Cricket 1903

376 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 27, 1903. Hastings Cricket Wek. TW O G R AN D M A T C H E S WILL BE PLAYED IN THE C en tra l C r ic k e t G rou n d , H a stin g s, as f o l l o w s :— Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, SEPT. 7 th , 8 th a n d 9 th , LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE REST OF ENGLAND. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, SEPT. 10th, llth , a n d 12th, GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. Wickets to be pitched at 12 o’clock first day of each Match, other days at 11.30. Admission to the Ground ... ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, One Shilling extra. CHEAP FARES on S.E. dk C.R. and L.B. & S.C.R. Tickets for the Week (including admission to the Ground and Reserved Seat in Grand Stand), price 1 0 / , can be obtained on and after August 2tth, at the Central Cricket Ground, Hastings, where a Plan can be seen. Tickets for the Week, for Ground only, price 5 /-, can be obtained at the Ground or of the Hon. Sec. All communications to be addressed to the Hon. Sec., at Saxon Chambers, St. Leonards-on- Sea. City &South Londo Railway. TO THE OYAL From Angel, Islington, Moorgate Street, Bank, and London Bridge Stations. T ravel b y the E lectric R a ilw a y— T rain s ev ery 3 or 4 m inutes. THOMAS C. JENKIN, G k rb ra l H aiaoxs. “ PATTISSON” LAWN BOOTS, S T R O N G E S T I COLE* PATENT. S IM P L E S T ! 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 ie ld ” says : “ As good as anything that could be devised.” Dr. W. G. Gback writes r “ They are the best I have ever seen.’, Mr. T. H ea rn e writes: 4‘ The very thing wanted for years.” Mr. A p te d (The Oval) writes: “ The best I have ever used.” Mr. G oodw in (Liverpoo I C.C.) writes : “ To use them is to know their value Mr. J . M . Tboup (Heail Gardener to H.M. the King, Balmoral Castle) wri' :es : “ The set I had from you two years ago are as go )d as ever.” H undreds of ?T estimonials . H DATT IC CAN Farm Avenue, l F A ! l lOOU t l , Streatham, S.W. C r icke t : ^ a t o l t o n ( i o s s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet L ast Thursday there was no play at Lord’s (Middlesex v. Sussex), Edgbaston (Warwickshire v. Hampshire), Old Traf­ ford) (Lancashire v. Notts), Derby (Lon­ don County y. Derbyshire), an hour at Taunton (Somerset v. Surrey), and an hour and fifty minutes at Canterbury (Kent v. Yorkshire)—two hours and fifty minutes in six matches, an average of a little less than half-an-hour apiece. On the next day there was no play at Canter­ bury and Lord’s. W h e n Lancashire took the field on Friday at Trent Bridge against Notts, after a day without any play, it was seen that Barnes was not included in the team. It is understood that he had decided not to sign the usual agreement to play for the county club next season, and that the committee accordingly left him out in this match. I n the first day of the match at the Oval between Surrey second and Kent second thirty-three wiokets fell for 202 runs. Surrey were left in the interesting position of having to make 51 to win with seven wickets in hand, on a wicket which was exceedingly difficult. Fielder, the Kent professional, who is going with the M.C.C. team to Australia, was play­ ing for Kent second and, going on to bowl as first change, took 4 wickets for 8 runs in four overs. A m on g well-known men who have scored largely in club cricket during the past few days are K. S. Ranjitsinhji, 22 and 84 for A. C. Oddie’s X I. v. Sir Henry Harben’s X I . ; S. M. J. Woods for Somerset Stragglers v. A. G. Barrett’s X I .; Dr. W. G. Heasman, the old Sussex cricketer, 104, for Incogniti v. United Service; C. A. Smith, the old Sussex and Cambridge cricketer and well-known actor, 23 and 58 not out for Thespids v. Mill Hill Park, and P. H. Latham (Sussex) 29 and 102 not out, for Gentlemen of Sussex v. Incogniti. Y e t another professional, George Nash, has had his benefit match spoiled by the rain, and as he belongs to a second class county, the Iosb which this has entailed will fall even more heavily on him than if he had served a more prosperous shire. The match was between Buckinghamshire and Hertford­ shire, and the wicket was so wet on the first day that three complete innings vyere played and nearly half the fourth. On the second day there was no play at all. JOHNWISDEN i CO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known JO HN W IS D EN ’S “ Special Grown” MatchBalls, M a rve llou s Te stim 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. Dear Sirs,—Your Cricket Balls (“ Special Crown”) AGAIN GAVE GREAT SA11S- 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 Ground, St. John’s Wood, To John W isden & Co. Oct. 1st, 1901. Dear Sirs,—I have no hesitation in saying your 11S p ecia l C row n ” Balls are quite the beet 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 “ S pecial C row n s ’ I hit over Lord’s pavilion in 1899. In Australia, too, all playera 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 “ S pecial C ro w n ” Balls than any other make. We found th ; the Ball kept its shape perfectly, HAD JUST HE RIGHT degree of hardness, and was as pleasurable to bowl with at the end of a long innings at the beginning.—Yours very sincerely, JAMES KOTZE,) South African Cricket GEORGE ROWE, j Team, 1901. P ro m D ea lers a ll o v e r the w orld , a n d ! 2 1, C ranbourn S t., L on d on , W .C . City Agents: BENETFINK & CO., CHEAF4IDE. A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY , AUGUST 27th, 1903.. D e r b y s h ir e finished their county season on Wednesday last week. On Saturday Notts and Warwickshire both finished their programme, while yesterday Lancashire and Yorkshire finished theirs.