Cricket 1902

64 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 10, 1902. ////////vs//,. . ... " STUART SURRIDGE X Co., Practical Manufacturers o f the Celebrated P.R.D. CRICKET BATS. As made for LORD ’S, OVAL , LEYTON , and the Principal Home and Colonial Cricket Grounds. TOP SHOWING RUBBER BANDS * A I R CHAMBERS. SECTION OF HANDLE SHOW ING AIR CHAMBERS. The “ P.R.D.” Bats are used by all the greatest batsmen, v iz .P r in c e R anjifsirbji; Lord Hawke ; W . G. Grace, E sq.; A. C. Maclaren, Esq.; C. B. Fry* E sq .; F. S. Jackson. Esq. ; J. R. Mason, E sq.; A. O. Jones. E sq.; J. Darling, E sq.; Clem Hill, E sq.; P. F. Warner, Esq. ; M. P. Lucas, E sq.; D. L. A . Jephson, Esq. ; R. E. Foster, Esq. ; 8. M. J. Woods, Esq ; L. C. H. Palairet, E sq.; T. Hayward, etc. S om erset V il l a , C h elten h am , March 24th, 1898. D e a r S ir ,— Y ou will be p’ eased to hear that one of your bats that I purchased at the Oval was used in all m y mitches, both first and second class, last season. I should in all probability have been using it next season had not the damp got hold of it whilst crossing over to America. I can safely say it was the best bat I have ever had in my career. You are at liberty to make any use of this recommendation you plpase. Sincerely yours, GILBERT L. JESSOP. Seasons, 1899, 1900, 1901—3,600 runs w ith this bat. - GILBERT L. JESSOP, Capt. Gloucester X I. ________ 175, BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE . ________ THE “ PATTISSON” HORSE BOOTS. “ T he F ield ” says : “ As good as anything that could be devised.” “ T he S portsman ” says : “ A tremendous improvement.” D r . W . G . G r a c e writes “ They are the "best Lawn Boots I have ever seen.” Mr. T. H earne (Lord’s Cricket Ground) writes: “ The very thing that has been wanted for years.” S IM P L E t DURABLE ! M O S T E C O N O M IC A L ! Used at Lord’s, the Oval, Crystal Palace Ground, and in Royal Gardens and Principal Clubs at Home and Abroad. Steel Foundation Plates with Soles of Best English Sole Leather (Water­ proofed) and Motor Tyre Rubber. W ill outlast two sets of ordinary Lawn Boots. Can be refitted several times equal to New Boots. HUNDREDS OF UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS. Mr. G o o d w in (Liverpool C.C.) writes: “ Excellent and perfectly satisfactory. To use them is to know their true value.” Mr. A pted (Surrey County Cricket Club) writes: “ They are the best Boots I have ever used.” Mr. J ames B raid (The Open Golf Champion) writes : “ I am very pleased indeed with them.” COLES PATENT H . P A T T I S S O N , 55, Killieser Avenue, Streatham Hill, London, S.W. H. GRADIDGE & SONS, W o o l w i c h . MANUFACTURERS OF ALL ARTICLES FOR CRICKET, RACQUET, LAWN TENNIS, FOOTBALL, AND OTHER BRITISH SPORTS. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED “ IMPERIAL DR IVER” BATS. co z Patent No. 27,536. H , o USED BT ALL THE LEADING BATSMEN OF THE DAY. To be obtained of all First-Class Outfitters or the Makers. Only Address: FACTORY, ARTILLERY PLACE, WOOLWICH. S.E. RANSOMES’ LAWN MOWERS THE BEST IN THE WORLD . “ HORSE AND PONY ” MOWERS, Possessing Improvements embodied in no other Machines. P A T E N T D O U B L E A N G L E C U T T IN G BA R R E L . P A T E N T 8 P R IN G H A N D L E 8 P R E V E N T IN G V IB R A T IO N , P A T E N T S IN G L E 8 C R E W A D J U S T M E N T . Made in Six Sizes, 26 to 48 inches wide. h a n d - p o w e r m a c h in e s in a l l s i z e s t o s u i t e v e r y r e q u ir e m e n t . RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES, Ltd., IPSWICH ENLARCED VIEWOF PATENT SPRING Printed and Published for the Proprietor by M ebbitt & H atcheb , L td ., 167, 168, and 169, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C., April 10th, 1902.