SPORTING NEWS.
[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright
CRICKET. AUSTRALIANS V. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. THE OAKS STAKES. THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS IN SYDNEY. (Received May 30, 4.30 p.m.) London, May 29. In the cricket match Australians v. Gentlemen of England at Lord’s Ground, the Gentlemen in their first innings scored 276 runs. The Australians in their first innings lost five wickets for 83 runs. (Received May 30, 8 p.m.) Later. The following are the full scores at the cricket match, Australians versus Gentlemen of England, to-day : Grace, caught ... ... 21 Lord Harris, bowled ... 31 Read, bowled ... ... 31 Studd, bowled ... ... 0 Steele, bowled ... ... 44 Ridley, caught and bowled ... 68 Vernon, cm tight ... ... 58 Diver, bawled ... ... 4 Robertson, bowled ... ... 1 Bush, bowled ... ... fi Christopherson, not out ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 13 Total 277 Ridley, the highest scorer, gave a chance early in the innings, but was badly missed, Spoflorth, while bowling, seriously injured his right hand in stopping a quick return from the batting.
The following are the scores of the visitors:— M'Donnell, caught ... ... 13 Banrierman, caught... ... 9 Murdoch, caught ... ... 0 Giffen, caught ... ... 1 Midwinter, caught ... ... 5 £lackham, not out ... ... 36 Bonner, not out 16 Extras ... ... ... 3
Total for five wickets ... 83 (Received May 31, 12.13 p.m.) May 30. In the cricket match at Lords, Australians v. Gentlemen of England, the former have been all disposed of in their first innings for 135 runs. Being 140 behind their opponents, they have had to follow on, and their second innings is now proceeding. The race for The Oaks Stakes was run at Epsom to-day and resulted as follows: Busybody 1 Superb ... ... ... 2 Queen Adelaide ... ... 3 (Received May 30, 9.5 p.m.) Sydney, May 30. A strong local team has been picked to play against the New Zealand footballers to-morrow.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2417, 31 May 1884, Page 2
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291SPORTING NEWS. Kumara Times, Issue 2417, 31 May 1884, Page 2
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