Cricket 1903

8 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOB,D OF THE GAME. J an . 29, 1903. JOHNWISDEHICl. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through- out the world with their well-known JO H N W IS D E N ’S “ Special Crown” MatchBalls, M a rve llou s Tes tim ony . The Inns of Court Hotel, 2oth August, 1902, Messrs. J ohn W isdex & Co. Dear Sirs,—I have much pleasure in stating that your “ Special Crown ” Cricket Balls were used in the five Test Matches played between All England and Australia this season. At the Oval the play was delayed on the first day until some of your “ Special Crown ” Balls were procured, as both teams preferred them to any others in the market. Your “ Special Crown’’ Balls gave every satisfaction in all the Test Matches, and all our team always want them in all other matches in England and Australia. Yours faithfully, J . D arling . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be re­ ceived not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication at the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE OAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, L0ID 0I, E.G. THURSDAY, JAN. 29 th , 1903. $a\rilton OPosifitp* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. O n Monday, January 5th, the General Committee of the Marylebone C.O. passed a resolution approving of an alteration in the wicket by making it one inch wider. The cricket sub-committee had previously approved of the idea. Circulars were then sent to the governing bodies in Australian cricket, South Africa, the Philadelphians, the first-class English counties, the second division counties, also to Scotland and Ireland, with a request for an early pronouncement of their opinion on the question. The general committee will hold another meeting for the purpose of considering the replies. I t has been pointed out that if a wider wicket were to become law this season, a most unfair burden would be imposed on the manufacturers of cricket goods, who would have to bear a great loss, since all the stumps at present made would be valueless. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the common sense of the members of the M.C.C. will decide them to postpone the time for the alteration until next year, if an alteration is to be made at all. A t the beginning of the year a set of twelve silver bowJe was forwarded by the members of the Somersetshire County C.C. to Mr. H . E. Murray-Anderton, its honorary secretary for many years. The gift was promised to Mr. Anderton on the occasion of his silver wedding in October, last year. S om e time ago the Yorkshire Com­ mittee decided to make Leeds the headquarters of the county club instead of Sheffield, and they have now taken premises in Park Square, Leeds. T h e official statement of accounts of the test matches shows that, as their half-share of the gate money, the Aus­ tralians received £4,258 5s. 6d. The share of each club on whose ground a match was played, whether the receipts were large or small, is £503 10s. 4d . ; of each first- class county £195 I s .; and of each second-class county £48 0s. 5d. I n place of Mr. F. C. Toone, who has been chosen as the secretary of the York­ shire County C.C., the Leicestershire Committee had to elect another secretary, and after considerable delay, Mr. Y. F. S. Crawford, the Surrey amateur, was appointed. Mr. Crawford, as a Lsicester- shire man by birth, will, of course, be able to play for the county this year. There were about a hundred candidates,