Cricket 1889

348 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORl) OP THE GAME. AUG. 22, 1889. C R I C K E T ! L A W N T E N N I S ! S E A S O N 1 8 8 9 . JAS.LILLYWHITE, FROWD & CO. Wholesale MANUFACTURERS AND OUTFITTERS, London: 2, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY , 69,70,71,72, 73 and 74, BOROUGH RD., S.E. West End Branch: 24, H a y m a r k e t, S.W. J. L., F. & Co. keep the iargeal and best Stock in the World of O ld S e a s o n e d CANE HANDLE BATS, Best MATCH BALLS, Extra Light Venti­ lated LEG GUARDS, GLOVES, GAUNTLETS, SLUMPS, &c., &c. Bole Patentees and Manufacturers of Frowd's Patent Special Driver Bats, Everywhere admitted to be T^ e K in o o f B a ts. J. L., F. & Co.’s New and Grand Tennis Rackets EMPRESS! GALATEA I 1 ENDYMION II I ’ Best Balanced and Tightest Strung Rackets in the Market.®Best Regulation Match Tennis Balls with perfectly flat seams. Excellent cheap practice Balls. Nets, Poles, Ac., &c. I llu st r a t e d P rice L ists P ost - f r e e , LIBKRAL CASH DISCOUNT. .W. J. 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Y o u r s t r u l y , A T horough S itkeeyite . — R e m e m b e r t h e v i c t o r y o v e r N o t t s , s p I t is satisfactory, though, after all to find that the gravity of Surrey’s defeat at Leyton has been appreciated by some cricketers on the north side of London at least. The following is a verbatim copy of a challenge received by the Secretary of the Surrey County Club on Friday last, the outcome of that reverse. C o m m i t t e e R o o m s , D o w n s R o v e r s C D o w n s P a r k H o t e l , N . 1 5 A u g u s t , 1 8 8 9 . D e a r S i r ,— O w i n g t o t h e S u r r e y e l e v e n s o b a d l y b e a t e n a t a l l p a r t s o f t h e g a m e E s s e x e l e v e n t h i s w e e k , a n d t o t h e d e t e i n g f o r m o f t h e f i r s t - m e n t i o n e d , I a m d b y m y c o m m i t t e e t o p r o m p t l y c o m m u w i t h y o u i n t h e e n d e a v o u r t o a r r a n g e a t w o d a y s m a t o h w i t h t h e s a i d S u r r e y e w i t h o u r s e c o n d t e a m , t o b e p l a y e d e i t h t h e D o w n s o r L o n d o n F i e l d s , o n s u c h d d a t e s t h a t m a y b e c o n v e n i e n t t o y o u r s A n e a r l y r e p l y w i l l o b l i g e a s a b o v e , o r H o t e l M e t r o p o l e , C h a r i n g C r o s s . Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y , ( s i g n e d ) E rnest B . P icton , T o t h e S e c r e t a r y , H o n . S e c . ' S u r r e y C o u n t y C l u b , K e n n i n g t o n O v a l , S . E . At first I thought this must be a huge joke of some playful North Londoner, but it can hardly be, for the writer is Ernest. Surrey has had in its time some Ups and Doivns, and perhaps this letter may be meant to be an ironical allusion to the latter. Whether it be a “ goak ” or not, the letteris not without its humorous side, that is certain. Mr. T. W. L a n g , the old Oxford cricketer, has been good enough to point out that the list of important fixtures completed in a day given by me in last week’s C r io k e t is not so perfect as I ventured to hope it was after the re­ searches I had made, He very kindly calls my attention to the match played between Middlesex and OxfordUniversity at Prince’s in 1874, in which he him­ self took part. It ought not to have escaped me, for I remember the game, commenced and finished on June 18th, of that year well, by reason of one par­ ticular incident, that Mr. V. E. Walker had left the ground under the impression that the completion of another innings that evening •was improbable, and Middlesex had to bat one short when they went in again. The Sportsman of yester­ day, too, adds still another instance of the kind which seems to have been generally overlooked. This was the match between North and South, com­ pleted on July 15, 1850, a fixture remark­ able for the fact thatJohn Wisden bowled down all the ten wickets in the second innings of the South. I needhardly point out that the Oval waslastyear very nearly making an addition to the list, and in the match between Gentlemen and Players, too. As may be remembered, though, the game went into the second day, though only to the extent of half-an-hour, so that the Surrey ground just missed a record of a far from enviabl ki d. A friend just arrived from Australia informs me, on what is undoubtedly the best authority, that there is every chance of Spofforth’s example in settling in Eng­ land being followed by another colonial cricketer, and one quite as famous in his day, no less a person in fact than the great VV. L. Murdoch, captain of three of the Australian teams which have visited this country. Murdoch and his wife, so my informant states, were in fact, at the time the last mail from Australiaarrived, making all necessary arrangements for removal toEngland. This tends togive cir­ cumstantial corroborationtomy statement some fewweeks ago that Murdoch would possibly captain the team to visitEngland next summer. According to the same authority the great Australian batsman has grown very stout of late, and is not likely to pro e himself the same brilliant and active "batsman as most of us so well remember him in the past. A m o n g the principal run-getters of this year Mr. A . P". Lucas will be entitled to a conspicuous place. From the appended