MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 419, 19 October 1889, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is now a certainly thab an Australian cricket team will visit England next season, and thab W. L. Murdoch will captain it. An American paper states that Colonel J. M. Donohue, the president of the California Athletic Club, has ottered a purse of fr7,000 for a fight to a finish between Kilrain and Peter Jackson, the tight to come ott in California within six months. 1 see there is every likelihood of a race between Searle and Stansbury. Stansbury is the man who has pushed Searle hardest hitherto, and as he is said to have improved considerably, a race between the two should be very intei'esting. Rinking in Auckland seems likely to give rise to a number ot contests, and may almost be called a new form of athletics. 1 understand there is every prospect of another 12 hours' "go as-you-please" on the rollers between young Pelham and Sam Goodman for £50 a-side. The names of the following aie mentioned as probable starters for the Mile Championship at the next meeting of the Amateurs, November 23rd :— R. B. Lusk, ft. Jeffries, F. Atkin-on, J. Baxter, B. Owen, F. Ellis, G. Peace, Smith, M. Heirold, W. Winks, A. N. Gibbon?, and Ifwerson. The to lowing is from " Truth " : — As an example of the amount of intelligent interest displayed in cricket by the ladies, I may cite (writes a correspondent) the following fragment which J overheard on Lord's ground : Fair enthusiast, who has been listening (?) for half an hour to a laborious description of the game — "And Mr Brown, do tell me, which count most, runs or wickets?" The cricket season has gob fairly started in Christchurch, but I see that even there complaints are made over the apathy of the public in regard to the sport. Our Auckland players will have to set their minds to the game and try to make it a bit livelier if they want public support. At the best cricket is considered very slow by most people, and when poor cricket is played and teams are ill-matched they cannot be expected to roll up. Moreover, players often make the game very slow by their little fads of waiting for a wicket to fall before preparing to go in, then taking 5 minut.es to get block, etc., etc. Joe Scott, the champion walker, has entered for three of the events to be held in Adelaide by the Australian International Athletic Tournament Company. The Company held out inducements for Scctt to compete, and under these circumstances he entered for the six days and nights' go-as-you-please contest, which starts qn November 9th. The prizes are :— First, £150 and gold medal ; second, £70 ; third, £30 ; fourth, £20 : fifth, £10. Scott has also entered for the twenty-five miles handicap walking match, and the ten miles running handicap, provided the dates of these events do not interfere with the go-as-you-please contest. Though so successful in his i walking up to the present, Scott has not made much money, owing to careless arrangements. He has lately been working at his trade in Dunadin, and has gob a bib fat. It is probable that a number of runners belonging to the Sydney Harriers will compete at the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Championship meeting in Dunedin on December 14. There will possibly be a couple of long-distance runners, the same number of cyclists and a walker. Some slight difficulty may arise owing to the fact that die Harriers, though an amateur club, is not affiliated to the New Zealand Association, as Rule XI of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association states that all competitors for championship events must be members of affiliated clubs. Of course the Sydney Harrier Club is nob affiliated to the Association, so the latter body would have to pass a special rule (which they doubtless will do) before the Sydney men's entries can be received. The rules can be altered either at the annual meeting or at a special meeting, of which twenty-one days' notice musb be given to each club.