Cricket 1892

40 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME, MARCH 24, 1892 OUTFITS FOB CRICKET, ROWING, TENNIS CYCLING AND ALL SPOBTS. TO BE OBTAINED OF W . J. P i l e , The City Athletic Outfitter 171, FEN CH U RCH STREE T , E C. AND 73, Park Street, Regent’s Park, N.W. Flannel Shirts, 5/6, 6/6, 7/6, 9/6; Flannel Trousers 8/6, 9/6,10/6,12/6.14/6; Flannel Caps (large assort­ ment),!/-, 1/6; “ Perfecta” Straw Hat (weighs only 2oz.), 2/6; Shoes for Running, Boating, and Tennis, from 2/6; Running Drawers, 2/11, 3/6, 4/6; Toe Caps, 9d. per pair; Corks, 6d. per pair; Elastic and Silk Belts, 1/-; Hat Ribbone, 1/- ; Boxing Gloves, from 4/6; Indian Clubs, from 1/6 per pair. Badges embroidered in the best style. Designs worked out on the shortest notice.—W. J. PILE, Outfitter by appointment to the C.T.C., London Athletic Club (L A.C.), London Rowing Club (L.R.C.), Blackheath Harriers, and other leading Clubs. Send for Price List to 171, FenchurchSt. or 71 and 73 Park St. Itegent’s Park, N.W. nR lCK ET, FOOTBALL, <STENNIS GROUNDS y* (all thoroughly drained, October, 1888), TO LET at Hyde Farm, Balham.for Season, Day, or Batnrdays, close to Railway Station. Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 5d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply H. Benham (Proprietor). 104, Rossiter Road,Balham. Cinder Track always open for Sports and Training. NOW READY.] [PRICE 1 /- , POST-FREE, 1 / 3 . JOHN WISDEN ’S C R IC K E T E R S ’ ( 1892 ) ALMANACK Edited by SYDNEY H. PAR LON. Contains Full Scores and Bowling Analyses of all Principal Matches played in 1891, English Team in America, Australian Inter-Colonial Watches, Amateur and Professional Batting & BowliDg Averages, “ Bibliography of Cricket ” by Mr. A. j! Gaston, “ Development of Cricket” by Hon. R. H. 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The Twenty four Summer Numbers will be sent post free to all parts of the World for 5 /. £u 6- sc*iption for year, 6/-. rosta l Orders to le made payable tt the .'Manager , W . R. W r ig h t . C r ick e t: A W EEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 41, ST. ANDRtW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, MARCH 24 th , 18! 2 IMPORTANT NOTICE. Under the new postal regulations C r ic k e t can now be sent to any part of V e World at a cost of One Halfpenny for P< stage. DabiKffir (fcstp. <£h» abstract and brief chronicle of the tiir.e.— _ ______________ ____ Hamlsi O ld Harrovians, especially those who were in statu pupillari at the end of the fifties, will be interested to learn news of one of the cricket lions of the later years of Dr. Yaughan’s head-maslership. A recent announcement in “ The Har­ rovian,” the school paper, states that the Rev. Robert Lang has resigned the African secretaryship of the C.M.S., and has accepted the living of Old Warden in Bedfordshire. It will be strange if this should not happen to be the fast bowler who created such havoc at Harrow about 1855, and subsequently at Cambiidge University, certainly one of the very fastest bowlers I have ever seen. “ Bob Lang,” late in the fifties, and ea,rly in the sixties, was a name to conjure with iu cricket. S t e a n s e l y enough the same paper which contained the news of “ Bob Lang ” gave some very interesting intelli­ gence of another Old Harrovian, and a contemporary also of Lang in the school eleven. It was a notice of the appoint­ ment of Mr. Kenelm Digby to succeed Mr. Barber, Q.O., as County Court Judge of the Derbyshire Circuit No. 19. ICE . Digby had a distinguished career both at Harrow and Oxford. He was ca,ptain of the school eleven in 1853 and two following years, and did much, not only by his personal assistance as an all­ round player, but by his management, to raise the quality of Harrow cricket. T he following lines will speak for them­ selves : TO THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. F rom titeik B r it is h B r e t h r e n . We won't have aught to do with you In 1892 ; Your visit premature would be In 1893; But games and gold on you we’ll pour Iu 1894 .—London Globe. R e ply F rom A u stu a lia . You little thought what we should do In 1892 ; Now p’rhaps revenged you’d like to be In 1893; But take care, or vou may learn more In 1894.— Melbour. c Leader A cheery account of the development of Cricket in Fiji has just reached me from the Old Incog, the H on. J. S. Udal, who occupies a very high judicial position there. The last season wras on the whole successful, and the new ground at Suva, in the preparation of which Mr. Udal’s practical knowledge must have been of considerable use, it is satisfactory to learn, has played very well. Altogether the Suva C.C. did very credit­ ably last year, and the chief want was a lack o f opponents. So far the Club has beaten every man o f war it has met, and there is a general wish that that keen cricketer Lord Charles Scott, the admiral on the Australian station, would bring down his flagship the “ Orlando,” to try conclusions with the Suvans. Some of the Fijians, Mr. Udal writes, play very well. A young chief, grandson of the last King of Fiji (Thakornbau), made 62 not long since by some fine hitting. Indeed, m y corres­ pondent is of opinion that a mixed team of Europeans and Fijians would render a good account of themselves in New