Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

e -- - ~ -. t'.-..- CMt TanatHIan OCtiCKcT I¶ D, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS 0F CRICKET IN CANADA. AUGUST 2 4882. No. Il Vi4j ®anahianl ®rchtýt Sisb. Wil be piblished twice in May, twice ln September, and Weekly during tke ln- tervenlng months. correpomnente are rqueste< to sen>: in contriuntione 1!y lfirst mail /n jlon.c:y to A..in afne for 1ns.lays issue. St«' rzgoa ., $ i.yo lCr a:nnum, , advn.. A.dvrIerting rate.: afp//atn. AUe .'/,luel.n>,< t d.LIi " I/IL (;AN.4L'/N C/Ci£ I F/LA, Box S.;7, Taon/, Ont. TORONTO, AUGUST 2ND, 1882. UMPIRES. One or two reinarks yet remain to bu added to what we have already wvritten for the benefit of the umpire. The umupires, before a i atch begins, should compare watches, and also sec that there is a distinct under- standing between the captains as to the time for drawing stumps, and as to all boundary lits. Remember that if a man is caught through the ball rebounding from a fence, tree, or anything which is not a boundary, lie is out. If a fixed amount is allowed for " over the fence," but î.,thing for a ball .triütuj the fence, then a ball re- bounding fromn it may be caught. Sec that the return crease is drann properly at right angles. An umpire at Galt the other day gave a man out 1b w wnen the ball had struck his bat before touching his leg. Though few are so stupid, we think it worth while to call attention to Law XXXIV. SUCCESSFUL CRICKET. As we have said before, good elevens vill grow up and expudition under the most favourable circumustances for doing its best, is an earnest of what we may expect from the West in the future. But this is only one reason for the success of the team. Another very strong one is the management. In Captai» Hood they were i st fortunate in their choice of general manager. A liberal contributor to tie fund and an old cricketer, it must be adnitted he iade the most ont of the uiaterial at bis disposa. Without Stratford he would have been weak, far weaker than he was, for he con- bined in this man his best bowler and bat. Ris tean was but a fair fielding one with not, bar Stratford, very difficult or destructive bowling. Hamilton is very erratie, and Jukes does not always corne off. But of bis men the captain made the most, and aided largely in their sucess. Every mnan played in the interests of the teain, not for his own individual self. Stratford would uake a valuable acquisition to the International team this year, and should be looked after, as should our efficient captain for this match. A great deal more depends on good generalship than many suppose, and it is difficult to get an efficient man. There arc no east-iron rules that can be set down for bis guid- auce ; he must be rather a man who knows how to take occasion by the band. Of course he must be a good enough cricketer to merit a place on the teami, but still a good deal of latitude might be allowed if as a captain le really excelled. The International teamiwill have to be well captained, well practised and well selected this year, if it is to be a success, and it becomes the Association to sec to these matters. When chosen, the tean should receive every encouragement at the bands of their fellow-players, and be so circumstanced that they will have the greatest possible chances of success. be successful where there is money to generate them. An instance in support of this assertion is the Winnipeg EDITORIAL NOTE. team. Every inducenient bas been offered them to fulfil their mission. They have travelled leisurely and well, Whitby is n et by any meas e strong tis year as last and at the expense of their fellow-players more than at frMn suppse that thra bas been a strong tide oomigratien . fromtins castor» bamlet. Net soe; thle enly good cricketer it their own. Twelve hundred dollars vas subscribed to bas lost is Mr. A. Laing, now in Detroit, and who-has bad a bring the tesam eat, sud Lhe preject will not cost much good bowling reputation ever since ho went to Upper Canada more. To every man who makes over one hundred runs College. But r. S. Rsy bas been. in tbe Nrth-West, ad in any innings is presented une hundred and fifty dollars, things have, so to speak, " gone to pot " in bis absence. The and to him who makes over fifty runs one-third that ground bas been shamefully neglected. However, the prospects sum, while a complete outtit falls to the lot of every of rejuvenation ara good, and the influx of a large number of bowler successful enough to get at least six wickets out the younger element inte the eleven argues in favour-of its of the ten. Such liberality, while it places the present I excelling its old record. VoL. I.