ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9146, 13 March 1893, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET. The weather was threatening on Saturday afternoon, but fortunately the rain kept off and some very interesting and exciting play was witnessed. There wore a considerable number of spectators present. AUCKLAND V. ONSLOW. In this match Auckland secured an easy win on the first innings by 911 runs. The Onslow men made only 46 in their first innings. Auckland followed with 139, J. Arneil playing splendidly for the fine score of 64. In their second innings Onslow made about 40 runs, but several of their players were not in attendance. The following are the scores :— Onslow, first innings 46 Auckland. —First Innings. First five wickets 39 Arneil, lbw Lundon 64 Clayton, c Lundon, b Walton 11 Hatton, b Waltou ... 5 Richards, run out 3 Holland, not out ... ... ... ... 7 Hammerton, b Lundon 4 Extras 6 Total 139 Onslow. —Second Innings. Grierson, run out 0 Walton, b and c Neill 15 RowejbNeill 0 W. helau, b Harkncss 9 Lundon. b Harkness 10 J. Whelan, b Harkness 2 W. Robinson, not out 4 Total 40 PARNELL V. GORDON. In this contest the Gordon team came off victorious, winning by 42 runs on the first innings. The Gordon scored 115, and Darnell 73. In the Gordon second inning the best batting was done by Ausenne (10) and Meldruin (14). The following are the scores :— , Gordon, first innings 115 Parnell.—First Innings. King, b Kelly 5 Holle, b Kelly 17 Mills, c Bigland, b Kelly 28 Gardner, b Kelly 2 Lawson, b Kelly ... ... 4 Carson, b Moresby ... 1 Young, not out 3 Stone, b Kelly ' ... 6 Pritchard, b Kelly 0 W. Mills, b Kelly ... 0 Extras 7 Total 73 GORDON 11. V. PITT-STREET MUTUAL. This proved the most exciting match of the day, and resulted in a victory, to the surprise of everyone, for Gordon 11. by one run. In their first innings the Gordon men made 43, their opponents following with 98. Gordon then went in for the second time and made a total of 73. This left the Pitt-street Mutual team with 19 runs to win, and although they were batting one man short, it was thought they would have no difficulty in putting together the required number. However, allcalculatious were upset and the men were disposed of one after another almost as soon as they arrived at the wickets, mainly through the instrumentality of the destructive bowling of Dr. Egan. They were all dismissed for the small total of 17 runs. The following are the scores ; —

Gordon 11. first innings 43 Pitt-stricet Mutual.—First Innings. First four wickets ... ... 14 Stichbury, b Howard 40 Nicholson, b Cotterhill 16 Holdsworth, by Dr. Egan 4 Crabtree, not out 5 Musker. c Tucker b Dr. Egan 9 McCluskie, c Kissling b Howard 0 Firth, c Bull b Howard 1 Extras 9 Total ... ' 98 Gordon ll.—Second Innings. Dr. Egan, b Crabtree 12 T. Ball, c Firth, b Stichbury 1 Gould, b Stichbury 3 Cotterill, thrown out, ... 17 Kissling, b Crahree 15 Howard, lbw, b Craig 10 Kelly, c and b'Craig... 0 Tucker, c Andrews, b Craig 4 Jackson, b Craig 2 A. M. Kelly, b Crabtree 3 Edmonds, not out 0 Extras 6 Total ... 73 Pitt-street Mutual.—Second Innings. Crabtree, b Dr Egan 1 Holdsworth, b Dr. Egan 0 Stichbury, b Dr. 1 Nicholson, run out 6 Craig, b Dr. Egan 0 Wilking, c and b Howard 1 Rowe, b Howard 3 Andrews, b Dr. Egan 2 McCluskie, not out 3 Firth, b Dr. Egan 0 Total 17 wanderers V. parnell 11. The Wanderers won on the first innings by 19 runs. They made 118 in their second innings, and when time was called the Parnell 11. had 6 wickets down for 83 runs. The following are the scores : — Wanderers, first innings 60 Parnell 11., first innings ... 41 Wanderers.— innings. Clarke, c Brown, b Cook 25 Hobson, b Speight ... 19 H. Donald, c and b Speight 0 VVadditighain, b Speight 5 L&ver, b Speight , ... 0 Thomas, b Speight 16 Mills, b Speight 9 J. Walker, lbw, Brown 10 Taylor, b Speight 5 Wakerley, c Brown, b Speight 19 Brown, not out 2 Extras 8 Total 118 BELMONT V. ROLLER MILLS. The Belmont won after a well-fought game. After making 65 for the loss of seven wickets, Roller Mills, in the hope of pulling up their disadvantage in the first innings, declared their innings closed. This left Belmont 56 to win. They scared the required number, and won. The following are the scores : —

Roller Mills, first innings 37 Belmont, first innings s 46 Roller Mills. — Second innings: R. Howard, b Gillespie. 0; Hayes, b Gillespie, 4; Gallagher, b Gillespie, 27; Goodman, b Spurway, 8; Blaikie, b Gillespie, 2; Howard, b Gillespie, *3; Latimer, b Gillespie, 5; Blewden, not out, 6; Noonan, not out, 2. The innings was'closed at this stage for 65.

