OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 4, Issue 81, 1 April 1882, Page 44

OUT DOOR SPORTS

LAST SATURDAY'S MATCHES. ■ . Auckland v. -Northern Wairoa. — Won by the former. Auckland— lst innings, 65 ; 2nd, 89. Waivoa— lstinningß, 87; 2nd, 28. • ■ • ■ '•-:'- Auckland (Beale's Eleven) v. ONEHimGA:-*Wouby.-Auckland, wko made 67 against 60. , „- >*-. >„; Otahuhu v. Auckland Ist Eleven.— Otahutiu was badly beaten. Auckland, 98 for two wickets : Otahuhu, 33. , ••."• ' '• ' West iEnd Ist Eleven Y. Nobth Shore.— Drawn. NorthShore,lQi; West End, 45 for four wickets. ;.->.. ' Gordon -v. Whau. — Won easily by Gordon', who made 82 for eight wickets, against 73. .':•". West End 2nd Eleven v.' Alphas.— Won. by the ' former. • .• . TO-MOKROW'S FIXTURES. • (Cricket matches in the Domain all off.) Athletic Sports — Domain, 1 p.m. - . (Jricket Match— Paninure v. Ponsonby. > , t Dingy Race— Harrison v. Scott (uncertain). k - 1 Tauranga Regatta— To-day. -*■' ■ The entries for Saturday's sports were received too late for any remarks in this week's issue. : . Bob Woods gets the West End second eleven highest average bat. . . " ' The West End second eleven won their sixth, consecutive match against the Alphas last Saturday^ - Dave Berry played in his usual good style last Saturday, making 23. ..-*. -„.. j All the Onehunga team was clean bowled' * last Saturday, Tripp and Beale dividing the honours!' ; Our Ponsonby' Regatta notes and tips will ! appear next week. - . ; : Cox got 37, not out, for Auckland against Otahuhu. Bob. Mason has inaugurated his -reappearance in the cricket field with a duck-egg. .' Mr A. Porter (not Adam) has given Logan an order for a 75-feet steam yacht. . • The West End second eleven play a two days' match at Coromandel. ; Whiteside bowled very well against North Shore, and got half-a-dozen Wickets. Thompson's wicket-keeping was greatly admired at Northern Wairoa. ;'. The purchaser of the large open sailing, boat Magic is Mr Fisher. Douglas intends to enter his new twenty-feet sailing boat at the Ponsonby- Res-atta. The Australian pedestrians will hold their sports on the Domain ground to-morrow (Saturday). Logan has commenced the construction, of a . ten-ton yacht for a gentleman at Wellington. . ; The new twenty-feet sailing boat that- Matthew's is building will not be out till next season. The Leon, belonging to Mr G-ouk, will be launched on Saturday and go oui; for a spin. The Empress, a new 20-foot boat, built by John Logan for Mr W. Slattery and Logan, of the North. Shore, was successfully launched on Saturday. Young Bailey has made the model of his new twenty-feet sailing boat, which is expected to he ready for the next North Shore Regatta. Young Logan has completed his twenty-feet sailing boat, and she will make her appearance at the Ponsonby Regatta. Captain Stephenson contemplates giving Bailey an order for a new twenty-feet cedar sailing-boat to wipe the Madge out. Probably two or three sailing boats will come down from Kaipara to compete at the Ponsonby Regatta. Walter Grrey has become the owner of the Queenie, and ho will probably enter her at the Ponsonby Regatta. Nearly twenty second-class sailing boats will compete at the Ponsonby Regatta, the prizes being — Ist, £10 and champion flag ; 2nd, £3 10s ; 3rd, £1 10s. Why was young Lankham playing with North Shore last Saturday. His score of 42 not out was nearly half of the total. . ':."'• Percy's twenty-feet sailing boat Foam is for sale, and I believe the owner is willing to take £18 -for her. Walter Jones sails the Madge, at the Tauranga regatta, while the Imp will be handled by Captain Baker. The twenty-foot sailing boat Imp now belongs to Captain Stephenson and one of the Moores, who purchased the shares of the other owners. The match which was to have been played last Saturday between Ponsonby and Henderson's Mill, was indefinitely postponed owing to a split iu'the latter team. It is currently reported . that the Auckland Regatta Committee has decided to exclude amateur rowing races in iuriggers from next regatta* Perrot's sixteen-foot sailing boat Imp -has been hauled np to undergo the necessary preparation for the ' Ponsonby regatta. She should stand a show. Mumford, Testro, and Lankham, jun., didn't tell everybody that they were put through by the Gordon boys for the magnificent total of four. A cricket match takes place in the Domain 6n Good Friday between an eleven from the Star office and a similar number selected from the employe's at other printing offices. . . „ Alick Douglas expected to launch his new . centreboard batten-carvel sailing boat yesterday. She is rather fine in the end to my fancy, but appears to ;be*< • well-built. Her sails were made by Mitchell. l Mumford and Testro -weat to the wickets first against Gordon, and probably expected, to assist their averages with 100 each. Of the bowling of the Gordon boys they can truly say, " we came, we saw, we caivedl" A proposal has been made to extend "the domain cricket ground during the winter by the : xe- * moval of the stone wall further back. Several additional wickets are certainly necessary. Mort. Fairs and Fred. Cramond have purchased the small yacht Sybil from Fred. Edmonds for £85. This includes gear. She is first favourite for the Ponsonby Regatta. LeEoy has taken the deck off the Lily," and made an open sailing boat of her. He says he is willing to race Percy's Foam, without time allowance. The Lily is a seventeen-footer. , ' Auckland people won't be convinced that the champion sculling race at Wellington was all. square. They say, "Once bit, twice shy." Messenger certainly made a mistake coming here incog. . The entries in the small yacht race at the Ponsonby Regatta should include — Sybil, Flying Fish, Secret, Maud, Brothers, Spec, Soager's boat, Phillipson's boat, and others. i . '.-•'.* Arty McCormick is certainly one of the comingcricketers of Auckland. He got 42 in the. Northern Wairoa match, and will probably be presented with a bat. The formation of a new Auckland rowing club is hinted at in consequence of dissatisfaction at the management of the one already in existence. Should the proposal bo carried, into effect, there will,, be. a • prospect of having an amateur rowing race in the har? bour without the customary display of ill-feeling; } Fifteen of the Gordon Club played the United First Eleven, amongst whom were Isaacs and Whiteside, West End First Eleven men.: Tho United went to the wickets first, and were all out for, the comparatively speaking, dinall score of 74. The Gordon went in about 5.30., and put 31 together, for the loss of 8 wickets. The bad eight was the cause of the w'ioket falling so quickly— the batsmen not being ablo to see the ball until it was up to them. ' . ■■ , ■ . 1 The Taxiranga Eegatta takes place on Friday • (to-day), and I shall. expect to hear of the Madge winning the twenty-feet race, although, for several reasons, I would not be astonished if she were boaten by the Imp, The Hattie May is hardly good enough to<takeanything better than third place. , Yat'es will probably "win the scullers' race; with : T. Farquhar 2/anu W. Farquhar 3 t , , while I^think ; the.Toker£u ,wiN. hay^np^diffic^ijfey^in carrying off the cutter's prize, with'the Lancashire Lass - second. , ■ „.• =:-.•■-* ■■• v.-v, •■ \\ !-.<i : y: .■■//■ ":