ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10365, 13 February 1897, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

To-day (Saturday) the second day's sport in ' connection with the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association's Eighth Championship Gathering takes place on the Auckland. Domain Cricket Ground, the principal ' event of the day being the 440 yds Hurdle Championship, in which A. H. Holder (Wauganui), Jno. Moir (Canterbury), T. Roberts (holder), W. H. Martin, R. Oliphant and A. Jones (Auckland) will compete. Such an array of talent has never before gathered together in any part of the colonies, and it is quite on the cards that, a fresh world's record will be established should the weather and other circumstances prove favourable. Another event of particular interest is the Half-mile Flat, iu which it is anticipated that the Aucklander James McKeau will break the existiug New Zealand record of 2m, held by D. Woods, of Canterbury. The first day of the 1897 Championship Meeiing of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association will be memorable for at least two things, namely, the splendid performances of Holder, of Wangauui, and Patrick, of Wellington; and.secondly, the unfavourable circumstances under which these performances were accomplished. And the fact that in face ot the most uninviting weather, over 1000 people turned out to witness tho events, indicates an unusually large attendance of the public to-day, if the rain t keeps off. The 10s. dead in which Patrick covered the 100 yds continues to be a great topic of conversation in athletic circles. Of course there are those who doubt the accuracy of the time, but if the decision of the timekeepers in this instance cannot be relied upon, doubt must be thrown on every record on the Association's books; for, the official timekeepers were practically unanimous on the point, and their verdict was confirmed by the testimony of independent outside watches. Therefore, it can safely be said that had the track and the weather been at their best, the world's record would probably have been equalled by the Wellington sprinter. Under more favourable circumstances Holder, too, might have beaten the New Zealand record of 16secs. for the 120 yds Hurdles, and equalled the performance of 15 4-ssecs., in which time he is said to have covered the distance on a recent occasion in Wanganui. But it is no use now going into all the "might have beens," however interesting such speculations may be. We must keep to actual facts, and one of these facts is that Holder's style of jumping has been the subject of much comment. Some admire it, while others assert that it is not so clean and artistic as the style in which Batger was wont to take the fences, or u to the merits of some of the Auckland hurdlers from a spectacular point of view. However, Holder's style bears the test of results very well, as Thursday's races demonstrate, aud the fact that it is a winning style goes a long way to answer the expressions of hostile clitics. ■ Patrick's manner of running is also very neat, and he somehow displays ft wonderful leugth of stride, that enables him to cover a lot of ground iu a little time. Leaving these special features of the meeting, a few remarks about the personal merits of the principal competitors will be of interest. I must compliment the Wanganui Club on the possession of such an athlete as A. H. Holder, a man who, it may safely be said, has no equal over his own particular events in the colony, and hardly, 1 think in Australasia. His performances of Thursday included three firsts and one second, made up as follows : First in heat of 100 yds Championship in 101-Oa.: second in the final of the same event, running the winner. Patrick to within some fifteen inches in the phenomenal timeconsidering the state of the ground— 10s. dead; first in the 120 yds Hurdles in IBs,, equalling H. Batgcr's New Zealand record ; and first in the 440 yds Flat Handicap in 52 2-53; thus adding 15 of the 16 points put up by the Wanganuites. In appearance he is a splendid type of an athlete, Assesses a fine style, and runs with the best of judgment.

Another centre that is to be complimented on the possession of an athlete who over his own pet distance has no equal in the colony, and probably not in Australasia, is Wellington, and the athlete is A. J. Patrick, who accounted for the 100 yds Championship in 10a., a performance that has only been beaten once during the existence of the Now Zealand championship, and with that en* exception never equalled. In stature Patrick is decidedly on the small side, standing only a trifle over sft 5 inches in height, and apparently weighing about 9st 81b. To those who did not sec him measuring stride for stride with his stalwart Wanganui opponent (Holder) it would be hardly possible to credit the manner >n which ho strides out. If New New Zealand sends a 100 yds man to England fin' the championship with the proposed Australasian team, then Patrick is the man, a remMk that applies to Holder should they wish to send i. team in one man, lie being a veritable host in himself.

