Cricket 1899

380 CfelCKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. Aug, 31, 1899. New Pal ce Steamers, Limited. REGULAR SAILINGS FOR MARGATE and RAMSGATE, FROM OLD SWAN PIER, LONDON BRIDGE, BY “ ROYAL SOVEREIGN,” Daily escept 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, 4s. 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. GENERALSTEAM 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, 9.50 a.m. To SOUTHEND, single saloon, 2s.; season return, 8s. MARGATE or RAMSGATE, single saloon, 3s.; there ana back same day, 4s.; season return, 4s. 6d. MARGATE and RAMSGATE via PORT YICTORIA. 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T HE Editor of Cricket wishes to purchase Volumes 3 and 4of “ 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. “ /CRICKET’S YEAR BOOK,” 1899; price 2d., U post free 2§d.; 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. Travel by the Electric Railway— Trains every four minutes. F a r e 2 d . THOMAS C. JENKIN, G ikibal M a n a g e s . HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1899. TWO GRAND MATCHES WILL EE PLATED ON THE CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS, a s fo l l o w s :— MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBEE 4th, 6th, and 6th, SOUTH OF ENGLAND Vm 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. Stodaart (Mdsx.) Mr. A. J. Turner (Essex) Mr. W . M. Bradley (Kent) Mr. F. G. J. Ford iMdsx.) J. T. Hearne (Middlesex) A. E. Trott (Middlesex) Young (Essex) Board (Gloucester) A u s t r a lia n s {selected from) Mr. J. Darling Mr. S. E. Gregory Mr. C. Hill Mr. W . P. Howell Mr. F. A. Iredale 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 , REST OF ENGLAND. TEAMS- H om e C o u n tie s [selectedfrom) K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex) Mr. C. B. Fry (8ussex} 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. Heame (Middlesex) A. E. Trott (Middlesex) Young (Essex) Butt (Sussex) R est of E n g lan d , Dr. W . G. Grace Mr. A. MacLaren (Lane.) Mr.C.L.Townsend(Glos) 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) Umpires— T h om s a n d L il ly w h i t 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 ea p F a r e s on S E .R . a n d L.B. & S .C .R ., an d E x cu r s io n T r a in s w i l l ru n . 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The last of the Weekly numbers for the Summer will be published on September 21st. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The dates will be:— No. 527.— THURSDAY, OCT. 26. No. 528.— THURSDAY, NOV. 23. No. 629.— THURSDAY, DEC. 28. No. 530.—THURSDAY, JAN. 25. No. 531.— THURSDAY, FEB. 22. No. 532.—THURSDAY, MARCH 29. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 post free. $a\)titcitt Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— B a m le t. The record of the Australians is now as follows :—Matches played, 3 3 ; won, 16; lost, 3 ; drawn, 14. Darling has won the toss 13 times and lost it 20 times. A b el’s inability to play fast bowling is so well-known and unmistakable that it is hardly necessary to call attention to it once more, except to point out that he has not been an absolute failure against it this year. It might even be said by some that an innings of 178 with Mold against him, another of 112 against Albert Trott, another of 91 against Bradley, and another of 193 against Ernest Smith might lead to hopes that one of these days he will be really able to play fast bowling. A d e c id e d curiosity :— In the Somerset innings on Thursday last, against the Australians, Mr. S. M . J. Woods began his innings in partnership with Robson. In twenty-five minutes he had scored 42 while his partner was making 5. In the next twenty-five minutes the positions were exactly reversed, for while Robson scored 42 Woods made only 5. B ratjnd ’ s scores against the Austra­ lians are:— 0 and 63 at Truro, for Lord Robarte’s team (on a fiery wicket) ; 125 at the Crystal Palace, for Dr. Grace’s team ; and 82 at Taunton, for Somerset. Total, 270 for four wickets. Not at all a bad record. Against Essex this year M r. Townsend has scored 405 runs without being out. In making his 181, not out, at Leyton, he beat hiB own record, and put this into the shade at Clifton by scoring 224, not out. In a recent number of Cricket, it was stated that K . S. Ranjitsinhji had been invited by the leaders of the game in Philadelphia to take a team of English