Cricket 1906

360 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 23, 1906. J i l l WISIEII Cl CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through - ont the world with their well-known M a r v e l l o u s T e s t i m o n y . The Inns of Court Hotel, 18th Sept., 1905. Messrs. John Wisden & Co., London. Dear Sirs,— Before leaving for home, I should like to bear testimony to the liats you supplied me with and which I have used nearly all the tour. I must also speak in praise of your “ Special Crown ” Cricket Balls, which, of course, we have used in all the Tests and many other Matches, they are less hard on the hands, in my opinion, than any other make.—Yours faithfully, W a r w ic k W . A rm strong . S.S. “ China,” 18th, Sept., 1905. Messrs. John Wisden & Co. Dear Sirs.—Daring the tour of the 1905 Australian Eleven, your “ Special Crown ” Cricket Balls were the only balls used in the Test Matches, and they gaveevery satisfaction. W e also used your “ Special C row n” Balls in nearly all our matches, and 1 must say that they are the best Balls in the market, being less severe on the hands and bats than other balls, besides lasting as well, nothing but your “ Special C row n ” Balls are used in the International and Inter-State Matches in Australia, and we find them in every way suitable to our hard grounds. A ll the members of the 1905 Australian X I. used your “ Craw ford E x celle r” Bats, and we all like them better than any other bat in the market on account of the handle you put in them.— Yours sincerely, J oe D a r l in g , Australian X I. From the EveningStandard&St. James’s Gazette. Monday, May 29th, 1905. AU STRALIAN S OBJECT TO THE BALL. A slight delay occurred at the start, as the Australians would not use the ball provided, Darling returned to the pavilion where Jack­ son met him, Jones taking out the new ball, which also was rejected, Noble running in to fetch the desired brand. 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Cricket: A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C, T H U R S D A Y , AUGU ST 2 3 r d , 1906. $a\3tlton ©osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamle *. T h e U .O .S. O ld B oys have specially g ood reason to congratulate them selves on a successful season. O f eighteen m atches played, ten w ere w on , seven drawn, and on ly one lost. OE the drawn gam es that w ith Hampstead was a tie, while of the other six, in all bu t one, the m atch w ith Bushey, the O ld B oys had all the best of the outlook at the close. I n the m atter o f exciting finishes the season w is particularly full o f sensation. O a tw o occasions the runs required f^r victory were g o t with the last tw o men in ; in tw o otoer malches one man only had to g o in when the runs were made. In another gam e the Old B oys g o t thtir opponents’ tenth w icket in the last over o f the match. A s already stated, the Hampstead m atch resulted iu a dead heat. The W estern tour was also a grea“ success. This was the first tour the club has ever had, and the team were naturally very pleased at beating E xm ou th by eight wickets, Sidm outh by 15 runs, and •Seaton b y one w icket. The three v ic­ tories were the m ore appreciated, as the O ld B oys had some v ;r y g o o d teams against them , notably at Seaton where E . C. W right aud P . P . K n o x played, and at Sidm outh where C. W ells and the tw o B ruttons assisted the local club. T h e M .C .C . Team which is to tour in N ew Zealand this w inter is n ow almost com plete, and is as fo llo w s : —C . E . de Trafford, Capt. E . G . W yn yard, G . H . S im pson -H ayw ard, P . R . Johnson, G . T . Brauston, W . J . H . Curwen, P . R . M ay, W . B. Burns, W . P . H arrison, ju n ., R . H . P o x , C. C. P age, A . A . Torrens, and N . C. Tufnell. I t w ill be seen that whether J. W . H . T . D ou glas, w ho has been asked to g o , accepts the invitation or not, the team is b y n o means strong, althou gh it w ill p robably b e strong enough to give a g o o d account o f itself. T he team is due to sail on O ctober 18th on the ss. “ C orinthie.” M oss w ill g o as umpire. T h e T our o f the W est Indian Team came to a cloBe on Saturday w ith a win over N ortham ptonshire. The record for the tour is nineteen m atches played, w on 7, lost 10, drawn 2. O f the thirteen matches w hich reckon as first-class, the W est Indians were successful in o n ly three — against Y orkshire, N ortham ptonshire and Scotland. T he match at U ttoxeter this week does n ot count in the tour. O n M onday H ayw ard was six runs Bhort o f his three thousand aggregate for the season, so that he still had to make 316 to beat the record oi 3,309 m ade in