Cricket 1904

152 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 26, 1904 JOHNWISDEN &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. 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 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 always want them in all other matches in England and Australia. Yours faithfully, J . I ) a r i . in g . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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"C R IC K E T " is the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game. Weekly, April ii to September 22 (Inclusive). T erms of S ubscription :— 6 /- per annum. 7/- post free abroad. Payable m 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.O. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, MAY 26 t h , 1904. The abstract and bnef chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h e first individual innings of two hundred this season was made by J. E. Raphael, of Oxford University v. York­ shire onThursday last. It is so unnsual nowadays for a ’Varsity cricketer to do anything out of the ordinary that if the two hundred had been made against an ordinary County the feat would have attractedattention, butRaphael's innings was played against the full bowling strength of Yorkshire, and it takes some .skill to make two hundred runs against Rhodes, Hirst, Haigh, Ringrose, and Myers. R a p h a e l was at school at Merchant Taylors, where he made a great schoolboy reputation. Dr. Grace soon spotted him and gave him plenty of chances of distinguishing himself for London County, but on the whole his play was as disappointing as that of so many other youug players who have shown great promise at school. He can hit with tremendouspower, as he showed in the Yorkshire match after he had made his first hundred runs, but often he contents himself with playing with great steadiness. I t has been stated that Raphael is the only man who has ever playedaninnings of over two hundred on the Christchurch