Cricket 1888

828 OEIOKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 9, 1888: CRICKET SHIRTS The “ C LU B Bhirt, specially prepared coarse W H IT E CANVAS w ith collar and poohet; best quality ........... .............4 /6 Flannel Shirts, twice shrank, w ith collar and pocket ............................. 5/6 do. in Boys’ sizes ...4/6 do. best Saxony Flannel. ... 10/6 Worsted Twill Shjrte, with or without Silk Collars .................................12/6 Carriage Paid, to any p a rt of the United Kingdom . N o t ic e .— Gentlemen are cautioned against buying so called Unshrinkable Flannels, but ad in all cases our materials are shrank twice in water t ef<>re being made up, they will be found in after wf-j*r t shrink vei'y little if at all. STRUTHJSRS & Co., * M a n u f a c t u r e r s , 8 3 , FINSBUSY PAVEMENT. I O N D O N . CRICKET AND TENN IS SEASON, 1888. JamesLillywhite, Frowd, &Co., THE OLD ESTABLISHED H A N U F A C T U E E K S & O U T F I T T E R S , L o n d o n : , 4, & 6, N EW IN G TO N C AU S EW A Y , S.E. M anufactory.—69 to 74, B O R O U G H R O A D , S.E. West E n d Branch.—24, H A YM A R K E T , S.W . Speciality fo r Best-Class Goods. M o d e r a te P r ic e s and L ib e r a l D isc o u n ts . Special Terms to Large Buyers. S e v e r a l N o v e lt ie s f o r t h e C om ing S ea son . Illustrated Price Lists post free. L . F, & Co. are publishers of Jam es Lilly- whibe’B cricketers’ Annual, and sole Patentees and Manufacturers of Frowd’8 celebrated “ Special Driver 1 Cricket Bat, now used by all the “ cracks ” and universally dubbed the “ King of Bats.” W. J. PILE Athletic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By A ppointm ent to the London Athletic Club (L.A.C.), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs. 171, FENCHURCH ST., E.C. W . 3. P IL E ’S S P E C IA L IT IE S are S h ru n k F la n n e l T r o u s e r s at P/6, 10/6, 12/6. F la n n e l S h ir t s at 7/6 and 9/6. F la n N E l C o a ts at 10/6 to 15/-. F la n n e l C a ps 1/-. W . J. P IL E ’S “ Perfec­ tio n ” Straw fla t, weighing only 2oz., and made of Grafts Straw is a $oW lerfui invention, price only2/6. SEN D STAMP F O R ILLU ST R A T E D LISTS. W . .T . P I L E 171, F fiN CH U R O H S T R E E T , E .C. agoodall - round professionalcricketer TS Q P E N to engage for season 1889, would engage ± all the year round. Good coach, and ground m an if required. N inth season out. Good refer­ ences given ; age 30.—Apply, Mr. R . D a f t , N otting­ ham , or T. H a n son , Babbington, Answorth, Notts. p R IC K E T AND FO O T B A L L G RO U N D S for ^ Season. Day or Saturday Matches. To LE T at Hyde Farm, B alham (under new management), close to Railw ay S tation.—W . B a r t o n (Ground- man), Holly Cottage, Holly Grove, Balham . l^D U C A T IC N .- S U N D R ID G E C O LLE G E , H a S- -L i T IN G ^. Thorough Arithm etic, Book-Keeping, Correspondence, Englitrh, French,Gernian, and all other subjects necessary for a Liueral and Business Education. Health carefully studied. Delicate and backward boys taken special care of. Sea­ bathing, Cricket, U nlim ited Sea Views, &c. Terms M oderate—P rincipal: R. L y d g a t e , A.K.C., Late Member of Oval Committee. I j ^ N G L A N I) v. A U S T R A L IA a t t h e w ic k e t . I-i O ne S h illin g ; post-free Is. 3d. A t all bo okstalls; of the C om pilers, B k u m fit t & K H iby, Ilk ley , Y orkshire; or of W k ig h t & C o ., 41 St. A ndre w ’s H ill, L ondon, E .C. p O O T B A L L G R O U N D S TO LET.—For the -1- Season of 18f8 89. Splendid dry grounds to let, adjoining Raynes Park Station, b.W R., on reasonable terms. Fares from Waterloo and V auxhall 8d. return, from Clapham Junction 6d. return.—I saac H askings , Raynes Park Hotel. THE STANDARD POLICIES Granted since ibt>5 have each year ex- ceeded£l,000,000 sums assured, a result m aintained uninter­ ruptedly for so long a period by no other office in the United Kingdom. Funds 6f millions, increasing annually. S ta n d ar d L if e O ff ic e 8 3 , K in g W illia m Street, L cn d o n , E-C. RUBBER-FACED (R O U O H ) (PATENT) WICKET GLOVES. “ 1 think very highly of your new design for W icket uloves.”