Cricket 1892

420 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME; SEPT. 8, 1892 J. DAVENPORT Cricket4 EarnTennisOutfitter 20, ELDON STREET, L i v e r p o o l S t r e e t , E . C . Removed from 38, FINSBURY PAVEMENT NewPrice List now ready. Terras—Ready Money. Cash disoount 10per cent. Speciality — Best All Cane Handle Bats, warranted thoroughly seasoned, 12/6 eaoh. Davenport's Propeller Bat, 15/- nett. Treble Seam Cricket Balls 42/-, 45/-, 64-/, 67/-, per dozen, nett. E.J.PAGEAGO., KENNINGTON PK. RD„ LONDON , S .E . THE C O M B I N A T I O N F L E X I B L E M i l } BUT. These Bats find increasing favour with Gentlemen and Professionals. For driving power they are unequalled. The jar, or sting is entirely obviated, and the hardest hit can be made with­ out feeline any unpleasant sensation. The words “ Combination Flexible” are stamped on each bat. CRICKET BALLS OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY LEO GUARDS, BATTING GLOVES, FOOTBALLS, And all kinds of Indoor and Out> door Games. 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K e m b l e M r . F. R. S p o f p o r t h M r . C . W . W r ig h t A t t e w e l l C h a t t e r t o n G unn P e e l U l y e t t A . W a r d W a in w r ig h t SOUTH. D r . W . G . G r a c e M r . J . J. F e r r is M r . H . T . H e w e t t M r . T . C . O ’B r ie n M r . W . W . R e a d M r . A. E . S t o d d a r t M r . S. M . J. W oods A bel L o h m a n n M a r t in W ood Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, September 12,13, & 14. G E N T L E M E N v. P L A Y E R S TEAMS. GENTLEMEN. D r . W . G . G r a c e Mr. S. M. C r o s f ie l d M r . J . J. F e r r is M r . H . T. H e w e t t M r , A . T. K e m b l e M r . T. C. O ’ B r ie n M r . L. C . H . P a l a ir e t M r . W . W . R e a d M r . A .E . S t o d d a r t M r . S . M . J . W ood s M r . C . W . W r ig h t . PLAYERS. A b e l A t t e w e l l B e a n C h a t t e r t o n G u n n L o h m a n n M a r t in P e e l U l y e t t A . W a r d W ood Wickets pitched at 12 o’clock on the first day of each Match; other days at 11.3 0- Dr. W. G. 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th , 1892. ’Flu abstract and brief ohronlcle of the time.— '___________ HamUt, As the season draws to a olose, and cricketers are seeking for all the good stories relating to their favourite sport, perhaps the following, for which one of the leading lights of Gloucestershire cricket is responsible, will serve to pass the time. Whatever may be its value, it has at least the recommendation that as far as my knowledge goes it has not previously appeared in print. In one of the matches at Thornbury, where Dr. E. M. Grace used to pile up one big innings after another, the Thornbury umpire early in the game was appealed to by the Lansdown bowler for lbw against the Doctor. “ Out I” said that official. “ What! ” roared the Coroner, in a voice of thunder. “ Not out,” returned the umpire; “ Doctor knows best.” A fe w days ago I was fortunate enough to come across an old newspaper of some hun­ dred and fifty years ago, in which was a notice of interest to those of early cricket tastes. The paper in question was No. 1379 of the London Evening Post, and bears the inscription “ From Thursday, September 16th, to Saturday, September 18th, 1756." T h e quaint announcement therein of a forthcoming match between Surrey and Kent, on Kennington Common, comes with some fitness, now just as the two Counties have settled the question of superiority, and almost within a stone’s throw of the old trysting place. Here is the paragraph as it stands verbatim et litteratim ;— On Monday next, being the 20th inst., will be play’d on Kennington Common, the greatest match at oricket that has been play’d for many Years, between the Counties of Kent and Surrey; to begin exactly at Eleven. Those who play for Kent are the same as beat the County of Middlesex last Year on Moulsey-Hurst and Bromley-Com­ mon. To render it more commodious to the Spectators, a great Part of the said Common will be form’d into a ring and roped round. T hou oh two of the party remained at Scar- borough to witness the last stage of the Festival there, the majority of the Dutch cricketers returned to their muttons last weekf after completing the few matches in Yorkshire whioh formed the extent of the programme for their first visit to England. The tour seems to have quite fulfilled their anticipa­ tions, so much so that they have already expresssed their intention of repeating the visit in two years’ time. If the Fates are pro­ pitious we may expect to see their stay then considerably prolonged, to admit of a trip to the South, with matches, if possible, at Lord’s and the Oval, Next summer, if all is well, the Dutchmen will be prepared to welcome another English team got up by J. B. Hatt, who is a persona gratissima to Dutch oricketers. T he sapient critics who would disparage Surrey’s success on account of the presence in the eleven of a player who had been tried and rejected by Notts, may be interested to learn that one of the best all-round players in another first-class County eleven, as well as one of the best amateur wicket-keepers of the day, whom everyone has been pleased to see doing good work for another first-class shire, are both Surrey by birth. Notts is therefore not the only County which sees its sons helping to maintain the standard of cricket elsewhere. A fter all, the discussion proves little more than the wane of the cricket season. Still it may be of use to those who urge that Counties