SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 7484, 25 February 1885, Page 5

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

The Canterbury Jockey Club have endorsed the following disqualifications : The horse Marmion and his rider, Watts, for two years, and Alexander Keir for three years. The latter for gross disobedience of orders, and using insulting language. DTJNEDIN TRAINING NOTES. [from our own correspondent.] DTJNEDIN, Feb. 24. The rain has ceased and the weather shows signs of clearing, but it is still very dull, and the ground is soft. Nothing sensational was done at Forbury this morning, but it was satisfactory to note that no horses had broken down. Nelson went twice round the tan at a good gallop, first with Tiger Tim and then with Stoneyhurst. Sou'-Wester also had a strong gallop of three rounds, two with Leon, and winding up with the Vv T ai-iti colt. Vanguard was sent thrice round, with Conundrum, Bavenswood and Spade Guinea as attendants. The Cup hdrse finished fast, going like a glutton. Adamant, who, despite his retrogression in the betting, is going better than ever, had two rounds at half speed. Lady Emma did long and slow work. Taiaroa and Captain Webster did a strong gallop of two miles. Minerva had a serviceable spin, and Tasman a smart canter thrice round, Rubina accompanying him part of the way. The other horses did only light work, but sufficient to show that they are all well.

Last night's betting quotations are unaltered. Minerva has been backed for a few hundreds by her owner. The weather held up a little this morning, and some fair work was done at the Forbury. Nelson started off with Tiger Tim, and after covering a round of the tan at a smart pace the youngster dropped out, and his place was taken by Stonyhurst, who brought the Cup horse home another round. Sou'-Wester went twice round with Leon at a fair speed, and finished another in company with the Wai-iti colt. Vanguard went three times round, the first two with Conundrum and Eavenswood steady, and the last with Spade Guinea pretty fast. Adamant had a good serviceable gallop, and steady work was done by Lady Emma and Lady Evelyn. Taiaroa ajid Captain Webster went about two miles at half speed. Linwood and some other

jumpers did strong work, and the two Cottons toDk Trapper and Donald over the hurdles. Trapper shaped in a very slovenly fashion, but Donald cleared his jumps in marvellous style. Tasman and Trenton worked separately, each going three times round at half speed,, while Rubina was sent a mile and a half pretty fast. Minerva and The Poet each did a serviceable gallop of two miles.

HAWJCE'S BAY RACES. [Per Press Association.J NAPIER, Feb. 24. The following acceptances were received • to-night for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting:— NAPIER HANDICAP, of 600 sovs.

St lb st lb Leonora 8 7 Pearl 7 0 IglOlia 712 Bill? 6 13 xuduier 7 6 Pasha 6 12 Ugly Buck 7 5 Laird 6 12 Forerunner ... 7 5 Clogs 6 5 Libeller 7 4 Maugohana ... 6 0 BAIL WAT STAKES, of 150 sovs. Ascot 8 3 Talebearer 7 4 Tigredia 8 2 Slave 7 4 Fusilier 7 9 Christina 7 2 Ugly Buck 7 8 Pasha 7 0 Forerunner ... 7 7 Clous 6 8 Pearl 7 6 Smeoraoh 6 5 Billy 7 5 Waowaetika ... 6 4 HANDICAP HUEDLES, of 150 sovs. Maccaroni ... 11 8 I Messenger 9 0 Pastime 10 12 Hurricane... ... 9 0 Denbigh 10 41 Faugn-a-Ballagh... 9 0

