ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7401, 8 August 1885, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

FIXTURES. S«siob Cop Matchm. August B—Grafton t. Ponsonbr, Albert v Na.ii. Shore, Gordon v. Auckland. ' ""■ August 15—North Shore v. Newton, Albert T Pa* aonby, Auckl.nd T. Grafton. ' °" August 22—Club ties. iNTEßraoYiNcrxt. Matokis. August 29-OUgo v. Canterbury, at ChiUtctiurcli. ANSWERS TO CORRKSPONDKNTB raNnoNßT.—H*nlan beat R. W. Boyd for M, championship of the world aad a stake of £l(*v* ' tbo Tyne on April 8,1833. im <"> FOOTBALL. The proposed match in Wellington m connection with the Industrial Exhibition has been proposed rather too late in the da' for Auckland to be represented; and a Otago has decided not to send a contin* gent, I think it may be safely concluded* that the inter - island contest will no eventuate this season at any rate, although Canterbury and Wellington are willing to play. The announcement that Otaso intend to make a tour of the colony u a very welcome piece of news, and will be hailed with satisfaction by all Northern exponents of the game. What with Otago and Wellington representative teams hers next year, we Northeners should have a good time of it. The match last Saturday between Pon. sonby and Gordon resulted, as was antici. pated, after a very evenly contested game in a win for the blue and blacks by a try to nil. The weather and the ground were altogether unfavourable for a fair trial of .strength between the two teams. It uj rumoured that Ponsonby would like a dinner to be discussed on the evening of the match when the winners would be the guests of the defeated team. Ponsonby have now won the Association Cup, Even if their remaining matches should be defeats, they cannot be deposed from first place for the trophy. I lam pleased to announce that T. Ryan i has recovered. It has been blood poisoning chat the crack Grafton three-quarter back has been suffering from. It is expected he will be able to play against Ponsonby this afternoon. The junior match at Devonport this after, noon between Auckland Second and Victoria promises to be a very exciting game, as the possession of the Association Junior Cup depends upon the result. The Newton team standing out of the season matches to-day, their fifteen left for Whangarei last night to play a match there today with the country team. Several results of matches played by junior clubs are to hand. Remaining clubs are requested to send their returns in to date at once for publication in the Herald. After their victory on Saturday over Grafton, North Shore boast that they will win all the remaining matches ; however, it remains to be seen if the blues are equal to the occasion. If the cricket ground is to be in good order for the coming season, then the sooner football is relinquished on the Hospital end the better, as trie amount of damage done by Saturday's match was very great. It will take the ground-man all his available time to repair the damage. Ponsonby and Grafton should be the best match this afternoon. On the form displayed last week the colours are strong favourites for the match, Grafton will, I understand; be reinforced by Ryan, who, I am pleased to state, has recovered from his illness, and seems now in first-rate fettle for the play. Owing to the damage done to the ground on Saturday, and in previous matches, the Association should only in justice vote a sum towards the expenses of the ground. I am informed, on reliable authority, that not one penny has been paid by footballers this season for their matches on the cricket ground. In an answer to a correspondent last week re call of time by the umpires, a typo, graphical error put a wrong construction upon the answer. The last sentence should have read : " Therefore, if the umpires called time prior to the run, or when the ball was held, then their decision was 'sight,' not 'wrong' as printed." The following table shows the relative position of the clubs for the Association Senior Cup : — Clubs. Hatches. Wins. Losses. Draws. Foists Ponsonby ..10 fl 1 — 65 •Grafton ~7 5 22 S4 ♦Gordon.. ..10 6 22 34 Newron ..11 4 4 8 It Auckland ..10 3 6 8 U North Shore _ 10 2 8 — 18 Albert .... 10 18 1 i 'Have to play off an undecided match on the first round. CRICKET. Surrey had an easy victory over Middlesex, on May 23, winning by an innings and 44 runs. Scores, Surrey 166 (M. Reed 69), Middlesex 25 and 77. Beaumont took six wickets' for 11 runs, and six for 37 for the victors. Lancashire defeated Oxford after ■ good match, on May 23, by 50 runs. Scores, County 124. 129 ; the 'Varsity 115, 106. South defeated North, at Lords, on May 26, by nine wickets. The proceeds were for the benefit of the widow and children of the late F. Morley, the Notts tmndler who died from injuries received in the collision of the s.s. Peshawar at Colombo. Scores : South 149 (W. G. Grace 28), North 67 and 104 (Hon. M. B. Hawke 33). Kent won the match with Yorkshire on May 26 by 8 wickets. Scores : Yorks, 86, 81 ; Kent, 105-F. Hearne, 37, 63; (G. Hearne, 30. not out. A. Hearne took 5 wiokets for 13 and 8 for 35. Surrey beat Leicestershire by an Uniugi and 53 runs on May 21. Soores : Surrey, 335 (W. W. Read, 94 ; W. E. Roller, 86)} Leicestershire 97 and 185 (Wheeler 107). The Hon. A. Lyttleton, the well-known cricketer, was married on May 23 to Miss Laura Tennant, daughter of Mr. O. Tennant, M.P. for Peebles. There was a fashionable company to witness the ceremony. Kent defeated Lancashire on May 21 by six wickets, although A. N. Hornby scored 46 and 84 by brilliant hitting. The brothers A. and H. Hearne took the bowling honours for the victors. Bad weather robbed Yorkshire of what seemed an easy win over Surrey on May 22, when the " tykes" had scored 377. Olyett, Bates, and Peel knocked up the runs, and Surrey were in a minority of 105 runs in the first innings when the game was abandoned. W. E. Barton played 21 innings in first* class matches last season, two of them not out, and scored in all 922 runs, giving an average ci 4S 10-19ths. His principal scores were—l2o, A.C.C. v. Next 18; 190 AC.O. v. United; 133, A.C.C. v. United; 83, Auckland v. Wellington; 49 and 33, A.C.C. v. W.E.C.C.; 59 and 46, A.C.C. v. Waikato. MISCELLANEOUS ■. W. Snook and O. W. Haydon ran ten miles at the Moaeley Harriers' Meeting. Leicester, in 55min. 27secs., the former just landing the event by a couple of yards. The series of matches between W. G. George and W. Cumming, the professional champion, will, it is expected, be one mile, four, aud ten, to be run in London, Scotland, and Birmingham, to come off in the autumn. H. R. Ball, of the London Athletic Club, who won the quarter-mile amateur championship in ISS2, was entertained at a farewell dinner on May 23, prior to his departure for Australia on a visit. Warbrick intends taking the May Queen to the Mercury Bay Regatta for the whale* boat race, Bailey is building a batten carvel 20-footer racing open sailing boat to wipe out all the crack boats of last season. The tenth annual Midland Counties' bicycle meet at Leamington was held under miserable weather. " About 200 'cyclists were present, and the silver-mounted horn for the best represented club was won by Rugby with 22 members. James Finney and J. J. Collier met on May IS on Hollingworth Lake, Rochdale, for the mile swimming championship. Finney was leading by 20 yards in the last furlong, but the cold was so great that he had to be picked up, and Collier had also to be lifted out of the water at the finish, when he won in 37mins. 2&secs. The temperature was 43 degrees, or 11 degrees below that which Captain Webb nearly succumbed to In hn match with Dr. Jennings. Argus.