Cricket 1903

128 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 7, 1903. R A D E l f h C f l N Q celebrated™ GUV ’N O R ” Bat m H 1 M | E g B g g f l K f I I mm With “ PATENT DOUBLE CHECK SPRINO HANDLE," ■ ■ F o e th e COMING SEASON. (SURREY XIm) The “ GUV’NOR MBAT has been used by Robert A bel during the last six years with great success, as will be seen by the following sccres. Every Bat m ade under the supervision of R o b e rt A b e l. AGGREGATES (all Matches): 1897, 2099 runs, average, 4 4 3 1 ; 1898, 2053 runs, average, 48 88 ; 1899, 2685 runs, average, 53*70 ; 1900, 2592 runs, average 66 34 ; 1901, 3309 run?, average, 55‘15 ; 1902, 2299 runs, average, 41 5. Six years, 15037 runs, average per innings, 49 288. RECORDS : 3309 runs in one season, 1901. P ro fe s sio n a l’ s R e co rd : 357 runs, not out. Surrey v. Somerset, at the Oval, 1901. 1 0 , H A R L E Y F O R D S T R E E T ( N e a r t h e O v a l ) , a n d 3 1 0 , K E N N I N G T O N R O A D , L O N D O N , S . E . L. J. NICOLLS, Patentee and M anu fa ctu rei of The Patent Automatic Cricket Bat AND SPORTS OUTFITTER. A Copy of Dr. W . G. GRACE’S Letter. IS, Victoria Square, Clifton, Bristol. Dear S ir ,-I used one of your Bats at Hastings in 1894, and I scored 131. I may mention it was perfectly new; I kept it until this year, and have scored over 2,000 runs with it. I used it when I made my 100th century, and I scored 1,000 runs in May with it, so I think I may call it my “ Record Bat.” This year at Hastings I scored 104 with another of your bats, and I hope it w ill turn out as well as the old one. Yours truly. To Mr. L. J. Nicolls. W . G. GRACE. F a ctory :-B O B E R T S B B ID G E , SUSSEX . Orders from K. 8. RANJITSINHJI for the Patent Bat. The Patentee does not bind himself to any number of curves in handle . THE S P R IN G HUMBER OF “CRICKET APRIL 9th, Contains a handsome Coloured Supplement, (30 by 20 inches), suitable for banging up in pavilions and club houses. The sheet contains the R e v is e d L is t o f P r in c ip a l F ix t u r e s , in addition to excellent reproduction of a photo group of the Sussex Team, and a picture of the Hove Pavilion, and portraits of Braund, Tyldesley, Hirst and Trumper. Copies can be had, post free 3d., by applying direct to Cricket Offices, 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, E.C. 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. l a i 1 s § ae co USED BT ALL THE LEADING BATSMEN OF THE DAT. To be obtained of all First-Class Outfitters or the Makers. Only Address: FACTORY, ARTILLERY PLACE, WOOLWICH . S .E . Appointed by Royal Warrant. Manufacturers of Horticultural Machinery to His Majesty, King Edward V II. RANSOMES’ LAWN MOWERS THE BEST IN TH E W ORLD . Possessing Improvements embodied in no other Machines. P A T E N T DOUBLE ANGLE CUTTING BARREL . P A T E N T 8 P R IN G H AN D L E 8 PREVENT ING V IBRAT ION , P A T E N T BINGLE 8 C R E W A D JU S TM EN T . ’ Made in Six Sizes, 26 to 48 inches wide. HAND-P 0 WER MACHINES IN ALL SIZES TO SUIT EVERY REQUIREMENT. M O TOR LAWN MOW ER8 IN VARIOUS SIZES. RANS0MES, SIMS & JEFFERIES, Ltd., IPSWICH Printed and Publiahed for the Proprietor by & B itcb . e , L td ., 167, 1«8, and 1<», Upper Ihame. Street, London, E.C., May Jib, 1903.