... MR. A. C. MACkAREN EXULAINS, Mr. A. C. MaeLa~en, the Lancashire captain, hba heen interviewed on the great cricket sensation, Mr. MacLaren states that at the fateful meet- ing at Lord's, when the throwing question was broright up, so far as he can recollect, every hand in the room, except his own, was held up to express the opinion that -Mold's delivery was not fair. Here, however, wqijany ...

... NOTES, NEWS, AND GOSSIP. BY OUR SPECIAL FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENTS. . ASSOCIATION. Lancashire did not suffer so heavily from the snowstorms of Saturday last as many other parts of the country. In the Midlands, for instance, the downfall was so weighty that it placed foot- ball out of the question altogether. This was particularly unfortunate for Notts Forest. who were expeeting a bumping gate for ...

... .ATCHESTEF WEEKLY Tzirv. ar1DArT April 6, lyi, UNS'WERM TO CLORRDPO'NDENplT Wr. P. Pepworth (1o. SWidO).--We are muvh oh1 or youlr neat problem. It lia. a riathlr jjj(,r,,t cudinbg. L. r. Stearns (W est Derr, Nil., I ' Thank3 for pcsicard. We luixlily allr , method of pushiliq ' busines', ,aut ailt ,! a leseou from volnv Britisd conte' ' .1. T. Bell (1azich.e?ster).-Mu\ch ohi, S. i>.rrage ...

... I I CONDUCTED BY Dl1. A. WAHFITI3CH. tACECHESTER WEEKLY . TIDIES. FRIDAY. March 30, 1900. PROBLEM go. 1.022. Tourney No. XXIII. Blaick, 7 piecea. White, lo pieces. White to play, and nato in two -orves.. 5 I 2 P 1 Q 4 I 8 13 p 41 P P R 5 ip 4 p NI b 2 P k I PIIINt 4 R 1 PROBLEM No. 1,023. Tourney No. XXIV. Black, 11 piees., White, 8 pieces. Wbite to play and mate in three moves. 5 lt I kt I b ...

... I I . MANICEiEPSTR WEEKY TIaxa`. FRIDAY. March 16, 190D. ANSWERSI'Ti ) CORRESPONDE*NTS. W . B. Turner (Failsworth).--If ysou ill glaneg .tht Variation 1, given bc-loy wl perceive that there is no draw for Whit: on the line of play s.g- 'iested inl your p.c. 1-F. Wootton iCavan) -We are surprised to learn that you cannot obtain thle Weekly Unlimce in Y7~r plart of Jielattid oro the Tuclday ...

... I CYCLTXG NE'OTES AND NEWS. I There are riders who do not go on a tour proper at Faster, but, neverthelcss, make a cyohng holiday of it by. constituting some pleasant place their head- qutiarters for the four days, -ar'l m.aking day and ?? day excursions in tho neigisbeurhood. This rad a. touing, as is sometimes caileu, is not without ts ach)saitages. ]istead ofibeicu bi-dened vith h;8ggato ...

... I CRICKET OF THE 'WEEK: NOTES, NEWS, AND GOSSIP. BY OUR SPECIAL CRICKET CORIRESPONDENT, Tran Sonnlows or LTrCAs. Of course he didn't go for to do it. Tle wisest make mistakes. Solomon himself had lie cap- tamied a county cricket toam might have gone down the nick ' like every other skipper at some time in his career. A. P. Lucas is an experi- enced cricketer. He played cricket when some of us ...

... CIIESS. I CONDUCTED 13Y DR. A. WAnIILYUCTI. MANCwr~STEfL WVprCLT TTTris. FRIDAY, February 23, 19CO. PROBLEM NO. 1.012. Tourney No. X 111. Black, 9 pieccB. White, 12pieces 1 White to nosy, and mate in two moves.. 5 kt 2 1 1 P R 3 P I I B I K I p3 j It 1 Kt 1 B Pp I pI 8 r Q 6 1 p 1 P k I P 2 1 r kt SR I PROBLEM No. 1,013. Tourney No. XIV. Black, 2 pleces. White, 4 pices. White to play arid mate ...

... DRAUGHT'S. LIANCIESTP39 WIEKLY Tiemm. FRIDAY, SeptemberI4, 1900. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. .T. Ormston (Stalybiidge).--Thanks for enc1-game. .T. Kernan (Laneaster).--You have given an impos- sibile setting to your problem. I'leasc revise. SOLUTION OF PROBP;EM No. 900. Black n en on 1, 3, 11, 16, and 28: king on 17. White men on 20, 23, 26, 27, and 32; king oln 2. Black to mocve and Uiln. 11 ...

... I 1l~ UJANCHESTJPr WthrICLY TiDnts, FRIDAY, July 20, 19G0. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. 11. Wailler (Rochdale).-M)Iuch obliged for com- miunication, Received too late for insertion last week. Noath Evans (Bury).--Many thanms for game. SOLUTON OF PROIBLE1M No. 892. By D. 'T1. MeDonald, Pendleton. Whiter man on 273 kings on 9 and 12. 131arI loon on 10 and 11; king nia 25. I1n*ite to move and ...

... CRICKET OF THE WEEK: NOTES, NEWS. AND GOSSIP. BY OUR SPECIAh CRICKET CORRESPONDENT, Two DESEftn-G BEnyFICiArnES. Two matches at the beginning of the Week were set aside for the benefit of Arthur Shrewsbury (only a portion of the gate ini Shrewsbury's case) iand Jack BHeane. These were the games be- tween Notts and Surrey and Middlesex asA 1 Somerset respectively. Prince Arthur's re- cords ...

... I FOOTBALL NOTE'. ' . The prineipal event in the world oi rot I Saturday was, of course, the fight betweemi netrl Ili Southairiptog for tho Dossesjioni of tlh LI which took place at the Crystui Palace in r, Cu1, weather.- It wais pfrticularly fitting that th t- shonld.be fought byprepreserntativeg fromn th 3 and South respectively. Something like a . were present whpn SholField United wivo the ...