SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2143, 19 March 1908, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

BOWLINII.

THE NAPIER CARNIVAL

Press Association. NAPIER, March IS

Th carnival tournament was continued to-day and the following are tlie results of the rink contest: —

SIXTH ROUND

Section A—Palmerston North (Pickering) 24 heat Wolington 18; GrecnmeadowA (Crowley) 19 beat Napier (Smith) 17 ; St. Johns boat Palmerston North (Brophy) 11; Dannovirko 22 beat Marten 17. Section B.—Bluff Hill 19 beat Gisborne IS; Mastcrton 30 boat Hnstiiies IS; Grconmeadows (Badley) ~b boat. Pelmorston North (Bunting) 12; Napier (Bull) a bye.

SEVENTH ROUND.

Section A.—Wellington 19 heat Palmerston North (Brophy) I'2 ; St Johns 22 beat Palmerston North (Pickering) It); Greenmendows (Crowley) 22 beat Dannovirko 16; Marton 19 beat Napier (Smith) 15. , v Section B. —Hastings ~o ben Napier (Bull) 23; Greeumeadows (Bactley) 23, beat Mastcrton 19; Gisborne a bye. , , An unplaved match, Gisborne v. Mastcrton, from the second round, was finished this afternoon, and this leaves tho positions of the rinks as follows:

SECTION A.

Wins. Loss. St. Johns ••• ••• 7 2 Palmerston North, (Brophy) 4 a Wellington ••• 4 “ Grconmeadows (Crowley) ... 3 4 Dannovirko ... 3 ‘j Napier tSiaith) ... , ••• 3 4 Palmerston North (Pickering) 2 o Marton ••• 2 o

SECTION B. Wins. Loss. Bluff Hill 1 2 Greeumeadows (Badley' ... 4 Palmerston North (Bunting) 4 2 Gisborno ... ... ••• 1 2 Mastertou ... 2 4 Hastings ••• 2 4 Napier (Bull) ... ••• 1 ° Bluff Hill, Gisborne, Greemneadows (Badley) and Palmerston North (Bunting) will play off their tie in the section to-morrow, and the winner will play St. Johns in the final. The games have been marked by some splendid play throughout, and the performance of the St. Johns in winning all their games is an excellent one.

ROWING.

Last night the local rowers to represent the town at the championship regatta, commencing next Monti ay, left for Napier. The Gisborne Club’s crew consisted of B. Bright, G. Butler. M. Doyle, ami H. Bennett, and H. Clhrisp (cox), and the crew will compete in the ten-stone, maiden, and open maiden fours. The Poverty Bay crew is as follows: —M. McLeod, J." Nicolas, C. Winter, J. Stewart, and J. Lang (cox.). They will compete in the maiden and junior fours. Mr. D. E. ’Dustin accompanied’ the teams, and twill compete in tile maiden and junior sculls.

CRICKET.

Tlie following eleven will represent the United C(uh_ in tlie match against Te Rau at Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon next: —Burke, Bowman, L. Coop, Gibson (2), Gorman, Hallamore, Reynolds, F. Sharp, Whyte, and Yeats. Emergencies: Jeffreys and McLeod. The match is expected to provide an exciting contest, as both teams are running level in the lead for the championship.

Tlie following will represent Te Rau: —Turner, Da.rg.in, Valla nee, Miller, Wack, Cary, Olsen, Pine, Dudfield, Schofield, Monk. Emergencies: Baku, McGuifie, Featon, Sim.

The following will represent Union against C. S. and Co. at T-aruheru to-day:—Lang, Andrews, Emanuel, Pollock, Coleman, Austin, Ferris, Ta.t-tersal, Grant, Doyi’.e, Gibson. Emergencies: Priestly, McPherson.

WAIRARAPA v. HAWKE’S BAY

Press Association. NAPIER, March 18. The representative cricket- match, Wairarapa v. Hawke’s Bay, was concluded to-day, Hawke's Bay wanning by 340 runs. The local team 111 their second innings declared their innings Closed wit’h tlie score at 207 for two wickets (Fenton not out 101, Bailey 71, Hawke not out 15, being the cniet scorers). .. , . Wairarapa in their second innings could only make 46 (Carroll 17, Redmond 10," being t'he highest contributors).

