Cricket 1892

404 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME, SEPT. 1, 1892 J. DAVENPORT Cricket&Lawn TennisOutfiter 20, ELDON STREET, L i v e r p o o l S t r e e t , E . C . Removed from 38, FINSBURY PAVEMENT 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, IS/- nett. Treble Seam Cricket Balls 42/-, 45/-, 64-/, 57/-, per dozen, nett. E.J.PAGE& 60 ., KENNINGTON PK. RD„ LONDON , S .E . THE C O M B I N A T I O N F L E X I B L E These Bats find increasing favour with Gentlemen and Professionals. For driving power they are unequalled. The jar. or sting is entirely obviated, and the nardest nit can be made with­ out feeling; any unpleasant sensation. The words “ Combination Flexible ” are stamped on each bat. 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' PIHIOKBT, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS 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, 6d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply H. B bnhau (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. Cinder Track always open for Sports and Training. W A N I v * PC HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS CEICKET WEEK, 1892. T w o G r a n d . M a t c h e s Will be Played on the CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS. As follows— Thursday,Friday, & Saturday, Sept-8,9,10 N O R T H v S O U T H TEAMS. NORTH. M r . S. M . C r o s f ie l d M r . F . S. J ac k so n M r . A. T . K e m b l e M r . C . W . W r ig h t A t t e w e l l C h a t t e r t o n G unn P e e l P o u g h e r U ly e tt A . W a r d Jl'ED.—Early Cricket Books and Prints FOR SALE—Lillywhite’s Guide 1861, ’63, ’69 to ’85. Red Lillywhite 1876, ’77. House Matches. Rev. Dr. Vaughan’s 1845/64. 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Send for Price List to 171, Fenchurch St. or 71 and 73 Park St. Regent’s Park, N.W. SOUTH. D r . W. G . G r a c e M r . J . J. F e r r is M r . H . T. H e w e t t M r . T. C . O ’ B r ie n M r . W. W. R e a d M r . A .E . S t o d d a r t M r . S. M . J. W ood s A b e l L o h m an n M a r t in W ood Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, September 12,13, & 14- G E N T L E M E N v. P L A Y E R 3 TEAMS. GENTLEMEN. D r . W . G . G r a c e M r . S. M . C r o s f ie l d M r . J. J. F e r r ts M r . H . T. H e w e t t M r . F . S. J a c k so n M r , A. T. K e m b l e M r . T. C. O ’ B r ie n M r . W . W . R e a d M r . A. E. S t o d d a r t M r . S. M . J . W o o d s M r . C . W . W r ig h t . PLAYERS. A b e l A t t e w e l l B e a n C h a t t e r t o n G u n n L o h m an n M a r t in P e e l U l y e t t A. W a r d W ood Wickets pitched at 12 o’clock on the first day of each Match; other days at 11.30- Dr. W. G. Grace will captain the South and Gentlemen’s Teams. Cheap Fares on S.E.R. and L.B. & S C.R., and Excursion Trains will run. Admission to the Ground ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, 1s. extra: Carriages holding five 5s. G n cket: A WEEKLY BECOBD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 st , 1892. I J a f r i l t m t f e s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet* for Linton Park, this time against the Eton Ramblers, he made 78 again. On Tuesday of the following week, for the Free Foresters against the Hampshire Hogs, his score was 44, and on the next day, also for the Foresters, he made precisely the same num­ ber of runs against the United Services. This double duplication is quite a curiosity in its way. THE SUMMARY OF A SUMMER— Of a summer that is dying ’Mid autumnal breezes’ sighing, While the fallen leaves are lying In the Park— Lying thickly in the Park, Rich in crimsons, browns, and yellows, In an atmosphere that mellows A 1the greenery of the scenery In the early-mantling dark Of the dull deserted Park. On pavilion seats they prattle Of a summer blithe witn battle Waged with bat and ball—the rattle Of the stumps (Of the widelv-sundered stumps), When the ball the bat’s joy stifles Heard in lieu of crack of rifles; And they’re chatting of the batting And of divers thundering thumps Of the leather ’fore the stumps. Of a summer, and a Somer­ set who made opponents glummer Down at Taunton, rendering dumber Yorks and Notts (More particularly Notts); Of the Red Rose county players, Who ran well, but proved non-stayers ; Of the county of the Graces, Laggard b in the race for places; Of the shire where flows the Medway, One which doesn’t make much headway; Of the fate that Sussex moumeth, For the wooden spoon man scorneth ; Of the Middlesex eleven, And how gallantly they’ve striven. Crowds delighting with their smiting (O ! those early scores of Scott’s); Of the fortune fair of Surrey, Who’re not beaten in a hurry; And (O ! waly! willow wail-y !) Of the hard, hard lines of Notts ! C.P. As was generally expected, the honours of the tournament at Halifax fell to the Phil­ adelphian team. Heavy rain on the first day caused the wicket to be all in favour of the bowlers when Philadelphia met Halifax, and the game was drawn in a very interesting condition, Halifax scoring 98 and 66 to Phil­ adelphia’s one total of 89. Ottawa was able to defeat Halifax by the bare margin of 16 runs, and as Philadelphia beat Ottawa de­ cisively by an innings and 38, the Cup came into the possession of the Philadelphians. C u st o m can not stale the infinite variety of cricket. One of its greatest charms is the frequent alternation, its many-sidedness, in fact—I can not forbear from use of the stock phrase—“ its glorious uncertainty.” The frequent recurrence of what are called cricket coincidences tends, too, in a great measure to raise the national game far above the level of commonplace. B u t I am preaching. What I had in my mind when I began was a curious combina­ tion of circumstances in which E .C . Streat­ feild. the well-known Surrey cricketer, was affected. On Thursday, August 11, playing for Linton Park against the Free Foresters, he scored 78, and on the following day, also A l t o g e t h e r the tournament seems to have been agreat success, marred only by one slight unpleasantness, a change of umpires owing to the objections of both the Halifax and Phil­ adelphian teams to the Ottawa official. There was something especially fitting in the fact thatthe Cup was presented by Lieut. Governor Daly, who was a member of the Halifax eleven in the tournament of 1874. G. S. P a t t e r s o n , who is well known to English crioketers, not only won the prize for the highest individual score by his 89 against Ottawa, but also that for the best average. The bowling prize was won by Bengough of Halifax, who took fourteen wickets for 55 runs. It may be of interest to those C r ic k e t