Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

AJOUR anaLDVT itFRICKET I A. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS 0F CRICKET INCANADA. JULY 26, 1882. No. -10 Will be published twice in May, twIce in September, and Weekly during the ln- tervening months. Correspndents are requested Io send tin contriutiont 1y thefirst mailon Monday to be in time for ednesday's issue. Suscriptionprice, $z.5o per annuti, in advance. Advertising rates on appication. Ait comnunrcatons to be addressat, THE CANADIAN CRICKEI FIELD, Box 3.7, Toron/o, On/. TORONTO, JULY 26TH, 4882. selection receive consideration at the hands of the Execu- tive Conmittee. The selection lias, up to the present, given satisfaction, and the only thing now necessary to make the International Match a thorough success is strength on our part. The Ontario Association has made such a very favourable arrangement with the As- sociation of the United States that the continuance of this gaie, as far as meeting the expenses in connection with Lhe match is concerned, is put beyond the shadow of u doubt; and it could only be in the event of our prov- ing ourselves so inferior in cricketing talent to our neighbours that the match could die a natural death OH! HIOLLOW-I HOLLOW! HIOLLOW! hog al fitrs.Thsi o ieyt oet pass. The comînittee should select the eleven as early as Many, ingenious and always hollow, are the excuses we possible, and then it becomes the bounden duty of every hear day after day and year after year for failing to man chusen tu practise conscientiously until the match. score at the bat. It would seem that nearly every bats The Ontario Cricket Association las up to the present man deens it a duty which he owes his reputation to been entirely successful in the main objeet of its forma- give the reason why every time he gets ont viÎthout tion, namcly, in its operations in connection with the scoring. How often are we cunipelled te liben tu these Inernational Match, the series of matches to deterlne .d;smal tales, and how littie arc our sympathies awakpned oithe champion club of Ontario have given ris to more thereby. A man who always bas an exiube at M.h fingimcricket and greaer inttroc s t in the gainte than lieretofore. ends is seldom a good cricketer. If you must have cx- Neverthelea, objections to the idea of championship cuses, let not the blame of your failure be laid un pad , matches in connection with cricket are heard of. What bat, or the ground but honesly acknowled e that tou Inises the cricket enthusiase othe wholesome pitch at could not stop the bail, and you will b thouht mach which it exists at the English publie sehools but the better of. By ail means imitate the simplicity of Morlev's struggcle for cock house, or cock dormitory, or cock form, reply as to the character of the bail which bowled him or in the country at large, cock county in the match with the Australians on the Trent Bridge Stil there is no doubt that objections do existi on the round at Nottingham. This is Morley's account of the part of sundry clubs who maintain that these matches bail: "It beat m in the pitch, it beat me in the pace, lessen the amount of their cricket in spite of the general and it beat rte iba t n yflig out." increase throughout Canada. The Association, however, iwould be wise n e do atay bith these matches for a THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. c n- . A f ý i il 'The Committee of the Ontario Cricket Association have selected September 18, 19 and 20 for this match. The date is as late as we dare choose, and by thab time most Philadelphians will have returned from the seaside and country. A strong team can be sent from Canada thi d i l t t- th t1 4t l. t i il e ec . grea metus as een given by them, but it would be well to satisfy the dis- contents for one or more seasons by doing away with this competition and let the Association quietly work out some other branch of reform. EDITORIAL NOTES. , yecianvv snerey rus a a as vcetory w be on our side, and that our Amnerican cousins will not Familiarity on the cricket flld is not a factor in the socia- find us so hopelessly feeble against slow bowling as last bility of the gane. The constant reference to bis men as Tom, year. The Ontario Cricket Association has done a good Hamilton and Harry by the captain falls strangely on the ear . .n d of an old country man, and helps to undo the authority of this work in making tis match an annual event, and in officia], as well as detract from the dignity of the situation. systemating the selection of the Canadian eleen. 'Twould be much better if during play noue but the surnames of Every club belonging to the Association has the right the playerzs were made use of, and as little famihanty as pos- of having the naines of those they send in as eligible for 1 sible indulged in. VOL. I.