OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 146, 30 June 1883, Page 230

OUT DOOR SPORTS

NOTICES. Secretaries of all kinds of Clubs for the promolion of out-door sports will confer a favour by communicating any items of interest connected with their sport, game, or pastime; more especially withrospect to coming events. Shoi't .iketcJies of sporting or pleasure excursions willie welcome, and questions on. all matters connected v:itli sports mill be gladly answered. Alloommuni.cati.om must be addressed to The Editor.,

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. JonK Mills asks : — 1. Who trained Tod MeGinley when he beat Huttqn in the half-mile match ? 2. Where was it run ? 3. Did McGinley ever win a handicap or cup ? and if so, -where ? 4. In the Champion lOOjds., for the Tradesmen's Gold Medal, who won ? and how were they placed P 5. What sum did A. Brett and Fernandez walk for ? 6. Who were they trained by ? 7. Did Brett ever claim the Championship of Auckland from one to seven miles ?— l. Jimmy Martin, his constant backer, trainer, and friend : himself a well-known sprinter. 2. Ellorslie Gardens course. S. Yes. Same ground; £10 Cup Handicap, 150 yds .; £5, 300 yds. (I think) on same day. But he ■was, with all the other winners, swindled out of the money, by the promoters. Besides this, he won several single distance handicaps of small amounts, and one ot £20 at the Gardens, 9bh Nor., 1879. 4. W. Ring, A.A.A. Club Champion, by "a foot from J. R. Hutton; McGinlty, fiveyards away (3rd). 5. iMOasidc. C. Brett, bj Jimnrr Martin; Fernandez, by W, Hoiuton. 7. Yes. ' After walking Fernandez for it and beating him, of course he did. — The Tauranga Representative Football Team to play Auckland on the 7th has been defeated by the All-coMers. This does not augur well for their success in Auckland. — There is a rumour in town that Mick Monnock and other peds are contemplating starting for a fly around down South, amongst the good prizes, at an early date. — Shorthand t. Albert Football teams play a match on Monday afternoon in the Domain cricket ground. Both tennis .-rill leave the Union Bank at 1.30 p.m. in a brake. — Has anybody heard or seen any tiling further about the mile race between O'Brien and Cassiiner '( If any one has seen further accounts of it I should be glad to hear, as if there have been any I must have missed the papers. .... — The Dunedin Rugby Union have offored to send a football team to Wellington at the end of July, provided the Canterbury Union express their willingness to piny this year's fixture between Otago and Canterbury in Wellington, — Talking of cricket, a most extraordinary score has come to us from India. In a match played recently at Moradabad, between two companies of what used to be known as the 51st Regiment, one Private Davis made fifty runs in oighfc hits ! This astonishing feat was performed in the following proportions ; one hit for eigafc, one foe. seven, five for six each, and one for five! — The annual football match between the Bank of New Zealand a»d a combined team from the other banks will take place in the Domain, on Saturday, 7th July. As stated in one of the daily papers, it will be remembered that last year the B.N.Z. were victorious, but it will also be remembered that they played fifteen against eleven. The combined banks will be represented by the following :— Beale (2), Bradley, Gould, Gregson. Jervis, Knight, Lawson, MacCormick, Maxtelli, Tyndall, Wake, Webster, Yonge, and Young. — To-morrow (Saturday) being a blank day on the Association card of matches, it is probable that the team picked for Tauranga will play all-corn er3 on the cricket ground. The following Friday evening the " reps " leave by the Tauranga boat at 5 p.m., arriving about daylight en Saturday at Tauranga, play from 12 till 2 or thereabouts, dinner from 6 till 8 and "all aboard" again, arriving in Auckland on Sunday. So it will be seen that the most parsimonious employer cannot grwinble at letting his employes off, as it only means the Saturday morning away from business. — At the Association meeting on Friday night last the dispute between North Shore and Grafton was settled in favour of Grafton, who thus win the match by one point. They scored a