Cricket 1883

CARTERS’ PERMANENT AND BEAUTIFUL LAWNS. Carters’ Invicta LawnSeeds. In Sealed Packets, 1/- 1/6 and 2 /6 ; per bushel, 30/-. The 1 /6 packet will sow 1 rod of ground. CARTERS’ GRASS SEEDS FOR TENNIS & CRICKET GROUNDS. (As used exclusively at Lord’s and Wimbledon). Per lb. 1/ - ; per bushel 2 0 / - ; all carriage free. 40 CRICKET; IMPORTANT FACTS! THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL for Grass Seeds at the Paris Exhibition WAS WON WITH CARTERS’ Grass Seeds. AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION Carters’ Grass Seeds BEAT 13 OTHER ENGLISH and Foreign Competitors. THE ONLY OTHER AWARDS for ENG­ LISH GRASS SEEDS at the Paris Exhibition WERE A SILVER AND A BRONZE MEDAL. THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL awarded for ENGLISH GRASS SEED at the SYDNEY EXHIBITION was WON WITH CARTERS’ GRASS SEEDS. THE GOLD MEDAL MELBOURNE EXHI­ BITION, was AWARDED TO CARTERS’ GRASS SEEDS. LAWN— SEE CARTERS ’ PAM PH L E T Gratis and Post Free on application The QUEEN’S SEEDSMEN. By Royal Command to H R H, the PRINCE OP WALES. 237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. C R I C K E T ! L A W N T E i V T V I S ! ! F O O T B A L L ! ! ! FIH st P rize M edal at M elbourne E xhibition , 1880. JAMES L I L L YW H I T E , F R OW D ^ C o . 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 ounces lighter than any other B at ; universally allowed to be the greatest improvement made in Bats since cane handles were introduced. Pub­ lishers of JAMES LILLY W H ITE’S CRICKETERS’ ANNUAL. Manufactory and Warehouse :— i and 6, Newington Causeway, and 73 and 74, London Road, London. 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C ricket presents an unequalled medium for announce­ ments in connection with the game, as the circulation is already in advance of any newspaper of the kind. The scores of most of the principal Clubs will appear exclusively in its columns, and there is already a large number of sub­ scribers, including most of the leading players of the day. C ricket 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. It is also filed in most of the public libraries of Australia, and numbers among its sub­ scribers cricketers and dealers in cricket materials all over the globe. A limited number of high-class Advertisements will be taken on terms to be obtained of the Manager. For ordinaryAdvertisements,the charge will be 31- per inch narrow column. © r t c i t e t t A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1883 CRICKET LUNCHEONS. A l e t t e r which appeared in tile last issue of this paper on the subject of Cricket Luncheons is well worthy of careful consideration. The communication deserves additional weight from the fact that the writer is enabled to speak ex cathedra. Along and practical experience in the management of cricket clubs invests his remarks with special import­ ance. In some matches, around London particularly, it will Be generally admitted that a considerable amount of time is wasted. The expense of cricket luncheons is a very important item to many young players, whose purses are not of the largest, and any reform which is directed towards reducing the expenditure inci­ dental to the pursuit of the game, is a move in the right direction. It is more, though, to the unnecessary waste of time in connection with luncheons, that we would wish to draw the attention of cricketers generally. In the more im­ portant contests at Lord’s and the Oval, an allowance of forty and forty-five minutes respectively, is made for the regular cricket meal, and as the game is played strictly at both grounds, this can hardly be considered excessive. In many club matches,though,alaxitywith regard to the systematic conduct of the game is often observable. Matches popularly supposed to begin at eleven o’clock are not com­ menced until long after that hour, and it happens not infrequently that a start is deferred until so late, that only a brief spell of play is possible before the arrival of the time for luncheon necessitates a stoppage in the game. The question of the expense of luncheons is a very serious one, no doubt, but the often quite un­ necessary amount of time devoted to their enjoyment is, to our mind, of greater importance. Were play begun at eleven o’clock sharp, and the game carried 011 with wiiat we may term military pre­ cision until seven o ’clock, 110 reasonable person would cavil at an interval of even three-quarters of an hour for luncheon. Of late, though, in many places the hour for the commencement of the game has been gradually extended until it is, as a rule, noon, and even later before the players are accustomed to take the field Again, the anxiety shown by a certain section of the less enthusiastic order of cricketers to reach home in time for dinner has introduced something of a new departure in cricket, and it occa­ sionally happens that the duration of play even has to be reduced to meet the claims of the dinner-table. It is against this dilettante order of cricket that we offer a protest. If the game is worth playing at all, it should be played with zest and not with the laxity which is often visible. As a rule, day matches do not involve a very great strain on the physical powers, and an interval of forty-five minutes atthe outside is more than sufficient for the one meal required. I f it is not possible to begin play until past twelve or close on one o’clock, we cannot but think that a better arrangement would be to defer the start until an hour when luncheon has generally been disposed of, and then proceed with the game without other intervals than those prescribed by the rules. This would not only prevent the undue extension of the interval recog­ nised for luncheon, but would at the same time free clubs in a great measure from the unpleasantness as well as loss experienced in many cases in providing for suitable catering.