Cricket 1900

F eb . 22, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 31 BENETFINK * c ? THE G R EA T C IT Y D EPO T FOE A L L Cricket Requisites. Cricket Shirts, T Boys*. Men’s. 2 / 2 , 2/1 2 0 8/0, 3/3 3 6 8/0, I/O 4/8 6/11 W hite Flannelette ........... Ditto Flannel ................... Ditto Twill F lan n el........... Ditto All W ool ................... T he C lub , Coarse Canvas, W h ite................................... 2/8, 8/0, 1/0 T he C ounty , very Fine W hite Twill ................... 1/0 Umpire’s Coats ...................I /ll, 0/0, 8/0,10/0 Postage, id. Trousers. Men’s. I/ll, 5/11 7/11 9/0 noff 5/11, 7 0 Boys*. White Flannel, well shrunk................... 5/0, 5/8, 5/0 Ditto. Super. 0/0, 0/9, 7/2 Best Quality Flannel, heavy milled, thoroughly shrunk ... White Drill ................... Men’s Plain Grey or Striped Flannel ...8/11, 7/0, 9 0 BestWhite Doe Cloth,guaranteed not to shrink ........................... 10/6 Postage 3d. under 10/» Patterns Post Free. Cricket Boots. Boys*. 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Benetflnk’s Practice, 8-seam................... Ditto B. C. B., w arranted........... Ditto ditto Boys’ ................... Wisden’s Special School. Boys’ ........... Ditto, Crown Match Ball ........... (57/- per doz.) Post free . “ E clipse ,” Compo., 5£ oz....................... Composition, Boys’ ........... Postage , 2d. 5/3 5/- I 10 3/0 4/6 3/1 8/10 8 /- 1/9 8d., lOd. Leg Guards. Men’s W hite Twill Boys’ ditto .. .......................... Men’s W hite Leather.................. Boys’ ditto ................................. Men’s Skeleton .................. Ditto, Gold Cape, Superior A H Pn*t 30 ................. 3 3 ... 8 0. 0 8. 7 0 .......... 4 11. 0 3 ...7/-, 8 9, 10/- ................... 7 6 CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, E.C. C H IL IA N C R ICK E T AN D THE D IEZ IOCHO . B y L yn d h d rst O gden . (See note at the beginning o f “ Gossip.” ) “ Die ziocho ” recalls to my memory many happy days passed on the Valparaiso Cricket Ground during the seasons of 1869-73. The dieziapio de Setiembre, i.e., the 18th of September, is the anniversary of the independence of Chili, and always looked forward to as it meant four days holiday to the weary clerk, and the opening of the cricket season which lasted until May, and from then until September the rains set in and we were able to hunt the Chilian fox, a larger kind than the English, without seventeen couples, principally imported from Mr. Garth’s pack, and what hunts ? I have done fifty miles in a day with the Chilian livery plug and only 3 dollars, on these occasions hiring was preferable to riding one’s own, and such obstacles, cracks caused by earthquakes some 14 feet broad, and any depth, as midship­ men must remember—however, it is cricket I want to write about. Our ground was some three miles from the Port, and about 1,200 feet above the level, and reached by a corkscrew road winding round a steep hill. We had a membership of about 120 (at a subscrip­ tion of 12 d' liars, in those days equivalent to £ 2 ), of tl is number about fifty playing members. We played Port v. Hill— First Seven v. Next Eleven—Eugland v. Best of the World—and the Navy when­ ever a man-o’ war came in ; the latter were the drawing matches. I remember in 1870 we defeated Admiral Hornby’s flying squadron, and a good eleven too from the seven ships that composed it. Our ground was rent free. A nice pavilion was surrounded by beautiful red geranium bushes- as high as 4 feet, and our stock-in-trade was made up of two revolvers, three Euglish bull terriers (for Jose the caretaker had to protect himself from robbers, as the loop holes in the pavilion door testified), and last but not least, four donkeys; these animals journeyed to the port before a match, and conveyed back the luncheon and drink­ ables, and as this was included in the annual subscription, it will be at once seen that their burden was by no means a light one; added to this, they carried barrels of water from a well to the crease, for no rain fell from September to May, and in addition, annually presented four young donkeys to the club. I remember the passing of a rule that created some excitement, i.e., “ that the wickets be not pitched before one p.m. on Sundays,” the motive a most laudable one, as the chair­ man explained. If carried it would have had the effect of causing those who have hitherto played on Sunday mornings to go to church, there being nothing else to do, whilst those who had been in the habit of attending would now have the satisfaction of knowing there was no one outside getting ahead of them ; this argument struck the meeting so forcibly, that the motion was carried by 57 to 2, and one of the latter who had stated that such a thing was never done in the ‘ 1 old land." On being informed by myself that at the church that I once attended in Surrey, not only did the boys bring their bats and stumps to the afternoon service, leaving them in the porch during the same, but that the minister long- stopped for them afterwards on the common he changed his vote. The other member would not make the vote unanimous but held his ground, resigning from the club, and finally got even with it, as he failed shortly afterwards, being a banker, and victimising the club who kept their account with him. I remember journeying to Santiago, 109 miles, and playing the first match Valparaiso v. Santiago. One of the numerous Ford family was the latter’s champion, and there were some Chilians in the team who had been educated at Bruce C<stle, England, I think ; while on our side there was an old Liverpool Club m»n, with whom I used to bowl with for same, on