Cricket 1888

408 QBICKETi A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. s e p t . 13, 1888. CRICKET WEEK AT HASTINGS. (JOUTH - EASTERN RAILWAY.—NORTH V. SOUTH, September 13, 14 and 15.—SOUTH OF ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIANS, September 17,18 and 19. Cheap tickets will be issued from country stations on this Railway. See tills. Cheap Excursion, LONDON TO HASTINGS AND BACK. 17th September. Fare 4s , 3rd class. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK. TWO GRAND MATCHES. W ill be played in the CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS. as follows— THURSDAY, FR IDAY & SATURDAY S epte m b e r IB, 14, & 15, NORTH y . SOUTH. MONDAY, TUESDAY &WEDNESDAY S e pte m b er 17, 18, & 19. SOUTH OF ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIANS. D e . W . Gr. G race will captain both South Elevens. B oth the London and South - Eastern and London and Brighton and South Coast Railway Companies will issue cheap return tickets and run special as well as the ordinary trains on each day of the cricket week from all the principal stations on their respective systems. The South-Eastern Railway Company also issue cheap return tickets on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 13 and 14, from Charing - cross, Waterloo, Cannon - street, and London - bridge by the 8.17 a.m. and 10.32 a m. trains from Charing-cross; and on Monday, Sept. 17, run a 7.55 a.m. excursion train from Charing- cross ; return fare, 4s. W. J. PILE Athletic Outfitter and Club Tailor, By Appointment to the London Athletic Club (L.A.C.), Blackheath Harriers, and other Large Clubs: 171, F EN CH U RC H ST., E.C. W. J. PILE’S SPECIALITIES are S h r u n k F l a n n e l T r o u s e r s at 8/6, 10/6, 12/6. E' 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 . -T. P I L E 171, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. pR IC K E T 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. T^DUCATPN.—SUNDRIDGE COLLEGE, HAS- -Li TINGo. 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 t e , a .K.C., L a te Member of Oval Committee. 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 I s . 3d. A t all b o o k s t a ll s ; o f the Compilers, B r u m f i t t & K ir b y , Ilkley, Yorkshire; or of W r i g h t & Co., 41 St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E.O. TjiOR SYLE.—Complete Set of “ SCORES AND BIOGRAPHIES ” (Thirteen Volumes). In excellent Condition.—Send Offers to P a rtin g to n , care of Manager of C r i c k e t , 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E .C . If unacceptable no answer will be returned. r|'HE Manager of C r i c k e t wishes to procure copies of the following books, “ Jerks In from Short Leg,” by “ Q u id .” “ Wisden’s Almanack for 1875.” Must be in good condition.—Send lowest price to 41, St. 4ndrew’s Hill, London, E,C, KENNINGTON OVAL. LAST MATCH OF THE SEASON SURREY v. AUSTRALIANS. S e p t . 20, 21 and 22. Tickets for reserved seats in covered stands in match can be had of the Secretary, Surrey County Cricket Club, price (which does not include admission to the ground) five shillings for the match. 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 6f millions, increasing annually. S t a n d a r d L if e O f f ic e :— 8 3 , King W illiam Street, London, E-C. STANDARD POLICIES B i l l i a r d s 1 B a g a t e l l e I All those requiring New or Second-hand Tables, Re- S uisites, or Billiard work done lould, before going elsewhere, send for HENNIG BROS’. New Price List, Cloth and Cushion .Samples.—Address, 29, New Ox­ ford Street, London, W.C. Established 1869 RUBBER-FACED (PATENT) W I C K E T GLOVES. I think very highly of your new design Wicket taloves.”—The Eton. A. L y t t e l t o n . for h i ? Empire ’W h d 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 d s t b a l ia n T e a m . c o m b in a t io n n o n - j a r r i n g b a t s . A l s o o t h e r SPECIALITIES AND ALL REQUISITES 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 holesale. Export and Retail Cricket: A W E E K L Y BEGOBD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW’ S H ILL, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, SEPT. 13 th , 1888. IJab ilw tt f e s x p . T he abstract anfl b rief chronicle of tho tim e.— Hamlet. A f o r t n ig h t ago I reproduced a score of a match said to have played in 1873 between the Southgate and Tottenham Vacation Clubs, thinking it worthy of reproduction, containing as it did an instance of two hundreds by the same batsman, an occurrence of the rarest as cricketers know. The score was sent me, I may add, as taken from the Field newspaper of Sept. 0, 1873, and though there were some features calculated to give rise to some slight doubts, there was abundance of circumstantial evidence in the names to lead to the belief that the particulars were genuine. The informa­ tion, moreover, was supplied by a great enthusiast on cricket, well versed, too, in cricket lore, who was closely connected with the district in which the match took place, as well as with several of the leading players who participated in it. F rom enquiries I have made in con­ sequence of information I have received, I am obliged to confess, though, that the nsatch seems to have been a mythical one. I have it indeed on the best authority that the score in question is one of several imaginary matches which some playful persons found amusement in sending to the sporting papers during the summer of 1873. No match, I am assured, ever was played at any time by Southgate against any Club bearing the name of the Totten­ ham Vacation Club. Nay, more, several of the players whose names figure in the score 1 have found out myself were out of England at the time the game was supposed to take place, so that the match must be dismissed as imauthentic and A. Taworski’s achievement as a myth. N one but those who are versed in cricket matters are aware what an im ­ portant part the game now plays in the trade ot the country. The prominence given at present by newspapers of every kind, including several which a short time ago hardly took notice of even fixtures of general interest, has made the speedy dissemination of cricket news a matter of the greatest moment, giving rise to a keen competition to provide the earliest in ­ formation for cricket readers. The value placed on the quickest receipt of news of the principal matches is shown by the following interesting paragraph from Cassells' Saturday Journal for this month— The telegraph—and especially the submarine telegraph— [says Cassell] has reached a marvellous pitch of perfection. Two months ago there was a cricket match between Oxford Cniversity and the Australian team. The re­ sult was known and published, and papers re­ cording it were actually selling in the streets of Melbourne within two hours of the close of the innings. For the result of a race to be ob­ tainable in London within ten or twelve minutes of the time when the horse passes the post at Chester or Newmarket is not nowadays at all uncommon; but the Melbourne feat is astonishing. The message, after it left Lon­ don, had to pass through France, the con­ tinent of Europe, Asia Minor, Aden, Bombay, Penang, Malacca, Singapore, and Java; from Java along a cable 1,100 miles to Port Darwin, and from Port Darwin to Melbourne, or by an alternative route equally long. Then it had to be set up, printed, published, sold and distributed; yet all was done witbin 120 minutes. P rince C h r istia n V ic to r , who is now in Germany, will, it will be of interest to C ric k e t readers generally to know, be at Aldershot next summer. He joins the 1st Battalion of the King’s Boyal Bille Corps now stationed at Aldershot, and expects to remain there for at least a year. As many seem to confound the two brothers, I may as well point out that the younger, Prince Albert to wit, was in the Charterhouse eleven this year, and will remain at that school until Christmas. Prince