OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 78, 11 March 1882, Page 404

OUT DOOR SPORTS

LAST SATURDAY'S CEICKET MATCHES.

Onehunga 2nd v. United 2nd. — Won by United with 4 wickets and 89 runs to spare. Onehunga, 15 ; United, 105, for six wickets. Ponsonby v. North Shore. — Won by the latter with 35 runs to spare. North Shore, 65 ; Ponsonby, 30. West End 2nd. v. Gordon. — Former won easily with 45 runs to spare. West End, Ist innings, 77 ; Gordon, Ist innings, 32, 2nd innings, 35 ; total, 68. Auckland 2nd v. Alphas. — Drawn in favour of Auckland, who had 140 runs in their first innings. Alphas, 4 wickets for 40 odd.

Parnell v. Mercury.— Mercury won with 107 runs to spare. All-English Eleven v. Australian Combined Eleven. — Australians won with six wickets to spare.

MATCHES TO-MOEEOW, West End v. Otahulm. United v. North Shore. Auckland v. Civil Service. North Shore v. United 2nd.

Pousouby v. Whau. West End 2nd v. Ponsonby 2nd

A yacht to beat the Sybil is contemplated over Freeman's Bay way.

A race for bona fide merchant ship's gigs has been added to the Ponsonby Eegatta programme.

Mv Barton's yacht, Asteroid, on a cruise round the world, left Wellington for Auckland on Tuesday.

Mr J. J. Dixon lias been appointed umpire at tlie approaching Ponsonby Regatta.

0. S. Owen made the only stand at tho wickets on the Ponsonby side last Saturday.

What's the matter ivitli Lewis now ? He actually made made 21 last Saturday. Soft bowling, cli P

Four West End men were caught out in last Saturday's match. ■

Bob Woods is' keeping up his best average in the West End Second Eleven. Last Saturday he got 16.

Hnrvie, who bowls vex - y well, took three Onehvinga wickets, while Canavan got five.

Harrison, the boatbuilder, and Scott, of Ponsonby, have a race in twelve-feet dingies on the tapis.

A two-mile walking match is to come off to-morrow (Saturday) between S. Houston and B. Jauiin for £G a-side. *

The Grordon Cricket Club had some ' of the conceit taken oat of them on Saturday by the West End Cricket' Club.

The H.A.C.B. Society intend to hold sports in the Domain on St. Patrick's Day, while sports will also be held at Onehunga.

Gi-ordon was no where against the West End, although they put the North Shore through very easily on the previous Saturday.

Pagan has challenged W. J. Burke, of Dunedin, to run a mile or half-mile for the championship of New Zealand.

Last Saturday Gr. Wynyard bowled 10 overs, for 5 maidens, 4 wickets and 12 runs. Syms' analysis shows 9 overs, 3 maidens, 13 runs, and 5 wickets.

The rule in the second-class yacht race at the Ponsonby Eegatta has been altered so as to include the Sabrina and Eclipse, which are over the seven, tons.

Captain W. Farquahar has-been. appointed to act as starter at the approaching Ponsonby Regatta. The appointment has given general satisfaction.

A fair average eleven lias been got together at the Thames to play against the Auckland team which proceed their shortly.

Sanely McPherson made a splendid stand for the United Second Eleven last Saturday. The Onehunga men were delighted when they got him out for 50.

Pagan won easily by about iiftj yards in the mile footrace with Woollerton at Christplmrch. The latter was allowed 30yds. start, and the time taken was <knins. 41secs.

The open-sailing boat Lance was the winner in her class at the Bay of Islands Eegatta, beating the crack boat Imp. Matthews sold the Lance before leaving Russell to a resident there.

The Civil Service Cricket Club is up a tree. Poor Eowe, who worked tremendously hard for its success, is said to have been let in heavily by some of the would-be swellish, but decidedly mean members.

The second deposit in the match between Hearn and Messenger has been paid. Very little interest appears to be taken in the contest up here, and this is probably due to the suspicious feeling which was aroused by the recent Carter-Messenger affair.

There is evidently a genuine cricketing enthusiasm amongst the Cormorants.and it found vent during the late quarantine at Levuka, Fiji, by the club pitching wickets on deck, and improving the dreary hours by a game under new rules. A dingy was sent overboard and did the water fielding, and to hoist a ball overboard meant out. The players assert that the innovation is also an improvement.

Johnny- A., the -wicket-keeper for the G-ordon Cricket Club last Saturday, looked like a small barrel rolling round the wickets. His stopping of the ball was a treat. Just fancy the "West End getting about 7 byes through him ! Ah Johnny, you will have to practice a bit more, or your captain will have to put a new wicketkeeper on.

The All-England cricketers ought to feel xwetty well satisfied, They narrowly escaped a beating from the combined team of Australia through the match not being completed. The return match proved too much for them, and they had to acknowledge a defeat at the hands of the combined Colonials. Now, the Australian team selected to proceed to England next season has beaten them -with six wickets to spare. Shaw's team hare a lively prospect of going home with their tails down.