Cricket 1896

360 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 13, 1896. h o t e l s FREQUENTED BY CRICKETERS. Announcements are inserted in this column at a charge of 21s. per annum. Half-inch space , 50s. per annum. Each Hotel inserting an Advertisement will rective a copy of the paper , by post , free of charge. B IRM INGHAM . THE GRAND HOTEL. Centrally situated. 300 rooms. All modem luxuries. Equal to best London Hotels. P r e s s N o t ic e s .— Best Hotel outside London. Ranks amongst the best Hotels in the country. J o s e p h A dam s, Manager. EA S TBOURN E CAVENDISH HOTEL, Grand Parade. G e o . L ow m an , Manager . S O U T H AM P T ON . DAVIS’S HOTEL Facing Station. F. B e n n e t t, Proprietor. A CHEAP RE-ISSUE. THE CLASSICS OF CRICKET. NOt i .— THE YOUNG CRICKETER’S TUTOR. By J oh n N y r e n . 16mo. 180 pages, and Frontispiece representing Lord*8 Cricket ground in 1833. 1 /- net. To be had from the Publisher, D. N u t t , 270, Strand, or from the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, for 1/2 post free. T ENTS ! TENTS ! ! TENTS!!! I have purchased 5,000 Army Tents, 40 ft. circumference, scarcely u-ed, 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 8ir,—Accept my thanks for the tents safely received to-day; I am very pleased with them.—J. H. H i l l , Duddingston Park, Porto- bello, Midlothian.” —Andrew Potter, Melbourne Works, Wolverhampton. BR EA K FA S T -SUP P ER . E P P S ’ S g r a t e f u l - c o m f o r t i n g . C O C O A BOILING W A T E R OR M ILK. \ Cricket Ground TEAK SEATS \ Lawn Tennli TEAK SEATS < . \ and portable folding TEAK CHAIRS V \ Buy CASTLE'S Teak I n t i which require neither PAIHT nor V1BHISH. 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Copies can be had at the Offices of this Paper. 5 5 P I C K E R I N G S ’ “ B L A N C O For Whitening all Articles o f Buff or Buckskin Leather, such as Leg Guards, Gloves, Military Equipment, White Helmets, Gloves, Hunting Thongs. Whips, Cricket and Tennis Shoes, Tennis Balls, &c., &c. It is prepared in a very careful manner, and extra precautions are taken to insure AN EVENNESS OF COLOUR. It contains nothing that will in any way injure the article to which it is applied, and if used as di­ rected a splendid white of a glossy satin­ like appearance and soft silky surface is insured, which will not readily rub off. The moulds of “ B la n c o ” are made in one size only, and will fit specially made zinc boxes, which are non-corrosive. ManufacturersJOSEPH PICKERING & SONS, works , SHEFFIELD. L on d on O ffice : ST. GEORGE ’ S HOUSE, EASTCHEAP. SEA BATHS AT HOME. OF CHEM ISTS, Eto. Li. J. MlCOLiliS, ROBERTSBRIDGE, PATENTEE AN D M ANU FACTU RER OF THE AUTOMATIC BAT HANDLE T H E S E engravings 1 show the advantages / this handle gives, as I each curve forms a key 1 or abutment against the elastic substance. Al­ though these handles are in two pieces from the shoulder to the blade, it is impossible to get them out of shape. The bats, introduced in 1890, have been used by the best Cricketers of England, Australia, and New Zea­ land, as well as having been sent to India ana Africa, and the universal testimony is that nothing has ever been brought into the Cricketingworld to give such advantages to thebatsman in cutting and driving powers. N o tice in case op I nfringem ent . The Patentee doesnotbind him­ self to any number of curves. 15, Victoria Square, Clifton, Bristol. October 6th, 1895. I)kar Sir,—I used one of your bats at Hastings in 1894 and scored 131. I may mention it was perfectly new. I kept it until this year, and have scored over 2,000 runs with it. I used it when I made my 100th century, and scored a 1,000 runs in May with it, so I think I may call it my record bat. This year, at Bastings, I scored 104 ith another of your bats, and hope it will turn out as well as the old one. Yours truly, To. Mr. L. J. Nicolls. W. G. GRACE. In ordering Bats give the size of handle by measuring round handle; an I rt.ention weight. These Bats w ill be sold as Nos. 1,2, and 3, so that Clubs can m ake an easy purchase. CRICKET SONGS. By NORMAN GALE. 1 / - N E W A N D C H E A P E R E D I T I “ It is not surprising that a third edition of this little book of songs should have been required by the public. Mr. Gale is both a poet and a cricketer. ‘ Cricket Songs ’ are written in free, easy measures, and all of them tinged with enthusiasm, and some of them genuinely funny .”—NewcastleDaily Chronicle. “ In these pieces, which everybody, man and bov, should get by heart, there is always that quality of expressivo music which we find in T\1r. Norman Gale’s more serious work-in the imperishable, sweet songs of ‘ A Country Muse.’ ”—TheReferee. ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO., 2, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W . Printed for the Proprietor by U w a u . K u h r & H atct™ *, 1 m . If* und l«8, Upper Iharree street, London. E.C.. A u g u st 13th, ISO*.