ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1059, 23 February 1911, Page 8

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

>4 . CRICKET. THE WEDNESDAY GAMES. FIRST ROUND CONCLUDED, The final series of gomes in the first round was concluded yesterday afternoon. The weather was perfect, and tho wickets were in 'first-class' order. 'Artillery- defeated Vivian by eight wickets' and 4 runs. Carson and' Cording were tho onlv batsmen to mako any stand in Vivian's second innings. Doug>s (Artillery) put together 31 by fine, free hitting. In the second innings Blamires made 31 not out, ami plnyed ft fine, steady game, while Weybourne also put together 30 by steadv nlay. Rivals defeated Post and Telegraph by 42 runs. The' Post and Telegraph men had only nine players, present .in each innings. Their fielding was very poor, while Rivals all round showed much improved form, taking every, chance. Tho of Dairoch and - George was good. Tho positions of tho teams are now as follow:—Union and Rivals, 18 paints; Artillery, 1G points; Oriental, 10 points: Post and Telegraph, 8 points; Tramway and Vivian, 4 points. The draw for the second round will be made on Monday next. VIVIAN.AND ARTILLERY., Artillery.—First Innings. Bailey, b, Dempsey 1 Ma?on, l.b.w.', b. Loveridge ; 19 Smith, run out' '. 26 lilaniires, c. and b. Loveridge ......... 0 Weybourne, b. Sullivan !i M'lntyre, c. Carson, b. Loveridga ... 6 Hume, b. Loveridgo 0 Douglas, c. sub., b. Sullivan •31 Paton, not out ~ .28 M'Gill, b. Sullivan 0 Saw'.e. b. Malmaitche 14 Extras ",;:.........i....'. 22 Total ..'. i....... 150 Bowling Analysis. Read, no wickets for 25 runs; Dempseyi ono for 22; Sullivan, two for-42; Loveridge, folir for 17; Carson,' jnono for 13; Malmanche, ono for il. Vivian.—Second Innings. Castle,' run oiit ; 2 Caterer* c. Mason, b. M'lntyre 3 Dalgleish, ran out S Sullivan, b. Blnmires 5 Carson,- b. M'lntyre 15 Dempsey, c. Hume, b. Blamires 6 Read, not cvt 2 Cording,' c. Blamires, - b.. M'lntyre ... 14 Hnddlestone, c. and b. Blamires 1 Ilalmanche, c..'Weybourne, b. Blamires S Extras .' 3 Total -. ;. 67 , ; First innings 149 Grand total I 216 • > -Bowling: Analysis. M'lntyre. threes wickets for 41 Turis; Blhmires, four'-for 23., Artillery—Second Innings. Mason, c. Cording, b. Dempsey ...... 0 Blamires, not out 34 Weybourne, c. Malmanche/ b. Carson 30 Smith, not out .- ;...- 6 Total for two wickets 70 First innings. 150 I Grand total 220 Bawling Analysis. Dempsey took'onol'wicket for 23 runs; Sullivan, nono for 28; Jluddlestone, nono for 18; Carson, ono for 1." RIVAiS AND POST -AND-TELEGRAPH. Rivals—Second Innings. Mollinson, b.Wj-ntt ...' 1 Stainton, c. Greig, b. Wyatt i Ilowe, run out 1 Crouch, c. Wyatt, b. Clark 21 Anderson, b. Knapp 30 M'Evedy, c. Tyrell, b. Wyat~ 19 Davis, not out 3 Darroch, c. Black, b. Wyatt 15 George, c. Knapp, b. Wyatt' 0 Pigeon, b. Wyatt 0 Gini, b. Knapp 6 . Extras 8 Total' ~ 108 First innings ; 116 Grand total 224 Bowling Analysis. Toms took no wickets for. 23 runs;' Wyatt, six for 45; Clark, one for 1C ; Greig, nono for .9; Knapp, two for 7. Post and Telegraph—Second-Innings. : : Plimme>7 / c., Gini, b'. 1 Darroch 1 .10 Clark, run out 17 Tyfell, b. .Darroch C Ivnapp, c. Darroch, b. Georgo 0 Wyatt, c. Mollinson, b. Georgo 3 Bay, b. Darroch ' 6 Greig, c. and b. Stainton . 11 Jones, not out 2 Thomson, c. Gini, b. Darroch 0 •Extras 4 ' Total for eight wickets '55 First .innings , 127 Grand total 182 Bowling Analysis. Darroch took four wickets for 21 Tuns; George, two for 9; M'Evedy, none for 8; Stainton/'one for 13. JUNIOR MATCHES.'_ Post and /Telegraph defeated Y.M.C.A. by four wickets and. 2 runs. ' Batting first, Y.M.C.Ai mado '30 (Holmes 16). Post and Telegraph declared' their first innings closed with six; wickets down for 10G (Mnnro 19, Boyes 12, Howard 10, Marshall not out 16).. Y.M.C.A., in their 'sccond innings, made 178 (Holmes G7, King 16, Omerod 30, Loughtou 81). ■' Post and Telegraph, requiring 103 to win, got them for- tho loss of six wickets (Boyes 20, Howard 15, Carra'd not' out 22, Bale 24). For P. and'T. Bale-took five wickets for 57. runs Marshall'nine-for • 60, Kiely two for 52, Jones one for 10, and Munro one for 31. For Y.M.C.A. Holmes took six wickets, Plant four, and Paget 2. Union won by default from Artillery.

