Cricket 1892

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Cricket: A W EEK L Y EE CORD OF THE GAME. ♦1, ST. ANDRbW’8 HILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 7 t h , 1892. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Six numbers will be published during the winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The remaining dates will be ;— No. 318—THURSDAY, NOV. 24. No. 319—THURSDAY, DEC. 29. No. 320—THURSDAY, JAN. 26. No. 321—THURSDAY, FEB. 23. No. 322—THURSDAY, MARCH £3. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to Mr. W . R. W r i g h t , Manager of C r ic k e t , at the Office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E.C. Results of the Season and Averages of the Principal Clubs will be inserted in the earlier Winter numbers, at the rate of 3/6 a column, with a minimum charge of 2/6. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be received not later than the Saturday previous to day of publication. In the WINTER I8SUES we shall give SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS of high quality by new process as well as numerous illustrations. They will also contain special articles of interest by some of the best-known writers on the game. With this number of C r ic k e t is presented a Supplement-Portrait of G. A. LOHMANN (of Surrey), which should be found enclosed in every copy of the paper. She abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— HamleH T he balance sheet just issued by the Hon. Sec. of the Hastings aud St. Leonards Cricket Weeks shows that the liberal policy of the management has been fully justified. At all events the com­ mittee are of opinion that the possession of ,£470 19s. 2d. to their credit warrants them in deferring any meeting of the Guarantors until the spring, when next year’s programme can be presented. The match between North and South, which only lasted two days, it may be of interest to know, produced .£276 14s. 6d., of which £144 17s. was taken on the second day. The Broomstick match on Sepember 10 realised £‘10 6s., and that between Gentle­ men and Players, which extended over three days, ,£399 16s. The match dis­ bursements, which included expenses of players, umpires, and scorers, amounted to i'378 14s. 2d. The week showed a profit of ;£85 2s. 5d., or deducting the percentage due to Ground Committee, £76 12s. 5d. Y esterd ay week saw George Brann, the well-known Sussex cricketer and International footballer, in a new role. The “ gentle tapper ” was one of che two central figures in the marriage ceremony performed at the Church of the Ascension, Balham, on that day. The bride was Miss F. E. Ellwood, of Pair Oak, Nightin­ gale Lane. The bridegroom had L. C. Docker, the Warwickshire amateur, as his best man. Pirst-class cricket had a fitting exponent in W. W. Bead, of Surrey. E. C. Bambridge, another old International footballer, and hon. sec. of the Streatham C.C., represented that Club, for which Brann has done such brilliant service during the last few years. Among the presents were a handsome clock from the amateurs, and a walking stick from the professional members'of the Sussex eleven. Mr. and Mrs. Brann are spending the honeymoon in Devon­ shire. T he assent of the Australian Cricket Council, in solemn conclave assembled, has given the official imprimatur, at least on the other side, to the visit of another Australian team to England next summer. The formal intimation of that assent from the Hon. Secretary of the council, I have reason to believe, is now on its way to the secretaries of the principal cricket clubs here, so that in a few days in all probability they will be in possession of the document embodying the sanction of the Australian Council. M eanw h ile it will be of use, as well as of interest, to give the resolution itself, which was proposed by Mr. B. W. Best (M.L.A.) of Victoria, and seconded by Mr. J. M. Gibson, one of the leaders of cricket in New South Wales for many years. The motion—“ That in the opinion of this council the seas in 1898 would be an opportune time for the visit of an Australian team to England,” was carried without a dissentient vote. Mr. Best added that the high reputation of those cricketers who were acting as a committee of advice (Messrs. Lyons, G. Giffen, W.Bruce, C. Turner, J.Blackham, and A. Bannerman) might be regarded as a guarantee that the team would be a representative one. A t all events, Mr. Victor Cohen, the Treasurer of the New South Wales Asso­ ciation, will have the satisfaction of knowing that the team he is to person­ ally conduct next year is the first that has left the Colonies properly accredited by a council thoroughly representative of Australian cricket. As I have already intimated, it is hardly likely that the programme will be of such a comprehensive character as on previous occasions. The International Committee, which has the conduct of all important matters relating to American cricket, have already signified their readiness to welcome the Australians to the States. It is, indeed, practically certain that two matches will be played in Philadelphia, and possibly one in Chicago, though as yet nothing definite has been done with regard to a fixture at the scene of the World’s Fair. As the American authorities are of opinion that the team should be in Phila­ delphia at the very latest by the 20th of September, it follows that the English part of the tour must be completed quite early in that month. The latest advices show that the manager will have plenty of good material from which to make his final selection. Unless, indeed, the Australian season just beginning should introduce some new phenomenon, the team will be chosen from the follow­ ing :—W. L. Murdoch, A. C. Bannerman, II. Moses, S. Callaway, S. Gregory, W. Bruce, J. M. Blackham, B. McLeod, H. Trumble, C. Boss, J. J. Lyons, G. Giffen, A. Coningham, H. Donnan, W. Giffen, A. H. Jarvis, F. Jarvis, and J. Worrall, and G. H. S. Trott. The names, I may add, are taken haphazard and without any idea of order. Boss, who is a Mel­ bourne cricketer, is an excellent wicket­ keeper, as well as a sterling bat and field