All-round Sport CRICKET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 126, 22 December 1892, Page 7

All-round Sport CRICKET.

Gordon v. Parnell.—-This match was resumed on Saturday. On the previous Saturday Parnell had made 80 and the Gordon 104 for 4 wickets, and on continuing on Saturday the latter remained at the wickets till 6.15 p.m., and made 364 before the last wicket fell. N. T. Williams scored 106 (the first century of the season) before he was run out. His runs were got by sound and vigorous cricket. Meldrum was the next highest scorer with 83. His innings was faultless, and was the prettiest seen on the ground for the last couple of seasons. In attempting to run a fourth fun for Kelly he was unfortunately run out, otherwise the century looked a certainty for him. Bigland, by putting together a well earned 21, showed that he will strengthen the Gordon in batting. T. Cautley also made 21, and W. Kenderdine 17 (not out). The Parnell men fielded well the whole afternoon, Lawson being the most brilliant in the field, and he also bowled well, having about 50 overs.

Auckland v. Onslow.—These clubs tied on the first innings, but in the second the latter won by 4 wickets. The Aucklanders in their second innings made 53, Wilson, 19, and A. Howard, j 5, being the only two men to make any stand against the bowling of Walton and Lundon. The last six wickets fell for 4 runs. For Onslow W. Whelan batted well for and Walton made 12 (not out). Auckland 11. v. Pitt Street Mutual. —Auckland 11. made 127 inre- • ply to the Mutual’s score of 1 18, E. R.

Mulgan taking his number to 47 before he was boiled by Stichbury. The Pittstreet Mutual having made 71 for four wickets declared their innings closed, and put Auckland in again, and with the loss of two wickets they got within 8 of their opponents’ score, when time was called. Wanderers v. Parnel II. —Wanderers won by an innings and 5° runs. North Shore v. Belmont. —The Belmont won by 4 runs on the first innings.

At annual meeting of the Christchurch Regatta Club held on the inst., the Committee reported that the receipts for the year had been 15s gd, and the expenditure £137 is 3d, leaving a credit balance of £39 lIS 6d. At a special general meeting of the Club held -.on. March 3rd a programme was drawn up for the Championship Meeting, the prize money given amounting to £2OO. It was decided, “ That this meeting protests very strongly against the proposals for coxswainless boats being brought up at the general meeting of the Association on the 21st inst., so close to the Championship Regatta.” At a meeting of the Committee of the N;Z. Amateur Athletic Association, held in Christchurdh on the 15th inst., Mr. J. H. Hempton made an application for a refund of his fare from London to Ireland during the team’s stay in England, pointing out that his breaking down prevented him competing at Paris and Manchester, and that his actual keep in London during the time he was away would have cost more than the amount claimed for. Some discussion ensued on the subject, but it was eventually resolved on the motion of Mr. Webb that the Association allow the sum of the amount it would have cost the Association had he remained in London.

The death of G. M. Kingston, the New Zealand cyclist who visited Melbourne to compete in the Austral Wheel Race, was a sad and melancholy story. On Nov. 29th he rode his bicycle to the Queen’s Wharf to see the riders off who were going to New Zealand, and after having bidden them goodbye, he mounted his machine and rode towards his lodgingplace. Being late,, and having an appointment with his trainer, he rode at a good speed, and when he reached Rathwas pedalling very fast. A dog rushed out and got under the wheels, causing him to be capsized with great force on the road. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, and hurried away to the hospital. The surgical examination at once showed that the case was hopeless, and he lingered in an unconscious condition until he died on Friday morning at four o’clock, the cause of death being fractured base of the skull.

On October 20th J. Schofield, of.the Speedwell B.C,j_ lowered the English bicycle records at the Putney A.C. Grounds for a Quarter and Half Mile crehfed by A. A. 1 Zimmerman on the Hearne Hill track on June 30th last. Schofield did the Quarter in 31 i-sth sec, which beats'Zimmerman’s time by 2-sth sec, and the Half Mile in imin 2sec, as against imin ssec by the American. - T. Meadham, a New South Wales amateur swimmer, broke the 100yds world record at Sydney on December 3rd, by swimming the distance in imin, dead. i Mr. Sydney Deane, who as a member of Williamson’s Comic Opera Company has so distinguished himself in cricket matches on behalf of the Company in this colony of late, will be a competitor at ;thei Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting to be held at Carisbrook, Dunedin, during Christmas week. . G. Giffen concluded his innings for Norwood against Hindmarsh at Adelaide on the 3rd inst., when he was bowled by Fit Jarvis for 187. Lyons also made 187. j Articles of agreement were signed during the week between Richard J. Sandall of Auckland, and James Ryan of Sydney, to box under Marquis of Queensberry’s rules, to a finish, for a trophy presented by Mr. J. Gallagher of the British Hotel, and a side wager of £5O aside, to take Slace at the Zealandia Rink on Wednesay week, the 4th January. Both men are to be in the ring at 9 p.m. Sandall is a well-known local man, and Ryan brings a good reputation from Sydney, so that a keen contest should result.