Cricket 1886

258 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 8, 1886. SAFETY IN THE CEICKET FIELD. THE “ M.C.C.” DAMP - RES I ST ING C R I C K E T TRADE MARK BOOTS i l ls SHOES STAMPED ON EVERY PAIR Made upon LILLEY & SKINNER’S NewPrinciple P r ic e L is t of M a k e s k e p t in S to ck . s. d. Gent’s Brown or White Canvas Shoes . . 4 11 Youths’ „ „ „ , , . . . 4 3 Gent’s Brown Calf Leather Shoes . . . . G G Gent’s Brown Calf Leather Boots . . . . 8 6 Gent’s Best Bordeaux Calf Shoes . . . . 10 G Gent’s „ „ Boots . . . . 12 6 Gent’s Best Buckskin S h o e s .......................12 G 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 t l le y & S k in n e r , 22G, Edgware Road, W. 115, Brompton Road, 107, Westboume Grove, W. 2G0, High Rd., Kilburn, 238, Seven Sisters Road, N. 102, High Street, Not- 67 & 69, Uxbridge Road, ting Hill. Shepherd’s Bush, W. T. L il l e y , 347, Goswell Road, E.C. T. L il l e y , 154, Stoke Newington Road, N. G. H e r b e r t & Co., 64, High Road, Kilburn, and 5, Royal Terrace, Richmond. M. H. R e a d , 29, London Road, Forest Hill, S.E. J. R o ok sby , 5, High Street, Ealing. PLAN OP SELF-MEASUREMENT. For the convenience of those who are unable to visit one of the above establishments. G r e a t N o r t h e r n R a i l w a y . Orders sent by Post will receive prompt attention. W . ,T. 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 tb all A ssocia t io n , and many other Leading Football Clubs. S e c r e ta r ie s k in d l y w r it e fo r L is t 1 7 1 , F e n c h u r c h S t r e e t . Clubs supplied with every requisite. Q u a lity G ood . P r ic e s L ow . S h ru n k F la n n el T r o u se r s , 10/6, 12/6, 14/6. S h ru n k F la n n e l S h ir t s , 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 , THURSDAY NEXT. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS A dm ission to G round , O ne S h illin g . GRAND C R ICK E T M ATCHES. AUSTRALIANS V. NOTTS, A t N o ttin g h am , J u l y 8th, 9th and 10th. AUSTRALIANS V. YORKSHIRE, A t S h e f f ie l d , J u l y 12th, 13th and 14th. Express Train Service between London and Not­ tingham, and Sheffield. L ondon (K in g ’ s C r os ^)— Week Days— dep. 5.15, 7.40, 9.0, 10 10, 10.35, 12.30 a.m.; 2.0, 3.0, 5.30 a , 5.45, 8 0c, 9.0,12 0 b p.m. Sundays —5.0, 9.0 p.m. N ottin g h am — Week Days— arr. 8.3, 10.37, 12.33 a.m.; 1 30, 3.30, 6.0, 8.12a, 9.28,10.45c, 12.12 p.m .; 4.25 a.m. Sundays— 8.45,12.12 p.m. S h e f f ie l d — Week Days— arr. 8.54, 11.12 a.m.; 1 47, 4.13, 5.12,6.42, 8.50a p.m.; 1.2, 3.58b a.m. Sun­ days—8A5 p.m S h e f f ie l d (V ic t o r ia )— TTeek Days— dep. 7.58, 9.33, 11.15a a.m.; 1.45, 3.3, 4.15, 6.13, 10.50b p.m. Sundays-^-G.15 p.m. N ottin gh am (L ondon B oad )— Week Days— dep. 8.40, 10.10, 11.15, 11.55 a.m.; 2.15, 3 5, 5.0, 6.53, 7.20, 9.50 p.m. Sundays — G.25 p.m. L ondon (K ing ’ s C ro ss ) — Week D ays-brr. 11.45 a.m .; 1.0, 2.5, 2.45 a , 3.20, 5.20, 6.15, 7 55, 9.45, 10.50 p.m.; 2.15, 2.50 b a.m. Sundays— 10.0 p m. Third Class by all Trains. a Sheffield Dining Car on these Trains. b Sheffield Sleeping Car Expresses, c Saturdays excepted. London, King’s Cross, HENRY OAKLEY, July, 188G. General Manager. THE CRICKETER’S HAHD-GUARD, P a t e n t . M o n d a y a n d T u e s d a y n e x t — SURREY XI. v. XVIIL YOUNG PLAYERS A S u b st it u te fo r th e BATTING GLOVE. 