Cricket 1898

384 dKlClUfi'i : A WEKKLY REOOKl) OE THE UAMJS S ept . 1, 1898. HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1898. T W O G R A N D M A T C H E S W ILL BE PLAYED ON THE CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS, AS FOLLOW 8:— MONDAY. TUE8DAY, AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM BER 5th. 6th. and 7th, Mr. A. E. S T O D D A R T ’S A U S T R A L I A N T E A M Y. R E S T OF ENGLAND. T E A M S - M r . S toddart ’ s T eam . (Selectedfrom) M r. A . E, Stoddart. M r. A . C. M acLaren. M r. J . R . Mason. M r. N. F. Druce. B riggs. H ayw ard. J. T. Eeame. >'irst. R ichardson. Storer W ainw right. Board. R est o f E ngland (Selectedfrom ) D r. W . G. Grace. M r. G. B rann. M r. C. B . F ry. M r. G. L . Jessop M r. C. J . K ortright. M r. C. L. Townsend. Abel. Brockwell. Frown. L illey. L o’kwood. bhrewsbury. THU RSDAY, FR ID A Y . AND SA TU RDAY, SEPTEM BER 8th, 9th, and 10th. SU R R EY AND S U S S E X R E S T OF ENGLAND. T E A M S - SURREY AND Sl'SSEX. (Selected from) M r. W . L . M urdoch. M r. D. L . A . Jephson. M r. G. Brann. M r. C. B . F ry. Abel. Brockwell. H ayw ard. Lockwood. Richardson. B utt. P arris. T ate. R est o f E ngland . (Selectedfrom) Dr. W . G. Grace. M r. A. E. Stoddart. M r. A. C. M acLaren. M r. G. L . Jeesop. M r. C. L . Townsend. B riggs. J . T. H earne. H irst. Shrewsbury. Storer. W ainW iight. Board. Um pires -Thom s and Carpenter. W ICKETS PITCHED AT 12 FIR ST DAY OF EACH MATCH, O T tlE R DAYS A T 11.30. Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, ONE SHILLING Extra. C heap F ares on S.E .R . and L .B . and S.C .R ., and E xcursion T rains w ill R un . TICKETS FOR THE WEEK, including Admission to the Ground and Reserved Seat in Grand Stand, price 10s., can now be obtained a t the Central Cricket Ground, H astings, where a P lan can be seen. The3e tickets m ust be obtained not later than Saturday, Septem ber 3rd. T icketsfor the W eek for Ground only, price 58., can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, or a t the Central Cricket Ground. C arriages, 7s. 61 . per d ay, and Is. extra for each occupant, exceeding four. A ll communications to be addressed to the "3 on . Sec., Saxon Chambers, St. Leonards. R e c o r d s c o r e a g a i n s t s u r r e y .- s c o r e s of the m atch between Surrey and N otts, finished at the Oval on A ug. 3rd, printed on tatin , can be had at Cricket Office, 168, U pper Thames Street. Price six ­ pence each ; sevenpence, post free. W ANTED, F irst-C lass PROFESSIONAL (bowler) for H igh-Class League Cricket. Good wages to a good m m .- A pply, “ J.B .G ,” c/o Griclcet , 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. C RICKET.—For Sale, the V aluable C iicket Collec­ tion of the late T . Pad wick, E sq., K edhill, com prising R are Books, E ngravings, P iin ts ; complete catalogue post free.—Address, M r. A lfred J . G aston , 133, D itchling Rise, B righton. Frank Sugg's Footbdl Cata­ loguefo r 18 8-1899 now ready. Do not fail to see it. 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From London Bridge W harf, 9 a m ; Greenwich, 9.20 a .m .; South Woolwich, 9.40 a m. F a r e s .—Single. 4/- or 4/6; return, available for the season, 6/- or 7/6. T rain fr jm Fenchurch Street in connection. 9.45 a.m . S O U T H E N D , M A R G A T E . R A M S G A T E , D E A L , a n d D O V E R , D A ILY (Sundays and 1 st A ugutt excepted). From London Bridge W harf a t 10.15a.m ; Greenwich Pier, 10.35 a .m .; and South Woolwich Pier, 10.55 a.m . F a r e s .—SOUTHEND, MARGATE, or RAM S­ GATE as above. DEAL or DOVER, saloon, single, 4/6; return, available for the season, 6/6. T rain from Fenchurch 8treetin connection, 11.13 a.m . O S T E N D From Irongate and 8t. K atharine’s W harf. SA TU RDAYS, returning IUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS, returning FRID AYS. F a r e s .