Cricket 1893

8 0RICKET; A WEEKLY RECOED OP THE GAME, JAN. 26, 1893 INDEXTOVOL. XI.OF ‘ CRICKET’ Together with Title Page, etc., as a separate part. Price One Penny Post Free H d . BEADY JANUARY 30th. OFFICE OF THIS PAPER - 41, St. And rew ’s Hill, Doctors' Commons, E.C. NOW READY P r i c e 1/- P o s t F r e e 1 /3 Jon M e n 's M enu s ’ MimacK F O R 1893 . Edited by SYDNEY H. PARDON. C ontains — Full Ssores and Bowling Analysis of all First- class Cricket ia 1892. Spec'al P hoto of Five Batsm en [of the Year (W. W. Read, S. W. Scott, A. B. Stoddart, L. C. H. Palairet, and H. T. Hewett). L crd Sheffield's Team in Australia The English Team in South Africa A Few W ords on FieldiDg. By George Lohmann. University, Public School, and General Averages, &c. &c. &c* A few Almanacks, U79, ’60, ’81, ’82, ’e3. ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’83, ’89, '9), ’91, ’92, still on sale, 2s. each. 21, CRANBOURN STREET, LONDON, W.C. TITAN TED—W isden’g Cricketers Alm anack for ’ ’ 1867—Send lowest price to W . R. W r ig h t , Manager of C ricket , 41, St. Andrew’s H ill, L on ­ don, E.C. P R IC K E T , FO O TB A LL, & TENN IS GROUNDS ^ (all thoroughly drained, O ctober, 1888), TO L E T at Hyde Farm , Balham, for Season, D ay, or Saturdays, close to Railway Station. Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 5d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply H .B enham (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter R oad, Balham . Cinder Track always open for Sports and Training. T^OR SALE.—Vols. 1 to 4 “ Scores and Biogra- * phies.”—Offers to B.C., care of the Manager of C f . ick et . MAIDSTONE RECREATION GROUND. v y A N l’ED.—A M ANAGER for a New Large Recreation Ground at Maidstone. Salary £200 per annum. The duties will be to first supervise the form ation of the ground, and after­ wards act as General Manager. Applications to be fent in,with not m ore than three testim onials, fcef -re February 20, to M aidstone R eckeation G round C om mittee , 9, King Street, Maidstone. (O F FE R S W AN TE D for the following important Books, all in fine condition.--Scores and B io­ graphies, Vols. 1, 2, 4; Cricket, Vol. 1 to date; Badm inton and G race’s “ Eds-de-luxe Jerks from Short L e g ; W ickets in W est; B olland’s N otes; “ Nyren’s ” Guide ; Lillyw hite’s 1851,’ 54, ’62, *69; W isden, 1870. ’71, ’72, ’73; Cricketer’s M anual; Bat, and How to Use I t ; AU -England Cricket and Football Journal, 1878-79 ; Rem ini­ scences Grange C.C.; Football, Vol. I, etc., etc. W ould exchange for others. An addressed enve­ lope w ill ensure reply.—W . T. H odder , 40, Vi im- borne Road, Nottingham . P R IC K E T PITCHES and TENN IS COURTS T o ^ Let on the Ivy Cricket Ground, H onor Oak. Terras Low , o f the proprietor, H. Anderson, 16, Forest Hill Road. H onor Oak, 8.E. FORTHCOMING FOOTBALL MATCHES AT TH E OVAL. Jan. 28—Old W estm insters v. Millwall Athletic Feb. 4—Casuals v. Clapton 11—Casuals v. 3rd Lanark 18—Corinthians v. Queen’s Park 25—Semi-Final, London Cup Mar. 4—London v. Army 11—Old W estm insters v. Etonians 19—Final Tie, Londojj Association Cup THE COUNTY TEAMS, 1892. The Following Groups of County Teams have appeared in C kicket this year. MIDDLESEX i YORKSHIRE SURREY j GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTTS I SOMERSETSHIRE LANCASHIRE ENGLISH TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA In addition to the above, Special Photographic Supplem ents have been presented of G. LOHMANN, L. C. H. PALAIRET & H. T.HEWETT, AND ARTHUR SHREWSBURY. (Several others in preparation). Back Num bers containing any of the above can be had at the usual price, on application at O ffice - 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, EC - Cricket: 4 W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 th , 1893. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. C ricket will be forwarded by fi st post after publication to any address in Great Britain tor twelve months, onreceiptof a Postal Order for 6s. made payable to W . R. WRIGHT, at the Head Office, and crossed “ Union Bank, Holborn Circus .” IMPORTANT NOTICE. Six numbers are published during the winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The remaining dates will be :— No. 821—THURSDAY, FEB. 23. No. 322—THURSDAY, MARCH 23. