... mblencoo Following upon the success against Somerset, Gloucestershire were badly beaten by Surrey at the Oval, and the match served to emphasise the vweakness of the team just now, as well as the poor form of C. L. Townsend. The ran-getting in each innings was left to one or two men, and the attack 'was weakened by the inability of Jessop to bowl. 1aDish, Roberts, and Townsend failed to get a ...

... ovortfus il?evom ?? DERBY SEPTEMBER MEETiNG,. YESTERDAY. -The RANGXiMORE HANDICAP PLATE of 200 2. 0 ovs, for three year olds and upwarda; winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr Millers Madame Rachel, 3 yrs, 7st fib ?? S. Loates I Mr McCreery's lasneralda II, 4yrs, 8st 71b ?? E. Jones a Mr Asthur James's Castilian, 4 yrs, 7st 010 Madden, 3 Winner trained by J. CANNON. Little Bob, Marceline, ...

... ftorting R MS* Official Scratchings. Reigate Hurdle, Gatwick-King David. All engagenments for which, the weights have not j appeared-ecrocagii. All engagements in MIr WV. H, Walker's name-Specs. Yule Tide Hurdle, Linglield-Iing David. Relgate Hurdle, ?? Fool. All engagements-Eclipso, Lyra PAtti, Indemnity, Lady Orme, Zenda, Elliman, Radiant Star, Signorina, Roranuna and Cartridge. MANCHESTER ...

... Aportffn_ RI b2 . Yesterday's Londoa Betting. allY AND SUBURBAN. T(Wtdnesdky,.A~yil25. Abofl.oneliil~iOand aquarteir.) PRIEc. HORSE. TuAiNzn, ys at lb 11 to 2 gapt Strike a Light-t) ?? R. Marsh 47 &6 7 to 1I - DoWDuhaill (t ?? Gilbert 37 9 ICU. to;, RS Inmecenee ?? ?? 8 2 NCO.,to 8. a-.Goblet> jOY ?? Wangh 3 6 100 to 8 -Fascination (t) ?? ?? R, Marsh47 713 255 1o I Syerla,(t). .. ?? 67 6 2010 ...

... mblatca, Tfhe following are the positions of the counties: I ?? I ?? Lost, Drawn. Pointq. contage t I ancashire ?? 71 ?? 0 ?? ?? i7u.. 10000O Yorkzhire ?? ?? 0 ?? 6.. 101 00 Suspox ?? 2 ?? ?? 2 110 00 Notts ?? ?? ?? 3.. . 60 0 ?? 2 ?? 2, I 3333 Wvarickesbire . ?? ?? 1 I ?? 5 I. I .. .33 t ?? ?? ?? 2 2500o Esex ?? 3 ?? 2. ?? ?? 20'00 Gloucestershire ?? ?? ?? 3 , 'I 20 00 ...

... avorttng PI Moo Yesterday's London Betting. THiE DERBY. (Wednesday, May 30. One mile and a lialf.) 2 to 1 agat Diamond Jubilee It aad o) 3 to I - Forfarshire (t) 6 to I - (hevening (t) 8 to 1 - Disguise If (t) 12 to I - Bonarosa (t and 0) 15 to 1 - *imon le (t) 16 to 1 - SailorLad (i) 20 to 1 - Ooecrat (I) 33 to I - Governor (1) tO to 1 - Sidus (t) 66 to I - Moat Excellent (W) 1CO to 1 - First ...

... MO-porting R M54 SThAUTINC I PRICES. PLUMIPTON. FACE. HORSE. PRICE. Ashurst -lurdle ?? l,.iss Drnalby ?? 3 to I1 On Iturstpicrpoint Hurdle-Ever Deceptive ?? to 14 agst SoutlhverStccplcelhase.,BrowvO Princess ?? 4 to 1 on Brookside Stcoplechase..Whitehefad ?? to 8 o l Streat Hurdle . . ?? Merry ?? Il ?? 3 to I on B ircombe SteeplelhseeSlherilf's ?? 2 to I agt PLUMITON JANUARY MEETING. ...

... Official Scratchings. Angust Handicap, Koempton Park-light Comedy andI Y oung Nievillo. Felth am Selling H~andicap, lIemnp'.n-?Oanstofl. Windsor engagenienta-flarudea. Stockton engagementa-Pfldar. All engegemenelt in Mr Smith Byland's ?? eoa face, All engagemnents in Mir Hobson's name-Biahopstone. All handicaps for which tihe weights have appeared- La Bull. All ergagenments-Vfel~ls. Helen ...

... -L! - ztl)lttfcgo To-day, on the County Ground, Bristol Will P16Y Penygralg. . To-morrow Penarth visit the County Ground to play Bristol, and their team will be:-F. Tljlett, back;; E. Beer, W. Gameson, W. Jones, and A. Gay, threequarters; S. Sutton and T. Bartlett, halves; F. Kirby (captain), W. Yea, C. Warburton, E. Eblls, G. Matthews, W. Matthews, S. Shier, and R. Vaughan, forwards. The ...

... Atbleticoo CRICKET. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. WEST INDIANS. POOR DISPLAY BY THE VISITORS. This mratch was continued on the County Ground yesterday in fine weather and before a good attendance. When tho play finished on Thursday evening Gloucester- shire had made 516 for the loss of but seven wickets, and it took 65 minutes to finish thle innings, which produced the largest total made against tbe West ...

... ,0portmOms, 5 ~~Saturday's London Betting, The result of the Klempton Park Jubilee Stakes had no effect upon the Derby, and there was no wagering on thle r~eturn of speculators to town. Diamond Jubilee, how- ever, wvas the nominal favourite at 7 to 4, and Forlarshiro OS stood second In demand at 100 to 30. Official Scratclhings. Vh5itora' Plate, Newmarket-Carbinia, Newmarkot Stalkes-Victor ...

... ?? FOOTBALL.---ASSiU,2ATION SOUTHERN LEAGUE. BRIGHTON UNITED v. 8WINDON. Played at Brighton yesterday in perfect weather before a fair attendance. The first half was stubbornly contester, during vrhich the only goal registernd was by Wilson for Swindon. Soon after the restart WX. Smith added another for the visitors, aed then Brighton rose to the occasion, Hill scoring for them, and just ...