Cricket 1888

104 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 3, 188& CRICKET SHIRTS The Al CLUB Shirt, specially prepared coarse WHITE CANVAS with collar and pocket, best quality .................................4/6 Flannel Shirts, twice shrunk, with collar and pocket .......................5/6 do. in Boys’ sizes ............. ... 4/0 do. best Saxony Flannel.............10/6 Worsted Twill Shirts, with or without Silk Collars ............. .............12/6 Carriage Paid to any part of the UnitedKingdom. N o tic e —Gentlemen are cautioned against buying so called Unshrinkable Flannels, but as in all ca«-es our materials are shrunk twice in water before being made up, they w ill be found in after wear t >shrink very little if at all. STRUTHERS I Co., M anufacturers , 8 3 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT, 1 O N D O N . CRICKET AND TENNIS SEASON, 1888. JamesLillywhite, 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, NEW INGTON CAUSEWAY, S.E. M anufactory.—69 to 74, B O R O U G H RO A D , S.E. West E n d B ranch.—24, H A Y M A R K E T , S.W . Speciality for Best-Class Goods. M oderate P rices and L ib e r a l D iscounts . Special Terms to Large Buyers. S e v e r a l N o v e ltie s f o r t h e Coming Season. Illustrated Price Lists postfree. J. L . F. & Co. are publishers of Jam es Lilly- w hite’s Cricketers’ A nnual, and sole Patentees and Manufacturers of Frowd’s celebrated “ Special Driver ” Cricket Bat, now used by all the “ cracks ” and universally dubbed the “ King of Bats.” STANDARD UYR OFFICE H A L F - A - M IL L IO N paid in D eath Claims every year. Funds SIX- AND -A - H ' L F M IL L IO N S , increasing yearly. 83, K IN G W IL L IA M ST REET , E.C. 8, P A L L M A L L EAST, W . Large Wooden Pavilion for Sale p tH E A P . Comprises 2 dressing-rooms, store ^ lockers, &c. Cost nearly £40 short tim e ago. Price £20.—To view, apply at 19, Kensington Court Place, W . /'CRICKET G R O U N D S for Season, Day or Satur ^ day Matches. To L et at Hyde F aim , Balham (under new management), close to Railway Station.—W .B a rto n (Groundm an),Holly Cottage, H olly Grove, Balham . TXTANTED.—A Cricket Ground, or share of one» “ * for 10 or 12 matches on Saturday afternoons during the com ing season. M ust be w ithin easy distance of Victoria Station. Terms moderate.— Apply, stating terms and full particulars, by letter only, to A. C. H u rs t, Hon. Sec., 131, W arwick Street, Pim lico, S.W. E n g l a n d v. a u s t b a l i a at the w ick et . One Sh illing ; post-free Is. 3d. At all bookstalls; of the Compilers, B rum fitt & K ir b y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W r ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s H ill, London, E.C. "U D U C A T IO N .—S U N D R ID G E C O L L E G E , HAS- T INGS. Thorough Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Correspondence, English, French.German, and all other subjects necessary for a Liberal and Business Education. Health carefully studied. Delicate and backward boys taken special care of. Sea­ bathing, Cricket, U nlim ited Sea Views, &c. Terms Moderate.—P rin cipal: R . L y d g a te , A.K.C., Labe Member of Oval Committee. W. J. PILE Athletic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By A ppointm ent to the London Athletic Club (L.A.C,), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs. 171, FENCHURCH ST., E.C. W . J. P IL E ’S S P E C IA L IT IE S are S h ru n k FiiANNEL T ro use rs at 8/6, 10/6, 12/6. F la n n e l S h ir ts at 7/6 and 9/6. F la n n e l C oats at 10/6 to 15/-. F la n n e l Caps 1/-. W . J. P IL E ’S “ Perfec­ tion ” Straw H at, weighing only 2 oz., and m ade of Grass Straw is a wonderful invention, price only2/6. SEN D STAMP F O R ILLU ST R A T E D LISTS. W . . 1 . P I L E , 171, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. RUBBER-FACED (R O U G H ) (PATENT) W I C K E T G L O V E S . “ I thin k very highly of your new design for W icket Gloves.”