ATHLETIC SPOUTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10044, 3 February 1896, Page 3

ATHLETIC SPOUTS.

CRICKET. 1 The championship fixtures were continued on tlio Domain on Saturday last under most favourable circumstances as far as weather and wickets were concerned, but no sensational scoring was witnessed; in facts one might say the games were rather disappointing in this respect) considering the fine form shown by the local batsmen of late. As had been anticipated, Auckland and Parnoll secured victories over Gordon and United respectively, the Auckland Club in particular winning very easily. With three of our senior clubs on a footing, the remaining fixtures should produce interesting and closer contested matches, and if asked to select a team right out, my vote would go with Parnoll. AUCKLAND V. GORDON. This match which was brought to a conclusion on Saturday resulted in a most decisive victory for the Auckland Club over the Gordonites by an innings and 67 runs. For the victors Arne'il (108), and Wynyard (46), the " not outs" of the provious week, resumed batting to the trundling of Hume and Kelly. After adding fourteen runs to his score of the previous week Arneil was caught on the leg boundary off Kelly— for 232, R. Neill joined Wynyard, but did not stay long at the wickets being stumped by Pabst off one of Kelly's slow ones. Stone, who came next, soon got to work, and was responsible for a number of very fine strokes, but when the score had reached 268 had the misfortune to lose his partner (Wynyard) who had played an exceedingly fine innings for 81, and looked ail over like making his century, when Hume got a straight one past him. Lundon and T. Weill were quickly disposed of alter adding a few runs each. Stone was the lust to go being beaten by Hume, after playing in firstclass style for 31. From this it will be seen that the remaining batsmen with the exception of Stone did not add materially to the figures, and that Auckland batted two men short. . Gordon's second innings resulted in a total of 142, towards which the principal contributors were Gould (28), Cotterill (28), Kelly (21 not out), Pabst (16), and Hemery (15). AuCKUND.-Firai. innings. Arneil, o Hume, b Kelly ... 120 Thomas, c Gould, b Steel ... .... ... 27 Clayton, b Williamson ~ ... 15 Wynyard, b Humo „ ... 81 R. Neill, 8t Pabst, b Kelly... ... ... 5 Stone, b Hume 31 i Lundon, c Fairbuni, b Kelly 6 [ T. Neill. c Pabst, b Hume... 4 [ Thompson, not out ... >- 0 I Sou} abseuk ::: ::: z o I Extras ... ... 7 1 (Cotal mi tii m ••• '!•

Total for two wickets 20 PARXEI.L 111. V. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. I'arnell closed their first innings for 196. Grammar School (first innings): Stewart, b Wrißhtaon, 9; Davies, bColwell, 1; Ilbert, ! Colwell, 0; Shepherd, not out, 19; McGurney, c and b Wrightson, 4: Stephenson, b Lynch, 5; Jones, b Lynch, 8; Hill, b Lynch, 0; Walton, b Lynch, 0; Wilson, b Col well, 3; Smith, b Lynch, 1; extras, 2 : total, 52. This being short of the requisite number, the School team were compelled to follow ou, and the second innings closed for 111, compiled as underStewart, lbw, Young, 43 Stevenson, b Moore, 22; Shepherd, b Lynch, 1G; Jones, b Moore, 0; Ilbert, b Young, 10; McGurney, c Colwell, b Wrightson, 3; Davies, b Colwell, 9: Hill, bColwell, 2; Walton, b Lynch, 0; Wilson, not out, 0; Smith, c and b Colwell, 2; extras, 4. Parnoll are thus returned victors by an innings and 33 runs. Auckland 111. v. North Shore A. Auckland 111. won by five wickets. For North Shore, S. Walker (who played a good inning! for 32, not out), Chapman (11 and 20) and Brennun (13) were the highest scorers; and for Auckland, Greville (9 and 35), Harrison (29, not out), Stewart (14), Grindrod (11), and Alexander (11) reached double figures. Tho following are the scores :— North Shore A.—First innings; Pitts, 1) Greville, 5; Chapman, b Harrison, 11; Harris, b Greville, 8; Brennan, c Stewart, b Greville, 2; S. Walker, b Airey, 3; Valentine, b Greville, 7; Roberts, b Harrison, 3; Andrews, b Harrison, 0; Walker, b Greville, 2; Speight, run out, 0; Collis, not out, 8; extras, 8: total, 57. Auckland lll—First innings: Stewart, c Roberts, b Valentino, 6; A. E. Grindrod, c Harris, b Valentino, 4: Harrison, b Valentino,!; Greville, c Walker, b Valentine, 9; Airey, c S. Walker, b Brennan, 2; Nolan, b Brennan, 3; Peacocke, Breunau, 0; Harnerton, not out, 2; McConnick, lbw Brenuan, 1; Alexander, b Valentine, 11; Osborne, run out, 1; extras, 11: total 51. North Shore.