Cricket 1914

THE WORLD OF CRICKET. August 8, 1914. THE AMERICAN CRICKETER. Founded 1877. Published by the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf,,and Kindred Pastimes; No. 114, South i8tb Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. Price— 7 s. 6d. per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copies mailed on request. ^ b u s h e d O V E R 100 » £ & E.C. DEVEREUX Telephone: 287 WINDSOR ETON. E T O N , B U C K S . TH E C o u n ty C r ic k e t C a p M a k e r. Manufacturer and Designer of Club and School Colours. SOLE MAKER OF THE CAPS WORN BY :— COUNTY YORKSHIRE COUNTY 1 st XI. 2 nd XI. SURREY LANCASHIRE HAMPSHIRE WORCESTER 1 st XI. 2 nd XI. NORTHAMPTON LEICESTER GLAMORGAN STAFFORDSHIRE CHESHIRE BUCKS DORSET Please write for samples and quotations which are reasonable an<l are supplied free of charge. R IC H A R D DAFT’S NOTTINGHAMSHIRE M A RL. — P a r­ ticulars, ap p ly R adcliffe-on-Trent, N otts. ESTABLISHED 1847. PHOTOGRAPHERS ROYAL AND CRICKET SPECIALISTS. E. Hawkins & Co., The Pioneer Cricket Photographers, H ave the largest and m ost unique collection of P ortraits and Cricket Groups— P ast and Present. Cabinets. Is. each ; 10 s. per dozen assorted. Post Cardj 3d. ea«ta. C o u n t y X I ' s a n d C o l o n ia l T e a m s f o e m a n y y e a r s p a s t . General Portraiture, Groups, etc., in all the latest and most up-to-date styles. 32, Preston Street, Brighton. Paper Covers.— Price is. net. P ost free, is. 2d. CURIOSITIES OF FIRST- CLASS CRICKET.— 1780-1901. A few copies only left of this interesting w ork. Interleaved for Notes, and bound in cloth. 5s. net, postage 3d. Collectors of Cricket Literature should secure one of these.— E . S e a le , 10. Imperial Arcade. Lndgate. E.C. OF KENT 2nd EDITION C R I C K E T ?p BETWEEN I L L U S T R A T E D . THE B y G. W. BELDAM. INNINGS: Sixty Action Photographs of Famous CRICKET : 1913 . Cricketers—Forty of Batters, and . Twenty of Bowlers—with Short 1879 to 1898. Cricket Items Notes on the Players’ Styles by Full Scores of Old and New. the Author. ajj Matches. Post Free - 3d. Post Free, 6 d. Post Free - 1/9 R A R E C R IC K E T B O O K S . Send Requirements. W R IG H T & Co., 7, Temple Lane, London, E .C . TH E UNIVERSAL DEMAND “ A Special County, please, —it’s undoubtedly the BEST Cricket Ball!” Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Testim onials of County players, Post Free. ■ The “ Special County ” Ball is used at Lord’s, Oval, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Oxford, Cam­ bridge, Inter-Colonial, County and Test Matches. ________ . M a k e r s o f t h e R O Y A L , W I L L O W K IN O . a n d o t h e r C r ic k e t B ^ t s T H E R E IS B E S T O N L Y O N E Dear Sirs,— Your Cricket Balls have been used by us in ALL our Matches on this side, and I cannot say more than that I have never heard any complaint about them. Signed) FRANK MITCHELL. CRICKET B A L L : C /3 H H CO a u H CO I am pleased to write that Messrs. Duke and Son’s Cricket Balls were used in ALL THE TEST MATCHES this year, and gave every satisfaction.— (Signed) £. B. FRY. Gentlemen, We have used your 4COUNTY ’ CRICKET BALLS in all the TEST MATCHES, and think they are the BEST BALLS WE HAVE EVER USED. (Signed) SYD. GREGORY. D U K E S c S O N , P E N S H U R S T , K E N T . G E N T S v. j D U K E ’S “ S P E C IA L C O U N T Y ” P LAYERS , B A L L S we re used in bo th the 1914 I O V A L an d LO R D ’S Ma tches .