TENNIS.

THE NICE CHAMPIONSHIP

United Press Association —Copyright NICE, March 17. At tennis Wilding and Ritchie beat tho brothers Doherty by three sets to one for the South of France championship.

BILLIARDS.

The Victoria Billiard Saloon was taxed to its utmost capacity last night to accommodate tho largo crowd which assembled to witness the contest between B. Lucas and C. Weston in tho championship competition. Weston was tho first to get going, and quickly established a lead. Lucas, however, with a nicely-compiled break of 34, overhauled his opponent, and from this point onwards kept in the lead, ,eventually', reaching 250 when Weston was 217. Tlie game was not a very fast one, and took two minutes over tlie hour to complete. Mr. Segedin, tho proprietor of the saloon, was very attentive to tho wants of his patrons, and despite the largo crowd, seating accommodation was found for ail.

ATHLETICS.

DANNEVI’RKE -SPORTS MEETING.

FIRE BRIGADE BECORD

Press Association. DANNEVIR'KE, -March 18. At the Dannovirke Athletic and Cycling Club sports meeting to-day, in the firemen’s two-man coupling e\< cats, B. Niifitall and H. Dnnkwater put lin a New Zealand record of 33 seconds. The previous. best -record is said to ibe by the New Plymouth team at the Exhibition in 35 4-osees.

WANGANUI CALEDONIAN

SOCIETY

Press Association. WANGANUI, -March 18. At the annual meeting of the Wanganni Caledonian Society to-nigiitj a motion was pissed in favor of seceding from the N.Z. Athletic Union, the opinion being strongly expressed that t'ho society should be in a position to run, its meetings .independent of outside control.

SPORTS AT INVERCARGILL

Press Association. INVERCARGILL, March IS. The Irish athletic annual sports, which includes the “Sheffield,” one of the largest running events m (the Dominion, was held to-day in pourino- rain. The entries were from as far north as Auckland, including 31 competitors, in the Sheffield. line following are the results of the principal events: . ~, , Sheffield (first prize £4o).—&>tokes (Invercargill). 101yds, 1; C. Hewson (Retone), pAycls, 2; \ ajciitnie (luveu

cnrgill), 10)vds, 3; Gallnii (Invereiirgillj, 12yds, 4. The track was too heavy for anything rcmnrkublo ’being done lin the way of times, but Stokes covered his share of tho 100 yds in 13 l-ssecs. He won by t’hroo or four yards. Stokes is a fairly woll-known performer locally, and ran for tw6 or 'three years as ’tin amateur, and has put up some pretty good performances in cash ’athletics, but- this was his first important win as a professional. 75yds (23 entries). —N. Brown (Gore). 11 yds, .1; Evans, 3)yds, 2; Valentine, If yds, 3. Time, Bsec. 220yds.—Duff, 10yds, 1; Brown, 11 yds. 2; 1 lew son, 4yds, 3. 400yds.—Thompson, t; Cofllie (Dunedin), 2 ; Baird’, 3. Time, 53 3-ssee. Half-mile. —-Thompson, 1; Ivacdy, 2; Couling, 3. Time. 2miji osec. One mile. —J. Small (Lumsden), 1 ; O’Brien, 2; Couling, 3. Time, dmin So^eo. The Foote brothers, as usual, carried off the honors in the heavy work, winning tho hammer-throwing, Cumberland wrestling, and stono-thiw-ing.

FOOTBALL.

N.Z. PROFESSIONALS. NORTHERN UNION MATCH. United Press Association —Copyright (Received March 18, 9.37 p.m.) SYDNEY, March IS. From a spectacular point of view the Northern match against the Now Zealanders Ut Stamford Bridge was a great success. About 12,000 were present, and tho Englishmen were completely outplayed. In the first half Smith scored for the Now Zealanders, after a brilliant run, .Messenger converting. Only tine tackling by Taylor saved the English lino from being crossed on several occasions, Wrigley being particularly noticeable for fine work. After a good bout of passing the Northerners scored, but failed to convert. The second half saw fine passing by Wynyard and Messenger, from which Johnson scored. but Messenger failed to add the .points. Soon after Todd crossed the tine again, and Messenger this time succeeded with the kick, and followed it up by kicking a goal off another try secured by Johnson. In the last five minutes the Englishmen got going, and Eccles, who was injured early in the game, crossed the line, but the place kick failed, the visitors winning by 18 points to 6.

