... ORICKET. TO SECRETARIES 01F CRICKET AND I LAWN TENNIS CLUBS. Weoshallho glad to re'eive cards of fixtures, also reports of-matches played, iiitime ?? Azoeda7y's SURREY v. THlE AUSTRALIANS. After ia rrandly f ualht-out match at Kenningtonq Oval s Saturday, Surrey beat the Australians by thiree wickets. At the conclusion of Friday's play the game looked aill an favourc of the Countyv, as the ...

... ,. THE YACHT RAE.' -TE .SECOND CONTEST POSTPONRD- . -(Fom onu OWN Commms.) (By Western Union Company's Cable.) - Naw Yosl,' Thursday Aftrnoon. 'Tihe £cotcbman has got his own weather this morning, shouted Captain Stone from the Volunteer to the Race Committee as the tug, bore them piast him ou their way to the starting-point. Captain Stone accurately expressed it, for a more persistent ...

... TO SEORETARTIES OF CLUBES RewO of matches should be confined to the leading features, and not crowded with details. N O T E S. The weather on Saturday was of the most miserable description for both players and spectators. In the early part of tlho day it weas somewhat uncortain as to whether it 1,lId be fit for play or not owing to the hard state of the ground, but during the forenoon a thaw ...

... CRICKE T. TO SEORETARIES OF CLUBS. Scoring Sheets for match purposes may be obtained gratis on application at the Office of this paper. LANCASHIRE v. AUSTRALIANS. DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRALIANS. Amidst a scene of tremendous excitement, Lasnashire beat ?? tat Old Trafford, Manchester, yester- day afternoon, by 23 runs, this being the first reverse yet sustained by the coloniaL team at present in ...

... LEEDS MMOR CHALLENG0 OUT. The committee met at the Old Ueorgae Hotd), and ' selected the grounds for the temi-final tie8, and ?? the' following gentlemen to offliciate as ref drece:- 1lnslet' A v. XHolbcak A, dn the Fround of the Jiirhetall iaootball Club, at Kirkstall. Referee, Mr. M. Peate, Kirkstalt Foot- Buslingthorpe v. Stanningley, on the ground of the Hunslet Football Club at Halust. ...

... TU~B FOOTBALL SBASON. Th3 football season, which, so far as the south of England is concerned, will open in the course of a few days, promises to be a busy and important one, Already, -the iandard remarks, a team of Association players from Canada has met several clubs in Ireland and Scotland, whero-as in the north of England-the season begins much earlier than in the south; ad there will soon ...

... FOOTBALL ?? THE YORKSHIE CLUBS . AND PEOFES- SIONALISM.' Last evening a miretimg, called at the instance of the Halifa-' Club' was hold ar the, Queen's Hotel, Ieeds, for the purpose of considering two' important questions-one having regard to'profeasionalism, aud the other that of county matahese being played on Saturdays. Captain BELL, of the Halifa= Club,. presided. There were repre- ?? p ...

... BRADFOR)D RUES-PRIZE SHOOTING. The third contest on, the programme, which forms, h riiplone of the season, took uav tBaildon, on y.Teprizes consisted of eht La Ia CJbalUn v0le'ahns twenty guineas, andfi o irncash, divided in th timepiece to. become thepeyoftecr- tor lrdwiningit three tinmes. at l llin of the battalion who hadl performedforbtlonadoi company drills., 334 members of the corps had ...

... POXHOUNDS. BAnDswocra ?? m, Dw. 19 .adiw3ortl ?? . ?? i. 0 S. t., Dec. 21 ?? . R.ingstonc Fill ?? _1.}30 onor, Den 23 ?? New~tead % rLT ?? .. L0 TeS., Dec.124 ..urtrora Station iby per- eais-ion) .31 . 0 Fri., Dec. 27 ?? Wientbritge . . IL 0 Satctr., Dec. 28 . O .lwei Park . O.0 ELDL ?? Wed,.De 18 ?? BPorghbrid,,e ?? il. O Pri. Drec. 20 ?? 3'aper Ardon ?? 11. 0 etY., Dec. 20 ?? .iumby Gastle . ...

... HUNTING MPOTM;ENTS. 7, Sat., Mar. 22 ?? Wentbridge ?? 11: Btmi Friday, Mar. 21,..Brongl Ball ?? 11.20 ~e ?? 21cr. 24 .Thorpp.Perr'sw ?? 0 1Wed., Mar. 26 ..Sleningford Park * 2 0 roFriday. Mar. 22..Hatipeny House .12. 0 15 Em.;zA.LE ?? Fri., Miar. 21. .. .. Lecndsa ?? ly BaasLAxAemaoos ..Friday, Mar.21 .The Wild~g ?? L2.U0 8%t Salo, Mrs. 22 ..B3Cea Mill ?? 0 Mo.1,a.4..Hinbr ?? .1. H Wed.,3 26c ...

... SRIPN{G APPOINTHENTS. FOXHOUNDS. Yoa5r3ea AsNmTorou, Feb. 27. .Birstwith Smtn ispeaall rain 9 30' ?? ?? ?? 0 .Satnr.,Mar. ?? Wheldrake ?? -. 3 Mon.h Mar. 3 ?? Melbourne : A Toes., Mar. ?? ?? 3 This. Mar. 6 ..Allerton nntior aps-a.)' i Bnpswar S.* , S Mar. 8 ?? 6esayzitanon 5z-c:O.. 3 .BAmsvo ?? Thur., Feb. 27 ..Dertn. Der.or .. :elo Satin., Mar. I. 1Wenthride .. . :. S Mon Mar. 3 .Darriro ? ...

... OR IC K X T. I NORTH OF ENGLAND V. AUSTALIANS. Owing to the heavy rain during Thursday night, and between eleven and one o'clock yesterday, no crioket jW possible at Manchester until neatly three o'clock in the afternoon. B~etween that time and- bait-past six, however, a lot of progress was made with the match between the North of England and the Australians, fifteen wickels going dawn in ...