Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

the cricketing community. How stupid it is to lot a mat< drag on in the hope of some slight disadvantage to the oth side, or, as frequently is the case, for the moro love of loafir about ! Betting on cricket matches is, I an happy to say, quite til exception in England, and scarcoly exists. In Australia, hov ever, it flourishes prodigiously, and is quite a business. Lari sums of money are constantly changing hands about suc matters, and the resuilt is that an immense anoun. of acrinon and unpleasantness is most unnecessarily introduced, to ti detriment of the best interests of the gane. Botting on cricket match is a nost risky undertaking under any circun stances. Good judges will constantly tell you that the od can nover be as much as two to one on a team, and no man whi knows what he is about will ever touch the long odds ve somi times hear of. Betting on cricket matches is left alone alti gether by the wise, and almost, but net quite, by the foolish. To conclude with a word on the.Cournty Laws. Before 1873 the laws of county cricket, if thore ever wer any, had become se vague that good players wero frequenti found playing for two or even three counties in the saie year In former days, if a man lived in one county and was born i another, the county of his birth had the first claim on im and I think that at the present day this old rie wouild prove very gond one to reintroduce, as it vould help te do away wit] the system, which lias crept in under the laws as they nov stand, of buying cricketers, if I may se term it. Nowadays, i a county is weak in its cricket and strong in its purse, it cai get one or two good players te take up their residence withii its boundar'es, and after two years play against the county oi their birth. This is hardly as fair a proceeding as inight be and I should bo very sorry if it is allowed to inerease. Th( lav should be read in the spirit in which it vas drawn up, air counity secretaries should be vcry strict in never playing a mari that does net bond fide beloig to their county. The birtt qualification is the great one; tie residential qualification wasu only introduced te mcit special cases, and those cases were nfo such as I have alluded te. And here I end these rough notes on cricket. They have run te a sonewhat greater length than I anticipated, and yet there are many things in conuection with the game which I find 1 have scarcely touchied ipon with the fIilness they deserve. I had no intention, however, of writing an exhaustive treatise, and the object of these papers will have been fully attained if I have put any of my young friends on the right track in their cricket studies, have solved any of their difficulties, improved in even the slightest de-gree their play, and shown that the game is net the mere triviality it is sometimes taken te be, but is worth thinking about, worth doing we]l, and that in it, as in everything else, intelligent practice and perseverance are the secret of Silccess. TUE END. THE SONG OF I ZINGARI. We hear England's arniies assembled, Wlen liberty's cause was in view, We hear too that tyranny trembled 'Neath the folds of the'red, white and blue; Yes, the red, white and blue o'er the ocean Bt floated in triumph of old, But to.night we will pay Our devotion To the folds of the black, red and gold. The ball the atout cricketer urges, Cleaves a pathway of peace o'cr the plain, The weapon ho wielde never scourges' Leaves no record of carnage nor pain; No, 'tis his te cement mran's affection' Reviving tie pastime of old .; F.'om Our camp, then, we fear no defection 'fleath the folds of the black, red and gold. As tire eagl soars valley aird ioutain, As tire wild bird the waves of the deeip As the waters flow free froi the fountain, And rushes urnbound down the steep ; Sa our wandering band scorns all warning, In every soil plants its hold, Each field witi its banners adrning, With the folds of the black, red ard gold. Then the winc cup. the wino cup bring hither, Fill high, we'll sip naungIt but the brini; May the bonds we have fashioned ne'er wither, Nor the star of our birthrighlt grow dii; May the friendships we've foried never sever, Biut cci lik lengtiie long and grow ld Fi a buinper: liero's Cricket for ever, 'Neatth the folds Of the black, red and gold. UIED ST ES. At a mrreeting of the Executive Connmittee of the Cricketors' As. sociation ',f the United States the following were selected to play against Canada: Messrs. C. A. Newhall, B. W. Clark, Jr., and T. W.Dixr, of Young Ainerica Cricket Club; W. C. Mor«an, 3d, arrd '%Vn. l3rockie, Jr., of Gerrrrantown Cricket Club ; J. .Tayr Jr., Sutherland Law, and Charles E. Haines, o Morion Cricket Club ; J. Irvine Scott, Beliont Cricket Club; Howard MacNutt, Oxford Cricket Club; Thoias Hargrave, Girard Cricket Club and Hazen Brown, Pittsburg Cricket Club. WESTERN ELEVEN v. STATEN ISLAND. STATEN ISLAND. 1st mindgs. J. R. Moore, b Dale ............ 7 Lane, runi out .................. 20 H. Inmnan, c MeLachilaIn, b Shiaw....................il. 1 F. N. Saunders, b Dale...... 2 N. S. Walker, b Dae....... O 0. E. Thomas, c Dale, b Shaw 8 E. H. Moeran, not out......... 9 J. J. Eyre, st. Ordon, b Shaw 0 R. S. Hill, b StratfOrd ...... T. C. Paterson, b Dale ......... 0 R. Hole, b Stratford............ 1 Extras ............. .......... 9 Total....... ..... ... 68 lst Ianings. e. nI. Dale.. . .... 89 23 Stratford...... 32 21 Slaw .......... 52 15 2nd Innings. b Dale............... ............. 3 b Dale............................. 9 net eut.......................... . 3 b Dale ................. 4 bDale......................3 st. Ogden, b Stratford . 2 b Dale . 1 b Dale .................1 b Shaw ................ 10 b Shaw ..................... b Stratford .............10 Total .............. 46 BOWLING AxALySIS. . W. 7 4 2 2 4 3 WESTERN ELEVEN. Ist Innings. 2i Innings. Rev. T. D. Phillips, rmn out. 9 b Walker ........ ........ 3 J. B. Shaw, c Inman, b Walker 1 b Lane ................. E. R. Ogden, 1b w, bLane .. 1 b Walkr ............... 1 A. H. Stratfrd, mon eut .16 not out..... 1...........18 Hon. W. N. Hoed, c Eyre, b Lane........... ........ 0 b Walker............... 0 A. F. MýcLchian, cand b Lane 7 b Waiker ................... 1 Dale, b Walker ... L er.......... b ana . . . . . . 15 J. P. Turton, b Walkr . .. 3 b Walker.........................4 H. E. Smithers, not out ...... 1 b Lane.................4 J. V. Scholfield, b Walker... 9 cEyre, b Lana...........2 H. Phillips, b Valker ......... 1 Inman,b lae .......... 2 Fxtras .......----.............. 2 Extras................ 4 Total.......................50 Total .............. ~nrd Innings. Dale ....... 68 12 Stratford... 44 24 Shaw ......... : 23 10 BOWLING O. R. M. W. Lane..........88 24 10 3 W .....k ,87 24 i 5 Wide-aiker, 1. ANALYSIS. 2,rd Inilzngs. o. 8 . Lane .......83 30 WValker...84 20 THE fAlADIAR GlìISKET FIELD. 11.9 i