ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6960, 8 March 1884, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

FIXTURES. I

CRICKET. -.11 .rfpket matches not otherwise noteS Ttffl (All c pjnyjd on tho Domain ground.) t. o TTntted v. West End, Grammar School Oialiuhu v. SouiH End, North Shore T ' unr Bojs (at N° rth Shore); West End 111. v. c °L' , i 0 i D (n ) J7— Canterbury v. Otago, at Dunedin. .c * inlm v. Excelsior. South End ▼. school, West End v. Otahuhu (at Ot»fcnbn), Oar Soys v - Auckland; West End 111. v. vv.al- nr 2 0ys v _ Auckland, Excelsior v. West End v. Otahnhu, Waverley v. Excelj® ii' North Shore v. South End. "°L 2C otahuhu v. Cambridge. » ,r tj United v. Xorth Shore (at North Shore), End v. Excelsior, South End r. Auckland, ntlhohu v. Our Buy.--, West End 111. v. Parnell. U^T . __N or th Shore v. United (at Korth Shore), Knd v. Excelsior, South End v. Auckland, Oarßoys v. Otakuhu (at Otahuhu), West End 111. End v. South End. Our Boys v. infkland, West End 111. v. Parnell. AprS 19-West End V " Soutn End « our B °J a v - A Auckland v. Excelsior, West End 111. v. ff»rer!ey. AQUATICS. u.rrli S— Rowing Association Regatta. jo—Bubear v. Wallace Koss, over Thames (•hiQP'on course. jjJrcb l'-Hokianga Annual Regatta; Whangarei Regatta; Coromandel Regatta, u rfi 31-Uanlan to row best man in Australia. iSril 12-Trickett t. Beach at Sydney for championship of Australia. April 14 —Ponsonby Regatta. CYCLING. Jtjrchs-W.B.C. to Northcote, Lake, and Devonufreh 11—W.8.C., at 5 p.m, to Onehunga for tea. ulrch IS— w - to Panmure via Otahuhu. rh .w_w B C., hare and hounds. utjchSD—^W.B.C.. to Avondale via Three Kings. *pril 14—A.8.C. Annual Sports.

CRICKET. I

BeHEB weather for cricket could not be desired than that of last Saturday, and the pomaia was, as usual, well covered by pitches. The return match between the United and West End was the most imnjrtant, and a greater amount of interest seemed to be taken in it that in the many others which were proceeding. Mr. Jlaeky having won the toss, elected of course to s£ nd his team in to bat on the excellent picket which had been prepared. Arneil and King made their appearance to oppose the attacks of W. Lankham and Buckland. Th» first ball from the firstnamed trundler pas fatal to Arneil, who was caught in the tlips bv G. Lankham. This was a bad start for West End, and the field were very much elated at the early dismissal of such a dangerousbatsman. Bronk was Dext, and the icoro rose steadily bj strokes for braces and ■ingles off both bowlers, until McKinney at long-stop secured the wicket-keeper off Ijntham, and C. F. Reid hastened to Brook's assistance. Three more overs were recorded, sod S runs had been added when Eeid lost bis partner, who was clean bowled by Lankham. and 3 wickets were down for 27 runs. With the advent of J. Lawry, a different state of affairs soon appeared, and the stand of the innings toot place. .Reid got Backland away for C, and Lawry was soon at work putting on the runs. Buckland was shortly after displaced by A. MacCormick, but still the score mounted, and it looked very much like the 100 being registered before the partnership was dissolved. However, at S6, A. MacCormick stole into Lawry's wicket, after compiling 30 runs, principally composed of threes. Young was clean bowled by Lankham before he had scored. Twohill was canght at short-stop by Testro off the same trnndler; Mackay was bowled by MacCflrmick. Reid, who had made the stand of the innings and played in firet-rate form, got too much under one from Lankham, and Dufaur gladly accepted it at long-stop. The century was just reached, and Keid claimed 43 as his contribution. D'Arcy was taken by Testro behind the wickets off Lankham, and the ninth wicket had fallen for 102. Taylor, who bats in a very taking style, however, got MacCormick away for three, and drove him well to the on for five before Donghty was caught by Testro, which was his third catch, off A. MacCormick, and the innines closed for 116, Taylor not out with 13. United started their venture by sending in, as usual, Yates aud Testro for what time remained before drawing. Arneil and Twohill bowled, and Yates was early at work putting on the runs, finishing up by driving Aneil's last ball well to the on for four, and the play ceased until this afternoon. Yate3 was credited with 22 out of 30, for no wicket down. The Vagabonds defeated a team of All Comers by 11 runs. The former made 63, latter 52. S. and G. Musgrove played for Vagabands, while H. Ford, W. Beaumont, W. Forde, and Harvey for All Comers. E[. Mnjgrove, who made 21 in good style and F. Karl 14, were the only two figure scorers for the winners. Beale and Mathieson shared the bowling honours. For All Comers Dewes 16 and H. Ford 12 and W. Beaumont 10, did best with the bat. W. XV. Robinson bowled splendidly and lowered the wickets in qnick succession after he went on, capturing six for a run apiece. Unr Boys had a one day match with North fftore which resulted in a draw apparently in favour of the town club, who went in first and compiled th<" good total of 126 of which the captain IS, W. Ger.rge 25, Walker 17, Jlechattie 11, and A. Hendry IS, not out, did the heat work with ttoe bat. For North Shore the brothers R.. and G. Wynyard shared the bowling, and in their venture half the wickets had fallen for 32, mainly brought about by the good trundling of G. Walker (4 wicket 3 for IS runs.) Sims was the only batsman who showed an inclination to Btay, and was not out with 13 when the play ceased. This was a one-day engagement on account of the Rowing Association regatta of to-day. The Gordon send a team to Whangarei at Easter. Australians v. Fifteen of Victoria is fixed for to*day. P. Lewis is said to be the coming •wicketfceep of Australia. " Felix," in the Australasian, says:— " Spofforth will go to England with the Australians." Carroll, a new professional bowler, has made a very favourable debtit in Sydney in one of the Cup matches. The Australian Eleven played a match at Brisbane with a Twenty-two of Bananaland, and won by seven wickets and three runs. The Otahuhu will send a pretty strong team to play a series of matches in Waikato. They commence at Te Awamutu about ISth instant. The A.C.C. are likely to soon lose the services of H. W. Leader, who intends to try and catch the ituapehu, for England, at Lyttelton. The M.C.C. made 269 on 16th ult. against the Bohemians, for four wickets. G. Smith, 71; Bruce, 49; Swift, 77 not out; McBwraitb, 37. Auckland plays a match with Gordon today. This will be the strongest eleven the young club has as yet tackled, and although they will not have much show of defeating the senior team, a good game should resnlt. The Gordon both field and bow! well. A Tasmanian, Lieutenant J. Dunn, scored Over a century last season in the home cricket field on no less than five different occasions :—May 30, Sth Regiment v. Queen's College, 199; July 2, Sth Regiment v. 25th K. 0.8.'5, 141 ; July 10, Sth Regiment v. 10th Regiment, 125 ; August 2, Cork City v - Irish College, Koss, 124 ; September 14, Bth Regiment v. Lord Bandow'a eleven, 110.