The ex-champion hurdler, W. H. Martin, quite sustained his reputation, by running second to Holder in the 120 yards hurdles, and has no reason to feel dissatisfied at being defeated by one who may well be looked upon a; a champion amongst champions. There is little doubt but that he got inside bis best previous performance of 16 l-ss. T. Roberts ran a came second in the 440 yds flit championship to A. H. Holder, getting within about syds of the winner. The tjiok of overhauling the Wanganuite was clearly a hopeless one 200 yds from the tape, yet the Auckiander battled on bravely, and the points lie added to the banner were well earned.

The Auckland representative, Oliphant, who was only divided by a few inches from Holder in the 100 yds championship, was in good form, and ran right up to his admirers expectation, in fact, if he had doue as well in a trial, the majority of those present would have looked upon him as a certainty for the eveut, as no one for a moment looked forward to 10s. dead under the circumstances, In the Long Jump Championship L. A. Cufl'justified his claim to the title of New Zealand champion by again carrying off that event with 19ft. O.Jin.; a very creditable jump considering the state of the " take off." T. B. O'Connor, who in 1890-91 and 1891-92, held the proud position of wciglit-puttinp champion of the colony, has again entitled himself to that honour by annexing the event on Thursday with a put of 30ft. 3sin., which, in view of the fact that ho was suffering from an injured hand, was decidedly good, Of course there is only one champion at this game, and that is RlcCormack: but the performance of Thursday shows O'Connor has not quite forgotten how to put the weight. The One-mile Flat Championship was looked upon and proved to be a good tiling for Mckean, who got to the end of the journey in 4m. 485., but the surprise of the event was undoubtedly the fine second run by E. Reynold?, the cycle champion, who contested every inch of the ground most stubbornly. There are several other matters calling for mention, but space will not permit of my|dealing with them until next week. At the conclusion of the sports this afternoon, Mr. J. Marshall, President of the local club, will present the championship medals to tho successful competitors, and at halfpast one p.m. the officials and visitors will be photographed by Mr. F. W. Edwards. Mr. C. E. Lloyd, secretary of the Thames Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club, is amongst the visitors to the Championship meeting. _ _ The visiting athletes to the Championship meeting have been most hospitably treated by the Amateur Athletic Club authorities, several outings having been arranged during the week, A fitting conclusion will be the fishing and harbour excursion of to-morrow. The Stratford Athletic Club is anti-betting and non-alcoholic— its sports meetings, They some time back passed a resolution against both bookies and bars, and at a meeting to rescind them last week, they, by 9 to 8, resolved to adhere to their old resolution. The proposal to send an Australian representative athletic team to England has been before the Council of the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association. The chairman, Mr. Montague Cohen, strongly supported the idea as being likely to do much to advance the sport in these colonies. Mr, J. W. -Doyle and others considered . that the raising of the necessary funds would be impossible. Eventually) Messrs. Cohen, Doyle, Parkinson and Shappere were deputed to see what could be done, and to solicit the views of the other colonies concerned. E. H. Flack lias been written to, to communicate witli Butler, Bell, Grant, Mendelson, and Timms, asking if they would join such a team, and then to see the English Amateur Athletic Association on the matter, I suppose (writes "Harrier" in the Australasian) it would cost about £500 to send three men home, anil if a contest were arranged, England v. Australia, some £200 might. be reckoned on as share of gate' money, leaving about £300 to be raised at this'end, between the different colonies,' all ' 'of which • have now been communicated with. The team .would" have to leave, in March, so that the "matter will have to be taken up and. put through very quickly if anything is to be done, the notice being so short. As regards tho selection of a New Zealander or New Zealanders, should any be sent the present Championship should give a good line to work upon.' •_ ' Last week I quoted a paragraph from the Sydney' Bulletin with reference to .the performances of Roseingrave, ,in which that paper endeavoured to cast aspersions' on the Irishman, and' I now find that ..." Prodigal,'' of ■ the ' Sydney : Referee,', has; taken :• up . the cudgels on behalf of Koseingrave, with 'the following reply to ! . the Bulletin " As there { is much 'gross' falsehood and self-apparent