—Single, 7/6 or 6/- ; return, 10/6 or 9/-. For par.iculars of these and other services apply to G. S. N . Co., 55, G reat Tower Street, E.C. For CRICKET, TENNIS, AND OTHER WHITE BOOTS, & C ., i i U se th e NEW CLEANER, L IRINE” (E,gll W H IT E A S SNOW . In handy m etal boxes, w ith sponge, of all Bootm akers, Oilmen, Stores, e tc .; or sam ple, post free, 9d., of The “ Crown Diamond ” Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 13, Steedman S t., I.ONDOIT, S.E. W ANTED, Volume V III. of Cricket .—Send lowest price to “ A .B .C .,” c/o Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. C r i c k e t : d WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, L01D0I, E.C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 st , 1898. IMPORTANT NOTICE! The last of the Weekly numbers for the Summer will be published on September 22ud. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The dates will b e:— No. 497.—THURSDAY, OCT. 27. No. 498.-THURSDAY , NOV. 24. No. 499.—THURSDAY, DEC. 29. No. 500.—THURSDAY, JAN. 26. No. 501.—THURSDAY, FEB. 23. No. 602.—THURSDAY, MARCH 30. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to the Manager of Cricket, at the Offices, 168. Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. R esults of the S eason and A verages of the P r in cipal C lubs will be inserted in the remaining Weekly numbers of Cricket as well as in the earlier Winter numbers, at the rate of 3s. 6 d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6 d. To ensure insertion in the follow­ ing number, particulars must be received not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication. f t o t l t o n g o s s i p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. In recent matches an unusual number of what may be described as “ round figure” inning* of a hundred and up­ wards have been played. Brown has scored 300, 150, and 100 ; Tyldesley 200; and Brockwell 100. The nine­ ties were also much in evidence in the matches at the end of last week, Hayward sc iring 90, W . G. Quaife 99, and Mr. Chinnery 97. B ain completely spoiled the first match of the Scarborough Festival, only two and a half hours’ play taking place oil Friday and i one at all on Saturday. A t Old Trafford and Southampton there was no play at all on Saturday ow ing to Me. F. G. J. Fobd’s last six innings for Middlesex, up to Saturday, were as follows ’. 115, 1 and 29 not out, 102, 76 aud 135. O n e of the charms of the present curious system of estimating the position of counties in the championship table is that nobody can form the slightest opinion of the actual state of affairs unless he, or some statistician on his behalf, goes through calculations which would make a Sanior Wrangler shudder. A week or two ago cricketers, as a body, were firmly impressed with the idea that Surrey and Yorkshire must be the two counties at the head of the table, and thanks to the kindness of statisticians they even had some sort of an idea of what would happen if Yorkshire did certain things, or Surrey did certain other things, in the few remaining matches. But behold, to the surprise o f everybody, except the select few, Gloucestershire stepped suddenly into the second place, and Surrey had not even the honour of appearing third on the list, for Middlesex came in. A t the beginning of the week only a few matches remained to be played, but, for all an ordinary person could know, there might hive been a complete shifting of places before they were over. I t was unfortunate that the important match, Bom bly Presidency v. Parsis, was played on a wicket which helped the side which I atted first much more than its opponents. The Englishmen were the fortunate team. They batted on a wet wicket which did not become difficult