ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1572, 16 October 1912, Page 4

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET,

; WELLINGTON . ASSOCIATION, ' I •<

;'l'ho Mnn-a"onißiit','C^ninutteK. ? 6£.ihe Wei; Cricket last ovening, jMr. Martin Liickio-jprfesiding;- . Ai-brief discussipa tctjKl.pluco. 'on tho question of the" profaprtioiV'o!;,''gate" to.be alloyed the New bouth Wales teachers' touJjng loam on the occasion of the match with a Wellington team.

Mr. Jas. Fanning moved, for nil allowance of 50 per cent., and as an nmend-int-iit Mr. M. J. Cuinbio moved that U3 1-1) percent, be allowed.

The chairman said th:it tho association* simply *eouldu't .I'lift'ord to cluick' inj>j\'ey tli'is "wa.y'. "This siigges;' tiOuj of a gate came as>'a secundary liiatter, jio ]iiej>tii)iv;'liavsng bepn.'inade of thatwheji the teachers' team previously asked foi 1 a .fixture.

Mr.-Fanning Uiat Auckland had agreed to a 50 per cent. gate. Tile Chairman: "We've got a difficult row,-to lioe this yaar, and ye .have, to stand thft,loss of the Basin Reserve for at least thro? months, while oar expenses aro going'on just the. same.": Mr. Fanning did not'apprehend any loss , over tho match. The teachers' team incltiilod six first-grade playni'V There was no "seconder to the amendment, and..Mr. Fanning'.? motion was carried. ■ j\'. long: letter was .'received from the Southland Cricket Association pretesting ■against the action of'tiie New Zealand C'riqkflt Council in changing the constitution of the IlawkaiCtip matches, and ndcirig for on expression of opinion from the : Wellington Association, in .common wjth other asociaiions, with the idea of determining the concensus of opinion on the--matter. The committee agreed that the'question was one for the .New Zealand Association to deal with, and adonted n m(il|on by Mr. Cromfrio that it lie referred, to tho Wellington delegate to act at/lheir discretion whin the latter came U0 s l»foro the AW Zealand body. -The essence of the protest.', of the Southland A.waciation, said Mr. jCroinbie, was that thi matches were played on ground foreign'; to both the challengers ami the' defenders, therein differing.from IHc'Plun-' fcet Shield competition,, whore the match?? w<frs played on tho home ground of the defenders of the shield.

