Cricket 1887

■104 CRICKET A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. MAY 5, 1887. F irst County Match o f the Season. K E N N I N G T O N O V A L ' M o n d a y , M a y 1 6 , SURREY v. HANTS A d m is s io n t o G r o u n d - - SIXPENCE- Thursday, May 13— S o e r e y y . W a r w ic k s h ir e CRICKET SHIRTS. The “ CLUB” Shirt, specially prepared coarse WHITE CANVAS with collar and pocket ..................... ..................... 4/6 Flannel Shirts, twice shrunk, with collar and pocket .....................5/6 do. best Saxony Flannel............10/6 Worsted Twill Shirts, with or without Silk Collars .............................. 12/6 Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom. N o t ic e .— Gentlemen are cautioned againstbuying so called Unshrinkable Flannels, but as in all cases our materials are shrunk twice in water before being made up, they will be found in after wear to shrink very little if at all. S1RUTHERS dt Co MANUFACTURERS, 83, Finsbury Pavement, London. CKICKET, LAWN TENNIS, &c. James Lillywhite, Frowd &Co., t h e o ld e s ta b lis h e d M A N U F A C T U R E R S & O U T F I T T E R S , L o n d o n : 2, 4, & 6, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY, S.E. Manufactory.— 69 to 74, BOROUGH ROAD, S.E. West End Branch— 21, H AYM ARKET, S.W. Speciality fo r Best-Class Goods. M o d e r a t e P r ic e s a n d L ib e r a l D is c o u n t s . Special Term s to Large Buyers. S e v e r a l N o v e l t ie s f o r t h e C o m in g S e a s o n . Illustrated Price Lists post free. J. L. F. & Co. are publishers o f Jam es Lilly- white’s Cricketers’ Annual, and sole Patentees and M anufacturers of Frow d’s celebrated “ Special Driver ” Cricket Bat, now used by all the “ cracks ” and universally dubbed the “ King of Bata.” rpH E HODDESDON CRICKET CLUB.—(G.E.R. -1- Broxbourne Station), have open dates May 14, 21, 28, and 30, and Aug. 1, and wish to arrange m atches w ith fairly strong clubs. Address, A. A. W oodw ard, Hon. 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Swan and Leach, Lim ited.—Dear Sirs,—I m ust not leave England w ithout thanking you for the very great attention the Australian Team of Cricketers has received at your hands in the various journeys taken on the lines of the (ireat Northern Railway Com pany. I may say that the valuable assistance afforded m e by your Mr. Railton has enabled me to render the incon­ veniences of travelling to a minimum , and I believe that in the arrangem ent of the tickets for the num erous ‘ all-round trips ’ on your and other lines, it has been the source o f considerable saving to me. Thanking you, and particularly Mr. Railton, for the very good arrangements made for us.—I rem ain, Dear Sirs, Yours truly, ^Signed) B. J. W a r d ill. RUBBER-FACED 22221 ? (PATEN T) W I C K E T GL OV E S . “ I think very highly of your new design for W icket Oloves.” —The Hon. A. L y t te lt o n . “ Empire’ ' \ m m ) BATTING GLOVES A s S p e c ia l l y M a d e f o r t h e A u s t r a l ia n T e a m . 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S h r e w s b u r y has given the Melbourne Telegraph his opinion on the lack of interest displayed at the present day in cricket in Victoria, a lack of interest which naturally has caused great concern to the leaders of cricket in that Colony. Shrews­ bury's opinions on cricket cannot fail to be instructive, and C r ic k e t readers will peruse them with attention. He puts it