Cricket 1895

N o v . 2 8 , 1 8 9 5 . CR ICKET : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 5 7 and Street are fit and well, and m oreover pleased w ith their respective engage­ ments. P rince C hristian Y ictor is o ff to the war again. A s one o f the officers specially attached to the staff o f the C omm ander o f the E xpedition to A shanti, he left L iverpool in the steamer Bathurst, o n Saturday. It is n ot his first taste of active service, as he received his baptism o f fire, if I remember righ tly, in the Burmese Campaign. E nglish cricketers, w ith w hom hehasbeen and is very popular, w ill one and all hope fo r his safe an d speedy return, w ith a full share o f the honours o f the expedition. Another good cricketer, M ajor C. St. L eger Barter, has also gone out in comm and o f the Y o rk ­ shire L ig h t Infantry Contingent. T he death o f H en ry Gaace, the oldest member o f that remarkable brotherhood o f cricketers, has rem oved one of the best all round players Gloucestershire had when the C ounty Club was form ed. A free bat as w ell as a round arm bow ler, considerably above the average, he was one o f the useful members o f the South Wales Club, in the g ood old days when W . G. was m aking a name fo r him self. A keen sportsman, he took an active interest in outdoor amusements o f every kind. The last time I saw him m y ­ self was on the occasion o f the final tie for the F ootball Association Cup, on the ground o f the E verton F ootball Club, at L iverpool. Frank and genial in dis­ position he was extrem ely popular throughout Gloucestershire. H e died yesterday fortn igh t suddenly while on a shooting excursion at H on iton , w ith an old friend, M r. Brain. T he report that the Gentlemen of Philadelphia w ere com in g to E ngland next summer is, w ell, ju st a little, too previous. The Philadelphians themselves are desirous o f paying another visit, and, if possible, in 1896. A t the same time, in view of the fact, that an Australian team is g oin g to tour in E nglan d, and the additional pressure this w ill make on an increasingly heavy E nglish programm e, it is b y n o means a certainty that we shall have an Am erican team w ith us next summer. So far, I am able authori- tively to say, the matter has n ot g o t beyon d a prelim inary enquiry o f some of the cricket authorities on this side as to the advisability o f such a tour in 1896. I t is possible that the m ajority o f the counties w hom the Philadelphians wish to play w ou ld be able to arrange fixtures. B u t m ore, and a g ood deal more, than that is w anted to make the trip as suc­ cessful as the merit o f Am erican cricketers deserve. In the last number o f Cricket I called attention to a case, th orou gh ly deserving the sym pathy o f cricketers, o f R . Yoss, fo r many years one o f the m ost popular m ember o f the ground staff at the Oval. Since then Y oss has becom e totally blind, an d as I can vouch fo r the necessitous character o f the case, I m ay be excused he rem inder that any contributions to