Cricket 1903

328 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 6 , 1903. JlllhWISDEN I Cl. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known JOHN W ISD E N ’ S “ Special Grown” MatchBalls, M a rve llou s T e s tim on y . The Inns of Court Hotel, 25th August, 1902, Messrs. J oh n W isd en & 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. Dear Sirs,—Your Cricket Balls (“ Special Crown ”) AGAIN GAVE GREAT SATIS­ FACTION. Please send me half-a-gross for next season at your earliest convenience. I am, yours truly, To J oh n W isd en & Co. W . G . G ra ce. ALBERT TROTT, the great Australian-Middlesex Bowler, says:— Lord’s Cricket Qround, St. John’s Wood, To J ohn W isdkn & Co. Oct. 1st, 1901. Dear Sirs,—I have no hesitation in saying your 11Special Crown ” Balls are quite the best I have ever bowled with, they are less hard than most makes, yet keep their shape splendidly. You may like to know it was one of your 4 • Special Crowns ’ ’ I hit over Lord’s pavilion in 1899. In Australia, too, all players insist on using your Balls. I remain, yours truly—A. E. TROTT Tavistock Hotel, W.C., Aug. 8th, 1901. Dear Sirs,—We have much pleasure in stating that preferred bowling with Wisden’s “ Special Crown” Balls than any other make. We found tba the Ball kept its shape perfectly, HAD JUST HE BIGHT degree of hardness, and was as pleasurable to bowl with at the end of a long innings at the beginuiDg.—Yours very sincerely, JAMES KOTZE,) South African Cricket GEORGE ROWE, J Team, 1901. From Dealers all over the world, and 21, Cranbourn St., London, W.C. City Agents; BENETFINK & CO., CHEAFS1DE. City&SouthLondonRailway. TO THE OVAL From Angel, Islington, Moorgate Street, Bank, and London Bridge Stations. T ravel b y the E lectric R a ilw a y— Trains ev ery 3 or 4 m inutes. THOMAS C. JF.NKIN, Giniral M akaoib. “ PATTISSON” LAWN BO TS. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME~ 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 th , 1903. $a\uiton <^osj 3 tp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet S T R O N G E S T ! COLESl PATENT. S IM P L E S T 1 M O S T E CO N OM IC A L . Used at LORD’S, The Oval, Crystal Palace, and in Royal Gardens and Principal Clubs at Home and Abroad. Soles of best English Sole Leather (Waterproofed and Motor Tyre Rubber. The “ F ield ” says: “ As good as anything that could be devised.” Dr. W . G . G race writes: “ They are the best I have ever seen.” Mr. T. H earne writes: “ The very thing wanted for years.” Mr. A pted (The Oval) writes: “ The best I have ever used.” Mr. G oodwin (Liverpool C.C.) writes: “ To use them is to know their value.” Mr. J. M. T roup (Head Gardener to H.M. the King, Balmoral Castle) writes : “ The set I had from you two years ago are as good as ever.” H undreds of T estimonials . H P A T T I C C O U Farm Avenue, I m i l ID O U J I j Streatham, B.W. The “ HERRIOT” Series - OF - Pictorial Postcards FAMOUS CRICKETERS. I d . e a c h . In Packets of Six, assorted, in sets, as follows:— L. C. Braund. K. S. Ranjitsinhji. S.E . Gregory. SET I. J. Iremonger. J. Darling. W. Rhodes. A. A. Lilley. A. E. Trott. T. Hayward. J. T. Tyldesley. Dr. W . G. Grace. R. Abel. SET 2. Hugh Trumble. Victor Trumper. R. E. Foster. SET 3. C. J. Burnup. A. C. Maclaren. Hon. F. S. Jackson. C. B. Fry. S. M. J. Woods. J. T. Hearne. SET 4. J. R. Mason. O. Hill. G. L. J. T. Brown. G. H. Hirst. P. F. Warner. SET 5. M. A. Noble. W. G. Quaife. J. Tunnicliffe. Also Shakespeare’s Characters, Quotations from the Poets, Proverb Parodies, Animal Studies, Animals at Play, and other series. LONDON AND GLASGOW: William Collins, Sons, & Co., Ltd., Can be obtained of all Stationers, and at “ Cricket” Office, 198, Upper Thames Street, B.C. T h e results of the two matches this season between Surrey and Yorkshire are curiously similar to those between the same teams in 1895. Since that year Surrey had not beaten Yorkshire in Yorkshire until this year, when they won at Sheffield by 145 runs. In 1895 they won by eight wickets. On the other hand, since 1895, Yorkshire had not beaten Surrey at the Oval until this year, when they won by an innings and 97 runs. In 1895 they won by an innings and 30 runs. So magnificently has C. B. Fry played all through this season that it was a startling surprise to see his name down for a single in each innings for Sussex against Worcestershire. Such a thing is quite enough of a curiosity to find a place in “ Gossip ” under the circumstances :— C. B. Fry, b Wilson .......... 1 b Wilson .......... 1 With many men such a downfall would be the precursor of a series of disasters, but Fry has a habit of pulling himself together, in the same way that Dr. Grace used to do, and of playing a big innings or two after a bad failure. B o w l i n g unchanged for Yorkshire throughout the two Surrey innings at the Oval last week, Hirst and Rhodes ended the match with the following analyses. It may be stated that altogether Surrey were only batting for about three hours : Hirst... Rhodes O. 30-1 M. R. 67 81 W. 10 10 A fter their visit to Scotland on August 10th and 11th next the Phila­ delphians are to be the guests of Mr. Arthur Priestley, M.P., at Hunger- ton Hall, Grantham, for a fortnight. A match has been arranged with a XV . of Lincolnshire, to be played on Wednesday and Thursday, August 12th and 13th, at the London Road Ground, Grantham. A mong the Old Harrovians who are making the tour with the Harrow Wan­ derers this year are Messrs. A. J. Webbe, the famous old Middlesex and Oxford cricketer, A. N. Hornby, the famous old Lancashire captain and father of A. H. Hornby, and M. C. Kemp, the old Oxford and Kent wicket-keeper. Y e s t e r d a y , at the end of the match between Lancashire and Yorkshire, Hirst, who had already scored a thousand runs this year, required three wickets to complete his hundred. Three times in the course of his career he has previously