Sports of all Kinds

Lake County Mail, Issue 41, 17 March 1948, Page 5

Sports of all Kinds

Arrow Football Club Annual Meeting

The annual mooting of the Arrowtown Football Club was held in the Council Chamber on March 12, 1948. Those present were—Messrs P. Stapp, G. Elliot, J. Scott, K. Saunders, F. King, P. Tyson, G. Douglas, V. Hansen, D. Thompson, B. Jackways, M. Maclntyre, A. Morris and J. Dalrymplc. The minutes of the previous annual meeting were read and confirmed. The following are the officers for the year. President, Mr W. H. Thompson; vice-presidents—Messrs J. Maclntyre, L. C. Stapp, R. Jackways, V. Gorkins, R. Collingwood, W. Gibb, Alex Reid, J. Shaw and E. Thompson; patron, Mr E. I. Saunders; hon. surgeon, Dr .Ferguson; delegates to Sub-union, Messrs C. Kitto and F. King; coaches, Messrs C. Kitto and R. J. Fletcher; secretary, Mr P. Stapp; committee — Messrs 'F. King, C. Kitto, P. Stapp, R. J. Jackways, M. Maclntyre, and V. Hansen. It was decided that a donation of one guinea be presented to the St. John Ambulance Association. The following trophies had been won during last season, Mr J. Scott won the Silver Cup for most points in goal kicking, Mr A. Dudley won the Silver Cup for most tries scored, and the R. Collingwood trophy was loft for the coach to decide. The Arrowtown Club decided to join up with the Vincent Union, provided they could combine with the country members.

TENNIS

CROMWELL MATCHES Members of the Cromwell Lawn Tennis Club played for the Club Trophies last Saturday afternoon. The weather was excellent and a good standard of tennis was played considering tiic lateness of the season. The trophy winners were:—Miss P. Heaney and Mr G. Finlay son.

CRICKET

Invercargill Games (By Tom Donaldson) On Saturday 6th inst the Queenstown Cricket Club travelled to Invercargill and played the Invercargill League team. In this game Queenstown won making 102 runs, the In’gill League team replying with the total of 80 runs. The top scorers for Queenstown were Partridge Ml and W. Anderson 11. F. Partridge had the honour of taking nine wickets for 44 runs. The feature of the game was the fine display of wicketkeeping by W. Robins. On Sunday the team had the privilege of playing the Invercargill Marist first eleven. This was played on the Marist Ground which is recognised as the best turf wicket in Southland at the present time. The wicket was in perfect order and the outfield was a fieldsman’s paradise. The hospitality shown to the Queenstown boys on both days was in the usual Southland manner. The Queenstown team was again victorious. Following are the scores:- — Queenstown Templeton, c Hailes, b M. P. Grace, 0; Brittingham, b Cahill, 28; Anderson, b McGowan, 7; Partridge, b McGowan, 10; Robins, c Hailes, b Fraser, 15; Christopher, c Casper, b McGowan, 24; Forbes, b Fraser, 0; Lynch, b McGowan, 10; Muir, not out, 23;; Lonsdale, b McGowan, 1; Donaldson, c M. P. Grace, b Mahoney, 14. Extras 22, Total 154. Bowling: —Grace, one for 33; McGowan, five for 15; Mahoney, one for 19; Cahill, five for 12; Hailes none for S; Fraser, two for 24. Marist O’Brien, c Brittingham, b Partridge, 13; Hailes, b Partridge, S; Grace, c Robins, It Brittingham, 2; Fraser, b Brittingham, 12; Dawson, run out, 13; McGowan, c Robins, b Partridge, 7; Mahoney, b Brittingham, 28; O’Brien J., b Anderson, 5; Cahill, c Robins, b

