SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 10782, 17 November 1898, Page 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

CYCLING, A Wellington telegram states that at a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Cyclists’ Touring Club Mr A. T. Bothamley was elected to represent Southland on the Council, and Mr Norman Dalston was appointed chief consul for Canterbury. It was reported that the club’s credit balance amounted to £325, Mr S. Wright wrote resigning his seat on the Council as representative of Otago.

WAGERING WITH MINORS. At the Auckland Police Court yesterday two bookmakers named Alex. Phillips and Robert Cleland were fined £5 and coats for betting with infants on the Ellerslie racecourse at the last spring meeting. Thomas Bowen, George Laurence, Arthur Tilley, William Welley, Earnest Kelly, William Thornton, and Robert Johnston (lads) were

” “ 1 * * : * »v; : ■ , . • # , • * fiileS 3s and costs (9s) for making bets on behalf of persons whom they knew to be infants. Rhoda. Parker, a woman, was also similarly fined for a like charge. Samuel Lindsay was also fined £1 and costs (9i) on a similar oharge. In two charges of betting with infants against Alfred Edward Glover, sen,, one case was dismissed. In a second case in conjunction with Hugh Glover judgment was reserved.

CRICKET. In the intercolonial match Tiotoria v. 1 South Australia the second tunings of Victoria realised 217. Bruce scored 73, Laver 36, Wilson 25, and Trumble (nob out) 26. Requiring 395 runs to win, the South Australians went in for their second innings, and had scored 18 runs without the loss of a wicket when stumps were drawn. In Victoria’s second innings Jones took four wickets for 67, Hugo two for 56, Jarvis two for 24, Giffen one for 49. ROWING. The following handicaps have been allotted in the D.A.B.C. Half-mile Sculling Race for the gold medal presented by Mr J. IsaacsJ. Connor and L. Maclean, scratch; W. Connor and G. Watson, 2seo; E. J. Haydon, C. T. Gawen, F. Dawson, and P. Dawson, 4seo; A. Quelch and M. Myers, sjeo; M. Enright, J. Thomson, and C. Parker, 6seo; A. Duncan, 7sec; T. -J. Stevenson, A. Paul, A. Lothian, and J. Crisp, 8seo; R. Cahill, 9sec ; J. H. Dee, A. Montgomery, W. E. Thomas, R. Strang, and P. Hume, lOaeo ; W. Hall and W. Banks, 12* e c; C. Delaney and J. Petersen, 14sec. Heats must bo rowed off at once, as the next club race—the Christmas Fount—will bo underway shortly. BOWLING. The following will represent the Roslyn Bowling Club in the match with the Caledonian Club, to be played on the latter’s green on Saturday J. Corbett, 0. Balk, P. M’Keuzie, R Crawford (s.); Clothier, E. M. Roach, W, Brown, W. Weir (s.); P. Watson, A. E. Bone, D. Scott, W. C. AUnutt (s.); H. J. Bolan, B. Shrop, J, B. Callao, A. Matheson (a.). Roslyn Juniors v. Caledonian Juniors, on Roslyn Green.—R. Bentley, J. S. Webb, R. Dobbin, J. Secular (s.); D. J. Bews, Findlay, D. M’Douald, J. Rennie (s.); G. W. Somerville, D. R. Robinson, T. J. Barnard, R. R. Taylor (s ), St. Clair v. Dunedin, on the Dunadin Green, on Saturday.—The following players will represent St. Clair J. Ritchie, E. G. Rawnsley, A. Sinclair, J. Horsburgh (aG; J. M’Kay, J. M’Leod, 6. 8. Munro,J. R» Thornton (s.); F. Wilkinson, G. Blytb, J. H. Hancock, R. Young (s.); emergencies—■ L. Pope, E. A. Cogan.

Remorse 11., by Jacinth—Conscience, who sustained severe injuries to his off hind-kg some days ago, was shot at Oamaru yesterday morning. This racehorse was sold to Mr W. Gardiner last season.