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. W ith this num ber o f C ricket is presented a Special Supplem entary-Portrait (8ize 6in. by 4) of MB. A. E . STODDART, with Autograph Signature, w hich should be found enclosed in every copy of the paper Sht abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ______________ HamltH. A c c o r d in g to a Reuter’s telegram from Melbourne under date of Jan. 12, the following names are given as those of the Australian team which is to visit England next summer: J. McC. Blackham, W. Bruce, G. H. S. Trott, H. Trumble, B. McLeod, and H. Graham, of Victoria; G. Giffen, W. F. Giffen, J. J. Lyons, and A. H. Jarvis, of South Australia ; C. T. B. Turner, A. 0. Bannerman, and S. E. Gregory, of New South Wales. T h e information cabled is doubtless correct, and, indeed, it would appear to be presumption to question its reliability. At the same time it would seem as if the Selection Committee in Australia had moved much more quickly than has hitherto been their wont, for the return match between Victoria and New South Wales, which has usually been played before the final choice has been made, is not down to begin till Saturday next. The last intelligence which has reached me from a responsible source was despatched on Dec. 18, and that led me to expect that the last two or three places would not be filled up till the end of this month. T h e absence of W . L. Murdoch’s name from the list which has been sent would seem to justify some little doubt as to the implicit acceptance of the news sent by cable. That there is diversity of opinion in Australian cricket circles as to the advisability of Murdoch’s inclusion there can be no doubt, Still, the absence of any information on this particular point would seem to warrant the belief that the information received may be modified by subsequent communica­ tions. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t in Calcutta sends two rather good cricketing eccentricities which occurred on the Calcutta Cricket Ground lately, in a match C.C.C. v. St. Paul’s School (Darjeeling). A Tommy of the Buffs, who was on the ground, was asked to umpire, and in the course of the game point and wicket-keep almost simul­ taneously appealed for a run out. The Tommy, talking about it after the bats­ man retired, explained the matter to one of the fieldsmen in the following words :— “ When p in t’pealed he was out, so X gave ’im out, but when wicket-keep 'pealed he was in. If pint hadn’ t pealed fust, I ’d ’ ave given ’im in.” T h e other was in the same match, when he gave a man “ not out ” on an appeal for l.b.w., He was explaining it to me after tlio match and said:— “ Vou know, sir, I always gives a man a fair chance I wasn’t very sure whether he was in or out, but I didn't know them other chaps, so I jiivc s ’ im in.” S t il l another illustrated paper! The announcement, though, this time is of particular interest to C r ic k e t readers, as the latest candidate will deal extensively with the King of Games, that is to say, in the season, of course. The Sketch is the title of the new comer, and a suffi­ ciently comprehensive one it is for all purposes. The Sketch is to be a six­ penny illustrated weekly. It will be edited by Mr. Clement Shorter, and pub­ lished at the office of the Illustrated News. The intention is to make a great feature of sport and the drama. I t will be good news to cricketers to know that the appeal of the Executive Committee formed for the purpose of acquiring the freehold of Fenner’s ground, at Cambridge, has met with a liberal response. The application for funds, indeed, has been so successful that the committee have formally accepted the offer of Caius College to sell the cricket ground for the sum of twelve thousand pounds. The hearty way in which Cam­ bridge men, young aud old, have com­ bined to preserve Fenner’s for the use of the University in perpetuity is well