Cricket 1888

184 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Jtt&E 1, 1888: CRICKET SHIRTS Th® •* 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 B o y s’ sizes ............ „. 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 are cautioned against buying so called Unshrinkable Flannels, but a« in all ca'es our materials are shrunk twice in water 1 efore being made up, they will be found in after wear t . shrink very little if at all. STRUTHERS & Co., M anufacturers , 8 3 . FINSRURY PAVEMENT, L O N D O N . CRICKET AND TENNIS SEASON, 1888. JamesLillywhite, Frowd, &Co., THE 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, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY, S.E. Manufactory .—69 to 74, BOROUGH ROAD, S.E. West End Branch.— 24, HAYMARKET, S.W. Specialityfor Best-Class Goods. M o d e r a t e P r ic e s an d L ib e r a l D is c o u n t s . Special Terms to Large Buyers. S e v e r a l N o v e l t ie s f o r t h e C o m in g S e a s o n . Illustrated Price Lists postfree. J. L. F. & Co. are publishers of James Lilly­ white’s Cricketers’ Annual, 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.” PHOTOGRAPHS OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM FOR 1888. rFAKEN AT NORBURY.—Extract from Croydon Advertiser: -*• Photographs to hand; they are really splendidly taken; in fact, each face in group is a portrait in itself.” From J. W. Hobbs, Esq., Mayor of Croydon “ Thanks for capital Photos, of Australians. Please quote the price for 6 dozen large size (for presentation).” Latge Panel Size, 13in. by 8 in., gold bevelled edge, mount and frames neatly arranged, 3s. each. Cabinet size, Is. 3d. Large size,for framing, 4s. All securely packed. S. P . L. P h il l ip s , Oxford House Studio, East Croydon. S HED FOR CRICKETERS AND TENNIS PLAYERS.—16ft. wide by 24ft. deep. Un­ inflammable, waterproof, portable. Has been used only at Health Exhibition. Will be sold for £15. —Address, P o r t e r , 161, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. T^OR SALE.—Early issues of Wisden’s and Lillywhite’s “ Cricket Annuals,” C r ic k e t , Vol. I., and other scarce volumes.—Address, C r ic k e t , 59, London Road, Brighton. r'iRICKET GROUND* for Season, Day or Satur- ^ day Matches. To i rt at Hyde Farm, Balham (under new manager silt), close to Railway Station.— W .B a r t o n (Q oondman),Holly Cottage, Holly Grove, Balham. JNGLAJSD v. AUSTRALIA a t t h e w ic k e t . One Shilling; post-free Is. 3d. At all bookstalls; of the Compilers, B r u m p it t & K ir b y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W r ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E.C. TTDUCATION.-SUNDRIDGE COLLEGE, HAS- -1- 1 TINGS. Thorough Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Correspondence, English, French,German, and all other subjects necessary for a Lioeral and Business Education. Health carefully studied. Delicate and backward boys taken special care of. Sea­ bathing, Cricket, Unlimited Sea Views, Ac. Terms Moderate.—Principal: R. L y d g a t e , A.K.C., Late Member of Oval Committee. STANDARDJ j IFE OFFICE HALF-A-M ILLION paid In Death Claims every year. Funds SIX - AND - A - H ALF MILLIONS, increasing yearly. 83, KING WILLIAM STREET, E.CJ, 8 , PALL MALL EAST. W. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. C A M B B I D 6 E • M A Y T E R M A T T R A C T I O N S. C r ic k e t M a t c h . A u s t r a l ia n s v . C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y , June 7, 8, 9. EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE o n WEEK DAYS B e t w e e n LONDON a n d CAMBRIDGE. L o n d o n (K in g ’ s C r o s s )— dep. 7.45, 9.0,11.10 a.m.; 12.40, 8.0, 5.0, 7.30, 9.35 p.m. C a m b r id g e — arr. 9.40, 10.30 a.m ; 12.30, 2.0, 4.22, 6.17, 9.18,11.10 p.m. C a m b r id g e -d e p . 