OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 232, 21 February 1885, Page 6

OUT DOOR SPORTS

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NOTICES. Secretaries of all kinds of Clubs for the promotion of out-door sperts will confer a favour by communicating any items of interest connected with their sport, ■ game, or pastime; more especially withrespect to coming events. Short sketches of sporting or pleasure excursions will he welcome, and questions en all matters connected ■ with sports will he gladly answered. All communications must be addressed to "Referee."

EVENTS TO COME.

BOWING. Feb. 28— W. Beach v. T. Clifford ; £200 a-side and championship ; Parramatta Eiver. March 28— Haulan v. Beach ; £500 a-side and championship, if held by Beach. April 18— Intercolonial eight-oared race ; Parramatfca River. April 18— E. Hanlan v. T. Clifford ; £500 a-side and championship, i£ held by Clifford. ATHLETICS Rayner v. Stevenson, 6 days j £100 a-side — probable. McKune v. Stevenson, 48 hours ; £100 a-side — probable. i

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. {

Reveille (Cambridge). — Thanks for information. 5 1. You are wrong as to best high jump — Oft 2fin. by P. i/avin, Ireland, sth July, 1880, is | the record. 2. Ditto with regard to Malono's, which is sft 10£. The Dest colonial is W. • Chapman, Australia, oft llin. Cambridge beat Hamilton at cricket on Saturday last by 104 to 75. • There is, I believe, some probability of a mile race being arranged between G. Cutler and Harry Huckstep. This would be worth running a mile to see. Young Drum, of Onehunga, who is entered for the walking match on St. Patrick's Day, will, it is said, take Goodman down s, peg or two, considering the time he travels over the two-mile course. There are strange challenges from time to time in the columns of the Sporting Life. But was there ever a stranger challenge than that of a barber who offers to race any other of his fraternity, in a shaving match, six beards against six — the operators to he blindfold? F. H. Sackelford won the mile and ten mile Bicyle Championship races, on Saturday, January 31st, at the Victorian Cyclist's meeting. He did the mile, against a strong wind, in 2 — 53 4-oths, and in the ten mile he made a record for Australia, doing the distance in 31 — 24 2-oths. A footrace has been arranged to come off to-morrow (Saturday) on the Cambridge race-course, between D. Craig and W. Carnachan. The stakes are £20 aside, and the distances, 440, 300, and 150 yards, the events to be run in this order. From what I can hear I rather fancy Davy Craig is going to get taken down this trip. United and Otahuhu commenced amatch on Saturday. United had 177 for five wickets at the call of time, the scores standing as follows : United — First innings : C. McKenzie, c Gray, b Leahy, 2 ; R. McPherson, b Leahy, 22 ; J. Testro, c Perry, b Porch, 18 ; R. J. Yates, run out, 32 ; A. McCormick, run out, 49 ; C. McCormick, not out, 40 ; W. Harvie, not out, 3. Extras, 11. Total for 5 wickets, 177. The Franklin and I. Zingari met on Saturday last, and, after a somewhat hard fight, the result was a draw. Nightingale batted " extremely well for Franklin, whilst Poland, Milner, Laird, and Hemery did good service for the I. Zingari. The fielding was very loose. The I. Zingari meet West End 3rd to-morrow, and, as these are the two teams who have made the lowest scores this season, viz., the former 9 and the latter 6, the result will be looked for somewhat curiously. A wonderful performance at cricket was done by Our Boys' Club on the Domain Saturday. Playing against the Warehousemen's Club, they scored 241 for *two wickets, the scores being : Walker, bowled, 4 ; Hill, caught at the wickets, 51 ; and E. Mills and A. Cromwell, 86 each, not out ! This is really a Avonderf ul performance, not only on account of the large score, but that, the two not outs should, at so high a score, have exactly the same number of runs •each. The popular captain of the Ponsonby Football Club, Mr Thomas Mackay, junr., was married on Friday, *■ 13th (ill-omened ; choice, ' Both day and date), to Miss Elizabeth Stuart Lloyd, daughter of the late Neil Lloyd, Esq. lam sure I only speak the minds of ■ all footballers and cricketers in . Auckland when I say that I wish him and Ms bride every joy and success, and at the same time trust his valentine won't induce him to desert the athletic arena. As a football captain and sterling forward, dear ■old Tom's place would be hard to fill. At New Lynn,., on Saturday last, some splendid .shooting was done by Mr J. J. Donovan, th^ popular host of the King's .^Arjx^Hotel. ' He killed 19 birds oat of 20f las<p|ptt at 30 yards rise ! lam inclined to tKink .that Mr Donovan made a colonial ieQ^rd at the distance by his feat? Mr <*arrett also shot well, and in .the principal match divided the" prize with Mr Donovan. "These friendly little shoots are got up by Mi % ,(i'j fyvr.:;cA\ ':v^, r # !

Clements, of the New Lynn Hotel, and are well worth going- in for, the sweep being within anyone's means, and the sport immense. Another comes off on Thursday next at two o'clock, when a number of our best local shots are expected to compete. West End and Auckland concluded their match on Saturday. Arneil was unfortunately absent, so had no chance of adding to his 31, not out, on the previous Saturday. Lynch added 32, making his total 63 before he was bowled by Mathieson. ISTone of the others made any stand against the bowling of Mathieson and Robinson, the innings closing for 140, which, with 1 05 in the first innings, made a total of 245. Barton, not out, 17, A. Beale, b Lynch, 0, Dewes, run out, 1, Howard, run out, 17, and Cecil Gardner, not oub, 7, won the match for Auckland, who had scored 203 in the first innings. Auckland won by 1 run and 7 wickets. When Craig and McFaiiand, of Waikato, were down in Auckland about November last, they were — or expressed themselves to be — very anxious to run George Cutler a half-mile or mile for a good stake, say £'50. Cutler had no fifties in hand at the moment, and asked them to bide awhile. They professed to be very ready to make a match whenever ho could plank the coin. George has since inserted a challenge against both in the "Buster" to run either a half-mile, or up to a mile, for from £20 to £50 a-side. Up to the time of writing no notice has been taken of this, however, these valiant country peds. seeming to be afraid of the Eemuera boy. A match between Craig and Cutler would excite some intei-est, as neither are slow over a half-mile course.