Cricket 1888

A P R IL 26, 1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 88 GLOUCESTERSH IRE COUNTY CLUB. On Friday last the annual meeting of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club was held at the Grand Hotel, Bristol. Mr. H. W . Beloe was in tho chair. The financial statement for the past year was as follows:—Receipts, including balance from last account, £1,220 7s. 3d.; gate-money, Surrey match, Moreton -in -the -Marsh, £120; Yorkshire match, Gloucester, £106 is. 6d.; Sussex match, Clifton, £233 5s.; Notts match, Clifton, £173 Gs. Gd.; Lancashire match, Cheltenham, £164 8s. Gd.; Somersetshire match, Chelten­ ham, .£76 Is.; Middlesex match, Clifton, £122 5s.; and Kent match, Clifton, £10114s. granting the privilege to sell refreshments at Clifton, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Moreton_ in-the-Marsh realised £145 5s.; the interes' on two deposit notes of £500 each to December 31, came to £24 19s. 8d. ; and the annual sub­ scriptions amounted to £417 19s., which brought the total receipts to £2,905 lls . 5d. The payments made were:—Expenses of players, £704 6s. 6d.; preparing grounds, £77 7s. 8d.; umpires, £80; scorers and tele­ graph men, £55 7s. Gd.; materials, t«nt hire, presentation bats, &c., £106 4s.; money and check-takers, £56 14s. 6 d .; printing, bill posting, postage, advertising, &c.,£77 10s. 3d.; committee rooms and annual meeting, £ 1 10s.; Clifton and Cheltenham Colleges, for stands, carpentry, &c., £81 17s.; police, £24 19s. 8d.; auditors, £3 3s.; secretary’s salary, £85; other expenses, £1 ; legal costs re proposed ground at Eastville, £53 18s. 4d. The expenses were £1,408 18s. 5d., and the balance i» hand was £1,456 13s. The Chairman stated that they had secured an excellent ground at Ashley Downs. The balance on the year’s working was only £4 more than in the previous twelve months, but their legal costs re the proposed Eastyille site amounted to £60, and, therefore, their position was satisfactory. There was a steady attend­ ance at all the matches, and the expenses were £25 less than in any previous year. Mr. E. J. Taylor moved the adoption of the financial statement, and suggested the investment of funds A meeting of the Gloucestershire County Ground Company (Limited) was also held under the presidency of Mr. E. G. Clarke. It was stated that’the whole of the shares had been allotted, and applications were still being made. M r . G . F. V e r n o n . M r. A. E . N e w t o n . weeks admiring the beauties of the Tamar the noble Derwent, and other charming Tas­ manian rivers, and not the least agreeable surprise for them in the island was the beauty of the fair sex, whose attractions have so smitten one member of the team that he is never tired of quoting their “ cheeks out- bloometh all,” like Byron’s fair lady in “ Beppo.” The members of the team, too, have most pleasant memories of their fair hostess at Castlemaine, who provided them with delicious strawberries first thing each morning; and not the least place in their reminiscences will be held by our own country town Benalla, where Abel shot a bear in the first shot he ever fired. Although tbe tour, from a cricket stand-point, has been a signal success, financially it is a decided failure, the estimated loss to the Melbourne Club being about £2,000. I am sure all cricketers wish that the Englishmen now on their way home in the “ Austral ” may be favoured by pros­ pering gales, and that on arrival in the old country they may have a pleasantjseason. The photograph from which the group given below is taken was kindly furnished to us by Lord Hawke. It is a matter for regret that there was one absentee, Mr M. P. BowdeD, when the photo wTas taken. MR. VERNON’S ENGL ISH TEAM J. T. R a w l in . M r . T. C. O ’B r ie n . R . P e e l . L o r d H a w k e (C a p t .). R . A b e l . W . A t t e w e l l IN AUSTEALIA. J. B eatjm ont . W . B a t e s . M b . W . W . B e a d . M r . A . E . S t o d d a b t .