goal from field and a try, equal to 0 points. North Shore got a goal from n try, or 5 points. The previous dispute between Auckland and North Shore went against Auckland, leaving North Shore winners by a try (2 points) to nil. The club matches now stand as follows : — North Shore beat Auckland, Ponsonby beat Grafton, Ponsonby beat Auckland, Graftou beat North Shore, Ponsonby beat North Shore, and Auckland and Graf ton tied. So that, as yet, Ponsonby has au unbeaten record out of three club matches. — The matches between the Young Colonials v. Union, and Albert v. .Newton, will be played in the Domain Hollow on Saturday. The following will represent the Albert :— Bruce, Cosson, Colbourne, Fiulayson, Goodman, Goodacre, Gillespie. Hardwick, Lecky, Miller, JVlackie, ATcDorniott, Pritchard, Stewart, Smart, Skinner. Emergency: Andrews and Done. The following are the Union:— ll. George (capt.), Williams, Marshall, Gardiner, Brown, Swanson, Houston, Cooper, Tawhai, Fernandez, Jones, Maynard, Moore, Monnock, and Dawson ; emergencies, Lipscombe, Mark, Smith, and Latiiner. Young Colonials— T. Whiteside (capt.), Berry, W. McConnell, F. Laurie, J. Brauud, XV. Wr.rbriok, W. Cole, W. Ridings, E. Hardwick, E. Healey, L. Pilkiuo--ton, D. Danks, F. Hardwick, T. Salt, and S. Williams. Emergencies : S. Dewar and Donald. — The match between the Grafton and Auckland football clubs, on Saturday, was one of the ding-dong, hammer and tongs sort, not noticeable for brilliance of individuals, but for hard work on all hands not to be rubbed out. Auckland had very hard lines that they did not win, as it was by sheer Lard luck on several occasions that their players did not add to the score. Notably so, when Moginie made such a mess as to fall on the ball a yard short of the line, instead of a yard over as he ought to have done. Gi-afton's try was got by Spencer, within 5 minutes of the kick off. He took the ■ball at half-back, and ran in without being touched. Ryan missed the kick at goal. Lees secured a try for Auckland in the last 5 minutes of the game. Courtayne mulled the place kick, and so the game ended in a draw, 2 points each. O'Connor, Carter, and Henderson ■worked like Trojans for Auckland ; as did Biggs, White and bpeneer for Graf ton. — I have a strong idea that all disputes such as h/ive fallen to the lot of the Association to settle during the past fortnight, could be avoided by the practice of having a referee, as well as two umpires, on the "round His office would be to follow the play well up, and note everything done, but leave all talking to the umpires • never giving an opinion unless asked to settle a disputed point between the umpires. If all the players were aware beforehand that the referee's decision was final they would be less apt-to argue and clatter over every point of the game, and would have more confidence in the umpires from knowing that a check on them was at hand. Of course, such officials would require to be men who thoroughly know* the 'ganie, and who don't belong to any club.; and, as several such attend the matches every Saturday, no difficulty should be found in securing 1 their services. On Saturday, at the North Shore ■umpires were dispensed with, one referee only being on' and, even on that ground the idea worked fairly; there' boing no dispute that ho was unable to settle. —Among my notes last., week appeared a para-, graph giving a notice of alterations proposed by Mr Vassall, at the meeting of the English Rugby Union Want of space then prevented me from adding auv comment on the proposals, and I think a few remarks • would not be ill-applied. The mover considers that' there ought to be a limit to the duration of a " maul in goal% Quite right that, and the time proposed two minutes, is j ust about right. But Mr Vassall considers IP$M>. th .t ex P"" at i on of -that" time the ball ought to beloMfto the defending side, when the other " mauler" haslfaSed to get it oxi the, a*tand. With this I most decidedly c !TO<£&epncaJP|h^foTfeinon fairne3s, when a team has'g<SsjE<iball sp;fer?«3^fMnd the adversary's goal line, tlipgoid adversary bein'gtfp the best only able to prevent aii 'actual contact betweeii<earth and ball ■within two nunuteß;< the attacking sid£ta i etferve the try

