Cricket 1896

J uly 30, 1896. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 327 A C a p ita l A r tic le en tit led ALLABOUTTHE ♦ ♦ AUSTRALIANCRICKETERS, I llu strated by P . J. B illingh u rst and from P hoto ­ graphs is contained in the A ugust number of W I N D S O R M A G A Z I N E , J u s t R e a t > y . P r ic e 6 d . The number also contains 120 Pages o f BRILLIANT STORIES and ARTICLES w ith 100 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. Order at once to secure a copy. L o n d o n : W A R D , L O C K & B O W D E N , L IM IT E D , S A L IS B U R Y S Q U A R E , E .C . LONDON, CHATHAM & DOVERRAILWAY. CANTERBURYCRICKET WEEK, The quickest route to Canterbury is from V ictoria and H olborn . Cheap Return Tickets daily by Express Train at 10.5a.m. from Victoria, and 10.0a.m. from Holborn. R E T U R N F A R E : — First Class, 14s.; Third Class, 8s. Returning the same or following day. O M A U G U S T B A N K H O L I D A Y Special Excursion at 7.20 a.m. from V ictoria and H olborn to Canterbury. Return Fare 5s., Third Class. Returning the same day only by Special Train. Lo n d o n , B rig h to n a n d Sou th Co ast R a ilw a y . GRAND CRICKET MATCH AT BEXHILL. Australians y. Earl de la Warr’s XI. T H U R S D A Y , F R ID A Y , and S A T U R D A Y , Ju ly 3Otfft and 31 st, and August ls£. A SPECIAL CHEAP TRAIN will run each day as under From Victoria 8.10a.m., Clapham Junction 8.15a.m. From London Bridge 8.5 a.m., calling at New Cross and East Croydon. Returning from Bexhill 8.20 p.m. Fare, 4s. CHEAP RETURN TICKETS (1, 2, 3 Class) each day. From Victoria 9.50 a.m., Kensington (Addison Road) 9.10 a.m., and Clapham Junction 9.85 a.m. From London Bridge 10.5 a.m., New Cross 10.10 a.m., and East Croydon 10.10 a.m. Fares, 15s., 10s. fid., 6s., available for return by any train same or following day, and those issued on Friday and Saturday are available until Monday. Cheap Day Tickets to Bexhill (1st and 3rd Class) will be issued from Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings, Tunbridge Wells, Mayfield, Seaford, East Grinstead, Uckfield, and intermediate stations as per Bills. (By Order) ALLEN SARLE, Secretary and General Manager. LOHMANN’S BENEFIT A Souvenir containing Portrait and Biography P R IC E ONE P EN N Y . Copies can be had at the Oval during the match. C RICKET.—First eleven vols. for sale, price £4 10s.; quite clean, bound in original covers.—Apply to L. Pare, 3, Courtland Terrace, Kensington. FREQUENTED BY CRICKETERS. Announcements are inserted in this column at a charge of 21s. per annum. Half-inch space , 50 s. per annum. Each Hotel inserting an Advertisement will receive a copy of the paper, by post, free of charge. BIRM INGHAM . THE GRAND HOTEL. Centrally situated. 300 rooms. All modem luxuries. Equal to best London Hotels. P ress N o tices .— Best Hotel outside London. Ranks amongst the best Hotels in the country. J oseph A dams , Manager. EAS TBOURNE CAVENDISH HOTEL, Grand Parade. G eo . L cw m an , Manager . SO U TH AM P TON . DAVIS’S HOTEL Facing Station. F. B en nett , Proprietor. 'TENTS ! TENTS!! TENTS!!! I have purchased 1 5,000 Army Tents, 40 ft. circumference, scarcely used, complete with polo pegs and lines. Cost £6 each. Will send any number, carriage paid, for 24s. each ; can be sent on approval. Two just supplied to Buckingham Palaoe. The following unsolicited testimonial is one out of many hundreds weekly.— ‘‘April 29, 1896. Dear Sir,—Accept my thanks for the tents safely received to-day; I am very pleased with them.—J. H . H il l , Duddingston Park, Porto- bello, Midlothian.” —Andrew Potter, Melbourne Works, Wolverhampton. COBBETT’S CRICKET BAT CO., Limited. Sole Manu fac tu rers of the “ C O B B E T T ” BA T . Factory—56, Capland Street, Grove Road, Marylebone, London, N.W. WHOLESALE AND EXPORT. (WITHIN THREE MINUTES WALK OP LORD’ S.) E A C H B A T B E A R S A R E G I S T E R E D Cobbett’stfJubileePatent OuttaPerchaDriverwithpatenthandle, alsomanufacturedin Youths9sizes , specialattentionbeing paid to weight andbalance. COBBETT’S ALL-CANE SPRING HANDLE BAT, SPECIALLY SELECTED AND SEASONED FOR HOT CLIMATES. C. C. B . Go. haYe a good stock of well-seasoned Bats and W ood, and a ll requisites fo r the game, to w hich th ey invite inspection GRADIDGE’S Celebrated CRICKETBATS & BALLS A Splendid Stock of well-seasoned BATS and BALLS to seleot from. Special Terms to Clubs and Schools. GRADIDGE’ S“Imperial Driver,”“ExtraSpecial,”and“SpecialSelected" B A T S A N D S U P E R I O R M a l l m a n u f a c t u r e d o n t h e p r em is e s . p r i c e l i s t s f r e e . O O O O C Z ^ O O O C D O O O C D O O O C IJ O O O C Z iO O O C D O O a Factory: ARTILLERY PLAGE, WOOLWICH, LOflDOJt, S.E.