ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 December 1910, Page 13

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET. HAWKE CUP MATCH. MANAWATU V.. WAIRARAPA. (By Telcgra»h.—Special Corrospondcnt.l Mastorton, December 10. A match for the Lord Hawko Cup between Wairarapa and Manawatu, wa: commenced on the Park oval to-day The weather was dull, and an occasions shower fell. The pitch was somewha' soft at the boginning of the play, bu improved later. Manawatu won th< toss, and elccted to go to tie wicket Scores:— Manawatu.—First Innings. M'Le&n, b. Jordan '< Ongley, c. Moss, b. Jordan ] F. Roberts, b. Jordan 1 Brennand, b. Moss G. Goldspring, not out 6i Cobbo, st. Essod, b. Logan < Hernus, b. Sievers 2( Grier, c. Beechey, b. Jordan ( Skclley, o. Moss, b. Jordan ( Simmonds, b. Moss ..... : I Rcid, run out ( Extras . 1( Total ...... .. 12f Wairarapa.—First Innings. Jordan, b. Grier J Waters, b. Grier ( Smart, run out ] Moorhonse, c. Brennand, b. Ongley ] Esson, 1.b.w., b. Ongley ( Redmond, c. Cobbe, b. Grier 2( Beechey, not out 1( Waugh, b. Ongley ( Moss, run out ( Logan, b.' Ongley ( Siovers, b. Ongley 1 < Total ............ 3! Manawatu.—Second Innings. Ongley, b. Moss i Goldspring, b. Jordan f Roberts, b. Logan ......... ! M'Lean, run out Brennand, c. Moss, b. Waugh 4] Cobbe, b. Sievers 1( Hemus, c. Esson, b. Sievers ] Grier, b. Waugh ; li Simmonds, run out ] Skelley, c. Waugh, b. Redmond ... < Rcid, not out f Extras f Total: loj The second innings of Wairarapa, win havo 189 to make to win, will bo played out on Saturday. THE SOOTH AFRICANS. A MATCH AT NEWCASTLE. By Teksrapli—Press Association—CoDjTisht. (Rec. December 16, 8.45 p.m.) ■ Sydney, December 16. With fine weather and a good wicket, the South Africans commenced a twodays'' match at Newcastle against the northern districts, fifteen men playinn m the local team.' ... In their first innings the local men made 174 runs, tho chief scorers beineL; Waddy, 23; Ebsworth, 26: May, 29: and Mathieson, 22. Pegler captured seven wickets, for 46 runs: Faulknor, four for 29 ] Schwarz, two for 31; and Sinclair, ono.for 63.

TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. : Tho Templars 1 . Club ivill play a friend- ! ga^le °? Saturday at Duppa Street. Ihe Templars' tcannwill.be .picked..on the ground from the (following ir-JVtiglit, Brown, Blenkinsopi' .Cresswell,-'• DonhJ Dooley, Dryden, Lambert, M'Kenzio, Patterson, Pooley, Ryan, and Tullett. East- v. South, at Petone, No.-I.—-Bast team: Connole, Kelling, Clarke Edwards, Prain, Eraser, Gray, Reynolds, Kennedy, Forrester, Bevan. Emergency, Curne. . , Club v. Victoria College, at Wellington College ground.—Levdon, Carroll, O'Sullivan, Warner, M'Grath, R«ade, Moran, Thomas, Watson, O'Dowd. , The following will "represent tho' Kangaroos versus Odlins, Limited, at Duppa Street this afternoon -.—Steel, Woodhead, Lambert, Thompson, Barry, Rechetts, Vane, 'Cerrutss, Kinnea'r, Bpottswood, Gordon. Cricketera should not fail to eee the stock of cricket at Laws, and Mannings, Courtenay 'Place.*

AMATEUR ATHLETICS. LOCAL CENTRE. _ The Wellington Centre of the New Zealand .Amateur. Athletic Association held a special meeting -last evening, M". _ R. M Villy presiding. . Mr. Auld, on behalf of the Civil Service Club, stated that it would abandon January 28 as the date for its sports meeting, in the hope of holding a Civil Scrvice tournament -later in the season Mr. Auld said'his club considered it had been forestalled by the Centre in regard to January 14 oq ! 7, as agreed to allocate January *o to tho Petone Club as a date for its sports meeting. ' , • It was resolved that the Centre invito Mr. D Wilson, of Auckland, to compete at tho championship meeting m Wellington on January 14, and that his expenses bo paid. A similar invitation was authorised to Mr. H. Kerr of Tariki (Taranaki). ' • The Port Nicholson Cycling Club applied for tho use of the Basin Reserve oil Saturday, February 11, f or arternoon sports meeting', The date named was "approved, conditionally on tho use of the ground being obtainable.'