CRICKET. ENGLAND v. 'AUSTRALIA. {BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.'] [Reuteb's Telegrams.] fEecoivcd Fob. 24, at 10.45 p.m.J . SYDNEY, Feb. 24. The match was resumed and concluded to-day. The Englishmen, in their second innings, were only able to put 207 together, and the combined Australian team were thus victorious by 7 runs. In the visitors 5 second innings the highest contributors were Bates, caught, 31; Flowers, bowled, 56 ; Read, caught, 56. INTERPROVINCIAL MATCH. [Pee Peess Association.] DUNEDIN, Feb. 24. In spite of the threatening weather, it was decided to play the match out to-day, and a little before 12 o'clock Washer and Barnes resumed their places at the wickets, Canterbury having then lost five wickets in their second innings for 85 runs. There seemed a general impression that play would be postponed, and three Otago men, Parker, M'Gregor, and Carson, were absent at the commencement, and Millton, Cotterill, and Denham kindly fielded as substitutes until their arrival. Frith and Austin were entrusted with the bowling, and the score mounted slowly to 92, Barnes enlivening proceedings by a fine leg-hit off Austin for four. The same bowler, however, caught him neatly in his next over—6—l9—92. Dunlop was the new comer, and was some time commencing business. Eventually, he scored off Austin (the century hit), and about the same time a change of bowling was tried, Dixon taking Frith's end. Play was slow, and it was a long time before a fine drive by Dunlop, off Dixon, sent 110 up. Frith, then resumed the ball at the other end, but Dunlop continued hitting pretty freely until at 121 Washer was caught by Cotterill (one of the substitutes), after playing a useful innings of 31. Austin, with his first ball, clean bowled the incomer (H. Cotterill); but Page, who followed, led off with one or two hits, and looked like scoring. He •was, however, run out, with the total at 130, and the last man (M'Murra;) yielded his wicket to Austin in the second over. The innings thu3 closed for 132. Otago commenced her second innings at 2 o'clock, wanting 126 to win, Harris and Beck facing the bowling of Dunlop and Austin. Harris scored once or twice off Wildingby some well meant leg hits, but was unluckily caught immediately afterwards in the slips. Dixon joined Beck, but with the score at 15, the latter was caught behind the wickets. Twenty had only been reached, when Boddington shared a like fate, and the outlook seemed very bad. Austin, who followed, somewhat revived the spirits of the Otago men, and as Dixon began to make some pretty hits, hope rose again. At 46, the bowlers changed ends, and soon afterwards M'Murray and Wheatley took their places. The change resulted in Dixon being caught at square leg by M'Murray, after a quickly obtained 26 ; four for 54. Collinson, the next, comer, soon lost his partner, who was bowled by Wheatley, and Parker filled the gap. He came in with the score at 57, and he and the captain made a steady stand, increasing the score slowly, but surely, to 70, when Dunlop took the ball from M'Murray. A grand hit by Collinson raised the score to 75, and he presently followed this up by driving Dunlop splendidly to the off for four. Wheatley's next over, too, was marked by the hit of the day—a regular gallery hit Parker sending the ball to square leg, clean over the stand, and out of the ground, adding 6 to his score, and raising the total to 84.. This brought Wilding on again to bowl at the far end. Loud applause followed this performance, but after one more cut by. Parker for a couple, which.Denham let past him, Collinson's wicket fell. He played forward to one of Dunlop's and lost his bails. M'Gregor, who .came next, enjoyed a very short life, ea without scoring, he was cleverly caught behind the wicket by Barnes. Seven wickets had now gone for 88, and the chances of Otago, which had a few minutes before looked' so rosy, were greatly discounted. Carson joined Parker, and the latter, who continued to hit freely, lifted Wilding to leg for 4 twice in succession, the latter hit giving a decided chance to Page. Otago was, however, apparently in queer street, as Carson retired immediately, having put one into Denham's hands at long-off, and only two wickets remained to produce 29 runs.'Drabble, who joined Parker, managed, however, by careful play, to keep his wicket up whilst his companion, who showed sound judgment and good hitting power, gradually increased the score. His favourite leg hit for 4 was frequently obtained oif different bowlers, and he was also credited with some pretty cuts and drives...'. Wilding, as matters grew more serious, of course tried repeated changes of bowling, even, as a, dernier ressort, tempting Drabble himself with underhands, but without success. One unfortunate experiment for Canterbury was putting on Wheatley for one over, off which Parker scored no fewer than ten runs. The match was won by Parker's old leg-hit off Dunlop, which brought the score to 129. Otago thus won by four runs, with two wickets to spare. The Canterbury fielding during the latter portion of the game was faultless. Parker was, of course, carried to the pavilion and heartily cheered for his excellent innings. Very few people were upon the ground, during the afternoon. The following, are the scores: —

