ATHLETIC NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11433, 25 July 1900, Page 6

ATHLETIC NOTES.

FOOTBALL. - [] POKENOV. BOMBAY. []' f{ A vert evenly-contested match between tit f' r j above teams was played at Pokcno on &Uur-?f M day, 21st inst. The teams appeared very ml j| matched, and although both sides stain I their utmost, neither succeeded,in soorinf-' H The strong wind and heavy showers no doubt: M made tho ball very difficult to handle. • Bert. 1 Brownhill was captain of the Bombay team.. || and M. Sheffield of the Pokeno. Mr. Hoe |j ken gave ever}' satisfaction -as referee.—{o*^'''JrJ Correspondent.] ' \A COUNTRY FOOTBALL. \ [BY TELEGRAPH.— COItEKSPOXDEXT.] 'g. Pakroa, Tuesday. •. ■ | The following team has been cbosca to 're-? jf present Ohinomuri in the match ; against il9V:|§ liako Rugby Union fifteen on Saturday next:--Fullback, L. Shaw; thrcequarfers, ;|| Johnson, \V. McLean, and W. Mooro: '£&M eighths, Rocklcv: halfback, Houghton; 1 wings, Cook and Comes forwards, Borett»J | (2), Douglas, McGuire, Gordon, R Montgomery. , ;t * !-; J BICYCLE PATHS. J 1 TO THE EDITOR. _"> ' 1 kir,— is to be hoped that the movement | % now on hand to provide better paths 1 f« | i cyclists may have some practical result- ; l There can bo no doubt that cyclists' haw asj A just rights to havo oaths made for them i! *jj pedestrians and vehicles have. It mV *»■ I said that bicycles are mostly used. for pi*;:;- a sure; but tliis is quite a fallacy, or vrcaM|N || be so if tho cyclists received morn considers-,, q tion at tho hands of the local bodies. I ?Kl| pose there is no place in the colonies >"'•> If hind the times in the matter of cycle pa* ; as Auckland is, and it seems to me .io»,:\fi preposterous that a person can lie fined J* |s| riding on the footpaths in the suburban ay.; o tricts, when it can bo shown that the roaw W are in an absolutely impossible state'* M cycle traffic. Auckland, with its bewbW i.r scenery and delightful climate, should » made as attractive as possible for poop l ' EJ from all parts of the world, and this can i dono in a largo measure by having m S cycle paths made to the many different | traetivo spots within easv distance of .%.-m city. One path that could bo made m . , mediately in the city itself.with very M B expense, is a path along the railway. Bvim from the railway crossing to the I*"% ' I Bridge, which would bring Parnell aw suburbs in cycle communication with .W a .sq m street. In Remuera, Epsom, ami °' ncr t § tricts, lam of opinion that one path 0» ™ , B side of tho roads should be open ?P|g§g traffic, with proper precautions and st ?s rff! laws as to rate of speed passingPPeAJ e A M trians, etc., and such regulations should :Kj R enforced under heavy penalties, lM?fefflß also wanted from Dovonport to Lake h puna, St. Holier" Bay, Otahuhu, tho broad outer path in the Albert .*' ( -.; m should be open for cyclists at «"S&l and under proper supervision. It scel i;i[l(1-il surd that miles of footpaths which are " m used by podestriaus, cannot, be: op m cyclists'under proper precautions; an I j}: ; S perty owners in suburban districts .wo ■ am sure, welcome such concessions, riy- m would enhance the value of their V P» J L | The bioyolo for business locomotion, i ■ sure, or for hoalthfulness, p-™jl(||jf.§ passed. The cycle has come to stay, g , ; , is time that the rights of cyclists, as ' g| sideration in the way of-P a fA-.jr.qsiffill should receive attention. Tho . blc L,i' u U like vehicular and. horse' traffic, &«Sp(gß innocuous to paths, while the « don M well that in any collision, they WW*« | to got by far the worst of the acciow • m conclusion, as an ardent bebever . fe bicycle -either; for business purposes Jfcff m health 'and 'pleasure, I believe tn V.Mm bicycle path is the path of . ofl |l up to good roads and .to increased J&XMM property fronting such roads ana JKi|f|f I am, etc., ''■ '. " . '.''J.'-.'S'^M [. Auckland, July 24, 1900.- ... •'- V-p