want of fairness (I had almost used the word vindictiveness) in the paragraph, let me proceed to nail down the lie and explode the fallacy of the .writer's contention. Firstly, in England they are not disinclined to credit Roseingrave's Australian jump records. The 'big things in the wilds of Connemara,' is, of course, mere word painting; but the exact sense of grammar of ' yet could uot come near them even in Dublin,' is beyond me, and probably beyond the writer. Where could lie not come near them, and why not even in Dublin ? The par. stating that Roseinenve did not do nearly as well in Melbourne as in Sydney, and nothing very extraordinary in the last named city, requires but ft word _or two. Roseingrave had a bruised heel in Melbourne, and was nursiug himself for several other events. Anyway, a man cannot be expected to break records every day in the week. As in Sydney the Irishman broke the world's broad jump record, he did do something extraordinary, so to say he did not is mean and paltry. The concluding par, which says, 'Roseingrave's biggest jumps appear to have been done in remote places,'etc., etc.. is another self ap-' parent untruth, and I will just nail it down to that. '!• hold.no brief for the man from Galway, but fair play is a jewel, as -is fair criticism, and so long as the writer continues to sling mud at the athlete so long will I waste ink over the scribe." R. A. Thomson, who annexed a double in the sprints on his first appearance at the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club's last gathering, and followed it up with a win at the North Shore has been suspended on the grounds of professionalism—having competed some years ago at a small country meeting— outcome of an inquiry held immediately after his first appearance. This is unfortunate, as Thomson was a fine sprinter, and would have run prominently in the New Zealand Championships, for which he had been in training,

CYCLING. The gathering of the cash cyclists on Saturday can hardly be regarded as a success—in fact, to speak plainly, as far as the attendance was concerned, the meeting was a most unfortunate failure for the club. If the feeling of the Auckland public on the cash amateur question is to be estimated by the numbers who turned out to witness Saturday's carnival the result cannot bo at all satisfactory for the new club. The weather, it is true, was altogether in favour of a large attendance, but then there was a powerful counter attraction in the form of the Takapunarace meeting. Whatever may have been the cause the fact remains that, instead of having a substantial balance, as the promoters anticipated, to go towards the renovation of the pavilion, the club must have suffered an actual loss of something like £100. However, the Cycling Club cannot be held responsible for the apathy of the Auckland public on this occasion, and they should be given credit for the best of intentions. The committee and all concerned certainly spared no pains to ensure the success—financially and otherwise—of their Citizens' Carnival.

The principal features of interest presented by the 1 Cash Amateur Carnival were naturally provided by the cycling events. Some excellent riding was witnessed, and some good times recorded. The determined manner in which the two well-known Southern riders, Hunt aud Clarkson, fought out several exciting finishes delighted the spectators. On no less than three occasions Hunt and Clarkson secured firstandsecond places respectively. A record was established in the three mile event of the Auckland Cycling Club's Handicap, Hunt cutting out the distance in the splendid time of Bm. 8 2-5 s. In the pedestrian events, perhaps the best performance was in the 100 yds Handicap, Brierly's timo being 9 4-5 s. from the 7yds mark. This was first-class, as was also Whiting's performance of Gm. 40s. iu the Mile Walk from the 75yds mark. Taken as a wholo the sport was good, and considering the presence of the best cash riders from every part of the Colony held out to them, the wonder is that the public did not turn up in far larger numbers. The club, however, are not likely to be discouraged by last Saturday's meeting and its results.

I understand that the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club will in all probability send Dexter to the New Zealand Cyclists' Alliance Championships of February 24 aud 27 at Wellington, in addition to E. Reynolds.

