Cricket 1884

316 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. si, im . LONDON & NOR T H W E S T E RN RA I L W A Y . N O R T H WA LES & L A K E D IS TR IC T . The Summer Service of Trains in the Lake District, and on the North Wales Coast, is now in operation. The Express leaving Euston at 10.30 a.m. will be found the most convenient for Llandudno, Rhyl,Penmaenmawr,Aberystwith, Barmouth, Dolgelly, <fcc., as well as for the English Lake District. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class T O U R I S T T I C K E T S , A vailable for Two M onths , Are issued at all the P rin cipal S tations on the LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY- For full particulars, see Tourist Guide (130 pages with Maps, price One Penny), which can be obtained at the Stations, or on application to Mr. G. P. N e e l e , Superinten­ dent of the Line. G. FINDLAY, E e is to n S t a t io n , July , 1884. Geneial Manager. KENNINGTON OVAL. PLAYERS o f ENGLAND AUSTRALIANS. T O - D A Y . A dm ission to G round O ne S h il l in o . ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA- OVAL, AUGUST 11, 12, and 13. Reserved 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 matcl}, covered $tand, 20s. ; uncovered stand, 10s. KENNINGTON OVAL. BANK HOLIDAY, AUG. 4th- SURREY v. NOTTS. Admission to Ground - - S ixpen ce . 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. C R IC K E T of next Thursday will con ­ tain a Portrait and Biography o f Mr. R. S. N EW H A L L , Captain of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. KEjST C0Ujm C l C . JB 8 . CANTERBURY GRAND WEEK. MATCHES. August 4th, Monday, ) 1st Match, Kent v. and following days. \ Australia. August 7th, Thursday ) Kent v. Middlesex and following days. J (Return) Grand Stands will be provided Admission Is. daily, or 2s. 6d. for the full 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 Kent Herald, Office, High Street; or of the Sec. retary, Mr. J. J. Lancaster, 59, St. Georges’ Street, Canterbury. A ll applications must be accompanied by a remittance, and, if desired to be sent by post, by a stamped directed envelope. S M B M t t l At the Music Hall on W ednesday and Friday, the 6th and 8th August, By the kind permission of Commanding Offioers, the Band of the Cavalry Depot, Canterbury, and the Band of the Royal Irish Rifles will be in attendance. CEICKET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. * 1 , S T . ANDREW ’ S H IL L, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1884. Tha abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. W. G. a n d the other members of the Grace family will have the hearty sym­ pathy of all classes of cricketers, in the loss they have just sustained in the death of their mother. Mrs. Grace was, until the last year or two, rarely absent from any match of importance, certainly none in which Gloucester­ shire was engaged. She was proud of her sons, as the mother of such a race of giants had every reason to be ; but she was passionately fond of the game for its own sake, and was, moreover, well versed in its every detail. No item at all noteworthy in connection with her sons’ performances but was carefully treasured, and I myself have on several occasions been much in­ debted to her for information on cricket matters in which she was in­ terested. U n t i l latterly she was wont to follow the Gloucestershire eleven in most, if not all, their matches, and she was well known, not only on the cricket grounds of her own county, but on many others, more especially Lord’s, the Oval, and Brighton. Homely and affectionate, she was not only beloved in her own family circle, but respected and esteemed by all who knew her well. Generous, too, in everything appertaining to the game, I can, of my own knowledge, testify to many acts of un­ obtrusive kindness to cricketers. Poor G. F .’s premature loss was a severe blow to her, and she never afterwards seemed to recover her old spirits. For a year or two she had not been very well, butonly a week or so ago I was pleased to hear that she was in better health, and the news of her death, therefore, was unexpected She was seventy-two years of age. I notice in the books of the P. and 0. Company, that passages have been secured in the steamer to leave London on September 25, for Mr. George Alexander, Mr. Hedley and twelve friends. This confirms my statement of last week, that the Aus­ tralian team were returning home directin the ‘ ‘ Mirzahpore,” which is the vessel due to depart from Gravesend on September 25. Mr. Hedley is the special correspondent of the Mel­ bourne Age and Leader, sent over solely to “ do ” the tour, and Mr. George Alexander and twelve friends will be easily recognised as the thir­ teen members of The Fourth Aus­ tralian Team. S o m e of the best scoring of the year as far as I have seen, was recorded in amatch betweenAbbotts Langley and Stanmore on Saturday, on tho ground of the former. Rain prevented play at half past five o’clock, and the score of the home team then was 440 for four wickets. Of these 29 were extras, and of the 411 made from the bat 242 were contributedby the Somersetshire Amateur, Mr. E. Sainsbury, who was not out at the finish. It is worthy of remark, too, that everything was run out, as there were no boundary hits. In perfect contrast to this match was one between the Belgrave and Shamrock Clubs, also played on Saturday. Inthelatter’s innings three byes were scored from the first ball, and this represented the total, the eleven all failing to make a run from the bat.