Cricket 1884

196CBICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JUNE 12, 1884. SAFETY IN THE CRICKET FIELD, TH E “ M.C.C.” DAMP -RE S I ST ING C R I C K E T ritADS MARK B O O T S E S SHOES \ * / STAMPED ON y EVERY PAIB Made upon LILLEY & SKiNNER’s New Principle, P r ic k L is t. f. a. Gent.’s Brown or White Canvas Shoes .............. 4 11 Youths’ „ „ „ „ .............. 4 8 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Shoes ....................... 6 8 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Boots ...................... 8 6 With every pair a Set o f Spikes is given free of eharge. A Discount of 2£ per cent, upon all orders o f twelve or more pairs, THE “ M .C.CDAM P-RESISTING CRICKET BOOTS AND SHOES CAN BE OBTAINED AT LILLEY & SKINNER's Branch Shops: 107, W estbou rn e G r o v e , W . 238, S e v e n S is t e r s ' R oad , N . 115, B rom pton R oad , S .W . 54, C h ippe n h a m T e r r a c e , H arro w B oad , 226, E d g w a r e R o a d , W . 67 and 69, U x b r id g e R o ad , S h e ph e r d ’ s B u sh , W . 847, G osw ell R oad , E.C. 154, S tokk N ew in gton R oad , N . 102, H ig h S t r e e t , N otting Htt.t. G a t e . & ALSO FROM G . H E R B E R T & C o . , 9 PROSPEOT PLAC E, HIGH ROAD, KILBURN. PLAN OF SELF-MEASUREMENT the convenience of those who are unable to visit one of L il l e y & S k in n e r ’ s Establishments. Orders Sent by Post will Receive Prompt Attention* KENNINGTON OVAL. GENTLEMEN0F ENGLAND AUSTRALIANS. J U N E 2 6 , 2 7 , & 2 8 . Admission to Ground - O ne S hilling . Eeserved seats for the stand can be had of the Secretary of the Surrey County Club, Kennington Oval, London, S.E. Prices (which do not include admission to the ground): For the match—covered stand, 20s. ; uncovered stand, 10s. SURREYY.GLOUCESTERSHIRE JUNE 16,17, and 18. Admission to Ground - * S ixpence . CRICKET of next Thursday will contain a Portrait and Biography of Mr. H V. PAGE, of Oxford University and Gloucestershire^ The portrait of Mr. E. J. D iv e r is from a photograph by H.W, R ussell , of Wimbledon. The present issue of C ricket consists of T w en ty - four Pages, or eight pages above the usual size. This is the largest number of pages as yet issued. T hough the paper has been enlarged Four Pnges, several scores are unavoidibly held over till next week. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 1, ST. ANDREW ’ S H IL L , LONDON E.C . THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1884. Tbe abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet, I am given officially to understand that the sub-committees of the Marylebone and Surrey Clubs have mutually agreed after all to abandon the idea of the trial matches for Eng­ land v. Australia, which were to be substituted for the annual fixtures be­ tween Gentlemen and Players. I may add that this step has not been taken from any change of front on the part of the authorities. They are, indeed, still of the same mind, that the trials as intended would be of advantage. It has been found, though, on enquiry that some members of the first eleven as well as of the next thirteen would be unable to play, and therefore as the main object of the fixtures would be lost it has been deemed advisable to revert to the old matches between Gentlemen and Players. T h e following have been chosen to represent the Players in the first of their two matches against the Aus­ tralians, to be commenced on the BramallLane Ground, Sheffield,on the 80th inst: G. Ulyett, E: Peate, W. Bates, Lewis Hall,W.Barnes, M. Sher­ win, A. Shrewsbury, R. G. Barlow, Briggs, W.Flowers, andAttewell. The team is a good one undoubtedly, but I should have preferred to have seen either Emmett or M. Read included in the eleven in the place of Attewell.* * Since the above was written I have seen it stated that Read haa been substituted for Attewell. U nless the announcements which have appeared in several of the papers prove to be unfounded, which is hardly likely, the Hon. Robert Henry Lyttelton, sixth son of the late Lord Lyttelton, is to be married to Edith, the eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Santley, the eminent baritone, on the 14th of July. Mr. Lyttelton was in the Eton College Eleven of 1871, and though he never excelled like his brothers, C. G. (now Lord Lyttleton), Edward, and Alfred, has worthily up­ held the reputation of a great cricket­ ing family. He was while at Cam­ bridge one of the best tennis players there, and in 1874 represented the University in the double match against Oxford. S even , as almost everyone knows, has always been regarded as a holy number. “Whatever its attributes it is a peculiar coincidence how often the numeral has been prominently as­ sociated with Surrey cricket this season already. The Surrey eleven defeated Hants by seven wickets and Leicestershire in both matches by precisely the the same majority. Seven batsmen got double figures in the first innings against Hants and Leicestershire at the Oval. Surrey was beaten by Notts by seven wickets, and it is by no means un­ likely from what I can hear that there will be seven amateurs in the county eleven to oppose Gloucestershire at the Oval on Monday next. A good deal has been written in certain papers about the rare appear­ ances of Mr. T, C. O’Brien, who has scored so heavily this season for Oxford, in the Middlesex eleven in former years. I have been at the trouble of taking out Mr. O’Brien’s scores for the county prior to 1884. His innings were—17, 25, 4, 0, 0, 3, and 8 not out, or 57 runs for six com­ pleted innings, an average of 9.8. On this form it will be conceded he was hardly good enough to secure a per­ manent place in such a strong batting side as that of Middlesex. T he following additional instances of three hundreds in an innings have been kindly sent me by different cor­ respondents :— K.T.L. v. Magdalen College, Cambridge, at Cambridge, June 1, 1883.—T. K. Tapling 120, Hon. D. A. Tollemache 122, H. W. Bainbridge 111— Total 538 for seven wickets.