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THE CANADIAN

CRICKETERS GUIDE :

OONTIIMINO

FULL DIRECTIGNS FOR PLAYING THE NOBLE AND
MANLY GAME OF CRICKET,

TO WHICH IS AOPED

THE LATEST LAWS OF THE GAME,

As Authorized ly the ifarylebone Club,
WiiH) ©liflinal Commrnta tijtwon ig an ©IB CricRetcr,

REVIEW OF THB SBASON— REMARKS VPCS ALL TITB TlA-i-BES Of NOBB—

A MOTICB OF THB CXUBS KNOWN TO EXIaT W CANADA,

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FRINlin) FOB THB COMPTLKRS AT THE ''CONSWIUTIOKAI." OFnCB,
BY JAMES SEYUOCB.

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Ctjt JTatljrt of Critftet in Cnnatia,

IN ACMlUiinOIT OF Hia tJOTIRIxa ZHAI. AND KJfBnCT W BBHAI* Of

THE "TRUl-Y BRITISH OAME,

TUI3 nUMBLK ATTKMn' AT

DISSEMINATING USEFUL INFORMATION

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By hit Sincere Fricndi,

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3ntrot)u£torj) JJrcfacc.

The idea of issuing such a work as that now offered to
the Cricketers of Canada, was suggested by the rising
importance of the game as exhibited in a retrospective
glance at the proceedings of last season. The project
began to assume a definite shape by the issue, in Janu-
ary last, of a Circular, requesting information from the
various Clubs to which it was addressed. Although the
responses were neither so numerous nor so full as could be
desired, they accomplished a good end, if only in proving
that the Canadian Cricketer's Guide was a desideratum,
and would be patronized extensively ; so much so, that
there is every praspcct of its being self-sustaining, in place
of being supported by a few for the benefit of the many in
the first year of its existence, as was originally intended.

The contents of this work may be classified under tbc
three heads of Original Articles, Compilations, and Selec-
tions. Of the former arc the " Comments ;" of the compiled
articles, the principal are the " Notice of the Clubs," " Re-
view of the Season," &c. — all, it maybe observed, partaking
largely of the nature of originalities, — while, lastly, the
excellent remarks on the " Character of Cricket" are ta-
ken verbatim from the Cricketer's Manual, by "Bat."
The practical hints given in conjunction with the
" Comments" are, in our estimation, better adapted to
the requirements of this country than even the " Preli-
minary Instructions," which form the lucid contribution
to Lilltwhite's Guide for 1857, to which last work we
are in part indebted for the compendious hints on the
" Management of a Match."

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Of the article on the " Character of Cricket," we have
little to say — it speaks forcibly for itself. Wo only trust
it may find its way, by our humble instrnmontality, into
the hands of those who, cither through prejudice or ig-
norance, have set their minds against the policy of encou-
raging the manly game. It requires to be read but
cursorily to make many converts. The history of Cricket,
though a curiosity now, will bo doubly so as years roll
on. We trust that the annual publication of this, or
some other serial, will never Aiil to hand down authentic
records of the progress being made from year to year.

Intending to make the " Comments" a standing au-
thority, we have much pleasure in strimping them with
the impress of a genuine commodity. The name of their
author would instantly remove any doubts that might
pre-exist as to their worthiness of coniidence. It must
suffice then to state, that they oii;^inate from one whose
dcciijions are respected by every Cricketer of note in the
Province. In commending the Instructions embodied
in these comments to the considerate sludv of beginners,
we may remark that few are too old to derive material
bonefit from their perusal; and when it is stated that they
are the production of (we believe) the oldest Cricketer
in Canada, an ample incentive to ponder over and practice
his maxims, will be set before all who aim at becoming
shining lights. To those having an opportunity and de-
sirous of consulting a more complete treatise on the
subject, we would kindly recommend the CniCKET Field,
as affording food for many an intellectual Cricket feast.

The " Management of a Match" is a thing too much
neglected. Those alone who have tried the experiment
can have the faintest conception of the beneficial results
to be derived from getting an Eleven to practise together
as a complete field for a couple of afternoons previous to
a match. There can be no doubt that it is to their
judicious management that the " Elevens of England"

mainly owe ihcif astonishing success against first-rate
Fifteens, Scvcntccns, and even Twenty-two's.

In the " Review of the Season" we do not pretend to
give a complete catalogue of the matches played in Can-
ada daring the past year. The seasoQ was one very
favorable to Cricket, notwithstanding its late opening.
The game, in con.scquence. experienced a large accession
both in players and new Clubs. Though, as a chrono-
logical hisloiy of the operations of the past season, the
" Review" is necessarily imperfect both in number and
detail, it will yet be a useful column of rcfeience, not
only fur the jjre.scnt year, but to compare with the
corresponding pages in future editions of the Guide.

