Cricket 1891

62 CRICKET 2 A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. APRIL 16, 1891. GLOBE TROTTING CRICKETERS, The following letter from Mr. G. H. Wood, of Marylebone fame, gives an interesting account of an improvised cricket match played on board the Royal Mail Steamer, the “ Empress of India,” the pioneer of the fleet of handsome vessels recently constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway to carry the mails from British Columbia to China and Japan, to complete the direct, and what one may call the Imperial route from Great Britain to the Far East. The letter, which bears the date of the 9th of March and was written at Colombo, j*s as follows :— I think I told you some time back that I was making a tour round the world. Well, here I am at Colombo, just one month since I left Liverpool. We have had glorious weather, a smooth passage, and have thoroughly enjoyed our visits to Gibraltar, Marseilles, Naples, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez. We leave here on Tuesday for China and Japan. I should be glad if you could find space in an early number of C ricket to chronicle a match which I organized on board this ship between eight members of the M.C.C. and eight others captained by our skipper, O.P. Marshall, who is a thorough good fellow and a keen cricketer ; by-the-bye,he is a brother of Murray Marshall, well known in the cricket world at home, more particularly in connection with Surrey cricket. It is really wonderful what an excellent game we had, considering the limited space at our disposal. The wickets are eighteen yards apart, cocoa-nut-matting of course. We only placed six in the field, bowler, wicket-keeper, long-stop, Ion ij-on, mid-on, mid-off. The match referred to was played on Monday, March 2nd, just off the Island of Lokotra, in the Gulf of Aden, with the temperature between 90 and 100. The old club won by 8 runs. Captain Torrens—an old Harrovian—played wonderfully well, and to his batting and Campbell Hulton’s bowling the yictory of the old club was due. The sides were: M.C.C.—Sir C. Hunter, Col. Egerton, Capt. Torrens, Capt. Wynne, Campbell Hulton (Capt), E. Rodriguez, H. Lubbock, and G. H. Wood. “ Empress”—Capt. O .P . Marshall, N.N.R., Messrs. A. Blain, G. H. Woodbridge, S. Sidney, M. Gray, M. P. Rathbone,W.S. Rathbone, and A.C. Rathbone, the two latter being well known base-ball players from Chicago. This may not be very interesting to cricketers in general, but it will doubtless interest our friends at home, and will at any rate let them know we are alive and well. C r ic k e t C h a t f o r 1890 —(Seventh Year of Issue), enlarged and improved edition, post free 1/2. Containing iu addition to Fifteen Portraits and Biographies, a Special Cabinet Portrait of M r. J o h n S h u te r, the Surrey captain, together with groups of the following counties; Notts, Lanca­ shire and Gloucestershire. 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London, E.C., and 8,Church-strG t. Manchester. Manufacturers of the ORIGINAL REGISTERED MARYLEBONE an I A L! j ENGLAND CRICKET BAGS, regret that they have to caution the public against purchasing bags pirating their dcsirns of inferior quality. None are g‘ nuine unless bearing the registered irade mark stamped on tho bottom of each bag. viz.,“ T ilE M AItY- L BONE” and “ THE ALL EN G LAN D " To be obia n.-d from all respectable cricketing establishments, or wholesale of the above. Price Lists ni'on apnlica1ion._____________ _ _ ______ C RICKET! CAUTION ! "T H E MA.U YLHUUNifi. CRICKET BAT BAG (Rc-istere 1 No. 7.351) and ‘ THE ALL EN G LAN D ” (ltegisterel No. 7,352). Any person miking use of these titles without our authority wilt ronier themselves liable to legal proceedings—J LYONS AND fcONS, 22 and 23, Red Cross-street, Cripplegate, London, E.G., and 8, Church-street, Manchester. APOLOGY. Messrs. J. Lyons and 8ons, Kidde: minster Geutlcmeu,— If I have in any way infringed your rights by usicg the word Marylebone in invoice of cricket bags. I a ologise for havln r done so. I was, how.ver, ignorant that the word was used bv you as a Tra te Mark, and I will for tho future discontinue ’the uso of it as applied to bags of my manufacture. I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently, _________________(Signed) BENJAMIN ANKRETT. rpO CRICKET CLUBS—Applications for reserved -* Cricket Pitches in or upon the under­ mentioned Parks and Open Spaces, under the control of the London County Council, may now be made for all dates between the 24th of July and the 26th of September, 1891. Applications should be received at this office not later than Friday the 1st of May. 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