Bowling Analysis. C. Frith, 212. balls, 5 wickets, 30 maidens, 42 runs ; Austin, 156 tails, 3 wickote, 21 maidens, 40 runs ; Carsen, 20 balls, J.

maiden, 14 runs ; Dixon, 120 balls, 1 wicket. 12 maidens, 40 runs ; Boddington, 13 balls, 12 runs. I

Bowling Analysis.—C. Frith, 232 balls, 33 maidens, 44 runs, 2 wickets; Austin, 232 ballf, 25 maidens, 63 runs,|6 wickets; Dixon, 49 balls, 7 maidens, 12 runs, 1 wide; Parker, 8 balls, runs.

Bowling Analysis.—Dunlop, 252 balls, 27 maidens, 69 runs, 5 wickets; Wilding, 236 balls, 26 maidens, 61 runs, 3 wickets; M'Murray, 56 balls, 8 maidens, 7 runs; Wheatley, 36 balls, 2 maidens, 16 runs, 1 wicket; Washer, 8 balls, 5 runs; Page, 8 balls, 7 runs.

The following list shows the result of! the Interprovincial matches since theirj establishment in 1864: 1 1864—Otago won by 74 runs. i 1885—Canterbury won by 4 wickets. | 1866—Otago won by 2 wickets. j 1867—Otago won in one innings and 37 runs. I 1868—Otago won by 9 wickets. j 1869—Feb: Drawn, Canterbury having 17 runs toj get and 3 wickets to fall. . ' 'jj 1869—Dec: Otago won by 4 wickets.* . & 1871—Jan: Canterbury won in one innings and 293 runs. • « . jj 1871 —Dec: Canterbury won by 10 wickets. * 1873—Canterbury won in one innings and 31 runs. fi| 1874 —Otago won in one innings and 28 runs. j 1875 —Canterbury won in one innings and 151 runs. « 1876—Canterbury won by 145 runs. i 1877—Canterbury won by 151 runs. f 1878 —Canterbury won by 9 wickets. jj 1879—Canterbury won in one innings and 12 runs. J 1880—Canterbury won by 9 wickets. «—4 1881 —Canterbury won in one innings and 232 runs, r 1882—Otago won by 77 runs. ! 1883—Canterbury won by 4 runs. 1884—March : Otago won by 27 runß. 1884—Dec.: Canterbury won by 9 wickets. 1885—Feb.: Otago won by 2 wickets. BOWLING MATCHES. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, Feb. 24. The match Canterbury Club v. Caledonian Club was won easily by the latter by G2 to 30. The scores were:— Caledonian. Canterbury. No. 1 Rink. G. H. Campbell I E. P. Dombrain W. E. Carmalt G. B. Woodman . G. Capstick | W: W. Neighbours E. Hogg (skip) 21 IH. W. Toomer I (s ki P) 6 No. 2 Kink. W. Gordon J. Toovey W. H. White W. R. Selby J. Barron A. Urquhart J. Ogg (skip) 21 W. H. Partridge (skip) 3 No. 3 Rink. M.Smith . . .B.Hale W. Blaney H. Toomer, sen J. V. Lonsdale W. H. Messenger J. Yates ' (skip) 20 Frank Hobbs (skip) 21 The Interprovincial match between the Christchurch and Dunedin Clubs, partly played yesterday and finished this morning, resulted in a victory for Dunedin by 63 to 37. The scores were : Dunedin. Christchurch. . No. 1 Rink. D. Kemp * J. S. Guthrie J. Jack J. W. Marshall A. T. Anderson C. Cuff R. Wilson, jun. E. Williams (skip) 8 (skip) 21 No. 2 Rink. W. Harrop A. Carrick G. Keddie J. T. Peacock W. Forrester Dr Thomas J. Hunter (skip) 21 A. Struthers (skip) 8 No. 3 Rink. J. Scoullar Dr Brittin W. Wright R. D, Thomas R. Robin F. Hobbs A. M'Diarmid C. Jackson (skip) 11 (skip) 21 The Cunningham Cup match, between the Dunedin Club and Christchurch Club, was very closely contested. Dunedin seemed certain of victory, but in the last head in one of the rinks Christchurch scored no less than five, which gave them the victory by 41 to 39. The score was: — Dunedin. Christchurch No. 1 Rink. W. Forrester A. Carrick D. Baxter Dr Thomas R. Wilson, jun. E. Williams J. Hunter (skip) 21 R. Struthers (skip) 15 No. 2 Rink. J. Scoullar F. Hobbs A. T. Anderson J. W. Marshall R. Robin C. Cuff A. M'Diarmid C. Jackson (skip) 26 (skip) 18

