Cricket 1903

184 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 4, 1903. JIM WISDEN t CO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known JOHN WISDEN’S “ Special Grown” MatchBalls, Marvellous Testimony. 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 land and Austra ours faithfully, vi matches in Engla lia. □ Y J. D arling . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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T im e was when University batting was regarded by everybody as about the most attractive which it was possible to see. But of late years ’Varsity players seem to have forgotten the traditions of their elders, and nowadays you are aB likely as not to see the most tedious cricket imagin­ able when a ’Varsity team is at the wickets. Witness the beginning of the match last week against Yorkshire, in which only 60 runs were put on in the hour and three-quarters before lunch, C. H . M. Ebden taking an hour to make his first three runs and eighty-minutes to make his first four. T h e reappearance of Abel in the Surrey team on Thursday last at the Oval was greeted by delighted shouts from the spectators. When his time came to bat Abel, who had made 90 on the previous day in a club and ground match, showed that he was still a great batsman, and on a tricky wicket he played one of the best innings of the day, carrying his bat for 28. Everybody will wish that he may now be able to play regularly, and that he will meet with as much success as ever. T h ere was some remarkable scoring in the match between Eisex Club and Ground and Tottenham on Friday last at Tottenham. The home team, for whom D. Reese, the New Zealand cricketer, made 98 in fine form, scored 273 for seven wickets, and then declared, appar­ ently leaving the Club no possible chance