Cricket 1882

212 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. a u g u s t 10, 1882. C R I C K E T I L A W N T E 1 V I S T S ! ! F O O T B A L L ! ! First Prize Medal at Melbourne Exhibition, 1880. JAMES LILLY WHITE, FROWD & CO., Manufacturers of all articles used in the above and other Athletic Sports. Sp6cialite for the highest class Goods. Bats ipecially seasoned for hot climates. Price Lists and all parti­ culars may be had post free. Shippers supplied at wholesale prices. J. L., F. aud Co. are the sole Manufacturers of Frowd’s new patent “ Special Driver” Bat, which drives better, jars less, and iverages li ounces lighter than any other Bat; universally illowed to be the greatest improvement made in Bats since cam handles were introduced. Publishers of JAMES LILLY- WHITE’S CRICKETER’S ANNUAL. Manufactory and Ware- ar/:.se :—i aud 6, Newington Causeway and 73 and 74, Borough Road, London. FOOTBALL. The very best quality Football Outfits. LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD. GEORGE KENT, A T H L E T IC CLOTHING MANUFACTURER 149, FENCHURCH STREET , J L O N D O N . Intending purchasers should fully understand that in this class of Goods there are three or four inferior and worthless qualities made, but I have 'ound from a long and great experience that the jest quality is the cheapest, and the only one to ae relied upon. I therefore only keep the best, but if most particularly ordered, of course can make m y of the common qualities. JEKSEYS, best 3/9, 4/3, 4/6, 4/9. HOSE 2/, 2/3. 3APS, 1/. GARTERS, 0/6. KNICKERBOCKERS, 3/6, 10/6, 17/6. ELASTIC WEB FIGURE FIT­ TINGS, per pair 7/. FOOTBALLS, No. 5 7/6, 8 / 6 , )/ 6 , 10/6 AIB PUMPS, 3/6, 9/6, 13/6. SHIN 3UARDS, 3/6, 4/. SHIRTS, in two colours 10/6, L2/6, 14/6. GOAL POSTS, 17/, 19/6; do., Rugby, per set 28/6. BOUNDARY STAFFS AND FLAGS. LA CROSSE Jerseys, Hose, Caps, Knicker­ bockers, Bats, Balls. BICYCL ING Caps. Jerseys, Hose, Jackets, Knickerbockers, and Ribbons. BOX ING GLOVES, Single Sticks, Foils, Masks,Fencing Gloves,Jackets,Dumb-bells,Iron Shot, Indian Clubs, Hammers, Wristlets, Quoits. GYM N ASTTC Apparatus of all kinds. LAW N TENN IS Jerseys, Hose, Caps, Knick erbockers, Nets, Balls, Bats, and Shoes. GEORGE KENT, 149, FENCHUBCH STREET, LONDON- C R I C K E T . A W e e k l y K e c o r d o f t h e G a m e THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1882. *‘ C ricket ” this week consists of sixteen pages and a wrapper. This is the second enlargement since the institution of the paper. “ Chkk.'- ” can be had at W. H. Smith & Son’s Book Stalis. TH» first, second, and third numbers are out of print. Next week will be commenced the first of a series of articles by an old Harrovian. No. 1 will be on “ Modem Harrow Cricket,” and this will be followed by " Middlesex Cricket,” and “ A Retrospect,” TH E A U S T R A L IA N C R ICK E T E R S . No. 14of “ CisroKET,” to be published next Thurs­ day m»rning, will contain a portrait and biography >f F. R. Spofforth, the Australian cricketer. Each following number will contain a portrait and biography of a member of the Australian Team. * T E R P g v 0 F v g a B $ C ^ I P T J 0 N * “ C bicket ” is published at 17, Paternoster Square, London, E.C., and xvill be forwarded to any ad­ dress inOreat Britain, for the Season of 9 weeks, including piesevt issue, for 2/0 in time for first post on Thursday Morning. It is requested that Postal Orders (not Stamps) be sent for Sub scriptions and Scores. They can be made “ r.yable to W. R. W eight , at the head office, and crossed London and County, Holborn. ‘ ‘ C bicket ” is registered f o r transmission abroad and can be sent, post free, at the regular newspaper rates o f postage to any p a rt of the world. Reading Cases for holding four numbers of “ C ricket ” can now be had at the Office, price 2/-. TO AD VERTISERS. , “ C r ic k e t ” presents an unequalled medium for announcements in connection with the game, as the circulation is already t * advance o f any newspaper o f the kind. The scores o f most o f the nrincipal Clubs w ill appear exclusively in its columns, and thsre is already a large number o f subtcribers, including most o f the leading players o f the day. “ C ric k e t ” will be filed too for reference in the Pavilions o f all the principal Clubs, and it will thus appeal directly to every class o f cricketer. A limited number o f high-class Advertisements w ill be taken on terms to be obtained o f the Manager. For ordinary Advertisements the charge will be 31- an inch narrow column. A L ITTLE KNOWLEDGE. A l it t l e knowledge is a dangerous thing. An article on the subject of cricket, in