It is with unfuigncd regret that wo are not in a position
to analyze the bowling of the Province, the more so as
it would compare favorably with our batting. In fact,
from the rare appcaraiicj of any approach to excessively
large scores, we are driven to the conclusion that the
bowling is loo much for the batting. At the end of the
Guide, we give a form of scoring paper, which, if generally
adopted by Clubs, would render an analysis of the lowling
easy of acquisition ; at present, it is utterly impossible
to arrive at any approximation to a correct statement.
The tables relating to the batsmen will be useful; in ano-
ther year we hope to render them more extensive.

In the "■ Notice of the Clubs" we have given a vast
amount of information ; the object which we had iu view
in this article was simply to show the extent to which
the gaijio is played, and how steadily it is ramifying
throughout the length and breadth of the land. This
cannot but be regarded as a favorable omen of Canada's
future ; for, though the pleasures of a people cannot alone
make the nation, it must be a source of pride to find
ourselves following closely in the steps of the mother
country in the selection of a favorite pastime. We re-
gret having such a scanty amount of information from

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Canada East : in the case of many CIuA in iho Western
Province, too, we should prefer having more to say.
In justice to ourselves, we must state that wo do not
consider that we are responsible for the apparent omis-
sion, for any communication received has been used to
the best of our judgment. It may be taken as an axiom
that, select a score wherever and whenever you will, it
always happens that three of the eleven obtain more runs
conjointly than the remaining eight : acting on this prin-
ciple, wo have invariably given the best three scores on
each side of every game whose particulars are at hand.
Our axiom, of course, holds only of each innings, regarded
per se; hence, in the aggregate of the two innings, more than
three scores are sometimes given— seldom, however, less.

And hero our acknowledgments are due for the kind
assistance rendered by the Secretaries, or other members j
of the following Clubs, viz., Bowmanville, Brantford,
Cobourg, Goderich, Grantham, Hamilton, Kingston,
Lawrenceville, London, Milton, Montreal, Niagara, Paris,
Prescott, Preston, Kond Eau, Slicrbrooke, St. Catharines,
Toronto, Trinity College, U. C. College, and Whitby.

In conclusion, we have only to express the hope that
those of our friends in arms who may feel disposed to
be critical, will bear in mind that a first eflbrt of this
kind inevitably involves mucii labor ; in the first place,
in procuring information, which is often given unwil-
lingly, and then in digesting it when elicited, and evolving
symmetry from chaos. If, therefore, they will overlook
our faults (whether they be sins of omission or commis-
sion) in consideration of the good our little work may
contain, the patrons of it will aid materially in extending
the benign influence of Cricket, and thus seconding tho
views they must hold in common with

Their Humble Servants,

The Compilers.
St. Catharines, jtfa^, 1858.

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THU CANADIAN

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

CHARACTER OF CRICKET.

The moral character of any pursuit i.«t best estimated by
its consequences to individuals, and its eficcts upon so-
ciety. If the absence of evil be not a permissible proof
of innocence, it ought to imply assent, when no positive
evidence stands in opposition. In all recreative sciences,
the mind must, in a greater or less degree, participate, and
its disposition may often be determined by the nature of
the pursuits selected ; the more trivial they are, the more
accurately will they reveal the qualities of the mind, just
as the lightest feather tossed into the air will show at once
the current of the wind. Those exercises which in their
nature and operation have a direct tendency to draw the
bands of society closer together by friendly intercourse
— which substitute the feats of the man for the freaks of
the fop — hardihood for cfl'eminacy — dexterity for luxu-
rious indolence — which are free from the taint of seliiish-
ness, cruelty, and oppression, and which may be pursued
without shame, compunction, or reproach -^ are entitled
to especial encouragement and consideration, in a matter
so important as that of a sportive science for "The
People/'

Seeing that the generality of mankind have the entail
of labour as the lot of their inheritance, it is obviously
necessary that there should be soino relieving outlet in
the shape of occasional diversion, if the machinery of the
constitution, both mental and physical, is to be kept in
working order. The mental faculties are rarely able to
develop themselves unless the body, by necessary improve-
ment, wholesome air, and proper exercise, be in a healthy

state. A

vigorous

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essential to the power of the intellect, and a due exercise
of this power, heightens and refines sensible pleasures.
Relaxation, therefore, is just as important to both, as oil
is to the engine, or the whetstone to the knife ; and when
Juvenal affirms that the greatest gift of the gods is a
sound mind in a healthy body — ' mens sana in corpore
sano^ — this question at once arises — How is the gift to be
obtained ?

