Cricket 1893

800 ©mCKET 8 A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME- JULY 27, 1893 C A N T E R B U R Y GRAND CRICKET WEEK, 1893. Commencing Monday, Aug- 7th. The Elevens will be chosen from the following— FIRST MATCH. A u g u s t 7th, 8th, and 9th, KENT v. AUSTRALIANS. KENT W . H. Patterson, Esq. F. Marchant, Esq. M. C. Kemp, Esq. L . W ilson, Esq. Rev. W . Rashleigh E. M. Blair, Esq. J. Le Fleming, Esq. Rev. F. M eyrick-Jones T. N. Perkins, Esq. G. G. Hearne A. H eam e W . Hearne Martin W right AUSTRALIANS J. McC Blackham,Esq. A. C. Bannerman, Esq. J. J. Lyons, Esq. G. Giffen, Esq. W . F. Giffen, Esq. H. Trum ble, Esq. W . Bruce, Esq. R. W . M cLeod, Esq. H. Graham, Esq. S. E. Gregory, Esq. G. H. S Trott, Esq. C. T. B. Turner, Esq. A. H. Jarvis, Esq. A. Coningham, Esq. SECOND MATCH. A u g u s t 10th, 11th, and 12th, KENT v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. KENT W . H. Patterson, Esq. F. Marchant, Esq. M. C. Kemp, Esq. *Ii. W ilson, Esq. W . L. Knowles, Esq. Rev. H. C. L. Tindall H. C. Stewart, Esq. E. M. Blair, Esq. G. G. H eam e A. Bearne W . Hearne Martin W right NOTTINGHAMSHIRE J. A. Dixon, Esq. C. W . W right, Esq. A. O. Jones, Esq. Shrewsbury Gunn Sherwin Barnes H. B. D aft Shacklock Flowers Attewell Mee Baguley Play will comm ence at 12 noon on Monday and Thursday, and 11.30 on the other days. Admission—One Shilling. By the kind perm ission of Colonel the Hon. Walter J. Stewart, and of Colonel H. Crawford, tbe BANDS OF THE CAVALRY DEPOT AND 27th ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS W ill play on the G round during the W eek AMATEUR^ TH EATR ICALS. By the “ OLD STAGERS ” On Monday, Tuesday, Thursdav, and Friday. GRAND BA LLS AT TH E MUSIC H ALL On W ednesday and Friday. Brilliant Illuminations on the DANE JOHN and in the City. LANTERN CYCLE PARADE ON THU RSDAY EVEN ING . MiHywuUwiiCo . (The Original Old Established Firm of LILLYWH ITE). ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS OF FINEST QUALITY Cricket and Lawn Tennis Goods, Racquets, Footballs, Golf, &c., &c. The largest stock of Fine Old Seasoned Bats in the World. 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London Bridge7d.—ApplyH.BENHAM (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter R oa il, Balham . Cinder Track always open for Sports and Training, Cricket: A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW8 HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, JULY 27th , 1893. Dainliffn Gossip* gl it abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— 2,4&6, Newington Causeway, S.E J. L., F. &Co. are publishers of Jam es Lillyw hite’s Cricketers’ Annual, 1/. W . S. H a le , one of the many cricketers whom the Hampstead Club has furnished this season to assist Middlesex when occasion has required, is neither a native of the county nor even of home production. A sa matter of fact he was born in Suffolk, while the credit of his early cricket training is due to the careful tuition he received at Ockbrook School, near Derby, a school which enjoys a high reputation in the neighbourhood of Nottingham and Derby as a nursery for young cricketers. Singularly enough, owing to pressure of work, W.S.H. played no cricket for six years after he left sohool, and last summer was the first season in whioh he played regularly for Hampstead Club. This year, too, his Saturdays have generally been occupied with bis volunteering duties as captain of the Bloomsbury Rifles. Like K. J. Key, of Surrey, he is a staunoh teetotaller. T h e “ go cd crick et s to r y ” to w h ich “ Tay P a y ” recen tly gave all the ligh t o f his brightest colu m n is on ly another p roof of the axiom that there is nothing new under The Sun. The g. c. s. is in faot something of a chestnut. It was told, if my memory serves me, in The Globe some few years ago, whence it was transferred into the ‘Gossip’ pages of C rick e t. Still, as it will be new to many its repetition may be forgiven. In 1869 Mr. W . G. Grace, playing in a match at Marlborough, vowed he would make a hit for six into a lane which bounded the College grounds, a feat he often performed. On this occasion, however, he failed, but the affair might have been forgotton, only that iu chapel that evening the hymn given out began— The scanty trium phs grace hath wpn, The broken vow--------- The coincidence was immediately remarked upon and treated as a good story. S h e to him—“ And what are those men in the long white coats for?” He—“ Oh, they’re the umpires.” She—“ And have not I heard you say umpires are always old cricketers ? ’ He—“ So they are in this case.” She—“ Well, I don’t think very much of them, for I have not seen either of them stop a ball yet.” And he was forced to drown his sorrow in the bowl. N o t content with the common or garden week so generally favoured by Metropolitan clubs, Upper Tooting has arranged a series of home matches, commencing on Monday next, which really represent eleven days, that is working days of course, of continuous cricket. The eight matches are as under— Ju’y 27—v. Bickley Park. July 28, 29—v. Old Westminsters. July 31, Aug. 1—v. North of Ireland. & u ^ust 2—v. West Kent. August 8, 4—v.Gentlem en of Surrey. August 5—v. Beckenham. August 7—v. Streatbam. August 8—v. Oundle Rovers. The following will play for Upper Tooting— G. F. Bonner, E. C. Taylor, P. W. Hull, A. A. Allen, Rev. W. S. D. Gill, E. S. Morpliew, R. M. Harvey, D. R. Urwick, F. G. Thorne, J. A. Willett, M. S. Ware, F. G. Cole, Dendy Watney, Rev. H. C. Lennox Tindall, H. B. Street, F. Street, C. A. Evors, E. J. Fox, R. R. Sandilands, R. C. Franks, and S. Lea- Smith. J. F. M a r s h a l l, the captain of the Rugby Eleven who are to oppose Marlborough at Lord s according to annual custom in the middle of next week, it will be of interest to those who follow University ciicket at all closely to know, is bound for Cambridge. He has a double qualification for Middlesex, being in fact a Londoner by birth as well as residence. In other branches of sport, too, he has represented his school. As many C r ic k e t readers will no doubt remember, he was one of the pair who did duty for Rugby in the racket matahes at the Queen’ s Club this year. He goes to King's College, Cambridge, where he holds a Science Scholarship, in October. By way of contrast, it may be men­ tioned that the Marlborough captain comes from the other side of the water. N. F. Druoe is a scion of a good old Surrey cricket stock. The Druces have been actively identified with Surrey cricket since the early days of the County Club. A g o o d story is told of the late James Southerton, illustrating the intense aversion of the veteran for anything like sham or pre­ tence in cricket. He was captaining the Surrey Colts, who happened on the oocasion in question to include a stripling who had