LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3382, 8 January 1919, Page 45

LAND AND WATER.

The South Canterbury Caledonian Society (one of the few that has kept going through the war period) held its forty-fourth New Year Bports gathering on the Ist. There was a good attendance, and the takings amounted to about £I6OO. The sports were marred by an unusually severe electrical storm, wrfcn heavy hail and rain. AH the bicycle events were won by, a new competitor, T. Joyce, of Waimate, who showed exceptionally good form. Among those present was the Hon. T. M. Wilford, who complimented the society on its excellent grounds and appointments. FOOTBALL. The return Rugby football match between a New Zealand team and a team representing Wales ended in a draw—6 points each; The previous match was won by Wales by 3 points to nil. BOWLING. A rink skipped by. a veteran ex-champion won the first prize in the Wellington Centre tournament during the New YealKholidays in the person of Princse, of the Newtown Club' The final resulted:. Newtown—Barker, Middlebrook, Scott, Prince (s) 21, defeated Wellington—Kinnear, Liddle, lasker, Gooder (s), 15." . BILLIARDS. „_ Inman, Stevenson, Reece, Falkiner, and Newman have entered for the English billiards championship. A record struggle is expected. \ BROAD BAY REGATTA. A regatta was held at Broad Bay on New Year's Day, when, despite the unfavourable weather, there was a fair number of spectators, including visitors "from Dun-edh>«r-The following officials had charge of the arrangements: —Chairman of committee, Mr J. Galbraith; secretary, Mr N Smith; treasurer, Mr W. D. Waters; handicappers—Messrs F. Goodwin, N. Ohphant, D. Paterson, and A. Walker. The Second Class Yacht Race was started at 2 p.m., with a light north-east wind blowing. Violet was the first away, closely followed by Kia Ora, Shadow, Viking, Experiment, Irex, and Minnow. In the last round the wind freshened and veered round to the south-west, and several of the smaller boats had trouble. The only boat to finish was the Shadow, whioh had a handicap of 2min. ' . - , The First Class Yacht Race was started at 2.30 p.m. The Tucana got well away, and was followed by the Waimana, Matua, and Janet. The Tucana held the lead, with Waimana handy, but in the fifth round both boats had to reef. The Matua and Janet wore disqualified for hanging on to standin» marks. Shortly after the Tucana and Waimana reefed the wind dropped to a full-sail breeze. The race resulted: Tucana (lmih handicap) 1, Waimana (scratch) 2. The Loongana was first to show out in the Motor Boat Race, and considerable bumping took place owing to the Matarua not getting away smartly. The Kiwi quickly took the lead, and kept well ahead until the finish, but could not concede the handicaps to Marguerita (7min) 1, and Revenge (7min 20sec) 2. Four competitors entered for the dinghy race. W. Souter secured first place, and L. Johnstone second. Owing to the in-

clement conditions the swimming events were not held. WAITAHUNA SPORTS AND PICNIC. New Year's Day did not open very promisingly for the annual sports, but the day held up wonderfully, and with the exception of a few light showers and a slight wind, was much more favourable than was anticipated. The committee had all arrangements well in hand, and the events were got off up to time. There was a notable absence of large entries in some events. and no competition at all in others, but taken all round the/ day's amusement was appreciated, and many old acquaintanceships were renewed. The Lawrence High School Fife and Drum Band was in attendance, and assisted to enliven the day's proceedings. A concert and dance were held in Carmody's Hall in the evening, and the former was crowded to the doors, many being unable to secure seating accommodation. The programme was provided by the Kaitangata Revue Company, and consisted principally of items of the negro minstrel variety. The dance was well patronised, and Mr M'Kay (Kaitangata) supplied the music. BERWICK SPORTS. The forty-iirst annual sports meeting was held at Berwick on New Year's Day. The gathering proved a great success, both financially and from a sporting point of view. The events were keenly contested, and some olose and . exciting finishes were witnessed, which spoke well for the handicapping of the various races. of the Pipe Band supplied music that lightened the hearts of the old Highlandmen of the district. The president (Mr D. M'Pherson), the secretary (Mr C. Robinson), and the committee deserve credit for the manner in which they worked and kept the events up to time, and also for their attention to the visitors. The annual ball was held in the evening, and was a thorough success. About* 90 couples took part in the grand march. Messrs G. Lyall and F. Heenan carried out the duties of M.C.'s to perfection. Dancing' finished about 3 o'clock, when cheers were given for the society. CRICKET. LOCAL MATCHES. The match Dunedin v. Mornington resulted in a win for Mornington. Dunedin scored 87, to which Mornington replied with 105 for eight wickets. Carisbrook defeated Christian Brothers by 146 to 48. DUNEDIN v. OHRISTCHURCH. A team of Christchurch cricketers commenced a match against a local eleven at Carisbrook on Tuesday morning. A. W. Alloq, who was responsible for getting the Dunedin team together, was elected captain, and E. E. Luttrell acted as captain for the visitors. The wicket was heavy at the start, but improved during the afternoon. Luttrell 6oon disposed of Patrick, and Keast, who was taking no liberties with the bowling, was dismissed by Pengelly after making 12. Holden, Alloo, and Brinslcy, however, put a different complexion on the game, the two last-named especially playing all the with confidence. Alloo sustained a confident appeal for leg before when he had scored 50 (but the ball was swinging away), and Brinslcy gave a difficult chance et square lepc. Young Pengelly took most of the remaining wickets, finishing up with six for 70. The local team's innings closed at five minutes to 4. The visitors went to the wickets at 10 minutes past 4, but it cannot bo said they gave a very dashing exhibition of batting, and for nearly two hours at the wickets they scored only 95 runs for six wickets. At one stage 14 overs were sent down for 10 runs. Hay, Alloo, and Keast were the bowlers, and," though ho did not secure the average for the afternoon, Hay troubled the visitors most. A couple of chances from his bowling were missed. The northern batsmen should certainly have done better against the local bowling. In-

