ATHLETICS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 392, 10 August 1889, Page 6

ATHLETICS.

iiv Act/kon in the " Auckland Slav." MISCELLANEOUS. ,^ In the list of cricket averages compiled ' by " Felix " in the " Australasian " for last Victorian season, I notice the name of G. Mills for batting and bowling, and. T. Testro for bowling. My leaders probably'-re-member both thet'e players. Mills (playing for Essendon) has a batting average ot 19 38 for 14 innings, his highest score being 83 ; while his bowling average is 15'07i6v &38 balls. Testro (foi Port Melbourne) has the splendid bowling average of 5*70 for 76b balls. LIo comes second in the colony, being beaten by H. F. Boyle with an ayerage of 4 "50 ; the latter, however, only bowled 180 balls. The cricket tour of Major Whurlon's team in South Africa was not a great financial success but, much good to cricket in that pai t of the world i.s expected from it. The funds of the clubs there obtained mo^t benefit, and it is hoped that thej' will not let the Major sufler. Both the amateurs and professionals ot the team spoak highly of South African hospitality. They found u number of good men in the colonies theto — some old English playeie. but many colonial born. There were none, however, at all above the average. The race between Parry and Thomas (whose win in the Ton Mile Amateur Championship I mentioned last week) frit' the Ten Mile Amateur (championship of England, took place on May 22nd. Doubts had been expressed that Thomas had run short distance when he made such good time in his previous race. A great race between him and Pany was expected, but Parry was seized with a stitch in his side, find ot course Thomas won as he liked. During the time Parry was on the track Thomas kept weli with him, and it is thoacrht they would have gone very close to W. C 4. George's record had Parry been able to continue. Paul and Stoddarc, who were out here with the English football team, are winning golden opinions at Home by their good play at cricket. Paul, who has hitherto been a cold, has latelj been coming out of his shell and making some good scoros. The Sydney " Sporting Life " says :—: — Young Peaice, of the Oriental Cricket Club, i* one of the best all-round cricketers in Now South Wales. He is a wonderful bowler, a marvellous field, and a rattling good bat. He is a be,tter man than Jack Ferris. There was some talk of a Parsee team of cricketers visiting America during the present season there, but arrangements have fallen through. It appears likely, however, that such a team" will visit America in 1890, and perhaps take tho colonies on the way. A Ladies' Cricket team from Kandy has lately been on tour in Ceylon. They beat the ladies of Nuwara Eliya by an innings and 112 runs. The instances of an eleven -disniisped without a run are of such very rare occur-i-er.ee that any record of the kind is worthy of special prominence. The South Woodford Club is the latest claimant for the distinction of one of the most difficult of cricket feats. Playing on their own ground against the Amethyst C.C., of Stoko Newington, lately, South Woodford, after scoring 130, succeeded in dismissing their opponents for nothing. The eleventh man lost his wicket in attempting an almost impossible run. I clip the following from a letter from a friend in the Friendly Islands which may be of interest to my aquatic readers: — " Ar. the Vavau regatta held at ' Ratoga ' time, a man named Yon Hagen, from Tonga, brought over the Auckland crack open boat Orladys and challenged any boat in the harbour. Two boats accepted, one was Prince Liphonc's Vave, built by Logan of j Auckland, and the ofaher was the Sprite 1

built by a boatbuildor here. The Gladys was. beaten by both boats, so Yon Hagen has takon her on to Samoa to try. his luck' there. The (Gladys was greatly admired by everyone here." The following from the "Canterbury Times " on the form displayed by the Christchurch Representative Team against South Canterbury may be of interest to my readors in view of the approaching trip South of our own Rep. Team :—": — " We were much disappointed with the display made by our local representatives. The foi wards played with very little combination, and almost totally disregarded the utility of dribbling, while several of the backs fumbled greatly, hung on to the ball too long, and appeared to find it very agreeable to rush straight into the embrace of the thickest bunch of opponents they could single out. The passing, it is true, was fair, and was freely resorted to ; but on the whole we were far irom favourably impressed with tho ntteen. Tho forwards will doubtlees improve with practice together, of which, of course, they had very little, but we fear that the macerial is wanting in the three-quarter*, to make them anything approaching a powerful trio." = I