Cricket 1889

300 CRICKED: A "WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. AUG. 1, 1889. CR I CK E T SH IR T S . WHITE CANVAS “CLUB” SHIRTS, intro­ duced by us to the Athletic World in 1884, and supplied during the last four Cricket Seasons to some of the leading gentlemen and professional players in England and Australia B^war* ov TMrrATTONS) ........ 4/6 THE “ CLUB” FLANNEL SHIRT ......... 5/0 Ditto in Boys’ sizes ................ 4/0 SAXONY FLANNEL SHIRTS, best quality, unshrinkable ........................................... 10/6 SUPER TWILL FLANNEL, silk collars ... 12/6 Carriage "Paidto 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 F r s 4. 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 st 5th, 6th and 7th. K E N T V. M ID D L E S E X . KENT. LORD HARRIS, L. WILSON, ESQ. W . H .PATTERSO N , ESQ. • M. C. KEM P, ESQ. F . MARCHANT, ESQ. W . RASHLEIGH, ESQ O. J. M. FOX, ESQ. J. N. TONGE, ESQ. G . G. HEARNE. F . HEARNE. A. HEARNE. J. WOOTTON. F . MARTIN. W. WRIGHT. BARTON. SECOND MATCH. A u g u st 8th, 9th and 10th. K E N T v. G L O U C E S TE R SH IR E . MIDDLESEX. G. F. VERNON, ESQ. A. E. STODDART, ESQ. J. O. WALKER, ESQ. S. W . SCOTT, ESQ. A. J. W EBBE, ESQ. T. 0 . O’BRIEN, ESQ. E . M . HADOW, ESQ. H. W. BRYANT, ESQ. E . A. NEPEAN, ESQ. F . G. J. FORD, ESQ. BURTON. 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. H . J. WOOTTON. F . MARTIN. W . W RIGHT. BARTON. Play will commence on Monday and Thursday at 12 o’clock, and other days at 11 o’clock. Admission—ONE SHILLING. By the kind permission of C o l o n e l RUSSELL, the Band of T H E CAVALRY DEPOT Will play on the Ground during the Week. 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L yttelton . 11 E m p i r e b a t t in g g lo v e s As specially M ade for the A ustralian T eam . c o m b in a t io n n o n - j a r r i n g b a t s . A ls o o t h e r SPECIALITIES AND ALL REQUISITES FOR CR ICK E T , T E N N IS , FO O T B A L L , Etc., Manufactured bv the Old-Established (1816) Firm E. J. PAGE & Co., KENNINGTON, LONDON. W h oI««al». E xport and Retail. C r ic k e t: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 41, 8T. ANDREW'S HILL, LONDON, E.C. THUESDAY, AUGUST 1 s t , 1889. Jjabilimt ( fo a m y . The abstract and briel chionlcl. ol the time.— _____________ Hamlet. M r. B. B e n c r a ft , the well-known Hampshire amateur, has been scoring heavily this year. Details of his various innings, which have produced an aggre­ gate of, as will be seen, 1299 runs, are given herewith:— May8—Southampton,Ordnance Survey v. H.H. 49 May 14—Southampton, Ordnance Survey v. Adelaide 38* May 25—Southampton, Ordnance Survey v. Old Trinitarians 101 May 27—Southampton, H.H. v. Winchester Garrison 61 May 30—Southampton, H.H. v. Southampton 35 June 4—Southampton, H.H. v. New Forest 136* June 6—Southampton, South Hants v. Fare- ham 85* June 10,11—Southampton, Hants v, [1st Inns. 8 M.C.C. & Ground [2nd Inns. 63 June 12—Southampton, Ordnance Survey v. Edmonton 0 June 15—Southampton, Ordnance Survey v. Bishops Waltham 84 June 18—Southampton, H.H. v. South Hamp­ shire Rovers 88* June 22—Southampton, Ordnance Survey v. Downton College 147 June 28—Lyndhurst, Ordnance Survey v. New Forest 28 June 29—Cowes, Ordnance Survey v. North- wood 28 July 8,9—Birmingham, Hants v. [1st Inns. 0 Warwickshire [2nd Inns. 195 July 16,17—Southampton, Hants v. [1st Inns. 67 Norfolk [2nd Inns. 47 July 22, 23—Brighton, Hants v. [1st Inns. 0 Sussex [2nd Inns. 39 * Signifies not out. These give an aggregate of 1,239 runs for twenty-one innings (four times not out) or an average of 76.7. T he following is from “ R.T.” :— Some three seasons back I gave an account in /4Pavilion Gossip ” of an unprecedented per­ formance, wherein two gentlemen belonging to the Incogniti Club, namely, the Rev. R. T. Thornton and D. D. Pontifex, “ brought off ” a record by making 222 runs before they were separated, the highest total made so far—and I believe still so—for the first wicket on the present County ground at Brighton. Tbe feat was a memorable one from the fact that both wear spectacles whilst batting. I am indeed glad to notify chat the right kind of “ specs ” stand forth most conspicuously again with Messrs. D. P. Pontifex and Hamilton-Ross, who last week “ moved the leather about ” at Lansdowne against the Wilts Wanderers to the tune of 159 and 113 respectively, both smiters being not out. ’Tis very certain—as I well know—that the latter has for years been a rare run-getter, and, like unto the great “ Doctor” (W.G.G.) can show a total of more centuries than ciphers during his long career at the wickets. And when I still farther recount that the “ Parson ” (R.T.T.) was at it again also last week against Philadelphians at Lord’s, it goes a long way to show that the “ Specs” are in full form, and this leads me to fancy that if some of the poor “ Pros ” and others—after baggingthe pair of round-’uns— were to try the “ Specs,” it might be the means of stopping further misfortune. T he Australian papers to hand this week are full of the probabilities of the visit of another team—the seventh—-of Australian cricketers to England in 1890. The Colonial critics are of one mind that there is every probability of such a visit. I am in a position, however, to go con­ siderably further and state on the very best authority that another Australian team will positively be seen on English grounds next summer. My information is even of a more detailed character, for I am authorised to say that "W. L. Mur­ doch has definitely promised to join the party, and will act as captain as on his previous visits.