OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 4, Issue 79, 18 March 1882, Page 12

OUT DOOR SPORTS

CRICKET MATCHES LAST SATURDAY. West End v. Otahohu.— Drawn greatly in favour of tbe former. West End, 154 ; Otahulm, 46. Ponsonby v. Whatj. — Won by tlie former with nine runs to spare. Ponsonby, 56 ; Whau, 47. Auckland Second Eleven v. Adpha.— Drawn greatly in favour of the former. Auckland, first innings, IIS ; second innings, 143. Alpha, first innings, 72. Gordon v. Onehunga Second Eleven.— Won by Gordon with 40 runs to spare. Gordon, 88 j Onehunga, 48. West End Second Eleven v. Ponsonby Second Eleven. — Won easily by the former. West End, 131 ; Ponsonby, 39. North Shore Second Eleven v. United Second Eleven. — Won easily by North Shore. United, 49 ; North Shore, five wickets clown for 76. CRICKET MATCHES TO-MORROW. Auckland v. Otnhnbu. West End v. North Shore. Ponsonby v. Aucklnnd Second Eleven. Ponsonby Second Eleven v. Onehunga Second Eleven. Civil Service v. Onehunga. United Second v. Wliaii. TO-DAY'S FIXTURES. Tauranga Regatta. H.A.C.B. Society Sports— Domain. Athletic Sports — Onehuiiga. Cricket Mateh — Alpha v. Coromandel. ACTION'S TIPS. TAURANGA REGATTA. Considerable interest is evinced in several of the races at the Tauranga Regatta, to be held to-day, owing to the fact that a number of Auckland compete. My tips are: — Cutter Race, — The Tokerau for ilrsfc place should she compete, with the Lancashire Lass second. Amateur Sculler Race. — Yates, 1 ; T. Fnrquhar, 2 ; W. Farquhar, 3. , Twenty-feet Sailing Boats. — Madge, 1 ; Imp, 2 ; Hattie May, 3. Imp for a boil over. Seventeen - feet Sailing Boats. — Spray, 1 ; Nellie, 2. Sculling Race in Skiffs. — Yates, 1. ONEHUNGA SPORTS. For the big handicap, I fancy O'Hare (the veteran and ex-champion), with Cummins second. Arty Hendry is my favourite for the Walking Match, with Huckstep well up. In the One-Mile Race, Huckstep should have it all his own way. The Hurdles will be a toss up between Donovan and Cummins.

DeThierry has got the open-sailing boat Foam. O'Brien made the excellent scores of 26 and 24 (not out) in the Alpha match. Sims got five United -wickets, and "Wynyard four.

It- is reported that the Toroa Trill not compete at the Ponsouby Regatta. Fountain made a remarkably good catch at point for Ponsonby last Saturday. The Fraud won the sailing match last Saturday, the Gem being second, Eunice third, and Ped last.

A perfect licet of sixteen feet open-sailing boats are getting ready for the approaching Ponsonby Eegatta. The Alpha cricketers have gone to Coromandel with the object of playing a local team to-day.

GK Wynyard assisted his average for the season with, a score of 41 against United last Saturday.

There will be a good race in the hurdles at Onelmnga between Dave Donovan and Cummins. Fred. Edmonds. has built ti new sixteen feet boat for Wards. She promises to be a fast boat, and her capabilities will be tested at the Ponsonby Eegatta. O'Hare, Mettam, and Cummins have been in training during the last month for the sports at Onehunga to-day, and should bo very fit. The sports at the Domain today will be confined to outsiders. All the " flyers " are going to Chiohunga. Even with the assistance of Dewes, Cox, and Dufaur, Otahuhu coiild not get within a hundred of the West End score.

The famous English yacht Madge is -to race next season with a new American yacht named the 0 ewell.

.The sculling match between Edward Hanlan and Wallace Eoss for £500 a-sidc docs not take place until June 20. Koss wants to row it in America.

C. S. Owen made a good stand against the Whan last Saturday, and put together 21 runs for Ponsonby by a creditable display of batting, Alf. Warbrick and Moore were to hare taken Walter Jones' little yacht Hand to Tanranga last night. She will compete in the yacht race there to-day. ' Matthews contemplates the construction of another twenty-feet sailing boat, and it is confidently expected that he will wipe the Madge this time. Bob Woods' average was not much assisted by his score last Saturday. And he expected a century, too.. _. . __

The sculling match between Edward Hanlan suid Eobert Boyd for £1000 takes place on April 3, over the Tyne course. . Bred. Edmonds intends to build a twenty feet sailing boat ,duringtne winter, and have her ready for the A'ext North Shore Eogatta. . Cbnsidering the liberal prizes offered,' .there should have been a better field of competitors at the Onehunga sports to-day than has been announced.

