SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 6915, 30 May 1885, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

A sculling match for LIOO a-side between Messenger and N. Matterson took place on the Parramatta River yesterday, and resulted in the defeat of Messenger. Matterson led the whole way and won easily, A lacrosse club has been formed In Invercargill with a strong membership. The lacrosses arrive from Melbourne to-day and on Saturday next an opening match will be played. This is the only club of the kind in the Middle Island.

We hear that proceedings of a legal nature are likely to arise between Mr A. Moss, a member of the ring, and another person In connection with an alleged commission over the Trotting Race of Saturday last. A pedestrian match is likely to be arranged between J. Soott and A. Hancock, the latter’s backers having forwarded to Soott articles of agreement for signature. Director is first favorite at 4 to 1 for the Great Northern Steeplechase, to be run at Auckland next month. Mr W, Blackman, one of the Sussex Eleven, is in Melbourne. George Curtis, who played for New South Wales against Victoria between 1862 and 1865, died recently. He also played against H. H. Stephenson’s All-England Elevenths first English team that visited-Australia. He was a most enthusiastic supporter of the Albert Club, of Sydney, and one of the leading lights of Tattersall’s Club. W. F. Barton heads the averages of the Auckland cricketers with 60.3 runs an innings. He played eleven innings for 603 runs, His highest score being 190. O’Brien was next with 21.3, and Coxon third with 20. Robinson’s bowling average was the best, being 5.25; Beale coming next with 6.32. “ Felix,” in the ‘ Australasian,’ publishes the cricketing averages for the past season in Victoria, from which we make the following extracts That prince of wicketkeepers, Blackham, heads the list with the magnificent average of 80.44 runs pei innings. Three times he passed the century, namely, 109 in the intercolonial against New South Wales, 109 against East Melbourne, and 101 (not out) against Castlemaiue. He has in the past season surpassed all his previous batting displays, and his consistent and brilliant form throughout fully entitle him to the pride of place in Victoria for 1884-85. P. S. Macdonald has the fine average of 65.50. He played two superb innings against the Englishmen iu Adelaide for '124 and 83, and his 81 against New South Wales was a masterly and brilliant exhibition of powerful batting, The veteran H. F. Boyle comes third with 54.33, Young Scott has an excellent average of 53. E. Houston takes fifth place with a capital average of 49.90. This player showed excellent form from start to finish, and should be heard of in big matches next season. W Bruce played the large number of twenty four Innings for the very good average of 31.52. Horan averaged 31.76, Trumble 25.55, and Walters 22,89,