Cricket 1894

“ Together 'joined in cricket’s manly toil.”— B y r o n , No. 36 2 VOL. XIII. Beistered for Transmission Abroad THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1894. PRICE 2d. CRICKET_NOTCHES. B y th e E e v . R . S. H o lm es . Acknowledgment must be made cf com­ munications from sundry strangers duiing the Oval, in August, 1881 ? Not only was the wicket protected before the match, but also at the conclusion of each day’s play, by an arrangement between the captains. By such tactics play is po;slb!e when the weather might otherwise prevent it. Thus, at Brad­ ford last Wednesday, they could have played and they fell on to bis wicket, dislodging one of the bails. The umpire, on an appeal, gave him out." Title, and exact date, wanted to give tbat incident a permanent place among the curiosities of the game. We may hear of similar accidents in the future, for I have noticed howfrequently “ glasses” are usedby T. EICHARDSON (SU R R E Y '. T. HAYWARD (S urrey ), the past week. A long letter from Gateshead, | purporting to show tbat the covering of the wicket before a match gives a very unfair advantage to the side batting first, in our un­ certain English clima'e. I daresay it may in certain cases, but not in all. I wonder how many recall the Surrey v. Middlesex match at had not the pitch become soddened by the continuous rain of Ihe previous four days. Here’s an interesting notch:— " I saw a man get out in rather a curious, and certainly uncommon, way last year in a local match at j Chingford, in Essex. In playing a ball, a batsman jerked his spectacles olT his nose, the younger cricketers. In one of the clubs I belong to, there are four players under 25 Owing to an accident !to the b'ock, we are unable to publish the group of the Surrey Rlever, we had prepared for thh nu.mter, til ucx Thursday.