Cricket 1898

“ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. n o . 4 7 8 . v o i . x v i i . THUKSDAY, MAY 19, 1 8 9 8 . p r i c e 2 d. b lard the s.s. Elbe) and of their numerous friends in the town of Oporto. We mustered five of the previous team, and only business and other, much lamented, engagements prevented more of the old set from joining us. As it was we proved a stronger side than in 1895, both in our batting and bowling. Tue team counted up as follow s:—-Tom Westray, junr. (eiptain), F. W . Westray, L. C. V. Bathurst, E. A. Feild, S. A . P. Kitcat, R. N. Douglas, P. F. Warner, H. R. MB. W ESTRAY’S TEAM IK PORTUGAL. it is, consequently, superfluous, beyond stating that we thoroughly enjoyed our­ selves, to enter into details. The sun shone upon us nearly tha whole time, while the sea was moderately smooth, and, therefore, all of us, after the first day or so, were able to appreciate the kind aud liberal hospitality of our hosts on board. Monday morning, the 25th, found us anchored at the mouth of the Douro, which, owing to a dangerous and , shifting bar, can only be entered at high Having dropped anchor off the Custom’s House many of our Oporto hosts came off in small boats to welcome us, when, after the usual delay, we landed, and were taken off to our different billets, there to receive such generous hospitality as it is seldom one’s good fortune to eucounter. Tuesday, being an ( ff day, we seized the opportunity for practice, after which some of us were entertained at 1unch iu the “ Crystal Palace,” a fine buildiDg with a large room suited for dancing and concerts, tide. We had, therefore, to wait until the early afternoon, when we steamed up the river—the magnificent view on either bank baffling all description. Terraces rise tier above tier, to a height of many hundreds of feet, interspersed with trees of various shades of green ; the houses, too, present a most picturesque appearance, painted in the vivid ai d various colours one sees only in Southern countries. MR. TOM WESTRAY (JUNIOR’S) CRICKET X I. IN OPORTO. ■ B y O n e o f th e T e a m . It was with the greatest enthusiasm that those of the 1895 team who were fortunate enough to be able to do so accepted a delightful invitation once more to visit Portugal as the guests of Mr. Tom and Mr. Fred Westray (on Bromley-Davenport, A. C. Taylor, W. N. Fletcher, and H. G. Peachey. We had received sailing orders for Saturday, April 16, but, owing to our boat having come into collision with a schooner, off Folkestone, on the previous day, our departure was postponed until the follow ing Thursday, when, the slight damage to the Elbe being soon repaired, we started from Dover about noon. All sea voyages are very much the same, ar.d