Cricket 1890

CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; JAN. 27, 1890. Ready This Day. On all Bookstalls. W IS D E N ’S Cricketers' Almanack For 1890. P r i c e O n e S h i l l i n g . Or Post Free, 1/3. fepeoial Photographio Portraits o f the Great Batsmen, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Barnes, Albert Ward, Louis Hall, Frank Suge, Abel, Hender­ son, and Maurice Read. The opinions of experts on the new laws and other cricket questions. F nll Scores and R ecords of all great matches played in 1889. Edited by CHARLES F. PARDON. A few lack copies, 1679 to 1889,still on sale, Is. each 21,GRANBOURN ST., LONDON. pR ICK E T, 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 H. Benham (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. [N.B.—Splendid Cinder Track Ready In March.] p R IC K E T !! 1 Recreation Grounds, Romford. ^ A Club wanting ground for coming season and willing to share with Local Club, can have alternate Saturdays, and one Bank Holiday, with practice pitch if necessary, and use of Dressing Rooms. Easy terms.—Apply, C. M. C o l lin g s , Romford. T?OOTBALL, CRICKET and LAWN TENNIS, ■*- 1889 and 1890.—Football pitch at £6, Cricket pitches 10 Guineas, and Lawn Tennis Courts 4 Guineas the Season on Masterman’s Grounds, Green Lanes, 29 minutes’ ride from Moorgate.— Apply W . M asterslan , 728, Holloway Road, N. P R I C K E T , 1 8 9 0 . TV/TR. W. MA8TERMAN, the Proprietor of the Gr*en Lanes Cricket Ground*, will git* a Silver Cup to be played for by all Club* on hi* Grounds, to become the property of the Club that Wins it the first year. Apply, 728, Holloway Road, N., or on the Ground. TZ’ ENSINGTON C.C. have open Saturday after- v noon, July 12, for a match with strong club, on opponent’s ground. 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W r ig h t , Manager of C r ic k e t , at the office, 41, St, Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E.O. q iO CRICKET and LAWN TENNIS CLUBS.— **■ LAND to LET, suitable for the above, near City.—Enquire 138, Stamford Hill, N. D a M I i m x The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— _________________________________ Ham let, T h e fo llo w in g is fro m “ R . T . ” :— In an early number of last year’s C r ic k e t a biography of Mr. Chas. Absolon was given, including his chief doings up to date ; and ’tis, indeed, pleasing to notify that this veteran, so w ell known to m etropolitan cricketers, again brought off a sterling performance, having during the past season taken part in 57 m atches—in which he had 68 innings— being nine times not out, and m aking a total of 1,052 runs for an average of 17.49. A n exhi­ bition for pluck and endurance that will take a lot of beating, especially by veterans that have topped the seventies, and been knocking about on the cricket field for over half a century. Am ongst other good bits of batting during last summer, one of his performances stands out as unique, namely, in a match wherein when opposed to an eleven of the A Division of Police, their united efforts could not *top or snap him up, and run him in, until he had baffled and exercised them for two hours and a half, and stopped at the wickets whilst 151 runs had been put on. H e also, among other matches, showed staying powers, as whilst playing for Pall Mall W anderers v. St. John’s W ood, when, going in first, he stopped until 137 runs had been totalled, and was not started until he had made 44. Although, through being heavily handicapped w ith a damaged leg, his bowling average does not add up as of yore ; yet, his having been enabled to dispose of 65 wickets, shows that he can still occasionally “ trundle up the leather ” effectively. And m y best wishes shall be— as will also all of those that know him— that this good sample of a veteran cricketer may lor years yet ne found a “ goer ” at the game, which no one has tried m ore to uphold according to his means both in person and purse. “ F e l ix ,” the cricket critic of the Australasian newspaper, is responsible for the following anecdote. Irish, quite Irish, you know. Some juniors recently were hard up for an umpire. A fter a slight delay they managed to pick up a H ibernian friend of one of the players. In the first over or so a leg- before appeal was m ade to the Celt. “ H ow is it ? ” says the bowler. “ IIow is it yourself ? ” says the umpire. “ Plaze your­ self how it is, m y b o y ; you know a great dale better than I do.” “ I’M GOING TO BOM BAY 1” [A t the County Cricket Council recently Lord Harris, alluding to his Indian appoint­ m ent, said that probably his cricket book was closed ; but it was a volum e of m ost pleasant recollections.] T he die is cast—m y fate is sealed— To India I ’m aw ay; N o more shall I the willow wield, A nobler part I play. N o more, to make Australians yield, Shall I prolong the fray, I’m scoring in a wider field— I ’m going to B om bay 1 In cricket I shall lose a 1p a l* A n ’ keen regret is m in e; B ut in a palankeen I shall Find com fort m ost d ivin e! Or, seated in m y bungalow , I ’ll puff m y narghildh, (I hope I shall not bungle , oh !)— I’m going to B om bay 1 Adieu, dear Kent and M.C.C. 1 Bat, ball, and stumps, adieu! I go whence com es the proud Parsee— Last bright recruit for you 1 Y et will I banish all regret A t F a te ;—for—who can say ?— I m ay become a Viceroy yet . . . I’m going to Bom bay ! In the absence of any mention, at least, as far as I have been able to see, in the sporting papers, it is possible that C ric k e t readers m ay have overlooked, even if it has come before them, the dis­ tinction conferred recently on a thoroughly keen cricketer and hearty supporter of the game. In the list of New Year’s honours, there were three given as having received the approval of Her Majesty, as worthy the conferment o f a Baronetcy o f the United Kingdom. The first of these was Mr. J. T. Davies Llewelyn, o f Penllergare. To many C r ic k e t readers it will be unnecessary to point out that the new Baronet is the excellent all-round player who for many years did good service for the South Wales Club. Sir John Llewelyn’s name is to be found in the South Wales Eleven which opposed M.C.C., at L ord’s, as far back as 1863, and until very recently he assisted the South Wales Club in its annual matches at Lord’s and the Oval, having acted as captain for many years. Not only a good cricketer, he has been all his life a liberal patron of the game. H is son, W . 1). Llewelyn, helped by his good batting in the second innings to win Eton the Harrow matoh at NEXT ISSUE, FEBEUAEY 27.