ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1364, 15 February 1912, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

.-;■ CRICKET. '■' THE WEDNESDAY MATCHES. ■ . BAD WKATIJER. The first scries of matches in.the second round was concluded ysstcrday afternoon in i.cold showery weather, none of the teams turning up in full strength. Union defeated Oriental by' an innings and !).'! runs. 'Artillery defeated Vivian by an inriiug's and. 10 runs,' Vivian having one wicket to fall which only added live riins. . • .. ' ' 'The niatehPost and Telegraph r. Rivals was abandoned, only about five men of tach side appearing. . /; "UNION 7 AND ORIENTAL. '■: Union.—First Innings. ' M'Ctill,'not out ..] ! .....; 106 -Mnlford, b. Gourlay 3 Warne, c. ,a.nd b. Little , 88 O'Sjulliran, c. sub., b. Billmaii 21 Driver, b. ..Ryan' ■• 1 Hntton, not. out ;... (i ; .Extras :.., , 17' Total for five wickets 242 Bowling.—Gourlay, took one wickets for 52 runs; Ityan, one for 91; Thomas, none for 48 ; Ward, none for 11; fiillman, one for> 8; Little, none for 12. Oriental.'—Second Inning?. Gourlay, not out ; It Little' W., c. Driver, b. Wnrne !! Ryan', b. M'Gill ..' ■'. 12 Osborne, b. M'Gill (I .Billman, 1.b.w.,. b. Taylor .'. 0 Extras ....■...'..•.'.......'..'. .....1 4 .--Total for four wickets 33 ; First innings 116 ■. • '..- ■/■'. : •: ' •' -119 took:, no wickets for'l9'runs; 'Warne,' one for 9; 'M'Gill, two for none; Taylor, ono for 1. - ~ - .TUNIOH MATCHES. Union v. Y.M.C.A.: —Union, first innings, 12i; second innings, 139 (Coloman I 64. Henify 22, C. Bay 'l*i. Cohen IS). Y.M.C.A., first inning's, 192; second innings,. 74 for seven wickets (Black 21 not out, M'Play 17, Lyson 15). Y.M.C.A. wdn bv three'wickets and 3 runs. .Artillery v. Chemists:—Artillery, first innings, 100; second innings, four wickets for 199 (Porter CO, Klattcry 52, Corlett not out 47, Crichton 28). Chemists, first innings, ■ift; second innings (!2 (R. Fear not out 29, Everton.l3). Artillery won by 148 runs.,'. '

:,• COMING AUCKLAND MATCH., The next event' to stir the pulse of the local cric.ket-loying public will be the le*presentativo match between Wellington and the doughty Ancklanders. The majority of those who take a delight in analysing recent representative games will admit th>i Wellington has been struggling along with a' certain amount of that curious element in cricket—hard ■ luckthat many of our best batsmen have been knocked down a good deal cheaper than their ./value, when their performances in first-grade cricket during tho.season are taken into consideration. Hope springs from- the-cricketer's .breast, and it is still-felt hero that "there is an excellent chance of Wellington's representatives putting : up a good fight against tho northerners, who downed Canterbury by the narrow, margin of twowicketsi ■ The match is to take place on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, February 23, 21, and 26,-on the- Bastn Reserve.

: ' The following are the fixtures for the next round of. the junior championship, commencing on Saturday, February 17:— Hutt TV St. Mark's, at Hntt Ground. I .Wellington College v. North, at College Ground. ' i '":' '.' ' . ' Catholic Club; v. ; Central, at Basin ■Kβser.ve,.'No. 3. ••■•..•• Victoria'.College v. East, at 'Kelburne Park:. ; '. . '-■ ■ South v. Y. M.C.A.,-aUßasin'Seserve, No. i. ~~—- ;SATUI!I)AX.-TaiRD-CLASS. The following- arc;-the; thirjl-class fix"tufes for; Saturday next:—At Wellington College ground; St. David's v. College B; at "Wellington College ground, Karori v.' College'A; at Newtown Park, Central v. St.'Mark's rat Karori, Templars v. Catholic ;• nt "Kelbnrne "Park;' Victoria" College t. North.