THIRD-CLASS FIXTURES. , - The following is tho drawing for the third-class fixtures on Saturday:— College A; v. Wellington East, at College ground, No. 3. t . v. „ Collego B v. ■ Templars, at . College eround, No. 1. Hutt v.Y.M.C.A., at Hutt. Catholic Club v. Wellington. Central, at Newtown Park. . , „ ~. < Karori v. Victoria College, at Karon. Petone v. Wellington North, at Pctone. HOUSE MATCH. At Newtown Park yestorday afternoon a team from Messrs. Veitch and Allan's met a team from Messrs. George and

George, in a. one-innings match. Tho game resulted in a win for Messrs.-George and George's team, the score being— Georgo and George, 167; Veitcll and Allan, 93. For the 10-cr.-, Grade made the highest score (47), and,, the principal scorers for tho winners were: Vare, 7!), not out; Robertson, 40, not out; and Mollington, 20. Bowling honours for the winners were achieved by Fox (five wickets for 20) and Gilbert (three for 25). Gracie, for the losers, got four wickets for 40. Catch of the' Season, laws and Manning's splendid stock of cricket materials. Courtenay Tlace. Repairs a speciality.*

BOWLS. '

KEL'BURNE CLUB TFAMS. ! The following rinks will represent the Kelburno Bowling Club in Senior Pennant matches, to be played on Saturday nsrainst Khandallah. At.Kelburno: Coull, Waddell, Blanchard, M'Arthur fs.); Baldwin, Harton, Kelly, E. C. Gannaivay (s.). At Khandallah: A. .Johnston. T. Gray. Routley, Miller (s.); Manley, Stewart, Williamson, Duguid (s.). . In a Junior Stars match 'at Kelburnc, the homo clhb will bo represented by: Scott, Prof. Kirk, Wakelin, and M'Call (s.). . KARORI CLUB.Karori v. Thorndon.—Karori:—Away: Short, J. Smith, Cox, Magnus (s.); Sunley, England, C. Williams, Roberts (s.). Home: Eagle. Lloyd, Crawford, M'Lennan (s.); W. J. Williams, Lockett, Hemsley,' Dryden (s.). . Edwin Feathers, at Newtown.—Karori: Hope, Burne, Lewer, Copper (s.). ,•_ Junior Stars, at Kelburne.—Karori: Atkin, Gregg, AVatehman, Neviell (s.). THE JOHNSONVILLE CLUB. The following will represent the Johnsonville Club in the senior pennant match against Newtown:—Away: Orr, Green, Taplin, Sloane (s.); Styles, Mills, Bethune, Wallis (s.). At home: Morgan, Bould, Petrie, Thompson (s.); Wackrow, Robertsou, Turner, Manson (s.). HILL PINS. Tho following game fdr the Hill Pins was played yesterday afternoon:— •Te Hiwi (holder. 1 .): C. Hill, Sloane, E. J. Hill, Parata (s.), 23. Kelburne (challengers): Johnston, White, 'Williamson, Routley (s.), 14.

SWIMMING.

RECORD* BY CHAMPION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland,. February 21.■ At the Waitemala Swimming Cluh's carnival this evening, M. E. Champion lowered the New Zealand - 440 yards record of smin..st 3-sssc.—made by ! himself .in February, 1910—to smin.-41 2-ssec. CHAMPION SHIP AT" HMVERA. I3y Telegraph—Press Association.)' Hawera, February 22. The West Coast swimming champion; ships commenced at Hawera this afternoon, and continued to-night. The 100 yards breast stroke championship was won by A. Squiro (Hawera), C. L. Jago (WanganuD being sccond. . Time, lmin. 29 l-ssec. G. Foden (Hawera) ' annexed the 440 yards championship, K. Harily (Wanganui) being sccond. Time, 6min. 32 l-ssec. ' IVELLINGTON PRESIDENT'S CUP. Tlio heats of the 150 yards distance for' tho Wellinstou Club's President's' Handicap were decided at the Te Aro Baths last evening. Tho Tesults were:—First heat: \V. -6. Morpeth, 2Ssec., 1; R. J. Grimmett, 20sec., 2: P. Gray, .18sec., 3. 'Also started-: E.' Donovan, 40sec';.' T. Woodcock, 30sec.; W. J. O'Jlcara, 26sec.; D. Mowatt, 23sec.; V.' t. Allan, 20scc.; W. M'Gregor, ISsec. Second heat: R. Heal.v, Per., 1; H. Silver, 18sec., ! -'-<2; H.M. Mullins, 12sec..'and' L. Bridge, 16?ec.,' dead heat, 3. Also started: -J. "Ford, 18;ec'.<; L.' Silver.; lGsec.; 15sec.; and S. Murrell, 9sec. The final willbo decided later in the week. ' VICTORIA COLLEGE CLUB. ' A 100 vnrds ! handicap raced by the Victoria College Club resulted in a win for IV Gray, scr.. with A. V. Hancock, llfcc., second, and T. Ronayne, 2j«c., third. Tho other starters.wero X. Middlemas, 3sec., C. Aston, 7sec.,- W. Robertson, Usee., G. H. Nicholls, Usee. Time, SOseo. \ . . 50. YARDS JUNIOR HANDICAP. ; A 50 yards junior handicap, dccided by tho Wellington Club resulted in a .win .for J. Ford, 2ioc.,With D. Martin, scratch, and M. J. Mowatt, 2sec., dead heat., second. Time, 33 2-ssec. There were '24 starters in tho three heats, which preceded tho final , , WATER POLO, 'A' further heat of the wp.ter polo competition was dpcided last night, when Thorndon defeated T.M.C.A. by 1 goals to 2. Wilson, Brice. nnd Healy (2) scored for the winners, and Morpeth scored both goals for Y.M.C.A. . ■.