OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume IV, Issue 84, 22 April 1882, Page 84

OUT DOOR SPORTS

The cricket season ends with, the present month. Sammy Groodinan was again second to O'Connor in the wai/cing match on Wednesday. Mick Monnock won the three hundred yards on Wednesday, Whiteside being second. ■ Southerland made a good score of 42 for Onehunga against Whau. The football season will commence about a fortnight or three weeks hence. What was the G-lenelg's boat going out in theharbour on Saturday night ? The Eunice showed out exceedingly well lastSaturday. She carried a new suit of sails. Tuakau defeated Pokeno in a cricket match on Saturday by 9± runs. The Transit has proved herself a remarkably fasb light weather boat, while her performances on Easter Monday proved that she was no jofee in a breeze. Cricket is played under difficulties at OHsborne.. . The nearest practice ground is five miles from the township. The dingy race last Saturday resulted in a victory for Jones, O'Keefe being second, and Wynyard third. The second and thii'd prizes in the Ponsonby Regatta second-class open-sailing boat race will take* place in the harbour to-morrow afternoon. It is a matter for. regret that there is no boat club in Auckland. Had there been such, last Saturday'sproceedings would not have escaped easily. The match between the first and second eleven of the Ponsouby Cricket Club did not take place last Saturday. There is some talk of having it next Monday. The return match between the Victoria Volunteers and Wairoa Bines, was won by the latter with 26 runs to spare. The dingy-race between Harrison and Scott, takes place on Saturday afternoon! The former has built a new cedar dingy, in which he will row. The Transit and Madge are favourites for therace on Saturday afternoon, but there is a probability that neither will compete. The race between the yachts Lizzie, City of Naples, and Thames, for the Ponsonby Eegatta prize, takes place to-morrow afternoon. The Naples is my favourite for first place. Mr Walter Jones declines to sail the Buby in the match on Saturday, on account of not having yetreceived lessons in the art of boat sailing from the Ponsonby gas-pipe, J. B. The weather last Saturday was very'unfavourable for boat racing, there only a slight breeze. Small sails militated against the success of the Madge and Observer, but notwithstanding the frequent calms, they held a good position. A sailing race between the twelve-feet boats Olive and Euby for £5 a-side, takes place on Saturday. The Olive was built some time ago by Bailey, while the Euby is an amateur-built boat, constructed by Swailcs and several others. W. A. Thompson, who has been one of the most valuable members of the Auckland .'Cricket Club during the season which is now drawing to a close, leaves for America by the next outgoing mail steamer It is intended to present him with a' bat prior to his departure. • It is very refreshing to hear of a fair flay man in a sailing race taking such a leading part in the contest, and so far forgetting himself as to lean out of the boat in which he waa supposed to be seeing fair; play, and pushing the next boat astern, and causing her

-to foul a third. Had anything as bad as this been re-.-ported in connection with a horse race, the joclcey club would be inclined to call it by a very ugly name, and it is , unnecessary to point out what steps would have been •■taken to prevent a repetition. An inspired paragraph in the Herald, suggests that a presentation should be made to the amiable youth who acted as secretary of the Ponsonby Regatta Committee. Just so. There is something very much Jike the vote of thanks for the use of the temporary flagship about this, and now that the "delightful little secretary" has made the suggestion, of course it must be acted upon by the committee. They would, how•ever, do well not to ask the boat-owners to contribute for very obvious reasons. They are so gratified with the "urbanity and uniform courtesy" of the young man that they talk of presenting him with a leather medal. -It would certainly be suitable.