Cricket 1898

96 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 28, 1898. F R E Q U E N T E D BY C R IC K E T E R S . Announcements are inserted in this column at a chary of 21a. per annum. Half-inch space , 60a. per ai»*v , Each Hotel inserting an Advertisement toill receive a copy of the paper, by post , free of charge • B I R M IN G H A M . THE GRAND HOTEL. Centrally situated. 300 rooms. All modern luxuries. Equal to beat London Hotels. P ress N o tice s.— Best Hotel outside London, Ranks amongst the best Hotels in the country. Joseph Adams, Manager. S O U T H A M P T O N . DAVIS’S HOTEL Facing Station. F. B e n n e tt, Proprietor. b. J . filCObbS , ROBERTSBRIDGE, PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF THE AUTOMATIC BAT HANDLE rr H E S E engravings L show the advantages this handle gives, as j J i n each curve forms a key m I or abutment against the W V \!I t elastic substance. A l- »\ j Ji|M though thesehandles are % / Mm II! |j|;j| in two pieces from the 1| I (I I ||i 1 1 shoulder to the blade, it 1; \ I|i|j I !|| lj is impossible to get them i| j M mIII Pi out of shape. The bats, Hi I / i|l|| 1 ir ^ I intr°duced in 1890, have || V If ||| it fiA -1 been used by the best p \ V||i i li l ;|l| Cricketers of England, ||\/ ) u|S | | I Australia, and New Zea- p i / |l| I i! land, as well as having f|A l:( is 1 |.j\:ij been sent to India and \ IS | |i J Africa, and the universal m I |l :/ "• testimony is that nothing ly (|li|j I i\ i has ever been brought ||\ 'J: J |HI ! into the Cricketing world p Ijil 1 ;/ -ij to give such advantages I /|ijl| | .! to the batsman in cutting ,i ) |\ll|| ;i) and driving powers. iM 'rli BOTTLES 1/1* 2/9 *4 /- v JARS 11/- k 2 2 /- T rcp a reH on / yh y H U J M A N S o l im i n a t e s i:l N otk b in cask of Pii'jllj||i M 1 •( :lr I nfringement . — The p i ,'i Patentee doesnot bindhim- o,ii 1 self to any nun,her o f curves. 15, Victoria Square, Clifton. Bristol. October 6th, 1895. Dear Sir,—I used one of your bats at Hasting-s 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 wjth 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. tn ordering Bats give the size of handle by measu !ng round handle; and mention weight. These Bats will be sold as Nos. 1,2, and 3, so thp.t Clubs can make an easy purchase. Containing Portraits and Biographies of Celebrities for t{e year. Price 6d. ; by Post , 7c A Yaluable Companion for Players, Officials, and all followers of the Game. Obtainable of all Railway Bookstalls, Newsagents, a n i Offices of “ CRICKET. 168, U P P E R THAM ES STREET, E.C. RANSOMES’ LAWN MOWERS are the best “ HORSE AND P O N Y ” MOWERS . Recent Important Improvements P A T E N T D O U B L E A N G L E C U T T E R 8 . P A T E N T S PR ING H A N D L E S P A T E N T S I ^ G L ^ S C R E W A D J U S T M E N T S . N E W D E S IGNS A N D N E W P A T T E R N S . Made in Six Sizes— 26 to 48 inches wide— from £14. RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES, Ltd., IPSWICH "LD&---------FRAME ENLARCED VIEW OF PATENT SPRING Printed for the Proprietor by M essrs. M b r r itt & H a tch e r, L td ., 107, 1K8, and 1«9, Upper Thames 8treet, Loudon, E.C., April 28th, 18T$.