The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-26 00:00:00

CRICKET.

The Stockton cricketers have had two grand matches,
anti have come off victorious in both cases—the first with
the Sunderland, Hendon, on the 21st inst., and the
second on the 22d, with the Northumberland Club, New-
castle, both played on the new ground at Stockton.
STOCKTON V. NEWCASTLE (NORTHUMBERLAND).
STOCKTON.

Baker, run out 3 c Smith
Lancaster, J., c Moore ...... .. 3 c Ford 8
Hornby, c Smith 1 c Clay 3
kdale it out .- 26 c Bell .-

Stockdale, not ot.
Rapley, c Moore .. ...... • 0 b Bell 0
Lancaster, J., 1b w 1 1b w
Maister, Rev. H., st Beldon ... 37 b Bell ...... .... 2
Allan, b Thompson 2 b Thompson
Scarth, b Bell

Salmon, b Bell.

Sanderson, for Shepherd, b Bell 0 Shepherd', not out... 4
Byes, Sze.

90
NEWCASTLE.

.. ..
Moore, b Scarth
Sinclair, b Scarth
Beldon, Wm., b Rapley ......
Thompson, b Scarth
Smith, Paul, cJ. Lancaster 4 c Stockdale
Scott, b Rapley
Bell, Wm., c Stockdale ...... ... 8 c Baker
Taylor, run out
Hutton, b Rapley ..... 1 Not out
Ford, Rev. H., c Baker
Clay, not out
Byes 2O Byes ... 8

Stockton ... .....
Newcastle .. . .

In favour of Stockton
MABILEBONE CLUB AND GROUND AGAINST THE

COUNTY OF SUSSEX.
This match was. commenced at Lord's yesterday, and
he following is the score of the first day's play:—

SUSSEX.-1.9t
Dean, c Redding, b Hillyer
Wisen, b Iliflyer ... •••
Hodson, b 1111r/bite
Box, c HaygArth, b Lillywhite
E. Nipper, E q., b Hillyer .••
W. Yapper, Eq.. c Dakin, b Lillywuite
Bushy, hit w. b Lillywhito ••• ... .••
Picknell, b Hillyer ••• ••• •••
Hammond, not out ... ••• •••
G. Birtou, Esq.. b Hillyer ..• •••
ff. M. Carteis, Esq., 1 b w, b Clarke
b 7, w nb

Total ...
MARYLEBONE.-13t INN.
Hoc. R. Griroston, run out ...
A. ilaygar: h, Esq , not out ...
Clarke, c Hodson, b Wisden
Chester, 1 b w, b Hodson
Hillyer, not out
Dakin
Kynniton, Esq.
W. Nicholson. Esq.
W. Ridding, Esq.
S. Whitehead, Esq.
Lilly%hito

b 12, w 1, nb

Total

PEDESTRIANISNI.

64
4
5
2

29
0
9
8
0

THE GREAT RACE FOR 200/. BETWEEN REED AND
SEWARD.—Five thousand of her Majesty's lieges, at a
moderate computation,
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were to settle the moot point, as to
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which should first cover 440 yards of ground. To those
who interest themselves, pecuniarily or personally, in
pedestrian performances,the particulars of the public
feats of the men are well known, to others a detail would
be a mere waste of space. Seward, after achieving a re-
putation which placed him on the very pinnacle of fame
as a runner for a moderate distance. say 200. yards as a
maximum, was in this instance matched Against a pedes-
trian, whose merits at a quarter of a mile had been pa-
tiently shadowed oat in his victory over Robert Inwood,
of Too►ing. The rumour, too, hai got abroad that Se-
ward was not all he should be; that he had never re-
covered his strain at Sheffield, &c., &". We have goof
reason to suspect these rumours to have been an intended
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most tempting extent. Although the articles specified
the race to be run between three and five, procrastina-
tion was so completely the order of the day, that it was
15 minutes past seven when the men were en tenue at the
scratch. The vista, es taken frous the vehicle of the re-
feree, some three hundred yards above the trio of mag-
pies, was at this moment peculiar, and perhaps not to be
paralleled elsewhere than in this tight little island. The