Cricket 1887

812 CRICKS®* A WEEKLY BECORD OF THE GAME. AUG. 4, 1887. GRAND CRICKET MATCH KENNINGTON OVAL, T o -D ay (T hursday ). Siirrtn b . & l m m k x s t y x t A dmission to G round S ixpence . A ugust 8 & 9, S urrey G entlemen v . G entlemen op C anada . CRICKET SHIRTS. The “ CLUB" Shirt, specially prepared eoarse 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 Pttid toanypart of the United Kingdom. N otice.— Gentlemenare cautionedagainstbuying so called Unshrinkable Flannels, but as in all eases 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. STRUTHERS & Co., M a n u tac tu bb b s , 83, Finsbury Pavement, London- CRICKET, LAWN TENNIS, &e. 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The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ____________________________________ JSemlet, The Centenary Match of the Maryle­ bone Club, M. C. 0. and G. v. England, begun onJune 17, is tobecommemorated, bo I learn, by another Cricket Picture, thistimethework ofMr.T.WalterWilson, B.I., who will be well known tomany Cbicket readers as an artist of no small merit. Messrs. W. G. Grace and A. N. Hornby are going in to open the innings of M.C.C., and England are just going into the field. The view is taken from the pavilion at Lord’s, looking to­ wards the Grand Stand, and the fore­ ground is occupied by some hundred and fifty portraits, including those of all the most celebrated cricketers of the day. Among the most prominent figures are those of the Earl of Bessborough, Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane,Hon. E.( handos Leigh, President of M.C.C., Viscount Oxenbridge, President of Surrey County C.C., Lord Lyttelton, Messrs. W. G. Grace, A. G. Steel, A. J. Webbe, I. D. Walker, Vernon, A. N. Hornby, E. M. Lucas, W. W. Bead, A. E. Stoddart, M. C. Kemp, Lord Harris, and Hon. M. B. Hawks. The picture, which will be 7ft. by 3ft. 6in., wiJl be finished shortly, and the plates in the course of a fewmonths. It is also proposed to pub­ lish a folio of all the sketches, (which are in folio and bear the autograph of each sitter) in fac simile. Among the many instances of high scoring recorded during tiielast fewweeks a prominent place should be given to the performance of the Mote Club against Shorncliffe Camp, at Maidstone on Mon­ day and Tuesday last. The local team won by no less than an innings and 483 runs, scoring 633 to two totals of 106 and 44. The batting of Mote Park would not have presented any very noticeable features had it not been for the extraordi­ nary stand of Mr. E. M. Atkins and Alec Hearne, who added 49‘2 runs for the second wicket. In the score given below it will be seen that the amateur scored 364—the highest innings of the year, un­ less t am mistaken—and it may be in­ teresting to know that there were no less than sixty fours among his figures:— M ote . F.M.Atkins, c Brown­ ing, b Bruce ........ 364 C. Lake, c Browning, b Middlewick.......... 10 A. Heame, c Chaplin, b Wingham ........ 128 A. W. Fulcher, c Browning, b Pruce 1 E.Hickmott, b Wing­ ham 25 Major Spens, c Gra­ hamSmith,bWing­ ham ..................... 5 Eev.H. Trower, lbw, b Bruce.............. 1 J. S. Hardy, b Mid­ dlewick ............... 18 P. Elwes, b Middle­ wick....... ............. 30 M.A. Atkins, not out 0 Capt Platt, b Wing­ ham ..................... 3 Extras...............48 Total ...633 M e . A. E. S toddart, the Middlesex cricketer, had a busy time last week in connection with the Hampstead Club. He acted as captain during the Club week, and, as will be seen, in the six matches and in the same number of innings made 980 runs, which with three not-outs gives him an average of 300 runs. I am able to furnish the particulars of his batting, and as he went m first on each occasion a reference to the scores will show that he carried his bat twice right through the innings. Monday 25 luly v. M.C.C. and Ground 21 Tuesday 26 „ v. Ne’er-do-Weels .. 205 Wed. 27 „ t . London Scottish .. *276 Thura. 28 ,, v. Clapham Wanderers 65 Friday 29 „ v. Mr. Slade’s XI. .. *114 Sat. 30 ,, v. Old Finchleians .. *230 The Gentlemen of Canada will, I