Cricket 1890

40 OBICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. MAE. 27,' 1890. IF YOU WANT SOME G O O D B A T S For coming season, you can­ not buy better than J.DPVEHPSRTS ALL-CANE HANDLE (WARRANTED) A T 10/6 EACH N E T T CASH. 38, Finsbury Pavement, E.C, NEW PRICE LIST NOW READY. Now Ready. On all Bookstalls. WISDEN’S Cricketers' Almanack For 1890. P r ic e One Shilling '. Or Post Free, 1/3. Special Photographic Portraits of the Great Batsmen, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Barnes, Albert Ward, Louis Hall, Frank SUgg, Abel, Hender­ son, and Maurice Read. The opinions of experts on the new laws and other cricket questions. Fnll Scores and Records of all great matches played in 1889. Edited by CHARLES F. PARDON. A few back copies, 1879 to 1889, still on sale, 8s. each 21 1 CRANBOURN ST., LONDON. PRICKET, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS GROUNDS ^ (all thoroughly drained, October, 1888), TO LE T 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. B e n h am (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. [N.B.—Splendid Cinder Track Ready in March.] C R I C K E T SCORING BOOKS printed on superior quality of paper, 12matches (double innings), in paper covers, price 9d.; 15 matches, in stiff boards, Is. 6d. ; 25 matches, half roan, cloth sides, 2s. 6d. SCORING SHEETS, Is. per dozen, post free. Liberal discount to Clubs.—London: B e m r o se and S ons , 23, Old Bailey ; and Derby. -CiOOTBALL, CRICKET andSLAWN 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 a ster m an , 728, Holloway Road, N. C R I C K E T , 1 8 9 0 . 1V/fR. W. MASTERMAN, the Proprietor of the Green Lanes Cricket Grounds, will give a Silver Cup to be played for by all Clubs on his Grounds, to become the property of the Club that wins it the first year. Apply, 728, Holloway Road, N., or on the Ground. pR ICK E T PITCHES to LET. adjoining Raynes ^ Park Station, L. & S.W.R. Pitches from £ 0 ; half pitches from £5 5s. Fares, return Waterloo and Vauxhall, 8d.; Clapham Junction, Gd.—Apply, T. H a skings , 28, Ravenswood Road, Balham, S.W. pHALLENGE.—The Old Cranleighans Cricket ^ Club will be glad to arrange out matches during the coming season.— S id n ey F . C harlton , Hon. Sec., 16, St. James’s St., 8.W. T^OR SALE, c r ic k e t Vols. I. to V I.: Lillywhite’s (Red), complete set (Greens ’72 to ’85; Wisden’s ’73. 76, 78. Scores and Biographies, Vol. 1. What offers ? WANTED- EarlyJWisden’s ; Scores and Biographies, Vol. IV.—“ B.,” care of Manager of C r ic k e t . W AN T E D .—The Manager of C r ic k e t is desirous v Y of procuring the following books: “ Wisden’s Almanack” for 1866, ’68, ’69, ’71, and ’75; Vols. III., XI., and XIII. of “ Scores and Biographies” ; Vol. I. of C r ic k e t , and “ Canterbury Cricket Week.” —Address, Manager of C r ic k e t , 41, St. Andrew’s Hill. London, E.C. p R ICK E T , FOOTBALL & TENNIS GROUNDS- ^ South London Clubs desiring Grounds can be accommodated in the neighbourhood of Catford Bridge, close to the Mid-Kent Railway Station, and accessible in half an hour from the City.— Apply to M e ssr s . F r e r e F orster & Co., 28, Lin­ coln’s Inn Fields, W.C. pR ICKET PAVILION for SALE, slate-roofed, ^ timber built, 36ft. by 14ft.. with fitted dressing room ; also 36in. WATER ROLLER and 24in. MOWING MACHINE. All in good condition.— Further particulars from J. W. G u y , L. T. and S. Railway, Fenchurch Street Terminus, E.C. pR ICK E T .—1To Let on alternate Saturdays, a v-y good Cricket Ground at Honor Oak, with use of practice pitch on week-days. Particulars of F. E. P e a rl , 37, St. George’s Street, Peckham. rpo CRICKET CLUBS.