What have hitherto been regarded as the popular sports
of this country (England) are of too exclusive a character
ever to be indulged in by the great bulk of the community.
How seldom is the citizen invited to meet the husky
Dian, when the goddess of the morn

" With rosy Angers opes the gates of day."

Rarely, indeed, does he see the sun's first blush over
the mountains, or the dew-drops spangle on the berried
hedge-rows ; and thus the joys of the chase are to him
as a scaled book; known only by name. The manu-
facturer, who can turn the rudest materials into the
choicest fabrics, has a very indistinct notion of the craft
•and mysteries connected with a regatta; and the artizan,
with all his ambition, dreams not of the fashionable
luxury of driving tandem. Entombed during the live-
long day among paichments and ledgers, the clerk has
no i<lea of that " tide in the affairs of men," which
enables the man of affluence and rank to float his "gay
toy" on the rippling highway, hoist his sail, and yacht
himse'f whithersoever he listeth. These, with many
others of a siinih\r character, are class sports, and such
as " the masses" have but little chance of participating in.
Artilicers of a still humbler grade, who inhale the very
seeds of disease in their workshops, pant for exercise
in that element which brings " health in the gale and
vig;oar in the breeze." The student, pent up in some
sunless nook, yearns for excitement that will impel the
slugjrish flow of the arterial blood to the cheek, and infuse
new life and strength to the languid frame ; yea, all en-
gaged in sedentary and confined occupations require
some exercise — squaring with their means — that will aid
in tuning the pulse to healthy music, and thereby pro-
mote one great end of existence, namely, a spirit of
cheerfulness ; for, according to Addison,

" Clicorfuliioss U tbo best bymn offoro.l to the Divinity.'*

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Few reflect suflBciently on the thousands of muscular
movements required in rowing, riding, running, wrestling,
dancing, &c., and of the great length of time that the hu-
man machinery can be kept in rapid motion, with but a
painless degree of fatigue. The mind is brought to a
dead lock in endeavouring to comprehend these motions,
and their powers of endurance; bewildered in thinking
of the voluntary and spontaneous action of nerves,
muscles, and mind — the continued stream of healthful
blood from the, heart, as from an exhaustless fountain, so
that the whole system may be sustained in strength and
freshness. In the absence of some such exercises, Nature
is called on for undue efforts in order to rid herself of the
superfluous and decaying matter from the blood through
the various secretory channels, which, if allowed to re-
main, M'ould war against health, by impeding the transition
of the material into muscular, nervous, and other fibre,
necessary to invigorate the system^ The universal desire
in youth for joyous exercise, and the frequent involun-
tary stretching of the limbs in adults, are just so many
monitory hints of nature's eagerness to throw off the
lethargic burden, and give full play to the whole muscular
powers. Great and benelicial changes, more especially in
youth, may be effected throughout the entire system,
by management carefully and judiciously continued. —
Health is the weather of the body ; and nothing tends more
successfully to keep it up to a proper temperature, than
a consistent indulgence in athletic sports.

Physical recreations with the nations of antiquity
were ever matters of weighty consideration. Among the
Grecians, the feats of their wrestlers brought out the pen
of the historian, the verse of the poet, and the pencil of
the artist. Nor was this all : the chisel of the lapidary
was likewise summoned to assist in perpetuating their
heroic deed,^ to after ages, by the elaboration of the
choicest sciili)ture3 on the most enduring marbles. The
Etruscans not only made their sports of the field objects
of admiration, but they transferred them to the sepul-
chral chambara of departed greatness. They were also
described in every variety of relief on the pots, vases,
drinking vessels, urns, sarcophagi, &c., which formed part
of the gravo-furniture of the great ; but now that the
tombs have opened their marble jaws and cast them up
Rgain, the care taken to perpetuate the modes of wrest-

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ling, boxing, leaping, hurling the discus, and gladiatorial
combats, popular among them five-and-twentj centuries
a^o, is apparent to eyery one, and strikes the beholder
with surprise.

The training of the athletae also among the Romans
was a very prominent feature in government, because
it tended to feed those energies which were necessary
for deeds of high emprize. But the national games,
both of the Etruscans, Grecians, and Romans were in
many instances highly indecent, and all were tinctured
in a greater or less degree with a species of refined
savagery. The combats of the Roman gladiators were
evidently kept up to gratify a morbid taste and a san-
guinary appetite. The greatest possible excitement
existed whenever these affairs were announced to " come
off;" but how a nation famous in learning, arts, and
arms, could coolly look on and thereby sanction such
inhuman torture, is a problem which the moderns have
yet to solve. A noble poet draws the following power-
ful picture of a gladiatorial combat : —

*' Aud hero the buz of eager nations ran

In murnmred pity or loud roar'd applause,

As man was slaughtered by his fellow man.

