Cricket 1903

408 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 10, 1903. JOHRWISDENI CO. 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 Grown” MatchBalls, M a rve llou s Tes 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 a r l in g . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet I t may, or may not, be some consola­ tion to disgusted cricketers to know that in 1588, Lord Henry Seymour, joint commander with Sir William Wynter of the English Fleet at Dover which was waiting for the Spanish Armada, wrote as follows to Walsyngham : — “ Such summer season I never saw the like; for what with storms and variable un­ settled winds, the same unsettleth andaltereth our determinations for lying on the other s i d e ..............................I find no manner of difference between winter and summer, saving that the days be now longer.” B a r n e s , the Lancashire professional, has signed a league form for the Church Club, Accrington, for next season. “ F a s h io n ,” says theEvening Standard, “ seems to rule the pursuit of pleasure with something of the despotic sway it exercises in matters of dress and social custom. Could some individualist philosopher persuade mankind to a greater self-reliance in its choice of amusements, a new and better time would be in store for the pleasure seekers. The unappreciative listeners at classical concerts, the jaded theatre goers, the uninterested spectators of innumerable cricket matches, would be rescued from their boredom and set to pastimes they could follow with heartiness.” But I do not think that many people go to cricket matches, except, perhaps, to certain matches which are known as “ society functions,” unless they are fully prepared to be interested. B t making his two separate hundreds for Sussex against Kent at Brighton last week, C. B. Fry has now equalled the record previously held only b y W . G. Grace and R. E, Foster in first-class matches. The follow ing table shows the details of the performances of the three batsmen: — w . G. GRACE. July, 1868—130 and 102*, at Canterbury, South of Thames v. North. August, 1887—101 and 103* not out, at Clifton, for Gloucestershire V. Kent. August, 18-8 -14Hand 153, at Clifton, for Gloucester­ shire v. Yorkshire. R. B. FOSTER. July, 1899—134 and 101*, at Worcester, for Warwick­ shire v. Hampshire. May, 1900—128 and 100*. at Oxford, for Oxford Uni- versity v. A. J. Webbe’s X I. July, 1900-102* and 136, at Lord’s, for Gentlemen v. Players. C. B. FRY. July, 1898—108 and 123*, at Brighton, for Sussex v. Middlesex. July, 1900—125 and 2i9, at Brighton, for Sussex v. Surrey. September, 1903—138 and 101*, at Brighton, for Sus­ sex v. Kent. Fry has scored nine hundreds this season, and 61 altogether. The record number of hundreds scored in one season is 13 by himself. L a s t week Dr. Grace again tried the experiment of putting his opponents in first, and thanks almost entirely to his own excellent batting he was able at the end of the day to point to the success of the manoeuvre, though it was rather a near thing. The match was London County v. Belgrave, and the D octor had made 104 when he retired. The scores were Belgrave 158, London County 187. T h e proceeds of the third annual Comic Cricket Charity Carnival, which takes place at the Oval on Friday, September 18th, will be divided between