Cricket 1884

40 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME, mar .27,1884. SAFETY IN THE CRICKET FIELD. T H E “ M.C.C.” D A M P -R E S I S T IN G C R I C KE T TRADE MARK BOOTS SHOES STAMPED ON EVERY PAIR Made upon LILLEY & SKlNNER’s New Principle. P rice L ist . 8. d. Gent.’s Brown or White Canvas Shoes .............. 4 11 Youths’ „ „ „ „ ............... 4 3 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Shoes ........ .............. 6 6 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Boots ...................... 8 6 With every pair a Set o f 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 L E Y A SKINNER’s Branch Shops : 107, W estbournh G rove , W. 238, S even S is te rs' R oad , N. 115, B rompton R oad , S.W . 54, C hippenham T errace , H arrow R oad . 226, E dgware R oad , W . 67 and 69, U xbridge R oad , S h epherd ’ s B ush , W . 347, G oswell R oad , E.C. 154, S toke N ewington R oad , N. 102, H igh S treet , N otting H ill G ate . also FROM G . H E R B E R T & C o . , 9, PROSPECT PLACE, HIGH ROAD, KILBURN. PLAN o r SELF-MEASUREMENT For the convenience of those who are unable to visit one of L ille y & S kinner ’ s Establishments. Orders Sent by Post will Receive Prompt Attention. —C R I C K E T , 1884 — “ T H E N O V E L T Y of the S E A SON .” THE“ECLIPSE” «BAT. Having a Cork Core in the Blade, will play lighter and drive better than any Bat ever introduced, besides preventing Jarring of the Hand. 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They have therefore taken 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctor’s Commons, E.C., ■where they are ereoting new machinery to enable them to satisfy the demands of the public. The present Number is issued from the New Offices, and all communications in connection with the paper must in future be addressed there. Correspondents and the Trade are requested to Note the Address, 4 1 , S T . A N D R EW 'S H I L L , DOC TOR 'S COMMONS, LO N D O N , E .C . N O T I C E S . No, 52, published to-day, la the last W IN TER NUMBER of 1 8 8 3 -4 . The W EE K L Y SUMMER ISSUES will commence on APRIL, 17, and ter­ minate on SEPT. 25. Vol. II. of C ricket is now ready. It contains P ortraits and B iographies of Twenty - One cele­ brated Cricketers, together with the most reliable Australian News, P avilion G ossip , Special Articles by Author of “ C ricket F ield ,” and the Best Writers on Cricket. To be had of the Manager of C ricket , price 7s. 6 d. C ricket can be had at W. H. 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THURSDAY, MARCH 2 7 , 1884. - H c P 7 I Y I M 0 p i v 6 8 g $ I P ; H - The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. Demon ” is again on the war-path,and a few weeks more will see him on the trail and eager for the scalps of Eng­ lish cricketers. To those who have had an oppor­ tunity of being well posted in the negotiations and correspondence anent the formation of this fourth Australian team it has been amusing, as well as instructive, to notice the unanimous refusal of the Colonial press to believe Spoffortil’s persistent and frequent iteration of his determi­ nation not to visit England again. I n spite of all temptations, despite the awful resentment created in his mind by the imputations of some of his English critics that he deliberately cuts up the wicket, all rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, “ the N one the less, though, an Austra­ lian eleven on English cricket grounds would not be considered representative were Spofforth absent, and if for this reason only there will be general gratification over here that the man­ ager of the party was able to secure his inclusion in the team even at the last moment. A g o o d deal of correspondence has taken place in the Australian papers on the policy of bringing only thirteen men in all, and considering the heavy programme and the anxiety incidental to so many important fixtures the alarmists have much reason on their side. On the other hand, though, it must be considered that the manager himself is a capital all-round cricketer, able to take his own part in any com­ pany, so that he will be a more useful reserve than our worthy friend, C.W. Beal, in 1882. There is no denying the fact that the team coming are avery formidable lot, and that it will give our best elevens some trouble to get rid of them on the form the majority have been recently showing. O p the thirteen eleven have been here before, and only two—H. E. Scott and W. H. Cooper, both of them Victorians — are new to English grounds. Victoria supplies nine of the thirteen— seven in addition to the two mentioned—G. Alexander, who “ bossed ” the second team in 1880, the present manager ; P. S. McDonnell, J. M. Black­ ham, G. J. Bonnor, W. Mid­ winter, G. E. Palmer, and H. F. Boyle. New South Wales furnishes three, W. L. Murdoch, A. C. Banner­ man, and P. B. Spofforth, and South Australia supplies one of the very best all-round players in the team in George Giffen. Next Issue of CRICKET will be published Thursday, April 17.