Cricket 1894

152 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME MAY 24, 1894 jqslliiywlite,F[iM(!i). (The Original Old Established Firm of LILLYWHITE. ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS OF FINEST QUALITY Cr i cke t and Lawn Tennis Goods, Rackets, Footballs, Golf, &c . , &c. T h e largest stock o f Fine O ld Seasoned Bats in th e W orld. F R O W D ’S S P E C IA L D R IV E R B A T IS THE K I N G OF BATS J. L. F. & Co.’s MATCH BALLS surpass all others for perfection of shape and durability. P rice L ists P ost Free. L ib e ra l Cash D iscou n t. 2 , 4 & 6. Newington Causeway, S. E Jam es L illy w h ite’s Cricketers Annual. N ow R eady. Price 1/-, P o st Free. 1/2. p R IO K E T , FO O TB A LL, A TENN IS GROUNDS (all thoroughly drained, O ctober, 1888), TO L E T at Hyde Farm , Balham , for Season, Day, or Saturdays, close to Railway Station. Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 4*. —Apply H. phnham (Proprietor). 104, Rossiter Roa-I, B alham H ind«r T ra ck alw ays open for S p orts and T rainine c U u L Y W H i r e & c ? REGISTERED TRADE. MARK. E. LILLYWHITE h CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MANUFACTURERS. THE CELEBRATED “ COMPOUND ” HANDLED CBICKET BAT (R e gd .) 18s. 63. each, post free. Y outh ’ s size, 14s. 6d. SUPERIOR TREBLE SEAMED BALLS, From 40s. per dozen. Every Ball is fitted with the original Hand- Made Spring Quilt, anrt is confidently recom­ mended and Guaranteed. NO MACH INE WORK, SEND FOR LIST OF ALL REQUISITES. H lfiH QUALITY. REDUCED PRICES FREE DELIVERY. C. L i l l y w h i t e & C o ., SOUTHBORO’,TUNBRIDGEWELLS O U T F IT S FOR CRICKET, BOW IN G , T E N N IS CYCLIN G AN D A L L SPORTS. TO BE OBTAINED OF W . J . P i l e , The City A th 'etlc O utfitter 22, Philpot Lane, Fenchurch Street, E.C. AND 73, Park Street, Regent’s Park, N.W. Flannel Shirts, 5s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7 p . 6d., 9s. 6d. Flannel T rou sers, 8a. 6d., 9s. fcd., 10s. 6d , 12s. 6d., 14s. 6d.; F lannel C aps (large assortm ent', Ip., Is. 6d. ; “ P erfecta ” Straw Hat (w eighs o n 'y 2oz ), 2s. 6d. ; S hoes fo r R u n n irg, BoatiDg, aDd Tennis, from 2s 6 d .; huiiniug Drawers, vs l i d , 8s. 6 1. 48. 6d.; T oe Caps, 9 t per p ii r ; C oiks. 63. i t-r pair E lastic and Silk Belts, Is ; Hat R ibbonn, I s .; B oxing G loves, from 4s. 6 d .; Indian Clubs, from Is. 6d. per pair. B adges em broidered in tbe best style. D esigns w orked ou t on the sh ortest n otice.—W . J. P IL E , O utfitter b y appoiDtment to the C. T C .. L on don A th letic Club (L. AC.). L on don R ow in g Club (L.R.C.), Blaokheatb H arriers, and oth er leading Clubs. Send for P rice L ist to 22, P h ilpot L ane, F en ch u rch S treet, or 71 and 73, P ark Street, R egent’s Park, N .W . Cricket: 4 W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME , <1. ST. ANDRtWS HILL, LONDON, E.G. THURSDAY, MAY 24th , 1894 Subscription fo r Twenty-four Summe* Numbers. 51- post free fo r twelve months, 61- gha abstract and brief ohronlola of the time.— HomUb R um our has been busy enough already with more than one explanation, some quite different in character, of the reasons for Mr. John Shuter’s resignation of the Captainoy of the Surrey eleven. No ore, as far as I have seen, has given the actual cause. The same motive has influenced the retirement of num­ berless cricketers in the past, as it is sure to affect many in the future. It is nothing else, in fact, than the increasing pressure of busi­ ness responsibilities. “ Only that and nothing more.’’ ' I t had been hoped that Mr. Shuter would be able to retain the post he has filled for the last fifteen years with such marked ability and h uccess for at least the present season. Cir­ cumstances in the shape of n e w business cares have forced him to the conclusion to give u p first class cricket, with, as a natural result, his retirement from the Captaincy. Tt is, of course, superfluous to add that bis place will be very difficult to fill. A sports­ man to the backbone, without fear and without reproach, it is no exaggeration to say that he was an ideal Captain for a county eleven. O f his services to Surrey it would be im­ possible to speak too highly. When he first joined tbe eleven there could have been little or no pleasure in Surrey cricket to any but a ir le cricketer, and one imbued with a keen and genuine love of the game. It is only bare justice to him, too, to state that the great revival of Surrey cricket which has made the Surrey County C.C. the most powerful as well as the most wealthy of all clubs of the c’ass, was in a very large measure the result of his personal influence and work. I n Mr. K. J. Key, his successor, the County eleven will have the advantage of a captain uho has graduated in the best schools of cricket, by virtue of his experience at Clifton College and subsequently at Oxford University. 