Madras has sent up a team to play Bangalore at Badminton cricket, racquets and billiards. Sport began on Monday last with Badminton. The play in this was not good, what made it worse was the high wind which blew. The result of the Games, I give below: … Badminton: Single Game: … Madras won: Double Game … Bangalore won … 5 a-side Game: Madras Team: Major Prendergast, Capt. Anderson, Capt. Wright, Mr. Tylden, Mr. Yates: … Madras Team: Mr. G. G. Arbuthnot, Mr. C. L. O’Brien, Mr. Baddeley, Capt. Penncuick … Madras won … On Tuesday tents were pitched for cricket and wonderful to say, the siders were up to time – a rule but seldom observed here. Bangalore won the toss, and put in their opponents, and for the 1st innings Madras scored 122 runs – double figures being made by Pennycuick, Pinsent, Symonds, Baddely, and G. Arbuthnot, the latter carrying out his bat. After tiffin Bangalore commenced its innings and matters looked rather blue when 3 wickets for about twenty runs; … [continues] … Scores: … Madras: … 1st Innings: Madras, 122: … (includes) … C. Pinsent, b. Neild, 12: 2nd Innings: Madras, 40 … includes C. Pinsent, c. Yates b. Neild, 12 … [Bangalore won]
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