It J was 'referred to Messrs. Luekie rind Crombic (o arrange for the allocation of wickets on the city reserves. ijlibject .to the approval of ftre" _Gjty Council with .respect sto matches'- 'to : bo pljfyed on tho city reserves, it was arranged to play the first round of matches oujijatarday. . J , The Junior Matches.The senior and third-class fixtures will bql announced to-morrjiv morning., -Tlip. junior fixtiireo for October ID anch 26 -are' n£;Ji>!!oiv: — , *■ Wellington Collego V: St. Murk's, College.ground. ' , Hptt v. Central, Hutt. North v. Victoria College, Kelburne Parle. • ■ East v. Templars. Newtown Park. ■ YvM.C.A. v. .South, Anderson Park. ■ Petone, a bye. ; ■ _ lt| was agreed that ..I)jfc.fwrtJ)er--.eJit) , ie3gradcV received within tUs next fortnight, would be accented. Time of Stnrtinn Play. •• Special intrnctio.ns.Jinv/!,,bceiirissusd.-,to the funipir-esf 'to ifdvortired time of pbiystrictly-:;ad-'liOTcil to, at' 2 p.in.. amijoufsMa'- ffxt!iro«"nt"2.ls "litni.,' with a quarter ,of an hour's grace-iu each case. BOYS' LEAGUE. The first meeting of tho newly-elected* nnfn/igeinent committee of tbs Wellington' Boys' Cricket League was held last even-ing;-Mr. Eglin presiding. There was also prpstmt Messrs. M r Clusky, Mabin, Howitt, Bell,, Andrews, and Bro. Justin. It was • defcijlcd that all entries should close on October 29, matches to start on November 2. v [ft was also decided to effect teams royrpsentatiye of tho Senior and Junior GijSles. The secretary was instructed to wrftgri'dl'clubs'ii,ptif,viii,gjt)fe mof a ! special peltSr-aHneetmg 29 ■toTffirsfder the election of a new committeeman. Regret was expressed at the meeting of tlio serious illness of the league's president, Mr. W.- li. Walton. , SWIMMING. IThe fourteenth annual report of the S witts Swimming Club, to be presented at; the club's annual meeting to be held-' on;, Friday next, states that 'the past srfcaepii, owing to the wrctched weather -cc*n-- 1 drtions prevailing throughout, has ken the worst experienced by swimmers for a many years. . In. spite of i this; : however, the club officials succeeded "in getting off a big racing programme;' iVents * tovthe number of 38 (including 14 in the ladies' branch) being .decided. This num r ber falls short •■of 1 the ;,otutj\s record bv three, mado/dunn",-?thc : pr^yious /season. •Tho club conducteiU-twoinrjiirals during - the. season. Tho first, a ladies' carnival, wljjs held under the worst possible weather conditions. The ladies, worked in- a mcst commendable' stylo, their efforts enabling the carnival to lie written down a» .successful. Better , wetfther conditions prevailed for tlie 'inen's carnival;'-but colli-I'' ing as it did at the close of n bad season it jfailed to attract the support that previous galas have received. ,At. the beginning of the season a silver, clip was presented to the club by Mr. ,T. I\ Atkins, and was handed over to- the ladies ! branch• tO;bc competed for over three distances— 50,,75, and 100 yards—it was won br Miss O-J'Artlnir, with Misses D. Webb .and Hi,' Murrell (er(ual) for second honours. The Smith Cup was again competed for, and wta BlitJprJn. a-.swim off with J. l ; Gosling and W. Ellis, who tied with « , ,! n ,, Hlc aggregate.- The conduct of<both the school girls'and the school boys championships was entrusted to this chib, and both series of races were stic-ceMfullyi-r-deoidedi'-. The •annual miln , handicap attracted sixteen starters, the ~ being;won by. A.JlTean. ■ In this ' event s-o'me of the competitors showed marked improvement, three of them— Jltirrell, . Newman. and Crowther—nualf- ; fying for the elub's standard badge (30 i minutes). A mile championship was also ' decided late, in the season,, the w,inner j being S. llu.'prili,.'ivwMi6, '.e'oiupleted ~-tho distance in\th(i*' Vety''creditable timiv.of 1 J 2Sniin.-tteec.v..>Tho elub -iviisiwell represented at the swimming championships," which were held at Christchurch in tho latter part of the season, and although ' the five members who made the trip were , unsuccessful they . acquitted themselves , vei^v_crei.Utal)l}'.,TlvoApol<)..teani:,\ww,.again, , the" runncr-uji hi tht> championship, being beaten in a play off with the Wellington" Club's team. Since the close of the season the club suffered tho loss by j romuvaU/i£ rr ilr.,.E,,.,l„.l , lemiiig, v ,who., i ha\ . f sif,-. capably 'filled the position of 'starter ] for the club ever »ince its formation. 'Nr. j npininclifrii tji> clulj,. '] nitd before leaving he was presented by j members with a..gold, badge, .jis, in.~i»r«-.; vi6us 'seasons'''tlifc'pslicy-'rtf 'the cominitteo '] hits been to distribute itsJundj;,towards, tli'e advancement of sirimmiiie'''TAtlilir.iJian• attempt to build up an unnecessary bank ? balance. • The. club, however; after distributing a considerableSniiionnt iii -prizo" .5 money,,is in a stronger financial position j tlrjin aVtlie. ftftfiliiencenipnt of-the season. The th3>Vtt?;,^ ;, Hi<v*W')V-? : Vire:. .'due. Vtol'. 1 M(!ssr«!'''C'.'r.- Sketrett;. K.C., M. "Chap-: man. K.C.. J. A.'.Tripc; W. Skegir, ,T.' } P.| Mnx'iv'oir. : '}frn*r .1. E: .Tenkihson,' ; Messrs. ,I."F. Atkins? n'tid" A. -Piddell for donations; and to Jfr. and Jtrs..Wilton for. gratuitous asristance, - ■ '

LAWN TENNIS.

The Lyall Bayi' Bpwtjrrg and Tennis" Club will open its""';'Yie«'ly-laid asphalt 1 court on Lalwur is looking surprisingly,:. jtell-tecoumdephj. tlife difficulties under'-'irliie.l^lt'was made: Th'e grass is w.ell 'up'; v> and"-it"''is intended' tolcut and roll it towards thpend of'the wjek. It should be available." for piny towcyds tlie end of next,"mpiitliVr.^.

LEAGU^jtfbWBAtL

|t was announced- toy cable from England last'week s tli(it a team of "Northern Ujjion footballers would "nrobably visit Australia next winter. ...Tho, Council of th£ New Zealand, League is' desirous that this DominW should be'included'in the loftr, and oh Saturday'last the president (M)-. D. W. M'Leon',"of Auckland) cabled toithe authorities in England: "Havo in-yjfcd-tenm- to New- Zealand.; — Houehton;

coming accredited." The explanation of the latter referenco is that a few weeks . ago the Council of tho New Zealand . league entrusted Mr. S. Houghton, who ivns to leave 011 a trip to tho Old Country, with power to make the nceessnry arrangements for a tour of New Zealand. J RIFLE SHOOTING. By -Telegraph—Press Aesociatlon—Copyrlchl ■;f ■• (Rec. October 15, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, October 15. At Uio rifle meeting Parsons, of Dunedin, won ,£1 in the Jaques Hatch.