Cricket 1898

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U MPIRE (or player, good all-round) wants engage­ ment for two weeks from July 30, or single matches.—H. C a r l e t o n , 141, Queen’d Road, Bays- water. Cricket: A WEEKLY EECOES 0E THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C, THURSDAY, JULY 14 th , 1898. $a\nl(on Gossip* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. I t is rumoured that the policeman on duty at the entrance to the pavilion at Leyton was inclined to refuse admittance to W.G. because he had not a member’s ticket. Most fortunately some hundreds of responsible people on the ground hap­ pened to know the Doctor, and so a great disaster was averted. A lthough Cornwall was beaten by Dorsetshire by 15 runs after a most stub­ born fight, it is very pleasant to find that its team played such good cricket. It was only a few years ago that the county club was started, as it were, in fear and trembling, but the enthusiasm of the Cornishmen has tided them over all their difficulties. For Cornwall, Hide, the pro­ fessional, scored 84 and took 12 wickets. I n one of the big dailies, a descriptive writer, who is a naturally more conversant with the rules of Society than with those of cricket, indignantly wanted to know why the Harrow captain did not declare his innings on Friday. B ut for a remarkable innings of 182 out of a total of 269 for seven wickets, Yorkshire would have stood a very good chance of being beaten by Worcestershire, whose representatives played up in a very determined manner. Yorkshire were without Mr. Jackson, Brown, Tunnicliffe, Mr. Milligan, and Rhodes, but the team was a powerful one for all that. T he urgent appeal for funds made by the Hon. Chandos Leigh on behalf of the Committee who have in hand the scheme for the purchase of Prinoe George’s Ground at Baynes Park, has suggested to several prominent cricketers that a letter from them might give an impetus to the scheme. A collective letter was