Cricket 1891

248 CRICKET: A WEEKLI EECORD OF THE GAME. j u l y 9 ,1891 LEG GUARDS, GAUNTLETS, CRICKET NE TS , BATTING GLOVES, STUMPS. All requisites fo rth e game o f C ric k e t Bold by all Dealers, and wholesale of the Manufacturers. CITY STEAM WORKS— BARBICAN, LONDON, E.G. P rice L ists os A pplication s . Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 9 t h , 1891. DaM Itm r fa m i ly . •Hi*abstraot and brief ohronlcle of the time.— _______________________________ ___ _______ Hamlrt, C ricket rea d e rs, m o r e e s p e c ia lly th o se w h o s e lin e s h a v e b e e n ca s t in th e W e s t o f E n g la n d , w ill le a rn w ith d e e p r e g r e t o f th e d e a th o f th e R e v . C h a rles P . W in te r , M .A ., w h o s o m e y e a rs a g o p la y e d a b y n o m e a n s u n im p o r ta n t p a rt in S o m e r s e ts h ir e cr ic k e t. M r . W in t e r , w h o g r a d u a te d a t C h rist’ s C o lle g e , C a m b rid g e , w h ile r e lie v in g th e R e s id e n t C h a p la in fo r six m o n th s w h ile h e t o o k a m u c h n e e d e d re st a t h o m e , fe ll a v ic tim t o th e y e llo w fe v e r , a m o n g th e su fferers fr o m w h ic h h is d a ily w o rk la y , a n d d ie d o n J u n e 2 n d in h is 3 2 n d y e a r . A m e m b e r o f a fa m ily o f c rick e te rs , M r . WTin te r, w a s h im s e lf a p la y e r o f co n s id e r a b le a b ility . I ca n m y s e lf r e c a ll a r e m a r k a b le b o w lin g p e r ­ fo r m a n c e o f h is in 18 7 4 , w h ic h w a s d u ly r e c o r d e d in “ J a m e s L illy w h ite ’s A n n u a l ” o f th e fo llo w in g y e a r. I t w a s in a m a tc h b e tw e e n B is h o p s L y d e a r d a n d N e th e r S to w e y in S o m e rs e ts h ire . T h e se c o n d in n in g s o f th e la tte r r e a lis e d tw o le g b y e s o n ly , a n d M r . W in t e r ’s a n a ly s is w a s e x tr a o r d in a r y , s h o w in g th r e e o v e rs fo r n o ru n s a n d e ig h t w ick e ts , all o f th e m b o w le d . T he u b iq u ito u s S m ith fa m ily has at o n e tim e o r o th e r d o n e s u ch g o o d s e r v ic e to c r ic k e t th a t it is q u ite r e fr e s h in g to fin d th a t th e n a m e d o e s n o t s h o w a n y sig n as y e t o f b e c o m in g e x tin c t. A t le a st o n e o f th e y o u n g e r b ra n ch e s o f th e fra te r n ity h a s b e e n p e r fo r m in g in a sty le w h ic h is th e m o r e n o te w o r th y fr o m th e fa ct th a t th e s e a s o n so fa r h a s b e e n a n y ­ th in g b u t p r o p itio u s fo r r u n -g e ttin g o n a n e x te n s iv e sca le . T h is o n ly e m p h a sise s th e e x c e lle n t r e c o r d o f M r. G . O . S m ith , th e ca p ta in o f th e C h a r te r ­ h o u s e e le v e n , w h o s e s co re s w ill b e fo u n d b e l o w :— ln‘ ?ndlotaI Charterhouse v. Staff Coll............. 32 — 82 v. Broadwater ... 13 — 13 v. Wellington Coll. 69* 11* 80 v. Butterflies... ... 21 — 21 v. I Zingari .......... 59* — 69 v. Free Foresters 43 — 43 v. Old Carthusians 168* — 168 T h e a b o v e s u m m a r y w ill s h o w th a t th e C h a rte rh o u se c a p ta in h a s th is se a so n a lre a d y a n a g g r e g a te o f 41G. A s t o o in fo u r o f h is e ig h t in n in g s h e h a s b e e n n o t ou t, h is a v e ra g e th e re fo re a t p r e s e n t is 104. T hough th e c o m p e t in g e le v e n s d id n o t in c lu d e a n y p la y e r s o f p r o m in e n c e in th e c r ic k e t w o rld , s till th e m a tc h b e tw e e n S t. P a u l’s P r e p a ra to r y S c h o o l a n d L in t o n H o u s e , a t C o le t C o u rt, H a m m e r s m ith , la st S a tu rd a y , w a s n o te w o r th y in o n e o f FELTHAM’S L U N N & C o . pR ICKET, FOOTBALL, & TENNI8 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.—ApplyH. B enham (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. (Cycling and Running Tracks now ready.) pR IC K E T , FOOTBALL & TENNIS GROUNDS. v J 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 ssrs. F r e r e F o r s t e r & Co., 28, Lin­ coln’s Inn Fields, W.C. rriHE WISBORO’ WANDERERS are open to arrange home matches on August 15th and 22nd. Good ground. H. F a lk n b r, Wisboro’ Green, Billingshurst. 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