Cricket 1890

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PILE, Outfitter by appointment to the C.T.C., London Athletic Club (L.A.C.), London Rowing Club (L.R.C), Blackheath Harriers, and other leading Clubs. Send for price list to 171, Fenchurch Street, or 71 and. 73, Park Street, Regent’s Park, N.W. C r ic k e t : A WEEKLY BECOBD OF THE GAME. 41, 8T. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 t h , 1890. JJaMIimr (&mip •Theabstract andbrief chronicle of the time.— __________________ Hamlet, Mr. A lfred J. G aston , of Brighton, writes : I was pleased to observe your remarks in last issue of C b ic x e t , re the tie matches in which the County of Surrey has participated. Instead of three tie matches—although possi­ bly, I presume, you refer to strictly inter­ county matches—Surrey has played a fourth, viz., against M.C.O., in 1868, at the Oval, whilst in the early oricket history of famous old Surrey, I find that in the year 1831 the East Surrey Club played a tie match at ChiBlehurst against the West Kent Club, and three years later, viz.,in 1834, the East Surrey Club played a tie matoh at Camberwell against the M.C.C. and Ground. The following match in Australia [further adds Mr. Gaston] has not been ref.rred to, so far as I am aware, by a single critio, viz., the fixture, tho First Australian Eleven v. Fif­ teen of Hew South 'Wales and Viotoria,