Cricket 1891

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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.), Blacfeheath Barriers, and other leading Clubs. Send for Price List to 171, Fenchurch St., or 71 and 73, Park S t, Regent’s Park, N.W. Cricket: A W E E K L Y BECOBD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, MAY 7 t h , 1891 «J fjatM Iim t f e s i j j . Thfl abstract and brief chronlole of the time.— ______________________________________ Hamlet, T he records of Public School cricket are to receive new and useful additions in the collection o f Winchester College matches, which have been prepared for publication by an Old Wykehamist. A reference to a paragraph above will give particulars of the compilation and its principal contents. To Winchester boys, young and old, the work will be of particu­ lar value. It will, however, be of use to the public generally as a reference, and it is gratifying indeed to find that there is enterprise enough to provide such fre­ quent additions to the library of the cricket student. T he Committee of the Lyric Club, whose list of fixtures for the eoming season will be found in another column, it will be of use to a large section of C ricket readers to know, have made arrange­ ments to admit a limited number of cricket members at a reduced subscription of three guineas and without entrance fee. These members- will enjoy all the privileges of the Country house, at St. Ann’s, Barnes, but will not be entitled to make use of the town house in Piccadilly. T h e follow ing announcem ent, taken from the M orn in g P ost o f Tuesday, will be read w ith interest b y C r ic k e t readers, to w h om the name o f one o f the contract­ ing parties is thoroughly fam iliar :— A marriage has been arranged, and will take place early in August, between Mr. Hugh Owen Whitby, son of Dr. Charles Whitby, o£ Leamington,Warwick shire,and Helena Mabel, only daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Boden Forman, of Abbot’s Hill, Derby. I need hardly say that Mr. H. 0 . Whitby is the cricketer who did such excellent service for Oxford as a fast bowler some few years ago. He has also been seen on a few occasions in the Warwickshire Eleven. T he Philadelphian Eleven which recently visited Bermuda in response to an invitation from the soldiers there, many C ricket readers will be interested to hear, found to their cost that Mr. H.G. Ruggles-Brise had lost none of the bat­ ting powers of which he gave substantial proof during his early days atWinchester, Oxford University and the Household Brigade, and subsequently for Essex. In the third and last match of the tour, he failed to score, but in the second, the Philadelphian bowlers had a practical proof of his capacity as a rungetter. In the second innings, though he had a life before he made a notch, he gave the field plenty of leather hunting, contributing 88 out of a total of 265 for seven wickets. M r . H. H . C apper , the Hon. Sec. of the Colombo C.C., who is at present in Eng­ land on leave, takes exception to the pes­ simistic tone of the article which appeared in this paper a fortnight ago on the sub­ ject of Cricket in India. It is gratifying to learn from one who has so many and such excellent opportunities for arriving at a reliable estimate, that there is no ground for taking a gloomy view of the prospects of the game within the borders of our Indian Empire. He asserts, and confidently from the special means of procuring information at his disposal, that cricket is decidedly growing in popu­ larity from Afghanistan to Point-de- Galle. M ention of Colombo cricket reminds me of a good performance recently credited to M. H. Paine, the old Oxford quarter-miler, in that region. Playing recently for the Colombo C.C. against Up-country he made 128. Scores of a hundred are scarce enough in Ceylon, as those who have visited the Colony can well understand. The grounds are gener­ ally poor and certainly not in favour of the batsman, so that this score is the more