for good play. As to improving on the try by running round after a "maul" to gettho best possible position, I don't consider that requires legislating upon. In the first place it would be impossible, surrounded, as the men would lie, in an instant, by the other players, let alone the public, who always rush ,to a " maul ;" and secondly, and even more important, comes the fact that the ball woul&be dead -when the winner of the " maul" touched down, ond ho could not pick up and run. — An interesting match was played at the North Shore, between the Ponsonby team and the local fifteen. Both' clubs played with thdir strongest team, and the result was a first-class match which rosulted in favour of the visitors, by 8 points to nil. Although a strong breeze prevailed throughout the afternoon, yet the situation of the ground, which is nicely sheltered by the North Head, prevented it from having any great influence on the kicking. Ponsonby started from the west end, ajid for the first half hour, the play wns strong and vigorous, without being particularly fast, the navyblues having a little the best of it in the scrimmages. A determined i-ush of the visitors, however, carried the ball into their opponents' " twenty-five," and shortty after D. Waters passing Cook, the North Shore back, rushed over the line, but owing to the crowding of the spectators, had the bnll knocked out of his hands before he again secured it, and touched down. First score, Ponsonby 2 North Sl' ore 0. The try at goal was entrusted to Arneil, but owing to the obliquity of the angle, he failed to add to the figures. In the next term the North Shore forwards had a alight advantago over their opponents, and W. Warbrick, who ran like a deer, made several desperate attempts to score, but the blue and black back players, Arneil and Berry were tpo good for him, and ho failed to get through. Whiteside, the Ponsonby fast man, met with the same luck in all his endeavours. Tom Sibbin, for the North Shore, also made some good runs, but travolled rather too much across the ground, giving the forwards time to head and COllaT him. At this stage the ball, whicu. was evidently an old one, became very basrg-y, being difficult alike to kick and dribble, although Wiirbrick made some sensational " drops." On again changing ends, the play became considerably more open and decidedly fast until about the middle of the term, E. Coleman, picking up the ball after a hard fought scrimmage, "potted ".irneat goal from the field. Score, Ponsonby 6 ; North Shore 0. During this term Sims, Wynyard, Wells, andMountford shewed up well for the solf-colonrs, playing a sterling forward gam*, while of the stripe-clad team.Qhus. Clayton, Bob Skeen, Colbourne, and McConnell were always on the ball. In the last term both fifteens worked with great vim, and the play became exceedingly fast, hardly a scrimmage being formed, while the ball (a new one having been substituted) was kept travelling incessantly. The Ponsonby men had, however, all the beat of this tout by keeping it close to the North Shore goal, and giving the backs a regular time of it to keep them from crossing- the line. At last they would not be denied, and Bob Skeen, by a good dribble carried it over ; but his luck was hard, for in attempting to touch down, he fell over the leather and McConnell was again instrumental in scoring the points. No goal wns kicked, however, and the score was not altered during the roinainder of the match, viz : Ponaonby 8 ; North Shore nil. The backs on both sides nil played in good form save Cook, to whom several rather bad misses in collaring and kicking can be laid. Whitoaide, although unsuccessful in scoring, played the grand man ho usually does, and the remai-k applias almost equally well to Warbrick for the other side. Amonsr the North Shore forwards Wynyard, Wells, MountTord, and Johnson all did good work, hut the latter should lenrn to keep on side a. trifle more than he does. The Ponsonby forward division worked in first-class trim throughout, played well together, and not»bly distinguished amongst them were Frank and Chas. Clayton, Henderson, McConnell, and tho two Sfceens, not to mention the " cap.," T. MacJey, who to my mind always plays well. During the match Mr Jos. Macfcy officiated as ■ referee, and by his decisions gave uniform satisfaction to both parties, as alao to the onloofcers, of whom there was an unusually large attendance.

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