Cricket 1903

136 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 14, 1903. JOHNWISDEN&CO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all'the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known JO H N W I S D E N ’S “ Special Grown” MatchBalls, M a rve llo u s Te s tim ony . The Inns of Court Hotel, 25th August, 1902, Messrs. J ohn W isden & 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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The score of the innings is appended :— Y o r k s h ir e XII. 2 Haigh, b Brown Rhode: Brown, sen., b Smith Tunnicliffe,c Feather- stone, b Ward.......... 0 Denton, b Smith ... 6 Hon. F. S. Jackson, b Brown ..................112 Wilkinson, c Hulton, b Hall ................... 16 Hint, c Hall, b Arm­ strong .................. 122 Rev. C. E. M. Wilson, b Macauley ........... 5 vuu s, c J. H.| b F. Ward ................. Lord Hawke, c J. H., b F. Ward .......... Whitehead, not out... Hunter, lbw, b F. Ward ................. Extras ..........! Total ...318 I n a match played at Norwich on behalf of local charities, G. L. Jessop scored 73 on Friday out of 118. He received only 74 balls during his innings. A t Thorpe (Surrey), on May 6th, a professional named Kimber took five wickets with successive balls for Thorpe St. Mary’s against Bracknell. Alto­ gether he took 7 wickets for 12 runs. A t Northallerton, on Thursday last, Lord Hawke expressed disappointment that the proposal to increase the width of the wicket had not received the requisite two-thirds majority at the meeting of the M.C.O. He said it seemed to him that cricket reform was at a standstill, and for this reason: Many gentlemen of standing, of ripe experience in cricket, and of a certain age connected with the M.C.C., thought they would teach the younger generation that the leg-before-wicket rule should be altered. Present-day cricketers fought against that proposal, and it was defeated. Now present-day cricketers had advocated a change in the width of the wicket which the public and many cricketers had not supported. He therefore did not see how they could get any reform until perhaps local cricketers 80 /it up some recommen­ dation to Lord’s. (Laughter.) T he following reference to afternoon teas is taken from an Australian paper:__ That exasperation, the four o’clock after­ noon tea adjournment, a thing unknown in cricket outsido “ big cricket,” was pushed to an absurd conclusion in the match against S U p G / ‘“ l o r d s? rAI r p r r L i v E R f o o i V rrct-fc