SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 8772, 12 March 1892, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE ATHLETIC TEAM. Hempton and Batger were passengers for Auckland by the Takapuna, which left for the Manukau yesterday afternoon. The former has wired to Auckland scratching himself for all events at the Athletio Club's meeting on the 19th inst. Cuff and D. Wood leave Lyttelton for Wellington by the Penguin tonight. The Oyolista* Alliance voted five guineas towards the expenses of the visit of the amateur athletio team to England, and passed a resolution congratulating the Amateur Athletic Association upon their action in sending the team, and upon the seleation of Mr Cuff as manager. BOWLING. A bowling match was played on the Caledonian green this afternoon between the Caledonian and Roslyn Clubs. There was a large attendance of players, and some interesting play was shown. The score at the seventh head was—Roslyn 32, Caledonian ao. The polo final match for Captain Saville's cup took place at Christohurch yesterday, when the Christohurch first team, winner of the cup last year, beat North Canterbury easily by sixteen goals to nil. A cricket match was played recently at Westleigh Park, Sydney, between teams of ladies and gentlemen of Neutral Bay. Speoial interest was attached to the match becauee Miss Grace and Master Grace, children of Dr Grace, took part. Miss Grace made the top score of 20 runs, and took fourteen wickets, practically winning the match for the ladieß, who won by one wicket and 1 run.

The ' London Chronicle,' noticing the defeat of Lord Sheffield's team by the Combined Australians, commences its editorial remarks with the words " This is a sad day for Englishmen. Combined Australia has been too many for üb." In the same article it Bpeaks of " the forlorn echo of our cricketing fame." The Cyclists' Alliance have decided to offer a prize of L 59 to the first cyclist who completes fifty miles on the road in 3h 15min,