Cricket 1886

480 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. DEC. 30, 1886. OMING FOOTBALL MATCHES At Kennington Oval. J n. 1 —London i2) v. Cambridgeshire. 8 .—London Caledonians v. Clapton London Association Cup). 22. —Corinthians v. Aston Villa. F eb. 5.— Oxford University v. Sussex. 9.—Corinthians v. Cambridge Uni­ versity. 12.—Corinthians v. Queen’s Park, Glasgow. 19—London v. Staffordshire. „ 23.—Oxford v. Cambridge. M ak . 5. — Corinthians v. Preston North End. 19.—Final Tie, London Association Cup. A pril 2.— Final Tie, Football Association Cup. READY ON JAN. Best Quality Footballs, Warranted. J. DAVENPORT, 38, FinsburyPavement,London, MAKER OF F IRST CLASS FOOTBALLS. Match Balls, Rugby or Association, 7s. 6d.; three for 218., carriage paid. No. 5 Bladders, 2s. 6d.; Shin Guards, 2s., 2s. 6d., 3s. Gd., 4s. per pair. Inflators, 4s., 5s., 7s. Gd., 10s. Agent for Bryan’s County Balls, 13s. each. Agent for Vickers’ Victor Balls, 8s. 9d. each. 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Results of the Season, and Averages of the Principal Clubs will be inserted in the forth­ coming Winter Numbers at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. To insure insertion in the following number, they must be received not later than the Thursday previous to day of publication. The Winter Monthly Issues will appear on the last Thursday of October, November, December, January, February, and March, commencing on October 28. The dates will b e: No. 137, OCT. 28. No. 140, JAN. 27. No. 188, NOV. 25. No. 141, FEB. 24. No. 139, DEC. 30. No. 142, MAR. 31. The six numbers will be forwarded imme­ diately on publication for Is. 3d., to be sent to M r . W . R. W right , Manager of C ricket , at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E.C. Dabiltott f e s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ________________________ Hamlet, I have had, through the courtesy of the artists, Messrs. J. H . Barrable and E. Ponsonby Staples, the opportunity of in­ specting a painting which it is to be hoped cricketers in England will have a chance of seeing before it leaves this country for the Adelaide Exhibition. The subject is an ideal match at Lord's in 1887, a year which commemorates at the same time the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, and the centenary of the Marylebone Club. The match is between picked Elevens of England and Australia, and the Englishmen are in. W . G. Grace and W . W . Read are at the wickets, and the former has hit one of Spofforth’s to the off. The ball having been saved at the boundary by Garrett, cover point, the batsmen are evidently in doubt about the practicability of a third run. The field has been carefully placed for the purposes of the picture by Spofforth himself, and while he has chosen the Australian team in conjunction with Scott and others, the English eleven has been selected on the advice of Lord Harris, Messrs. V. E. Walker, I. D. Walker and other competent English judges. ______ The ideal teams have been chosen with careful attention to possibihties, and, without prejudice to many good cricketers absent, may be said to fairly represent the best cricket of England and Australia. The elevens are : Australia—-F. R. Spof­ forth, G. J. Bonnor, J. McC. Blackham, P. S. McDonnell, W . L. Murdoch, A. C. Bannerman, G. E. Palmer, G. Giffen, H . J. H. Scott, S. P. Jones, and T. W . Garrett. England : Lord Harris, W . G. Grace, W . W . Read, A. G. Steel, A. N. Hornby, Hon. A. Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Barnes, Scotton, Ulyett, and Barlow. H a lf-life -s iz e d portraits of the two elevens are introduced at the base of the picture in the pridella, a method adopted by the early Italian Masters. The idea of the picture is due to Sir Coutts Lind­ say, Bart., who proposes to hold a series of exhibitions in the chief capitals of Australia and New Zealand, for which purpose the ideal match has been painted. The artists, in a comprehensive view of Lord's— giving full prominence, of course, to the pavilion, have introduced among the numerous spectators H .R .H . the Prince of Wales, with most of the princi­ pal representatives of the Colonies in England, as well as a number of the chief notabilities of the cricket world, including the Earl of Bessborough, Sir Ponsonby Fane, Treasurer of the Marylebone Club, Mr. V. E. Walker, and others. The animation o f tho scene is increased by the charming toilettes of the ladies, among whom will be easily recognised some of our most popular English beauties. The picture is a graphic repre­ sentation of our national game, a remark which certainly cannot be made of attempts to portray cricket matches gener­ ally, and as I have reason to believe it may be shown in London some time in the early part of next summer, cricketers should not fail to see it. I may add, though, that they will have an opportunity of securing a copy, as Messrs. Boussod, Valadon and Co., of the Goupil Gallery, Bond Street, have undertaken to produce an engraving, with the portraits of the two elevens underneath, in May next. Next Issue January 27