Cricket 1893

40 CBICKET: A WEEKLY HECORD OF THE GAME, MARCH 23, 1893 E. J. PAGE&GO., KENINGTON PK. RD-, LONDON, S E, THE C O M B I N A T I O N F L E X I B L E i\ IBNPINGBBT. These Bats find increasing favour with Gentlemen and Professionals* For driving power they are unequalled The jar or sting is entirely obviated, and the hardest hit can be made with­ out feeling any unpleasant sensat’on The words “ Combination Flexible ” are stamped on each bat. I CRICKET BALLS OS' TBE V E R Y BEST Q U A LITY LEG GUARDS, BATTING GLOVES, FOOTBALLS, And all kinds of Indoor and Out door Games. " List of Trices on application, post free NOW READY I * r i c e 1/- P o s t F r e e 1 / 3 Jonn Wi cricketers’ mmanacK f o r 1893 . Edited by SYDNEY H. PARDON. C ontains — Full Scores and Bowling Analysis of all First- class Cricket in 1892. Special Photo o f Five Batsmen !of the Year (W. W. Read, S. W. Scott, A. E. Stoddart, L. C. H. Palalret, and H. T. Hewett). 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T h e first imprimatur of an Australian cricket team by the Australasian Cricket Council is a document likely to possess a certain amount of historic interest. If only lor this reason it will be perhaps as well for C r ic k e t to reproduce the official intimation, as communicated to the prin cipal English clubs verbatim et litteratim. T he A ustralasian Hon Sec.’ s address: C ricket C ouncil , Harbours and Rivera Dept., Feb. 9,1891. Sydney. Dear Sir,—It is m y pleasure to inform you that the Council approved of the following cricketers constituting •*The Australian Team ’’ to visit England in 1893. 1 Messrs.G.Giffen(S.A.) 2 W . Giffen (S.A.) 3 A. H. Jarvis (S.A.) 4 J. J. Lyons (S.A.) 5 J . M. B l a c k b a m (Victoria). 6 W . Bruce (Victoria). 7 H.Graham (Victoria). 8 R. M cLeod (V ic­ toria). Excepting Mr. H. M oses of New South Wa’ es, all Australian cricketers were available for selection. The Team, accom panied by Mr. V ictor Cohen the manager, will leave Sydney by the R.H.S.S. “ Orizaba," on the 11th of March ensuing. Yonrs faithfully, J obn P obtcs , Hon. Sec. the A.C.C, S ince the last number of C ric k e t appeared, very hopeful news, everyone will be sincerely glad to hear, has been received by the authorities at the Oval, of George Lohmann’s health. The air at Ceres seems to have worked a great improvement, and the medical report is so thoroughly satisfactory as to lead to the belief that his trip to South Africa will have been productive of permanent good. 9 H. Trott (Victoria), 10 fl Trnmble(Victoria). 11 A. C. iJanuerman (N.S.W .) 12 A. C o n in g h am (N.S.W .) 13 S.E.Gregory(N.S.W.) 11. C. T. B. Turner (N.S.W.) In any case the progress he has made has had such an effect that Maurice Read hopes to be able to return to England at an earlier date than was at one lime thought likely. All being well, indeed, he expected to leave Cape Town somewhere about the end of this month. T h e programme for the Eighth Austra­ lian team is very near completion. Some of the few vacantdates have recently been filled up, and from May 8 until the end of July, at all events, there will be a con­ tinuous series of matches for the party. T h o fixtures concluded by authority of the manager, Mr. Victor Cohen, during the past week or so are as follow : July 31.—Portsmouth, v. Oxford and Cam­ bridge Past and Present. Aug. 21.—Liverpool, v, Liverpool and Dis­ trict. Sept. 7.—Hastings, v. South of England. T h e last date is the commencement of the Hastings week, and a definite arrange­ ment was deferred until something was known about the probable time for depar­ ture in the event of the conclusion of the negotiations for a visit to America on the homeward journey. As it is now certain that the team will stay at least till the Hastings week, there will be no difficulty in the way of the Scarborough match, against Mr. C. I. Thornton’s England Eleven, coming off on September 4 as originally intended. The only open dates at present are in August, but as there are several applications for them, Mr. Cohen will be able to fill them up without any difficulty when he arrives in England. There is a desire on the part of the Australians to have a fixture at Edinburgh if possible. Av announcement in one of the sport­ ing dailies that the members of the Aus­ tralian team, or a number of them, would take part in a match in South London for the benefit of some charitable institution, seems to have given rise to some misap­ prehension, which it would be well to remove. The first fixture in which the Australian cricketers will be seen will be at Sheffield Park on Monday, May 8, and already Alfred Shaw, acting on behalf of LordJSheffield, has secured the nucleus of a formidable side. The Australian team, it is understood, are to play iheir first match on Lord Sheffield's Ground. Any­ thing previous could only, in any case, bo in the light of a practice game for a few individual members without any official bearing. Mr. Cohen hopes, I may add, to be able to secure the good offices of the Board of Conservators to allow of the preliminary practice, as on previous visits, on Mitcham Green. A dvices from South Africa warrant the belief that the proposal to send a team representative of South African cricket to England next year is meeting with general approval from the leading cricketers in the chief centres. Already some of the tes! known players, who would be certain of inclusion in any com­ bination to visit this country, have expressed their readiness to co-operate, and in a short time no doubt the scheme