The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

CRICKET.

The London cricket season " proper" will be inaugurated
this day at Lord's Ground with a match between Eleven
Gentlemen of the Marylebono Club and the Ground Players.
The following will form the respective sides:—
M.C.C.—Messrs. R. D. Balfour, H. Bissett, H. Brand, C.
F. Buller, R. A. Mitchell, J. Pepys,W. M. Rose, J. Round,
E. G. Sutton, R. D. Walker, and V. E. Walker.
The Ground Players. -S. Biddulph, J. Chatterton,
J.
Grundy, T. Hearne, Jordan, G. W. Marten, Mumford,
Nichol], J. if. Nixon, A. Shaw, and G. Wootton.
Tha first " grand match" of the Cambridge season will
also commence this day, the A.ll England Eleven having
undertaken to play Fifteen Gentlemen of Trinity College
—no trifling task. The following aro the published lists,

viz.: -

Trinity College. —Hon. S. G. Lyttel ton, Hon. P. Pelham,
Messrs. C. Absolom, Duguid, E. Gray, C. E. Green, J. S.
E. Hood, Lane, Montgomery, Richardson, H. M. Stow, S.
Warme►, A. Watson, B. Watson, and Yates.
All England Eleven.—Anderson, Carpenter, Hayward,
Jackson, W. Oscroft, Pinder, Rowlett, J. C. Shaw, J. Smith
(Cambs), Tarrant, andß. C. Tinley.

PIGEON SHOOTING .

THE GUN CLUB, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH.

The patrons of this aristocratic club met on Saturday
under the favourable auspices of fine weather, and conse-
quentlywach
waerevreerygarldaergde withatte attendance witnessed
unusual
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in consequence of several new members ecgremeeepi!.:tridnsgeuapcohn
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the following conditions :—To shoot at three
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in a handicap sweepstakes of 1 sov each, from 5 traps,
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for the amusements to commence there were a great many
subscribers on the ground. After many dozen birds had
been shot at for practice, the secretary, Mr. G. A. Battcock,
having obtained no less than 16 competitors for the first
handicap, the sports commenced, and to the astonishment
of the fielders fifteen gentlemen out
of the
brought down iu beautiful style each of, their birds in
the first round, and after some really fine shooting Mr.
1 Gregory and Mr. A. B. Blackburne killed all their
birds and divided. There were twenty competitors in
the second handicap, and Captain N. Burnand, Mr.
Davis, Mr. IL Bentley, and Mr. J. Ariban killed all their
birds in splendid style and tied. They shot the tie off
! bird for bird, when Captain Burnand and Mr. H. Bentley
being the only two who rattled down their birds, they
I divided. Seventeen contended in the third tri, and
Mr.
F. Norris, Captain Ricardo, Mr. C.
Musgroveal, an Sir
Charles Legard brought down all their birds, and tied.
They shot the tie off, and at the end of the second round
Mr. C. Musgrove, who killed alln hi 4 bicentrdsral in an
fire breech-
extraordi-
narily fine style, with a spledid
loader, by Grant, of St. James's-streeter, wogentn.
lem The fo
w urth
hen
contest produced the same numb of en,
Mr. Davis and Mr. C. Musgrove killed all their birds and
divided. The fifth contest produced thirteen marksmen,
and 'Major Longley, Captain Ricardo, and Captain N.
13urnand tied; in shooting the tie off, Major Lon y.
missed, and the others bringing down their birds divided,gle-
Tlie sixth and final contest only produced eight
ers, and Sir C. Legard and Mr. Davis killed subscrib-
birds, and divided. According to all their
the co
nwniber winning or dividing .£lO stood back conditions any
and those who won or divided £2back
0 wont two yards,
in the next handicap, and in the fifththree yards
sweep
went in half a !yard. The betting non-winners
shot, from 7 to 4 to 5 to 2 being freely
was heavy upon each
J. Offer supplied the birds, and it i laid on the gun.
they were strong and swift, a s needless to state
and gay that
general satisfac-
tion.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TUTS DAY.— Morning, 3h. i sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 28m,
To-Moßitow.-Morning, 3h. 50rn.—Afternoon, 411. sin.