Partridge, 16; Cameron not out, 15; Casper, b Brittingham, 6. Extras 6, total 131. Bowling;—Brittingham, four for 26; Partridge, four for 83; Anderson, one for 16. QUEENSTOWN CRICKET Public Service defeated Fire Brigade by 88 runs to 76 in an interesting game last week-end. Best scorers were: — Public Service: T. Donaldson 33, F. O’Connell 12. Fire Brigade: G. Nelson 40, T. Luckie 12. Cromwell Rugby Football Club SUCCESSFUL SEASON REVIEWED Members arc to be congratulated on the successful season held last year, stated the club’s president in his report at the annual meeting of the Cromwell Rugby Football Club held last Thursday. The finances are in a very healthy condition due to those members who worked so hard during the year on the raffle and club dances. At a seven-a-side tournament held at Queenstown the club was successful in winning two grades the junior and the junior under 20. Credit is due to Mr R. A. McGregor for the very fine record the secondary school team held last season being successful in the majority of their matches. During the year a visit had been paid by the Kurow team and a return visit is expected this year. Special thanks were due to the hon. secretary, Mr I McLennan, the gatekeepers, Messrs R. Scott and R. Muir, and the team captains, Messrs J. Webb (senior) and R. Clark (junior). Two other members Messrs R. Scott and F. Foote, neither of whom are on the committee, were thanked for their many services to the club during the year, the president stating that the club would be foolish if they did not put these two men on the committee. In concluding he thanked all members and the committee for their cooperation and Avishcd them a most successful season for 1948.

BOWLING

Champion of Champions Played at Cromwell Mr Perrow the Winner Last Saturday, at Cromwell the Champion of Champions Singles were played under ideal weather conditions. The following players took part:— Middlcmass (Alexandra), Perrow (Wanaka), Vercoe (Queenstown), Pearson (Cromwell), Stewart (Bannockburn), Paulin (Clyde), and MeKnight (Roxburgh). First Round. —Middlcmass a bye, Perrow beat Vercoe 19 —13, Stewart beat Pearson 17 —15, and Paulin beat MeKnight 20—19. Second Round. —Perrow a bye, Stewart beat Paulin 20 —5, Middlemass beat Vercoe 24—10, and MeKnight beat Pearson 19—12. Third Round. —Stewart a bye, Perrow beat Middlemass 23 —12, and Paulin beat MeKnight 14—13. Fourth Round.—Perrow beat Stewart 21 — 14, and Middlemass beat Paulin 22 Semi-finals. —Perrow a bye, Stewart beat Middlemass 23 —15. Finals.—Stewart (one life) beat Perrow (two lives) 18—14, Perrow (one life) beat Stewart (one life 19—17.

HOCKEY

Cromwell Ladies’ Club May be Reformed On Tuesday night March 2 a meeting was held in Cromwell to discuss the reforming of the Cromwell Ladies’ Hockey Club. The meeting was well attended and after an enthusiastic discussion it was decided to reform the club as soon as favourable reports were received from the other districts, Alexandra, Clyde and Tarras. The names of 34 prospective players were submitted to the meeting and it was decided that the committee should contact these persons at an early date. Miss 11. Gibson was elected president and Mrs G. Pinlayson secretary, for the ensuing year. Mr AV. E. Osmand was in the chair.

WAKATIPU GOLF CLUB

Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Wakatipu Golf Club, Queenstown, was held last week. Officers elected for this season were:— President, W. E. Robins (re-elected); vice-presidents, Mr H. Tomkies, Mr R. Fuller, Mrs B. Curtis (re-elected); secretary, P. Dougherty (re-elected); club captain, H. A. Vezey (re-elected); committee —Messrs G. Lynch, B. Yercoe, A. Ingles, J. L. Lindsay, J. Frances, and Mrs R. Mills and Mrs W. Warren; auditor, Mr R. Fuller. A motion was passed that vicepresidents and the club captain were ex-officio members of the committee. The secretary, Mr P. Dougherty, presented a report of work which had been done since the last meeting. It appeared that the most important had been the burning off of much growth and that this had made a big improvement. Much work had been done by voluntary labour in establishing greens out of the rough and with some further attention will become suitable playing areas. Negotiations had been entered into with the Public Works Department who had granted permission for members to enter the grounds with vehicles via the main gate, but with a provision that it must be closed on entering. Repairs had been done to the golf house and plant and equipment was reported to be in good order. The club had ° credit balance of £137 in the bank. Mr Dougherty said that tourists had arrived at Queenstown expecting to play golf and he urged that members try and increase the club’s membership so tliat the club could be re-established and so provide suitable amenities for tourists. A Mail staff member claims to be the only New Zealander to have knocked himself out with a wheelbarrow. He slipped with a load of compost, struck his chin on the front board and . . . woke up after the stars went down.