Cricket 1882

298 CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. s e p t, si, 1882 C 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. JAMES LILLY WHITE, FROWD & CO., Manufacturers of all articles used in the above and other Athletic Sports. Speciality for the highest class Goods. Bats specially seasoned for hot climates. R ice Lists and all parti­ culars may be had post free. Shipperssupplied at wholesaleprices. J. L., F. and Co. are the sole Manufacturers of Frowd’s new patent “ Special Driver” Bat, which drives better, jars less, and averages 1£ ounces lighter than any other B at; universally allowed to be the greatest improvement made in Bats since cane jhandles were introduced. Publishers of JAMES LILLY­ WHITE’S CRICKETER’S ANNUAL. Manufactory and Ware­ house :—4 and 6, Newington Causeway and 73 and 74, Borough iBoad, London. 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No. 21, to be published next Thursday morning, will complete the first season of “ C ricket .” It will contain portraits and biographies of W . L. Mui'doch, the Captain, and C. W. Beal, the Secretary of the Australian Team. IM P O R T A N T N O T ICE . The first season of C kicket will end with No. 21, published on Thursday next. We propose to publish therein 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 must forward’ same by Saturday next. • M f E i p g :- 0 F v S a B g C J ^ I P ¥ J 0 N < - “ C bicket ” is published at 17, Paternoster Square, London, E.G., and will be forwarded to any ad­ dress in Great Britain, for last two num­ bers, including present issue, for 5d. in time for first post on Thursday Homing. A ll letters on the business of the paper must be addressed to Mr. W. R . W right , at the Office. Literary communications to be sent to the Editor. “ C kicket ” is registered f o r transm ission abroad and can be sent, post free, at the regular newspaper rates o f postage to any p a rt o f the world. Reading Cases tor holding four numbers of “ C ricket ” can now be had at the Office, price 2/-. TO ADVERTISERS. “ C r ic k e t ” presentsan unequalled mediumfor announcements in connection with the game, as the circulation is already in advance of any newspaper of the kind. The scores ofmost of 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 willthusappeal directly to every class of cricketer. A limited number of high-class Advertisements will betaken on terms to be obtained of the Manager. For ordinary Advertisements the charge will be 3 /-an inch narrow column. CRICKET CRITICS. Locutus cst bos. The fiat lias gone forth. The very existence of cricket, at least in its present shape, is threatened. The colnmns of the “ Thunderer ” have been occupied of late with a curious interchange of ideas on the subject of our national game. The most extraordinary suggestions have been made with a view to cricket reform. We have ourselves strenuously advocated im­ provements in the general working of the game. The recent proposals of the learned sophists in the Times though contain schemes too vast for any consideration of mere details. They aim at a thoroughly re­ constitution of a sport which has success­ fully held its own as the best of our British pastimes. One naive suggestion is that the wickets should fall alternately on the oppo­ site sides, instead of letting all ten wickets of one side fall before the other goes in. The absurdity of such a scheme we have already pointed out. Another equally ingenious notion is that each side should retire when it has completed a hundred runs. What manner of men they are who propound such extraordinary views it would be interesting to know. Under the shadow of such generalities as “ A Lover of Cricket” their importance is greatly reduced. It would be a mere waste of time to attempt to combat the arguments of these philoso­ phers. There can be no possible force in the plea that because the number of drawn games has recently been above the average the very constitution of the game is in need ofa change. There aremany points which a long experience has proved to be much in need of amendment or rectification. What flaws there are though are more in the ap­ plication oftlie rules or the general manage­ ment of the game than in its main features. No practical cricketer that we know has in­ stituted any suggestion for reform in what we may call the structural aspect of our best English sport. Were the experts polled, we are satisfied that there would only be the smallest minority, even if one were found at all, ha favour of a change, to advocate any material alteration in its organisation, it is weak logic which seeks to reason that the number of drawn games proves the necessity for reform. If matches were played out in a more businesslike way a draw would be of the rarest possible occurrence. Were even a little less time wasted, and a stricter attention paid to the clauses in the rules touching on the times allotted for tlie- change of batsmen, and the duration of the interval between the innings, there would only be a very small number of contests un­ decided. As a matter of fact, at Lord’s,, unless the weather should interfere with the progress of the game, it is very unusual for a match to occupy the maximum limit of three days. Of late years an evident de­ terioration in the general'quality of English bowling has caused a corresponding pre­ ponderance of the bat, which has tended towards a prolongation of matches. The universal improvement in the character o f the grounds has been another point in favour of the batsman, and another contributory to an increased duration of games. Were better time kept, and the bowling generally of a better kind, the chances of a drawn match would be very materially reduced. As it is, the plea that the most minute details of erieket are not thoroughly com­ prehended by foreigners, and ladies will hardly convince cricketers that the game is losing any of its popularity with the public,. H on . Ivo B ligh ’ s T eam tor A ustealia .— The P.. and 0. steamer Peshawur, by which the Hon. Ivo Bligh and a portion of his cricket team are journey­ ing to Australia, passed Sagres at 10 o’clock on Monday morning. A M ovement is on foot on behalf of the principal Australians in London to entertain Murdoch and his team at a banquet on Thursday next. Mr. C. A. W. Lett, 64, OldBroad-street, B.C., will be glad to receive the names of any desirous of co-operating; in themovement.