ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9712, 7 January 1895, Page 6

ATHLETICS.

CRICKET.

THE cricket matches in connection with the Auckland Cricket Association were con-, tinued on Saturday in the presence of a considerable number of inberested spectators. The chief interest naturally centred around the Gordon v. Auckland, and Parnell v. United matches. The former ended in a win for Gordon by five wickets, and the latter in a win for United by 24 runs. GORDON V, AUCKLAND. With two wickets down for 36, and thus 30 runs to the bad, Auckland resumed their second innings with Arneil and Wynyard, Hatton, the not-out man, being away in Wellington. Wynyard's stay at the wickets was of short duration, as Gould disposed of him at the cost of a single, and then dismissed Wilson for one less, the latter's endeavour to lose the ball from within his crease being fully up to expectations—of the onlookers. On T. Neill joining his captain a different complexion was put on the game, both scoring freely and confidently, till Kelly upset Neill's wicket when the latter player s score stood at 19. The Rev. Richards next appeared, and the run-getting progressed merrily, notwithstanding a change in the bowling, Mr. Richards in particular appearing to play the slows with unusual confidence. Williams relieved Kelly, and after beating Arneil with three successive balls finally levelled his leg stump. Arneil's contribution of 31 was the result of good cricket, and, being obtained when badly needed, was of great service to his side. Stone succeeded him, and with a forward cut of his first ball scored a brace, but the next delivery caused a collapse among his stumps, the ball coming low and very fast from the pitch. Jacobs filled the vacancy, but after breaking the dreaded "duck, gave Ansenne a catch at point off Gould, who had replaced Kenderdine. Queniery was not even so lucky as his predecessor, being caught at slip by Williams off Gould without scoring, and the innings closed at 113, Mr. Richards being not out with 19 to his credit, obtained in excellent style. It is peculiar to note that the three double-figure scorers have had little or no practice at all this season, whilst all the others are assiduous in their attendance at the nets. Gould with 6 for 55, and Williams with 2 for 6, bowled well. Kelly's wicket cost him 40 runs, and Kenderdine had 8 runs scored off him without obtaining a wicket With 48 to get to win on an easy wicket, Williams and Williamson opened Gordon's second innings to Jacobs and Stone. Neither caused much trouble,,, Williams being caught by Clayton, after a previous let off by the same fieldsman off Jacobs, for 3, and Williamson being bowled by the same trundler.for 4. Gould shaped very badly to Stone, who, after beating him several times, bowled him for a single. A tew minutes later Jacobs sent down a beauty to Ball, which just lifted the bails, the batsman not having scored. With 4 down for 10 runs the game became decidedly interesting, but Pabst and Gilfillan put on 15 before the latter was well taken by Clayton off Jacobs for 8. Ansenne then became associated with Pabst, and by careful play, and despite every effort of their opponents, the score mounted steadily to 40 without further disaster. At .that total Arneil relieved Stone, but the change did not come off though. With the total at 46 Ansenne was missed at the wickets off Arneil, and in the next over a 3 off Jacobs finished the game, Gordon winning by 5 wickets. Both the not out men played correctly. Ansenne at times hitting out boldly. To Pabst, however, the greater praise is due, as had he not stopped the rot Auckland would probably have pulled the match out of the fire. Jacobs, though, had hard luck in not bowling him before he had scored, the ball, after beating the bat, just skimming the off bail. Both Jacobs and Stone bowled excellently throughout, the former securing 4 for 37, and the latter 1 for 7 off 60 balls. Though two chances were missed, the fielding was on the whole good. Appended are the scores :—

Auckland. First innings , ... 46 Second Innings. A. E. Hatton, absent 8 D. Clayton, st Gilfillan, b Gould 21 J. R. Lundoc, st Gilfillan, b Gould ... 7 J. Arneil, b Williams 31 W. Wynyard, b Gould 1 T. H. Wilson, b Gould 0 Rev. I. Richards, not out 19 T. Neill, b Kelly 19 C. Stone, b Williams 2 A. W. Jacobs, c Ansenne, b Gould ... 1 L. Quentery, c Williams, b Gould ... 0 Extras 4 Total ... 113 Gordon. First innings ... 112 Second innings, Williamson, b Jacobs 4 Williams, c Clayton, b Jacobs ... ... 3 Gould, b Stone 1 Pabst, not out 22 Ball, b Jacobs ... 0 Gilfillan, c Clayton, b Jacobs 8 Ansenne, not out ... ... ... JO Extras 2 Total for five wickets 50 Bowling Analysis. Auckland. —Second innings. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Kelly 15 2 40 1 Gould 14.4 1 55 6 N. Williams ... 3 1 6 2 Kenderdine ... 3 0 8 0 Gordon.—Second innings. Jacobs 14.4 1 37 4 C. Stone ... 12 8 7 1 Arneil 2 0 4 0

