Possible Clues:

• Cricketer gets runs during a defeat — this is sub-par
• Flier over southern oceans, rare bird on course?
• Winger's cross to bear!
• Fewer shots than expected from cricketer getting runs during a licking
• Impressive golfing feat, something Jack will never shoot?
• A failure to hold club right, something few golfers achieve
• Defined by 'flipping raucous sort', a black bird
• Hole in one, perhaps, for mariner's dependant
• Burden that golfer with a hole in one might register?
• A large creature flying over southern sea