Cricket 1893

APRIL 27, 1893 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 95 Universally acknowledged the Best Balia made they are in use at Lords, nearly all County Grounds, also Melbourne and Sydney Grounds and Principal Clubs throughout the World. Undoubtedly the Best Balls I have ever bowled with. F. R. SPOFFORTH. Dear Sir,—I have given your Balls a thorough trial, and JuuBt say that I like them better than any others I have bowled with, they keep their shape and do not increase in size, which is a great fault with many, and a big Ball is very difficult to manipulate.—Yours truly, GEORGE A. LOHMANN. Dear Sir,—We used your Balls in the last Inter-colonial match at Sydney, they lasting well on a hard wicket, and at the same time keeping their shape right through a long innings. The cricketers are very pleased indeed with the »aus and can recommend them to anyone.—I remain Yours very truly, c . T. B. TURNER John Wisden’ s Improved Special School Balls Are used by all the important Preparatory Sohools. 21, CranfiourqSt. Lomlon BARFORD & P ER K IN S IP _A_ T IE I£T T WATER BALLAST ROLLERS, AND “ GOD IVA ” L A W N M OW ER S , Are the Best that can be Used on a Cricket Ground. PATENT W A T E R B A LL A ST R O LLE R S, For Cobs, Carriage or Cart Horses, Single or D oable Cylinder. “ G O D IV A ” LAW N MO W E .13, For Pony or Horsa Power. W ith Im proved Side Delivery. WRITE FOR PRICE LIST. ADDRESS: P E T E R B O R O U Q H . JOHNWISDEN&CO. Gricket Gootfs m a n u f a c t u r e r s t C R AW F O R D ’ S PATENT “ Exoeiief Cricket Bats GRANDEST D R IVER S E V E R MADE . Pa ten t B a t t in g G lo v e s . W A R S O P ’S P A T E N T B A T S . W A R S O P ’S A L L C A N E B A T S . BAGS, NETS, STUMPS, &c. &c. City&Sonth London Railway. N E W T H E R O U T E TO O V A L . L . J. N I C O L L S , ROBERTSBRIDGE, PATENTEE & M ANU FAC TU RE R OF TH E AUTOMATIC BAT HANDLE Trains worked entirely by ElectricLocomotives Run every few minute •iO and from CITY (King WMI.am Street), BORO’ , ELEPHANT & CASTLE , OVAL, and STOCKWELL Clapham Common). ( f o r SINGLE FARE (any distance) £Jd. The Oval Station is about 50 yards from the Entrance to the Surrey Cricket Ground THOMAS O. JENKIN, General Manager. J . D. B A R T L E T T , Railway Approach, WATERLOO STATION, Any young aspiring Cricketer may become great in the Cricket Field by using B A R T L E T T ’S Celebrated R E P ER C U S S IV E BA TS. The Australians during their last visit all used Our Celebrated REPER­ CUSSIVE BATS. See Cricket at Oval, Sept. 22nd, 18£8.—52 runs m ade in less than h alf an hour, and 87 runs in an hour and three quarters from our Bats. Adm itted the Fastest Scoring Bat o f the Season. May be had of all Dealers in Cricket Goods. /1.f.uF»cTORv— 71i W A T E R L O O - R O A D . T H E S E engravings A show the advan- I tages this handle givet>, as each curve form s a ' key or abutm ent, against the elastic substance. Although these handles are tw o pieces from the shoulder of the blade, it is im possible to get them out of shape. Thfse bats, introduced in 18fc9, have been used by »he best Cricketers of EnglaLd, Australia, and Istw Zealand, as well as having been sent to India and Africa, and the uni­ versal testimoDy is that nothing has ever been brought into the Cricketing world to give such advantages to the batsman in batting and driving powers. A few first-class cricketers w ho have procured the Perfect Shaped and Balanced B a t:—W . G. Grace, w . W. Read, W . L. Murdoch W . H. Patterson, H. Pigg, J. Briggs, J. J. Lyons J. J. Ferris, w ith Australian orders W holesale and Retail. N otice incase of I nfringement .— The Patentee does not bind himself to any number of Curves. C ricket C hat for 18S2.—(Eighth Year of Issue), enlarged and im proved edition, post free 7Jd Containing in addition to Portraits and Biographies, Gronps o f Cricket, and Cricket Anecdotes and Oddities. To be had at the Office of this paper, o f all Booksellers, or W. H. Smith & Sons stalls. B R E A K F A S T - S U P P E R . E P P S ’ S G R A T E F U L - C O M F O R T I N G . C O C O A B O I L I N G W A T E R O R M I L K .