Cricket 1883

1 3 6 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 31, 1883 C R I C K E T ! L A W N T E N N I S ! ! F O O T B A L L ! ! ! irst P r ize M edal at M elbourne E xhibition , 1880. JAMES L I LLYWHI TE, FROWDdCo . Manufacturers of all articles used in the above and other Athletic Sports. Specialite for the highest class Goods. Bats specially seasoned for hot climates. Price lists and all particulars may be had post free. Shippers supplied at wholesale prices. J. L., F. and Co. are the sole manufacturers of Frowd’s new patent “ Special Driver ” Bat, which drives better, ars less, and averages l i ounces lighter than any other Bat; universally allowed to be the greatest improvement made in Bats since cane handles were introduced. Pub­ lishers of JAMES LILLYW H ITE’S CRICKETERS’ ANNUAL. Manufactory and Warehouse:— 4 and 6, Newington Causeway, and 73 and 74, London Road, London. 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From time immemorial the Nottingham executive have tested the powers of the Young Players on Easter Monday. Eor some years, too, Derby­ shire has followed the example of its powerful neighbour, and it is only this season, we believe, that it has been found advisable to try a change. The incon­ veniences incidental to the system so long in vogue at Nottingham are too obvious to need mention. The weather at Eastertide is always uncertain and uncricketlike, andwhen Easter falls early, as is the case this year, the difficulties of getting a reliable test of the abilities of the youngsters, whose only trial it is for the season, are greatly increased. With counties less favoured in the matter of professional cricketers, a Colts’ match at Eastertide would be an absolute impossibility. As it is, even with a shire so well supplied^withrising talent asNotts, the system is, as we have already said, not only inconvenient at times, but in many cases unfair to the youngsters them­ selves. Without any real chances of practice at a season when the ground is generally heavy and the wind is often keen enough to benumb the hands and freeze every possible particle of enthusiasm, the Colts are generally seen under anything but favourable conditions, many of them checkedin their career for a time, merely because they have not had a fair chance of showing their true form. Notts can by reason of its strength afford to ignore considerations which would present insuperable ob­ stacles to other less fortunate shires, but the policy, it may be urged, is none the less injudicious. The Yorkshire executive wisely defers its annual trial until its youngsters have had some opportunity for practice, and the weather is more genial for cricket purposes. With tho two great Northern counties, there is a certain advantage that their richness in professional talentnecessitates an earlier preparation than is the case with counties more dependent on amateurs. The dozens of young cricketers whom Notts sends out as ground bowlers, require a certain amount of preliminary practice in anticipation of their engagements. In the South, matters are unfortunately very different. The supply of really capable young professionals is unhappily, what­ ever optimists may urge to the contrary, very scanty. In many of the agricultural districts, cricket does not begin until May has well advanced, and even the Colts’ matches played in that month in the South, find the young cricketers any­ thing but fit. The primary object of these yearly Colts’ matches, is obviously to produce players for immediate service, but as a rule in this pur­ pose for a very important reason, the absence of the requisite amount of talent, they have failed. A recent correspondence has re-opened the ques­ tion of the advisability of a second trial of Colts in the case of the Southern Counties towards the close of the season. We do not hold with the theory that young players can be too highly tried. It is the weakness of young pro­ fessional cricket in the South that has necessarily reduced the quality of the test to which Southern Colts have been subjected oflate years. A proposal has been made to institute a match between a certain number of colts and one of the County Elevens of the South late in August or early in September. Such a proposition is well worthy of serious consideration. At that time every one c f the young players would be in full practice, and a Colts’ Match under such conditions would be in every way a fair and conclusive test. A fixture of this kind, say the Surrey Eleven against Eighteen or Twenty-two Colt3 cl tlie South at the Oval, would te popular as well as useful. O n May 19, Watnall (Notts) scored 13 (two extras) against Old Brinsley. A f e w small scores.—Everton v. Lancaster Grammar School, 18 and 28; Dnnston v. F rien d s 15, May 19; Castle Town v. Nullfield Juniors 10'i(four extras), May 19; Durham University v. Durham School 19 (7 extras), May 191 Southampton Club v. Worthy Park 12, May 17-