Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

11E L.AJkDl 0) (IS1qKET PIELD. 's There arc nany good players, I nust admit, who do nlot adherc TarITY CoLIME has ai'nUIgel the fol iliwing atches: May 27th, tu this role, lut yu will find thait the great inajority of the best Univeiity ('olige, at Toronto , May 29tl, Trinity Coillege School, bats db, ana it is principally owing to it tlhat theia sucess is tu o ait Toronto, May 30ti, Whity, at Whitle . June 3rd, Brampton. attributed. You will say, " How an I to play in this style I TE.cricket iîaatlh pola ed ait (alt ont M.ay 24th, between Galt ani mllakes me o feel so stiff and so awk ward !" That mayN- b so, but if Brantford Cricket Club, 'wal deided in favoiir of Galt by 10 ruis on you always practiso it, in a ver:y sthort tiime you wil fiind ail your the tt icning.. stiiiess and, awkwardnîess gole, anld your power anda readiness A oaren uf printied 'Cote shets, fi r ending in reports of matches greater tliait tlacy cî'cr wvv'. u caint lay d .waa aiy striet rilo as to style, as nutw thu i tu faai jaournal, nliay l obtained by sendinag 25c. tu Mr'. P. Perry, p.lay exactly ailiko, anad thea. game wcould vry soonuî be rabbe'd of its l>a Hu 1 Atr i matc ite Caîjli'li vi May 24th, bueta ccii Stirling anad glaorious unîcertainaty if they,> didi , lbut if you noaatice anay goo<d player kr Caaatch uat ClampbeUaaîjllfrd na 24th, btnen Stirung andr tak up lhis position on going to thewitr , Campbellford won with thie tollowmig tcore . Iirmly p)lant, his right fout insidi tli creas su t!aat it is not. in, Camiplellford, &8 anid 77; Stirling, 3 and 68. front of the wicket. It makes very little dliference at guard you A w.rr as p a cd on Saturday la.t between the Nelson Cricket take, but I mustimpressupon yu the necssity of standing as near Club anîd Ridents or Univeirit.y College. Thi I enIets won with as yu possibly can a the line of the wickets wàhout getting your 110 tu 23. 1>iekie 20, Keefer 28, Wrighat 15. and Creasor 17, wore feet in front -in fact, your tocs at b just clear of a line drawn the Home clvens scores. For Nelson, Cuckin got 10. fromt wicket to wicket. A MAu'en waas payi'el on May 24th between tle Northea'rn aand The advantage you gain by standing thus well up to your wicket North-Western Iiilivar Club and the Parkdale Club, on the new is thait yiu arc not naearly su likely to bu bowled ot' ycur legs as8 grounds of tle former oii College Street, wlh'ch resulted in a victory you wouald bc if yoiu stood farther away. Many balls, again, ale for Parkdale, leaving them ten wickets tu ,parc, not pitched straiglht, and twist in. Now, if yo> -lu inot play tlei TfoE irst a ric et la tch ofti le esason wav s L p.e a t ige witlh the bat, you nay stop tlemi with your ley , anld save your in May 24th, betwnt Port Sydnuuy and Bral itd Iai was - wicket thait way. Of course I presumae you have uipires who know cided on the t t initg in vyvour f teic latter. Scara: Brace- what they arc about, as, it not, y-ou aire likely to be aiven out, anad bridge 122, and 98 for ia waicktsa; Port Sydney, 68. wroigfully so, if you stad well up. Even tlc otier day 1 saw ' four lei given out leg before nicket, and iii each case the bowler A <'LUII MATeII WdkS played at Duriai, on May 24thi, lbetween tle was bouling rounid the wicket : You shouhl all knuw hon difficult bachelom and berediuts, resulting in favour of the bachelui, b% 7 it is to get any one l.b.w. wlhcn thc boaler is doing this, aud every wickets. D. McFarlnae, unl tle bachelors' side, took 8 wickets iin une whu las sera it tried should stretch twu ines cight inches apart the first annaaigs. frouim wlere th b wle deliers the bail rounad tle wicket tu the A qaa. iET A.TaTn betw cena the Un1a0aa Club, of BIn a1 . WVater- opposite wicket, and also two lines fron wicket to wicket, anîd then luo, anad the New Haamnbrg Club, assisted by thireu uelih Idayers, lut somaebody bowl in this way. You will sue at olace how difficult was played at the latter place on May 24th. Re.silt: New lam.. it is to get any une fairly leg buforu, because if the ball pitches on burg, 51 