Cricket 1889

284 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 25, 1889. CR I CK E T S H IRTS , WHITE CANVAS “CLUB” SHIRTS, intro­ duced by us to the Athletic World in 1684, and supplied during the last four Cricket Seasons to some of the leading gentlemen and professional players in England and Australia Bf-warw o f Tmttattons) ........ 4/0 THE “ CLUB” FLANNEL SHIRT ......... 5/0 Ditto in Boys’ sizes ............... 4 /6 SAXONY FLANNEL SHIRTS, best quality, unshrinkable ........................................... 10/0 SUPER TWILL FLANNEL, silk collars ... 12/0 Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom. N o tic e . —All flannels warranted twice shrunk in hot water. Patterns post-free. S T R U T H E R S & CO. , MANUFACTURERS, 83. FINSBURY PAVEMENT, LONDON CanterburyGrandCricketWeek 1889. Commencing Monday, August 5th. The Elevens will be chosen from the following: FIRST MATCH. A u g u s t 5th, 6th and 7th. KENT v. M IDDLESEX. KENT. LORD HARRIS. L . WILSON, ESQ. W. H .PATTERSON , ESQ. M. C. KEM P, ESQ. F . MARCHANT, ESQ. W . RASH LEIGH , ESQ. C. J. M. VOX, ESQ. J. N. TONQE, ESQ. G- G. HEARNE. F. HEARNE. A. HEARNE. J. WOOTTON. F. MARTIN. W. WRIGHT. BARTON. SECOND 'MATCH. A u g u s t 8th, 9th and 10th. KENT. v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. MIDDLESEX. G. F. VERNON, ESQ. A. E. STODDART, ESQ. J. G. WALKER, ESQ. S. W . SCOTT, ESQ. A. J. W EBBE, ESQ. T. C. O’BRIEN, ESQ. E. M . HADOW, ESQ. H. W . BRYANT, ESQ. E . A. NEPEAN, ESQ. F. G. J. FORD, ESQ. BURTON. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. W. G. GRACE, ESQ. E. M GRACE, ESQ. W . W. F. PULLEN, ESQ. F. TOWNSEND, ESQ. H. V . PAGE, ESQ. O. G. RADCLIFFE, ESQ. J. CRANSTON, ESQ. J. A. BUSH, ESQ. E. PEAKE, ESQ. J. H. BRAIN, ESQ. PAINTER. WOOF. ROBERTS. KENT. LORD HARRIS. L. WILSON, ESQ. W . H.PATTERSON, ESQ. M C. KEMP, ESQ. F. MARCHANT. ESQ. W. RASHLEIGH, ESQ. J. N- TONGE, ESQ. C. J. M. FOX, ESQ. G. G. HEARNE. F. HEARNE. A. HEARNE. J. WOOTTON. F. MARTIN. W . W RIGH T. BARTON. Play will commence on Monday and Thursday at 12 o’clock, and other days at 11 o’clock. Admiesion-ONE SHILLING. By the kind permission of C olon el RUSSELL, the Band of T H E CAVALRY DEPOT Will play on the Ground during the Week. AMATEUR THEATRICALS B y t h e “ O l d S t a g e r s ,” On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. O -Z R ^ Z t T ID B A L L S AT THE MUSIC HALL, On Wednesday and Friday. Banquet to Dr. W. G. GRACE on Thursday. PRINTS.—WANTED, to purchase 2 copies of portrait of Dr. W. Q. Grace, which appeared in Vanity Fair some years ago.—S., Messrs. S t b e e t , 30, CornhiU. E.C._______ _______ rjEICKBT, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS GROUNDS y (all thoroughly drained, October, 1888), TO LET at Hyde Farm, Balham, for Season, Day, or Saturdays, close to Railway Station. Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 5d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply Groundman, 104, Ros8iter Road, Balham. nRICKET, FOO IBALL & TENNIS GROUNDS. 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P I L E 171, FENCHURCH STREET. E.O. RUBBER-FACED. (ROUGH) (PATENT) W I C K E T G L O V E S . « i think very highly of your new design for Wicket Gloves.”—The Hon. A. L y t t e l t o h . 1E m p i r e B A IT IN G GLOVES A b specially M ads for the A ustralian T eam . combination NON JARRINO BATS. A lso oth er SPECIALITIES AND ALL REQUISITES FOR C R ICK E T , T E N N IS , F O O T B A L L , Etc., Manufactured bythe Old-Established (1815) Firm E. J. PAGE & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. _____ir.T©ort. and Ttatall. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. *1, ST. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAT, JULY 2 5 t h , 1 8 8 9 . DaMIimt dtosstp, Th* abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— _____________________________ Hamlet. O ld H a rro v ia n s will be interested to hear of the marriage of Mr. Leonard A. Routledge, who was a member of the School eleven eight years ago. L. A,, who ia the second son of Col. R. W. Routledge, of Kingwater House, Hamp­ stead, and grandson of the late Mr. George Routledge, J.P., D.L., of Stone House, Carlisle, was married on the 3rd inst. at St. Marylebone Church to Mabel Kate, second daughter of Mr. Walter W. Gilbey, of Elsenham Hall, Essex, and Cambridge House, Regent’s Park. He was one of the Harrow eleven which beat Eton in 1881, and went to the country with the Harrow Wanderers in the fol­ lowing year. His father-in-law is, I need hardly add, a great authority on all matters connected with agriculture, and has done much to improve the breed of horses. The success of the recent show at Windsor was, in a great measure, due to him. Mr. Routledge is a captain in the 2nd V.B. Royal Fusiliers. The wickets at the Oval have this summer been in rare condition for run- getting, as more than one eleven who have had the fortune to spend a day in the country on that historic ground have found to their sorrow. In the last three important matches played there, in all 3,181 runs have been made for ninety- eight wickets, as will be seen from the following:— July 4, 5, 6—Gentlemen v. Players .. 1,145 July 15, 16—Surrey (2nd XI.) Y. Herts.. 886 July 18,19, 20—Gentlemen of Surrey v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia . . . . 1,150 3,181 This aggregate of 3,181 runs gives an average of 32.45 for each wicket, and as the second fixture was limited to two days, it will be seen that the average for the eight days was over 397 runs. A r e a l l y keen cricketer is not easily daunted under the most trying circum­ stances. Mr. Stanley Christopherson, the well-knownKent amateur, isaconspicuous illustration of the enthusiasm which knows no difficulties in the pursuit of cricket. Though he has injured his bowling arm so seriously that he can not participate in the game at all, even to bat, he nevertheless managed to play with his left-hand as a substitute for the Ne’er-do- Weels against Blackheath on Saturday last. He fielded entirely with his left hand, while Blackheath scored the large total of 316, and with great success making two catches, one of them of excep­ tional brilliance. Batting with his left hand he was less successful, being bowled by his brother for the unenviable “ duck.” All lovers of thegame will wishMr, Chris­ topherson a speedy recovery. The Australian Quartz Reef King, Mr. J. B. Watson, whose recent death at Sydney has furnished so much material for some of the principal Metropolitan papers during the last week or so, was connected in some way, if not with the game of cricket itself, at least with one of its most brilliant exponents. He was, it may be news to some C ricket readers to