Cricket 1913

648 CR I CK E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. September 27, 1913. PRICE LISTS & SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FREE. All Goods Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom. S o le M akers of the “ Imperial Driver” & “ Improved Gradidge ” Lawn Tennis Racquets. C r ic k e t is p la y ed a ll the y e a r round, o f course, th ou gh I think C e y lo n stan d s alone in p la y in g it w ithou t a m arked b reak from J an u a ry to D ecem b er. It stru ck me the other d ay that a cricket map of the w orld w ou ld be in terestin g— a m ap w h ich w ou ld sh ow the m on th s in w h ich the g am e h o ld s sw a y in the v a rio u s comm un ities p la y in g it. R o u g h ly , of cou rse, the northern hem isphere fo llow s ou r own season pretty clo sely , and the sou thern the A u s tra ­ lian season— to sp eak in term s o f the tw o lead in g cricket comm un ities. H. Gradidge &Sons, Manu facturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, L aw n Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets. &c. P o r t r a i t s fo r reprodu ction reach m e ; news is alm o st b ew ild e rin g in q u an tity . I am g la d to have it a l l ; bu t I do hop e that those w h o send it w ill not c a v il at m y e x e rc isin g selectiv e rig h ts. If all the scores sen t were in cluded the paper w ou ld be full o f them at tim es; and one o f m y g u id in g p rin cip les in the condu ct o f C r ic k e t is th at the pap er must not be fu ll o f sco res. In terestin g a s th e y m ay be, they are not e v e ry th in g . W i l l t h o s e w h o sh ow their app reciation of C r ic k e t b y their desire to h ave new s from their own part o f the g lo b e in it also sh ow it in ano th er w a y— b y le ttin g their friend s see the paper and te llin g tbem at the sam e tim e that w e shou ld b e g la d to en list a n y or a ll o f them a s su b scrib ers ? C r ic k e t g o e s n early all o v e r the w o rld , and has, I do v e rilv believe, an a v era g e o f at least h alf a dozen readers fo r ev e ry cop y so ld . I b elieve, too, that a fair proportion of those readers w ou ld be w illin g to h ave cop ies for them selves if the notion w a s g e n tly insinuated into their m ind s. E very o th e r req u isite fo r C rick et, in clu d in g balls, leg gu a rds, batting gloves, g a u n tlets, stum p s, nets, &c. T h e 'm a tch e s cou ld b e g in on T u e s d a y . S a tu r­ d a y is a hop eless d a y in foo tball-m ad d istricts, of cou rse. B u t— w h o is to p a y the p ip e r? T h a t, I suppose, wou ld be the ch ief d ifficu lty . Factory: ArtilleryPlace, Woolwich, S.E. B u t w it h in the trop ics and am o n g the island s o f the sea there are varied lo cal c o n d itio n s— m on ­ s o o n s , rain y seasons, and the like wh ich com p licate m atters. Patentees and S ole M akers of th e “ IMPERIAL DRIVER ’ CRICKET BATS. Made In Men’s, Small Men’s, College, 6 , 5, 4, & 3 sizes. Reblading Cricket Bats 8 Restringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. S ep tem b er th is yea r has not g iv en us much cricket w ea th e r; bu t as a ru le the first h a lf o f it is as fine a period as an y o f the y ea r, and it does seem a p ity that first-class cricke t sh ou ld dw ind le to a m atch or tw o after its first few d a y s . T h e I la s tin g s ’ F estiv a l d ropped ou t b ecause o f poor support under b ad w eather c o n d itio n s ; when the w eather w a s go od it paid its w a y . S u re ly a N orth v . S o u th match at B ou rn em ou th after the coun ty season w as o ver w ou ld h ave a go o d ch an ce o f suc- c c s s ? A n d m ig h t not an exp erim en t in the w a y o f p la y in g m atches between first-class sides— in name and fact— at N o rw ich , R e a d in g , S u n d e rlan d , and S to k e be attem p ted .