8.30, 10.0, 12.0 a.m.; 2.15, 4.35, 6.1(i, 7.45 9.20* p.m. L o n d o n (K in g ’ s C r o s s )— arr. 9.50,11.20 a.m .; 1.17, 3.35, 5.55, 7.55, 9.15,10.50 p.m. * W ill run from June 7th to 14th inclusive. Friday, June 8 th, a Cheap Day Excursion to Cambridge will be run from L o n d o n (Moorgate, Aldersgate, Farringdon, King’s Cross (G. N.), and Finsbury Park Stations). Tickets, Bills, &c., at Booking Offices and Stations, and of Messrs. S w a n & L e a c h , Lmtd., 3, Charing Cross, and 3*2Piccadilly Circus. London, King’s Cross, H e n r y O a k l e y , June, 1868. General Manager. ESSEX COUNTY CRICKET GROUND, LEYTON. GENTLEMEN OF ESSEX PARSEES. TO-DAY and TO-MORROW, J u n e 7 & 8. ADMISSION t o G r o u n d , S ix p e n c e . C o v e r e d S t a n d (Reserved & Numbered Seats), Is. Trains leave Liverpool Street for Leyton at 10.9» 11.13,11.48,12.20,1.8,1.43. 2.10, 2 5'i, 3.40, 4.6. From Liverpool Street to Hoe Street.—10.5, 10.0, 10.33,11.8, 11.32,12.3,12 20,12.32, 1.2,1.32, 2.2, 2.17, 2.32, 2.49, 3.5. From Fenchurch Street to Leyton—10.13, 11.15, 12.28, 2.13, 3.13, 4 13. Tickets including admission to t^e ground will be issued each day to Leyton from the above stations. Fare—Is. 6 d. 1st class; Is. 3d. 2nd class ; Is. 3rd class. MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY NEXT JUNE 11, 12, & 13. A U S T R A L I A N S PAST &PRESENT OF OXFORD. In addition to the above Ordinary Service A SPECIAL TRAIN W ill be run each day from Liverpool Street at 11.2 to Leyton, returning at 6.50, stopping at Stratford only on each journey. A d m is s io n t o G r o u n d O n e S h il l in g . Enclosure (Unreserved Seats) Is., Covered S ta n d (Reserved and Numbered Seats) 2s each day, or 5s. the match. Pavilion Stand 5s. each da*, or 10s the match. Stand Tickets can be obtained of the Secretary, County Ground, Leyton. These do not include admission to Ground. G R A N D C R IC K E T M A T C H KENNINGTON OVAL. T l i i s D a y , Friday, and Saturday. S U l l R E Y Y O I f I v tS I I I I t I-:. A dm ission — S ix pe n c e . June 11—Surrey v. Kent. W . J . P I L E Athletic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By Appointment to the London Athletic Club (L.A.O.), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs. 171, F E N C H U R C H ST ., W. J. PILE’S SPECIALITIES are S h ru n k F la n n el T rousers at f/ 6 , 10/6, 12/6. F lannel S h irt s at 7/6 and 9/6. F la n n el C oats at 10/6 to 15/-. F lannel C a p s I/-. W. J. PILE’S “ Perfec­ tion ” Straw Hat, weighing only 2 os., and made of Grass Strawis a wonderful invention, price only2/6. SEN D STAMP FOR ILLUSTRATHD LISTS. W . .T . P I L E 171, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. RUBBER-FACED (ROUGH) (PATENT) WICKET GLOVES. “ I think very Wicket Gloves.”—The of your new design for on. A. L yttelton . ‘‘Enipire ’’(patent) ^rr/yve g l o v e s As spec ia lly M a d e f o r the A ustralian T ea m . comr ination non - jarr ing r a t s . A lso o th er SPECIALITIES AND ALL REQUISITES fo r CRICKET, TENN IS, FOOTBALL , Etc., Manufactured by the Old-Established (1815) Firm E. J. PAGE & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. Wholesale. Export and Retail. Cricket: A W B 3KLY BBOOBD OF THU GAME (I, IT. IIDREn HILL, LORDOH, E.O. THURSDAY, JUNE 7 t h , 188«. D a b i lb t t Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the tfme.— _________________ ________________________ Hamlet As far as 1 can hear, our good friends in Holland are likely to have more than one English team to welcome during this summer. The following notes sent me by a correspondent who has taken a very active part in the introduction of cricket to Holland will, I hope, be interesting:— The game continues to thrive in Holland, and appears now to be quite established as the national summer pastime. The recent in­ corporation of the “ Nederlandsche Cricket- Bond,Mthe supreme council on matters per­ taining to cricket, has introduced some organisation and union among the hetero­ geneous multitude of clubs, and one of its special functions is to encourage matches with visiting teams from other countries. The first match played by the natives with Englishmen was in 1881, when a suburban team from London visited the country, on which occasion