Cricket 1904

120 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 12, 1904 MHHWISDEN I CO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the PrincipalCounties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known , JO H N W IS D E N ’S “ Special Grown” MatchBalls, T ILLY WHITE’S SCORES & BIOGRAPHIES. L Set 1, 2. 3 and 4, in good condition, for sale. What offera “ L,” 10, Christchurch Road, Streat­ ham Hill, London. M a rve llo u s Te s 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 A ll 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 alwavs want them in all other matches in England and Australia. 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A charge of Is. a match, with a minimum of 21 s., is made for the insertion of scores. Odd scores are inserted at 2s. each if space permits. Scores must reach “ Cricket ” Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C., by first post on Tuesday following the match. "C R IC K E T " is the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game. Weekly, April 14 to September 22 (inclusive). T erm s o f S u b scrip tion :— 6 /- per annum. 7/- post free abroad. Payable in advance . Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to Cricket , and crossed London and County Bank. All communications to- be sent direct to the Offices of Cricket . 168. Upper Thames Street, London, E.G. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, MAY 12 th , 1904. $a\)tltott <§osmp* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h e first public appearance of Rhodes after his return from Australia was for Yorkshire against Eighteen of North­ allerton and District. He was first put on tobowl when thetotal of theEighteen was 65 for two wickets. With his first two balls he dismissed two men, and at lunch-time he had taken four wickets for 10 runs. Afterwards he did the hat trick, andaltogether took twelve wickets for 21 runs. On the first day of the above match, Lord Hawke made a short speech at luncheon, in which he said:— The captain of the team that had brought back the ashes from Australia had stated that too much importance was placed upon county cricket at the present time. He wished to ask Mr. Warner one question, and to ask it publicly: How was it that the Middlesex County Club thought it worth while to import Albert Trott and Tarrant—and he was not sure there was someone else—if they did not think county cricket was of impor­ tance ? It was all very well for Mr. Warner to say that Yorkshire should give up five or six players to play in a match between his team and the Rest of England, but that would mean that Yorkshire would have had to go down to Worcester with an “ A ” team and perhaps lose the match, and the cham­ pionship then might go to Middlesex. He did not say he objected on behalf of York­ shire, but they did in a friendly way suggest that a better arrangement would be for Yorkshire to give up the match with the M.C.C. on Monday. T h e members of the South African teamwho arrived at MadeiraonMay 3rd, landed at Southampton on Saturday morning, and went direct to L indon to the Grand Central Hotel, which will be their headquarters. Their first match takes place on May 30th against M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, where the team will praclise. The team consists of Messrs. F. Mitchell, J. H. Sinclair, E. A. Halliwell, M. Hathorn, R. O. Schwartz, W. A. Shalders, L. J. Tancred, J. J. Kotze, J. Middleton, S. J. Snooke, G. H. Shepstone, G. White, B. Wallach and S. Horwood. The latter took the place of A. Reid at the last moment. To a representative of the Press Mr. Frank Mitchell said, immediately after landing at Southampton : “ We have had a splendid voyage and are quite tit and well. We have had nopracticeonboard, as we wanted a rest after six month’s hard work in South Africa; besides, we have three clear weeks before our first match, and of this opportunity we shall make the most.” A t the annual meeting of the Surrey County C.C. Lord Alverstone, who was again electedpresident, said that he had been in communication with county cap­ tains with reference to the question of paying professionals in winter, and the feeling was that they did not consider