eluded in Hincksman's score was a big hit over the rails for 6. The heavy rain overnight-had made the wicket easy when Whitta (not out, 15) and Martin (not out, 7) went to the batting crease on Wednesday morning shortly after 11. "Both batsmen played very carefully, a"nd in one part of the game 13 maidens were recorded out of 18 consecutive overs. Martin, who is a returned soldier, and has not yet recoveredi from a wound, batted pluckily for his runs. Included in Whitta*s score was a large number of singles. Pengelly, the last man in, punished anything loose, but, with the score at 230, was badly missed by Patrick at extra mid-off. The northerners innings closed at 20 minutes past 3, Whitta being undefeated with 123 to ihs credit. Whitta gave three chances, two of catching behind the wicket td Ferguson—one a very hard chance —andi a snick in the slips which Keast dropped. He played the game for his side, taking no chances, and was loudly applauded when the innings closed. Cameron was the Sowler who troubled Whitta most. Heavy rain set in during the interval, and the game was drawn. Scpres:— Dunedin.—Finst Innings. A. Keast. b Pengelly 12 G. Patrick, ib Luttrell 6 W. Holden, c Gorrie, b Martin 25 W. Brinsley, o Moore, b Pengelly ... 77 A. W. Alloo, lbw, b Haines 81 F. O. Hutchison, b Pengelly ........ 12 A. L. Lockhart, c Haines, b Hincksman 18 N. Cameron, b Pengelly ... 0 W. A. Hay, b Pengelly 1 J. Haig, b Pengelly 11 E. Ferguson, not out ,". ... 5 Extras ; ~. ... 18 Total 266 Bowling Analysis.—Pengelly, 198 balls, 11 maidens, 70 runs, 6 wickets; Luttrell, 78 balls, 68 runs, 1 wicket; North, 48 balls, 50 runs; Whitta 36 balls, 21 runs; Martin, 30 balls, 18 runs, 1 wicket; Haines, 48 balls, 2 maidens, 24 runs, 1 wicket; Hinsksman, 19 balls, 1 maiden, 7 runs, 1 wicket. Christchurch. —First Innings. C. T. Moore, run out ... 17 S. Hincksman, b Alloo ~.. 18 H. North, c Cameron, b Alloo / 5 G. Haines, c Alloo, b Keast 8 H. Whitta, not out t ... 123 J. Hay, b Keast ... 3 E. E. Luttrell,-c Ferguson, b Hay ... 8 J. Martin, b Lockhart ... ... 39 0. T. Gorrie, b Alloo 11 C. Holland, lbw, b Alloo 2 M. F. Pengelly, c Cameron, b Hay ... 13 Etxras 25 Total ... ... ... ... ... ...272 Bowling • Analysis.—Hay, 276 balls, 15 maidens, 93 runs, 2 wickets; Alloo, 258 balls, 19 maidens, 68 runs, 4 wickets; Keast, 90 balls, 1 maiden, 44 runs, 2 wicketo; Cameron, 42 balls, 1 maiden, 29 runs; Lockhart, 18 balls, 12 runs, 1 wicket. VICTORIA DEFEATS N.S. WALES. The inter-State cricket match between teams representing Victoria and New ■ South Wales was resumed on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the 30th ult. The wicket was perfect. New South Wales, in their second innings, scored 226, the top scorers being Noble 52, Hendry 40. Victoria won by 216 runs. , VICTORIA DEFEATS SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The cricket match Victoria v. South Australia was played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the 2nd and following days. In their first innings the Victorians made 374. South Australia scored 359 (Gehrs 96 Rundell 100, Richardson 92). In their second innings Victoria (who had a lead of 15 runs on the first) made 252 —Keating 37, Richardson 48), Victoria thus winning by 108 runs. AUSTRALIAN TEAM TO VISIT ENGLAND. - A ..Marylebone sub-committee favourably considered the proposed tour of an Australian eleven next summer. Probably a team will be sent if it can be raised. A general committee will consider the matter on the 13th irist., when .certain details, especially financial, will be settled respecting the Australian service. team, who will play three matches with England.