Cricket 1894

Together joined in cricket's manly t o i l .— Byron » Beistered fo r T ransm ission A broad THUESDAY, AUG. 16, 1894. PRICE 2d. B. HENDERSON ME. W. T. GRABURN (Capt.) C. BALDWIN E. NICE A. E. STREET fornia under date June 29. Here are some choice bits:—“ The place I date from (Loomis) is a Bmall village in Northern Cali­ fornia, 25 miles N.B. of Sacramento, and 120 from ban Francisco, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Here i3 quite a colony members. As it would be impossible to maintain a grass pitch, except at very great cost, we play on matting stretched on the bare ground, as is done in South Africa. In San Francisco they play on matting stretched over cement, which plays tremendously fast. too hot, but we resume in September, and go on to the middle of November, the weather in October and November being perfect for cricket. On October 19 we start for a ten days’ tour in San Francisco and neighbour­ hood. In San Francisco there are four clubs, CRICKETJNOTCHES. B y t h e R e v . R. S. H o lm e s . An old Gloucestershire cricketer, A. E. Coates, writes me all the way from Cali- of English, engaged in growing citrons and deciduous fruits, most of them young fellows of good family, driven from the Old Country by the fierce struggle for existence. Last year we started a cricket club, which is now well established, having eome forty plaung Last year we played 8 matches, winning 3, losing 4, drawing 1; duringthepresent season we have so far played two, winning one and losing the other; the scores were sent to C r i c k e t . Oar season is April, May, and the early part of June; in July and August it is S U R R E Y ’ S O. W ATIS G. AYRES S E C O N D E L E V E N . P. 0. HOLLAND L . 0. BBAUND C. F. CORDEN