ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 9

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

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.. ;i' ' (By TalearftDh.—Press Association.) Auckland, January 13. !k .The following /players'have/beou chosen to/practise in view of the PlUnkot Shield r matoh against'Canterbury:—HomUs, Tay- ■ lot, Gumming*,: Smith; Rev. Hay/ Tatter- •' sail; < Olliff/ : Sommerville, 'Anthony, Gre- . b ; i:; T,v : s' Mason,, llorspool,; Robinson, ', ' '■«*!>' jCavariagh,' Sale,■■Dacre,'Howj.,', -U'!!, 3 ltd Jacobscn..:/■';/.'/■■/.;./ ,: "'■'". „ ':■'.^■' : 7*^?o i^^-i: -:-i-C■■■:■■■ Ttk following are the junior championi ■:"■ tdiip' ilititres for January. 18 and 25, 1913: .-'-V jcloria, Collego .V. St/ Mark's,; at Kel- /', Jjiu-ivJ Park; Hutt v. North B,.at Hurt; {.'l'.iiuiil. ,v. v North -;A;' : at .Collego'; Ground; . •. V.ii1.0.A.;7.-.Ea3t, atßasin-Eeserve No.lt 1.._. r -A'THIED-CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP.';/-/ /../. i -Fixtures for the:third-class champion-' • ■■/. ship have been arranged as follow:— .'..;. • '...Saturday, January B.—At Hutt, North ... v,','Hutt,' at Potone,' St. Dayid'fl V. Pcv 'tone;:at'Karori, Y.M.C.A.'.v;'Karori; at ; ; Collego, Island Bay v. Victoria College; at ./College, Brooklyn v. St Mark's.' / . .' January 25.—At-pe'tpne, St. » ' :David's ! v;'Y.M.C.'A.-;;af Kavori. ; Karori 1 -vlrlsland"Bay; at-Hutt,"Pe'tone v;;Hutt; it Co ego; Brooklyn r. Victoria, College; 'it College, St,Mark's.tt. North. , -,'■ ; ; : INTEE-STATB MAJCH/ -V . ; ,/ ,//.-;;n.;;<(R«0; January^l3,/10'p.m.) v: ■: ■'-/■„,;' -' : ;: .''' : 'o' /■Sydney;;' January. 13. , The weather was sweltering- and the ■ wicket good for -the continuation of- tho /,/':'■■-/ inter-State . orickot'match,.' between New'. South Wales and South Australia. . . .-South-Australia/ 'completed-its: first-in- : inings 'for 33f'runs, ;Bridgeman : making ■ : . 59;;v<New„\South -Wales; in: its second; innings- made '315 runs'.-: Barbour6o, 'Mac-■,.--:.-attney;»6; Bardsley-.'SO; lVumper>2s. The Maeartney-Bardslcy -'partnership, made 113 .....-■ in 144 minutes!; ~:-.: ;. ; /, </■■- ■"'').■>

SWIMMING.

BECOED BROKEN POR 220YD8. , ': (By Telegraph—Press; 'Association.) Christchurch, January 13. ' ,'Afc Kaiapoi.on Saturday, C. Atkinson swani •220 yds., breast stroke, in 3min. 0 1-osoc., reducing his own Now Zealand record, by 1 l-ssec.

WATER POLO.

.:: /. THE; JUNIOR CHAMPiONSHn\/.".'- ..; ;! .'lhe ; water'/pplo- ; junior championship .■'• matches'/were''., continued' at'. Te Aro. -./,." Baths evening, when'-Swifts B met ... arid i defeated: Old '.Boys.-':. -The-.'-'-' Swifts proved .easily the superior team, scoring, ' .iiiveo' goals/'id. their opponents''nil/-- For .. ; /the. (1) and. Woodcock , . ' (2) y'ero■the.-.'soo^e^'s.:, , /'.-/'..-/''/■

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UPPER HUTT RIFLE CLUB. X The Upper Hutt Rifle Club continued , Its lionuicaps competitions at 500 and bOOyds. on Saturday toi trophies presented i>i Messrs. W. ttreig and H. R. Uibbs, scores also counting for tho Wilford aggiegiW. Riiieman A. Woir secured a leg-in Following wero tho highest Korea 1 — , ' 500 600 , „ . yds. yds. Hp. Tl. A. Weir 11 37 3 00 I''. Wilkio 18 42 0 88 Tuke Whitoman 43 37 ~ 8 88 ..WyElvngo r3lM7--12-sPS,WvGroii,!t'J--26—1—82. i ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ t SUBURBS RIFLE CLUB. - 'The Suburbs Dofenco Riflo Club continued' their trophies' shooting at Trentham on Saturday and Wednesday last, for four trophies presented by tho club and secretary, at ranges 800 and 000 yds, 6ovon shots at each range. W. M. Jack- ' son scored a possible at 800 yds, T. Ooodall and W. Felhngham scoring 34 at . 900 yds. Tho third shoot in tho third tines Will icomaenco on Wednesday and Saturday next at Trentham, at ranges . 800 and 1000 yds. On January 22 the , "Daily Mail" shoot will bo fired at ' Treutnam. Tho ranges aro 800, 500, GOO, ' 800, 900,' and lOOOyda, seven shots at each range Saturday's ecores:— Felhngham 29 34 4 07 H. Hunt 33 31 so 64 A. R. Brown ...., 28 26 10 61 T. Goodall, 27-34-2-03; F. Stacey, 29 -28-6-63 j W. A. Isaac, 33-21-6-63; G. Winchcombo, 27-26-10-63; W. M. Jackson, 35—26—sc -61; C. P. Fisher, 32 -28-SC-60; C. Whitoman, 33-26-sc--69, C. H. Graham, 27-25-6-58; J. L. Tumor, 29-28—sc -57, T. Cliapman, 33— 23—sc—5G; G. Oliver, 32—20—1-SG; W. 11. Cook, 26-22-7-35; T. J. Tolloy, 26-19-10-55; W. J. Johnston, 27-27-sc--51; P. Winchoombe, 26-17-10-51 i R. i Brady, ,13-25-14-52; J. H. Boss, 30-21-ec—sl; H. Snellmg, 19-28—2—49; I\ L. Dowman, 22-17-10-49; C. Stewart, 23-16-10-49; H. 1< Pitcher, 21—21—b—48; T. Symonds, 28-5-14-47; R C Barklc. 29-17-SC-18; R. Scruton, 17-13-11-14; , J. Smart, 27-15-SC.-12, J O. Neivton, IG—l9—4—3B; H. Boon, 19—16—sc— 35, W. Woolt, 11—11—10—35; H. Mitchell, 9-13-«-28s G. Harris, 17—0—10—27; Henderson,* 5; Thompson,*, 15. *R«tired at 900 yds.