—Second innings: Valentine, c Peacocke, b Greville, 8; Brennan, run out, 13; Harris, b Harrison, 5; Chapman, b Harrison, 20; Pitts, c Harrison, b Greville, 4; Speight, c Harrison, b Greville, 4; 5. Walker, not out, 32; Roberts, b Grindrod, 7; Andrews, b Harrison, 0; Walker, b GrevilU 4; Collis, absent, 0; extras, 5: total, lift Auokvand,-Second innings: Stewart, c Walker, b Brennan, 14; Hamerton, _ c Andrews, b Brennan, 4; Greville, b Harris, 35; A. E. Grindrod, b Harris, 11; Harrison, not out, 29; Alexander, b Pitts, 0 ; Peacocke, not out, 9; extras, 8 total for 5 wickets, 110. LAWN TENNIS. INTER-CLUB MATCHES. The lawn tennis matches between the Auckland and Remucra Clubs were played off on Saturday, tho scores being the closest of any of the inter-club matches that have been played this season. Both clubs won three matches, but Auckland gained two sets more than Remuera, and was, according to the new rules, declared the winner. The results are as follow:—On the Auckland ground: Misses A. Nicholson and M. Ledingham (A) beat the Misses Dargaville (R.), 6-2, 6-3; Messrs. E. Cotiolly and W. Bruce (R.) beat Messrs. N. aud R, Biss (A.), 3—6, 6-3, 5-6, 6-4, 6-4; Miss Ring and Mr. Marriner (A.) beat Miss K. Thompson and Mr. D. Clerk (R.), 6—l, B—lo, 6—4. On the Remuera ground: Misses L. Ring and Nicholson (A.) beat Misses K. McMillan and M. Herrold (R.), 6-2, 6-4; Messrs. F. J. and E. A. Dargaville (R.) beat Messrs. O. Scherff and C. C. Baker (A.), 6-2,6-3,5—6, 3-6 G-4; Mrs. D. Clerk and Mr. W. Ridings R) beat Miss Picken aud Professor Seager (A.), 9-7,6-8,6-2. WEST END. At the West End Lawns, on Saturday afternoon, a series of combined doubles (handicap) were played. The whole of the rounds were played off the same afternoon, the games being 35 points up. Some of the matches were very interesting, and closely contested. Miss C. Dyson and Mr. A. H. Brabant proved victorious. The following are the results First Round: Miss Faulder and Miss Goldie beat Miss Main and Mr. W. H. Burton, 35—24; Miss Billington and Mr. Gentles beat Mrs. Coe and Mr. Hattou, 35 -28; Miss Caldwell aud Mr. Darby beat Miss Jolly and Mr. Butters, 35—32; Miss Buchanan and Mr. A. H. Jones,a bye: Mrs. C. H. Jones and Mr. McMaster beat Miss Edwards and Mr. Jos. Caldwell, 35—29; Miss C. Dyson and Mr. Brabant beat Mrs. Hodgson and Mr. Foster, 35-25; Miss C. Billington and Mr. Cooke beat Miss McMaster and. Mr. James Caldwell, 35-33 : Miss Butters and Mr. Oxford beat Miss F. Billington and Mr. Carr, 35-34. Second round : Miss Faulder and Mr. Goldie beat Miss Billington and Mr. Gentles, 35—15; Miss Caldwell and Mr. Darby beat Mrs. Buchanan and Mr. Jones, 35—30; Miss C. Dvson and Mr. Brabant beat Mrs. Jones and Mr. McMaster, 35-25; Miss Butters • and Mr. Oxford beat Miss C, Billington and ! Mr. Cooke, 35-28,

Third round: Miss Caldwell and Mr. Darby beat Miss JFaulder and Mr. Goldie, 35—25; Miss C. Dyson and Mr. Brabant beat Miss Butters and Mr. Oxford, 35-28. Final: Miss G. Dyson and Mr. Brabant beat Miss Caldwell and Mr. W. Darby, 35-30. The handioapping on the whole proved satisfactory, and contributed greatly to the success of the matches. Entries for the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Handicap Singles, and also Gentlemen's Handicap Doubles, will be received up to the Bth instant; and for Ladies' and Gentlemen's Championship Singles, for trophies presented by Mr. James Kirker (president of the club), entries will be received up to the 15 th instant. REMCERA. "The Remuera lawn now presents a gay appearance on club days. The courts are continually used while a large number of non-playing members, lovers of the game, look on. Last week several prominent players visited the lawn, amongst them being Miss Lane, of Cliristchurch; Miss Spiers, of the Eden and Epsom Club ; Mr. Harold, of the Wanganui College; and Mr. Peel, also of the Eden and Epsom Club. Some really good play was seen and the visitors were loud in their praises of the beautiful situation of the lawns. The committee have started a club tournament in the form of a series of handicap matches; the first of which, the ladies