AUCKLAND UNITED V. PARNKIX. This match proved a hard-fought contest, resulting in a win for United by 24 runs on the first innings. On the previous Saturday United had scored, while Parnell had one wicket (Wright) down for 47. Mills and I Ohlson, the not outs, resumed for Parnell, j and carried the score to 75 before Mills was ! bowled ; having added Bto his previous ! total. Ohlson and Holle increased the total | to 99, when the former was dismissed for a capital innings of 34. Holle was out at 109 for a useful 17. Things now looked very bright for Parnell, but the steady bowling of R. McPherson and Stemson proved too much for the later Parnell wickets, and after the retirement of Edmonds, who batted very steadily for 16, the others were speedily dismissed ; the innings closing for 136. The last four wickets all fell with the total unaltered. United batting one short, were all dismissed in their second innings for 58 ; S. McPherson (17) being top scorer. Edmonds captured six wickets for 35, and Lawson two for 13. Parnell went in for their second innings having about 25 minutes to play, and scored 22 for the loss of three wickets when time was called. The scores are as follow :— United, first innings ... 160 Parnell.—First innings. Wright, c Stemson, b Hawkins 23 Mills, b Walton ~. 28 Ohlson, c and b R. McPherson 34 Holle, c Walton, b Stemson 17 Edmonds, b R. McPherson 16 Lawson, b R. McPherson 0 Young, at Brown, bR. McPherson ... 6 Patterson, b Stemson 3 Lusk, not out 0 Donald, c Brown, b Stemson ... ... 0 McDonald, b Stemson , 0 Extras ... ~, ... 9 Total .136 United— innings. D. Hay, c and b Lawson 10 C. Harvie, b Edmonds l S. McPherson, c Wright, b Edmonds ... 17 Stemson, b Edmonds 3 R. McPherson, c Patterson, b Edmonds 0 Sioman, not out 9 Walton, b Edmonds ... ... 2 Hawkins, run out ... ... ~. ~. 12 Brown, b Edmonds ... .'* ,„ 1 MacCormick, c Edmonds, b Law'soa ... 0 C. Hay, absent ... ... 0 Extras ... ■ " it ttt 3 Total ... ... . : . ... 58 Parnell—-Seoond innings. Lusk, cN. Lusk (sub.), bD. Hay ... 5 McDonald, cS. McPherson, bD. Hay ... 0 Young, c and b D. Hay 3 Patterson, not out' ,'.,, ... .'„ ... 14 Total for 3 wickets ... ... ... 22 Bowling— first innings. Overs. Mdns. Buns. Wkts. W. Stemson ... 26 9 47 4 D.Hay... ... 8 1 29 0 Hawkins ... 3 1 2 1 R. McPherson 19 5 30 4 Walton 12 3 19 I 1 Stemson bowled two no balls. Parnell second innings. D. Hay... ... 4 1 fa 12 3 Hawkins ... 3 0 10 0 United second innings. Edmonds ... 12 1 35 '6 Donald... ... 4 1 7 0 Lawson... ... 8 2 13 2 AUCKLAND II V. BELMONT.

This match was concluded on Saturday and resulted in an easy win for Belmont by an innings and 14 runs. In Auckland II innings Holland 11, and Marsden 12 were the only double figure scorers. Morrison, for Belmont, bowled very successfully, taking six wickets for 13 runs. The following are the scores : — Auckland first innings, 81. Belmont first innings: First 8 wickets, 100, Walton, bßeale, 19: Patterson, b Holland, 10 : Smith, not out, 2; extras, 3: Total, 134. Auckland ll.—Second innings: A. Selby, c CromwelL b Smith, 2; A. G. Holland, b Smith, 11; B. J. QreriUe, c Darby, b Mor-