As Boon as a novice has fairly mastered her machine, she should accustom herself to back-pedal instead of using the brake, which soon injures the tyre. Back-pedalling is extremely useful in slowing up, especially on roads where there is a good deal of traffic. Bad ankle action is the secret of the ungraceful appearance of so many women riders. Unless the ankles move properly the knees jerk upwards, flinging the skirts out to the wind, and the feet look as if carved out of wood. A good rider glides like a swan. She pever sways, nor does she sit stiffly, she limply is at one with her machine. . At Lancaster Park, Christchurch, on Saturday weeK. there was the first public appearance in New Zealand of a quadruplet, or cycle to carry four. The machine was manufactured by Mr. N. Oates, of the Zealaudia Cycle Works. Manned by Measrs.Shorland, Archer, Benson, and Dumerque, it successfully negotiated the corners of the track at a pace of under two minutes to the mile, and ran with perfect smoothness from the start. . A Wellington writer says:—His Excellency Lord Brassey has been touring round Wellington on his bike since arrival here. He says he enjoys bhe morning ride best. He wasn't very enamoured of our streets, and picked out the best ones for his spins. The old sea dog doesn't present a very attractive figure before breakfast. Attired in an old blue serge coat, a secondhand-looking pair of light-ooloured pants, with a huge white helmet as head-gear, ho appears about the most ordinary-looking personage one would wish to see. The Government House, or at least the Sunbeam party who followed behind paid more attention to personal appearance, but did not seem to altogether relish the slow pace at which His Excellency went. I understand that W. A. Thompson, who holds a variety of records, intends shortly essaying 'the capture of the 24-hour record of New Zealand. The effort will likely be made at either Christchurch, on Lancaster Park, or at Napier, on the recreation ground, probably the former. CRICKET.

The local cricket championships will be resumed next Saturday, the senior contests being the continuation of the matches, Auckland v. Gordon and United v. Paruell, which have been suspended since January 23, once on account of the gale, and twice owing to the Domain being occupied by athletic gatherings. The Cricket Association is wrath at their being compelled so frequently ta givo place to other functions on the ground. From a Southern paper I take the avetages of the Queensland team's tour through the colony. The visitors played in all" eight matches, won four, three were drawn in their favour, aiid one defeat only was sustained, that being at the hands of the New Zealand team. The team was stronger in batting than bowling, though by no means weak in the latter department. The highest score made against them was Auckland's 253 in their second innings, while the team's largest innings was 492 against Hawke's Bay, and their smallest 120 in their second essay against New Zealand. The averages are as under s— BATTING.

