... ENG LAND v. AUSTRALIA, THE CAPTAIN;S PERFORMANCE. 1VAGNIFIC ENT BATTING OF TFI-l ENGLISHMEN. A GRAND FIGHT TO A FINISH. (FRO ,I OUR SPEC IA L CORR ES PO N D E N T.) (PER EAISTEMN TELEGRAPI-I COMIPANY'S CABLE.) DIELBOURNE, Tuesday, 1.13 P.)i.-The third day's play in the contest tetween Mr. Stoddart's team and an eleven of combined Australia opened to-day under very pleasant conditions. The ...

... BILLUIXRD)S. .T, RenoiWOL T. 11 iluiorF ciii £2t100-A opot-brir i moatrch of 2t ,0100 ep, 1 U nce 'Slog tl.057 ,tent, irco cor.,llome yiviki (fly I. (Ii' AvIgyIl Mill, Arjyll-.t let, Iy l1imoe pnd'l- siteulllr imt I hita rdu 1 .. t£000. In ijb rde ritorl IiA;gie, with 159 lit,1 ad 012 (102) otf the redibhill` rml'ed1 ito 7,1 by 1l1ortc', Iho ['se brel ?? l ,ee .1, 114, alb, ain 014. It] t10 ...

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... 4* Thoughts ,l1\ Wian, an author publishes, as M Er. Sargent hns done, it book catlld Thoughts on Sport, muld - .8 I - . - . . .d f1 -L- .- whon the publishers Kare Tins Plotopriiunritie th --Coupanly, readers know not what to expect. There is~ somlething inystic and alluring in tho F 4 ve~ry n'uue Photoprismnatio. Thon-lhts oilII sport. ag-:in, seem to indicate elaborate ethical W ...

... ENGLAND V AUSTRALUA A MAGNIFICENT FIGH-IT. ENGLISHMEN PLAY A WINNING GAMiE. ONE HUNDRED RUNS STILL WANTED. (FRO WI OUR SPECIAL CO RR ES PON DENT,) (PER EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S CABLE.) MELBOURNE, Wedncsday, 1.40 P. ,i.-The almost feverish interest which is being taken in this match was clearly shown to-day by the immense crowds who lined the enclosure and watched the game with the keenest ...

... p T - = :I - i PoRt@ IN ~tjt There Was la6g ao0 -lpeidy Ofeenct St '*ew Bered this jifbtmisowo fe Iavgmrt4 the raon# of 1555, ?? it the sport provided wee berdly ee libewal aomigkt have beets OntatOWie, thO racing Ortst ogatifetlese fairly intereelding. With on e xcepti on, thsq Mailden gurdle uases, which brought utit 1 renuer, the U&e~ n6var koached half a dozen. Backors bid a capital ...

... I ?? - - 1 . - I :GAND v. AtS T P- 0 T rA P DALYS F0i9,Zi=. this if U i ( mtto erha, dy (uuom'emo.L atmrn(a), M MELBOURNE, Ian. 1 Bu d Play In the match between Enogland and Australia nh wae resumed this morning, and proved most Interesting. atsi I The Elnglihmen amassed the splendid total of 476 ,ad WteI When ?? drawn the Australices werer left with will 342 to get to will. if the weather ...

... ASSOOIXTICN. 3 TEE LEAGUE GAMTH. 1 Ytesteray, wa ne important day for the League ceempeti- tin aeine great matches were played, but no doubt the es frost-bound turf robbed the football of the famous trained. lo bonds of profeossioals of a little of Its Usual Precision. ro General interest was divided between two grounds--Sunder- et lend and Sheffield. And here were' the results of mush u, ...

... ENGLA ND V5 AU STRALIA THE SECOND GAIME. ANOTHER ..BRILLIANT VICTORY FOR THE ENGLISHMEN. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) (PER EASTERN TELEGRAMtI COMPANY7S CABLE.) IMELBOUP.NE, Thursday, 12.25 P-.Mi-A very few minutes' play to-day sufliced ito bring to a conclusion the second of the five test matchels betwee,1 Mr. Stoddart's teamn an~d All AuWstralia. When stullips vere drawn last night tite ...

... TI-HE NEW THREE-YEAR-OLDS.-A REVIEW AND FORECAST. at was an easy matter, a twelvemonth ago, to forecast the probabie issue of the great three-year-old prizes, for if Throstie's sensational victory in the St. Leger would not have suggested itself to the boldest of prophets, Ladas and Matchbox stood out, unon their two-year-old ruunning, as so far superior to all the rest. that it was only in ...

... ASSOCIATION. for THE L1EAGUi; CtAitIONSMP. flae Another grest anairtc wao wituesseel at Sundertend, yeotedi toll ?? Sunderlud ?? Astoli Villa. The hone club, DL li) hale (iust takes the lrat ?? at the Leleaetiabl, Mlm marrostly ecsaped defeat. For a long linac the ,id team o. ?? bee-n playingt splendidly. and yesterday lat the interval then had sn atdvalege, the saore being three yolse to two. ...

... SPORTING INTELJIIGENCE. I MANCUTULiS'ltl N1I\Y YEAIL'S tilMLiTNQi. Drrritiig (bte early itaitto (II' ?? I noriuing it rgird Lbtn ret loItI ?? Iesee ?? leeit ?? tail of snow, bunt tire Itatr ln uickly iuvtiod, and tlie course was again iii ropitsI Oider wtreii linaing Iwo bireIt~. If' lire, crnonolly rco trial ujiato her eriglly rellienerilatlve iw anun tire Sport ubimasi art tea- procnnient, ...