SPORTING.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1970, 30 September 1886, Page 3

SPORTING.

The Hon J White has for three sneer«sive years carried off the Australian Derby. In 1884 Bargo won it for him. iu 1885 Nordenft-ldt, and this year Indent, The Parramatta (N.S.WT Alfr> <1 Ciicket Club scored 508 runs in an in • nines la*t reason, the largest numb r made by any club in the colonies. The Hon James Whi e’s P.ragor, yearling hro'her to Acme, recently broke his neck whilst galloping round h:s paddock. The colt was an especial favorPe of iiis owners, and it is liard to say how much money would have been refused for him. Frank Herald, 'he lat- st star in the Yankee fighting firmament, is pos»es«* of a right handed uppercut of a sort peculiarly his own. On 21st May h“ got it on to Mike Conloy afte- boxing 2.0* c, and the subsequent proceeding" ino reste.t Conloy do more ; and on the 21st June he put another gigantic pugilo-t in o hi-, little cot iu 1 min 25«ec. Her, id can now be backed against the best of them, Siilliv in not excluded, hut tiny don’t eenn to catch ori. W. C. George, the wed known pideiIrian, sails for Sydney in October. the AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London”, Sept; 27. d lie lust match of the Australian t am V. as commenced to-day at Harrogate. 'I lie attendance was small, owing to the unuvorablo state of the weather, flic wicket was heavy in consequence of the recent rains. The Home team went in first, and when flic stumps w* re drawn had lost five wickets for 55 runs. Received Sept. 2!J at 10,15 p.m. Sept 28. The cricket match was resumed to. day at Harrowgatc. The attendance was large and the weather fine. The Home ti e Home team who yesterday left 5 wickets for 55 runs,continued their innings hut only succeeded in compiling 139 runs when the last wicket fell. Ihe Australians scored 121. Iu their second innings the Home team lost 3 wickets for 107 runs. The match was drawn.

the (j.j.o. meeting. (I'i;k Pur.s.s Association.) Chkistciickch, Sept. 29. Sloneyliurst was sera 1 died (his alt r ihmiii for all engagements at the C.J C. Melrjpolilan meeting. CRICK El'. i i 'l< I, IN D, Si |C . 29. I;. (I), .)!,•_> slum from the \\ eliiio.'lm; Ci- eket Associate'll f‘»i an InC'i-Islainl M !,;h 1 lie Am k'aml Association ri-lerral th- mat ter to tlie incoming Committee a. id consider it desirable that a match, An.-.traliun Eleven v. New Zca’and team, should he played, but deem it impr-mii-c i,l,jc at present. The Association lias instructed the conimitice to guarantee a midi not exceeding 1 200 for a match against the AH England Eleven.