Cricket 1889

396 CRICKET : A WEEKLY EE COED OP THE GAME. SEPT. 12, 1883. C R I C K E T ! L A W N T E N N I S ! . • ."EASON 1889. JAS. LILLYWHITE, FROWD&CO. Wholesale MANUFACTURERS AND OUTFITTERS, London: 2, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY , 60,70,71.72, 73 aud 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 'argent aud best Stock In the World of O l d Seasoned CANE HANDLE BATS, Best MATCH B-sLLS, &xtra Light Venti­ lated LEG GUARDS, GLOVES, GAUNTLEIS. S1UMPS, &c., &c. Sole Patentees and Mai ufacturers of Frowd’s Patent Spocial Driver Bats, E v ery w h ere a d m itte d to b e T j e K in o o f B a t s . J. L., F. & Co.’s New and Grand Tennis Rackets EMPRESS 1 GALATEA I I ENDYMIONMl' Best Balanced and Tightest Strung Rackets in the Market.© Best Regulation Match Tennis Balls with perfectly flat seams. Excellent cheap practice Balls. Nets, Poles, &c., &c. I l l u s t r a t e d P r ic e L is t s P o st - f r e e . J u IBRRAI j CASH DISCOUNT. W. J. 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STODDART ABEL BEAUMONT LOHMANN Monday,Tuesday &Wednesday,Sept. 16,17,18. G E N T L E M E N v. P L A Y E R S . GENTLEMEN. DR. W . G. GRACE MR. K. J. KEY MR. E. J. M'CORMICK MR. E . A. NEPEAN MR. W. NEWHAM MR. H. V. PAGE MR. H. PH ILIP SON MR. H. PIGG MR. O. G. RADCLIFFE MR. W . W. READ MR. A. E. STODDART PLAYERS. ABEL ATTEW ELL BARNES GUNN LEE LOHMANN PEE L RICHARDSON SHERWIN ULYETT A. WARD Wickets pitched at 12 o’clock flrst day of each Match ; other days at 11.30- Dr. W . G. GRACE will Captain the South and Gentlemen’s Teams. Umpires: T homs & C arpen ter . Cheap Fares on S.E.R. and L.B. & S C.R., and Ex­ cursion Trains will run. Admission to the Ground 1/-; Covered Grand Stand, 1/- extra. Carriages holding five, 5/-. PRICKET, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS GROUNDS ^ (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, Rossiter Road, Balham. TTASTINGS GRAND CRICKET MATCHES, -1-1- North v. South, September 12th, 13th and 14th; Gentlemen v.Players, September 16th, 17th, and 18th. Cheap Fast Trains from Victoria 8.10 a.m., and 9.50 a.m., London Bridge 8.5a.m. and 9.45 a.m., New Cross 8.10 a.m. and 9.*>0 a m., East Croydon 10.10 a.m., Kensington (Addison Road) 9.50 a.m., calling at Clapham Junction. Returning by any Train same day only. Special Day Return Tickets, los., 10s.6d., and6s. M onday , S eptem ber 16th. SpecialCheap Trains from Victoria 8.10 a.m., calling at Clapham Junc­ tion ; from London Bridge 8.5 a.m., calling at New Cross, Norwood Junction and East Croydon; from Shoreditch7.30 a.m., calling atWhitechapel, Shad- well, Wapping, Rotherhithe, and Deptford Road; also from Brockley 7-55 a m., calling at Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Penge and Anerley. Returning by certain Evening Trains same day only. Fare 4s. 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THURSDAY , SEPT . 1 2 t h , 1 8 8 9 . U ab i lb it (Hossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ________________ ____________________ Hamlet, T he follow ing is from “ R . T .” — The extraordinary finish o f the late match between Surrey and Yorkshire, wh ich was p layed out w ith “ gaslight ” surrounding the Oval, brings to niind a pleasant match that came off annually fo r 18 years—in wh ich I officiated— for the benefit o f m y attached friend, the late Tom Mantle, of Middlesex County, and coach to Westm inster School. The said match was played on a Saturday, towards the end o f September, and was muoh looked forward to, not on ly as a gathering together o f Southern pro but also by London cricketers and dents of Westm inster, as one o f the of the season. The match used t Players v. 22 of the Grosvenor Road w ith Players like.W illsher, Griffith D ick Humphrey, Tom and George Southerton, Jupp, Mortlock, Poole Street, S ilcock, G. G . Hearne, &c., it alwa drew an immense attendance. P lay 12 o ’clock , but the closing was dep the lamplighter; for it was agreed t the gas was lit, not in one lamp right round V incent Square, that the signal for the “ last over.” I w i could recall those happy annual g but, a s they can on ly be thought turn over another leaf. F o r the past 2-5 years I have be gaged each recurring season at t and have watched many an excit test, but never witnessed a Count fought out more keenly, and th gaslight, than this last between and Yorkshire. I t was, indeed, struggle, for Yorkshire bowrled, ch ball, and fielded as if their very live on it, whilst the Surrey batsmen, determined, watched the leather, showing great confidence, and p la game, too, a t a time when it was p wanted. The light was far from go settled time—quarter past six— so well imagined what it was when it to seven o ’clock , and w ith the Ova last twenty m inutes at l east, surro gas lights. “ Ought we not to dra quired the batsmen o f Carpenter a I can't see the ball at that end ”—oppos Pavilion—said Beaumont. “ Never replied, “ ’tis agreed to play it ou t ; can ’t see the ball fe l for it .” And thus the match went on, w ith the excitem en heat amongst the thousands o f spe the end drew near; a nd when “ Bob son dropped on to that off ball, and sent it speeding to the bom da ry faster t fieldsmen c ould gallop to stop it, s went forth when the ball clicked t ary, and the match was won, as w i remembered by all who heard it. cannot be too h igh ly praised for t manner in which they tried to brin and also for the sportsmanlike m which they took their unlooked-fo The} are, indeed, cheerful losers, a wishes are, as w ill b e also, I am q those o f all cricketers, that next se find good fortune attending them genial captain, and that Yorkshire be found, as of yore, prom inent am leading counties. And, as a w ind - add that no sounder exh ibition o f batting under difficulties was ever Henderson ’s in this match , with name must for ever be associated. indeed, a grand display o f nursin combined with effective hitting, a efforts Surrey owes the win of th wh ich will be long remembered, an be designated and handed down as light Match of 1889.” A correspondent sends me the follow­ ing conversation, overheard during the course of a recent match in which the Kent eleven took part:—Small boy (watching Geo. Hearne) to senior ditto : “ Why has that man got a horse on his cap?” Senior: “ Oh! because he’s Gee Gee Hearne, you know.” “ G.R.M.,” who sends me this, adds that he found a soda and brandy essential to relieve his feelings after this onversation. M r . W. G. G race ’ s 164 for the South at Scarborough, last week, an