-The London County -1- Council hereby gives notice that it will be prepared to consider applications from cricket clubs for pitches for matches at the following parks and open spaces under its control for the season 1890, commencing on 1st May and ending on 30th September. Battersea Park (Men and Boys’) Blackheath (Men and Boys’) Clapham Common (Men) Clissold Park (Men) Dulwich Park (Men and Boys’) Eel Brook Common (Men and Boys’) Finsbury Park (Men) Hackney Downs (Men and Boys’) Hampstead Heath (Men) Highbury Fields (Boys’) London Fields (Boys’) North and South Mill Fields, Hackney (Men and Boys’) Peckham Rye (Men and Boys ) Plumstead Common (Men and Boys’) Southwark Park (Men) Tooting Common (Men an*l Boys') Victoria Park (Men) Wandsworth Common (Men) Well Street Common, Hackney (Boys) Plans of the pitches available can be seen, and forms of application obtained gratis on applying personally to the officer in charge at each place, or in the Clerk’s Department at Spring Gardens. Applications must be made for fixed days, and not by any one club for the entire season. All applications must be on the forms referred to, and be addressed to me, and should reach this office on or before the 5th April, 1890. H . De la H o o k e , Clerk of the Council. Spring Gardens, S.W. 18th March, 1890. C O B B E T T S Cricket BatCompany, Limited, Beg to inform their Customers that all BATS will tn future be NUMBERED, in order to enable the COMPANY TO TRACE THOSE OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE. Factory: 56, C&piand-atreet, Marylabons. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41, 8T. ANDRtW'S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, MARCH 2 7 t h , 18£0 IMPORTANT NOTICE. The present Issue is the sixth and last of the Monthly Winter Issues. The first of the Weekly Summer Numbers appears on THURSDAY, APRIL 17. The six winter numbers will be forwarded im­ mediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to M e . W. R. W e ig h t , Manager of C e ic k e t , at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors' Commons, London, E.C. Dafnltmt The abstraot and bri.f ohronlole of the time.— ____________________ Hamlet, The death of Mr. John Marshall, on Feb. 22, at Belmont, Taunton, removes another veteran who took an active part in Public School cricket nearly half a century ago. Mr. John Marshall was in the Harrow Elevens of 1842, 1843, and 1844, and acted as Captain of the team in his last year. He was a hard, slashing hitter, and bowled middle-paced round arm. In addition, he was an excellent long stop. He was in his sixty-fourth year. I a m indebted to a correspondent for the following bill of a cricket match in the early part of the present century : COUNTY MATCH. Ireland's Royal Cricket Ground, Brighton. A G ran d M a tc h of C k ic x e t will be played on the above Grounds, on Monday, June the 26th, 1826, and following day, between the Gentlemen of the East and West parts of the County, Shoreham Bridge to be the boundary, for One Hundred Sovereigns. E a s t . Mr. Thwaits — Baker — Dale — Fowle — Brown — Lillywhite — Morley — Pierpoint — Slater — Lanaway — Meads W e s t . Mr. J. Broadbridge — W. Broadbridge — Hooker — Mellersh — Duff — King — Upton — Searle — Willard — Hide — Grant Wickets to he pitched at Ten o’clock, and the Game to be played out. Gentlemenwill find excellentaccommodation at the H a n o v e b Abms I n n , adjoining the Cricket Ground—And excellent range of Stabling and lock-up Coachhouses. Admission 6d. each; and those persons entering at the Eastern Gate (adjoining the Hanover Arms) to receive the amount of their admission money in refreshments. The Brighton Club practice on the above Grounds every Monday and Friday afternoon. IJ3" A Good Ordinary at Two o’cl ck. The Sussex Advertiser, June 19th, 1826 NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 17.