Cricket 1908

c r i c k e t A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 p r i i . 9, 1908. H. GRADID8E And SON S , Used by all the ^ Leading- yA Players. ^ Made in Men's, Small Men's, or College, 6 , a, 4, & 3 sizes. P r i c e L i s t s 1- r e e 0 1 1 A p p l i c a t i o n . O f all First=Class Outfitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. Manufacturers o f a ll R eq u is ite s for C r ick e t , Lawn T enn is , R a cq u e t s , H o ck ey , Foo tba ll, a n d a ll British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOL MAKE I. 01 -’ T ill. a Factory; Artillery Place, WOOLWICH . IMPORTANT NOTICE. Commencing with this number of “ C r i c k e t ” the price of the journal is permanently alteru i to ONE PENNY. The paptr will continue to lie. conducted on the lines which have proved »u succe-sful during, the past 26 ) cars. With this issue is presented to nil raders li e u m ih I SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET, containing lhe revised First-Class Fixtures, with Portraits of eon e of ti.e It ading players of ihe day. 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S ir N ev ille G erald L yttelton ,' G.C.B., of the Eton Eleven of 1862 and two succeeding years, last week vacated his position as Chief of the General Staff at the War Office and First Military Member of the Army Council. It is understood that he succeeds General Lord Grenfell in the command in Ireland. A t the annual general meeting of the Staffordshire County C.C., held at Stoke- on-Trent on the 31st ult., under the pre­ sidency of Lord Dartmouth, it was stated that during 1907 the receipts amounted to .£•670, and that an adverse balance of £,'62 had been reduced to one of £ 42. The gate-money—.£232—was a record. A t the same meeting Mr. Stratton, the up ain, read a letter from Barnes, dated Sydney, February 18th, in which occurred the following The M.C.C. team is an extraordinary one socially, every member being very pally. Mr. Jones is a good skipper, and his illness was the real cause of our losing Test matches. We have had bad luck with weather, and very bad umpiring. We have had a very good tour, but Test cricket is too serious for me.” 1 have reason to know that Barnes is not the only member of the English team to complain of Australian umpiring. M r s . P ick ett , widow of Harry Pickett, the well-known Essex cricketer, who was found drowned a few months ago, died on March 24th. She leaves, unfortunately, several children, who are totally unprovided for. T he many friends and admirers of Robert Abel will be very sorry to hear that he is again suffering from the com­ plaint — gout in the eyes — which led to his premature retirement from first-class cricket a few years since. A fortnight