ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 13

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET.

N.Z. TEACHERS IN AUSTRALIA. SOME HEAVY SCORING. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, i. (Rec. December 30, 11.40 p.m.) Sydney, December 30. The match between tho-New Zealand teachers' eleven and tho Parramatta teachers' team was: productive of heavy scoring on both sides. Parramatta declared its innings closed with six wickets down for 308. When stumps were : drawn the New Zealand teachers had lost four wickets for 216 (Trevona 23, Cringle 0, Donohue 38, Lusk 65, O'Shea, not ont)'-31, Thomas, not out, 48, and sundries 11). PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES. ELIGIBILITY OF PROFESSIONALS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) _ Duncdin, December 30. At a special meeting of tho Otago Cricket Association this afternoon, ■ it was resolved that the Qtago delegates to tho New Zealand Cricket Association be V instructed/ to vote in favour of a motion to be brought up in conference that professional. players' shall be excluded from taking part in tho Plunket Shield matches. MANAWATU AND N. TARANAEI. SOME CAPITAL SCORING.: ■ The. representative, cricket match between Manawatu and, North Taranaki was concluded on the Palmerston shorts grounds this .week, Manawatu willing by an innings and 33 runs. * On .the first afternoon Manawatu ' had compiled '360 runs, Young (a High School, pupil) making 102, Goldspring ,78, Pleasants (not out) 62, and J. Bennett (another High School pupil) 20. In their first offort on (the Second day Taranaki only scored 82 (Qwilliam 31, Howard 10), but in the second essay they made a much better stand, this being principally duo to ; the ■ fine . batting of Qwilliam who ■ went in first and nearly earned,his bat, through the innings,' making-71, the total reaching 245. The other double-figure scorers were: PerKam 57, Howard 31; Smith' 26, Marsh (not out) 16, and Elliott 14." NELSON AND. NORTH TARANAKI. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Palmerston, December 30. The Nelsom apd North Taranaki representatives commenced ,a. cricket •match here; to-day._' Tho 'northerners batted first] and hit up. ,134 (Perham 33, Gwilliam 26, and Lash 30). Elliott took: six• wickets for 42 runs. Nelson, replied with 143 (Mead 40, Louisson .26, and Max 34). Bevan ' took,- six wickets for 76 runs; In' tho second innings Taranaki has lost one wicket for three, runs.

Catch of the Season. ~' Laws and Manning's splendid stock of crioket materials. Courtenay Place. Kopairs a speciality.*.

WRESTLING

MIDDLE-WEIGHT' CHAMPIONSHIP. .By Tolc'ffrapli—Press Association—Copyright New York, December 29. At Buffalo, Honry Geliring, of Cloveland; won, tho middle-weight wrestling, championship from Walter Willoughby.' Gehring vsecured-. two/ stiuighfcfalls.

CYCLING AND ATHLETIC CARNIVAL." I

; , On Monday: next a shorts gathering •prill bo held, at the Basin Reserve under the auspices of.the Port Nicholson Cycling Club, .and.many' )well-known cj'cle:-riders will be competing, including •jlTigue,:'"W. Mitchell, F. Cramp, J..F. Jones, M.' Phi.lpot, and Chaney •Bros;, all of ChristcWch. •For.tho 'Tunning ."events entries' have : been received, from M. Poole, the winner _of the. double at. thoj last sports meeting' on , the' Basin Reserve; also Hubbard, Coa'rd, and Berry, of TMasterton. ' The total; entries for all events. amount to 110. .

BOWLING.

. ' 'AUCKLAND TOURNAMENT. : _ (By. Teleuraph.— : ?rcss Associatloa.l Auckland, December. 30. The Auckland- 'Provincial Bowling Association's Christmas tournament, which is being held this week, attracted record "'entries, 60 .fours entering for the Pennant match (champion fours), 64 pairs for:, the champion pairs, and. 48 So J thechampion singles. The Pennant '. match was completed to-day and was won by a .Ponsonby Club . four, which was skipped by Maxwell Walker. The .weather ha? been perfect'and .the greens are. playiug very. keen.

