OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 56, 8 October 1881, Page 52

OUT DOOR SPORTS

[Secretaries of Clubs and others who take an interest in out-door sports are cordially invited to furnish, particulars of any events which come within their knowledge. Special arrangements made with regular contributors.] FIXTURES. CRICKET. Oct. 8. — Opening matches of the season. Nov.— Match, Auckland v. All England Eleven. AQUATICS. Nov. 9.— North Shore Regatta. Jan. 30. — Auckland Annual Ilegatta. April — Ponsonby Regatta. Dec. 26.— Championship Rowing Match, Mercury Bay. Nov. 21 & 26.— Sportsman's Challenge Cup, Tyne course. PEDESXBIAXISar. Nov. 26.— Auckland Athletic Club Sports. Nov. 9.— Tauranga Athletic Club Sports. — It has been definitely decided to hold a North Shore Regatta on November 9th. — The Hatfcie May is the favourite in the sailing match with the Eunice. — The meeting of the St. Greorge's Boating (not Regatta.) Club was held in a boat-house and not in an Hotel. — The cup valued at 200 soys. presented by the proprietors of the Sportsman is to be sculled for on September 24th and 25th, at Newcastle-on-Tjnie. — The annual sports of the Tauranga Amateur Athletic Club are to be held on the Prince of Wales' Birthday (November 9th.) — The Otahuhu Club lias agreed to join the Cricket Association, and Mr F. Porch has been appointed delegate. ■ — The Xapier Union Rowing Club has decided to purchase a new pair-oared outrigger for racing purposes. — The trustees are having twenty seats, capable of accommodating about 120 persons, erected ou the Domain ground. — Nearly a score of new members were elected at the committee meeting of the A.A.C. on Tuesday night. — The Whangarei Cricket Club has decided to write to a number of clubs in Auckland, Wairoa, Bay of Islands. &c, asking them to fix dates for matches. — Tom Halstead, a well-known Auckland amateur sculler, and owner of the open-sailing 1 boat Hattie May, leaves Auckland for England in December. — The footaace at Dunedin between Deleaney mid Hill for £'50 a-side was won by the latter, after a dead heat at 100 yards. — Negotiations were proceeding yesterday for the sale of Logan's new yacht to nn Auckland gentleman. It is more than probable that terms will bo arraneed. — Kverything in the sporting line is in a state of stagnation, us the weather is hardly settled enough for cricket or boating, and the season for football is past. — The Onehunga Cricket Club lias presented Joe Breunnn with a bat, in recognition of the fact that his was the highest average score in the club during the past season. — The cricket season will be opened to-morrow (Saturday) on the Domain Ground. Several matches are to take place ; amongst others, the West End First Eleven v. 22 colts. — Mr John Marshall, than whom there is no more enthusiastic aqu-.itic sportsman in the colony, has signified his intention of presenting a number of cups for competition by the members of the Auckland Rowing Club. — The Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club will hold their first practice this season to-morrow afternoon, on the bowling green, Graf ton-road. The club meets there every subsequent Saturday during the season. — The Canterbury Rowing Club discussed at its recent annual meeting the question of an amateur championship sculling race to take place each year, but no definite steps were taken, — Hnnlan, finding that Warm, the Toronto boatbuilder, is not disposed to follow his instructions in constructing race boats for him, has given Ruddick, of Boston, an order for a shell. — The sporting library of reference which Mr Gallagher intends shall be a, big lead in the new Club : room, will be a, great boon, as hitherto it has been very hard to decide any question which arose on such matters. — The strength of Canterbury cricketers, already weakened by the loss of the brothers Frith, who are now in Dunedin, will be still further impaired this season by the removal of Mr H. H. Seerotan to Waimate. This gentleman's batting last season was uniformly of the highest character. — The Amateur Athletes had a special general meeting on Thursday night, and decided to abolish the entrance fee, so as to make the subscription more within the reach of lads leaving school. We think this step is a wise one, as it is to those young gentlemen that the club must look for the greater number of its new members. — The new treasurer means to look up all the members, that are, or have been, and sec if he can't get them to subscribe again and make this year a financial success. - — It is perfectly horrifying to look over the old roll of members of the A.A.C., and note how many of our would-be ''jam tarts" have dropped out, and ceased to support so good an institution, merely to save (can it be ?) a paltry half-guinea. — On Monday last, Mr Yates, of Tauranga, forwarded to Mr D. Morpeth, of the Ponsonby Rowing Club, a challenge to a sculling match for a, £20 trophy, the race to take place about two months hence. It is not yet known whether the challenge has been accepted, but it should it be taken up, an interesting race will doubtless be the result. Yates, it will be remembered, was defeated by Morpeth at the last Auckland Regatta. — H. D. Morpeth, who is very popular in Ponsonby, has been appointed captain of the local rowing club. — The election of Mr H. D. Morpeth as captain of the Ponsonby Rowing Club will very probably prevent him from accepting Yates' challenge. Ordinary attention to his club duties will prevent him from bestowing any very great attention to sculling matters this season. —The Ponsonby Rowing Club, which has 23 paid-up members, owns property valued at £100, exclusive of the shed. The assets include one string-test gig valued at £40, two four-oared practice boats valued at £20 each, and two pair-oared outriggers valued at £5 each. — It is spoken of as a likely thing that Hulston, the ped., who beat our own undeniable crack Bob. Hutton, when the latter visited Christchurch last year, will be in Auckland shortly. If that is so, there is plenty of money in town, and Bob will find willing backers should he desire to meet his old opponent once more, as plenty of people still think ours is the better man, despite the result of their former match. — While mentioning the Hulston-Hiitton match we don't think anyone at the time drew attention to the times given for the two distances, without wishing to saylthey were falsely given ; still we have no hesitation in asserting that they were not done, and our reason for saying this is we were told that Hulston, who won both the 100 and 120 yards, did so " very easily, and was never pushed," Hutton being seriously amiss. Well, a man, however fast,can't do 100 yards in 10J seconds, and "look frequently over his shoulder, and hector his opponent on," at least, our colonial spurters can't. While 120 yards in 12J seconds, with a slow start, and the same statement made as that quoted above, is still harder to swallow. It won't do to stop 'watching these fellows^and thek- clinking time.