Cricket 1888

28 0 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 19, 1888. CRICKET SHIRTS The •'*' CLUB Bhirt, specially prepared coarse WHITE CANVAS with collar and pockbt. 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 C ollars ...........................................1 2 /6 Carriage P aid to any p a rt of the United Kingdom. N o t ic e — Gentlemen are cautioned against buying so called Unshrinkable Flannels, but aa in all ca»es our materials are shrunk twice in water before being made up, they will be found in after wenr t •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, T O N D O N . CEICKET AND TENNIS SEASON, 1888. 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F l a n n e l S h ir t s at 7/6 and 9/6. F l a n n e l C o a t s at 10/6 to 15/-. F l a n n e l C a p s 1/-. W . J. PILE’S “ Perfec­ tion” Straw Hat, weighing only 2oz., and made of Grass Straw is a wonderful invention, price only2/6. SEND STAMP FOR ILLUSTRATED LISTS. W . J . P I L E 171, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. pR IC K E T AND FOOTBALL GROUNDS fpr ^ Season. Day or Saturday Matches. To LET at Hyde Farm, Balham (under new management), close to Railway Station.—W. B a r t o n (Ground- man), Holly Cottage, Holly Grove, Balham. pADDINGTON CRICKET GROUND.-Porbs -1- down Road, Maida Vale. 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. rpO TOURISTS.—Why not have a week’s outing with the English Cricketers on the Comment, visiting Antwerp, Brussels, The Hague, Amster­ dam and Kotterdam? The total cost is £4 17s. Gd. only. The party will start Saturday, August 4th from London. Arrangements as to matches and full particulars, write for printed programme (post free), to be had of F. W. H e t h e r in g t o n , 314, Strand, W.C. E n g l a n d v. A u s t r a l i a 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 f it t & K ir b y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W r ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E.C. TTDUCATICN.-SUNDRIDGE c o l l e g e , h a s- TINGo. Thorough Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Correspondence, English, French,German, and a ll other subjects necessary for a Literal 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 t e , A.K.C., L a te Member of Oval Committee. THE Granted since 1865 have each year ex­ ceeded^!,000,000sums assured, a result maintained uninter­ ruptedly for so long a period by no other office in the United Kingdom. Funds 6| millions, increasing annually. S t a n d a r d L if e O f f ic e :— 8 3, King William Street, London, E.C. STANDARD POLICIES RUBBER-FACED (ROUGH) (PATENT) WI CKET GLOVES. " I think very highly of your new design for Wicket Gloves.”—The Hon. A. L y t t e l t o n . ‘ 1 Empire ’Wend b a t t i n g g l o v e s A s 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 o n - 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 IC 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 B e ta il. C r ic k e t: A W E E K L Y B E C O B D O F T H E G A M E . +1, ST. ANCREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 19th, 1888. fjaMInm Gossip, The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— H a m le t . D c n e lm ia n writes as follows I should like to call your attention to what seems to me a very noteworthy batting per­ formance. I remember, a year or two ago, seeing an article in “ Gossip ” about the per­ formances of E. S. Lucas and H. Bankin, for Merchant Taylors’ School, who twice within a week put on upwards of 100 runs for the first wicket. This feat has been equalled, at least—if not surpassed—by that of two young batsmen of Lancing College, C. K. H. Gresson (a younger brother of the Oxonian), and O. J. B. Bichards. On June 14,1887, for Lancing College v. Stoic 3 , they scored 132 before a wicket fell; and on June 18th, against Brighton C.C., they scored 128 before a wicket fell. This feat they have just repeated this year. On July 5th, for Lancing College v. Stoics, they scored 107 before a wicket fell, and again on July 7th, for Lancing College v. Hurstpier- point College, they scored 103 for the first wicket. Nor is this all, as on June 7th, the same pair scored 101 for the first wicket in a house match. “ R. T.,” Middlesex born, writes me that he has for the first time been in the neighbourhood of his ancestors, on tour with the Incogniti Club, and although he well knew, from what he had seen in the way of Mr. J. S. Carrick’s performance at Chichester in 1885, that some of the bats­ men hailing from “ Scotia ” were not to be shifted even for two days, he was not prepared to see such universal good batting. It may at once be set down that the Scotch batting does not partake of the tender style, but is vigorous and forcing, as the “ Incogs ” will testify. But it is some consolation to the visitors to the “ Land of Cakes ” to know that they had the satisfaction of dismissing the batsmen of the leading club—The Grange —for a less total than was effected in a succeeding match, by the Lancashire Wizards, who had the help of Yates and Alec Watson, the latter of whom knows his way about—in the way of length and feeding—without the assistance of “ Lilly­ white’s Guide.’’ To sum-up, it would be no bad incentive to the grand old game to have a home-and-home match arranged next season of Scotland—with two given such as W. G. Grace and W. W. Bead, or A. G. Steel and Lohmann—v. England. I am quite sure that a match of this kind would be most welcome to cricketers, and would cause much interest, on both sides of the border, and would henceforth be an annual one. And as we have seen counties rise and fall—and champion­ ships change—who can foretell but that in the days to come, Scotland may not want and take as much leathering as our friends the Australians, and show that they can hold their own against any picked English team. T he lot of a cricket secretary, like that of the ex-policeman of Mr. W. S. Gilbert, is not always a happy one. There seems,too,tobe among those who are not versed in the technicalities or usages of the game a certain amount of doubt as to the duties of his office. Only recently a well-known officer of awell-known club was pointed out to a lady on the occasion of one of the fashionable matches of the season. “ Dear me 1” was her ejaculation, with unfeigned surprise. “ The Secretary, is it ! Now what do Secretaries do—do they umpire ? ” The idea of that impos­ ing personage, Mr. - - -— - , but no names ! —emerging from the Pavilion a t ------ no matter—in one of the long white coats which now form the outer garb of tho umpire in most fixtures cf importance, presented a picture too ludicrous to the imagination of my friend, who was being questioned, andhe “ smole,” whether up his sleeve or not the narrator is unable to determine. The story suggests the lady in P u n c h , who thought the umpires in the Eton and Harrow match were the head masters of the respective schools, “ Eton at one end, and Harrow at the Other.” N ew facilities have recently been provided, as frequenters of Lord’Band the Oval are well aware, for those anxious to follow the game closely in important matches, by the addition of plates on each [side of the scoring board. The