Cricket 1897

276 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 8, 1897. Size 1 2ft. by 8 f t . SECONDHAND SUMMERHOUSE as above cut, in good order, F O R S A L E C H E A P . Suitable for Large Grounds. C o s t £ 6 5 ; P r i c e £ 1 5 , G a s h . CAN BE SEEN. WILLESDEN PAPER &CAMUS WORKS, Willesden Junction, London, N.W. R E P O R T S H E E T S For Reporting Matches to Newspapers POST FREE, 10d. PERDOZEN. O R D E R -O F -G O IN G -IN C A R D S 6d. PE R DOZEN. Li. J. NICObLiS, ROBERTSBRIDGE, h o t e l s FREQUENTED BY CRICKETERS. Announcements are inserted in this column at a charge o f 21s. per annum. Half-inch space , 50s. per annum. Each Hotel inserting an Advertisement will receive a copy o f the paper , by post , free o f charge. B I R M I N G H A M . THE GRAND HOTEL. Centrally situated. 300 rooms. All modem luxuries. Equal to best London Hotels. P ress N otices .— Best Hotel outside London. Ranks amongst the best Hotels in the country. J oseph A dams , Manager. S O U T H A M P T O N . DAVIS’S HOTEL Facing Station. F. B ennett , Proprietor. 'TEN TS! TENTS! —Suitable for Gardens, Cricket, I or Camping-out purposes. Forty feet in circum­ ference ; pegs, poles, mallet, and lines complete (with tent bag included). These tents are white, and have only been used a little by Her Majesty’s Government, and orig nally cost over £6 each. I will send one complete for 25s. Can be sent on approval. N .B .—I have a quantity of tents from If s. to 20s. each, but the tents which please my customers are th<<se I send out at 25s. each. Carriage paid. Price list of marquees (any size) post free. I do not require payment till you have received and approved of the tent from H. J. G asson , Govern- meut Contractor, Rye, Sussex. This Hose is used at Lord's. T EN TS! TENTS! - Good sound Government Bell Tents, 10ft. high, 13ft. diameter, suitable for Bathing, Camping Out, Cricket, Tennis, &c. 16s. 6d. complete. The best in the m arket—Knight, Arcade, Lowestoft. STUART SURRIDGES Co. THE PATENT "Rapid Driver" As Manufactured and Supplied to LORD’S, OVAL, ETON, HARROW, AND THE Principal County and Pri­ vate Grounds throughout the World. Most of the Big Scores of last season were made with the Patent “ Rapid Driver.” TESTIMON IAL . A CUSTOMER writes - The Merryweather Garden Hose supplied nearly ten years ag >is still in use. and is most satisfactoiy.” Largest Makers of High-Class Hose in the World. Write fo r List o f Merryweather1s specially d'&iyntd l*umps fo r watering r ricket Grounds. Just published—Catalogue of Garden Pumps and Fittings. 40 pages, 500 illustrations, post free. M E R R Y W E A T H E R ’S, 6 3 , L ong A c r e , L o n d o n , W C USED BY Prince Christian Yictor, W.G., K. S Ranjitsinhji, Captain Wynyard, F. S. Jackson, A. C. McLaren, K. J Key, &many others. USED BY ABEI & HAYWARD in their centuries v. Leicestershire. Oval, May 3rd, 1897. 175, Borough High Street, LONDON. P I C K E R I N G S ’ “ B L A 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 prej ared in m very careful manner, and extra precautions arc taken to insure AN EVENNESS OF COLOUR. It contains nothing that w ill 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 if* insured, which w ill not readily rub off. Th e moulds of *‘ B la n c o ” are made in one size only, and w ill fit specially made zinc boxes, which are non-corrosive. ManufacturersJOSEPH PICKERING & SONS, works, SHEFFIELD L on don O ffice: ST. GEORGE’ S HOUSE, EASTCHEAP. PATKNTEE AND M ANU FACTU RER OK THE AUTOMATIC BAT HANDLE T H E S E engravings 1 show the advantages this handle gives, as each curve forms a key or abutment against the el «.>tic substance. A1 though these handles «re 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 Cricketera of England, Australia, and New Zea­ land, as well as having sent to India and Africa,and the universal testimony is that nothing has ever been brought into the Cricketing world to give such advantages to the batsman in cutting and drivi? g powers N o tice in ca se ok Infringem ent. — The Patentee does not bind him­ self to nny number o f 15, Victoria Square, Clifton, Bristol. October 6th, 1895. D ear S ir ,— 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 Hastings, I scored 104 with 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 tats yioe the of handle by m-asnring round handle: ant * ention weight. These Bats will be sold as Nos. 1,2, and 3, so that Clubs can make an easy purchase. Printed for the Proprietor by M essrs . M erbitt & H atcher , 167, 168, and 169, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C., July 8th, 1897.