Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

A JOURNAL•DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS*OF CRICKET IN CANADA. MAY. 27, 1882. No. 2 91p banhfian itd ie. Will be published twice ln May. twice in September, and Weekly during the In- tevtlg montha. Correfonfde:tsare requestedto send in cntributtious by l/efirstmailon Monday to be in tinefor HVcdnesday's isue. Subscriptionprice,$r.5o pr anwmnn, in advance. Advertisingrdteson aqfhcation. AUl connunicationsto oe addr,-ssed, THE CANADIAN CRICKET FIELD, Box 3,q, Toronto, Ont. M]T OTIC E. ,41t who receive this mnrmber are re- quested Io forward their Stebsctz»/ions within two weeks, otherwise no further cofies will be sent. TORONTO, MAY 2 7TH, 1882. team of first-rate quality, MacdoneU and Allan having aleady proved themselves good young bowlers. Hamilton will doubt- less keep up its reputation, as no change bas yat been made in itr ranks, except thot Ferrie will leave for England at the end of next month, and be away for the rest of the season. Whitby bas been considerably weakened by the departure from its midst of Messrs. Matheson to Winnipeg ; A. Laing te Detroit ; Palmer to Toronto, and Messrs. C. and S. Ray, probably to Manitoba. Still the karned judge who presides over the Club's destiny is confident and very sanguine of the Club making a good show; it has our best wishes. The champions of thq Association will dispute with all-comers their present title, and not feel inclined to let it go without a struggle. Cobourg is in doubt about its ground, but has good material; while the game seems te be in high favour in Kingston and Belleville, as well as in the North. Montreal bas lost no players of any import- ance, but Ottawa is not so strorg as of yore. Guelph is minus Clough and Tod, but flourishes notwithstanding. London has difficulty in securing a suitable ground ; a big effort will be made in Woodstock to put the game on a firm footing, and! Windsor claims te have an eleven capable of defeating any- PROSPECTS 0F TEE SEASON. ng Q uif only Dale be one of them. In conclusion, we nave to remind all players that the International Match is te come Let us take a rapid glance nt the prospects for the coming off this year in the States, and it behoves all who possess a season. Wu have beenî promised visits froin two elevens at a sufficient amount of pluck, energy and ambition, te pay such distance; one from the Western Union League sometime during attention to their all-round play as will enable them te find a July, the other from Winnipeg in the same month. The place on the team to be selected te uphold the honour of our Toronto Cricket Club should note this fact, and make an Dominion. honest endeavour to return the visit of the three American Clubs who honoured them with their presence two years ago. EDITORIAL NOTES. We understand that it is the intention of the Club te take an Eastern t-ur during the season, which we hope will be carried The match on the 24th, played by the Toronto club, Over v. out and attended with success. Judging from the play of the Under Thirty, may be regardcd as but a partial success. The Club on the Queen's Birthday, we could hardly help anticipating reason that this civil contest was substituted for the annual the good results likely to flow from a judicious selection from Trinity match, is explained by the desire on the part of some the old and young material, which latter is of the best quality. te open the new ground with a grand splurge, and te acquaint Capt. Burns, late of St. Catharines, ,vill prove a valuable ad- the recreant members with the fact that the new crease was dition to the Club, and his good all-round play will be of the ready for use. This protection ef the home cricketing section utnost service during the season. Sproule, Totten and Brook is te be lauded on general principles. 'Tis true that the Trinity sbowed their old form, while Morrison played wonderfully well tean is net se strong this year as te argue in faveur ef their and in capital style. Daly and Paton are colts of unusual giing Toronto a good match, but if inatead, Wbitby, Guelph promise; with a little careful practice Foy ar.d Helmeken will or some stronger club had been tackled, the reputation of the show bowling not to be despised. Trinity College chows signs ground would bave spread just as far and the match would of falling off from its usual high standard; the 'Varsity bas an have been mucl more interesting. There is the reroteat possi- eleven of great strength; Upper Canada College does not bitity that the Over Thirties, who by the way, fathereà this 24th possess a very strong eleven this year, although, no doubt, a match, were axious te test the relative abiities of the yeunger little steady and diligent practice may tell a different tale. The men and thezselves. The test left the ligiter elevon on top, annual match between Upper Canada and Trinity Collego and thuugl a little shakùig would nake a wholesome ixture, School will takie place at Port Hope on the 7th of June, and yet the tendency of the heavier te gravitate te the bottom shouid publie opinion is decidedly in faveur of tire Srhool, which bas a nor bu interfered with. VOL. I.