CROQUET TOURNAMENT.

(By Tolesraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, December 30. The' Canterbury Croquet. Association's first annual tournament was resumed, to-day in beautiful weather. Progress was necessarily slow, as some of . the players were engaged in several events; In the final .for the championship singles, Mr. Josling opened with some promise, but, after about ten'minutes' play! Mr.' Izard got in, and kept command of the" balls and tho position, and his opponent did not have much ohance as Mr .Izard continued to play a beautiful game, completely outclassing tho Rangiora man. Results: | Championship Singles.—Final round: K. H. Izard, of Wellington (Sumner) beat J.' O. Josling (Rangiora). Ladios' Singles.—Third round fsemifihal): Mrs'. Pearce, of Wellington (Sumner) beat Miss Gossett, Mrs. Josling (Rangiora) beat Miss O'Reilly. ' Club ' Pairs.—Fourth . Hurid (semifinal) : J. 0. Josling and Mrs. Borthwick (Rangiora) beat Miss O'Reilly, of Hastings, • and Miss Rutherford (United). , ,

RIFLE SHOOTING,

A. FRATERNAL .'VISIT. A pleasant featuro of the defence inovement'is the annual interchange of visits between : the Wanganui Irish Rifles and tho AVellington Navals. This Christmas a-rifle team from -Wanganui wero the guests of the local company.. The visitors on arrival on Sunday morning, were welcomed at the Navals' boat station, where they were accommodated during their" stay. On Monday the -two companies made up a picnic party, visiting the forts and Day's Bay jn cutters. In order\to make the outing as pleasant as possiblo the weather was on its bi>st Behaviour. Tho 'evening was spent m a verv pleasant smoko concert, Lieut, llertditli welcomed the visitors, on whose uelialf Lieuts. Munro and Cameron rc- ■ Tho Navals took advantage of -tho occasion to congratulate P.O. Steele on ■ his anpointment as ( instructor unuer tho now "defence scheme. On Tuesday the annual rifle match was fired at •Miramar Range. The victory fell to tho Navals, but, as Lieut. Meredith put it, neither team considered that tho question of which team won really mattered much —the men had all had a good wine, r:uT, ,no doubt, they would enjoy themselves as well when the Navals visited Wanganui. Lieut. Munro, for the Irish Rifles, took the opportunity of thanking the local men-for having entertained them so well, nml concluded-by promising that, next year, the tables would be turned: The, shooting of both teams was v.ery good,

'"•"O' victors scoring 752 points against 052. The best individual scores were:— '.ir the Navals: Gunner Boon', 93; Gunner, F. E, Martin, 87. Tor the Irish liifles: ijiout. Cameron,, 84; Private M'C'ormack, St. The Wangamii. team left by the mail train on Wednesday, morning. ■

YACHTING.

AORANGI ON THE WARPATH. (By Teleffraph-i-Press Association.) Christchurch, December 30. Amongst tho arrivals in Lyttelton this morning was tho yacht Aorangi, from Duncdin. The 1 little vessel left Duhedin Heads at midnight on Tuesday, and met with strong north-cast winds as far as, Oamaru, which was reached at 11 o'clock on' Wednesday,, when it was decided to /"heave to" until_ tho wind. changed. She resumed Ler journey at 4 o'clock- yesterday morning, and with the aid of a strong southcrl) - passed Akaroa light last evening at half-past ;sis. Tho. hills sheltered her considerably while making for Godloy Heads light, which wa6 in sight at 10 o'clock. Two hours later the yacht anchored inside tho heads, and came into port this morning. Tho Aorangi is competing in the first-class yacht race on Now Year's Day. Sho won , the "blue ribbon" event at Lyttelton on tho occasion of tho last regatta, and last week gained first honours at Port Chalmers. She is in charge of Mr. D. Walls, and his companions on tho journey north were Messrs. J. Morgan, D. Cook, and G. Maltby. 1 i

BILLIARDS.

