Cricket 1884

72 CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. A p r il 24,1884. SAFETY IN TH E CR ICKET F IE L D T H E “ M .C.C.” D AMP -RE S I S T ING C R I C K E T TRADE MARK BOOTS g | ) SHOES STAMPED ON V / C ^ V EVERY PAIR Made upon LILLEY & SKiNNER’s New Principle. P rice L ist . i. 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 o f charge. A Discount of 2£ per cent, upon all orders o f twelve or more pairs. THE “ M.C.C.” DAMP-RESISTING CRICKET BOOTS AND SHOES CAN BE OBTAINED AT L IL L E Y & SKiNNER’s Branch Shops : 107, W estbourne G rove , W . 238, S even S isters ' R oad , N. 115, B rompton R oad , S.W. 54, C hippenham T errace , H arrow R oad . 226, E dgw are R oad , W . 67 and 69, U xbridge R oad , S hepherd ’ s B ush . 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Tickets for Reserved Seats can be had of the Secretary of the Surrey County Cricket Club, at Kennington Oval, onMonday next. The prices for the match are— F or C o vered S tand -- 10 /- F o r U n co vered S tands - 5 /- No Carriages Admitted. This does not include Admission to ground. CRICKET : A WEEKLY REOORD OF THE GAME. 41, 8T. ANDREW ’S H IL L, LON DO N , E .C . THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1884. - H t c p / i Y m i e N v Q ^ i P # - 5- The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. E v e r y o n e will be glad to hear that the advance guard of the Fourth Aus­ tralian Team has safely reached Lon­ don. I happened by good luck to be the only person present to welcome the manager, G. Alexander, Boyle, and Midwinter, when they reached Charing Cross station on Monday evening, and I feel surethat I am ex­ pressing the feeling of English cricketers when I say that everyone wishes them a prosperous and enjoy­ able trip in the Old Country. T h e remaining members of the thirteen are taking the full benefit of the passage in tbe “ Sutlej,” -which by the way reached Malta safely on Tuesday, and they are not due at Plymouth until Monday. Murdoch is said to have been suffering from a cold during the voyage, but I am assured that the team, one and all, are in good health, and with the exception that some of them have been putting on a little too much of the adipose tissue, the general result of a long sea trip, they are in the best of condition. As I predicted, the teamhaveagain selected the Tavistock Hotel as their headquarters, and there they will be located until they commence their programme, and while in London during the rest of the tour. I hear that several supporters of colonial cricket are already on their way to England to witness the principal en­ gagements of the team. Justice Wil­ liams, who is prominently identified with the game in Victoria, has already been in London for some time. I h e a r that the Earl of Sheffield is bent on making the first match of the Australians as pleasant to his visitors and attractive to the public as it can be made. The band of the Royal Artillery, there is every proba­ bility, will discourse sweet music during the course of the match, and I feel sure that the Colonials will be pleased, not only with the ground, which has no superior for picturesque and lovely surroundings, but with the reception they will meet at Sheffield Park on May 12. I h a v e already given the names of the eleven whom the Australians will have to meet, and as the latter will, at that early period of the tour, be by no means in the best fettle, they will, I am still inclined to think, find the opposition strong enough for their liking. By invitation of the Sussex president, G. Alexander, the Austra­ lian manager, I hear will visit Shef­ field Park to-morrow, and, in all pro­ bability, he -will take part in one of the trial matches arranged by the Earl of Sheffield, which is to take place to-morrow.