It is expected the Philadelphian team will arrive in England on June 2, and they will start their tours on the 10th of that month. The suggested programme will consist of matches against Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Rent, Lancashire. Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Yorkshire, Gentlemen of England, Oxford, and Cambridge Universities, and one or two other fixtures. POLO. On Saturday last the_ contest for Dr. Sharman's Cup was continued, the B team consisting of Messrs. H. C. Tonks, R. Whewhell, J. F. Colegrove, and C. E. Purchas, meeting the A team, consisting of Messrs. ■E. D. O'Rorke, W. 0. Bloomfield, T. C. Williamson, and J. ; Wynyard. Whewhell played as a substitute for Clarke, who had been incapacitated by csevere blow from the ball on the elbow.- There is -no doubt that' the B team was somewhat handicapped by the change, as Whewhell has not been playing this season, and apart from being out of practice, was not in the hard condition required to play a match of three twenty minutes. The A team on the other hand profited by a chauge in positions, and played altogether a stronger and more combined game than when they went down before the C team. Tonks, for the B team, played a brilliant game for his side, and O'Rorke for the A team showed the best form we have seen from him this season, All the other members of the team worked hard, but a special word of praise is due to J. Wynyard for the capable way in which he as a firstyear man filled the difficult place of back. The game resulted in favour of the A team by 7 goals to 2. A goal secured by the B team was disallowed by the umpire, as the ball had first hit the goal-post, and was held by him to be a dead ball when afterwards hie through the posts. I -believe the umpire's ruling was correct, but it came somewhat as a surprise, as this rule has not been adhered to in practice matches. The result of the contest for Dr. Sharman's Cup is that the C team, consisting of Messrs. R. H. Wynyard, W. Gordon, E. G. Elliott, and A. Hanna, and which defeated both the other teams, had the honour of having the names of its members engraved on the Cup for this season. The contests for the Cup have undoubtedly done a great deal to infuse a spirit into the play at Potter's Paddock, and to improve the form of the competitors. Dr. Sharman is to be congratulated on the result. The New Zealand Polo Association meets this week in Wellington to discuns a number of important matters. It will also fix the date of the Tournament. The local club has recommended the Bth of March for the start, and, I think, this will be the date fixed. Every endeavour is being made by the local club to get Potter's Paddock in perfect order. The roller and lawn-mower are kept continually going, and with the present rain a great impression should be made upon the ground. To-day play will be at Hunter and Nolan's Paddock, starting at three p.m. sharp. It is considered inadvisable to play at Potter's after the late heavy rains. Matches will be played against the representative teams. On Saturday next 1 may have something to say about the players chosen to represent Auckland at the Tournament. GOLF. The twenty-sixth match which proved to be the final one for the president's silver cleek was played last Saturday, when Mr. Gillies won the cleek for the fourth time, with scores of 48 and 42. The net result after adding a handicap of 2 being 94. Mr. Burness was second with 102, Messrs. Colbeck and Oarr 104, Mr, O'Rorke 109. The other scores were large. A very strong southerly wind was blowing, aud this seemed to interfere considerably with the scores of the players. Mr. Gillies' score of 42 in the second round was, under the circumstances, a very fine one, though it was somewhat marred by two sevens. The round of 4'2 was made up as follows: 4, 5, 3, 4,5,7, 7. 5, 4. Mr. Gillies last win was in April, 1896. Messrs. O'Rorke and Colbeck have three wins for the cleek, and there has been a great fight as to who would secure the fourth win. Mr. Kyd and the Rev. Mr. Beatty have two wins. The following is the complete list of winners .- —IS94: November, H. H. Greenwav, 78; December, E. D. O'Rorke, 87. 1595: January, W. B. Colbeck, 92; February, H. D. Heather, S3: March, H. P. Norton, 87; April, F. E. Baume, 88; May, E. F. Broad, 84; June (Rev. Beatty aud Gillies 95), C. E. S. Gillies, 97; July, E. D. O'Rorke, 100; August, C. E. S. Gillies, 93; September (Bloomlield and Grimshaw 90), J. L. Bloomfield, 90; October. J. P. Philson, 82; November, J. Sykcs. 99; December (Rev, Beatty and Gillies 85). Rev. Beatty, 88. 1898: February, D.' W. Duthie, 89; March, F. Earl (new course), 109; April, C. E. 5. Willies, 100; May, J. B. Kyd, 104; June, J. P. Stevenson, 96; July, J. B. Kyd, 104; August, Rev. Beatty, 111; September, W. B. Colbeck, 102; October, E. 1). O'Rorke, 96; November, W. B. Colbeck, 90; December, G. Burness, 94. 1897 : February, C. E. S. Gillies, 94.

The clcek lias had a long life and there has been a great amount of interest taken in it by members of the club. The committee has not yet decided whether to institute another monthly handicap match or not, but as most clubs have their "monthly medal" day, it would be a pity not to have some regular handicap competition.

A handsome trophy has been prevented to the club by Messrs. Porter and Co., and the committee has decided to play for it under the following conditionsA handicap tournament to be played, winners to play winners. The final winner to keep the trophy. A second prize for the runner-up to be provided by the club. Handicapping to be done on the system of the Calcutta Cup at St. Andrew's, viz., players receiving handicaps to receive so many holes up in a match of 18 holes. Limit haudicap to be 14 up. The limit man playing against the scratch man, will start 14 up and 18 to play. Entries (no fee) close with the hon. sec. on Wednesday next. February 16. The first round must be played on or before Saturday, February 27. Messrs. Beatty, Carr, and Gillies have been appointed handicappers. The course will be the 16 holes now laid off for the Championship, and the first two holes will be played twice in order to complete the 18. LAWN TENNIS. A number of the Association Championship matches _ have be6U arranged to be played off this afternoon at the Edeu and Epsom ground if the weather permits. Mr. Harrison plays Mr. Brabant, Mr, A. G. Cooke plays Mr, E. Brown, and Mr. H. R. Cooke plays Mr. J. Peacooke. There seems to have been a general disinclination on the part of players to play on the neutral lawn, which would have been Parnell, in the above matches, and the toss was resorted to ip order to decide the ground on which they should play, and was won in each case by the Eden and Epsom players. The heavy rain prevented the match between Miss A. Nicholson and Miss Davy on the West End lawn from coming off yesterday afternoon as had been fixed, - AQUATICS. Id the Yacht Club races forJlO-footers on Saturday last Rarere was first, Zinitasecond andMahaki third, the latter taking the prize on time allowance. Rarere had the best of it at the start, and led all the way through. Had it not been for the carrying away of the throat halyards there is no doubt but that she would have taken the prize. lam very sorry for the Messrs. Harvey over their piece of bad luok.

