Cricket 1886

152 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EBCOED OE THE GAME. MAY 27,19S6. SAFETY IN THE CRICKET F IE LD . T H E “ M .C .C .” D A M P -R E S I S T IN G C R I C K E T Made npon LILLEY & SKINNER’S New Principle P rice L ist of M akes kept in S tock . 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 Gent’s Best Bordeaux Calf Shoes . . . . 10 6 Gent’s „ ,, Boots . . . . 12 6 Gent’s Best Buckskin S h o e s .................... 12 6 Any other description made to order upon the Damp-resisting principle. A Set of Spikes free with every pair. 2£ per cent, discount for orders of 12 or more pairs. Can be obtained from L il l e t & S kin ver , 226, Edgware Road, W. 115, Brompton Road, 107, Westboume Grove, W. 260, High Rd., Kilburn, 238, Seven Sisters Road, N. 102, High Street, Not- 67 & 69, Uxbrid,ge Road, ting Hill. Shepherd’s Bush, W. T. L il l e y , 347, Goswell Road, B.C. T. 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K E N N I N G T O N O V A L . TO-DAY, THURSDAY. SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. A dm ission to G r o u n d ..............S ix p e n c e . g a y 31—PARSEES v . SUBBEY C. & G. THE CRICKETER’S HANMUARD, P a t e n t . ADVANTAGES: The handle of the bat is grasped by the naked hand. No glove buttoning. No pressure on tjho wrist from elastic or other material. Coolness to the palm of the hand. The prevention of the hand being cramped. The right hand is entirely free when the batsman is at the bowler’s end, or when running between the wickets, or after each stroke; the left hand comparatively so. The Guard can be readily slipped up and down the handle of the bat to suit the convenience of the batsman. The Guard bgingmade entirely of India Rubber, there is no possibility of the tubing coming off, as is so frequently the case with the ordinary batting-glove. The Guards, by inverting the left-hand one, can be used either by a right-handed or left-handed batsman. Smaller surface presented to the bowler, conse­ quently less chance of catches at the wicket. Cleanliness, as the Guards may be washed without being affected in any way. To BE OBTAINED OF ALL CRICKET OUTFITTERS. Wholesale of the Sole Manufacturer J. L I V E R M O R E , 27. Basinghall Street, London, E.C. Cricket: A WEEKLY BECOBD OF THE GAME 41, 8T. ANDREW’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, MAY 27 th , 1886. NOTICE. Correspondents are particularly requested to send in their scores either on Report Sheets (not on Scoring Sheets) or on plain paper , and to write on one side of the paper only. IjafriKmt (Sxrssip. The abstract and briel chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. C r ic k e t readers of every class will be heartily glad to learn that Mr. C. W. Wright, the well-known Cambridge and Notts cricketer, who it will be remem­ bered sustained severe injuries through his horse, “ Silver King,” falling in the South Notts Hunt Steeplechases on the 3rd inst., is now progressing most satis­ factorily. He had so far recovered last week as to bear removal from Hazelford Ferry, where the accident occurred, to his father’s home at Woollaton. Mr. Wright is now able to go out of doors for a short drive every day, and his medical attendant states that he will with due care make a complete recovery. The Australian team according to all accounts had a most enjoyable evening with the members of the Notts County Club, on the second day of the match at Trent Bridge. Indeed, the only possible drawback to a most pleasurable gathering seems to have been the absence of the County eleven, an omission much to be regretted I think. A m on g the best speeches of the evening was that of Canon Hole, in proposing “ Success to Cricket,” anditwouldbe well, I am inclined to think, if all post-prandial orators who deal with cricket matters were as happy in their efforts as the worthy Canon. I have extracted a portiojti of his remarks from the report of the dinner given in the Nottingham Guardian. He had to propose success to a game [said the Canon] which had given more universal, harmless, and happy enjoyment wherever it had been known than all other games put together. Cricket in every phase of its exist­ ence was a thing of beauty and a joy for ever. From its primary,fromitsfirsthumble appear­ ance in the guise of tip-cat, until it passed with a grand progress to rounders, then to the still more noble development of trap and ball,until it reaohed the grand vitality itself, there was no game like cricket. There was nothing in the memory of them all, speakinguniversally, so dear as the recollections of cricket. Who does not remember his first full-sized bat? Who does not remember how it was pegged and dried and oiled ? Who did not remember clubbing together at school to buy the first real cricket ball ? Who did not remember the first hit he made—probably most accidentally—to square-leg for 4 ? Who did not remember the first catch he made—he never knew how—that was put in the papers ? or still more painful th'e first catch he missed, and heard fronj some sarcastic looker-on, “ Has yer b’in weighing butter?” (Laughter.) The rev. Canon pro­ ceeded to recount some of his recollections of old cricketers, and said there was no factor in the education of physical manliness more cal­ culated to do a man good than cricket, which brought out his physical strength, patience, temperance, and good humour. Canon Hole, in conclusion, expressed the pleasure it had given him to meet an Australian eleven, and hoped the proceedings of that night would make them more heartily and cordially friends, and promote a closer andmore brotherly inter- sourse than before. “ And so say all of us.” Me. J. E. Shaw, of the Law Club, is entitled to all the distinction incidental to an exceptional record last week. In the only three innings in which he took part he went in first, and each time carried out his bat, a unique performance in its way it will be admitted, I think. On the 19th inst. for Plaistow against Croydon,he was not out with scores of 32 and 42, out oftotals of 74 and 78 for 8 wickets, making in his two innings precisely the same number as the aggregate of the Plaistow Club in the first hands. On Saturday last, for the Law Club against Hampstead, he followed up his previous success in a remarkable fashion, going in first and again taking out his bat for 38 out of 72. The Parsee cricketers seem likely to have a pleasant time of it during their stay in England, and indeed the interest they take in our national game, as shown by their visit to this country, ought alone to be sufficient to ensure for them a hearty welcome everywhere. Five of the team were the guests of the Surrey County Club on Friday night, at the dinner to the Australian team, and Mr. A. B. Patell, the Secretary of the Parsee Club of Bombay, was exceedingly happy in his reply to the toast of the “ Parsee Team.”