Cricket 1887

8 S 2 CRICKET j A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. SEPT. 8 , 1887. N EW BOOK ON C R IC K E T . A t all Libraries and Bookstalls, Crown 8vo. 2 /— rrHE GAME OF CRICKET. B y FREDERICK GALE (“ T h e O l d B u f f e r ” ) W ith a Portrait o f tho Author. C o n t e n t s . I.— About an old Cricket ball. II.—A pipe in Fuller Pilch’s back parlour. III.—The cradle of Cricket. IV.—A n old Cricketer’s tale. V.—Our county cricket m atch. V I.—Scraps from old Supper-tables. V II.—Cricket Homilies. V III.—Twenty golden rules for young Cricketers. IX.—The rights of wrongs o f Cricket. T he Sporting L ife says—“ There is not a dull page in the entire book, and those w ho read a chapter or two will, we are sure, not rest satisfied until they have devoured the entire contents.” SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LOWREY & Co., Paternoster Square. CRICKET, LAWN TENNIS, &c. James LillywMte, Frowd & Co., THE OLD ESTABLISHED 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. 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OR OF WRIGHT & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, LONDON, E.C. lyTARQUEES, Second-hand, at low prices, to clear this season. A num ber of Second-hand SM ALL MARQUEES, from 30 ft. by 12 ft. to 35 ft. by 17ft., suitable for Clubs, schools, or private use, in excellent condition, nearly as good as new. A few L A RG E R MARQUEES also FOR SALE. Also CANVAS for AWNINGS or BOOTH COVERS. P rice on application to BENJAM IN EDGINGTON (Lim ited), 2, Duke-street, London Bridge, S.E. T y A N T E D .—D ay M atches for Septem ber 15,16, ’ v 22,23,26 and 27, to be played on own ground. Peripatetic, 41, St. Andrew ’s Hill, E.C. piBICK ET.—F. H. invites nam es (strength no object) to form a team of Non-Smokers, to play Saturday half-day m atches in London and Suburbs next season. Care o f Messrs. W right & Co , 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, E.C. RUBBER-FACED (ROUGH) (PATEN T) WI CKET GLOVES. " I think very highly of your new design for W icket uloves.”—The Hon. A . 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No. 167 .. OCT. 27.No. 170 .. JAN. 26. „ 168 .. NOV. 24. „ 171 ..F E B . 23. „ 169 .. DEC. 29. „ 172 ..M A R . 30. The six numbers will beforwarded imme­ diately on publication for Is. 3d., to be sent to M r . W. R. W r i g h t , Manager of C r i c k e t , at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E.O. Cricket: A W B B K L T BBO O BD O F T H B QAMM 41, IT. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8 t h , 1887. Dafnlkm: <$0sst£, The abstract andbrief chronicle ofthe time.** ______ ____________________ Hamlet, The change in the condition of the grounds from fast to slow has not been an unwelcome one for bowlers, and several noteworthy performances with the ball havebeenrecordedjustlately. Ofthemany good records in matches within the Metropolitan area, one of the best that has come under my notice was achieved by Mr. W. H. Miles, a member of the Hampton Wick and Uxbridge Clubs, His bowling figures last week will bear reproduction. O. M. B. W. 27 August v.Long Ditton.. 14 4836 81 „ v. Dorking.. .. 16.1 9 16 6 8 Sept. v. Pallingswick.. 9.1 2 17 4 89.2 15 66 16 Pallingswick were two short, so that altogether he was credited with sixteen, thirteen of them clean bowled, out of twenty-eight wickets. Further, of the re­ maining twelve he caught two at slip and two more were run out. He also did well with the bat, making the highest score against each of the two teams first named. T h e Incogniti, so their tried and faithful friend Robert Thoms writes me, brought their season to an end on Satur­ day on the picturesque ground attached to the palatial residence of Mr. Sydney Platt, whose guests the Incogs were last week, at Llanfairfechan, North Wales. There are few keener supporters or more liberal patrons of our national game than the worthy owner of Bryn-y-Neuadd, as the hundreds of cricketers who have at one time or other stayed under his roof can bear witness. During the season just over his team at Bryn-y-Neuadd have taken part in over fifty matches, many of them against some of the best local as well as nomadic clubs—English, Scotch and Irish—and a large number of the leading players of the three countries have reason to remember the kindly re­ ception they have met at his hands. Cricket is fortunate in having many equally staunch upholders impressed with the same sportsmanlike tastes, but few, if any, dispense more hearty or more open hospitality than the master of Bryn- y-Neuadd. Floreatl The following announcement which appeared in the Daily News of Tuesday last, will be of interest to cricketers in the neighbourhood of London, more particu­ larly to those on the Surrey side of the Thames :— H a r v e y — M a r s h a l l . —September 1, at the parish church, Mitcham, Surrey, Thomas Pashley, son of the late G.T.Harvey, of Baron- grove, Mitcham, to Helen Maye, daughter of E. Marshall, surgeon, of Church House, Mit­ cham, Surrey. Mr. T. P. Harvey, I need hardly add, has been for many years the mainstay of the Mitcham Club. As an all-round crieketer, indeed, he has been quite in the front rank of Metropolitan Amateurs, and, but for the requirements of business, which have prevented his taking part in what is called first-class cricket, he would in all probability have been of no small use to the Surrey Eleven. Mr. Harvey, who is very popular down Mitcham way, was, I believe, presented with a testimonial on Saturday week, not only in appreciation of the services he has rendered to local cricket, but as an expression of goodwill from his many friends in view of his forthcoming marriage. M r . C h a r le s R o m i lly , fifth son of the late Sir Samuel Bomilly, died at his resi­ dence, 29, Wilton Crescent, on the 26th of last month, in his eightieth year. The de­ ceased, who was formerly Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, was in his day a keen cricketer, and his name will be found frequently on the seore-sheets of th» Marylebone Club some sixty years ago.