Cricket 1899

364 CRICKET :] fAfWEEKLY RECORD OF THEfGAME. Arc, 24, 1899. New PalaceSteamers, Limited. REGULAR SAILINGS FOR MARGATE and RAMSGATE, FROM OLD SWAN PIER , LONDON BRIDGE, BY “ ROYAL SOVEREIGN,” Daily e tcept Fridays, at 9.20 a.m., with special trains from Fenchurch Street Station at 10.28 a.m. RETURN FARES, LONDON AND MARGATE, 5 s. First Saloon, 4 s. Second Saloon, available to end of Season. “ K0HIN00R,” On and after 17th June. “ LA MARGUERITE,” On and after 28th June. “ LA BELGIQUE.” On and after 1st July. T. E. BARLOW, Director and Manager, 50, King William Street, E.C. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATIONCO.’S MAGNIFICENT SALOON STEAMERS DAILY (Sundays included) TO SOUTHEND, MARGATE, and RAMSGATE. From London Bridge Wharf, 9.10 a.m.; Greenwich, 9.30 a.m .; or South Woolwich Pier, 9.60 a m. To SOUTHEND, single saloon, 2s.; season return, 3s. MARGATE or RAMSGATE, single saloon, 3s.; there and back same day, 4s.; season return, 4s. 6d. MARGATE and RAMSGATE v ia PORT VICTORIA. 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W ANTED.—Good professional as bowler (Birming­ ham League Cricket) for season 1900.—Apply, stating terms and previous performances, W. Preston, High Street, Walsall. T HE Editor of Cricket wishes to purchase Volumes 3 and4of “ Scores and Biographies,” “ Wisden’s Almanack” for 1869, 1875, and 1877, and “ James Lillywhite’s Annual” for 1874 and 1877. F OR SALE.—A number of Cricket Books, inclu­ ding complete set of Cricket, “ Scores and Biographies,” “ Wisden’s Almanack,” “ John Lilly- white’s Companion,” “ Jerks in from Short-Leg,” “ Bolland’s Cricket Notes ” (1851), “ Nyren’s Cricketer’s Tutor,” “ Fred Lillywhite’s Guide for 1865,” and early years, “ Football Annuals” from earliest date.—F.C., care of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. “ p R IC K E T ’S YEAR BOOK,” 1899; price 2d., \ J post free 2 jd .; now on sale at all railway bookstalls, or direct from the Office of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. City&SouthLondo Railway. To the Oval In 10 Minutes. T ra v e l b y the E lectric R a ilw a y— Train s every four m in u tes, F a r e 2 d . THOMAS C . JENKIN, G e n e r a l M a n a g e r . HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1899, TWO GRAND MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON TIIE CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS, AS FOLLOWS :— MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 6th, and 6th, SOUTH OF ENGLAND V , AUSTRALIANS. TEAMS- S o u th o f E n g la n d {selectedfrom) Dr. W . G. Grace K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex) Mr. C. B. Fry (Sussex) Mr. C. L. Townsend (Glos ) Mr. G. Brann (Sussex) Mr. A.E. Stoddart (Mdsx.) Mr. A. J. Turner (Essex) Mr. W. M. Bradley (Kent) Mr. F. G. J. Ford iMdsx.) J. T. Heame (Middlesex) A. E. Trott (Middlesex) YouDg (Essex) Board (Gloucester) A u s tr a lia n s {selectedfrom ) Mr. J. Darling Mr. S. E. Gregory Mr. C. Bill Mr. W . P. Howell Mr. F. A . Irtdale Mr. A . E . Johns Mr. E . Jones Mr. J. J. Kelly Mr. F. Laver Mr. C. McLeod Mr. M. A . Noble Mr. H. Trumble Mr. V. Trumper Mr. J. Worrall THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 8th, and 9th, HOME COUNTIES V m REST OF ENGLAND. TEAM S- H om e C o u n tie s (selectedfrom ) K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex) Mr. C. B. Fry (Sussex) Mr. G. Brann (Sussex) Mr. A. E.Stoddart (Mdsx. Mr. A. J. Turner (Essex) Mr. W . M. Bradley (Kent) Mr. F. G. J. Ford (Mdsx.) Abel (Surrey) Hayward (Surrey) J. T. Hearne (Middlesex) A. E. Trott (Middlesex) Young (Essex) Bult (Sussex) Umpires— Thom t R est of E n gland , Dr. W . G. Grace Mr.A. MacLaren (Lane.) Mr.C.L.Town8end(Glo8) Mr. A. O. Jones (Notts.) Mr. F. Mitchell (Yorks.) J.T. Brown, sen. (Yorks.) W.G.Quaife (Warwick.) Hirst (Yorkshire) Rhodes (Yorkshire) Cuttell (Lancashire) Board (Gloucester) ak d L il l y w h it e . WICKETS PITCHED a t 1 2 o ’ c lo c k FIRST DAY OF EACH MATCH. OTHER DAYS, 1 1 .3 0 . Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, ONE SHILLING EXTRA. C h e a p F ares on S .E .R . a k d L .B . & fe.C.R., E xcursion T rain s w il l run . 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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 t h , 1899. $a\niton (iosjstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h e record of the Australians is now as follow s:—Matches played, 3 1; won, 16; lost, 3 ; drawn, 12. Darling has won the toss 13 times and lost it 18 times. I n connection with the complaints about high scoring which are very preva­ lent just now, the following extract from a leading article on “ The Block System ” in the Cricket Field of June 2oth, 1892, may be of interest:— “ It is absurd to counsel any player to alter his style in a match, and it is one of the charms of cricket that every man has his day. It remains to be seen whether persistent bad weather will bring the hitters again to the front, or whether it will be necessary in the future to devote a week to each county match, to give the batsmen a fourth stump to defend, or to prohibit the rolling of the ground within seven days of a first-class contest.” I t must not be forgotten that the present year has been altogether excep­ tional in the matter of continuously fine weather. From the beginning of June the bowlers have hardly had a chance, except on grounds where the wickets do not wear very well. It may be worth while to remind readers of Cricket that on June 1st the following query appeared in “ Gossip” — this was just before the fine weather began— “ What has become of all the suggestions for handicapping batsmen by increasing the height and width of wickets, by making the l.b.w . rule much more severe, by making the bat smaller, by doing away with boundaries, and by all sorts of curious devices ? ” Is English cricket decaying ? At great expense we have sent a special corres­ pondent to make inquiries into this ques­ tion in various parts of England. He has sent us the following telegrams, which we do not profess to understand— Canterbury, Saturday night, August 12th.— Rats ! Oval, Wednesday night, August 16th. — Not much ! Cheltenham, Saturday night, August 19th.— Pickles ! Lord’s, Wednesday night, August 23rd. — English cricketers all gone away. Ground em pty! T h e record of the Australians during the last month is not very flattering. Their misfortunes began with the E o g ­ land match at Manchester when they had the worst of the draw. On the following three days, at the Crystal Palace against Dr. Grace’s X I ., they again had much the worst of the draw. A t the Oval Surrey beat them by 104