Cricket 1883

APRIL 19, 1883. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 7 * f - C 0 I ^ E $ P 0 p E N C E ^ We are not responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. No communications can be inserted un­ less they bear the name and address of the writer, as a proof of good faith, not necessarily for publication. “ ADVICE TO YOUNG PLAYERS.” To t h e E ditok of “ C r ick e t . ” Sie, —In the last number of C r ic k e t you publish some “ Advice to young Players ” from Boyle and Scott’s Australian Annual. I beg to inform you that the advice in question is copied verbatim from ‘ 1Routledge’s Sporting Annual ” of the year previous, and is my own composition. One slight alteration has baen made by Messrs. Boyle and Scott, they have substituted the words “ Palmer’s, Boyle’s, Spofforth’s,” for the“ Shaw’s and Morley’s ’’ of tho original. May I ask you kindly to publish this in your next issue, in justice to myself?—Yours, &c., W, S apte , Junr. (Editor of Eoutledr/e's Sporting Annual.) 19, Abchurch-lane, March 21, 1883. T w enty Inter-colonial Matches have now been played between Victoria and New South Wales. Of these Victoria has won seventeen, and New South Wales thirteen. P iuotioe began on the University Ground at Cambridge on Monday last. S urrey has arranged twenty-three County Matches for this season. O n February 24, in an Australian Match be­ tween Boor’s Plains and Jerusalem, R. Mathews for the former, clean bowled all ten wickets. Jerusalem only scored 23. O n March 3, in a match between South Mel bourne against Hotharn, South Melbourne were dismissed for six with only three from the bat, Munro, of Hotham, took five wickets for one run, and O’Brien five for two. Hotham scored 36. Palmer, of the Australian Eleven, took seven of their wickets for seven runs. L ord H arris has just returned to London from a winter’s trip to India. L ord B eeper , Lord Harris, Messrs. F. Lee, A. N. Hornby, and Major-General Trevor have been nominated for election to the Committee of the M.C.C. on May 2, in plaoe of the members re­ tiring by rotation. R ichard H um phrey ' s to have a benefit match at the Oval in 1884. T est practice of Colts began at the Oval on Monday. Upwards of fifty young players will be tried during the week. T he Cricket;Calendar will be out on the 30thjinst. M e . C. F. T u en e ll , who played for Kent some years ago,has invented an ingenious chart for the registration of batting and bowling averages. Copies can be had of the publishers, Messrs. Wright and Co. (The Cricket Press), 17, Pater­ noster Square. T h e matches of the Free Foresters Club will appear regularly in C r icket during the summer. A m atch between Yorkshire and Notts v. England will be played at Bradford on June 18, and two following days. O n the 1st of February in an Australian match between the Bohemians and Colac, W. Tobin, for the former, took five wickets for no runs. M r . W. W. R ead is now a land owner in Australia. His success in making the highest score at Maryborough, in Queensland, entitled him to an allotment of land now valued at £25 in the township of Carolin, Queensland, offered by a syndicate to the most successful run-getter. BRILLS SEA SALT Should be used by all CRICKETERS and ATHLETES. It braces and rj- freslies, and is invaluable for SPRAINS and STRAINS. l i d - 1» !•: U A . T OF ALL CHEMISTS, Ac. RICHARD DAFT (Late Captain of the Notts County Eleven) CRICKET, FOOTBALL, LAWN TENNIS, A STD BR IT ISH SPORTS EMPORIUM OUTFITTER to the Army and Navy and the principalColleges,Schools and Clubs in the United Kingdom. See Price List for Spe­ cial Discount. CARRIAGE PAID ON ALL ORDERS E X ­ CEEDING £1 ACCOMPANIED W ITH CASH. Clubs and Schools provided with reliable professional bowlers. Illustrated price-lists, containing laws of each game, also CRICKET FIXTURES for 1833, POST FREE. WHOLESALE and SHIPPING ORDERS PROMPT!- EXECUTED. 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