YACHT RACING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21399, 25 January 1933, Page 15

YACHT RACING

LIPTON CUP CONTEST

ENTRIES FROM THE CLUBS

APPEARANCE OF NGARU 11,

BY SPINDRIFT

The 12th annual contest for the Lipton Cup, presented by the late Sir Thomas Lipton to the Ponsonby Cruising Club, will be lield on Saturday over a harbour course. The conditions governing the cup, which is for inter-club competition among 22ft. mullet boats, class L, provide that each club affiliated to the Auckland Yacht and Motor-Boat Association has the right to nominate one boat. All competitors start from scratch and must carry not less than one ton of ballast, and a fair-play man and be inspected befoi'e the start of the race. The usual sails are allowed with the exception of water sails. The course will bo decided on Saturday morning. All the affiliated clubs catering for mullet boats will bo represented and, with the exception of Ngaru 11., all the boats nominated have previously taken part in ,the contest. Until the -present season Ngaru 11. has been debarred from starting owing to her being a deadwood boat, which is not in accordance with the 22ft. mullet boat restrictions. However, as tins boat is allowed to start in club events and also the Anniversary Regatta, the objection has now been waived by all the clubs interested. Valeria, last year's winner, has done little racing this season, but she is reported to bo in good condition. Sho will be sailed by Mr. G. Parker, owner and skipper of the 26-footer Starlight. Kanmri, which made her first appearanco last season, has been sailing very well this year and sho is expected to extend both Valeria and Marie. Cup Nominations The nominations for the cup are as follows:—Akarana Yacht Club, Ngaru II.; Tamaki Yacht Club, Marie; Richmond Cruising Club, Mowai; Takapuna Boating Club, Otira; Victoria Cruising Club, Valeria; Manukau Yacht and MotorBoat Club. Rakoa; Point Chevalier Sailing Club, Varuna; Dovonport Yacht Club, Huia; Ponsonby Cruising Club, Komuri. Following is a record of the Lipton Cup races to date:—l 922, Valeria (Victoria); 1923-25, Mario (Akarana); 1926, Rakoa (Richmond); 1927, Lucille (Point Chevalier); 1928, Varuna (Manukau Cruising) and Valeria (Akarana), deadheat; 1929, Valeria (Akarana); 1930, Marie (Tamaki) ; 1931, Marie (Takapuna); 1932, Valeria (Devtmport). In addition to the Lipton Cup contest various class races will be held by the Ponsonby Club ,on Saturday, including the Hewson Memorial Cup for class Z, manned by junior crews. Squadron's Harbour Races The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron will hold a series of harbour races on Saturday afternoon. The A class yachts will compete for the Macky Memorial Cup, the B class for the Johnson Cup, C class for Mr. H. J. C. George's prize, and M clas3 for Commander E. L. Bertlion's prize. All races will start off King's Wharf. The Manukau Yacht and Motor-boat Club will hold an open sweepstake race for yachts to Cornwallis on Saturday afternoon.. . . The vachtsmen and delegates visiting Lyttelto-i for the Sanders Cup contest will be given a civic'"reception by the Mayors of Lyttelton and Christehurcli next Tuesday. The Dominion conference will take place the same afternoon, and the first race for t<he cup will be held the following day. A dance, a smoke concert and a motor run are among the cnterI tainments planned for the visitors. On Saturday, February 4, the Canterbury Sailing and Power-boat Association s legatta will be held. New Runabout Boats Messrs. Cox and Filmer- have just completed a 14ft. by 4ft. 3in. runabout for Mr. T. Hartman, of Devonport. A feature of this craft is her chine line, which has been so designed as to enable the boat to plane while running level. She is fitted with a 10 horse-power Indian motor, set in a well and enclosed by a covered hatch. The 16ft. S class boat Atangatai has been purchased by Mr. N. Caddy, of Onehunga. An order for a 16ft. by sft. 3in. runabout has been placed with Messrs. Cox and Filmer by Mr. J. P. Fisher, of Auckland. The boat will be fitted with a 7 horse-power Austin engine. The weather conditions were ideal on Saturday for the Takapuna Boating Club's annual regatta. With the exception of the races for class M and mullet boats, good entries were received, and some very interesting racing was witnessed. In class T, Ramona created a surprise by leading Shalimar on both rounds of the course. In the first round Ramona had a lead of lm 10s from her rival, and in the second round she increased her lead to 2m. Ramona had the liberal handicap of 9rn from Shalimar, and won without her time allowance. Alerte, with a handicap of 9m in class Y, finished first and carried off the first prize. The scratch boat, Demon, led on the first round by 21s from Val, but in the final round she was passed by Alerte, which also overhauled Val and Orcti in the same round.

OLD-TIME CRICKET

REMARKABLE GAME RECALLED COLLAPSE OF AUCKLANDERS The presence at Eden Park of Messrs. Alfred Whitaker and Fred Earl during the progress of the Plunket Shield match between Auckland and Wellington, which concluded yesterday afternoon, recalls an old-time game played between Auckland and Canterbury. This took place in Auckland in the season 1877-78, Mr. Whitaker being one of the umpires and Mr. Earl one of the official scorers. Canterbury won a remarkable match after being behind on the first innings. The visiting team scored 93 and 163 and Auckland made 135 and 13. The bowlers responsible for Auckland's collapse on a good wicket were. D. Ashby, a fast righthander, and AY. Frith, a medium-pace lefthander. Ashby took five wickets for 2 runs and Frith three for three. A remarkable feature of Auckland's innings was that, only four batsmen scored. There were eight extras; seven men failed to score and the following made runs:—W. L. Hees. 2: C. Gleeson, 1; R. Yates, 1; D. Lynch, 1. The same year these two bowlers disposed of Wellington for 32 and 42 respect ivelv, and, together with C. Frith, dismissed the great Australian eleven at Hagley Park in the first innings for 46. The Australian team contained such famous players as the Bannermans, Murdoch, Spofforth and Blackham. In their second innings the Australians scored 143, Fuller taking eight wickets for 35. Canterbury batted 15 men and won the match by 143 runs.

Still another small score made in 1878 was that of the M.C.C. team—practically an All-England eleven—against the same Australian side. Spofforth and Boyle were the bowlers responsible for the debacle on tins occasion.

Both Messrs. Ashby and Frith are still living in Christchurrh, Ashby being 80 years of age, and Frith 78. Mr. Whitaker is 84 and Mr. Earl 75.