and 52 , Uniun ( lub, 60 anil 25; the furiecr winnmuaag b% the wicket it mnust go well wide of it, uiless it breaks back, which 18 runs. it VIry soImoi does. The positions in which to place the left leg are numerous. I profer to place amîy left leg about tw%'elv'o ianches in front of and nearly at rigit aigles to my other leg. The riglit foot soulad cone just inside thae crease, aad, as a gencral rule, should not bu shifted. Sifjt uîîr left foot ili latting as much as you like, but be cautious To tho Editul otf flte Cmi n (îclkt Fidd. of maaovmig your right ; your defence pariancipally depends on your Sin,-Tl uieph Clulb cau now boast with satisfaction of having right foot's reanuiaing stationary. wliat it has long covoted, ai first-class grouand. A water supply, (To be together with the influence of a 2,500 lb. roller, recontly parchased, has converte! a rather uncertain crease into a roliable wicket. Two local practice gaimes havo alrcady been played, in which, consider- o im ;ing the early season, very satisf*actory formi lias beci shown. Last * -' Sr.turday the Agricultiral College Clab, a part of the Guelph Club, . .___.__- ____l- - - - -- p'ayed t City, and gooI play was showr. on both sides. TamNyT Scauoot, of Port Hope, play Toronto on the 27th. Matches arc iow Ieing arranged with foreign clubs, .uid this seasin prouiies tu b a mure than usuially busy one i Guelph. BRANTFoRD lias decided not tojoim the Association tiis year. The Wiannipeg ateam is to spendît a day liere on thcir tour, and ai TuE Guelph Club ]las 110 act;-'e inembersthis season, besides a trip) we'stwardi as far as Chicago W'being talked of as one of thi strong junior coitingont. year's featurce. Tu E Montreal (Juiiors) played Bishop's College, Lennoxville, on Gielh is a stainch suipporter of the " Ontari> Cricket Associa- the 24th, and were beaten by 95 runs. taon," and learns with regret that somae clabs propose iithdrawing Ti i: naie of His Excellency the Governor-Genieral adorns the froan it. The Association lias done a great deal te bring about the iciiibersiip roll of the Neîwiarket Club. entiiusiasii whichi is inw so general througlout Canaada. We are .. crtamnly of opinion thiat thie Association should be supported by Mr. N. WILsoN will give a gold medial to the bowler obtaiiig the every cll'b, and that they should o all in their power t bu to e best average for the Pickwick Club, of London, this season. flourih, ad a t thyExecuiv <luitei akin p e r- ANcu'aclccifoa h ansaadPuac Haita la3vd ilcriil, anda assist tuet Exeaitive Coaîîaîittcu in iaaking it a per. AN elevenj, chiosen fromt the Ihmnks and Press of Hamilton, played mance and in)fluienciatl organizationi. the City niaMay 24th. The former eleven won by six rais. a ours, &c., BELLEViLLE being unable to support t io elubs, the local club and Our Boys' Club, recently form~aed, have been aialgaiated. A. . MnTox, CanicKET is more popular in Loiidon tian it lias been for years. GUEaru, May 22id, Y882. . (. (. (. The leading wholesale houses last vear forned aan association, and__--_-- play maatches weekly. A MATCI iwas plaîyed on the Universitly lawi, on May 24t'h, bc- ] xh D. tween the Nelson Club, of Toronto, and Unonville, resiltaig in a victory for Unionville by 9 wickets. DUFFERI.Ni COLLEGE, London, defcated the Pickwick Club, of the THE Australian mro pmetisiag at Mitciani. same place, by 10 wiclets. J. S. Gilleani bowled 13 ovets for 15 Dr. W. G. GRAiE is confinedit tu his louse with mumiaups. runs, and took 6 wickets. SELBY denies the scanidal in coiiection with SiaW's teamu. TonoNTo and Hamuilton Suas uf Eaaglaid aitut at the latter place E cu anmember of Shaw's tuan reccived a glM nedal froma its on the 24th. Score: Hamilton, 45 anld 22 : Toronto, 35 anal 70, 1 promuters. with -ix wickets doaw. THE Marylebone Club is within, five yeuars of its centenary, having EAaT IA-ÂssLToN played the St. Catharines (Juniors) on May 24th! been started in 1787. ait Hamilton. .oe :Ea.'at Hamilton, 4:3 andt 9 ; S. Catharines, M. C. C. anad ground securel a % ictory ove Susse.a 5wicets, 16 andaab 16.. et nMav 1i th and 12thi.