—The Hon. A. L y tt e lt o n . “ E m p ir e ’ W n t > b a t t in g g lo v e s As s p e c ia lly M ade f o r t h e A u s tr a lia n Team. c om b in a t io n n on - ja r r in g b a t s . A lso o th e r S P E C IA L IT IE S A N D A L L R E Q U IS IT E S FOR C R IC K E T , T E N N IS , F O O T B A L L , Etc., M anufactured by the Old-Established (1815) F irm E. J. P A G E & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. W holesale. E x p ort and Retail. N O T I C E. “ The Editor wishes it to be understood that he only guarantees the insertion of scores of clubs arranging for the publication of all their matches. Conditions may be learned of the Manager. To ensure insertion in the next number scores must reach this Office at the latest by the first post on Tuesday morning following the match. Cricket: A W B B K L T B B O O B D O F T H B Q A M B I I , 8T. ANDREW’ S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, MAY 8 kd , 1888. D a f r H n m d k s s i p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— HamUL T h e Sixth Australian team are among us, and, according to accounts, all of them sound and well. Though they are not to open, as was at first intended, on the Surrey ground, a Surrey ground will be the scene of their first appearance as a team on English soil. Nor could there well be a prettier or more picturesque spot on which to introduce them to the notice of the publie than the well-kept cricket ground which forms a part of the park owned by His Worship the Mayor of Croydon, Mr. J. W . Hobbs. On Monday next the Australians will commence their tour there with a match against a team selected by Mr. C. I. Thornton, and the three days’ outing at Norbury will form a pleasant prelude to their contest with Warwickshire at Birmingham, which is fixed to occupy the last two days of the week. Mb. T h o r n t o n does not, as a rule, take a very bad side into the field when he has an opposition of any weight to meet, and there is small doubt that his team will be a strong one. In any case, before the next number of C r ic k e t sees the light of print we shall have had an opportunity of seeing the Australians at work, and, to a certain extent, of guaging their chances in the more important fixtures. Percy McDonnell, I may say, is confident that his eleven will be a good working one, and that it will be very difficult to beat when the men get together. At all events, the present team seems likely to have one advantage over some of its predecessors— harmony of action and feeling—and this, I need hardly add, is a powerful factor in favour of a cricket combination. What­ ever measure of success may be in store for the team, however, in one point English cricketers will be heartily in accord, in hoping they will have an enjoyable as well as prosperous trip. In the name of the great brotherhood of which they are a part, C r ic k e t offers its best wishes to every member of the Sixth Australian Team. I h a v e already called attention to two new fixtures arranged since the arrival of the team, and Mr. Beal, I may add, has made another addition in a match to be played at Edinburgh on July 12 and two follow­ ing days. There is, as everyone knows, a large Australian colony in the Scotch capital, and the cricketers will be sure of a right hearty reception there. Another vacant date (Aug. 23) will be occupied with a match at the Crystal Palace, and this will fill up all the available days until the eighth of September, the finish at Scarborough. T h e r e is every chance, Mr. Beal informs me, of the arrangement of two fixtures with Shrewsbury’s team, now nearing home, in the week immediately following the Scarborough match. One of these will in all probability be played at Bradford, the other at Leeds, Birmingham, or some other suitable place in the north. If these two both come off, it is very likely that the Australians will visit Hastings on Sept. 17 and two following days for the close of the Hastings Week; if only one there is a chance of their appearance in Sussex four days before. It does not seem altogether improbable that Mr. Beal will take his party through America on their homeward journey, and there are already rumours of the possibility of arrangements with American teams. There isjust a chance that the Australians may play a match with the American Base-Ball Combination which is to visit