What has become of the three Australian peds. who were to have performed in Auckland to-day H and who is " Freeman," the sprinter ? The Madge is to, compete in the twenty feet sailing race at Tauranga to-day, and will be sailed by Walter Jones. A new and very large suit of sails has provided for the " crack." > Though on form, the captain of the P.R.C. s crew did not show in good form on Friday night. Stroke oar had a fine stroke and style, but no ear evidently. A combined team from the Ponsonby Cricket Club will play a match at Helensville on Good Friday, proceeding there on Thursday" afternoon, and retixrning on Saturday. W. J. Burk, of Duneclin, has accepted the challenge of Fagan, of Christchurch, to run a mile for £50 a-side and the championship of New Zealand. . The race is to be run at Dunedin on or about the 20fch Slay.

The English yacht Asteroid, owned by Mr Burton, arrived last Friday, and has been the subject of admiration by all who have seen her since. She is well bnilt, splendidly finished, and a cojafortable and fast boat.

Amongst the expected entries for tlie small yacht race at the Ponsonby Regatta are the Brothers, Penguin, Swallow, Sybil, Plying Fish, Gallagher's, and about half-a-dozen others. A good rnce is anticipated. The twenty feet sailing-boat Imp is in splendid trim for the Tauranga Regatta, which takes place today. She is strongly backed, and there are many who pin their faith on her. The Madge is first favourite. The sailing boals Devenport, Nellie, Spray, and several others were expected to go to Tauranga to compete in the sixteen-feet boat rnce at the Regatte. tliere. The Spray is looked upon as the most likely boat to bring back the prize.

John Largan, the Englisli sculler, "was announced (February 4) as on the eve of liis departure for Australia to row in tlie Punch. Rega.tta. George Fearn, the long-distance swiinnier, was to have accompanied him. W. Cooper, who won tlie Eob Eoy Canoe Race at the Auckland Regatta, will not compete in the Ponsonby race owing to his intended absence from town. J. Shaw, captain of the Rob Eoy Club, will, however, compete in Cooper's boat.

According to a Nevada paper, a druggist m Curson, George C. Thusler byname, made a record of 50 out of a possible 50, while shooting at a 500 yards range ; and afterwards, on a wager, hit a bulls-eye for the eleventh time.

An English cricketing team, ineiacling Ulyett and Peate (professionals), and ten first-class amateurs, are said to purpose visiting America in September and October next. They will play in Philadelphia, New York City, St. Louis, and Chicago, and in the principal Canadian cities.

The twenty feet open-sailing boat Petrel, built by DeThicrry.'was to have made her dcbuthy competing in the sweepstakes race la3t Saturday, but she carried away her gunwale. Her owner wishes to race the Fraud for £10.

The once famous Hattie May has been scraped, repainted, and repaired by her new owner, Nelson ; and with a new suit of sails, she is once more in good sailing trim, and should yet prove a lively opponent for the Madge, Imp, and-Observer. She was to have gone to Tauranga last night to compete in the Eegatta there today, and my prophecy is that she will at least place herself.

It is anticipated that there will be four competitors in the amateur scullers'- race at the Tauranga Regatta, and three at least may be depended upon. Yates, who is the favourite, has competed several times in Auckland, and he was beaten at oi.r last regatta by Morpeth. Willie and Tommy Farquhar go down to represent Ponsonby, while Warbrick will probably make one of the contestants for sculling honours.

Beavcn was not satisfied with being bowled by the Ponsonby Second Eleven for a duck egg, and immediately afterwards he was seen playing with the West End First Eleven against Otahuhu. Fortune was move" favourable to the poor fellow this time, as he made 11. But it' doesn't look exactly riglifc for a club to use its good batsmen for both elevens on the same afternoon, and to field out substitutes in their places. Not exactly the cheese, somehow.

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The association working the gem. claim, situated on the Tokatea Bange, Coroinaudel, announce they have obtained, in addition to their former holding, a valuable block of ground on the reef, bringing them several hundred feet nearer to the Tokatea working, and right up to the boundary of the Bismarck, giving the Gem 300 feet of backs from the Tokatea low level. Owing to some error of calculation in the old survey, this large and valuable section of the Tokatea reef has hitherto remained undiscovered, though thousands of pounds have been expended in operating on both sides of the lode channel, but by some extraordinary fatality, no work whatever was done on tl~e reef itself, even the great tunnel driven by the Tokatea and Bismarck companies did not go within forty feet of it in this ground, owing to a mistaken idea as to whore the reef lay. The shareholders, desirous of thoroughly developing their splendid property, have decided to increase the funds in the bank to an extent which will enable them to work the whole block out systematically from the Tokatea low level, and have placed three full shares in the market, which will be sold at a low price, giving purchasers every chance of making a handsome profit on them. The Tokatea reef has not been of a patchy character, but has carried payable gold from one level to the othev, producing in half-a-dozen years, £132,000 worth of gold, and without a call being made until No. 7 level was being driven. In the great section of the reef now about to be developed in the Gem it is to be hoped that similar good fortune will have to be chronicled.