SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 8399, 27 December 1890, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

» CRICKET. On Christmas Day the annual cricket match between the Bruce and Milton Clubs was played at Lawrence, and resulted %a an easy victory for the home team, who scored 130 against 33 and 23 by Milton. For the winners Roscoe played a good innings of 47, while Lock hart (13) was the only Miltonite who managed to get into double figures. A team from the Carisbrook Club paid a visit to Oamaru yesterday and played a match there against the Oamaru Club. The Carisbrook team, going in first, totalled 116 runs. Oamaru could only respond with 38, but on following on put together 100 runß in their second innings. The visitors won the match on the first innings. CANTERBURY CYCLING MEETING. (From Oub Ows Cobrespondent.] First Day—Friday. About 4,000 people attended the Pioneer Bicycle Club's meeting at Lancaster Park, which opened on Boxing Day. A strong N. W. gale blew, making good times out of the question. The Dunedin men showed up prominently, Stead man riding splendidly. During the afternoon Adams (of Christchurch) and Steadman rode a mile on a tandem safety to make a record, doing it in 2min 59 3-ssec. The following were the results : Maiden Roadster.—E. Hassall, Timaru, 1. Time, 3uiin 16 4-Baeo. MilsßictclbHandicap.—T. H. North, Cbrlstohurch (ISOvds), 1; F. J. Craddook, Cbristcburch (180 yds), 2; P. Mitchell, Punedin O.C. (120yde), S. Two-milk Championship of Cantkkbury.—A. O. Wilmot, Rangiora, 1; S. R. Stoaiman, Dunedin C.C , 2; N. Hall, Canterbury, 3. Wilmot won by a foot; Steadman, riding a grand raoe with Hall, beat the exchampion by two inches. Milk Safetf Race.—-E. Howlison, Dunedin C.C, 1; Itallingithaw, Dunedin, 2; Hassall, Timaru, 3. Time, 2min 69 2-ssec. Two-milk Lap Rack.—Steadman, Dunedin C.C, 1 ; Hayward, Christohurcb, 2. Time, 6min SBJseo. Ladies' Bracelet. Ono mile and a-half. —North (200 yds), 1; Craddock (200 yds), 2; Boyd, North Cancerbury (200 yds), 3. Won by a foot. Time, 4min 15 l-ssec. Fitb-milb Roadstkr Handicap. P. Ledshara, Pioneer Club (410 yds), 1; A. H. Thompson. North Canterbury (380ydi>), 2; J. Robortson, North Canterbury (380 yds), 3. Time, 16min 53 3-6icc. In the I,oooyds Flat Handicap Raoe, D. Wood, C.A.A.C., ran the distance from scratch in 2min 24 2-ssec, beating White's (Sydney) Australasian record by 3-ssec.