... It FOOTBALL I AqTON' V'HILA vs. BLAUKBGRX OLYMT~n C.-'The 4amons Aston Villa tcain met with a most unexpnected reverse it Black. burn on) Saturday, at tine instance of the Blackburn Olympic, tile holders of the eseiociation cup. -Just after the Olympians had wvon thne cull they wavrs defeated by lbs Villa, aend inansy people ins Blackburn thought tics defeat would be repeatedi on S6atUrdcy. ...

... RACING NIOTES. Wretched weather was sassoclated with the opensing day's, racing, ait Lewes; in spite of this, however, there was a large company! present, and the racing proved of an ?? character: throughout, those two sneart mares, Sinperba and-Reprieve, woni~ the Astley Stakes and the Blreeders' Stakes respectively; neither, however, had an easy tagk, aud it is just possible that they axe ...

... BRIGHTON RACES.-YbSTERDAY. The PREsroNs HANDICAP of 6 sovs each, wilth 100 added; wianer after publication of the weights 71b extra. Fivo furlongs. v Mr. Arden's Glen Albyn, by Blair Athol-Maid of Perth, 6 yrs, 10st 121b ?? ?? C. Loates 1 Prince Soltykoff's Alguilette, 4 vrs, Ist l21b ?? Weod 2 Lord Rossmore's Woodpecker, 8 yrs, 8at lOlb. Archer 3 Romanee (A. White) also ranl-Betting: 6 to 4 ...

... FASATURDAY'SFOOTBALL MATCHES 'ASSOCIATION__RULES. STAFFORDSHIRE CUP. WE5T Dno105WsCsn ALsBION vc, Lccic,---Ths5o teams met on tce Stony Lane Ground, West Broruwlich,in the presence of a large c0oncourse of spectators. The visitors set the halt in motion, kicking upbill. Fron'ntics outset tics gems was fast, buet was devoid of Interesting or exciting Incidents during the first imalf-Isour, and ...

... *SANDOwN. PARK RACES~ . wa YxsrenitAY,-ln glorious sautumli westher thws meetingwa concluded In the presence of a very large company. The mrem. bets3 ?? arnd thea principal enclosures were wail putronii5ed, while the hand of the Scot~s Guarde again enlivened the proceed- logs. The teeing was of a very interesting description. Bookers, however, bad rlone the beat of the deal at tho close of ...

... BOA ;SEOOLS ATHLETIC ?? ?? ,;DjfSPLkY. ?? HiS- Laut night the third anhal 'gymrniistic displriy by scholars atteniding the Birminghoim BoatdI.Schools wi~s heldl at the Tdwnd Ball.'Th6 Matyor(Aldbrffian Sir Thoma~s iMarti~cau) peided;-' and afictogst' thoso' on-he platform .ver6'Mis8 Kenriiolf. tho Rev. Dr. Crosskoy, the 'Rev E; F. MacCairthy,' .Dr.,,Laujford,1 Mr. 0.G !L.'Kenriek,l Councillor. ...

... I SPORTING_ NW& - To the Editor of the Daily PoQ&-Sir,-The week just eniding ha~ been a comparatively quiet one on tlie turf, flamptop, Newton, and Alexandra Park alona deomnding attention. The sport has only beeR of a moderate quality, and no event merits any comment. The acceptances for the Northumberland Plate were published on Wednesday, thus anticipating their appearance in the Calendar ...

... TJEICESTER RACES. T VYnTZeoAVx-Thcree was a wonderful change in the weather, T and although it appeared Eninewlsat dloubtfusl about mild-day thre aflesisoon proved beautifully fine, the atnilen here being bright let nod then sun eilsinig with almosti; eurnisrllk owarmth. There wasa lihtincirseIntheatenane.The sport,bhowever, was only or is modierate class. Tiseires farer! better than on the ...

... THE HASTINGS WEEK. SOUTH1 OF ENGLAND v. AUSTRALLNS,. At Hastings yesterday the Australians gained a highly credit able and thoroughly well-earned victory over the South of z land by nine wickets. Some sech result had, of course t expected, as overnight the South were only 52 rune ahead' tj'3 one wicket to fall; but nevertheless there were rianmys' people to see the tinish than might have been ...

... HUNTING APPOINTMBENTS. ATJBRIGHTON (at 11.30)-Thi.s day, March 16, Sptead Eagle (at 11); Saturday, 17, Plough Inn, Weston Heath (at 11); Monday, 19, The Kena.els, Tuesday. 20, lKnightoll Village; Thursday, 22, Hlaliieenny Green : Friday, 23, The Wergs Saturday, 24, Davenport. ATEiFRSTONZ (at 11).-This day, March 16, Smockington Gate; Saturday, 17, Corley. BEAUFORT\S DbuKL OF (at 11).-This day, ...

... | . erai SHAW AND SEREWSBURY'S TEAM V. ;hs AUSTRALIANS. it Some very curious cricket was witnessed in this return bO match, which cornmenced yesterday, in delightfully fine rat Weather, on the Old Trafford ground at Manchester. The ik, Englishmen won the toss, and their first five wickets )rd earned 171 runs between ten minutes past twelve and by twenty minutes to four. From that time, ...

... RACLNG NOTES. The nroceedings at Windsor to-day may be briefly dismissed, the meeting proving a nriserable failure, two out of thc five events producing no struggle at all, while in two other cases the field only numbered a couple, not a dozen animals being seen out during the whole after- noon. The weather was fine though cold, and there was a fair attendance of spectators, but after such a ...