Cricket 1886

240 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JULY , 1886, THE CRICKETER’S HAND-GDARD, P a t e n t . A S ubstitute for THE BATTING GLOVE. To BE OBTAINED OF ALL CRICKET OUTFITTERS. Wholesale of the Sole Manufactwrer J. LIVERMORE , 27, Basinghall Street. London, E.G. JOHN IISDEN & ave a C hoice S election op COBBETT’S' BATS, A re also S ole A sen ts fob C R A W F O R D ’ S Patent “ Exceller” Bats, the Handle, which is of all Cane and India-rubber inserted cross- ways thus )( down to the shoulder of the blade, obtaining the same flexibility every way,1’ and just that pliancy and driving power of a sligMl-y sprung handle, with the total absence of any jar or sting. A lso M anufactu rers o f eveby off h er A r tic l e fo b CEICKET, LAWN TENNIS, and OUTDOOB SPOETS. SpecidlDiscounts to Clubs, Colleges, Schools, <£c. 1886 Price List post free. 21, Cranbourn Street, ___________ LONDON, W.O. CRICKET BALLS! CRICKET BALLS BENJAMIN HARSE, W holesale & R etail C R IC K E T B A L L MANUFACTURER, Supplies First-Class QualityBalls at moderate Prices. A I l G oods W arranted . P rice L ist for 1886 free ( if for T rade enclose C ard ). E S T A B L IS H E D 1871. The Oxford Cricket Ball Works, 61, ST. MARY’S ROAD, OXFORD. CHISWICK PARK CLUB. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 2 a n d 8. AUSTRALIANS MR. C. I. THORNTON’S XI. ADMISSION, is. Grand Stand (covered), numbered and reserved seats, 7s. 6d. each; or for the Two Days, if pur­ chased before the 1st of July, 10s. 6d. each. Uncovered Stand, 2s. 6d. each. As the number of reserved seats is limited, early application is necessary. F. B. SHADWELL, Secretary. W . J . P I L E ( L a te 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 o o t b a ll A ssocia tio n , and many other Leading Football Clubs. S e c r e ta r ie s k in d ly w r it e f o r L is t I ’T ' l , F e n c h u r c h S t r e e t . Clubs supplied with every requisite. Q u ality G ood . P rices L ow . S hrunk F lannel T rousers , 10/6, 12/6, 14/6. S hrunk F lannel S hirts , 7/6 and 9/6. O U R O W N M A K E . G d c f c e t : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME 41, ST. ANDREW’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 1st, 1886. NOTICE. Insertion is only guaranteed o f scores o f those Clubs arranging fo r the publication o f all their matches. The Editor wishes it to be distinctly understood that to ensure appearance in the next number scores must be received at the latest byfirst post on Tuesday morning in each week. ®he abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. H i t h e k t o Englishmen have often had reason to complain of the absence of any means of indulging in their national game at Continental watering places. Boulogne has now remedied this defect. A cricket club, under the presidency of the English Consul (Mr. E. W. Bonham), has re­ cently been started, and already some sixty members have joined. It is antici­ pated that these numbers will be con­ siderably increased on the influx of sum­ mer visitors. With bathing, boating, tennis and cricket—to say nothing of the attractions of the Casino — one might choose worse places than Boulogne for the summer holidays. I h a v e received the following from he Rev. S. C. Bere on the subject of ‘ A. L.’s.” letter in last week’s “ Gossip. ’ Your correspondent, A. !L. (p. 223), is nt fault. The first Inter-University match was played in 1827, and a Jubilee was held in 1877. At the dinner, to which 100 of us, eld members of our respective elevens, sat dow i, Judge Chitty was in the chair, and I Was the vice-chairman. There were then six of the original veterans alive at the time, Bishop Wordsworth, Sir H. Jenner Fust (the cele­ brated wicket-keeper), and four others. Sir H. Jenner Fust proposed the toast of “ Cricket ” at the dinner, and enlarged on the difference in the game as it was then and as it is now. An appropriate song was sung, a copy of which I would gladly forward. It would be desir­ able to repeat these gatherings at least every ten years, in which case there would be one next year. r|L ast week I made mention of the action taken by some supporters of Australian cricket at the Oval on the occasion of the match between the Gentlemen of England and the Australian team, to commemorate Mr. S. P. Jones’ brilliant display of batting in this match. On Friday, in the Com­ mittee Room at Lord’s, during the course of the Australian match with Middlesex, a handsome gold watch and chain were duly presented to Mr. Jones, the watch bearing an inscription that it was a sou­ venir from Australian friends who had witnessed his splendid performance at the Oval. The Hon. William Wilson, a member of the UpperHouse of Victoria, who has taken an active interest in the doings of the Australian teams, made the presentation. T h o u g h the requirements of busines have compelled Mr. C. E. Horner to give up county cricket, there is plenty of evi­ dence to show that his hand has not lost its ancient cunning since his retirement from the Surrey eleven, of which for some time he was an important member. A performance of his on Friday and Saturday last at Bexley for the Bexley Club against the Incogniti will rank high among the curiosities of the season. In the first innings of the “ Incogs.” he was credited with eight of the nine wickets which fell to the bowler. In the second innings he got the whole ten. Thus, in the match eighteen of the nineteen wickets fell to his arm, an exceptional performance particularly against a strong batting side. His analysis was asunder:— Balls. Mdns. Euns. Wkts. First Innings .. 102 6 59 8 Second Innings .. 175 12 71 10 A p e c u lia r incident occurred in the same match which will perhaps be of interest to “ Gossip’’-readers. In tie first innings of Bexley, W. W. Mann played a ball hard on to the wicket which actually went through the stumps with­ out displacing the bails. Another curiosity still more rare was witnessed in a Dor­ mitory match the other day at Wellington College. B. N. Perkins, the Captain of the College Eleven, playing for Anglesey, in the first innings of Blucher bowled a ball which just touched the top of the middle and off stumps. Though it knocked them wide apart the bail was not removed, adhering to the off stump firmly. The batsman was given not out.