SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Mataura Ensign, 6 July 1914, Page 4

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

FOOTBALL. "A IfI'CIJV CI.dHV." BT KI.KCTUIC THM'UltAl'll COPTUIUIIT. J'IUS UNll'im I'ln-.sM Af.JI.CIA'IK.M. lieencd .1 illv (!, S. 10 a m SYDXKY, Jul. ij. .Speaking of the third test inahh lietiveen the English .Hid All:.I ralasian teams, the captain of the Australian team declared, "We „ ere l.caien and i;uiela.s»eil lore and ai'i, The (englishmen's defeiiee ill I he -ecoud half was the finest I have ever wiliiei-vd," Tiic Sydney 'Morning Herald' .says, '•Tin re was never a more heroic eshihu iion of pluck ami determination *,.,.„ oil a looiliall held than the Kn-li dii,„.|i , . s ." The 'Daily Telegraph' says, "h was. more than llugby, ii was 'ni:i;rnilie,>ut, I: mis I lie lirilish pluck »c rend ;i!xiut and that haM done wonderful in other hrauelies of national anivltv It was a Hnehy ..jory." ' The Sydney niaiches vielded tll.sl2} The 'Herald' estimates lhat uhe»*i| u > tour is <iver the ICntrlish team's «r»ss will reach t'lO.OiiO. AISTI?ALIAX PACKS TO AIKKT N.Z. Ueceiveil July (i, <!.lt) a .ni, SYDMOY, .hilv (!. 'lhe Hnehv 1 nmii ~e!eetc." has Vhosftn I he loih.wiiiji Lacks tu pl-.iv against, tho New Zealand teiun:- Kullhaek, I Jt lhvyer; thrK'-iiiiftrteis, IC. Carr, H. Wojian, H. .L.ii Cii, and 1). Sullor;'(ivocighihs, AV. T:v..l;er;lu('lli:i:-U, K. \\\ o d. The avciaj'.e if the hacks i< list :'.'h. The iorw.irds w'dl he cliosen later. SPORTINC. AX IXTEItESTTxfJ CAUKKIt. BT KtKOTBIO TKLRGRAPII COI'TIIIOHI,, J'KB 0N1TKI) I'RKSS AHBOCIAXION lUeteived .Ink (>. 9.110 a.m . SYIXVKY, .lulv 0. Cloutali, the winner of the (Irani! Xiuumal llurdle Uace, of 1.")!!() M )vs., ha: had an interest h\<s career. He was twice l.iailiy injured, and then as a four. yea.-.01.l was jriven away as a hark, hut •■<■■ ■■'»■•■.• le.Mi-dcd him as a (Lsinal lailuie anil returned him. Suhserpient,ly Ins oiviier. after running him with iai.\iag : uc.'css, sold him for .OVItK LAWN TENNIS. DAVIS eW J'IMiLLMJXAKY. ' Bt CLKCI'RIO TBLEORAVn OOPTEIUHT, 1-EB nNITKP I'IMiRH ASSOCIATION. Itt'ceivod '.lulv (i, :!..'!(( a.m. SYDNKY. July o. The secretary of the Lawn 'lenni. Ass.v;a:ion ha, heen advised (ha! AlisItalasia and Canada will meet in tho iirsi. niiiiid oi the Davis Cup matches, which commences al Clrcago on July CRICKET. Af'STiiAl.lAX TKA.M Fill; AHiICA. liere'ved Julv (i, !l.;'(i n.ui. SYUXKY, Julv (',. Alacarln?y (the hiiiliant X.S.W. M-iekete:) will accouip.'nv the Austral:an toain to Afrea.