Cricket 1904

264 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 14, 1904 JOHN WISDENSCO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known JO H N W I S D E N ’S “Special Grown” MatchBalls. a rve llou s T e s tim on y . 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. D arling . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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THUESDAT , JU L Y 14 t h , 1904. ^atJtlton (^osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. O n Friday, D. C. Boles scored 183 for Eton v. Harrow at Lords, and thus holds the record for the matches between the two schools. In these days of high scoring it is remarkable that the previous record, 152 by Sir Emilius Bayley for Eton, has stood for 63 years, his score having been made in 1841. Boles also took 2 wickets for 9 runs, so that he had a brilliantly successful day. The record score by a Harrovian is 142 by T. G. O. Cole, who now plays chiefly for the Liverpool Cricket Club. His score was made in 1897. S i r E m il iu s B a y l e y , whose record in the E ton and Harrow match is referred to above is still alive, at the age of 81. H e played his first match against Eton in 1838, and was in the Harrow eleven for the next three years. Afterwards he played for some years for Kent. In his last year at Eton, three bowlers, who will be remembered by old members of Eton and Harrow teams, appeared for Eton, viz., G . E . Y onge, W . Marcon and Harvey Fellows. T he success of Robert Peel for an England eleven against Lancashire at Blackpool showed clearly enough that the famous old Yorkshire bow ler is still capable of great things. H e puzzled the batsmen considerably, and took 7 wickets for 87 runs in the first innings, the first four only costing 17 runs. T he above match is noteworthy if only for the successful re-appearance of Abel in important cricket. He made 89 not out on the first day, and increased his score b y 33 on the next morning. He batted without spectacles, and his cricket was so good that his name was at once placed on the list of the Surrey team to oppose Warwickshire at Birmingham last Monday. Abel’s success was all the more noticeable because few of his side could do anything with the bow ling. D uring the match between Northern v. Southport and Birkdale, played at Waterloo on Saturday, the game was delayed for a few minutes ow ing to a batsman having complained about the glitter of the sun on the watch chain of a gentleman standing in the neighbourhood of the sighting screen. The spectator was requested to button his coat and the game was at once resumed. I n the match between Oxford Univer­ sity and Worcestershire, at Worcester, 1,492 runs were scored for the loss of