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.G. /'TJ.ROUND WANTED for match on B ank H o l id a y , ten to twenty miles out. W. ^ hite 155, Lewisham High Road, Now Cross, S.E. Gdcftet: A W E E K L Y RECORD OF TEE GAME 41, 8T. ANDREW’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 8th, 1886. NOTICE. Insertion is only guaranteed o f scores o f those Clubs arra'nging 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 weeks 5|abilx0it The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. M e . P. M. T h o r n t o n , the Hon. Sec. of the Middlesex County Club, and an inde­ fatigable student of historic lore, has very kindly sent me a most interesting reference to cricket in the last century, which he was recently fortunate enough to meet with in his researches. The letters which follow show that cricket matches must have been popular in Surrey over a century and a half ago. This is information of value, as the first Countymatch recorded in “ Scores andBiographies,” is that between Kent and All England, in 1740. The letters dis­ covered by Mr. Thornton are given verbatim:— Godalming, Sept. 7th, 1741. M y Dear Lord,—As I m ost sincerely hope the Duchess of Newcastle 13 perfectly recover’d I should be glad to waite on your Grace to night at Clairmont, butt I hope, if you have any particular business or company, that would make myne the least troublesome, you would be so good, as to send m y freind Hallobone to Cobham to lett me know i t ; that I m ay go on to London. I have nobody with me butt Sw iny; who if I go to Claremont I will leave at Cobham unless you command to the con­ trary, and I cant be with you till late, because I shall see a crickett match I have made of poor little Slyndon, against almost your whole County of Surry, it is to.be play’d at the basin upon Merroe Down. I shall expect you (sic) commands at Cobham, and am M y Dear Lord for ever, Your’s R ich m on d , & c . M y Dear Lord,— I am extream ly sorry to hear the Duchess is not so perfectly recover’d as I wish’d butt am very finely obliged to you for stopping me, for it would have boen troublesome to you, and it can never be agree­ able to me to see you in ooncern, being for ever, Y our’s R ich m o n d , & o . I ’l with pleasure attend you to-m orrow at Mr. Stones. "Wee have beat Surrey almost in one innings, Endorsed .—To H is Grace the Duke of New­ castle. So far as I can see the following cricketers, or supporters of cricket, have been already elected to serve in the coming parliament :—W. F. Maitland (Brecknockshire), Sir Henry James (Bury), Hon. Sidney Herbert (Croydon), Col. W. H. Walrond (Tiverton), A. B. Winterbotham (Cirencester), Cowley Lambert (East Islington), H. Knatchbull- Hugessen (Faversham), A. Akers-Douglas (St Augustine’s), E. Baggallay (Brixton), Lord Lewisham (Lewisham), Lord George Hamilton (Ealing), H. J. Gladstone (West Leeds), S. Hoare (Norwich), H. A. Bass (West Staffordshire), Hon. W. St. J. Brod- rick (Guildford), Earl ofMarch (Chichester) F.Lockwood, Q.C. (York), C. T. Murdoch (Beading), C. E. Lewis (Londonderry). Among the Colts is Mr. Cowley Lambert, who after being defeated at tho last election by 34, this time has beaten his opponent by as many as 1,396. Messrs. A. B. Rowley and J. F. Leese, both in their day useful members of the Lanca­ shire Eleven, both found the bowling of the Conservative and Dissentient Liberal combination a little too good for them. The former’s case was one of particularly hard luck, and I