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CORK. 
The Cork Harbour Division of the Royal Artillery had on the whole a successful 
season at cricket this year, only losing two matches, viz., against Cork County 
and the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, and winning both the home and the out 
matches against the Shropshire Light Infantry, the York and Lancaster Regiment, 
and the Youglial Cricket Club. 2nd Lieut. Hine-Haycock came back in time to 
help bowl many wickets, and with 2nd Lieut. Holbrook divides the bowling 
honours. Major Griffiths and Lieutenant Galloway head the batting averages. 
At football no success can be recorded. The team entered for the Army Cup, 
being beaten in the first round by the South Lancashire Regiment by two goals 
to nothing, though it is only fair to the R.A. to say that they were somewhat 
handicapped by having to leave Spike at 4 a.m., travel up to Birr, a six hours’ 
railway journey, and then play off the Cup Tie. 2nd Lieut. Wyatt is captain of 
the team. 
Changes there have been many. Captain Butler the Staff Adjutant, on account 
of his health, went to India with the 29th Field Battery from Clonmel, and Capt. 
Gay took his place. The other officers who went with it were Major Burton, 
Lieutenants Reed and Gillman. This battery held a high record for shooting, 
having been a first class battery three years in succession, and in one year obtained 
the highest marks of any battery at home. Glenbeigh was their practice camp. 
The 11th Field Battery have taken their place and arrived at Clonmel in October. 
The 8th Field Battery went to Hilsea in the summer, and Major Burton’s 
battery, the 25th, came over from Plymouth and relieved it at Limerick. 
At Fort Westmoreland, Major Hodgson has left for Halifax, and Major Daniell 
has come, the latter on promotion from the Depot at Yarmouth. The Instructor- 
in-Gunnery, Lieut. C. Phillips has gone on six months’ sick leave in a sailing 
vessel to Australia. Lieutenant Dykes has become an I.P.F., and is still busy 
seeking for his P.F. instruments. 
The 17th Company Southern Division, R.A., one half of which came here in 
1889 and the other half on the reorganisation in 1891, but both from the Ports¬ 
mouth District, have gone back there and are quartered at Fort Grange, Gosport, 
thus showing the advantages of belonging to the Southern Division, in only having- 
two districts'to serve in, viz. the Southern and Cork, when quartered at home. 
Major Griffiths, who was the “ oldest inhabitant ” of Spike, went with it, and 
yields that honour to the District Adjutant, Lieut. Bateman. No. 10 Company 
of the same Division have arrived to take their place; actually a Garrison Company 
with all its officers present. 
The golf links at Fort Westmoreland are in good order, but, needless to say, 
are sacred to the male sex, those who wish for “ fairer ” company can play at the 
Ruslibrooke Golf Links, which are on Queenstown Island, or can go further afield 
to the Glanmire Links near Cork. 
At lawn tennis, which is still a popular pastime in Ireland, Lieuts. Galloway, 
Puxlev, and Wyatt won many “ pots ” during the last summer. 
An old friend of the Regiment is now quartered in Cork, viz., Major Spens of 
the 85th, but there is no racquet court there for him to show his prowess in ; 
however, he comes to Spike sometimes to take the R.A. on at golf, and makes a 
good fight of it on strange links with the crack R.A. man, Galloway. 
ROVER. 
Lieut. Desbohougii has joined No. 17 (Major Maxwell’s) Company. 
The deciding match at golf between teams of R.M.L.I. Waimer and R.A. 