THE TURF.

WAIPIRO RACES. (From Our Correspondent.) The .annual race meeting was held at IVaipiro yesterday. Tlie weather was gloriously fine, but tho attendance was not as large as on previous occasions. The racing, as usual, took place on (the beach, ’and was fairly good, there being one or two very close and exciting finishes. Appended are the details :

Maiden -Plate. —Awanui 1, Ilby 2. Five horses started, and Awanui led all the way, and won easily. Flying Handicap.—Lady Crispin 1, Cheddito 2. Five starters. An excellent race. Lady Crispin just got home .by u narrow margin. District Race. —Awanui i, Mot-uke-liu 2, Toronto 3. These were the only starters, and Awanui won easily. Tawhit-i Gup.—Hinetitama 1, Princo Hassail 2. Che-dilito canio first- past the winning post, hut her rider failed to draw the weight by 21b, and was disqualified. Hack Race. —Lady Crispin 1, Earmark 2. Five starters. An excellent race and splendid finish, tho race just being won on the .post-. Farewell Handicap.—Banker 1, Rea.v 2. Four horses started, but Banker had matters all his own way, and won very easily.

THE NAPIER MEETING. SECOND DAY. Press Association. NAPIER, March 18. The Napier Park Racing Club’s carnival meeting was concluded today, when there was again a very large attendance. The racing was good, and the sum of £8995 was invested on the totalisator,' making -a total of £16,621 for the meeting, an increase of £2345 over last year’s total. The following are the results: Oniahu Hack Handicap Hurdles Race, of 80 sovs, 11 miles.—Pretty Maid 10.6 1, Commander 9.7 2, Te Kainui 10.7 3. Also ran: Reservoir, Bushranger, Rainbow, Lord Bobs. Won comfortably. Time, 2min 27 2-osec.

Telegraph Hack Handicap of 80 sovs, 6 furlongs.—lkon 8.4 1, Wonderbolim 7.2 2, Seatondale 8.6 3. Also started: Mistime, Sandstream, Niwaru, Robin Link. Won by a- neck. Time, linin 16 l-ssec. Close Memorial Handicap, of 150 sovs, 1 mile and a- distance.—Kairoma 7.2 1, Loiret 8.1 2, Uenuku 7.66 3. Chatterer, King’s Lynn, and Oasis also rail. Time, linin 55sec. Kuoa Handicap, of 100 sovs, four furlongs.—Berengaria 9.1 1, Cliantress 7.2, 2, Splash 7.5 3. Also ran: Aborigine, Gold Lace, Chanteuse, Ennius, Lady Mensclii'koff, No Trumps, Remission, Steady. WOll by half a length. Time, 50 l-ssec. High-Weight Handicap, of 90 sovs, 6 furlongs.—Mart-yrium 10.11 1, Contender 10.7 2, Goldfield 8.2 3. Also ran: Gazeley, Finery, Fail-land. Won easily. Time, lmin 14 4-osee. Maiden Hack Scurry, of 60 sovs, five furlongs,;—North Pole 9.1 1, Hapuku 9.2 2, San Jose l 9.3 3. Also ran: Sky High, My Darling, Gold Bar, Waikoura, Ngahere, Waihukm, Miss Advance, Sealskin. Won easily. Time, lmin 3 l-ssee. St. Patrick’s Handicap, of 100 sovs, 6 furlongs.—Oxton 8.4 1, Chicane 6.12 2, San Fernando 6.11 3. xVlso ran: Moriarty, Tarina, Ghrysophrase. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 14 2-ssec.

Stewards’ Stakes Handicap, of 70 sovs, 7 furlongs.—North Head 10.9 I, Lamsdorff 8.6 2, White Lie 8.13 3. Also started: Prize Bloom, Turquet, Crackpot, Lord Bobs, Matapnna, Black Water. Won easily. Time, linin 30sec.