Cricket 1884

300 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE CAME, j u l y 24, i m . flH ISW IC K CRICKET a n d LAWN TENNIS ^ COMPANY L im it e d . The spacions GROUNDS of this Company, Fituate within two minutes* * a’k of the Chiswick station (London and South-Wrstern Railway), an1 ten minutes* walk of the Act rn Green station (Dis*Tict Line), wi 1 be OPENED for Lawn Tennis on Satur­ day, the 28fch of June About 4 acrei are devoted to Tenrii* purposes, and additional aspha te courts will shortly be provided. A spacious Lawn Tennis pavilion, with ev*ry accommodation for ladies and gentlemen, has been erected. The cricket ground will be in readings* by next season, and suitable cricket pivilions built. The grounds altogether compris* about 14 acr^s. Subscriptions are as follow : F ob P laying M embers . G entlem en......... £1 11 6 su' s ri tionperann. 0 10 6 entrance fre. Ladies ................... 0 15 0 subscription per ann. ........................... 0 10 6 entrance fee. Children under 12 0 5 0 per annum. F or H onorary M embers . Gentlemen and Ladies. £1 Is. per annum. Members rf the same family residing in the same house will be charged an annual subscription of £ 1 11 s. 6 d. each. Except on reserved days (not exceeding six in each year), subscribers will be admitted free of gat»- money. No charge for courts will be made to sub­ scribers. Subscribers elected according to the rules, who send in their names on or before July 81,1884, will be exempted from paying the entrance fee. Copies of the rules, Ac , may be had on application to the SECRETARY, at the Company’ s Offices, 19, Surrey-street. 8 trand, W .C .; or at the Chiswick Park Club, Chiswick. pH ISW ICK CRICKET and LAWN TENNIS COM- ^ PANY, LIMITED.—A LAWN-TENNI 8 TOUR­ NAMENT will be held on the Grounds of the above Company on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs­ day, Fridav, and Saturday, July 28 to Aug. 2, 1884.— Under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Devon­ shire, K.G. Com m ittee op M anagem ent —Rov. G. Raynor, R. F. Finnis, Esq , F. S. Watts, Esq , J. H. Lewis, Esq., E. W. Lewis, Esq., P. BoviHe, Esq. R eferee —B. C. Evelegh, Esq. S e c r e ta r y —E. W. Wyld, Esq., Chiswick Park Club, Chiswick. Prizes are open for competition in the following events * GENTLEMEN’ S SINGLES.—Fiwt prize, £15; second prize, £ 0 ; third prize, £3. Entry, 10s. fid. GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES.—Firpt Prize, £10 (in two £ 0 prizes); second prize, £ 0 (in two £ 2 10 s. prizes). Entry, 15s. LADIES’ SINGLES.—First prize, £1 10s.; second prize, £3: third prize, £2. Entrv, 7s. 6 d. CHISWICK PARK CLUB LOCAL CHAMPION­ SHIP, open to Inhabitants of Chiswick and the ad­ joining Parishes of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Acton, Ealing, Brentwood, Kew, Mortlake, and Barnes. —First prize, £ 7 ; second priae, £ 3 ; third prize, £2. Entry, 5s. LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES.—First prize, £6 (in two £3 prizes); second prize, £4 (in two £2 prizes). Entry, 10s. Prizes will also be given for Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles, confined to members of Chiswick Park Club. Entries close Friday morning, July 25. For Programmes, with full particulars, apply to E. W . WYLDE, Esq,. Sec. Chiswick Park Club, Chiswick. k e n n in g t o n o v a l . PLAYERS o f ENGLAND AUSTRALIANS. J U L Y 31, AUGUST 1 and 2- A dmission to G round O ne S h il l in g . Reserved Seats for the Stand can be had of the Secretary of the Surrey County Club, lvennington Oval, London, S.E. Prices (which do not include admission to the grouud) for the match, covered stand, 20s. ; uucovered stand, 10s. ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA- OVAL, AUGUST 11, 12, and 13. Tickets for the stand can also be had for this match. Prices as above. A U S T R A L IA N C R IC K E T E R S AT BRIGHTON. v. SUSSEX. — J uly 21th, 25th, anl 23th. C HEAP FIRST CLA^S DAY TICKETS TO BRIGHTON, from Victoria 10.0 am . Return Fare 12s. 6 d., including Pullman Car. Cheap Third Class Day Tieksts, London to Brighton and back, for Four Shillings. Cheap Saturday to Tuesday Tickets, London to Brighton and hack, 7s. 61. and 5s. Cheap Day Tickets to Brighton from Hastings, St. Leonards, iSasthourne, Tunbridge Wells, Seaford, Guildford, Horsham, Arundel, Littlchampton, Bognor Chichestei, Hayling, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. For further particulars see Bills, Time Book, or Tourist Programme. (By Order) J. P. KNIGHT, General Manager. K E p if C 9U ;W ¥ S S I C ' E E T £ TL U & . CANTERBURY GRAND WEEK. MATCHES. August 4th, Monday, ) 1st Match, Kentv. and following days. ( Australia. August 7tV>, Thursday j Kent v. Middlesex and following days. \ (Eeturn) Grand Stands will he provided Admission Is. daily, or 2s. 6d. for the fall Match, Kent v. Australia. Tickets for the full Match,"as above, may be secured beforehand on application to Mr. Hal Drury, bookseller, Mercery Lane, Mrs. N. Ginder, St. George's Hall, the Vent Herald Office, High Street; or of the Sec. retary, Mr. J. J. Lancaster, 59, St. Georges’ Street, Canterbury. All applications must be accompanied by a remittance, and. if desired to be sent by post, by a stamped directed envelope. O E M © At the Music Hall on W ednesday and Friday, the 6th and 8th August. By the kind permission of Commanding Officers, the Band of the Cavalry Depot, Canterbury, and the Band of the Royal Irish Rifles will be in attendance. CEICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW ’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, JULY 24, 18S4. - ^ c p / I Y I l £ l 0 J i v 6 B g ^ I P ^ The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. M y good friend andgoasip, “ Point ” of tlie Sheffield. Independent, lias fallen into error in connection with the match between Middlesex and the Australians, in describing Mr. C. E. Cottrell as a new bowler. Mr. Cottrell made his first appearance at Lord’s, for Harrow against Eton in 1872, and of my own knowledge he played for Middlesex as far back as 1876. Indeed there are few amateurs better known, particularly in the south of England. So many inquiries have been made of me, as to the reason of the non- appearance of Messrs. A. J. Webbe and C. T. Studd in the Middlesex eleven last week, that it will be the simplest way for me to reply to them all in this column. Mr. Webbe was absent in consequence of domestic affliction, and Mr. Studd of ill- health, which, it is to be feared, may keep him altogether out of first-class cricket for some time. A t a general meeting of Old Harrovians, held at the Westminster Palace Hotel last week, a very strong opinion was expressed that the memorial to the late Hon. .Robert Grimston should be represented by the purchase of some additional land round the Philathletic field. It is stated that the remainder of the field (about five acres) can be purchased for £3,000, and full powers were given to the Committee to carry out the scheme. Harrovians generally will feel that no more fitting tribute to Mr. Grimston’s memory could be found than in the acquisition of the remainder of the field, the greater part of which was procured through Mr. Grimston’s own personal and untiring efforts. An account has been opened at Messrs. Ransome & Bouverie’s, 1, Pall Mall East, S.W., and Harrovians desirous of subscribing can forward their con­ tributions to that firm. A w e l l - k n o w n and popular writer on cricket, who wiil be easily recog­ nized under the signature of “ Wyke­ hamist,’ ' sends me the following on the subject of the Eton and Harrow match of 1805 :— I am repeating like a parrot exactly what I heard at Harrow a month or so back, when a very eminent Old Harrovian and cricketer kindly lionized me over the School and its surroundings. He told me that the common belief is that the Harrow and Eton match of 1805 was got up by Lord Byron ipso motu, aud was not authorized by the School. When the score was inserted in Lillywhite’s Scores, the question was referred to the late lamen­ ted Mr. Grimston, who said it had better be inserted. My remarks on the appearance of the four Steels in the Lancashire team against Surrey last week, have brought me communications from