Belmont. —Second innings : Totman. c Gallagher, b Howard, 15; Gash, c Blaikie, b Gallagher, 0; McGuire, b Todd, 0 Cromwell, not out, 36; Kydd, not out, 10; extras, 1: total, 62.

BAY OF ISLANDS V. HOKIANOA, The above teams played their return match at Pakanae on Saturday, 4th March. The wicket was not all that could be desired, and fielding in long grass, and occasionally among stumps, was somewhat unpleasant. Bay of Islands went in first, and knocked up 97 — and 23 being contributed by Dickeson and Reed respectively. After lunch Htfkianga commenced to bat, but succumbed without doing much hitting, to the bowling of Brainley and Davidson. H. M. Webster was top score with 2C. On going in again, Bay of Islands made 64, Dickeson once more standing to the front, this time with 26. Time did not allow of a second innings for Hokiauga. The following are the scores : Bay of Islands, first and second innings : W. B. Goffe, b C. Maxwell 8, c J. Maxwell, b Nathan 3; H. Dickeson, c J. Maxwell, b Irvine 41, b B. Webster 26; Davidson, c B. Webster, b Clendon 3, c B. Webster, b A. Webster 5; J. R. Reed, ht wkt, b J. Bryers 23, b Nathan 1; K. Williams, b J. Bryers 4, c and b Bryers 0; E. Greatbatch, c Clendon, b Irvine 1, b Webster 7: Willis, by Irvine 0, c Clendon, b A. Webster 3; Elliott, b J. Bryers 3, run out 8; S. Irving, c and b Irvine 3, run out 0; Bramley, not out 8, bB. Webster 0; McMillan, b Irvine 1, b Nathan 6; extras, 2 and 5 : total, 161. Hokianga, first innings: J. J. Maxwell, b Davidson, 3; J. A. Bryers, b Davidson, 8; G. T. Clendon, b Davidson, 4; N. D. McKay, c K. Williams, b Bramley, 0 ; H. M Webster, not out, 20; A. S. Webster, b Davidson, 1; Nathan, b Davidson, 4; R. P. Flood, run out, 0 ; W. Irvine, b liramley, 3; B. Webster, b Davidson, 6; C. Maxwell, c McMillan, b Davidson, 3; extras, sj: total, 57. Bay of Islands bowling analysis : Bramley, 25 overs 11 maidens, 29 runs, 2 wickets; Davidson, 24 2 sth overs, 11 maidens, 23 runs, 7 wickets. Hokianga bowling analysis : Flood, 5 overs, 12 runs ; Bryers, 18 overs, 6 maidens, 26 runs, 4 wickets; C. Maxwell, 10 overs, 2 maidens, 16 runs, 1 wicket; Clendon, 6 overs, 21 runs, 1 wicket; Irvine. 14 runs, 1 maiden, 48 runs, 5 wickets; A. Webster, 2 overs, 6 runs, 2 wickets; B. Webster, 6 overs, 1 maiden, 11 runs, 3 wickets : Nathan, 8 overs, 2 maidens, 14 runs, 3 wickets.

LAWN TENNIS. In spite of the tempestuous and unseasonable nature of the weather during the week, the tennis lawns on Saturday afternoon were in very fair condition for playing, though, of course, none of the grounds played very fast after the severe soaking they had received on the two previous days. The inter-club matches were between the Auckland and West End Clubs and the Parnell and Onehunga Clubs. The latter pair were the oldest and youngest clubs of the Association, this being the first occasion on which the two clubs had tried conclusions with one another. The following is the result of the matches : PABSKIi. Miss Atkinson and Miss I. George (P.) beat Miss C. Frost and Miss E. Gibbous (0.) the home team had somewhat of an easy victory, the scores being 6—4, 6-2. Miss E. Bassett and Mr. C. Suttie (0.) were beaten by Mrs. and Mr. Harrison (P.), the scores being 6—2, 6—l. Mr. Harrison's backhand volleys are very effective in a combined double, and are always sure to win a good many strokes in a match. Messrs. Robison and Tonks (P.) were much too good for their opponents Messrs. F. Frost and A. Suttie (O.), and they won their match: 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. These gentlemen will probably find a tougher task before them next week when they meet the Eden and Epsom Club.

