ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1923, 4 December 1913, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET.

CAHU'OX OOES TO AUSTRALIA. It. is I'ppurieil from CliristcliurHi tli.il it has bcon ilcliiiitply decided tliat T. Carlton, of Ciiristclmrch, is to ;;o In Australia with tho .Now Zealand cricket team as fourteenth man. WEDNESDAY Ci\ ICKET. Y.M..C.A. v. Clieinists-Y.M.C.A. made 77 runs in their fir.st iiiiiiii;;.-! (Vnrnoy -id, iliil l!l). _ Cliejnisla. in their first ii!ii!ii;. T ,s, uuulc 339 runs for tlireo wickets (lieiims lU, Al'Kcnzic ■!•), Alastr'i-s, 1- not out), liowlisitf for Chemists, Masters took six wickets for •JO run.i.

I BOWLS. I

JOHNSONVILLE CJXI!. Tlic following players will represent JoSmsonvillc, in tho pctir.unl tjamc, vorsus Te Mivri on Saturday afternoon: —.Home: Morgan,- ilarrap, Turner, Sloauo (s.): Ferguson, Embury, Beilntne, Cook («.). At To Hiwi: Smytlio. Orr. Townslieud. T'liomiison (s.j; Hall, Hallis, Pctrio, Mausoii "(s.).

OYERSEA SPORT.

SHRUBS OUTRUNS ST. IVES. TEX-AIILF. RACE IN NOVA SCOTIA. Bj Telegraph—Prosß Assoeiation-Copyrisht Ottawa, December 2. Alfred Sltrubb, tho English runner, defeated Henri St. Ives, of France, in a ton miles race at Sydney, Nova Scotia. Shrubb's time was olmiu. -Jscc. TENNIS RULES AT WDIULKDON. Lonticn, December 2. Tho English Lav.'ii Tennis Association has largely adopted tho international agreement allowing each country to dctermiiio tlio question of payin;; its representatives' expenses to tlio world's championships at Wimbledon.. It was announced that a referendum favoured the holder playing through the championships, but tho two-thirds majority required liad not been secured. CRICKET—JI.C.O. IN SOUTH I AFRICA.

Gaps Town, December 1. ,Tho Matylebouc cricket team played a match against a Border team, and secured a very easy victory. Marylobono scored 3-j6 for wickets and declared tho innings closed. Douglas made 102 (not out), and Hobbs and Booth 57 each. The first innings of the Border ttatn realised 321 runs (Jolmson 51), and the second 103. Douglas, in tlio first innings of the Border team, captured three wickets for 10 runs. CHAMPION VvRESTLEUS MEET. Ottawa, December 2. Eugens Tremblay. the world's lightweight wrestling champion, failed to defeat Walter Miller, of St. Paul's, the welter-weight champion, at "Winnipeg. Tremblay lasted for an hour and eighteen minutes, when ho foil. BILLIARDS—FALKINER V. GRAY. London, December 2. The scores in the billiard match Falkiner v. Gray now stand: Falkiner 7093, Gray 2-193 (including a break oi 563). JACK JOHNSON HISSED. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables, tlondcn, December ". Jack Johnson appeared at the Eastham Palace Theatre in a sparring turn. Some of the audience hissing, others cheering, lie entered smiling, but the uproar "destroyed his seli'-possessiois. His sparring was tame, and was received with disapproval.

MOTOR-CYCLING,

The executive of the Wellington Motor Cycling Club aro tliis year intending to givo greater prominence tlian hitherto to social mns and picnics, following as far as possible, tho methods of the English clubs and the motor gipsies, and as a preliminary ha\o arranged this coming Saturday a run to Walker's Farm, just this side, of the Riimrfakas where the club will meet the motor-cycling section of tho Wairarapa Automobile Association. A hearty invitation is extended to all motor-cyclists, whether club, members or not,; tho latter being, especially welcome. Ithn-S been decided-thai'those intending toVjointhe party shall meet nt Kaitoke.at 2.1-5 p.m. sharp, and from thero proceed in a body to the venue. Given a- fine-day, the outing should be a vcrv enjoyable one. The secretary of the club (Mr. L. M'. Liardct, care of Bell, Gully, Bell, and Myers) would be pleased to have ns soon as possible the names of all riders who are likely to attend at, and compete iu, _ any of the : following motor race meetings:—Hastings, Bo:;iiig Day; Auckland, January 10°; Feathevston, January lo; Palmerston North. January 22; and 'Feilding, January 2?.