Cricket 1884

268 CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 10. ism . 8AFETY IN THE CRICKET FIELD. T H E “ M.C.C.” DAMP -RES I ST ING C R I C K E T BOOTSi \ SHOES STAMPED ON '^ J /T jjV V EVERT PAIB Made upon LILLEY & SKLNNER’a New Principle. P rice L ist . 8. d. Gent.'s Brown or White Canvas Shoes .............. 4 11 Youths’ „ „ „ „ ............... 4 8 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Shoes ....................... 6 6 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Boots ...................... 8 6 With every pair a Set of Spikes is given free of eharge. A Discount o f 2'£ per cent . upon all orders of twelve or more pairs. THE “ M.C.C.” DAMP-RESISTING CRICKET BOOTS AND SHOES CAN BE OBTAINED AT L IL LE Y d SKINNEB’s Branch Shopt : 107, W estbourne G rove , W. 238, S even S isters ' R oad , N. 115, B rompton R oad , S.W. 54, C h ip p en h am T errace , H a r r o w R oa d . 226, E dgware R oad , W. 67 and 69, U xbridge R oad , S hephebd ’ s B ush , W. 847, G oswell R oad , E.C. 154, S tokb N ewington R oad , N. 102, H igh S treet , N otting H ill G ats. c* also fro m G . H E R B E R T & C o . , 9 PROSPECT PLA C E, HIGH ROAD, KILBURN. PLAN OF SELF-MEASUREMENT Bta the convenient* of those who are unable to visit one of L il l e t & S k in n e r ’ s Establishments. Orders Sent by Post will Receive Prompt Attention, k e n n i n g t o n o v a l . SURREY GENTLEMEN PHILADELPHIANS. JULY 17 & 18. A dm ission to G round - SIXPENCE, JULY 31, and Two Following Days AUSTRALIANS v. PLAYERS OF ENGLAND, IMPORTANT NOTICE. Correspondents are particularly requested in writing scores of matches, to use only one side of the paper, to write all names and figures legibly, and to draw the score out in the style adopted by this paper. flH ISW TCK CRICKET and LAW N TENNIS ^ COMPANY L im it e d . The spacious GROUNDS of this Company, situate within two minutes’ v alk of the Cbiswick station (London and South-Western Railway), and tea minutes’ walk of the Acton Green station (District Line), will be OPENED for Lawn Tennis on Satur­ day, tbe 28th of June. About 4 acres a*e devoted to Tenni* purposes, and additional aspha'te courts will shortly be provided. A spacious Lawn Tennis pavilion, with every accommodation for ladies and gentlemen, has been erected. The cricket ground will be in readin'ss by next season, and suitable cricket pavilions built. The grounds altogether comprise about 14 acres. Subscriptions are as follow: F or P la y in g M e m b e r s . Gentlemen ......... £1 11 6 suv«cri tionperann. ., ........... 0 10 6 entrance fee. Ladies ................... 0 15 0 subscription per ann. ........................... 0 10 6 entrance fee. Children under 12 0 5 0 per annum. F or H on orary M e m b e r s . Gentlemen and Ladies. £1 Is. per annum. Members of the same family residing in the same house will be charged an annual subscription of £1 11s. Gd. each. Except on reserved days (not exceeding six in ea<h year), subscribers will be admitted free of gate- money. N o charge for courts will be made to sub­ scribers. Subscribers elected according to t' e rules, who send in their names on or before July 81,1881, will be exempted from paying the entrarce fee. Copies of the rulps, &c , may be had on application to the SECRETARY, at the Company’s Offices. 19, Surrey-street. Strand, W .C .; or at the Chiswick Park Club, Chiswick. A L A W N -TE N N IS TOURNAMENT will be held on the Company’s Gzounds, commencing on Monday, July 28 Gentlemen’s Single0, first prize 15 guineas. Tadies’ Sing’es, first prize 10 guineas. Other contests, with substantial prizes, will be givei For further particulars apply to Chiswick. E. W . WYLDE, Hon. Sec. pR IC K E T.—WANTED, a first-class Young PRO- ^ FESSIONAL, for rest of Season. State terms and capabilities.—Address, Mr J. H o r n e r , Stockport. CEICKET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41, S T. ANDREW ’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1884. ^ l c P /m i £ l 0 N - :-G Q S $ I P ^ The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. A C o r r e s p o n d e n t points out that the match between Sussex and Kent, concluded at Brighton on Saturday last, is the third match of over a thou­ sand runs in which the latter county has figured this season. The follow­ ing table will prove his statement. Avge. Runs Wickets runs scored. taken, per wkt. Kent v. Hampshire, May 26,27, 28. 1,0S5 33 32-29 Hampshire v. Kent, June 16, 17, 18. 1,122 37 30 12 Sussex v. Kent, July 3, 4, 5. 1,083 37 29 30 Totals for the three matches. 3,290 107 30*80 In each match two batsmen scored an innings of over one hundred runs. In the first G. G. Hearne made 116 and Lord Harris 112 not out; in the second Mr. F. E. Lacey 211 and Mr. F. A: Mackinnon 115 ; and in the third Jesse Hide 112 and Lord Harris 101. Of all the contests in which the leading counties have been engaged this season, only one other has pro­ duced over a thousand runs. That was the return between Sussex and Glou­ cestershire, on June 19, 20, and 21, in which 1,027 runs were totalled, and which was further remarkable as being one of the very few matches of four figures in which no batsman scored an innings of a hundred or upwards. The matches between Hampshire and Kent, and Sussex and Gloucester­ shire, were played in the same week, and four important county matches, fought out in the short space of six weeks, yielded over a thousand runs each. This fact will appear the more noteworthy when it is stated, on the authority of the late Mr. W. H.Knight, a most diligent student of cricket history, that from 1861 to 1878, or a period of 18 years, only sixteen matches of a thousand runs had leen played, and only one previously. A c u r io u s fact was brought under my notice the other day in connection with the Oxford and Cambridge matches. Up to the present time the Universities have met fifty times, and during this long period only two players can claim to have taken part in four winning matches. The two who are able to boast this exceptional record are Messrs. T. A. Anson, who played for Cambridge in 1839-40-41- 42, and the Eev. S. C. Voules, who was in the victorious Oxford elevens of 1863-64-65-66. An Australian correspondent has kindly favoured me with the records of the Melbourne and East Melbourne Clubs during the season just com­ pleted. The former played 4 7 matches, of which 18 were won, 23 drawn, and 6 lost. Percy McDonnell heads the batting averages with 78 for 6 completed innings, but the best figures are those of J. Mcllwraith, who made 1,555 runs in 33 completed innings for an average of 47-12. W. Bruce took 59 wickets for an average of 6.64 ; G. Alexander, who was very useful both with bat and ball, 44 wickets for an average of 10.15 ; and F. W. Wingrove, 69 wickets, average 10.57.