Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CRICKET INCANADA. VOL. I. AUGUST 80, 1882. No. 14 ~ ~tfr~ ~relsoil that clubs canulot get tlîeir best teamn togetlher for Willbe pblihed wiceIn ' lnSeplm .the occasion,' and so prefer to scr.tchl raLlier than talke the Will be published twice inMay,twice inSeptember, and Weekly during the an at. [ayig cricket for ter-vening months. Cc~:if/'~cns r.~ qu~'êdb 'c:d i oi,/~ii,, l ldmI aiouCckiet's s9alze, bat rather killing in preferetice te ac- Cerresfordent1sar. r Iuste o sei inibui n s by the -fint m ail mln Almlay te lin lieic for lJ'èdnesdays issue. the supreiacy of your who, silce SubscriptiA nfri«, $i.50 fa' annum, iniadvante. ha woul(l bereave you of your laurcis, isa veritable foc. Ad,2ertising raies on application,. AUi communications Io be addressei, THE CANADIANTEAM. T7IE CANA MAN CR ICKET FIE i.), Box 3,7, orn 14, o. We ive the naines ofti team to represent Canada in the coi iling Interiiatîinal match on aniother pag(,e. SPItAccE., TORONTO, AUGUST 30-T, 1882. Lor.AN and KwcnnevFEu ]ave refused to play, and se iuinhers twelve, thirteen aud fourteexi bave been iiioved JSÊ~ C T J E - up b li their places. SPRAGG is not in practice thi Inordr tî.t, Saborber îng ie nabcdyear sud lias fallen off in lus fieldingc,' se thiat perbaps his Iu order that Subscribersimaylbe enablert to pe3eve uB ./1.wrn.4~ ci ~»SubStitulte iS qluite as good as hirn)sCf. LOGAN %vill be to preserve1THE CA ] A.VbRC E FIJELDa3 a record, zve will stpply cloth mo inissed tian anyone, cspecially since the bowlors are bin<dcrs capable of containing f firsi feW, and if GIIMAN S1ox1ld f il te core off, the American volue at $1.25. The naine and CLU score wili pmbablygo semcwhere iuto the double hundreds. will be prinifer ingoldon the backe. . liss- Why OGDEN ivas net selectcd we cannot sec. The fact of ing numbers to complete the volime will lis hciig now a resideit Ainerican hardly outweiglus the bie furnishedcat 15c. apiece. fact that lie bas beei bora, brouglit up and lived eighteen "ycars ia Canada, and lcarcd bis cricket at iepper Canada "TiteC~awnG'jktre College. lc is in splendid bowling forin this ycsr, as Box 347, Toronto. cvidenced by ms record against the ex-day boys of bis old college in June last. Wit.boUt ]KIlt011IOFrFEit the teain is ASSOCIATION MATCHES. witliont a captain, for this gentleman Nvas chosen more because of his experience and generalship tluan for any One of the strongest argunents agednst the existence of other resson. That lic is not playing is'the fhuit ef the the Ontario Cricket Assocation, or rather its policy with secretary, Who did net notify in l toe labo for in to regard to matches, is that a club conparatively speaking upset bis engagements in the North-West theugh, expect- weak lias carried off the chanpionship. We do not speak ing a place on tbc tean, lewaited a w'c te be told of disparagingly of the Nelson Club, which has shown pusli bis noininaion. and emuergy enough te place it wherd it is, rd from that SMITH iSMore an Anerin than a Canadian citiZe, for point of' viewv duserve-3 IL% res'ard, but at the sanie timne il lie liails froni Colorado, an lias lived longer thcme tîan. on is niot tic hast club iu Ontario, uxor anything like it IL this side of the Nigro River. s cr avit a been selected nmay be contended that il is but a very iinior objeet o te in the face ef OGeaEN being left of points t a littfe association te deteruxine thc best club, sud thiat the idea, inconsisteucy iii the rodts cpemadi for selectiiig mien. is mlore to, bring aibout cricket matches thab would other- We ea, find io tesson for GainLBs selection. lic is vise not be pla 3 ed. Against this the opinion of' tle ont of practice, sud did nothiug last year. This year ie Tliamesville Club should weighl bcavily, aud it is this: tlîey onlyi piayed once, sud did notliing. 1A'LL, of' Guelph, lait te hlave hiad less cricket sud woise than. if they îad hwould have been a good substitute, sd avere are oany arging of their ow seon's gaines, and vill averagie bats vhose bowling, in addition, weuld have nade net for Ibis tesson enter the Association uext year. one eof tiîer a valable acquisition to the teage as i AE As a matter of fact, there hlave been very fewv uatches stands. Bmu , hi practice, or as he is now, nould have brought about by the association sis season. The win- been a better insu. DUDLEY, of Napane, is good ail- niing club liasplayed but tlîrc gaines, sud no oCher club rond mai, and saneties a very destructive bowler arid more. On the other hand, bfre have beenafive titaes heath is boeer bch punislied. numuber of forfeits, sud thcse have coule about for the A better i u tha J. Wri GiiT, f Toronto, couldnt be