Cricket 1896

G eo . G. B ussey & Co., THE LEADING CRICKET AND SPORTS MANUFACTURERS, 132 CRTCTCET: A WEEKLY I.KUORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . H, 1896 U J o a o - J cl o w x h CL LU > O —I < 03 H 1L U City & South London Railway. To th« OU#L fn 10 JVHnutes. T ravel b y the E lectric R a ilw a y— Trains every four minutes. F a s > e 2 d . THOMAS C. JENKIN, G eneral M anager . E A S T B O U H K E & FOOTBALL^Association CluD T H 3 S The above Chib is now open for the season. Three Professional Bowlers ai*e engaged. S u b scrip tio n s a r e a s I o l l o w s : — PlayiDg Members, April to September ... £1 1 Honorary Members (whole Year) .. ... 0 10 . Visitors are admit1 ed at 5s. per week. Intending visitorswishingto play in matches should communi .ate with the Secretary. U/TSDEN’S ALMANACK—The Editor of Cricket VV is anxious to obtain Wisden for ‘ 875 to com­ plete a set. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY R'TORJ) OF TJ!F GAVE, 163 UPPER THAMES STIIiET, LQ'«l-wN, c.C. TH IR^DAY SEPT. I7iH, 1896. IMPORTANT NOTICE ! The Weekly numbers for this year end with the present issue. Six numbers will be published during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. 1he dates will bo No. 437.—THURSDAY, OCT. 29. No. 438.—THURSDAY, NOV. 26. No. 439.—THURSDAY, DEC. 31. No. 440.—THURSDAY, JAN. 28. No 411.-THURSDAY, FEB. 25. No. 4 ’ 2.—THURSDAY, MARCH 25. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to theManager of Cricket, at the t'ffice, 167, 168 and 169, Upper Thames Sdeet, London, E.C. BjMnUoii G o s s ip . Tlie abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— The following picturesque ex'. set fr.wi an account of a match between Eng?i;Il­ men and Germans at Berlin is taken from Spiel mid Spoit: “ The cricket match on the Teinpleljofer field, between a team of Englishmen and a picked German team, ended disastrously for tl e English, who were beaten by 24 run?. Moso of them were very unlucky, coming cut at the first, cr first few balls.. D itton, their captain, had v tij bad lu<k, the first ball ot the second innii gs briuging him out. They were nevertheless a go d repi esen*a- tive team, who, with a little practice, would make qoite a different show. But that’s where the h’ tch came in, they don’ t, ard won’ t practise, and this was the first time during the present year that five out of the eleven had a bat in their hands. Nothing but defeut was unier these circumstances to te expected. The Germans have made very good pro­ gress and some of their bowlera put in shots that want careful playing, or other­ wise down gaes your timber yaid. They are sharp in the field and have come on so well all round that it makes ere rejoice to look upon. When O’Hara Murray and Alec Hyman got together as the wicket ia tie second innings it looked as if the Englishmen were goiBg to win. They made a stand; runs began to come in that sharp decided manner which usually fortells that the batsmen are getting ‘ set,’ and things were livening lip considerably when unfortunately Hyman was given out and the chance of victory wasgone.” The name “ O’HaraMurray ” seems to have an Irish look about it. I t is intended by ’he committee of the Wiltshire County O.C. to enter next year for the second-class Counties Champion­ ship. This year, 7 matches were played, of which four were won, two drawn and one lost. Wiltshire scored 2,183 runs for the loss of 117 wickets, or an average of 18 65 runs per wicket. Their opponents made 1,929 runs for 138 wickets, or an average of 13'09 runs per wioket. Mr. O. G. R adcliffk , so well known as one of the finest bats in the Gloucester­ shire X I a few years ago, played in all the Wiltshire matches, and heads the averages with 29'91. He was the only one of the team who scored a hundred in a match. Eldridge, one of the Wiltshire professionals, took all the ten wickets of the Monmouthshire Club and Ground in the second innings, each wicket being clean bowled. H aywakd , the Surrey cricketer, is not after all going to Pretoria this winter. His side has been troubling him a good deal of late, and, acting on the advice of Dr. Wharton Hood, he has wisely deter- m'ned to stay at home and have a complete rest till next season. Tbe engagement he was to have fulfilled will be undertaken by Brockwell, who will, with Lockwood, leave for South Africa early next month. George Lohmann, who will return to his old quarters for the winter months, is to sail for the Capo on the 14th of October. A local paper, commenting on tl<e result of a match between two local teams, quaintly remarks that “ it may truly be s iid that the success of the visiting teaiu was due to Draper, and others.” A n o t h e r local paper begins an article on Spr.rts, with the remark that “ the reign of cricket is over, and football is onie more the uncrowned king.” I n connexion with the Darley Dale Flower Sho.v, the Derbjshire county E pHyed a m itch against Sixteen of the Dis’j.'ct. Many of the regular team were paying for he ccur.ty, but they did not cover themselves, with glory. Cbatterton scored 1, Walter Sugg 3, and Davidson 0, while Storer was the only N E X T ISSUE, THURSDAY , OC TOBER 29.