1hese are credentials which cannot be over­ looked in estimating the qualifications for such a position. Nor can those who know Mr. Key well doubt his capacities to fulfil the requirements even of such a responsible post with credit. To the necessary judgment and experience, he will add the great essentials of decision and self reliance—two qualities, at Ie st, which go far to the making of a reliable and successful Captain. In any case lime will sho»v. I t will interest C r ic k e t readers far outside the limits of his own County to know that E. Peate, the slow left handed bowler, who did such splendid service for Yorkshire for several years, has not even now lost the skill which kept him for a time without a superior among the bowlers of his particular class. Only last Saturday he was credited with a performance which is rare enough in cricket of any kind. He took all the ten wickets of Armley lately, and at a oost of only thirteen runs. T h e y must take their cricket pleasures sadly *t times in South America, if the details of a journey of a team out iu those parts are at all true to life. The following was the ex­ perience, at least, of a mixed party tackling the Andes on mules to play a cricket match with Santiago and Val­ paraiso teams By mixed, of oourse, I only mean that it included a number of the fair sex. Coming down the mountain slopes the fun began with a vengeance. The men were continually rolling off their steeds into the snow, with no worse harm than a shaking ; and the ladies who were among the party had an exciting time. One of them was thrown off the mule at the beginning of the descent, after which she positively refused to mount again, and made the rest of the journey on foot, holding the hand of a guide. For three days and a-half the travellers were unable to wash, partly for want of water, and partly because they had been warned that it was dangerous to do so on account of the biting winds. The four days which were passed at Valparaiso were made exceedingly pleasant by their host?, who arranged all sorts of entertainments for ihem. At one of these they were regaled with milk punch, whioh was served up in glasses, each holding half a gallon. Dos’t like the pioture ? ” T h e South African cricketers are to be guests of the Surrey County C.C. at a dinner to be held on Thu»sday evening next. Members of the Surrey C.C.C. desirous of being present, I am requested to say, can learn all particulars of the secretary. The South African Team, I may remind Ciuc le t readers, will play Surrey at the Oval at the end of next week instead of Cambridge University, who will come to the Surrey ground on the following Monday. It is as well to men­ tion \ his, as the rearrangement may have escaped tbe notice of at least some of those interesttd. M r . R. W. V in cent , of 10, Witherby Mansions, Earls Court Square, S.W ., writes as und- r : — I enclose score of the Surrey v. Notts match asked for by Mr. Coxhead in your issue of last week. He will see that his memory is at fault, and that Surrey won by ten wickets—not one. It was certainly an extraordinary match for many rei so is. AccDrding to ‘ Scores and Bio­ graphies’ y43runs werescored, and onlv thirty wickets lowered. Humphrey ran up 135 runs in his first, and H. H. Stephenson 284 runs in Surrey’s first innings, which amounted to 468 Alfred Shaw (then twenty-two) was played for his batting. Had it been twenty years later Surrey would have fouud some diffi­ culty in making so big a score. It was, too, an unusual score for Lockyer,as his contributions as a rule did not rei.ch two figures. Looking farther on in ‘ Lilly white’s Scores and Biographies ” [continue s Mr.Vincent] I bee that in the return nia’oh. plajei ar. Nuiiin~- ham, on 28 h and 29tri July, 1864 Suriey won by one wicket. Fo evid* ntly your correspondent has confused *he two matches. Notts scored 107 and 81, and Surrey 127 and 63 for nine wickets Parr and Alfred SLa,/ did not play for Nottinghamshire. “ In the secoi.d innings of Surrey two wickets