Cricket 1884

492 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. d e c . 2 5 , 1884, N O T I C E S . Complaints of irregular or non­ delivery should be addressed to the Publisher. The three remaining Winter Monthly Issues will appear as under :— No. 80, JAN. 29. No. 81, FEB. 26. . No. 82, MAR. 26. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for 1/3, to be sent to W. R . W b ig h t , Manager of C iucket , at this office. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. C r ic k e t willbefonoardcd by first post after publica­ tion to any address in Great Britain, for twelve months, on receipt o f a Postal Order for 6*. or Is. 8 d,for the Sir Winter Numbers , commencing Oct, 80. Post Office Orders and Cheques can be made payable to W . R. W r ig h t , at the head office , and crossed “ London and County, Holbom .” C r ic k e t is registered for transmission abroad and can be sent post free, at the regular newspaper rates o f vostage to a n y part o f the world. 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And why not ? Like Shakespeare, our national game is not of an age, it is for all time. Its dominion is one over which the sun never sets. It has no Seasons, never a day but the bat is meeting the ball somewhere, in one latitude or another. While cricketers here are doomed to a period of inaction, chilled to tbe marrow by a pitiless windwhich searches through the best of wraps, and penetrates into every cranny, beneath the shadow of the Southern Cross the game is being busily followed under the genial in­ fluence of a clear atmosphere, and the powerful rays of a sun such as we poor benighted creatures in the Fatherland read about but very sel­ dom see. So a Merry Christmas to cricketers everywhere, and whenso­ ever they come. A Happy New Year to every member of the great brother­ hood, whose boast it is to live under the beneficent sway of King Willow—■ a monarch who governs solelythrough the affection of his subjects; a ruler who has put a girdle round the earth, and whose authority is recognised in every part of the habitable globe. A Happy Now Year and many of them ; a true pitch and a long innings to you all. As Artemus Ward says of his lecture in the Mormon Camp, “ I have spoke my little piece.” The present num­ ber of C r ic k e t ends the third volume, and brings the third year of the paper to a completion. Four years ago the experiment of bringing out a journal solely devoted to cricket would have been voted a very dubious one, I believe further that the idea of pro­ ducing it during the winter months would have been regarded as ridicu­ lous. “ Yet here We are again,” as Mr. Merriman, the sprightly jester, whose antics always provoke endless mirth during genial Christmas-tide, would say.“ Herewe are again!” indeed very much so, making our bow once more to an appreciative public. “ Little shall I grace my cause in speaking for myself.” So be it, swarthy Moor. There is, though, no deception, ladies'and gentlemen, I can assureyou. The “ Recordofthe Game ” has flourished of a truth like the green bay tree. Nay, more, it continues to flourish, sending out each year new offshoots and extend­ ing its roots wider and wider. And you will agree with me that there can hardly be a more fitting opportunity than now at the close of another year to thank those— and they are to be found in no small numbers in every clime—who have shown such kindly interest in C r ic k e t , and in fact been the principal contributors to its prosperity. T h e news of the decisive victory obtained bythe English players now in theColoniesovertheFourthAustralian Team has, as was only to be expected, given rise to the greatest satisfaction among cricketers of the Old Country. A month ago I pointed out that the South Australian Association was making the -most strenuous efforts to arrange a fixture at Adelaide between Shaw’s party and Murdoch and his comrades for the middle of this month, and its negotiations evidently proved successful. Spofforth and Midwinter, the telegrams state, were absent from the Australian team, but “ The Demon,” as everyone knows, does not possess the same demoniacal attri­ butes on the faster wickets of the Colonies as on the slower pitches of England, and even making every allowance the performance of the English professionals is one on which they deserve to be heartily congratu­ lated. This day week, if the original programme, which is to bo found in another part of the paper, is to be relied upon, they are to commence the first of two matches against a combined eleyen of Australia, at Mel­ bourne. Next issue o f Cricket Jan. 29.