The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1889-01-19 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

RUGBY FOOTBALL.  LEAMINGTON FOOTBALL.-St. John's let team on Saturday went to Handeworth and there played the local club. The visitors won by three goals and four tries to nil.—St. John's 2nd team also played a match with the Coventry Rangers on the ground in the Tachbrook Road. The St. John's had to play with several substitutes, but they managed to win the game by one try to nil. The Parish Church Club on Saturday played the Banbury Club, when the game resulted in a draw. —The Leamington Hillside Rovers played the return match with the Coventry Lord Street Club, on Saturday last, on the ground of the former at Lillington. The match was excellently played on both sides, and ended in a draw, the Lord Street club having scored one try and two touchdowns, and the Rovers one try and two touchdowns.—The Leamington St. Paul's Choir Club met the Stratford Choir School, under Association rules, on Saturday last, on the ground of the latter. After an excellent game the match ended in a draw, neither side having scored. Coventry met the Middlesex Wanderers on Saturday, and simply walked round and over them. The Wanderers seemed not to treat the match ,as a serious affair, and in the end the record, stood—Coventry, three goals and three tries; Wanderers, nothing. In the Midland district Saturday was a busy day. Moseley had little difficulty in lowering the colours of the Edgbaston Crusaders by two goals two tries to one try. The winners secured their points from tries by Lycett, Rogers and Nicoll, Albert Smith cleverly dropping a goal. Appleby taking a faulty pass ran in the try for the Crusaders. For tall scoring Stratford-on-Avon takes the top round of the ladder, having put on six goals three tries against Wolverhampton. The losing side was much weaker than the combination which met Coventry, or, judging from this form, it would seem that there is some prospect of Stratford proving a thorn in the side of some of the older organisations. The achievement of the leading Stratford club was equalled by the comparatively unknown Crusaders from the banks of the Avon, who displayed a fine capacity for scoring against Alcester, the record being four goals five pies.  A company is being formed in Melbourne "for the importation of domestic servants." What possibilities of similar enterprise at home such an  announcement suggests! Severe fighting is reported from Burmah. The column under General Collett came into conflict with the Red Rarens on New Year's Day, and the British lost five Sepoys and the "enemy" 200 men.  Samuel Reyland, the labourer who is charged with the murder of Emma Jane Davies, a little girl, at Yeobridge, Somerset, was brought before the Ilminster magistrates on Saturday. After further evidence had been given, he was committed for trial.  William Cropper, the Derby professional cricketer, while playing in an Association game of football at Grimsby on Saturday, for Staveley, against Grimsby, was accidentally kicked in the stomach by David Doyle, one of the half-backs, and WRB carried off the field. He died on Sunday from his injuries. It is stated that rough play prevailed all through the game. A correspondent at Madrid telegraphing on Saturday says :—News has just reached Madrid to the effect that a large steamer, the name and nationality of which are not yet known, was wrecked yesterday off the Sisarga Islands, east of Cape Finisterre. One hundred persons were drowned, either by the sinking of the vessel or in the attempt to reach land in the vessel's boats.