OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 66, 17 December 1881, Page 212

OUT DOOR SPORTS

Farrar got seven Auckland wiekcts. Dixon bowled pretty well for Auckland on Wednesday. Kidd was nicely caught by Roach at long on in the Auckland v. Tauranga match. Whelun made 52 in his two innings on Wednesday. Dumblefcon was well caught by Dixon, the bowler, after making 33 against Auckland. Auckland did not play by any means a strong team against-Bay of Plenty. Tauranga beat Auckland Cricket Club by seven runs in the first innings. Whelan made two splendid drives each for six on Wednesday, Otahuhu was badly beaten by Onehunga, the scores being 71 in one innings against 50 for two innings. Alf Warbrick goes up to sail Reynold's new cedar boat at the Dargaville Regatta. MaeCormick was nicely caught by Ralston on Holiday. Layeock won the sculling match at the Brisbane Regatta very easily. Carr lias built seven canoes for the Rob Roy Club. The Canterbury Cricketers have accepted the terms of the English team for a three day's match. All the Bay of Plenty cricketing team invested in lawn tennis hats. Farrar caught F. Porch very neatly at point, on Monday. The Alphas were beaten by the Excelsior on on Saturday. Percy Dufaur made 29 for Auckland United against Tauranga before he was bowled. The Observer was being overhanled on Wednesday. A second eleven is being formed in connection with the Ponsonby Cricket Club. Farrar, the Tauranga underhand bowler, got five wickets in the second innings of North Shore. Reid made 26 for Tauranga against North Shore. Kinder finished the 1000 yards handicap in 2mins. 30secs. The bicyclists of Auckland are making the necessary arrangements for the formation of a club. Ponsonby and North Shore play on No. 5 wicket in the Domain on Saturday. Bob Wynyard made 49 and 44 respectively in his two innings against Tauranga. Mumford played splendidly and steadily for 43, and was then bowled by Farrar. The Bay of Plenty team is not nearly as strong as was expected. It was badly beaten by the' United and North Shore elevens. Harry Wynyard played splendidly for North Shore against Tauranga, and put together 56 in his second innings by free hitting, Kidd and Warbrick batted splendidly together in the Tauranga second innings, and made 29 and 28 respectively. Farrar's underhand bowling was difficult to' tackle, and it proved effective in lowering the Auckland •wickets. Cromwell batted prettily on Monday. He was caught by Warbrick oil a good (leg hit "from Reid's bowling after making seven. Gardiner is begining to do remarkably well on the cricket 'ground. He got seven in the first innings, and fourteen not out in the second against Taurauga. The bowling of the Tauranga men on Monday was rather wild, there being no less than nine wides in the first innings. The race between Leßoy's Lily and Percy's Foam has not been arranged yet. The former wants ten minutes time allowance. A mile race is on the tapis between P. Watson and G. Mills, for the sum of £5 a side, to eventuate in the Domain on Saturday, the 24th inst. A cricket match between the local teams of Wellsford and Port |Albert was played at the former place on Saturday last and resulted in a victory for the home (Wellsford^ team by an innings and 40 runs. Muinford's average is showing up. He batted splendidly against Tauranga, and got 43 in his first innings, and 29 in his second. His defence was so steady and careful that the visitors lost all patience with him. Cromwell did the best bowling in the United match. He was difficult to play, and comparatively few Tuns were made from him. Five wickets were scored to his credit. • Bailey has laid the keel of a thirteen-ton yacht Sfilt t^fp f £ en ?. eems °n R. B. Isaacs.' She will ba T niw= i Klsslm S's Toroa, which was turned out of P T°« ime a «°. and therefore some exciting contests between them may be expected. It will take a Settle* ° b6at the ' iomi - Bailey Ts on bis Logan was to have sent the open-sailing boat Magic to Levuka by the Taiaroa yesterday, and I daresay by this time she is on her way hence. The little cmft w S if« eel kf nSr i lla !: ly ""'ornate. She was built for Walter Jones last year, was beaten by the Shrimp one of Hewson and Melville's boats, at the Auckland Regata! Fortune did not seem to smile upon her, and some time ago she was raffled, and fell into the hancls of Mr H T H- Hitchens. The builder purchased hei° and after doing her up, he entered her for the recent North Shore Regatta and under the guidance of Tom Hunt she sustained the good opinion entertained of her by some, aid beat the Shrimp easily. This proved conclusively that there was more in her than had been taken out She will warm up some of the Fijian mosquito fleet. '

THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC SPORTS. Gmild won the Maiden easily on Saturday. Charter should train and would then be heard of. Watson won the high jump, cleaving 4 feet 9 inches. The first and third heats of the cup were done in 10i sees., and the second in 11 sees. Could Tom Sibbin have run third in the hurdles if he had liked ? Lees won the consolation by a chest. He always carries that first. The tug-of-war final was Avon by the North Shore Football Club. Patten bowled very well in the Otahuhu match. The pitcher was there, as usual. Tommy Sibbin " upset the pot" in the 100 yds., while Charters was a greater surprise. He was nowhere in the maiden, but came grandly in this race. Chapman ran a grand race in the quarter-mile. Sibbin's performance in beating Chapman " on the tape" was the best thing he did. W. Sibbin won the Amateur Athletic Club Cup for the secoud'tinic last Saturday, and it therefore becomes his property. Stewart was another of the unfortunates on Saturday. He was right on the :3rd, but last week was all "agee." Bar Grould, (who was thrown in through not being known), White beat everything in the hurdles, jumping splendidly and finishing well. The 150 yards race for £10 a side between M. Monnock and'Barchard takes place in the Domain tomorrow (Saturday) evening-. Monnock gives his opponent three yards. Briggs or "the unknown" won the stewards plate but the " old! plater" made him go for it. Bob had his standard up before he started, but could not wave it when he finished. Kinder is the first stranger with a reputation who has sustained it in the Amateur Athletic Club. He is a "goer" style, make, limb and pluck, all are there, nnd are used. Charley White, though only scoring second for the Club Cup, is entitled to tile honour. His game game running on Saturday was the subject of comment by all. Captain Farquhar was on the Domain ground on Saturday, and said his " Wullie" can heat any thing ' that ran in the Maiden. Try Willie ! it's better than helping Pousonby to glory in a, cricket match. The "Victor Ludorum," which has been contested for so many times, is now the property of W. Sibbiu, who has secured it not only by winning it three times at intervals, but also by scoring the greatest number of points at two successive meetings. Apropos of this Club's affairs — We hear Tiat a member of one of our leading cricket clubs has >nt his card of membership for the Amateur Athletic Club into the secretary with a request that his name be erased from the roll oil account of the " overbearing and discourteous action of the Club's committee in contending for the use of the cricket ground last Saturday."