Cricket 1888

296 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. ______________ ^__________________________________________________________________ JULY 26, 1888. CRICKET SHIRTS The 4* 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 iz e s ................................4 /6 do. best Saxony F l a n n e l ... 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 .— Gentlemenare cautioned against buying so 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 anufacturers , 8 3 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT, L O N D O N . CE 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 I T T E R S , L o n d on : 2, 4, & 6 , NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY, S.E. M anufactory .—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 iscou n ts. 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. P ILE Athletic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By Appointment to the London Athletic Club (L.A.C.), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs; 171, FENCHURCH ST., E.C. W . J. PILE’S SPECIALITIES are S h ru n k F la n n e l T ro use rs at P/6, 10/6, 12/6. F la n n e l S h ib ts at 7/6 and 9/6. F la n n e l C oats at 10/6 to 15/-. 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 . . 1 . P I L E 171, FENCHUECH STREET, E.O. fXRICKET 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- -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 ames B ates , Hon. Sec. TpDUCATTON.—SUNDRIDGE COLLEGE, HAS- TING-’. Thorough Arithmetic, Book-Keepine'. Correspondence, English, French,German, and 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. E n g l a n d v. A u s t r a l ia a t th e w ick e t. One Shilling; post-free Is. 3d. At all bookstalls; of the Compilers, B ru m fiT t & K irb y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W r ig h t <fcCo., 41 St. Andrew's Hill, London, E.C. riO A T AND CAP BADGES embroidered w ith v / Crest, Monogram, Initials, &c., at half usual prices. Specimens, with prices, post-free. No charge made for specimens.— S un bury , Grove Park, Lee, Kent. ■pOOTBALL GROUNDS TO LET.—For the Season of 38£8-89. Splendid dry grounds to let, adjoining Raynes Park Station, S.W.R., on reasonable terms. Fares from "Waterloo and Vauxhall 8d. return, from Clapham Junction 6d. return.— I saac H askings , Raynes Park Hotel. THE Granted since 1865 have each year ex- ceeded«£l,000,000 sums assured, a result maintained uninter­ ruptedly for so long a period by no other office in the United Kingdom. Funds 61 millions, increasing annually. S ta n d a rd L ife O ffic e 8 3 , K in g W illiam Street, L o nd o n , E .C . STANDARD POLICIES KENNINGTON OVAL. S U R R E Y A U S T R A L I A N S . M o n d a y , J u l y S O t l i A nd F o llow in g D ays . A D M I S S I O N O N E S H I L L I N G . Tickets for Reserved and Numbered Seats in Covered Stands can be had of the Secretary, Surrey County Cricket Club, Kennington Oval, B E., price 5s. for the match. Members’ privilege of introducing a friend into the Pavilion is suspended for this match. ROBBER-FACED (ROUGH) (PATENT) WI CKET GLOVES. “ X think very highly of your new design for W icket Gloves."—The Hon. A. L yttelton . “Empire ” <patent) b a t t i n g g l o v e s As s p e c ia lly M ade f o r th e A u s tr a lia n Team. com b in a t io n n o n - ja r r in g b a t s . A ls o o th e b S P E C IA L IT IE S AN D A L L R E Q U IS IT E S FOR CRICKET, TEN N IS , FOOTBALL, Etc., Manufactured by the Old-Established (1815) Firm E. J. PAGE & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. Wholesale. Export and Retail. Cricket: 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 HILL, LONDON, E.C. THTJESDAY, JULY 2 6 th, 1888. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. I n this season of wet wickets and general depression in the cricket world, an instanco of big, as well as fast, run- getting is a novel and quite pleasurable incident. The match between the Ne’er-do-Weels and Eastbourne Club, at Eastbourne, on Friday and Saturday, furnished one of the few cases of very high scoring during the last few weeks. Owing to a late commencement on the first day, as well as wet weather, play was limited to three hours and three quarters. During this time 346 runs were got by the Ne’er-do-Weels, and of this number as many as 240 were added in the last two hours. Another remarkable feature of the play was that Messrs. D. H. Barry and P. Colville-Smith put together no lass than 337 for the first wicket. In contrast to the rate of scoring on the first day, on Saturday five hours and a quarter only realised 260 runs, a strange fall in the average, considering that the wicket was good throughout. I n his chapter on “ Bowling” in the cricket volume of the Badminton Library, Mr. A. G. Steel not only declares that slow lobs have died a natural death, but that they can never be expected to cope with the present style of batting. Mr. Steel is of course affirming a general principle, but tho wonderful success which attended Humphreys, the Sussex “ lobster,” against the Australians at Brighton last week, only tends to em­ phasise in my mind the feeling of surprise that many more cricketers do not try to add to their general utility by securing a certain amount of efficiency in this often invaluable kind of bowling. As every one who read the reports of the match will have satisfied himself, the defeat of the Australians at Brighton was in no inconsiderable degree due to the effect of Humphreys’ lobs. Colonial cricketers have, as a rule, not shown themselves to be adepts at playing under­ hand slows, and this is not the first time that Humphreys has been very much in evidence when Sussex has had to meet Australian cricketers. In September, 1880,in addition to clean bowling Murdoch, McDonnell and Groube, he got Blackham and Bonnor caught, securing five of the ten wickets for only thirty-two runs. In 1884 he was even more successful, and on that occasion in the two innings of the Australians he got eleven wickets of a strong side for 165 runs. Had Sussex not been engaged against Lanca­ shire Humphreys would in all probability have represented the Players against the Australians at the Oval, and I am inclined to think he may be selected for the ------ “ But we are observed. Let us dissemble.” I hear, though, there is a chance of his playing for Lord Londesborough’s eleven against the Australians at Scarborough. The umpire’s position, always a responsible one, is, as cricketers know, under some conditions often an irksome and a thankless one. Of necessity sub J o v e , the requirements of the post de­ mand special capacity, physical as well as mental. There are times when even the