Cricket 1888

162 CRIOKETs A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. MAT 24, 1888. CRICKET SHIRTS The *' CLUB Shirt, specially prepared coarse WHITE CANVAS with collar and pocnet, 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 any part of the UnitedKingdom* Notice.— Gentlemen are cautioned against buying bo 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. STRUTHERS & Co., M a n u f a c t u r e r s , 8 3 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT, _______________ 1 O N D O N . CRICKET AND TENNIS SEASON, 1888. JamesLillywhite, Frowd, &Co., T HE OLD ESTABLISH ED 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. Manufactory. —69 to 74, BOROUGH ROAD, S.E. West End Branch.— 24, HAYMARKET, S.W. Specialityfor Best-Class Goods. M oderate P rices and L ib e r a l D iscounts . Special Terms to Large Buyers. S ev era l N o v elt ies f o r t h e C om ing S eason . Illustrated Price Lists postfree. J. L. F. & Co. are publishers of James Lilly- white’s Cricketers’ Annual, and sole Patentees and Manufacturers ofFrowd’s celebrated “ Special Driver ” Cricket Bat,now used by all the “ cracks ” and universally dubbed the “ King of Bats.” /CRICKET GROUNDS for Season, Day or Satur- ^ day Matches. To Let at Hyde Farm, Balham (under new management), close 'to Railway Station.—W.B arton (Groundman),Holly Cottage, Holly Grove. Balham. -EDUCATION.—SUNDRIDGE COLLEGE, HAS- -LJ TINGS. Thorough Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Correspondence, English, French,German, and all other subjects necessaryfor a Liberal and Business Education. Health carefully studied. Delicate and backward boys taken special care of. Sea­ bathing, Cricket, Unlimited SeaViews, &c. Terms Moderate.—Principal: R. L ydgate , A.K.C., Late Member of Oval Committee. rrH E HOLBORN C.C. have May 26, June 2,16,23, A July 7, 21, vacant for 2nd Eleven matches, The Hon. Sec., W. H. M. L a k e , 94, Camden Road, N.W., will be glad to arrange with Clubs within easy distance of City or West End. g r a n d c r i c k e t m a t c h KENNINGTON OVAL. May 31, June 1 and 2, A U S T R A L I A N S PLAYERS OF ENGLAND. A d m issio n — O n e S h il l in g . June 7—Surrey v. Yorkshire. „ 11—Surrey v. Kent______ STANDARD LIFE OFFICE HALF-A-M ILLION paid in Death Claims every year. Funds SIX- AND -A - H i L F MILLIONS, increasing yearly. 83, KING W ILLIAM STREET, E.O. 3, PALL MALL EAST. W. RUBBER-FACED (PATENT) W I C K E T GLOVES. “ I think very highlv of your new design for Wicket Gloves.”—The Hon. A. L ytte lto n . “Empire ” ipatent> BATTING GLOVES As specially made fob th e Australian T e a m . c o m b in a t io n NON-JARRING BATS. Also other SPECIALITIES AND ALL REQUISITES FOR CRICKET, TENN IS, FOOTBALL, Etc., Manufactured by the Old-Established (1815) Firm E. J. P A G E & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. Wholesale. Export and Retail. Cricket: A W B B K L T B B O O B D O P I B M G AMM fl, IT. UDIEUri HILL, LORDOR, E.O. E n g l a n d v . a t j s t r a l i a at t h e w ic k e t . One Shilling; post-free Is. 3d. A t all bookstalls; of the Compilers, B b u m f it t & K ib b y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W e ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, B.C. W. J. PILE Athletic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By Appointment to the London Athletic Club (L.A.C.), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs. 171, EENCHURCH ST., E.C. W. J. PILE'S SPECIALITIES are S h r u n k F l a n n e l T r o u s e r s at 8/6, 10/6, 12/6. F l a n n e l S h ir t s at 7/6and 9/6. F l a n n e l C oats at 10/6 to 15/-. F l a n n e l C a ps 1/-. W. J. PILE'S “ Perfec­ tion ” Straw Hat, weighing only 2oz ,and made of Grass Strawis a wonderful invention, price only2/6. SEND 8TAMP F O B ILLUSTRATED LISTS. w . j r . p i l e , 171, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. T H U R S D A Y , M A Y 2 4 th , 1888. Tha abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— _________________ Mamie L T he right hand of the greatest of all Colonial batsmen, the W. G. Grace of Australia, W. L. Murdoch, it is satisfac­ tory to note, has not forgotten its cunning, although there does not seem to be any chance, everyone will regret to observe, of his re-appearance on the cricket-field, at least in matches of any importance. In the recent Inter-colonial Pigeon Shoot­ ing match I notice that Mr. J. L. Purves, the King of the Australian natives, and “ Billy ” Murdoch, ofcricketingfame, shot for Victoria. Murdoch had, too, the satisfaction of killing all his nine birds. I t seems that the actual loss of the Melbourne Club over the introduction of the English team of cricketers to Australia last winter amounts in round numbers to the big sum of .£8,500. At least these are the figures as shown in the accounts pre­ sented by the secretary to the committee at a meeting held in the pavilion on the 4th oflast month. The loss in the general account is £3,700, and the credit to the stand of about £‘200 gives the amount of the absolute loss as .£3,500. The pro­ moters of the other team also must have had a considerable deficit, though, I should fancy, nothing like as large. It is noteworthy that, at a meeting of the New South Wales Association held last month, James Lillywhite asked for a rebate of two and a half per cent, on the charge of the association for itspatronage, “ as he and his partners had suffered a heavy pecuniary loss owing to unfavour­ able weather and the simultaneous pre­ sence of two English teams in the Colonies." Lillywhite stated, too, in addition, “ that no guarantee had been given by the ground trustees against loss, the whole of which would fall upon him­ self and his partners.” C ric k e t readers, more especially those who saw much of the members of the Melbourne Club Australian team who were over here in 1886, will be interested to learn that one of the most popular of those who wore the colours of M.C.C. during that tour—Mr. William Bruce, to wit—was married in Melbourne on April 5 to Miss E. Montgomery, of the same city. Mrs. Bruce was in England two years ago during the visit of the Fifth Australian team, and will no doubt be remembered by many who read this announcement. The happy pair will have the best wishes of all cricketers. T he many English friends of C. W. Bock, the old Cantab, will be pleased to learn that he is keeping up, perhaps it would bemore correct tosayincreasing, his reputation as a batsman in Tasmania. In a match between the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Colony, played at Hobart Town on Easter Saturday and Monday, he scored 158 for the former, making himself thirteen more than the Southern eleven in their first innings. His cutting is described as remarkably good. The Northern total was 377, to which H. Wilson contributed 106. O ne of the most prominent figures o' late years in the world of Victorian cricket was removed by the hand of death in the early part of last month. Walter MacAlpine,or“old Mao,” ashe was universally called, the curator of the Melbourne ground, was familiar to every one who had any acquaintance with Australian cricket. For ten years he had been indefatigable in his duties as custodian of the ground of the M.C.C., and to his painstaking and diligent care the high reputation it has enjoyed is mainly