SPORTING NOTES.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 997, 14 February 1883, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

(Bv Look On.) . The Dunedin Cup will be run-on the 21st Bqndoora, Somnus, and King Quail arc about equal favorites for it. The Canterbury and- Otago cricket match was-,play#>t GJuTstchmch; on Friday, Saturday, and .Monday |9st> and resulted after an 1 exciting ; finish AiP favdnr of the former ■ by four runs. ' ,'The annual four oaf outrigger race between Otago and Canterbury will take place on the Heathcote Eiver on the 23rd instant. “ iEglcs,” in the Australasian, speaking of ! Bates’ splendid howling in the late International pricket says- that another English professional who had not been so successful, unburdened himself as follows Oh yes '. Mr Bates has had a good day. He . is Mr Bates now, no more Billy for him. Another good day and they’ll have to knight him just like Sir Garnet Wolseley I” : The match—lvo Bligh’s team against all Australiarf-,takes place on the IGtli, 17th. 19th, and 20th instants, and the Australasian says that if the former wins it they can safely say that the “ revered ashes of English cricket ” have gone back to Kensington Oval. The latest cricketing - curiosity in Victoria is the bowling of H. Bloomfield, who recently obtained a remarkable average, viz,, 48 balls, 8 maidens,- no runs, 5 wickets. It is rather a paying game to be a talented cricketer in Australia, now a days. Murdoch was lately, presented with a magnificent

silver cap valued at seventy guineas ; while Bates, oE the English team, received a purse of one hundred guineas for his grand bowling, and another of thirty guineas for doing the fl hat trick.” Bonner was recently presented with a gold locket set with diamonds, and a bat inlaid.with silver for his score in the first - International Match, and Banncrmnn won two valuable trophies for batting and fielding in the last match. The return match, Victoria v. New South Wales, was won by Victoria by one innings and 165 runs. Victoria totalled 281 and New South Wales 49 and 67. Banncrman being unable to play, the losers played with only ten men.