SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 199, 2 August 1884, Page 2

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. August 7—Ashburton County Hunt Club Steeplechases. August 8-—Christchurch Hunt Club Steeplechases. August 28 — North Canterbury Steeplechases. September 18.—Kurow Races. September 25, 26 —Geraldine Races. Nominations, July 31; weights, August 26; acceptances, September 17. October 3—Cromwell Spring Races. October 6, 7—Hawke’s Bay J. C. Spring Races. Nominations, August 12 ; weights, August 19; general entries and acceptances. September 24. November 20, 21—Ashburton Spring Races. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS—MATCHES TO BE PLAYED. August 4 — Canterbury, Australians v. Kent. August 7—Clifton, Australians v. Gloucestershire. August 11—Oval, Australians v. All England. August 18—Cheltenham, Australians v. Gloucestershire. August 21—Nottingham, Australians v. Notts. August 25—Cambridge, Australians v. Past and Present. August 28—Gravesend, Australians v. South of England. September I—Nottingham, Australians v. North of England. September 4—Scarborough, Australians v. Zingari. September B—Sheffield, Australians v. Yorkshire. September 11—Oval, Australians v. All England. (reuter’s telegrams.) AUSTRALIANS V. PLAYERS OF ENGLAND. London, July 81. The Australian cricketers commenced a match to-day at the Oval against eleven players of England. The following are the names of the latter : —Bates, Briggs, Emmett, Hall, G. G. Heard, Jesse Hide, Humphreys, Hunter, Peat, Read, and Ulyett. The Australian Cricketers commenced a match to-day at Kensington Oval, against Eleven Players of England. There was a good attendance of spectators and the weather was fine, but owing to recent rains the wicket was heavy. The Home team went in first, but only succeeded in scoring 107, the principal contributors being Ulyett c 22 Humphreys b .. ~ ~ 18 The visitors then went in for their first innings which closed for 151. The principal scorers being McDonnell, st. .. .. .. 26 Murdoch b 19 Bonner, run out .. .. 68 Bonnor was in excellent form, and his play was much applauded. He did not give a single chance throughout his innings until his wicket was put down. The second innings of the Home team was then commenced, but only five runs had been scored, with one wicket down, when play was stopped for the day. Latest.—The Australians won the match by nine wickets.

“ Mazeppa ” gives the following as the current odds on the New Zealand Cup :— 100 to 14 agst Sou-’wester 100 — 10 Vanguard 100 — 8 Oudies 100 — 8 Johnny Faulkner 100 — 7 July 100 — 7 Nelson 100 — 6 Ike 100 — 5 Nonsense 100 — 5 Charmer 100 — 5 Krupp 100 — 5 Carlton 100 — 5 Siesta 100 — 5 Welcome Jack. 100 — 5 Taiaroa 100 — 4to 100 to 1 any other. The Adelaide Observer'i English correspondent says:—Most of the Australian cricketers were at the Derby. The collapse of the Birmingham programme helped them to this, and I may tell you in confidence that Palmer backed St. Gatien at a long price, drew him in one big sweep, and Harvester, his co-dead-heater, in another. A contemporary says:—“ Lord Sheffield is a princely patron of cricket. Not only did he pay all expenses of every kind in connection with the match against the Australians at Sheffield Park, including the remuneration of the players (no small item), but he provided luncheon for all and sundry during the match, and threw his grounds open to the public of Sheffield.” In reference to the last part of the paragraph the match was played a couple of hundred miles away from Sheffield.