Cricket 1888

264 ° CHICKED: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. ______________________________________________ ________________________ JULY 12, 1886. THE Granted since 1865 have each year ex­ ceeded^,000,000sums assured, a result maintained uninter- T )A T T p T T p Q ruptedly for so long I U J j I v I J j u a period by no other —— ------------------------------------ office in the United Kingdom. Funds 6f millions, increasing annually. S ta n d a rd L ife O ffic e 8 3, King 'William Street, London, E-C. R U B B E R - F A C E D (ROUGH) (PATENT) WI CKET GLOVES. “ I think very highly of your new design for Wicket Uloves.”—1The Hon. A. L y t t e l t o n . “ Empire’Vatent) e/rr/A/6 g l o v e s As s p e c ia l l y M a d e f o r t h e A u s t r a l ia n T e a m . com b in a t io n n on - ja r r in g b a t s . A l s o o t h e r S P E C IA L IT IE S AN D A L L R E Q U IS IT E S FOR C R I C K E T , T E N N I S , F O O T B A L L , Etc., Manufactured by the Old-Established (1815) Firm E. J. PAGE & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. W ho le sa le . E x p o r t and R e ta il. C r t c h e t : A W E E K L Y B E C O B D O F T H E G A M E . 41, ST. ANDREW'S H ILL, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, JULY 12th, 1888. f j a b t l k t r d t o s s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Mamiet In last week’s “ Gossip” I ventured to throw doubt on the statement in the Whitehaven Free Press —which appeared also in the Pall Mall Budget, I have since found—that the oricket club just established in Berlin is the first founda­ tion of the kind in Germany. Messrs. John Wisden and Co. inform me that they have supplied cricket materials to clubs in various parts of the Fatherland for more than twenty years. In proof, too, that Berlin has had regularly con­ stituted cricket clubs before this present year of grace, they have sent me a copy of the eleventh annual report of the Anglo-American Cricket Club, held at the Cafe Holland, in Berlin, on the 18th of March, 1870. The club, which seems previously to have born the title of the “ Berlin C.C.,” was at that meeting re­ named the “ Anglo - American Cricket Club in Berlin,” with a view of inducing American residents and visitors to join. This will show that the Anglo-American C.C. had a continuous existence of at least eleven years. A n g lo -A m eeic a n C lub in B e r l in . Season 1871. Members are respectfully informed that the Committee has selected the undermentioned Holidays as days on which matches are to be played— Good Friday, April 7. Easter Monday, April 10. Wednesday, May 3. Thursday, May 18. Whit Monday, May 29. Other matches arranged by the Committee will be duly announced to the Members. Stumps to be pitched each day at Two o’clock precisely, on which occasions all Members are requested to attend. By order of the Committee, M. B l a c k b u b n , Hon. Sec. Itofnicker-Strasse 136 A. Members requiring the bats, &c.,for practice, can at any time have them by applying at C a f e L in k , 76, Unter den Linden. The Club meets for play on the Hippodrome Biding Ground, corner of the Charlottenburg ltoad, near the Zoological Gardens. The Committee earnestly solicits the intro­ duction of New Members. It will not surprise anyone who had the opportunity of appreciating the bound­ less energy of Mr. G. G. Lindsey, the manager of the team of Canadian cricketers during their visit to England last summer, to learn that that gentle­ man, like the great Alexander, is sighing for new worlds of cricket to conquer. The Toronto Mail is my authority for the statement that Mr. Lindsey-—following the recent example of his American cousins—has decided to take a team to the West Indies during the winter of either 1888 or 1889, more probably the latter. A long time since I speculated on the possibilities of a second visit of Canadian cricketers to the old country in 1890, and I gather from the Mail that Mr. Lindsey is already making plans and arrange­ ments for the trip here in two years' time. My enquiry of laBt week as to the last instance of an English fixture prolonged beyond the third day prior to the recent Inter-University match, has brought me replies from two enthusiastic lovers of the game, Mr. M. J. Ellison, the respected President of the Yorkshire County Club, and my long time fellow-worker in oricket, “ The Old Buffer.” Though neither gives a complete answer to my question, I am inclined to think the match between Sheffield and Dalton in 1851, of which Mr. Ellison sends me a report, will be about the latest instance of the kind, as I can only find one entryof a four days’ match in “ Scores and Biographies” afterwardsup to 1876. The fixture to which Mr. Gale refers was between the Gentlemen and Players, played at Lord’s on July 21,1845, and three following days, and the “ Old Buffer ” asserts he remembers it well as it rained in torrents, an experience not altogether new, by the way, to cricketers in this year of (dis) grace. 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 i z e s ............................. 4 /6 do. best Saxony Flannel. ... 1 0 /6 Worsted Twill Shirts, with or without Silk Collars ..................................... 1 2 /6 Carriage Paid to any p a rt of the United Kingdom. N otice.— 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 will be found in after wear to shrink very little if at all. STRUTHERS & Co., M anufacturers , 8 3 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT, T ONDON. CR ICKET AND TENN IS SEASON , 1888. JamesLillywhite, Frowd, &Co., THE OLD ESTABLISHED M A N U F A C T U R E R S & O U T F IT T E R S , L o n d on : 2, 4, & 6 , NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY, S.E. Manufactory.— 69 to 74, BOROUGH ROAD, S.E. West E n d Branch.— 24, HAYMARKET, S.W. Speciality fo r Best-Class Goods. M o d e ra te P ric e s 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 L ists post free. 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.” W. J. PILE Ath 1 fctic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By Appointment to the London Athletic Club (L.A.C.), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs. 171, PEN CHU RCH ST., E.C. W . J. PILE’S SPECIALITIES are S h ru n k F la n n e l T rousers 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 35/-. F la n n e l Caps 1/-. W . J. PILE’S “ Perfec­ tion ” Straw Hat, weighing only 2 oz., and made of Grass Straw is a wonderful invention, price only2/6. SEND STAMP FOR ILLUSTRATED LISTS. W . .T . P I L E 171, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. (IBICKBT AND FOOTBALL GROUNDS for Season. Day or Saturday Matches. To LET at Hyde Farm, Balham (under new management), close to Railway Station.— W . B a rto n (Ground- man), Holly Cottage, Holly Grove, Balham. PADDINGTON CRICKET GROUND.-Ports- down Road, Maida Yale. Half mile from Lord’s.—A first-class wicket can be engaged for matches, Saturdays excepted. Nine acres. Only one match allowed. Excellent pavilion accommo­ dation.— J a m e s B a t e s , Hon. Sec. Tj^NGLAND v. AUSTRALIA a t t h e w ick e t. -*J One Shilling; post-free Is. 3d. At all bookstalls; of the Compilers, B r u m fitt & K irb y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W r ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E.C. XPDUCATITN.—SUNDRIDGE COLLEGE, HAS- -LJ TING •. 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, Unlimited Sea Views, &c. Terms Moderate.—Principal: R. L y d g a te , A.K.C., Late Member of Oval Committee. T he following is a fa c simile of the official notice of the arrangements for the season of 1871, attached to the report:— M r . E llison w rites— I am happy in being able to send you the nccount of a match—Sheffield v. Dalton— which was played on the Old Trafford Ground at Manchester in 1851. It commenced on