singles, was finished On Wednesday last when Miss McMillan and Miss E. Dargaville fought out the final. The result was a win for the latter lady after two well-con-tested sets: 6—3 and 6—5. The ladies doubles, combined, and men's singles are, as yet, unfinished. At a meeting of the committee of the Remuera Club, held on Thursday evening last, Messrs, J. M. Dargaville and D. Clerk were appointed as delegates to make terms with the Bowling Club for the use of two or more tennis courts next season, and tor a period of years thereafter. POLO. The polo matches at Potter's Paddock on Saturday last as usual brought out a large number of onlookers, who seemed to take great interest in the games. Afternoon tea was kindly provided by the Misses Wilkius and Miss l'urchas, and needless to state was appreciated by all present. The ground was not in as good order as might be, the dry weather making the going very hard and bumpy. However, despite this, the games were very good. The chief match of the day was between the members of the cjub, " over thirty" aud those "under thirty." The older players were represented (whites) by Messrs. Hanna, Williamson, O'Rorke, H. Colegrove, and the younger members (colours) by Messrs. Tonks, Clarke, Gordon, and Wyuyard. As soon as the ball was thrown in by the umpire (Mr. Purchas) it was evident " business" was meant, and Clarke hitting very cleanly, and theu getting to the opposing back and riding him off for his number two, the whites' goal was nut in jeopardy. This, however, was only for a moment, Colegrove hitting a backhander placed it near Williamson, who got smartly round, and gettiujf well away with the ball, took it down the held towards the colors' goal. Wynyard, however, relieved his side splendidly and carried the ball towards the grandstand, where it went ont. Oil the ball being thrown in Williamson middled it neatly,and O'Rorkegetting it, carried it on and scored a goalfor whites. On the ball being thrown in again, Tonks and Wynyard by really good play and backing up, took the bull right down the field and had hard lines in not scoring. The whites carrying the ball out managed to get well into the colours' twenty-five, and after a little hanging play Williamson scored goal number two, and so | ended the first spell. The second spell was a good deal faster. Clarke played a good number one game, and both Tonks and Wynyard, being well backed up by Gordon, soon made things merry. However, the whites were not to be denied and'getting hold of the ball which was hit up by the back (Colegrove), carried it towards the colours goal. First in front of it the ball was missed, but Hanna playing excellently succeeded in keeping the back well off. O'Rorke got round in time and placed it between the goal posts with a backhander. Once more the ball was thrown in, and the colours pulling themselves together, soon pressed the whites very hard, V/ynyai'd carrying the ball down the side line, aud then middling to Clarke, the latter scored a neat goal. As soon as the ball was in play again Wynyard got possession, but being ridden off, Tonks took it on and scored a brilliant goal. Shortly after this time was called, and the match resulted in a victory for the older members by three goals to two, a result which was mainly due to better combination. Both Colegrove, for the winners, and Gordon, for the losers, played very well indeed as backs, the latter playing a fine defensive game, and hitting really well and coolly. Colegrove had not so much to do, as l'his side was attacking most of the time, but ' what lie had to do he did without error. Next Saturday the match will be of great interest, as it will be between Remuera (who vanquished the City) and the Epsom representatives, and will probably be the most keenly fought match of the season. BOWLING. AUCKLAND CLUB. There was a good attendance of bowlers at the Grafton Green. The following were the matches played No, 1 Rink. Pnnsforil v. W. Goldie Moritzson K. Court Mahony G. 11. Laurie Kirk wood, skip .. Heron, Skip.. _ 23 No. 2 Rink. IMrt v. Anderson Coleman G. Kent Shackelford H. Kent Winks, skip _ „ 24 Morgan, skip „ 14 No. 3 Rink. Dennison v. Herman Southwell Kent Kilgour Batts Laxon, skip „ „ 10 G. Smart, skip „ 24 i No. 4 Rink. Lewis t. Campbell Worthlneton Fowlils Zimmerman Phillips Hancock, skip „ 17 Pirie „ „ 17 No. 5 Rink. Heather v. Chambers Scott, skip .. „ 23 S. Mather, skip „ 16 newmarkST CLUB. A number of bowlers from the Auckland Bowling Club visited the Newmarket Club's green on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of having a practice game on a foreign green prior to the coming tournament. The games played resulted as follow :— No. l Rink. Holden v. Ilardie Towsey Dingwall Payne tadingbam Kingswell, skip „ 25 Gorrie, skip , 4 .17 No. 2 Rink. Mennle v. Rhodes Miller Smith Culpan Paterson Holand, skip.. .. 