«s°? 0; F. Marsden, b. Morrisoh, 12; E. O. , Beale> c Darby, b Morrison, 0 { H. D.Hill, _ run ouv I. J. 0. Colbeck, not o»t, 3: R. W.Allen, Morrison, 0; E. A. OKeefe, b j. w. Holland, b Morrison, 3; E. K. absent; extras, 7: total, 39. • A\NELLV.. ALL SAINTS. '. r " Parnell;— %st innings, 35. " ; , . All SAiNTS.-^i rs t innings, 59.* ' '. PABNELt,.— Seoo,,j innings: Hayes, ? run out, 6: G. Moon; eany> b Brookes, 5; McConnell, b Crobkes, 5 H. Moon, c Goldie, b Brookes, 5; Jackson,\jj ; Anderson, 7; Kilfoyle, c Firth, b AnoL SO n, 4 ; Young, b Anderson, 6: WhitlavtrA Firth, 36; Elliott, b Firth, 2; Kilgour, c Aw b Osmond, 15; Speight, not out, 2; extras^}. total, 95. . All Saints.— innw s: Osmond, st Young, b Kilgour, 3; Ander&j c Jackson, b Kilgour. 0: Goldie, lbw, \Kilfoyle. 4; Crookes, c Young, b Kilfoyle. 14 ; Firth, b Kilgour, 28; Merritt, c Lyvjh, b Kilfour, 0; Speight, c Hayes, b \ilgour, 1; towring, c Hayes, b Kilgour, 0; Aeany, run out.O; McD'uff, not out, 0; Scott, Xjseat.Oi extras, 1; total, 49. \ Parnell thus won by 22 runs. \ ' THE MATCH AGAINST Fiji The selection committee, Messrs. Holle.McCormick, and Wilson, have chosen the f oir,. ing to represent us against the Fiji tean» a t the end of this monthD. Hay, J. V. Kallendar, H. W. Lawson, I. Mills, R. Neil" Dr. Pabst, W. Stemson, N. H. Williams, A Wright, W. T. Wynyard, and either a Gould or F. V. Kelly. _ "\ Though not a particularly strong combination, no fault can be found with the selection* as the best obtainable on this season's form. Our men will require to be on their best behaviour to win, as report has it that the islanders are first-class exponents of the game.

MATAKANA V. OMAHA. The following cricket matches have been played at Matakana, with the results attached : — Omaha.— innings :— Knaggs 4, 1). Darrach 8, A. Dunning 3, Greenwood 2, Gravatt 0, Salt 8, H. Ash ton 0, W. Pratt 0, C. Wyatt 1, Meiklejohn 2, H. Dunning 3, extras 6, total 37. Second innings: Gravatt 7, D. Darraoh 0, Knaggs 2, A. Dunning 1, Salt 2, Greenwood 10. W. Meiklejohn 12, Pratt 1, C. Wyatt 1, H. Ashton 0, H. Dunning 0, extras 10, total 46, grand total 83. Matakana. —First innings : C. Anderson 0, H. Derecourt 0, A. Rayner 3, E. Vipond 1, A. Fenton 0, F. Casper 0, F. Campbell 7, T. Derecourt 19, M. Caine 4, A. Hunt 9, Young 5, extras 7 : total, 55. Second innings: A. Hunt 2, A. Fenton 6, E. Vipond 1, H Derecourt 15, T. Derecourt 3, K. Campbell 4, C. Anderson, 13, A. Rayner 7, V. Casper 4, M. Caine 0, Young 1, extras 8: total, 64. Grand total, 119.

MATAKANA V. WARKWORTH. Warkworth.—First innings: Jones 1, Harrison 8, H. Warm 1, T. Darroch 2, Worßley 3, T. Warin 5, Noton 4, Brown 1, U. Thomson 22, C. Rayner 1, W. Rayner (not out) 5, extras 11. total 64. Second innings : T. Warin 0, W. Rayner 1, Harrison 5, Worsley 2, H. Warin 0, Connolly 0, Thomson 7, Darroch 0, Noton 0, Brown 0, C. Rayner (not out) 3, extras 8, total 26 : grand total, 90. Matakana.— innings: F. Casper 0, E. Vipond 1, C. Anderson 0, H. Derecourt 0, A. Fenton 22, T. Derecourt 0, A. RayDer 15,!* M. Came 7, K. Campbell 4, A. Young 6, T. Smith (not out) 2, extras 9, total 66. Second innings: F. Casper 0, K. Campbell 19, E. Vipond 21, C. Anderson 6, A. Fenton 0, H. Derecourt 0, T. Derecourt 0. A. Rayner 0, M. Came 5, A. Young 3, T. Smith (not out) 0, extras 6, total 60. Grand total, 126.—-[Matakana Correspondent.]

