James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

SUTTON'S GRASSSEEDS FOR CRICKET GROUNDS. A susedat Kennington Oval, Lord's , Oxford, Cambridge , Cheltenham , Marlb'rough, a n d o t h e r W E L L-K N O W N Cricket G r o u n d s . F r o mC. W . ALCOCK,Esq. , S e c r e t a r y SurreyCounty CricketC l u b. Kennington Oval,A u g .2. -"T h eC o m - mittee desire m eto saythat theyhave every reason to b esatisfied w i t hthe Grass Seeds youhavesup- plied for this groundduring the last few years." Complete instructions onthe formation and improvement of Cricket Grounds, Gratis andPostFree. SUTTON & SONS, The Queen's Seedsmen , Reading , Berks . N O M O R ES M A S H E DF I N G E R S! THE "NONPAREIL " BATTING SHIELD . A d v a n t a g e s.-The shields are attached to the hands, the inner parts of which are, in this invention , left en- tirely naked; by this m e a n sfull c o m m a n dof the bat is attained , com- binedwithcomforta n d coolness to the hands, W h e nthe ball strikes the shield, the force is distributed over the whole surface (unlike the ordinary batting glove, or guard), and S U R R I D G E ' S P A T E N T . R I G H T . L E F T . P R I C E8 s. 6 d. P E RP A I R. M A N U F A C T U R E D B Y thus concussion to the hands,smashed or broken fingers, are entirely avoided. These shields present a n almost flat surface to the bowler, consequently the chance ofbeing caught is greatly lessened. W h e na little accus- tomedto the use of these Shields , most players prefer them to the best ofGloves , the protection being incomparably su- perior. J A M E SL I L L Y W H I T E, F R O W D& C O., 2, N E W I N G T O NC A U S E W A Y , S.E. W E S TE N DB R A N C H: 24 , H A Y M A R K E T ,