Cricket 1903

112 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r il 30, 1903. R. ABEL & SONS. T R Y OUR Celebrated “ GUV ’ NOR ” Bat With “PATENT DOUBLE CHECK SPRING HANDLE,” F o e t h e COMING SEASON. (SURREY XI.) The*‘ GUY’NOR” BAT has been used by R obert A bkl during the last six years with great success, as will be seen by ‘the following scores. Every Bat made under the supervision of R obert A bel . AGGREGATES (all Matches): 1897, 2099 runs, average, 44 31; 1898, 2053 runs, average, 48 8 8 ; 1899, 2685 runs, average, 53*70 ; 19C0, 2592 runs, average 56 3 4 ; 1901, 3309 run?, average, 5 5 1 5 ; 1902, 2299 runs, average, 41 5. Six years, 15037 runs, average per innings, 49 288. RECORDS : 3309 runs in one season, 1901. P rofessional ' s R ecord : 357 runs, not out, Surrey v. Somerset, at the Oval, 1901. X O , H A R L E V F O R D S T R E 3 X 0 , K E N N I N G T O N R O A L. J. NICOLLS , Patentee and Manufacturer ot The Patent Automatic Cricket Bat AND SPORTS OUTFITTER. A Copy of Dr. W . G . GRACE’S Letter. 15, V ictoria Square, Clifton, B ristol. Dear Sir,—I used one o f your B ats a t H astings In 1894, and I scored 131. I m ay mention it w as perfectly n ew ; I kept lt until this year, and have scored over 2,000 runs w ith lt. I nsed it when I m ade m y 100th century, and I scored 1,000 runs in May w ith lt, so I think I m ay ca ll lt my “ Record B at.” This year at H astings I scored 104 w ith another of your bats, and I hope it w ill turn out as w ell as the old one. Y ou rs tru ly. T o M r. L . J. N icolls. W . G. GRACE. Orders from K. 8. RANJIT8INHJI for the Patent Bat. The Patentee doe» not bind himself to any number o f curves in handle. F a c to r y :-R O B E R T S B R ID G E , SUSSEX . Cricket Groond TEAK SEAT!, Lawn Tennis TEAK BEATS, and portable folding TEAK * > X CHAIRS. For x r CRICKET AMD Tennis Grounda, Parks, Gardens, Parades, «ND ILL OPtN SPACES. Buy CASTLE’S Teak B.aU, which require neither PAINT nor YAHNIBH. At nipplUd to th4 SURREY COUNTY CiUB, Kennington Oval, and LORD'S. ADDRE8S— H. CASTLEA SONS, Ld.,' BALT IC W H A R F , ^ M I L L B A N K , S .W .N ^V H. GRADIDGE & SONS, W oo lw ich . MANUFACTURERS OF ALL ARTICLES FOR CRICKET, RACQUET, LAWN TENNIS, FOOTBALL, AND OTHER BRITISH SPORTS. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED “ IMPERIAL DRIVER” BATS. c/j 3 v i ; “ ■ ■* Patent No. 27,836. 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 . Appointed toy Royal W arrant. Manufacturers of H orticultural Machinery to H is Majesty, King- Edward V II. RANSOMES’ LAWN MOWERS TH E BEST IN TH E W ORLD . PoBsessin Improvements embodied in no other Machines, PATENT DOUBLE ANGLE CUTTING BARREL. PATENT 8PRING HANDLE8 PREVENTING VIBRATION. PATENT 8INGLE 8CREW ADJUSTMENT. Made in Six Sizes, 26 to 48 inchet wide. HAND-P0WER MACHINES IN ALL SIZES TO SUIT EVERY REQUIREMENT M O TO R LAWN MOWER8 IN VARIOUS SIZES. : co-H €/i RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES, Ltd., IPSWICH __ mmc ENLWCEO VICW Of PATENT SPRINQ J>rinted and Published tot the Proprietor by Mmuutt * Hatghxr, L td., 167, 168, and 169, Upper Th&mee Btaeet, London, E.C., April EOth, 1908.