Cricket 1883

292 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. ' AUGUST 2, 1883. K E N N I N G T O N OVAL . THIS DAY. G R A N D C R I Q K E T M A T C H . Surrey y . Somersetshire. A d m ission : - S I X P E N C E . BANK HOLIDAY BANK HOLIDAY, AUGUST 6th, O V A L - SURREY V. NOTTS. THE U C R I C K E T i B A T S , B A L L S , & C . , THE Y L A W N A i L i T E N N I S G O O D S Are undoubtedly the best and cheapest in the market, and can only be obtained at WARD’S. Price List with full particulars sent free upon applying at M / A R n ’ Q A T H L E T I C V V n E l U 0 W A R E H O U S E , HECKMONDWIKE, YORKSHIRE. C R I C K E T ! L A . W 1 V T E j M V I S M FO O TB A LL !! ! F irst P riz e M e d a l a t M e lb o u rn e E x h ib itio n , 1880. JAMES LILLYWHITE, FROWD&Co. 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. 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C rick e t will beforwarded by firstposton Thursday morning to any address in Great Britain , on receipt ofa Postal Order (not Stamps) for the amount of the subscription (Is. lOd. for 8 numbers, up to September 22nd, or up to April next, including six Winter Numbersfor 3s. Id., with present issue). Post Office Orders and Cheques can be made payable to W . R. W rig h t, at the head office , and crossed “London and County , Holborn .” C rick e t is registered for transmission abroad and can be sent,postfree, at the regularnewspaper rates ofvostage to any part of the world. A few copies of Vol. I. are to be had bound, price 7 s. 6 d. It contains Portraits and Biogrphie* of all the members of the Australian Team of 1882, “ Cricketers ofmy Time," by John N yren , and a number ofinterest­ ing articlesby the bestwriters on the Came. CFtncftct x A WEEKLY RECORD OF THU GAME. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1883. Tho abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. I t is rumoured that negotiations are on foot for a match between the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s eleven, just returned from Aus­ tralia, and a team of Englandduring the Scarborough meeting, which is to commence On tlie 30th inst. At present the chances of the conclusion of such a fixture are doubtful. T h e cricket of the Eugby and Marl­ borough match last week did not pre­ sent very many noteworthy features. It was, though, a little peculiar that two of the Eugby batsmen to make so long a stand in the second innings should both wear spectacles. A much respected friend of mine, one of the chief officers of the first Club in the Eingdom, tells a rather amusing story of a match he saw himself. The two chief bowlers of one side both wore glasses, and one of them was unfortunate in the course of the game to have his broken. As no others were procurable, the two bowlers had to use the one sound pair every alternate over. The narrator adds that the Bowler when off duty was useless in the field as he was altogether unable to see with his natural vision. A pair of “ specs” is the dread of every batsman, how­ ever useful they may be at times to a bowler. I r e m e m b e r an extraordinary paragraph in one of tlie high-priced Society papers last summer, during the visit of the Aus- tralians’liinting at the reasonofMurdoch’s extraordinary luck in winning the toss. I feel sure the Surrey Captain would be grateful to any one who would explain to him a reliable preventive against losing it. I believe I am correct in stating that in the sixteen matches Surrey has already played this season, its captain has only been three times suc­ cessful in the spin of the coin. Talk of luck! W h i l e on the subject of the toss I may add that there seems to be a growing feeling among the more influential section of cricketers in favour of a new de­ parture in this matter. I know a great many influential players who are strongly of opinion that in matches where there is a return the captain of the side losing the toss in the first meeting should have the choice of going in or not on the second occasion. This year, mainly at the suggestion of Yorkshire, tlie counties proposed a new rule relating to rolling the wicket on the second and third mornings which has become law, and I do not see why the suggestion above should not be carried out. C r i c k e t e r s have been indebted to the Sporting Times for many a hearty laugh during the past few weeks. I have myself enjoyed some of the stories muchly, and to me, at least, the majority have had the advantage of being new, a rarity in cricket tales generally. But that anecdote about Dr. E. M. Grace and the umpire, in last week, has shaken my confidence in the Pink ’ Lin. I told it myself in C r i c k e t as long ago as the 81st of May. “ The Master,” whose acquaintance, by-the-way, I have had the pleasure of enjoying for some years, must really see to this. T h e mention of Peate’s extraordinary bowling for Yorkshire, in the first innings of Surrey, at Holbeck, has fur­ nished the opportunity for a notice of many noteworthy feats with the ball in first class matches. A correspondent thinks that Mr. W. G. Gracc’s biographer might have alluded, a fortnight ago, to the extraordinary feat of bowling re­ corded to his credit for Gloucestershire against Yorkshire at Cheltenham, in April, 1877. On the third day he de­ livered ten overs and one ball (nine maidens) for seven wickets, an almost unprecedented achieven e it in first-class matches, says one of the scribes who re­ ported the game. In reality though, the seven wickets were obtained from Mr. Grace’s last seventeen balls for no run. In the two innings of Yorkshire, Mr. Grace bowled 76 overs and a ball (86 maidens) for 89 runs and seven wickets. A f o r t n i g h t ago I announced the forth­ coming marriage of the Hon. Thomas Henry William Pelham with the Miss Louisa Eeith Bruce. The happy event was duly celebrated on Thursday last at St. Jude’s, Eensington, by the Eev. E. -W. Forrest, D.D., vicar of St. Jude’s, assisted by the Eev. Fran­ cis G. Pelham. The Hon. Ivo Bligh officiated as best man to his uncle. By a printer's error I was made to say a fortnight ago that the Hon. F. G. Pel­ ham was captain of the Cambridge Uni­ versity Eleven in 1876-77. It should have been 1866-67.