AQUATICS. The Lively has changed hands, a resident Ot St. George's Bay being the purchaser. The Merry Duchess has been hauled up to Dive some necessary alterations made to her. Holmes is now repairing his 16-footer, which waß capsizsd off St. Helier's a Bhort tune ago, The match between Wallace Ross and G. Babear over the Thames Championship Coarse for £400 is fixt-d for Monday. The Christchurch Union Club crew, which rows the Star Club at Wellington on Satnrfy next, will be the same as defeated the Stars at Christchurch. Logan has just completed a fine pleasure P°»t for Mr. Murchie. She is well finished every reßpect, and the usual centreboard "Mbeen dispensed with. The Otago club defeated the Invercargill club at Dunedin on the 25th ult. by four jgf". The race was rowed in inrigged onr >, the distance was a mile and threeand time lOmins. 45secs. The annual intercolonial eight-oar race Between N.S.W. and Victoria is causing a ot of interest in Melbourne rowing circles y ll year. The race will be rowed on the The Victorian crew -vill likely be Booth (Btroke), Leverett, Hughes, W. bitten, Ankerson, Senior, and v*y'or. New South VVales :—S. Martin, J. .„ eb »ter. C. Gaden, W. G. Brett, R. P.ckerju 6 G, Seale, R. Moppet, and N, Johnson.

