Cricket 1903

440 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct . 2 9 , 1903. JOHNWISDEN&CO. 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 arvellous 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 matches in England and Australia. Yours faithfully, J . D a r lin g . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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R e s u l t s of the S e a s o ^ and A v e r a g e s of the P r in c ip a l Clubs can be inserted in Cricket at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be re­ ceived not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication at the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. $a tu iton The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet O n the day after the first-class season ended, Braund slipped when bowling on a wet wicket at Bath and so badly strained the muscles of his left side that it waB thought for a time that he would not be able to accompany the M.C.C. team to Australia. Fortunately, he recovered rapidly and was able to take his place in the team. SivaN of the M.C.C. Australian team left Tilbury on Fiiday, September 25th, on the s.s. “ Orontes,” viz.,P. F.Warner, R. E. Foster, Braund, Relf, Knight, Fielder and Strudwick. Mr. J. A. Mur­ doch, the assistant secretary of the M.C.C., also went with them. The other members of the team went overland and joined the “ Orontes” at Marsiilles on the following Friday. The complete team as it sailed was as follows :— P. F. Warner (Middlesex) (capt.), R. E. Foster (Worcestershire), B. J. T. Bosanquet (Middlesex), *Hirst (Yorkshire), Rhodes (Yorkshire), *+Hayward (Surrey), tTyldesley (Lsncashire), tBraund (Somerset), Strudwick (Surrey), Arnold (Worcestershire), Keif (Sussex), Fielder (Kent), tLilley (Warwickshire), Knight (Leicestershire). *A member of A. E. Stoddart’s team in 1897-8. tA member of A.. C. Maclaren’s team in 1901-2. The s . s . “ Orontes,” with the M.C.C. team on board, left Gibraltar on Wed­ nesday, September 30th, Marseilles on the following Friday, October 2nd, Naples on Monday, October 5th, Port Said on October 8th, Suez on October 9th. T h e official list of matches to be played during the tour is as follows:— N O V E a B E B . 7-11.—v. South Australia, at Adelaide. 13-17.—v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 20-24.—v. New South Wales, at Sydney. 27-30.—v. Queensland, at Brisbane. DECEMBER. 2 and 3.—v. Newcastle, at Newcastle. 4 and 5.—v. WeBt Maitland. 11-15.—FIRST TEST MATCH, at Sydney. 18-22.—Not arranged. 26-28.—v. Bendigo. JANUARY. 1-5.—SECOND TEST MATCH, at Melbourne. 8 and 9.—v. Ballarat. 15-19.—THIRD TEST MATCH, at Adelaide. FEBRUARY. 12-16.—v. New South Wales, at Sydney. 19-22.—Not arranged. 26 to Mar. 1.—FOURTH TEST MAT*. H, at Sydney MARCH. 5-8.—FIFTH TEST MATCH, at Melbourne. 12-16.—v. South Australia, at Adelaide. Between the third and fourth Test Matches the team will undertake a tour in Tasmania. The team will leave Adelaide on March 17th, and Freemantle on April 4th. N . Z . G r a v e s , the Philadelphian cricketer, sailed from Southampton for New York on September 19ch on the American liner “ St. Louis.** A fter an interval of twenty years the county matches between 8ussex and Derbyshire are to be resumed next season. On the other hand, Cambridge University will not play in Yorkshire next year. W it h the exception of C. J. Bumup, the members of the Kent team which played a short series of matches in America arrived at Liverpool on Satur­ day, October 17th, on the “ Cedric.” Four matches were played during the tour, all of which were won. Burnup prolonged his stay in order to pay a visit to Mexico.