championship took place at Leicester.'; Waller did not show up, but Howell arid Wood made a grand race home, the latter, winning in three yards in 36mins. I 2-3secs. :

Under the auspices of the National Cyclists' Duion the Fifty Miles Championship, was decided at the Crystal Palace grounds,-; H, F. Wilson, of Surrey, coming in first by; 200 yards in 2h. 46mins. 20 3-ssecs ; F.' E..1 Fry, second ; Reynolds, third. The Hon. lon Keith Falconer, who won the race last year in 2h. 43mins. 50 l-ssecs., the fastest on record, did not compete Oα this occa>

The fastest professional bicycle time oti. record for twenty miles was done by W00d,.; at Leicester, on July 14th, in the Champion-. ship Race, Howell second. Time, lh. 2miris.' 463ecs. MISCELLANEOUS. ~: : Sullivan and Slade met after a lot of bjqw on both sides, and the New Zealand natiye was knocked out oE time very quickly.. ,;If : this is the Maori's true form, Mitchell should, beat him easily, for the little Englishman gave Sullivan some trouble, and had he ,bgen : properly handled would have done better still, but there are so many "putiiip". things at this game that it is hard to know what is genuine, ■■■~.]■ ■. There are some very good billiard matches-. , on just now at Jimmy Scott's tournament."-: Fitzroy beat Melbourne in the Lacrosse' match played on the Sth of September.by. three gaols to one. . ~. : ', South Yarra beat Carlton by three gaols' to nothing on the same day, and Colling? wood Blues beat the University by one:gaol to nothing. There was some very fine play in this match. Some of the scrummages were tho finest over seen on a Melbbiirrie; grourd. Berry pushed the rubber between the goal posts very cleverly, making ,,: the. only score in the game. :.'■_■ ■ •

W. J. Peall made a break at billiards of 1016, in which were ISO and 158. spot: strokes.

J. Laxton won the professional Sst IQjbs boxing championship at the Lillie Bridge Gymnasinra. There were eleven competitors; l fl. Soloman had the final set-to with'the winner. Mr. T. Hill, tbe amateur champion,, meets Laxton for a trophy value £50. .!; >;... Another Lacrosse team will visit England, from Canada next year. ! , ! :," :

W. R. ltter won the long distance swimming championship between Putney and Charing Cross. There were 24 starters. G. Bell aad T. Hedges were second and third.

In the Wagga pigeon match, W. L. Murdoch; the cricketer, is handicapped at 28 yards rise; the scratch is 30, and the limit 21, so Billy must be pretty good.

At the last Wimbledon meeting, a lieutenant of the Worcestershire Rifles entered for a sweepstakes of 5s each, open to all competitors. He made a bull'seye and retired ; on hearing he had won the prize, he applied and received a coupon for 3j Od, 25 per cent, being deducted for working expansee. It then dawned on him he was the only competitor.

The Cavalry and Yeomanry played a draw with the civilians in the Polo match at Hurlingham, a goal being got by each side, one by Arthur Peat and the other by A. E. Peat. The Hurlingham polo season was brought to a most successful conclueion by the match with the Ranelagh Club.

The celebrated lawa tennis players, known as the Renshaw brothers, are twins; their age is twenty-two. Mr. W. Renshaw has now woo the All England Champion Cup three times, and it becomes his absolute property. i Argds.