And wherefore slaughtered? Wherefore, but because

Such were the bloody Circus' genial laws,

Aud the impertal pleasure.

I see before mo the gladiator lie,
Ho leans upon his hand — his manly brow
Consents to death, but conquers agony,
And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ;
And through his side the last drops ebbing flow
From tbe red gash, ftill heavy, one by one.
Like the first of a thunder shower: and now
The arena swims around him — ho is gone, \

Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed
the wretch who won.

Ho hoard it; but he hooded not — his eye.?

Were with his heart, and that was far aw^iiy. , .

Ho rcek'd not of the life he lost, nor prize.

But where his rude hut by the Danube lay,

There were his young barbarians all at play ;

There was their Dacian mother — he their siro,

BUTCHKRED TO MAKE A ROSIAN HOLIDAY."

The legalized sports of the British nation assume no
such sanguinary aspect. Many of the diversions, popu-
lar centuries ago, and which had a demoralizing ten-
dency, have for ever gone into desuetude ; for the taste
of society has outrun the remnants of feudal barbarism
which characterized the sports of earlier days. If it be

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admitted that the amusements of a nation may be regarded
as a reflex of the nation's mind, every cricketer ought to
boast of the position that his favorite game has attained.
It has earned and received the epithets of vigorous, no-
ble, healthy, national, and manly. What an enviable
notch in the register of English pastimes ! The objec-
tions which used to be raised against the public practice
of sports, viz., that the amusements of infancy were
perpetuated by children of a longer growth, cannot be
applied to cricket. Manliness is one of its primary
characteristics, and in its practice all those qualifications
which can inspire bravery in time of need are admirably
evolved. Cricket now takes precedence amongst existing
sports from its adaptation to the means and wants of
all; while the spirit of emulation which it educes is in
exact accordance with the habits and feelings of a true-
born Briton. Within the sea-enciicled land of his birth,
cricket was brought into existence ; it was nursed in
itg tender days by the sons of the British soil, and now
that it is matured. Englishmen are justly proud of their
offspring. Many exciting popular sports tend to beget
jealousies and heart-burnings, and in proportion as the
winners triumph, the losers become splenetic and de-
pressed. This, however, is not the casp with cricket, —
gain forms no ingredient in it ; thence ' the absence of
sordid motives. The victor and vanquished meet with-
out those festering feelings which usually result from
heavy exchanges, and which must ever cleave to the vo-
tary of hazardous and extensive stake-playing.

One of the very early commentators on cricket describes
it as " a goodlye arte, a wholesome kynde of exercise, and
much commended in physick as wrasiling agaynste many
kyndes of disease." Admitting this to be a just eulogy
on the merits of the game in its primitive stage, when
but little exercise of the mind was necessary for deve-
loping the " goodlye arte," its claims of the present day
are of a much higher order ; for, regarding it in one of the
most important points of view, it brings the powers of
the mind into vigorous operation, without causing any
painfully distressing influence. Unlike the great majority
of games of chance, where excitement, often prejudicial
to health, is induced, cricket gives a salutary tone to the
whole system, strengthening at one and the same time nil
the functions both of mind and body.

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While many sports of the present day are regarded
with considerable suspicion., and are kept in healthy
check both by the clerical monitor and the dispenser of
the law, cricket has hitherto been unassailed ; on the con-
trary, it has been honored either by the active or passive
sanction of all classes.

Mr. BaronPiatt, in his address to the grand jury at the
Lincoln summer assizes, 1850, in reference to the iniqui-
ties concocted in beer-houses, said, " Would it not be
worthy the consideration of country gentlemen to forward
by every means in their power the establishing of the
good old English gap.ie of cricket — a game, which, while it
served to amuse, tended also to aid the moral and social
condition of the people."

