Cricket 1882

2 0 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 17, 1882. C R I C K E T . A W e e W j ’ R e o o r d o f t l i o Grfime. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1882. Mr. H. Perkins, the Secretary of Marylebone Club, writes to the Editor— . “ 7 think it highly desirable that a Cricket paper should be published weekly under responsible authority. I consider n~> one more qualified than yourself, and you shall have my hearty support.’’ Land and W ater of May 13 says relative to “ C r ic k e t " — “ W e_h.ct.ve been fa vou red tvith a copy o f the ... fir&i number o f this jou rnal, and we are glad to find that it f ulfils in all p a rticu ­ lars theexpectations that ivzre entertained when the name o f the E d itor was first mentioned in connection w ith it." “ C r ic k e t ” can b e h ad at W. H . S m ith & Son’s, Book Stalls. The first number is out of print. *¥EW*0Fv$aB$CI^IPTJ0N<- “ C r ic k e t ” will be forwarded to any address in Great Britain, fo r the Season of 20 weeks, by first post on Wednesday Morning after thefirst number, 'for 4/- “ C ricket ’’ 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 of the world. TO ADVERTISERS. ‘ C r ic k e t ” presents an unequalled medium fo r announcements n connection with the game. The scores o f most o f the principal Clubs will appear exclusively in Us columns, and there is already a large number o f subscribers, including most o f the leading players o f the day. “ C r ic k e t ” w ill 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 nnmber o f Advertisements w ill be taken on the follow ing terms — _ £ b. d. For entire Page .. .. 3 3 0 „ Half p a g e ...........................1 15 0 „ Quarter page .. .. 0 18 0 Narrow column, per inch - . 0 2 0 A reduction will be made for the season. OURSELVES. A w e e k ago and we were awaiting with considerable trepidation the reception to be given to our first issue. The knowledge that it had to be produced at a very short notice to be contemporaneous with the cricket season, did not tend to allay the anxiety always incident to a first appear­ ance On the contrary the consciousness of certain shortcomings consequent on the difficulties under which we laboured in a very hasty production to keep faith with the public caused us to be less hopeful than we otherwise should. That our fears were groun less has been proved by an amount of appreciation that has far exceeded our most sanguine expectations. Without any appeal except the bare announcement in one sporting paper, the sucoessof “ C r ic k e t ” oil its introduction to an, at times, exacting public, has been so marked that not one copy of the first number is now left for sale. The extreme cordiality with which our first effort has been received, it is needless to add,, has filled us with unmixed satisfac­ tion. It proves that there is an evident want for a journal which will properly represent the thousands who recognise in cricket the national game. We may be pardoned if we take to ourselves the small consolation that the interest taken in “ C r ic k e t ” is due in some small measure to the efforts of those who have launched it into the troubled waters of journalism, and who have to bear all the risks of keeping it afloat. To be brief, we are most deeply sensible of the very great consideration that has been shown to our initial number, the more so as we are painfully conscious of the many errors which in the hurry of publication were allowed to go uncorrected. To the kind friends, many of them previously strangers, who have voluntarily written in terms of cheery encouragement, our very best thanks. With one exception we have met with universal sympathy and good feeling, far more than we had ever thought of in our most hopeful moments. That there is room for a representative journal in connection with cricket, the exhaustion of our first issue conclusively proves. That we can fairly claim to be representative requires no other evidence than the already large number of our subscribers, amongst whom we are proud to own most of the leading cricketers of the day. “ C r ic k e t ” will continue as it has begun, to study the welfare of every class of players. We are thoroughly sensible of the high trust that has already been bestowed on us, and in our keeping the highest interests of the game will, we assert with confidence, in no way suffer. W h a t’s ix a N am e.— The funny contributor of the Sjdney Mail seems to have been greatly exercised about the exact pronunciation of Ulyett’s name. Now there’s another trouble he writes. Is the lightning bowler’s name Ulyett, or ?7-lett ? I appealed to Nat. He didn’t know. He had asked the owner of the doubtful patronymic (again I quote Nathaniel’s own words); had conversed with him for several hours on the subject, or rather, had listened while Mr. Ulyett, or iZ-lett, did the talking, but the result was unsatisfactory, probably owing to the circumstance that Nathaniel didn’t under­ stand the Yorkshire language. T he Match arranged between Richmond and Beckenham, for Wednesday, 10th May—on the ground of the latter—fell through, owing to the inability of Beckenham to get together an eleven. THE CANADIAN CRICKET FIELD—A weekly Record and Review of Canadian Cricket. Published every Wednesday during season except May and September, when there will be only two issues. Advertisements and Subscriptions will be received at the office of “ C r ic k e t .” the Ijondou Agency,— Advt. - H = P / I Y I M O F i : G 0 ^ I P ^ The abstract and brief chronicle of the time,^- Hamlet. BOYLE—A Fancy Sketch. * Is it not Rose Darfcle [in “ David Copper- field ” who always asks for information? There are people “ who 'want to know, you know,” and I am one ofthem. What I should like to ask is “ Why there should only be one match between England and Australia ? Is there any valid reason why we should not have a second?” I think not. The Australians would have preferred three as a more conclusive test of the cricket of the two countries. There might be difficulties in the way of three fixtures, but two could be easily managed if a real effort were made. The Australians, as all the cricket world knows, have arranged their differences with the Marylebone authorities, and are to appear at Lord’s on June 10 and two fol­ lowing days. Why should not the Aus­ tralians meet England there instead of M.C.C. and Ground, and let the match at the Oval on August 28 be the return ? I pause for a reply. I don’t believe for a moment that either Surrey or Yorkshire would obstruct the way. A f e w Shakspearian mottoes for the Australian team— “ They have measured many a mile to tread a measure with you on the grass.” __ Love's Labour Lost. BANNERMAN AND BONNOR. “ This is the short and the long of it.” __ Merry Wives of Windsor. MURDOCH.—Oval, Sept. 8, 1880. “ If you have writ your annals true, ’tis there that, like an eagle in a dove-cote, I fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Alone I did it—boy ! ”— Coriolanus, M’DONNELL. “ I bear a charmed life.” — Macbeth. *Bypermission of tl»e Australian Sketcher.