SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 10394, 16 August 1897, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

FOOTBALL. The Silver Clouds defeated the Clarendon by 8 points to C—White Rose defeated Rovers at Mosgiel by 9 points to nil.— Swifts beat Privateers by 11 points to nil. Auckland play Taranaki at Hawera on Wednesday. In its report of the Auckland - New Zealand match the Auckland ' Star' says : —" The form shown by the New Zealanders was, on the whole, disappointing ; but Armit played a great game at three-quarter, and Duncan and Humphries also did good work."

A London cable states that during the present. cricket season Richardson, the Surrey professional fast b'owler, has taken 200 wickets in important matches. A recent cable message in the 'Argus says:—"The Executive Committee of the Australian baseball team, Messrs F. Laver, P. M'Alister, and A. Ingleton, declare that the team have been disbanded in consequence of deficiencies having been discovered in the audit of the accounts of Mr Harry Mnsgrove, the manager. Mr Musgrove has confessed to a deficit of £llO, has failed to attend a meeting of the team, and has disappeared." At the annual meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association, held at Sydney on the 6th inst., it was agreed that a communication should be directed to the Australasian Cricket Council suggesting for the incoming season an alteration in the followon rule, so that the side batting first and leading by 120 runs on the first innings shall have the option of either batting or .compelling the opposing side to follow on. The co-operation of Victoria and South Australia is to be asked in this alteration.