Cricket 1895

24 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. E b b . 28, 1895. M ATCH WANXED. The Croydon Cricket Club, owing to a disappointment, has August 10th open for 1st team, half day, out match. H, K. Groom, Pitside, Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, SuTrey. IUY CRICKET AND L AW N T EN N IS G R O U N D , F orest H ili , R oad , H onor O ak . Tw o minutes from Honor Oak Station, L.C. & D. and 12 minutes from Peckham Rye Station, L.B. & S.C. CRICKET PITCHES and LAW N TENNIS COURTS to Let, fo r the Day or Term. For terms and particulars apply to H . A nderson , Proprietor, 16, Forest Hill R oad, Honor Oak. OUTFITS FOR CRICKET. ROW ING. TENNIS, CYCLING, AND A L L SPORTS, TO BE OBTAINED OF W . J . P I L E , The City Athletic Outfitter, 2 2 , Philpot Lane, Fenclmrcfc. Street, E.C. AND 73 , Park Street, Reg-ent’s Park, N .W . Flannel Shirts, 5s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 9s. 6d. 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Macer & Fitzwilliam, Surveyors, 39, Cheapside. C RICKET. -T O TOURING CLU BS.-TheFording- bridge Cricket Club (Hants) are open to receive CHALLENGES. Medium strength, good wicket.— Apply, J. V. Riog, Esq., The Glen, Fordingbridge. O ld C itizens .— The Secretary of this Old City of London Schoolboys’ (Wandering) Club will be glad to hear from Metropolitan Clubs Daving vacant dates, May 25th, .June 8th, July 6th, August and September. A duress—R. C iias . C ole , Orwell Villa, Thornhill Road, N. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TI1E GAME, 6 , 7, & 8 , CREEDLANE, LUDGATEHILL, E.C, THCJRSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 t h ., 1895. IMPORTANT NOTICE ! Six numbers are published during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The remaining dates will b e :— No. 382— THURSDAY, MARCH 28. Index to Vol. XIII. The Index for this year’sVolume, together with Title Page, &c., as a separate part, is now ready. Price Twopence- Post Free 2|d. i j ) a b ( l t o n © to s fg tp . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. E n g l is h cricketers who remember S. P. Jones on the occasion of his earlier visits with Australian teams, will be interested to learn that he still retains much, if not all, of the brilliance which many C r ic k e t readers are still able to associate with their recollections of his batting. The Aus­ tralian papers speak very highly of an innings he played at Sydney, on the twelfth of last month, for the University against Redfern. He made 138 in less than three hours, and there was not a vestige of a chance until he had reached 121. According to a capable critic he never played better cricket in his life. To those who remember his style no higher praise could be given. C e r t a in of the English papers and some English cricketers too, by the way, seem to have been sorely exercised over a sen­ sational announcement that Brockwell had approached F. T. Iredale, the young batsman who has made such a reputation this winter in Australia, with a view to his qualification for Surrey. On the face of it the thing was a canard, although it is right to say the rumour seems to have found its way into more than one Aus­ tralian paper. Still, it may perhaps be as well to saythat the Surrey authorities have not, nor ever had, the smallest intention of approaching any Australian cricketer. The report is as complete an invention in fact as that of last summer, that E. A. Halliwell, the South African wicket keeper, had overtures from the same quarter made to him to remain in England. S i r F l e e t w o o d E d w a r d e s , who has become the Queen’s Private Secretary in place of Sir Henry Ponsonby, who is not able to resume his old duties at Court, first at Harrow and subsequently with the Royal Engineers, showed himself to be above the average as an all-round cricketer. There are few keener followers of the game even now, as those who have the privilege of using the pavilions at Lords and the Oval know well. Another old cricketer, Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane, whom everyone knows as the Treasurer of the Marylebone Club, did much during Sir Henry Ponsonby’s illness to assist the Court ceremonials by placing his long experience at the service of Her Majesty. U n l e s s Lit should be a remarkable in­ stance of mistaken identity, I should fancy that one of the high contracting parties in the following announcement must be the old Lorettonian who played such fine cricket for Somersetshire against Surrey at the Oval last summer. EVANS—CARSON.—13th Feb. at Wallasey Parish Church, by the Rev. A . E. P. Gray, M .A .. assisted by the Rev. J. Carson, M .A., Rector of Wargrave, uncle of the bride, David Linzee, youngest son of of the late D. Parker Evans, of Bristol; to Susan, fourth daughter 01 W illiam Carson, of Wallasey, Cheshire. A n o t h e r amateur from the “ West Countree,” by the way, has also recently joined the noble army of Benedicts. I refer, as many will no doubt guess, to Mr. W. H. Brain, the Oxford wicket­ keeper of 1893. M e t r o p o l it a n cricket will be con­ siderably poorer in every way by the retirement of O. D ’Oyly Brooks from active service as the representative officer of the Kensington Park Club. With great administrative capacity he had in him all the qualifications for a successful secretary. During his ten years of office the position and influence of the K. P. C. C. increased considerably. The great regret is that affection of the eyes should have necessitated his relinquishment of the office he had held with such marked advantage to the Club. T h e K. P. C. C. is one of the very oldest of our Metropolitan Clubs, and in these days a record of thirty-eight years good work in the cause of cricket is not likely to be forgotten. In the matter of position and convenience of every kind, the Kensington Park ground offers advantages which few Clubs within the Metropolitan District can claim. In Messrs. M. A. Nicholas andW. J. Scott, its newly elected Secretaries, it has two well-known cricketers who are sure to maintain the best traditions of the club for administrative ability. GIFFEN BEFORE THE CRICKET MATCH. From the Adelaide Observer. No, my fair batsman ; If we are marked to win, we are enough To do our greatest win ; and if to lose, W e still would share the lesser slice of honour. God’s w ill! I pray thee wish for one more win, You know I am not covetous for gold. Nor care I who doth drink at my dear cost. But if it be a sin to handle willow I am the most outranging bat alive. In faith, my p a l; wish for a win from England. God’s peace. I would not lose so great an honour As one win more for us, for all my share In the best hope I have. O, may we win the match. This day is called the Feast of Willoween. He that scores this day, and comes out well, W ill stand a tiptoe, when this day is named, And boast him at the name of Willoween. He that shall live this day and see old scores, W ill yearly on this vigil treat his neighbours, And say—‘‘ To-morrow is St. W illow’s Day.” Then he will ope his legs, and begin to blow ; Old bats forg et! Bats all shall be forgot. But he’ll remember, with advantages, W hat feats he did that day. Then shall our names Familiar in their mouths as household words- - Giffen the bowler, Jarvis and Darling Be in their flowing “ butchers ” freshly remembered, W e eleven, we happy eleven, we band of cricketers, For he to-day that makes his score with me Shall be my brother. Play he but brilliant, This day shall stamp his having prowess. And cricket in pavilion looking on, Shall think themselves accursed they were not here And hold their bats behind while any speaks, That fought with us upon St. W illow’s Day. J , S A L E , EAGLE CRICKET BALL FACTORY. 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