OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 2, Issue 32, 23 April 1881, Page 339

OUT DOOR SPORTS

— F. Porch bowled four wickets on Monday. —Oliver Way-mouth took seven wickets for 18 runs at Helensville on Monday. —The long-stopping of Waymouth, Woods, and Simms was excellent on Tuesday last. — Mumf ord added another 20 to his score in the Town v. Country match last Monday. —Mr. Waymouth was the worst-disgusted man at the Ponsonby Regatta. His boat was fourth. — Ivens made the top score— l9— against the Opera Company. — A sweepstake race for model yachts is expected to eventuate on Saturday. —The open sailing boat Imp went back to Bnssell by the lona, on Tuesday. — Ivens batted well for his score of 28 in the Town and Country match. — A sweepstake sailing race for boats under 20 feet overall will probably be arranged. —Cotter made 17, not out, in the Auckland v. Opera Company match. — Two of the Town men in the match on Monday were nicely caught and bowled by Bowden. — Jervis took four wickets in the Town and Country match on Monday. — Chai'ley Bowden's bowling was remarkably good last Monday. — The owners of 16 feet sailing boats are talking of a sweepstake race. — Vertch batted well in the Onehunga and Otahuhu match. His score was 29. — Henderson was too much for Morpeth last Monday. — Halstead pulled in Albert White's sculling boat at the Ponsonby Regatta. — Kilpatrick made five catches and bowled five wickets for the Alpha Juveniles in the match against Otahuhu Second Eleven. — The yacht "Sybil" looked exceedingly pretty on the day of the Ponsonby Regatta. She carried, a splendid spread of canvas. —The Sybil was splendidly handled by Jack Bell at the Ponsonby Regatta. The race was a gift to her. — Jim Spry and Bob Woods made 29 and 21 runs respectively in the West End match at KaukaXiakapa on Tuesday last. — The final return match between the employes of A. Clark and Sons and Wm. McArthur and Co., takes place in the Domain on Saturday next. — The Broomstick match between the first and second elevens of the "West End C.C. will be played on Saturday and Saturday week in the Domain. — Mr. Waymouth may be complimented on the splendid trim in which the " Observer" appeared at the Pousonby Regatta. Her sails set like a board. — Waters put together 56 runs by good batting in the match between Onehunga and Otalmhu second elevens. — Andrew Hanna played two good innings at Helensville in the West End match, carrying his bat for 22 in the first, and 18 in the second. — The boat which was being built by S. Hughes to compete at the Ponsonby Regatta was not completed in time for the festival. — The open sailing boat which sailed at the Ponsonby Regatta under the name of the " Fraud " was the Patriot. She was well handled by Rutledge. — Lankham bowled very well in the Town and Country match, and succeeded in getting four wickets. — The West End second eleven beat the Helensville C.C. by 19 runs, and the Kaukapakapa C.C. by 40 runs. — Waters bowled twelve wickets in two innings in the match between lOnehunga and Otahuhu Second Elevens. — The alterations to the " Eunice " appear to have made an improvement in her. She was third in the twenty-feet sailing race, ond ahead of the " Observer." — The North Shore Rowing Club was ' ' nasty" ntrnm on Monday. The Ponsonby crew was not at; the smrting post in time, and when they appeared the North. Shore youths sulkily declined to pull. — Mahoney was of great assistance to the Onehuuga Eleven in the match against Otahuhu Second Eleven. He made a score of 36 by steady batting-, and. also succeeded in taking seven wickeis. — The protest against the "Sybil" in the Hacht Race was very paltry, a pole simply haviug been, used to prevent a collision when the boats were all in a cluster. The fault, if any, belongs to the Committee for starting three races at the same time. — Jimmy H ,in playing for Onehunga on Saturday week against the West End Club, scooped a ball very nicely for two runs. Some say he did it with his toe ; at all events, he has been imitating boys at hop-scotch ever since. — Rees, an old Auckland cricketer, played in the match Town versus Country, and made the highest score, — viz., 29. He has apparently not forgotten howto handle the willow, some of his hits being exceedingly good. — There is some talk of a sailing race taking place between the three-ton yacht Sybil, owned by Mr. M. Fairs, and Mr. Halsteacl's open sailing boat Hattie May. The latter gentleman is convinced of the superiority of his craft, and he claims that had the wind been stronger on Monday, she would have pressed the Sybil very hard. Action.