Cricket 1882

274 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. SEPT. 7, 18S2 3 R I C K E T ! T E N N I S !! F O O T B A L L ! ! First Prize Medal at Melbourne Exhibition, 1880. MAZES LILLYWHITE, FROWD & CO., lanufaeturers of all articles used in the above and other Lthletic Sports. Sp6cialite for the highest class Goods. Bats pecially seasoned for hot climates. Price Lists and all parti- ulars may be had post free. Shipperssupplied.at wholesale prices. J. L., F. and Co. are the sole Manufacturers of Frowd’s new atent “ Special Driver ” Bat, which drives better, jars less, and verages 1£ ounces lighter than any other B at; universally llowed to be the greatest improvement made in Bats since cane landles were introduced. Publishers of JAMES LILLY- iyHITE’S CRICKETER’S ANNUAL. Manufactory and Ware- iouse:— 4and 6, Newington Causeway and 73 and 74, Borough toad, London. F o o t b a l l r/?e very best quality Football Outfits. LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD. george T kent , ATHLETIC CLOTHING MANUFACTURER i 149. 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B O X IN G G L O V E S , Single Sticks, Foils, Masks, Fenoing Gloves, Jackets, Dumb-bells, Iron Shot, Indian Clubs,Hammers, Wristlets, Quoits. 3 Y M N A S T I C Apparatus of all kinds. L A W N T E N N I S Jerseys, Hose, Caps, Knick­ erbockers, Nets, Balls, Bats, and Shoes. GEORGE KENT, 149, FENCHURCH STREET , LONDON C R I C K E T . A W e e k l y R e c o r d o f t h e G a m e THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1882. “ C b ic k e t ” this week consists of twelve, pages anti a wrapper. “ C ricket ” can be had at W . H . Smith & Son’s Book Stall3. The first, second, and third numbers are out of print. T H E A U S T R A L I A N C R I C K E T E R S . No. 19 of “ C rick et ,” to be published next Tliurs' day morning, will contain a portrait and biography of H. F. Boyle, the Australian cricketer. Each following number will contain a portrait and biography of a member of the Australian Team. IM P O R T A N T N O T IC E . The first season of C kicket will end with No. 21, published Sept. 28th. During the next three numbers we propose to publish the Results of Matches of the Principal Clubs. These will be inserted at a charge of 3s. 6d. a column. Secretaries desiring the insertion of their Club’s statistics should forward at once. • ^ E T O - > 0 F v g a B g C ^ I P J F J 0 N « - “ C b ic k e t ” is published at 17, Paternoster Square, London, E.C., and will be forwarded toany ad­ dress inOreat Britain, for four weeks, including present issue, for 10<£. in time for first post on Thursday Morning. It is requested that Postal Orders (not Stamps ) be sent for Subscriptions and Scores. They can be made ~~.yable to W . R. W e ig h t , at the head office, and crossed London and County, Holborn. ‘ ‘ C b ic k e t ” is registered f o r transmission abroad and can be sent, post free, at the regular newspaper rates o f postage to a n y p a rt o f the world. Reading Cases for holding four numbers of “ C ricket ” can now be had at the Office, price 2/-. TO ADVERTISERS. “ C r ic k e t ” presents an unequalled mediumfor announcements in connection with the game, as the circulation is already in advance of any newspaper of the kind. The scores of mostof the principal Clubs will appear exclusively in its columns, and there is already a large number of subscribers, including most of the leading players of the day. “ C r ic k e t ” will be filed too for reference in the Pavilions of all the principal Clubs, and it will thus appeal directly to every class of cricketer. A limited number of high-class Advertisements will be taken on terms to be obtained of the Manager. F o r ordinary Advertisem ents the charge w ill b e 3 /-an inch narrow column. CUI BONO? T he experience of the last week’s reading on the subject of the match between Eng­ land and Australia is a little humiliating. The epithets that have been so unsparingly- used in disparagement of the English eleven prove, if proof were wanting, how un­ forgiving the British public is in weighing a failure. “ Success it is that makes the man,the want of itthe villain.” The English eleven have been feeling during the last few days the bitter pangs of ill-success. A little matter of seven days has brought them, one and all, like criminals before the bar of public opinion. The English language has be n troubled to produce condemnation severe enough for those whose only fault was failure. The want of success has stamped their villainy on the public mind. The harshest of harsh words have been ex­ pended in denunciation of their collapse. Cowardice is one of the mildest terms that have been used by writers who have proved themselves thorough masters in the art of invective. It is enough for j them that the Englislimenwere unsuccessful; that is a crime admitting of no extenuation.. Players who only a few hours before had been deemed worthy of upholding the national reputation were transformed by the mere accident of failure into cricket villains of the deepest dye. Irresponsible as well as responsible writers have bespat­ tered them in proportion as they have lauded the Australians, whom two good boundary hits might have altogether deprived of the glories of a victory. The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories, once foiled, Is from the books of honour razed quite And all the rest forgot for which he toiled. To be unsuccessful is to be incompetent. Such is the verdict of public opinion, and the truth of this assertion has been fully tested by the batsmen who have been, made the victims of popular resentment. Players whose courage has been tried on. many a field have been charged with what is expressively termed “ funk.” Cricketers whose prowess has been proved more than once against this sam& Australian team have been openly accused of want of pluck in facing bowling which they had before found innocuous. The- sudden termination of the game hi favour of the Australians, when an English victory seemed certain, is much to be regretted. At the same time, a victory by seven runs- hardly furnishes a logical deduction that Australian cricket is so much superior to English as to give cause for such a universal wail of decadence. We have much to learn yet from the lessons Australian players have set us hi cricket matters. Yet when Eng­ land next meets Australia it may be that a far more decisive victory than that which has just greeted Australia will be in store for our arms. For the present it may be urged that the attitude of a certain class o f writers to those who, after a thousand victories, have been once foiled, is hardly becoming. The utility of the apparently inexhaustible supply of anonymous abuse which has filled the columns of at least one paper during the week, is equally questionable. C ricket in I r e l a n d . —John Lawrence’s Hand­ book of Cricket in Ireland. Double number, 16-17, 1880-81. Price Is. 6d., per post, Is. 8d. Now ready, contains list of Cricket and Football Clubs in Ireland, with names and addresses of Hon. Secs., and History of Cricket in Ireland in 1880-1881. Published by John Lawrence, Cricket and Lawn. Tennis Outfitter, 63, Grafton-street, Dublin.— [A d v t .] T h e C anadian C r ic k e t F ie l d . — A weekly Record and Review of Canadian Cricket. Published every Wednesday during season except May and September, when there will be only two issues. 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