BOWLING. ft There was a good attendance at the Grafton green on Saturday afternoon. The following were the matches played :— No. 1 Rink. Reid v. Carrick *. Kidd Whitaker Ilarrop Kirkwood Frater(skip).. .. 16 Kings well (skip) .. 33 No. 2 Rink. Kent v. Myers liardie Duthie Lawson(skip) .. 19 Payne (skip) „ „ 27 No. 3 Rink. Mennie v. Ross Phillips Kekwick Holdeu Dingwall Miller (skip).. .. 21 Edwards (skip) ~ 24 No. 4 Rink. Ponsford v. Towsey Kemp J Lyeil Heyraan W. S. Lyell Thompson (skip) .. 21 Mahoney (skip) „ 11 No. 5 Rink. Moritzson v. Shackelford Rhode* (skip) .. 21 Holland (skip) « 16 No. 6 Rink. Hosking v. Wilkins Haslett Smith Carlaw Gorrie , Stewart (skip) .. 20 Winks (skip) „ '„ 11 NEWMARKET CLUB. J. Parkes v, A. Anderson F. G. Clayton E. Lowe J. M. I.axon - G. Heron W. Dinnison (skip).. 21 W. Goldie (skip) „ 22 PONSOKBY CLUB. No. l Rink. "A. J. Hurndall v. A. H. Brookes R. Kagleton J. Buchanan J. Stichbury Brimblecombe M. McDermott(skip) 19 D. K. McDonald (skip) 18 No. 2 Rink. C. Westpfahl v. W. McCutcheon W. R. Reals W. Somers J. Newell T. Watson R, Ballantyne (skip) 23 J. Coe (skip) „ 14 1 No. 3 Rink. ! B. Dyson v. R. Tudehope ! C. Blorafleld E. Hough J. A. Cooper J. Edmiston T. Peacock (skip) „ 12 W. J. Rees (skip) „ 21 No. * Rink. P. R Dix t. J. Becroft C. Robinson J. Hutchison W. Parkinson W. J. Maxwell H. W. Brookes (skip) 16 A. S. Russell (skip) 14 No. 5 Rink. J. Kirker • v. E. A. Brown T. G. Brown C. W. Kdwards J. W. Stewart (skin) 25 A. Millar (skip) „ £0

! PRIZE MATCHES : SECOND DRAW. Singles (new members match).—W. McCutcheon v. F. M. King, J. Stewart v. W. A. Cooper, J. Hutchinson v. A. J. Ilurndall. Singles (list year's members).—A. S. Russell v. H. G. Bartlett, D. B. McDonald v. G. P. Brimblecombe, C. Robinson v. T. Watson, J. Buchanan v. W. J. Bees, A. H. Brookes v. R. Tudehope, B. Dyson v. J. 11. Hudson or C. Brookes. SINGLES (open).—A. S. Russell v. R. Eagleton, J. Coe v. 11. W. Brookes, J. Kirker v. J. Buchanan. J Court v. G. P. Brimtilecombe, D. B. McDonald v. J Stewart, E. T. Hart v. \V. Parkinson, T. Peacock a bye. Pairs.— McDonald and Bartlett or Newel! and Ilurndall v. J. Coe and H. Atkinson; H. W Brookes and C. Brookes v. J. Court and Robinson or G. Court a>d Keals; W. J. Rees and C. Westpfahl v. B. Eallantyne and W. Parkinson ; M McDerjiott and \V. McCutcheon v. A. S. Russell and J. A. Cooper. Fours.—H. Atkinson, J. A. Cooper, J. Stewart, E. T. Hart (skip) v. R. Tudehope, A. Millar, W. J. Rees, J. Kirker (skip); C. Robinson, H. G. Bartlett J. Court, H. W. Brookes (skip) v. R. Eagleton, A. J Hurndall, J. Stichbury, M. McDermott (skip): C VVestpfahl, W. H. Keals, J. Newell, R. Rallantyne (skip), a bye.

DUNEDIN CALEDONIAN SPORTS.

[BY tklkhraph.—pukss association.] Dunedin, Saturday. The Caledonian sports were concluded on Saturday. The attendance was only moderate. Dunedin Handicap, 440 Yards.— Brown, 22yds, 1; R. Campbell, 23yds, 2. Time, 53 2 sth a. \ ' v Five-mile Roadster Bicycle Race.— H. E. Clarke, 110 yds, 1; John Tisdale, 32oyds, 2. Three-mile Open Bicycle Handicap.— R. Emerson, 95yds, 1; Simpson, 65vds, 2; E. Reynolds, 20yds, 3. Time, Bm. 36 3-sth s. One-mile Biostclk Handicap.—F. G. Simpson, 30yds, 1; Emerson, 20yds, 2. Time, 2m. 40s. :.•-.. Ddnedin Handicap. 220 Yards.— A. Dickson, 11yds, 1 ; P. Wilson, 11yds, 2 ; C. L. Grant, 17yds, 3. Time, 24 3-sth a. Two-mile Handicap.—C. Gardiner, 140 yds, 1; G. Bruce, scratch, 2. Time, 10m. 455. Five-mile Bicycle Handicap.— J. Pither, scratch, 1; R. Emerson, scratch, 2F. G. Simpson, 100 yds, 3. This was the event of the meeting. Reynolds, who had 35yds, came back to scratch. Pither and Emerson, riding abreast,, made the pace a cracker, and soon passed those in front. No one else was able to keep going with them. In the final struggle, Pither won by a foot on the tape. Time, 14m. 15 l-sth a. The wind interfered considerably with the riders. ".; • * .'■' - -•