Cricket 1888

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JAN. 26, 1888. FOOTBALL AT LEYTON. Essex County Cricket Ground. J a n , 28—L on do n C aledonians v. Sw ifts. Feb. 4.— Crusaders v. C am bridge U niversity. ,, 11. — L on do n C aledonians v. C lapton. „ 18.—Semi-final, London Junior Cup. „ 25.— Crusaders v. O ld C arthusiaas. HORSE SHOE HOTEL, Tottenham Court Road (Corner of Oxford-st.) HANDSOME & SPACIOUS] SALOONS FOR C ricket C lub Suppers and Dinners. M en u s , from 3s. per head, forw arded on a pplicatio n to the M anager. N O W R E A D Y . V O L . V I. of “ C R I C K E T . ” Neatly bound in dark green cloth w ith gilt lettering P r ic e 7/6. (Per Parcels Post, securely packed, 9d. extra.) *D E SID E S F u ll Scores of all P rincipal Matches played in 1887, and a mass of Valuble In ­ formation, it contains Portraits and Biographies of the following E m inent Cricketers— L ord L yttelton M r . E . H. B uckland M r . H. w . F o rster M r . W . F. G if f e n M r . A. G il l e s p ie M r . C. 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It is our intention also to report the PR INC IPAL MATCHES at greater length than hitherto, and space will be found for County matches of every kind. We hope, too, to be able to give at intervals views and descriptions of the PR INC IPAL CRICKET GROUNDS, and, as far aspossible, other sketches illus­ trative of cricket matters. The paper W ILL BE ENLARGED, of courso, as occasion may require, to meet the additional claims on our space. (The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet, T he present Issue is the fourth of the M o nthly N um bers. The re m ain ing tw o w ill appear on the last T hursday in each m o n th as follows N o. 171 . . .. F E B . 23. , , 1 7 2 . . .. M A B . 30. T he s ir num bers w ill be forw arded im m e ­ d ia te ly on p ub licatio n for Is. 3d., to be sent to M b . W . E . W e ig h t , M anager of C b ic k et , at the office, 41, S t. A ndrew ’s H ill, D octors’ C om m ons, Ijpndon, E .C . L o h m a n n seems to have had a marvel­ lous escape against the bowling of Ferris in the match between Shrewsbury’s team and New South Wales at Sydney. The case, which is commented on thusly by the critic of the Sydney Mail , as he says, does not as a rule, happen to a cricketer more than once in a lifetime, “ The ball, which rolled against the wicket,” he adds, “shifted the bail out of the groove and left it hanging over the edge of the stump. Of course when in such a position if it had subsequently fallen off owing to a gust of wind or any other cause the batsman could not be given out, on the same principle that if a billiard ball comes to a rest on the verge of a pocket and by- and-by falls in it does not count a score, but the ball has to be replaced. Many years ago there used to be a story told in Melbourne of a bail being knocked up in the air and dropping back on to the wicket. It is on record that Ned Gregory, in a practice match at Sydney, bowled away the centre stump clean out of the ground, leaving the bails unmoved sticking in the off and leg stumps.” I h a v e pleasure in giving publicity to the following communication from Mr. Da\id Scott, of Melbourne, like myself a snapper up of unconsidered trifles in con­ nection with cricket lore :— D e a b S ib,— I n an issue of C uicicet some tim e ago you stated W . G. Grace m ade two hundreds against K ent, and th a t w ith the exception of the C ham pion him se lf it had never been done before in a first-class m atch. I presum e you m ean t in E n g la n d , as it has been done out here. A t Sydney in Jan uary , 1882, in a m a tc h for the G ardyne Cup, C arlton v. A lberts— tw o of the best Clubs in Sydney, a nd quite equal to any of the C ounty team s in E n g la n d — A liek B annerm an, the stonew aller of the first four A ustralian team s, for C arlton m ade 111 and 104 n o t out, so th a t you w ill see at once it was ju s t the same as W . G . T he scores were, C arlton 270 and 5i7B, Alberts 229 and 191, the C arlton w in n in g by 128 runs. I would humbly suggest in excuse for my omission that even Homer was said to nod. However the offence shall not occur again. C r ic k e t readers desirous of spending an hour or two pleasantly and profitably can hardly do so better than in company with Messrs. G. G. S. Lindsey and D. W. Saunders, in going over the ground travelled by the Gentlemen of Canada on the occasion of their visit to England last summer. Mr. Lindsey has been good enough to send me a copy of “ Cricket across the Sea,” in which, in conjunction with Mr. Saunders, he tells the tale of the Canadian Tour of 1887, and I can honestly recommend it as a most readable and in­ teresting account of the moving incidents the Gentlemen of Canada met with by flood and field. It is gratifying to know that Mr. Lindsey and his fellow travellers were thoroughly pleasedwith the reception NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 28.