ONjCHUXGA. There being only two lawns available, the Gentlemen's doubles and the Combined were commenced first. Messrs. Blair and Tempest (P.) met Messrs. F. Battley and L. Noakes(o.), and the result was a victory for the former gentlemen, who are both experienced hands in matches, and were both playing remarkably well. The scores were : 6—o, 6—3, 7—5. The Onehunga pair played very steadily, although they have not played together in a match before, and if they had succeeded in winning the third set the result of the match would probably hare been the other way. In the Combined Double Mrs. Blair and Mr. Rich (P.) had a good match against Miss M. Frost and Mr, Zinzan (0.), the latter pair winning the first set 9 — but lost the two succeeding ones, the Parnell team winning 6—2, 6—3. Mr. Rich, in the first set, did not seem to place sufficient confidence in his lady partner, and did a good deal too much " poaching," but he improved in this as the match went on. Miss M. Frost's play was particularly worthy of mention. The Ladies' Doubles, between Miss Mowbray and Miss Rookes (P.), and Miss B. Banks and Miss Singleton (O.), was scarcely long enough to be interesting to the onlookers, the scores being 6—1,6—1. It is a pleasure to record that Miss Mowbray is again representing the club for which she has won so many victories in the past, and, judging by the good start she has made, is likely to do during the rest of the season. During the progress of the matches, the members of tne club were untiring in their efforts in looking after the comfort of their guests, the cold wind blowing making the tea and refreshments very acceptable. Although the Onehunga Club lost the whole of the matches, both on their own lawn and on the Parnell ground, they must be congratulated on their spirit in entering for these contests, aud the splendid order in which they have managed to keep their two courts, which played remarkably true, and in this respect show an example to older clubs.

WEST END. There was a large attendance of members and visitors, at the lawn of the West End Lawn Tenuis Club, Ponsonby, to witness the inter-club matches between the Auckland and the West End Clubs. Three contests were played, the Auckland representatives being in each case victorious. In the match between Mr. Goldie and Miss Scherff (A.) and Mr. Paterson and Miss F. Billington (W.E.), the former won, though in the second set the contest was very keen. The scores were: 6—l, 7—5. In the ladies' doubles Miss Billington and Miss Eva Russell (W.E.) played Miss Ring and Miss Picken (A). The Auckland players again secured the victory, the scores being: 6—l, 6—o. The third match was the gentlemen's doubles, played between Mr. Ballantyne and Mr. Cook (W.E.), and Mr. Marriner and Mr. Stevenson (A.). This was a well-contested match, both sides playiug up splendidly. The Aucklanders again won, the scores 7—5, 6—l, 9—7. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies of the West End Club. AUCKLAND. Several representatives from the West End Club visited the Auckland Club to play the second round of the Association inter-club matches. In each case the Auckland representatives were victorious; but several of the games were very well contested. In the six matches between these two clubs played on Saturday. Auckland won in every case. In the ladies doubles Mrs. Gentles and Miss Russell represented West End, and Mrs. Chapman and Miss Nicholson played for Auckland. The Auckland representatives won rather easily, though their opponents played a plucky game. In the combined doubles Mr. W. Haven and Miss Bastard (W.E.) went down before Mr. Bagnall and Miss Ring (A.), the scores being 6—l, 6—2. In the gentlemen's doubles Messrs. Foster and Gentles (W.E.) met Messrs. Scherff and Biss (A.). The latter had tho best of the game throughout, and won easily, 6—l, 6—2, 6-3.

THE NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP. At the Edeu and Epsom Lawn, on Saturday afternoon, a special general meeting was held to consider the advisability of Riving the use of the lawn to the New Zealand Lawn Tenuis Association for the purpose of holding the next Annual Tournament and Championship Meeting. The members of the Club were unanimously of opinion that the use of the lawn should be offered to the Association for this purpose. If the tournament is held here next Christmas, it will be of very great advantage to all the local tennis players, as they will be able to see the best exponents of the game from all parts of the colony; and to those who do not play themselves, the matches for the championship of New Zealand are sure to bo interesting.

AUCKLAND BOWLING CLUB. There was a fair attendance at the Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon. The following matches were played : — No. l Kink. Paterson v. Holden Steadman Mennio Dingwall Carlaw Stewart (skip) .. 37 Craigmiie (skip) ... 11 No. 2 Rink. Ballanlyne v. Hardie Tait Newcorabe Hooper Culpan Prater (skip) .. .. 18 Kings well (skip) .. 16 No. 3 KINK. Ross v. Phillips Wilkins Rose Heron Gome Winks (skip) .. .. 13 Miller (skip) .. 20

ATHLETICS IN DUNE DIN. [by telegraph.—press ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Saturday. The athletic sports in aid of the Queens land relief fund held to-day were well attended. The weather was cold. There were some good records put up during the meeting, Galloway (scr.) won the Mile Walk comfortably in 7m. lis. W. J. Burk, on the occasion of his last appearance on the track, won the Half-Mile from scratch, in 2m. 2 l-sth a., the record for Dunedin. In the 440 yds W. A. Low, giving starts up to 38 yards in a field of fourteen, and having difficulty in getting through, finished a yard behind the winner. Time, 525. a