Cricket 1892

251 CBICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. JUKE 30, 1892 J. DAVENPORT Cricket4EarnTennisOutfiter 20, ELDON STREET, L i v e r p o o l S t r e e t , E . C . Removed from 38, FINSBTJRY PAVEMENT OUTFITS FOR CRICKET, ROWING, TENNIS CYCLING AND ALL SPORTS. TO BE OBTAINED OP W . J. P i l e , The City Athletic Outfitter FEN CH U RCH ST R E E T , E.C. a ::d 73, Park Street, Regent’s Park, N.W. 171, New Price List now ready. Terms—Ready Money. Cash discount 10 per cent. Speciality — Best All Cane Handle Bats> warranted thoroughly seasoned, 12/6 each. Davenport’s Propeller Bat, 15/- nett. Treble Seam Cricket Balls 42/-, 45/-, 54-/, 57/-, per dozen, nett. 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I The words “ Combination Flexible are stamped on each bat. 1 CRICKET BALLS OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY LEG GUARDS, BATTING GLOVES, FOOTBALLS, And all kinds of Indoor and Out­ door Games. List of Prices on application, post free. Dntilm it (gossip. Sh* abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— __________ ______ _______ Hamlet T he Manchester Club, which until last week had not lost a match, suffered its first reverse of the season at Leyland eight days ago. In this case the eagle was killed by a feather from its own wing. In fact, G. Nash, who played for Lancashire for several years, did most of the mischief, taking six wickets at the small cost of thirty- eight runs. C a p t . L u a r d , who played such excellent cricket in both innings for Gloucestershire ag-iinst Surrey this week, comes of a good old Cheltenham family. He is a son of General Luard, and was educated himself at Cheltenham College. As he left there early (in 1878) he had no chance of getting into the Cheltenham eleven, and did not move higher than the Twenty-two. A t the wicket he is not unlike Stanley Scott in appearance. Besides being a good bat, he is a brilliant field, in fact W.G. is of opinion that he is little if at all inferior at cover-point to Vernon Royle at his best. Lately he has done good service for the Incogs, and it must have done R .T .’s heart good to umpire while one of the fraternity was playing the Surrey bowling with such confidence and freedom. I n R. W. Rice Gloucestershire has another, young amateur of considerable promise. He played an excellent second innings of 66 for the Sixteen Freshmen against the Oxford Eleven early in May, and followed this up,inthe follow­ ing week, with another useful score of 38 for the Sixteen against the Eleven. Though he did not find favour with the Oxford Captain, as a batsman of the steady type, his watchful cricket was of no small use on the occasion o f/ his first appearance for Gloucestershire. Though he came to Oxford from the Cardiff Grammar School, he learned his cricket at Tewkesbury. A fter all the fuss about J. J. Ferris and his qualification, his formal introduction to Gloucestershire cricket had in it something of the dramatic. It was his lot to receive the first ball of the match at the Oval on Monday. It was the only one he had that innings, too, as Lohmann bowled him off his pad. There are, I should fancy, very few instances of a precisely Bimilar kind—I mean of a player making his dibut in a County eleven falling to the very first ball of the match. A n incident of very rare occurrence marked the course of the match between Leatherhead and Addiscombe at Leatherhead on Saturday last. One of the Addiscombe team hit a ball hard to extra mid-off, and backed up with a view if possible to make a run. The ball having been fielded was thrown in to the striker’s wicket, aud he popped his bat down within the crease while standing outside himself. The ball happened to hit the ground in front of the bat, and knocked it (i.e , the bat) up slightly. While it was so lifted, the ball hit the wicket, and the bats­ man had accordingly to retire “ run out.” “ THE GLORIOUS-------- It is early yet to estimate the chances Of our counties in the warfare of the w icket: Much from history we glean in hurried glances Of “ the glorious uncertainty of cricket.” vVhicli the same is often shown by pelting showers That prevent it being dusty when it’s gusty, Stopping play the while each “ spoofed ” spectator glowers O’ er “ the glorious------” the proverb’s some­ what musty. It may happen some “ decision ” most erratic (Whence the source of umpires’ guidance sometimes few know) May decide a contest’s fate, as proof emphatic Of “ the glorious uncertainty of——” you know. And a dozen little “ may-be’s ” we might mention That are sometimes seen when bats and bowlers go forth To do battle—knowing naught of apprehension Of “ the glorious uncertainty------” and so forth. C.P.