20 olipbant, skip „11 No. 8 Rink. Wilson v. Ross Schofield Thomson Carlaw Hooper Prater, skip .. .. 20 Edwards, skip .. 27 • Several members of the Newmarket Club visited the Auckland green, and had a most enjoyable afternoon. DEVONPORT CLUB. There wag a fair attendance at the Devonport Bowling Greon on Saturday afternoon. The following games were played: No. l Rink. Lyons v. Murchie Dinsdalo Stewart Scott, skip _ .. 25 Harrison, skip „ 8 No. 2 Rink. M. Niccol v. Trays Jas. Logan Moutgomerle Cameron,skip.. „11 Harvey, skip „23 [ RECORD SCORING AT WELLINGTON Wellington, Sunday. The senior cricket matches resulted in the putting up of a record, three centuries_ being knocked up in one day. In the Midland Rivals Match, the former, with three wickets down for 121, against the Rivals 120", resumed their innings, and at the call of time, the score had increased to 428, for the loss of seven wickets. Williams played a fine innings tor 151, as also did S. Tucker (not out) for 85. Midlands were at the wickets all the afternoon. In the Phoenix v. Wellington match, the former finished their innings with a lead of 18 runs. In the second innings, however, Wellington made a much better stand, and at the close of the day, had lost six wickets for 251, of which Holdship (not out) rattled up 131 in faultless style, though he gave one or two chances, and was, in the opinion of a large number of the spectators, fairly caught in the slips, •)ut tho umpire gave a verdict in his favour. Leevers put together 66. Williams' innings was characterised by vigorous hitting, one seven being run. He gave a chance early in the innings, and another at 96. A further century was put up in a junior match, when Topp was not dismissed before he had scored 113. HUNTLY SPORTS. ' ... [from OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Huntly, Friday. The Huntly sports were held on the 29th In Mr. J. P. Bailey's paddock. The p.s. Freetrader, chartered by the committee, conveyed a large number to the ground, the trip on the river being delightful. Ihe Hon. Mr. Cadman was driven up by Mr. lattley, and was present all the afternoon, A pleasant little , episode was the, presentation of the Ladies' Bracelet to Miss Annie Crowder, who had nominated the winner, Mr. J. late. The Ngaruawfthia Baud played gelectps

throughout tho day, The secretary, Mr. 0. ; Skellern, and treasurer, Mr. N. M. Harvey, worked hard. The events were well can- . tested, many of the finishes being very olose. ' ■ The half-mile proved an exception, as one of the distance men, Capper, won rather easily. The tug-of-war, as usual, proved an exciting item of the programme, the team of Maoris proving too much for their European opponents. The following are the results Maiden Race, 100 yd s! A. Welch 1, Blair 2, O'Halloran 3. Boys' Race, under 16, 100 yds: Rawhiti 1, Repa 2. Cup, Ist stage, 100 yds: J. Tate 1, C. Burke 2, R. Muir 3. Married Women's Race, 75yds: Mrs. Broklebauk 1, Mrs. Harvey 2, Mrs. Jakeman 3. Cup, 2nd stage, 220 yds: J. Tate 1, C. Burke 2, J. Walsh 3. Miners' Race, 150 yds: W. Gurmick 1, J. Skellern 2, J. Clout 3. Unmarried Women's Race, 75yds: Miss Mary Dunn 1, Gertrude Keats 2, Margaret Dunn 3. Cup, 3rd stage, 440 yds: J. Tate 1, W. E. Wilson 2, C. Burke 3. Maori Women's Race: Kumae 1, Runa 2. Girls' Race, 12 to 16, 100 yds: Ethel Skellern 1. Jessie Barclay 2, Ethel Wilson 3. Ladies' Bracelet, 220 yds: J. Tate 1, R. Muir2, W. H. Capper 3. Threelegged Race, 100 yds: Turner and Clout 1, 'laura and Nerawhiti 2. Throwing the Cricket Ball: W. Tate 72yds 1, B. Housley 2. Half-Mile Handicap: W. H. Capper 55yds 1, F. J. Smith scratch 2. Tug-of-War, 10 men aside: Maori team first, after a desperate struggle. Quoiting Handicap 15yds: D. Wear scratch, 1; 11yds: J. Skellern, 9 points, 1.

Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Steel 11 1 32 1 Fairburn ... 10 2 48 0 Ball 6 0 27 0 Williamson ... 11 2 30 1 J(is. Hume ... 5 0 19 0 Pabst 4 0 19 0 Cotterill 4 0 20 0 John Hume ... 132 1 47 2 Kelly 13 3 _ 48 3 Gordon.— Innings. T. Gould, e Clayton b Arneil ... ... 28 T. Ball, c Lundon b Arneil 8 J. G. Pabst, e R. Neill b Clayton ..; 10 E. J. Cotterill, b Clayton ... ... ... 26 C. J. Hemery, c R. Weill b Arneil ... 15 P. V. Kelly, not out 21 J. E. Hume, b Stone 7 A. H. Williamson, c Wynyard b Stono... 12 A. Pairburn, c and b Clayton 1 J as. Hume, b Clayton 4 Steel, absent 0 Extras 4 Total 142 Bowling Analysis.—Second Innings. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Arneil 15 2 47 3 Ltindon ... 7 0 19 0 Clayton ... 13 1 50 4 Stone ... 5 0 22 2 J PARNELL V. UNITED. With five wickets down for 114 the Parnell | not out men, Mills and Dixon, faced the bowling of Hawkins and Stemson, but a very poor stand was made, as Mills, after adding four to his previous Saturday's total, was cleaned bowled by Hawkius. The others shaped very badlv.aud the innings closed for 129. With only 37 runs to the bad, United still had a chance, but with the exception of the two Hays and Hawkins, none of their batsmen Rot into double figures, and the innings concluded for 68. Parnell going to the wickets for a second time made the required runs with the loss of three wickets,'I. Mills (21 not out) playing in fine form. The fielding was very fair on both sides, and Mills was responsible for a sensational throw from' the _ long field which knocked over C. Hay's wicket. United.—Second innings. D. Hay, lbw, b Woods 18 W. Stemson, c Mills, b Lawson 8 A. Brown, b Lawson ... 4 C. Hay, thrown out 10 C. McCormick, lbw, b Woods ... 0 W. Hawkins, c Young, b Woods 18 J. Watts, lbw, b Woods ... ... ... 6 N. Lusk, c Edmonds, b Lawson 0 F. Sloman, b Lawson 0 C. Harvio c Wright, b Lawson ... ... 0 Extras 4 Total 68 Bowling Analysis—Lawson, five wickets for 31; Mills, nil for 19; Woods, four for 14. Parnell's first innings closed for 129. Parnell— Second Innings. I. Mills, not out ... M 21 G. Dixon, b Hawkins 2 M. Annus, b Stemson 0 J. Young, c McCormick, b Hawkins ... 5 Seagar, not out ... 5 Total for 3 wickets ... 33 PARNELL II. V. GORDON II. This match resulted in an easy victory for Parnell by 8 wickets. On the previous Saturday Gordon mado 54, and Paruell replied with 130. In their second innings on Saturday Gordon made 92, leaving Parnell 17 to make, which they scored for the loss of 2 wickets Gordon—First Innings ... 54 Second innings. Kyd, b Smith _ ... 25 Harrison, c Hollo b Smith 6 Kissling, c Smith b Brook 5 Watson, b Smith ... 3 Morris, !) Smith 1 Martin, b Resteaux 16 Dr Egan, c Speight h Resteaux 0 (Jowin, c Smith b Resteaux ... ... 11 Thompson, b Resteaux 12 Edwards, c Grigg b Smith 0 Ward, not out 4 Extras ... M 9 Total ... 92 Paknell.—First innings 130 Second Innings. Elley, b Edwards 2 Cooke, b Edwards 3 Doble, not out 4 Thorpe, not out 8 Extras ... 3