Cricket 1886

&56 C R I C K E T : A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E . a u G . 19,1 88 6. Cricket: GRAND ORICKET MATCH. K E N N I N G T O N O V A L , TO-DAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY. S U R R E Y v: K E N T . A dmission to G round , S ixpence . August 23 and 24, SURREY C. & G. v. WILTSHIRE. SAFETY IN THE CRICKET FIELD. THE “ M.C.C.” D A M P - R E S I S T I N G C R I C K E T Made upon LILLEY & SKINNER’S NewPrinciple P rick L ist op M akes kept in S tock . s. 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 le y & S kinner , 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, 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 erbert & Co., 64, High Road, Kilbum, aDd 5, Royal Terrace, Richmond. M. H. R ead , 29, London Road, Forest Hill, S.E. J. R ooksby , 5, High Street, Ealing. PLAN OF SELF-MEASUREMENT. For the convenience of those who are unable to visit one of the above establishments. . \ / Orders sent by Post will receive prompt attention. W . J . P I L E (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 o o t b a ll A ssocla 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 l 'T ' l . 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W eek-days: arr. 9.50, 11.10,11.45 a.m.; 1.0, 2.5, 3.20, 5.20, 6.15, 7.55, 9.30, 9.45,10.50 p.m.; 2.15 a.m. * Saturdays excepted. 1, 2, and 3 Classes by all Trains. London, King’s Cross H e n ry O a k ley, August, 1886. General Manager. -pSSEX COUNTY ORICKET GROUND, Leyton, Essex. PAST AND PRESENT OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. AUSTRALIA. Monday, Tuesday &Wednesday. Aug. 23, 24, & 25. Admission to the Ground, One Shilling. Tickets for reserved seats can be had of the Secretary, as above, any time before August 23. Covered seats, with backs, numbered and reserved, 10s. for the match; covered seats, reserved, 5s. for the match. Roserved tickets do not admit to the ground. Members are not permitted to introduce either ladies or gentlemen into tho Pavilion on these days. A few teats in ithe small Pavilion will be reserved for the friends of members at 20s. each for the match, for which early application to the Secretary is necessary. The ground is situated within easy distance of Stratford, Leyton, and Walthamstow Stations, and conveyances will be provided at all these stations to convey visitors to the Ground. B illia r d s I B a g a t e lle s All those requiring New or Second-hand Tables, Requisites, or Billiard work done, should before going elsewhere, send for HENNIG BROS’. New Price List, Cloth and Cushion Samples.—Address, 11, High St., London, W.C. Established 1862. mo CRICKET CLUBS.—A Pitch to be Let for Season 1887 on Good Private Ground, six miles from London and within five minutes walk of Bowes Park Station, G.N.R. Apply to J. T. Thompson, The Cottage, Bounds Green, N, A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAMBS 41, 8T. ANDREW’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 t h , 1886. NOTICE. Insertion is only guaranteed ofscores of those Clubs arranging for the publication of 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. The abstract andbrief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet, T h e Kent eleven deserve the highest praise for their exceptionally good perform­ ance at Gravesend on Saturday last against Middlesex. It is not the first time of late years that they have saved a match, apparently lost, by brilliant play at the finish, as the Surrey men are able to testify of their own experience. To make 374 runs for the loss of only five batsmen, and to occupy the wickets as they did for the whole of the third and a little of the second day was a great achievement, one of many, Lord Harris has the satisfaction of knowing, accom­ plished by the men of Kent since he undertook their command. The fact that 1,027 runs were totalled in the three days for the loss of only twenty-five wickets, an average of a fraction over forty-one runs, and that the pitch was playing as well at the finish as at the commencement, is a convincing proof of the care bestowed on the preparation of the ground, results which cannot fail to be gratifying to the management. T h e r e was more than one noteworthy feature, too, to render the match historical. To begin with, one batsman on each side was able to claim his first hundred in a county match, Mr. A. E. Stoddart, of Middlesex, and Frank Hearne, of Kent. Then again two scores of a hun­ dred on each side in successive innings form a very rare occurrence in a contest of the same kind. The only parallel that I remember, indeed, of late years, was in the match between Surrey and Glouces­ tershire at Clifton, on Aug. 25 and 26, 1884, when Messrs. Read and Shuter scored 135 and 101 respectively for Surrey, and Mr. Brain 143, and Painter 133 for Gloucestershire. Onthat occasion, asmany will remember, only an innings to each side was got through, and in all 948 runs were scored, giving an average of 47.8 for the twenty wiekets. I n another respect, too, the match was particularly noteworthy. On each Bide and in successive innings, two batsmen