—The Hon. A. L y t t e l t o n . “Empire’’(patent) batting gloves As s p e c i a l ly M a d e f o r t h e A u s t r a lia n T eam . c om b in a t io n n o n - ja r r in g b a t s . A ls o o t h e r S P E C IA L IT IE S A N D A L L R E Q U IS IT E S FOR C R IC K E T , T E N N IS , F O O T B A L L , •Etc., M anufactured by the Old-Established (1815) F irm E. J. PAGE & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. Wholesale. Export and Retail. Gticket: A W E E K L Y BECOED OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW'S HILL, I ONDON, E C. THURSDAY, AUG. 9 t i i , 1888. T heabatract and brief chronicle of the time.— Ham let. T h e power of “ seeing oursel as ithers see us ” is only vouchsafed to the few who occupy prominent positions and have to bear the fierce light of public criticism. The well-known Australian cricketer, Mr. Samuel Percy Jones, may, il the spirit moves him , have the mournful satisfac­ tion of reading his own obituary notice as it appeared in a New Zealand paper, the Heferee, of June 15. A distortion of a cablegram sent from London just about the time the genial “ Sammy’s ” illness was at the worst led to the report that it had proved fatal, and though most of the Sydney papers did not place credence in the rumour, in many quarters it was accepted as correct. One journal pub­ lished in Sydney states that the flag at the Association Ground in that city was flying half-mast high for one afternoon in consequence, and it is certain that the unfortunate mistake in the message caused for a time much anxiety and grief in New South Wales. Mr. Jones’ ap­ pearance in the flesh at Canterbury on Monday is the best proof that ho is, if not quite himself yet, at least, fast approach­ ing convalescence, and C r ic k e t readers everywhere will be sincerely gratified to find from his excellent play this week against Kent that his cricket has not been materially prejudiced by his prolonged abstention from actual work. T he team of Iris h cricketers who are to leave Ireland on F riday next for a tour in Canada and the States has been com­ pleted. The party w ill be composed of the following a m a t e u r s E . Fitzgerald, J. P. Fitzgerald, D . Cronin, J. W . Hynes, J. M . Meldon, Dublin University ; T. Tobin, Leinster; D . Gillman, Blackrock College ; J. P. Maxwell, F. Kennedy, W . Synnott, and J. D unn, Phoenix, with W . and R. Johnston, subs.; and J . R . Lyle, manager. Mr. J. Dunn, who, by the way, is a Tasmanian by birth, is well-known to English cricketers. He was a member of the Harrow Eleven of 1879, and figured with some success in a few matches for Surrey during the summer of 1881. During the last few years he has scored very heavily on Irish grounds, and, if I remember rightly, during the summer of 1880 made no less than fourteen innings of three figures. T he Nutfield Week, which began on July 24, was remarkable, if for nothing else, for some excellent bowling by M. H . Paine. That gentleman’s figures in the three matches which the weather was gracious enough to allow to be played, were indeed so noteworthy as to deserve special notice. Here they are O. M. It. W . July 24 and 25, v. Authentics— First Innings ... 19.3 9 2 1 R Second Innings... 13.3 9 6 6 July 26,Y. D o rk in g .................. 19.4 S 21 5 July 28 and 29, v. In co g n iti... 14 5 19 3 67 32 66 20 This gives the excellent average of 3.3 per wicket. T h e records of the Public School Elevens of 1888 are not, I think, likely to produce many instances of more promising all­ round cricket than that shown by the captain of the Charterhouse School Eleven, E . C. Streatfield. In bowling, in particular, his figures are much above the standard of School teams, and during the season he delivered altogether for Charterhouse 275 overs for 427 runs and seventy-two wickets. This gives an exceptionally fine average of 5.67, and when I add that he had also an aggregate of 2G0 runs for twelve completed innings, it will be seen that Charterhouse has good reason to be proud of having reared such a likely all-round player. I am told that he is going up for the Indian Civil Service, and if this be true, many will regret that neither University w ill have an oppor­ tunity of developing the undoubted promise of his school career.