Cricket 1888

120 CBIOKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. MAT 10, 1888s CRICKET SHIRTS The "" 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’ s iz e s ...........................4/6 do. best Saxony Flannel............... 10/6 Worsted Twill Shirts, with or without Silk Collars .................................12/6 Carriage Paid to anypart of the UnitedKingdom. N o t ic e .— Gentlemen arecautioned against buying 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. STKUTHERS & Co., M a n u f a c t u r e r s , 8 3 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT, I . O N D O N i CRICKET AND TENNIS SEASON, 1888. JamesLillywliite, 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 ! 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Crtchet: A W B B K L Y B B O O B D O F T H E Q AM M ( I , IT . IR D R EW 1 HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, MAT 10 t h , 1888. J j i r i n l m r ( f o a m y . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ___________ Hamlet. T h e Australian team have won their first match, and with credit, pulling up after having all the worst of the game on the first day, certainly on paper. Mr. C. I. Thornton’s eleven was not, of course, by any means the strongest combination he could have collected, but still it was strong enough in batting, with Messrs. W. G. Grace, W . W . Bead, Abel and others to give the Australians a fairly good trial for an opening match. The Colonists, too, could hardly have had a more pleasant spot for an outing by way of commencing operations than the extremely pretty ground belonging to the Mayor of Croydon. All things considered, the fixture maybe pronounced a great success, and the attendance on each day was good enough to encourage Mr. Hobbs to treat the inhabitants of Croydon, Streatham, and the districts surrounding Norbury Park to similar exhibitions in the shape of first-class cricket. T h e success of the Australians in this opening match can not fail to be very gratifying to them, as no one knows better or recognises more thoroughly the importance of a good start than their manager, Mr. C. W . Beal. The result, moreover, is, in a way, of considerable significance, as showing that their two stock bowlers, Messrs. Turner and Ferris, can bowl with considerable effect on a good pitch, as the wicket provided at Nor- bury undoubtedly was. None of the players, though, were in any practice, aud therefore no great reliance could be placed on the match as a test. Still, the all-round form shown by the Australian team on the second day was distinctly creditable—good enough, in fact, to lead to the belief that they will render an excellent account of themselves, particu­ larly when they get together. The point about which the public will, perhaps, be most interested, will be to see of what calibre the bowling changes of the team are, I mean to guage the possibilities when Turner and Perris, both or either, get collared. I do not know of my own knowledge whether it is an actual fact, but Mr. Beal tells me that Bannerman is his authority for the statement that this is the first time an Australian eleven has been suc­ cessful over a team captained by Mr. C. I. Thornton. I f so, they have additional reason for congratulation.