Cricket 1887

440 C R IC K E T : A W E E K L Y KEGORD OF TH E GAM E . OCT. 27, 1887 N EW BOOK ON C R IC K E T . At all Libraries and Bookstalls, Crown 8vo. 21- rjiHE GAME OF CRICKET. B y FREDERICK GALE (“ T h e O l d B u f f e r ” ) W ith a Portrait of the 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.—An old Cricketer’s tale. V.—Our connty cricket m atch. V I.—Scraps from old Supper-tables. VII.—Cricket Homilies. V III.—Twenty golden rules for young Cricketers. IX.—The rights o f wrongs of Cricket. The Sporting Life 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. 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TjiOR SALE.— C r ic k e t , Vols. 1 and 2; Scores and -1- Biographies, Vol. i ; Denison’s Sketches of the Players, Nyren’s Tutor, 11 issues of Lillywhite’s Guide (1851, etc.,) and m any other annuals and works relating to the game. Green, Beresford, Malvern. T\7ANTED, James Lillyw hite’s Cricketers v v Annual (Red Book) for 1874 in good condi­ tion, and for disposal John Lillywhite’s Companion (Green Book) for 1873, 1874, 1877, 1878.—E. T. G., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, D octors’ Commons. p R IC K E T G RO U N D .-W anted, a field (private) ^ for Cricket Club, a few miles out of London, with good train service. W rite, giving all particu­ lars, to Secretary, 40, Knowle Road, Brixton, S.W. /^.ROUNDMAN wanted by M itcham Club for next season. Applicant to state wages re­ quired, &c. to W. W . Thomson, M itcham, Surrey. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Results of the season and averages of the Principal Clubs will be inserted in the forth­ coming Winter Numbers, at the rate of 3/6 a column, with a minimum charge of 2/6. To ensure insertion in the following numbers, they must be received not later than the Satur­ day previous to publication. The present Issue is the first of the Monthly Numbers, which appear on the last Thursday in each month as follows:— No. 168 .. NOV. 24. No. 170 .. JAN. 26. „ 169 .. DEC. 29. „ 171 .. FEB. 23. „ 172 .. MAR. 30. The six numbers will be forwarded 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 .C . Cricket: A WBBKLt BBOOBD OF THB OAMM II, 8T. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, OCT. 27 th , 1887. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ______________________________________________ Hamlet, A P u b l i c S c h o o l cricketer of half a century ago passed away in the middle of last month unnoticed by any of the papers which deal principally with sporting subjects. General John Arthur Lambert, Colonel of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, who died on the 17th of September, at Weston House, Thames Ditton, was one of the Harrow Eleven of 1834, and his name will be found as one of the Harrow team who played against Eton and Winchester at Lord’s in that year. He formerly served in the Grenadier Guards, and was placed on the Retired List in July, 1880. He would have reached his seventieth birthday had he lived until the 30th of last month. T he latest issue of the “ Natal Cricketers’ Annual,” which has just come to hand, forwarded by the editor, Mr. J. T. Henderson, shows that the game is advancing rather than retrograding in that Colony. It will be of interest, too, to C k ic k e t readers to know that more than one player well-known on English grounds is helping towards the improve­ ment of cricket in South Africa. The honour of the highest scoring of last season belonged to Mr. F. F. Crawford, who obtained the large number of 1,346 runs in twenty-five completed innings, giving the fine average of 53J runs. Mr. Crawford, I need hardly remind C r i c k e t readers, did good service for Kent some years ago, and also for the Royal Artillery. He is now captain of the Maritzburg Club, which, by-the-way, has had Mr. J. J. Sewell, the Old Marl- burian, who was quite in the front rank of English amateurs twenty summers ago, as one of its leading supporters for many years. M r . C r a w f o k d scored over a hundred three times in Natal last season, and in addition to the distinction of carrying his bat twice through the innings helped to establish a record for the Colony, scoring 198 for the first wicket with Major McComb for the Maritzburg Club against the Volunteers on March 12th. Among other cricketers known in England figuring prominently in Natal last season were Lieut. Manson, of the South Lanca­ shire (82nd) Regt., whose 162 for the 82nd v. Maritzburg on Jan. 22nd is the highest score as yet made in that place, and E. Harrison. The latter, if I mistake not, figured some few years ago with his brothers at the Oval in the Surrey trial matches, and showed very promising cricket. According to Mr. Henderson he was gold-seeking at Johannesburg when the “ Annual ” was published. OUR GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS. Oh, Muses! come sing of the glories of cricket, Of the battles of bat, and the wars of the wicket; Of Grace for so long at the top of the tree, You won’t find a better than VV. G. Walter Read ? yes, perhaps—but don’t be in a hurry, For ev’ryone knows he’s the idol of Surrey. And Shrewsbury, too, ain’t his average stun­ ning; If Gunn does the catching, A. S. does the running. K. J. Key’s in good form, and I must mention Pilling, Whose fine bits of stumping are certainly killing. Tom Emmett, whose bowling no chap need deride (Though sometimes his balls are inclined to be wide). Young Lohmann, who certainly merits his praise, Will be beating the record, sir, one of these days. Monkey Hornby, bare-headed, and hard as a nail, Beats an ape in activity—lacking a tail. A capital batsman in Stoddart we find, Whose wonderful score left the others behind. And stumps are brought low by the murd'rous attacks Of Attewell andWatson,and other such cracks. Then small Johnny Briggs, also wee Bobby Abel, ’Who ought, like the midgets, to stand on a table ; (But if I could play half so well, I’ll be bound I wouldn’t mind being so close to the ground). Billy Bates, M. B. Hawka, Barnes, Sherwin and Ulyett— The light of their triumphs you’ll never find dull yet. The season of orioket is now on the wane, King Football, proud monarch, commences to reign. The teams for Australia are now outward bound. May wewelcome them home,when next spring­ time comes round. Shaw and Shrewsbury, W. W. Read, Smith, Vernon, &c., we wish them Gcd-speed. The battles of bat, andthe wars of the wioket, Long life and success to all lovers of Cricket. M aud R e id . N E X T IS S U E , NOVEMBER 24;