Rowing in Auckland will never be anoh a success as it should be until some suitable sheet of water is chosen to poll on, as the harbour is so often too lumpy to admit of the light racers being used ou its waters. The Tamaki has often been spoken of as, a favourable place, but at present the distance from town is against it. It is contemplated, however, if the Tramways Company make a line to St. Helier's Bay, that sufficient encouragement will be offered to induce them to construct a branch to the Tamaki River, and then Auckland will be placed within measurable distance of a sheet of water where acquatic men oan fight out their battles on itß placid waters. May the day not be far distant when I have to chronicle the first regatta held under the association there. The Bowing .Association's third regatta comes off this afternoon. The entries were made last week, and although not so numerous as might be wished, will no doubt be sufficient to make good contests. The North Shore Club, which carried all before it at the last regatta, will it is expected not be so strong on this occasion—various causes having militated against the club. The Auckland Club, which is under a cloud through having their shed in an awkward position and other circumstances, have only entered for one race—Junior Bona Fide. The new club—the Waitemata—have entered pretty extensively, and report says they have strong crews, and tbe older clubs—the .North Shore and Ponsonby—should have their work cut out for them to bold their own. Mr. J. McKenzie will be starter, Mr. M. Niccol judge, and Mr. J. M. Brigham umpire. Mr. W. Sibbin has been indefatigable in his efforts as Secretary to promote the assoeiation. With the harbour favourable, a good afternoon's sport for the lovers of the ash and batswing should be afforded. CYCLING. A hundred mile race from Mosgiel to Laurence and back took place on 22nd ult. O'Keefe won in llh. 25minB. There were only three starters. Madame Armaindo, the female cyclist, recently " put up" fairly with one hand a dumbell weighing 901bs. Madame's height is 5 feet 2J inches, and her weight 9st 91b. The Auckland Club's run to-day, in consequence of the Waiwera trip being again postponed through wet weather, will be by the New North-road, Mount Albert, round the Three Kiags, to Onehuuga. "Pedalpin," in the Otago Witness, considers the Auckland Bports in April too far for Uunedin to be represented, also that the 10 miles championship of New Zealand was decided in Danedin a short time ago. A meeting of all cyclists takes place on Monday evening, at hall-past seven, in Hobson's dining-rooms, to consider the preparing of a track for practising purposes ouud the cricket ground in the Domain. Dr. Richardson, the well-known authority on hygiene, in speaking at the annnal meeting of the Tricycle Union, said that he had pursued cycling as a great pleasure and restorative, and considered it as one of the healthiest of all exercises. Last Saturday six Auckland B.C.'s went to the Rifle Range at Ellerslie, instead of the run to Ihumatao. On returning called in the Domain to see the Waitemata Club's Twomile Handicap Race, which was won easily by Ashton (90 yards), on a 50-inch Rudge, from Downs (scratch). The pace was made by Laurie (50 yards), who caught up to Ashton when one mile had been ridden (three laps to the mile). They then raced together till last round, when Laurie fell over a rut half a Jap from home. MISCELLANEOUS. Polo is now being played in Victoria. A grand bicycle tournament tabes place at Philadelphia (U.S.A.), in June. £1000 will be given in prizes. W. M. Wooaside, Irish champion, broke the 25-mile record at Chicago recently by seven seconds. He covered the distance in lh. 26m. A lady tricyolißt in England rode 113 miles in one day without being distressed ; but was eclipsed by a Birmingham lady, who accomplished 152 mileß in a day—being the best on record. The international football match—England v. Wales—was decided at Leeds on January 5. England won after a grand game by a goal and two tries to one goal. The weather was very wet. Football is more popular than ever this season in England. A hundred and twenty matches are now played in the suburbs of London, where forty were contested a few years back. Mr. Gordon Wilson, son of Sir Samuel Wilson, now at Eaton, won the 100 yardß, hurdle race, and quarter-mile at the annual sports. This is the first time this feat has been achieved at Eton, and is very creditable to the young Australian. The well-known Auckland pedestrian Hatton is in Sydney, and recently won the Hawkesbury Handicap of £40. He was allowed 9 yards in 150 Subsequently he was defeated by W. Griffiths in 125, who headed him the whole distance. At the annual matches ot the Geelong Swimming Club, the Grand Open Handicap resulted : —IT. Wilson, SOaecs., 1 ; N. Virtue, Sssecs., 2; H. Heath, 45aecs., 3. Eleven starters. Time : 7mins. Ssecs. J. Julien won the diving event with an effort of 61 yards. The wrestling matob for £150 aside between Donald Dinnie and W. Hudson was decided in Dunedin on February 22nd, when the former came off the victor by three points to two. The contest was a keen one, and vas not decided until the very last fall, of which there were 12 in all. About 30 representative athletic gentlemen assembled at the United Service Hotel on Saturday night for the purpose oi presenting Mr. W. H. Vereker Bindon with an address and handsome timepiece. Mr. Bindon left by the Wanaka, en route for Wanganui, on Tuesday. The success of this presentation is due in a great measure to the exertions of Mr. R. Graham, jun., the hon. sec. The Lancashire Football Association haß been lately called upon to consider two cases of mobbing referees. At Bolto-n Mr. Ormerod was assaulted and hooted, and at Padiham Mr. Duxbury was assaulted. The committee ' recommended that in all future matches ' where feeling ran high, the club on whose ground the match was played should make ' special arrangements to have protection for the visiting team, umpire and referee. , It is surprising the small amount of public ' interest that was taken in the Rifle Associaj lion meeting at Ellerslie. On Monday afternoon, when the last ranges for the Rifle and Carbine Champion Belts were fired, there could not have been much more than a hundred spectators on the ground in addition to the volunteers attending the meeting. What interest there was taken centred in the Carbine Belt, and when the last shot of the tic between Parslow and VVebbe was fired off for fourth hononrs, which the Auckland representative won by scoring an outer to Webbe's miss, a little enthusiasm was aroused by cheers being called for and given for Lieutenant Ross, of Napier, now ' the champion carbine shot of 1884 for the colony. Several members of the Thames I Navals, in which company the belt has for , such a number of yeara found an owner, ! showed their good feeling by hoisting the 1384 champion shoulder high, and bore him , off the range to the grandstand.