Cricket 1904

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H earne writes: “ The very thing wanted for years.” Mr. A pted (The Oval) writes: “ The best I have ever used.” Mr. G oodwin (Liverpool O.C.) writes: “ To use them is to know their value.” Mr. J. M. T roup (He*id Gardener to H.M. the King, Balmoral Castle) writes : “ The set I had from you two years ago are as good as ever.” H undreds of T estimonials . H. PATTISSON, Streatham, B.W. 168, OPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.G. THURSDAY , JUNE 30 t h , 1904. $a\)tlion G o s s ip . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet It must be very seldom that there is such a crop of l.b .w .’s as in the match between Cambridge University and M.C.O. and Ground last week at L ord’s. In their first innings Cambridge had four men l.b.w ., and two in the second; while the M.C.C. had three in their first innings. In addition to this one man was absent in the Cambridge second innings, and in the first innings one man retired and another was run out. Thus, in the course of the match, whioh the M .C.C. won by nine wickets, eleven men were out for causes which had nothing whatever to do with the excellence of the bow ling or the state of the wicket. The first part of the Cambridge score in the first innings is so remarkable that it is appended here:— C am bridge U n iv e r sity . J. F. Marsh, lbw, b Bosanquet.......... 2 C. H. Eyre, b Hearne ........................14 E. W. Mann, lbw, b Bosanquet.......... 7 R. P. Keigwin, run out................. ... 40 E. 8. Phillips, lbw, b Bosanquet......... 16 K. R. B. Fry, lbw, b Bosanquet.......... 0 F. B. Wilson, retired ................. ... 21 I n a single wicket match recently played at Marine Park, Hove, the experi­ ment of using five stumps instead of three was resorted to. One of the players, H ilton Pearce, who has a good local reputation, retired with his score at 100. W riting on June 24th, Mr. A. D. Taylor sa ys:—“ Mr. C. L . A. Smith’s highest score for Sussex this season is 14. It is more than curious that although he has only taken part in seven matches he should have reached these figures on no fewer than six occasions, v iz .: 14 v. M .C.C., at Lord’s ; 14 and 14 not out v. Notts, at B righton; 14 v. Somersetshire, at B righton; 14 v. Cambridge University, at B righton ; and 14 v. Oxford Univer­ sity, at Brighton.” I n the Daily Chronicle Mr. D . L . A. Jephson says : — There is a ’bus conductor that for years has driven round the Oval in the course of his everyday avocation, and on Monday he met Tom Richardson going into the ground. “ Excuse me,” he said, “ would you mind telling me who are in the field? ” How are the mighty fallen! Surrey were scouting, and there were three men entitled to the chocolate cap ! Folks say that it is generally the darkest moment before the dawn—let us hope so. M a n y Surrey men must have remem­ bered on Saturday the old proverb “ Misfortunes never come singly.” On Friday Lees, the only bowler now on the side who can ever create a panic, was obliged to retire after seven overs on