In connection with this race some misconception has occurred as to the time of finishing and therefore I (rive them Rarere, 5.42 50' Zinita, 5.45.50: Mahaki, 5.46,40; Windward' 5,49.5. That is, Rarere finished 3m. ahead of Zinita, 3m. 50s. ahead of Mahaki, and sm. 15s. of Windward, Bounding tiie Rangitoto mark Rarere was about 12m. ahead on the second time round, hut some considerable time was lost owing to the clipbooks of the throat halyards block carrying away in effecting necessary repairs, owing to the ai of sua. Even after everything was fixed up the repairs were found ineffective to re-set the mainsail properly, owing to some turns in the halyards, which much handicapped the yacht iu the beat homewards.

The Rarere. sailed splendidly all the way through in the race, ' but I consider that a great, mistake was made on the last round by the spinnaker not being set on the run down from the Bastion to Rangitoto; for I feel sure had . this been 'done, notwithstanding the accident off the Rangitoto mark, Rarere would have finished -in time enough to take "the pfize. As I have emphasised before to yachtsmen, " You never know what is going to turn up in a race," and if Rarere's crew had taken all the advantages they held from the start, the result would have been different.'/-- . : Zinita sailed remarkably well, and though she had a very bad start, and her sailing master made a serious error in working across to the Cheltenham Beach side In the face of a strong .ebb tide, the little boat made a very good second: % '&• iv \-. 'i Windward did not sail nearly so well as on the previous occasion, and,- I am inclined to the opinion, that'the yacht's sails are not. all tliat'theyTshould be. 'Spill . this can be improved, and I look to the yacht doing much , better in her next race.'. .

Orewa rtumed oil Sunday r T" : days craia'to the North, du&St^ 1 ?!! visited Mfaurangi, Kawau UVi! Upper and'.ower Matak&na 'anrl tl t 0 and Big Omha. 'nd UI& llizpah, ihioh w&3 lent by Mr.' 4 r Wilson to ajarty of friends, has L> cruising to he Barriers. Kawau parts of th Gulf. Off Cap^'cS^S sudden squaltook the mast oat of tSV^S The crew ton her under the shelf-» l t* and and ripgd a jury mast, and th«ius-% boat arrived safely on Wednesday yacht behavet excellently under the ciiv. stances. She rill go up on Lo4, g t S ? "# next week for-epairs. ° *• % M Private lettrs from Melbourne hfelXl telhgence that Mr. Palmer's yacht A lß ' built by Messrs C. and W. Bailey much improve, form in late raca •?? 1%5 expected by heiowner that when aotne ntk" alterations are footed' that she willXi tr «S even better thai she has done. a ® .:¥ To-day the t.ird series of races if' il North Shore Siliug Club will take Ii The start is at tro p.m., and prise three - 30-footers Hi!?* 1 ' ■ and 20-footars. > d entries ceived for each clss. and considerable S is being taken lr. the Junction, and an,! * interesting afteruon's sport is anticipated The last has ot yet been heard nf ii Scow and Tradig Cutters rQ&M last week, as I u'derstand that the nw of Orakeiand Harvest Home have Cf? to the Regatta bmmittee asking for®-® to be sailed overagain on the trround fe they did not recive notice of the dat. ■ # re-sailing. A meting of the Regatta inittee is to be leld on Monday ne r-T consider the matfer. ' On Saturday net the annual nicnio 'J'iU'W Auckland YachtUlub takes place llJl'S Ihi A steamer br the conveyance of frfe will leave the Jevonport If'errrTeeaW p.m.. aud the y.chts belonging tothirfS# will all sail dora to the islaSl A cal l programme of ports has been arraS includiug a boat race for ladies, in whip great deal of inteest is being taken A nr. M menade concert i: to be held in theQnaS® tine Buildings lithe evening, a commit® having been apjoroted to carry out th arrangements. ' 01 | Windward wat to Home Bay, Mott^fl after the race o Saturday, returning Sunday evening after having a verv J time of it. yg T. s; The full prognmms of the NgarttawaM. Regatta, to be held on March 17, apnea!, elsewhere in thisissue, and promises a rS capital day's aausement. The pronammV*! provides for roring races, swimming race, ' and Maori evens, and as verv nearly £100 Si promised in pti;es, the entries should Set.# unusually large The Maori events inS«I ticular are evo:ing a great deal of interest and it is anticifated that there will be oße .1 5i the largest gathriugs of natives at Neanu wahia on St. trick's Day that have ban® seen for many rears. Special trains are ti% run from Auelhnd, Cambridge, and I(sS Kulti - Lv.vx