OPAWA EIFLE CLUB. The following are the scores in the second competition for the President's Cup, which took place on Feb. 1 and. 10. The next competition takes place on. March 7 and 10. The ranges are 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards, seven shots at each range : 200 300 400 500

CA.NTERBUBY. First Innings. F. Wilding, Ibw b Austin... 5 H. CotteriU, b Austin ... 5 W. V. Millton, run out ... ... 57 W. J. CotteriU, o Parker b Austin ... 41 D, Dunldp, st Drabble b Dixon ... ... 23 J. Wheatleyy o and b Frith 5 H. Page, b Frith. ... 0 E. P. Barnes, lbw b Frith ... 0 A. Washer, b Frith... ... 7 S. M'JiIurray, b Frith ... 0 J. Denham, not out... ... 10 Byes ... 7 leg byes ... -i Total.; ... 164

Second Innings. W. V. Millton, c Carson b Austin 10 W \£% C °tterill, c Carson b Austin ... P. Wilding, o Carson b Frith 9 23 J. Wheatley, b Frith i J. Denham, run out ... .., "\ 5 £. P. Bomes, e and b Anatin .'.'.' 19 A. Washer, c W. J. Cotterill (sub) b Austin ... 31 I). Dunlop, not out 22 H. Cotterill, b Austin ... '". '" 0 H. Page, run out 3 S. M'Murray, b Austin ... ..'. "\ 0 Byes 4, leg-bye "' '" 1 Wide 1 Total 132

OTAGO. First Innings. L. M. Harris, c H. Cotterill b Wildinf; 3 Beck, c Barnes b Dunlop ... 48 J. M'Gregor, b Dunlop 18 B. T. Collinson, c Washer b Duulop ... 1 W. G. Dixon, b Wheatley 20 T. L. Anstin, b Duulop 10 Boddington, b Wilding ... ' 46 Parker, b Dunlop ■7 Carson, run out 6 Drabble, b Wilding 0 Frith, not out ' 6 Byes 2 Leg-byes 2 No-balls ... , 2 Total ... "... 171

Second Innings, Harris, c Barnes b Dunlop ... 6 Beck, c Denham b Wilding ... ... 5 Dixon, c M'Murray b Wheatley... ... 26 Boddington, o Denham b Dunlop : T. Austin, b Wheatley ... 0 ... 16 Collinson, b Dunlop ... 13 Parker, not out ... ... 54 - M'Gregor, c Barnes b Dunlop ... ... 0 t Carson, c Denham b Dunlop ... 0 v Drabble, not out ... •< 4 fi Wides v 2 I No-balls ... 3 I Total for eight wickets ... ... 129 = 1

Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. Tl. F.!W. Sandford 31 27 22 28 108 J. Gray 25 22 34 27 108 J. Hackworth ... 24 25 25 25 99 W. S. M'Geachie 27 12 29 24 92 C. A. Lees 27 23 23 19 92 W. K. Scull ... 26 21 23 19 89 J. Bashford 24 21 22 18 85 J. Tait 22 11 28 23 « 84 F.Cooper 24 15 27 17 83 G. Attwood 24 24 23 9 80 C. Jackson 19 16 20 10 69 W. Chapman ... 20 13 22 13 68 G. King 17 14 24 10 65