Cricket 1886

168 c b ic X e 'U: a W e e k l y r e c o r d o f 1’iiE g a m e . JUNE 8,-1886. KENNINGTON QVAk, GENTLEMEN * ENGLAND AUSTKALIANS. JUNE 16, 17, 18. ADMISSION TO GROUND, ONE SHILLING. Tickets for Reserved Seats can be had of the Secretary of the Surrey County Cricket Club, at Kennington Oval. The prices for the match are— F or C overed S tand ................... 20/- „ U ncovered S tand ........... 10/- This does not include Admission to the Ground. Carriages not Admitted. The privilege of members to introduce a friend is withdrawn for this match. THE CRICKETER’S HAND-GUARD, P a t e n t . TO BE OBTAINED OP ALL CBICKET OUTFITTERS. Wholesale of the Sole Manufacturer J. L I V E R M O R E , 2 7 . Baalnghall Street, London, E.O. W . J . I P I X jE I (L ate GANN & CO.), ATHLETIC OUTFITTER AND CLUB TAILOR, To the Assyrian, the London Athletic, the Black­ heath Harriers, and other Clubs. Also by Appointment to the F ootball A ssocia tio n , and many other Leading Football Clubs. S ecretaries kin dly ■ w rite for L ist , 1 7 1 , i r e n . e l i u . r e l i S t r e e t . Clubs supplied with every requisite. IQ u ality G ood . P rices L ow . S hrunk F lannel T bousers , 10/6, 12/6, 14/6. S hrunk F lannel S h ir ts , 7/6 and 9/6. O U R O W N M A K E . GRAND CRICKET MATCH, K E N N I N G T O N O V A L TO-DAY, THURSDAY. SURREY C. & G. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE C. & G. A dmission to G r o u n d ..............S ixpence MONDAY NEXT SURREY v. LANCASHIRE. Cricket: A WEEKLY BE CORD OF THE GAME 41, 8T. ANDREW’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JU N E 3 r d , 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 sick of tho paper only. Insertion is only guaranteed of scores of those Clubs arranging for the publication o f all their matches. To ensure appearance in the next number scores must be received at the latest by first iiost on Tuesday morning in each week. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.-« _________________ H amkt, T h e testimonial presented to Mr. I. D. Walker at Lord’s, on Monday, was only a fitting recognition of years of hard and unselfish work in the interests ofMiddlesex cricket. For over a quarter of a century the Walkers were the mainstay of the County Club, and the only regret is that Mr. I. D. Walker’s retirement saw the end of one of the most famous brother­ hoods the game has ever known. U n d e r Mr. I. D. Walker’s captaincy, the Middlesex eleven were able to occupy for years a prominent position in the cricket world, a result, as most C r ic k e t readers are well aware, mainly due to his untiring energy and personal influence. No testimonial in connection with cricket has ever been better earned, and Mr. Walker will appreciate highly the good feeling which has prompted Middlesox cricketers of every class to mark, in such a spontaneous fashion, their gratitude for a long career of honourable sendee in the cause of cricket. It was eminently fitting, too, that the chief movers in this tribute to an old Harrovian, should have been themselves two old Harrovians. I think I am justified, at least, in describing Mr. A. J. Webbe and Lord George Hamilton as two of the principal contributors to the success of the testimonial, which, I may add, consisted of a handsome silver cup, and a gold watch. The former was, indeed, the originator of the movement, and the presentation could hardly have been made by a more suitable person, or in a more graceful way, than by the late ruler of the Queen’s Navee. T h o u g h ' the fates have so far been a little hard on the Parsee cricketers, more particularly in the miserable weather they have had doled out, they have been highly pleased, as I have reason to know, not only with the good feeling shown to them by English cricketers, but with the sym­ pathetic reception they have met with at the hands of the general public. So well satisfied have they been, indeed, that I believe there is every intention of sending another Parsee team to England, in all probability in the summer of 1889. There is also a scheme on foot among the Parsee community, by which the services of a thoroughly capable and representa­ tive English professional may be secured to act as coach in India during the winter months. The executive of the Parsee Club, I understand, will be prepared to make liberal arrangements to ensure the help of areliable professional from October to April, and every inducement will be given to a suitable man. Henderson can speak of liis own personal knowledge of the kind treatment he received at the hands of the Parsees, and as he would only be required during the winter months there seems to be a good chance for a steady and painstaking cricketer of utilising the dull season. I u n d e r s ta n d , too, that there is already some idea of sending a team of English cricketers to India with a view to the development of cricket there. Though the absence of enclosed grounds would prevent a chance of any receipts from the matches played, I am sure that an amateur team would not only have an enthusiastic reception, but one of the most enjoy­ able and interesting trips it is possible to conceive. There are, of course, great difficulties in the way of such an under­ taking, but I need only say that a visit of an English team would do an immense amount of good in India even outside the cricket field, and I should like to be able to say that one, say at the end of 1887, was within tho bounds of probability. T a lk in g of cricket tours and their con­ sequent difficulties, reminds me that there seems to be some friction respecting the visit of an English team to Australia at the end of this season. There are, in fact, two Eichmonds in the field. For some little time past, announcements have appeared in the sporting papers giving the names of certain professionals who havo promised to ac­ company Shaw and Shrewsbury to Australia this winter. On the other hand, I believe as long ago as August last the Committee of the Melbourne Club decided to organise a mixed team of English cricketers to tour in Australia in 1877 on the same lines as that of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s visit. Further, the Secretary of the Melbourne Club now in England has carte blanche to invite the best amateurs and pro­ fessionals, and I am assured that he has already enlisted the co-operation of several of the leading amateurs of the day. It is, I may add, the intention of the Mel­ bourne Club to carry out the project in its entirety, and in due course Major Wardill will, I understand, be ready to engage some of the best professionals on liberal terms. So far have the arrange­ ments of the Melbourne Club advanced