THE PROWESS OF GEORGE GRAY. Gray's performances recently at St. Georgo's Hall, Mount Street, London, have attracted enormous crowds, and his doings at the table have been closely followed. . Of course, tho circumstances surrounding Gray made him interesting. In many respects he is regarded in'much the samo light as those wonderful young pianists or violinists that European countries occasionally _ send to London. The following is an interesting list of his performances to date, as compared with the best by, English players:— , Gray's Performances in England., (Breaks of ovor 500.) 617: (591 off red), v. Geo. - Nelson, Leeds, .September 28, 1910. 955 (447 and 522 off red), v. F. W. Hughes, Leeds, September- 29,: 1910. 881: (879 off red), v. Geo. Nelson, Hull, October 4, 1910. 714 (all off red), v. A.- Earnshaw, Blackpool, October 12, 1910. ' 833 (822,0ff red), v. Geo. Nelson, Blackpool, October 13 and 14, 1910. 692 (690 off red), v. Geo. Nelson, Bradford, October 20, 1910. 543 -. (all off red), v. Geo. Nelson, Bradford, October 21 and 22, 1910. 510 (501 off-red), v. Geo. Nelson, Halifax, October 25, 1910. 529 (507 off red), v. Geo. Nelson, Halifax, October 25, 1910. ' 590 (585 off red), v. Geo. Nelson, London, October 31, 1910. , BS9 (879 off -red), v. Geo.' Nelson, London; November 1, .1910. ' . ■ 693 '(all off red), v. Geo. Nelson, London, November 2, 1910. 697" (690 off red), v. Geo. . Nelson, London, ; November 4, 1910. 714 (336, 210, 107 off red),, v. Geo. Nelson,- -London, November 4.' arid 5, 1910. : " •• ; 11-13 (366, 765 off red); v. W. A. Loveioy, London, November 10 and 11, 1910. ; - 713.(708 off-rod), v. W. A, Lovejoy, London, November 12, 1910. 1058 (1056 off . red), v, W. Cook, London, .November-14 and 15, 1910. .- Best Breaks Off tlio Rod by English Players.. *354, Stevenson, April 16, .1909. ; . ". +372, Koborts, December 10, 1898. ' 348, Roberts, December, 1899. , a3OO, Inman, October 11 and-12, 1906. a 294, Osborne, March 16, 1906. a 279, Dawson, January 18,' 1909. *8.C.0. Rules. tSpot-barred Rules* . aßilliard Association Rules. Tho following are' the highest breaks made in. .' Britain by - professionals by all-round play, : exclusive of tho ?'arichor". cannon effort's :-7-' •. • • aW. J. Peall h.„ --3:504 - '*J: Roberts 1392 , • fG. Gray 1143 . ■ *E. Dig'gle '.... 985 bDawson 823';-, cJ. Roberts .; 821, ,- ' cH. W. Stevenson , 802 E. Digglo; 791 '■■■ *0. Dawson 748 ■fT.' Reece 645 ' ' *M. Inman . 625 bT. Aiken 577 . V tC. Harverson 567 F. Bateman • 545 F. :Weiss . 541 a"All-in" Rules, *Spot-barred Rules ("push in"). tB.C.C: Laws. bßim-ington-Wilson Rules. cßilliard Association Rules. The official record for'a break by . tho anchor or cradle cannon is 42,746; made May 29-Juno 4, 1907, by Cook.. Roece made 499,135, June 3-, July. 6, .1907, in tho same' method,'but the' record applied' for was not granted by the Billiard Association.-" -vy:- . : : v LONDON nTOXJKNAMENT. , In the final day's play in the annual tournameiit'at Soho Square, Reece had the bp'st of: the exchanges, and registered breaks ,of 295, 224, 165, 117; 112, and 96 unfinished, against 229, 227', 181, 117, . by; Stevenson. Result:—Reece . (receives 2250),. 9000: Stevenson, 5932. : . .