a recent issue of a weekly publication bearing the pretentious title of “ Knowledge,” suggests the perils to which a writer only partially acquainted with the matter on which he discourses exposes himself. He must be possessed of great daring or extreme self- consciousness who would venture, in sober earnest, to take exception to the main principle of a sport which, like cricket, has withstood the severe test of public opinion for several generations. It would be diffi­ cult to persuade the general body of cricketers that their game, of which it is said, “ It is English, sirs, from top to toe,” is susceptible of any great improvement. We may grumble occasionally at the mis­ conduct of the weather in furnishing us with a sticky wicket after a long outing on a ground all in favour of run-getting. It is to an extent galling to feel that one has, to use the phraseology of th# day, all the wor*t of the luck. It is more though in exercise of a Briton’ s acknowledged prerogative of grumbling than from any wish to ehange the character of the game that a cricketer complains. As a rule, he values the maxim familiar of his school days, “ squam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem,” and he accepts the doctrine of chances, bows to what is termed the glorious uncertainty of the game. It is this uncertainty, generally regarded as one of the chief charms of cricket, which has exercised the mind of an ingenious contributor to “ Knowledge.” It is only fair to let him state his case in his own way. It should be the interest of all who really love the game to make encounters at fair as possible, and to eliminate every element of chance which can really be removed without touching the essential character of the game, while every game would occupy the full time allotted to the, match, and no game ever end in a draw. This conld readily be effected by letting the wickets fall alternately on the opposing sides, instead of letting all ten wickets on one side fall before the other side goes in. There is something so sublimely original about the suggestion that we are inclined to wonder what manner of man this scientist can be. We shall no doubt be considered frivolous, but his mode of procedure recals to our mind the profane song descriptive of the passage of the animals into the ark, how they Went in two by two, Th# curly-tailed pig and the kangaroo. It requires more than an ordinary mental effort to follow the plan of operations suggested. In its way it is quite as elaborate as the fifteen puzzle. But the author has more to say in favour of his scheme. It will be understood, of course, that a match would be completed with the fall of the last wicket taken before time was up, if that gave both sides an equal number of wickets—otherwise with the last but one, unless after the last but one had in this case been taken, the other side without losing a wicket carried their score beyond that made by their opponents, wken of ceurse they would be adjudged winners by so many runs and a wicket. Otherwise, every match would be won by so many runs, never by wickets. There would be no “ following on ” under any circumstances. We are quite aware (says the writer) that in the working- out of this lohsme several minor matters would arise to which exception would be taken ; but they would not be comparable for a moment witK the very serious defects which this system of the alternate fall of wickets would obviate. Let it suffice to note that, according to present arrange­ ments, the odds are greatly against a match satis­ factorily filling up the time allotted to it and yet being completed within that time, while in the great majority of games the toss, or weather chances independent of the toss, largely affect the result. With such defects it must be confessed that cricket as at present played has some most unsatisfactory features. As modified, it would deserve to be regarded as the finest outdoor game of combined skill and chance in existence. There is a delicious amount of modesty about the last sentence that must ensure for the author a ready hearing from all classes of cricketers. No one can possibly quarrel with his suggestions on the ground of lack of originality. The only fault seems to be that his views are apparently ever so many centuries in advance of the age. B ooks or M aqaiines on C ricket . —The Manager of C kicket is prepared to buy any old books on cricket subjects.—Advt. C kicket . —Wanted, by a first-class ground man and an excellent practice bowler, an engagement where constant employment could be obtained.— Address, H. Grace, Cricketer, 9, Hope-street, Derby.— A dvt .