CO "g Bp fij «! Name, | ° g — M — ■= M Name, ~ ° g -g.S -g-S S3 M (5 W ft H -Ij Dr. Macilonalil 8 2 302 114 114 60'3 0. Cowley .. 9 0 323 135 135 35-88 S. Donahoo .. 13 I 341 70 81 2S'41 S. P. Junes 12 1 809 85 85 26'09 W. Bradley .. 12 0 228 63 63 19 H. Iiiwis' .. 10 1 163 43 43 18'17 W. SIcGlinchy 11 0 197 45 45 17-91 W. Hoard • ..12 1 1117 44 60 1510 R. Wilson .. 1'. 2 109 20 28 1218 D.Miller .. 10 3 67 18 19 9-51 0. Hitchcock 8 3 41 12* 16 '8*2 I. Byrnes .: 10 0 73 23 27 -7-3 * SigniHes not out. BOWLING. *' ... i 1 » " a Name. •jj § 5 2 « & « £ 3 A ? <! McGlinchy .. 994 36 41S 38 11.78 Hoaro .. .. 5S0 23 247 19 131.ewis .. .. 305 6 211 16 13*19 Byrnes >■ .. 1151 41 410 30 13 - Wilson „ .. 052 7 344 25 13-70 Donahoo .... 72 0 31 2 15-5' Miller .. „ 858 38 331 2o 10*65 Dr. MacDonald.. 112 0 72 3 2.' Cowley .. .. 55 1 25 0 — .Tones ' 132 3 87 0 — . N.B.—In compiling the bowling figures the maidens sent down in the matches against Hawke's Bay and (fore are not included. Not Out," of the Sydney Referee, lias compiled th'e'batting and howling avoragea of the Australian Eleven from the time they left 'last March until their return' home again; they being as under ! ? BATTING. ' ' "/ 1 1 . • &■ * a 43 • • ' ' i 1 \ . tc* oil . ■ »>-. -l - "S3 i : | ■ a a S" « 0 - <; J: Darling.. .. 70" '1 174 2100 30.43 , , G. Giffen .. . 62 2 130 1825 30 33 F. A. Iredale .. 68 3 171 1698 26'12 S. E. Gregory .. 65 2 154 1643 26-1.7 ; C.Hill .. .. 62 4 130 1500 25'£6." • G. H.S, Trott v. 73 6 143 1040 24*47 i. K'Donnan ; .. 50 - 2 167 1057 2-2-20 H.Tnimblo ;■: CO 15 64 900 2'rOO - > H, Graham - .. 46 .2 . 96 *767 17*43" ; J. J. Kelly-itK. -V 51 10 '45 ' 702 17*12 ! C. 3. Kady ..39 5* 42 482 14-17 1 It.Jones ... • .. '•« ; 7 ■ 40 605 ' 12-10.: ! . A. K. Jones .. .16 7 31 89 9.V8 i' T. B. McKtbbin.. 49 17 . 28 230 . S'39

'•TYs ' " BOWLING. V ; * " —: — . " — • 5 iS bfi ■ j • « . '' Name. §. 2 g a § } > g '■« " ► o g a £ <! T. R. McKibbin.. 879 277 1SS5 155 1216 E.Jones .. .. IMS 374 2416 1SL 1334 H. Trumhle .. 1410 469 2873 210 13 68 G. H. S. Trott .. 521 110 1409 94 14-93 G. Giffen .. 1112 289 2865 159 IS'01 C.J. Bady 1 423 99 1056 53 20-11 H. Donn&n .. 130 *-46 275 13 21-15