Mr. lJ;ircn Alderson, also, some time previously ad-
dressed the grand jury of Huntingdon in a similar but
more extensive strain ; his remarks deserve to be printed
in letters of gold. Mark what the just judge saith : —

"He could not help exproxsing tlio gratification he had that day
d)riv<'d friini ise.'ing the noble I-ord Lieutoiuuit of tiio County (the Eiirl
of SaM(lwioii) in'.xiiifi wit'.i hi-: tenantry, and his humbler neitfhbory, in
VIM of t!i ! niaiilyj^ports of Engiaid. Such a proceeding was calculated
to revive the s^ood" old feciling which had snb.dsted in cuyn jcone bv be-
tw.jeii the nobii'sof the land and those by whom their lordships, and their
property, wee surrounded and occupied. Conduct lilce tliis was far more
likely to leal to a sound understandiu;,' of the best interests of each class,
than" the demeanor which, ho lanientoJ to say. was hut too general on
the part of the highly-l)orn and wealthy towards those who did not po.ssess
erpial atlvantiigos of birth or fortune. The pcenci, which he had been u
deliLthlful o'l HV.'ver of that morning, was calcnhited, not simplj' to win,
but to ens .r ■ tliohAst f^icli.igs and re.spect of the middle and lower classes
of society for those who. by the will of Providence, were placed above
them. Tlie respectful feidiiigs of the lower classes for those to whom
thoy had a light to look for support and consideration, would be fOuna to
bo the very best source of protection for tlu; property of the landlord;
while, ou the other hia 1, the parties themselves felt raised in their owo
estimation, by the ocoi<io!ial association with their superiors, iu ouo «f
the common and healthy sports of the country."

Mr. Cobden — another excellent judge of human nature
— in reply to the Secretary of a Club in the North of
England, for his patronage, says : —

" I have no hesitation in allowing my name to bo nsed as one of the
patrons of your club. It is a game with which I have been familiar
from my childhood. U is a- healthful, manly recreation ; and, if tho
gamo be played under judicious rules, auch as you have adopted, it is,
in my opinion, the most iauocont of all out-door amusements."

Men of sense and imagination, who look with proper
eyes at the revelries upon this beautiful planet called
Earth — gorgeous with sunset, lovely with green fields,
magnificent with mountains, and enchanting with valleys

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— discover in cricket a something, wliich no other sport
under the sun can produce. He indeed must be totally
insensible to the charms of nature and the beauty of
manliness, who could behold a village green, where " the
young contended and the old surveyed," wilhout acknow-
ledging it to be a picture of unsurpassing beauty. Reader,
did you never see a cricket match? If not, tf.ke the
earliest opportunity of attending one, and you will not
fail to realize many hnpjy nionients. To the lovers of
English sports generally, there is Jiot a mor(3 aniinating
scene. There, all rude and jarring fceiir,g stibyidc; licie,

" No t TIT)-', with ]i!iiii (lie ear of befuity j'iisco,
Or wfii-Os too roiigli to barmoiiizc in vtTsc."

There, rank leaves its pedestal ; there, men of all islindes
congregate; there, senator and pon.sajit, artizf:n and [)cer,
the employer and the employed, jostlcj together, and no
alloy creeps in to mar the general holiday. Tottering
senilitv eontra.'its with clastic 5'oiith. Folk of all nc:es
meet, from the furrowed brow and channelled check,
down to the plump and ruddy face of chcrvib size. The
Radical finds himself alongside the Conservative, and
each recognizes his political opponent with that degree
of courtesy which is reserved for pceuiii'.r occasions. The
langh of the adept in these modern Olympics is not more
than that of the tyro, whose dawning skill is yet to be
developed; and as a crowning point, Albion's (or Canada's)
fair damsels, with eyes that rain influence, form a galaxy
of unrivalled beauty, and render the whole scene one of
brilliant lustre and joyousness.

Moralists of the sterner sort, who weigh the actions of
men in the nicest balance, have never discovered in cricket
any tendency to a trangression of the decalogue, beyond
that of its being worshipped with too much ardor, and
this i" ■% great measure is atoned for, by the spirit of
cheerfulness which it educes. Another striking proof of
the value of cricket is found in its adaptation to the
requirements of the times, and that in a pecuniary point
of view, it can be brought within the means of all ; from
the Patron Prince himself, down to the lowest born. The
threefold combination of the manly, healthy, and innocent
character of cricket, frequently induces country gentlemen
to step from their seclusion to patronize, both by purse
and in person, the humblest adventurers who meet on the
village green to play down the sun. In some villages and

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obscure towns, a cricket match is the event of the year —
the very epoch of its history ; and creates among the
inhabitants as much sensation as the appearance of a
comet or a marching regiment. The justice, the senator,
and the peer, are frequently tempted to meet their less
influential neighbors in the friendly warfare ; and who
knows the extent of good produced thereby ? Man is
both a social and an aspiring being ; just mingle his name
with those above him in rank, power, and affluence, and
there springs up a zeal and ambition which spur him on
to heroic deeds. Thus circumstanced, he feels as ardent
to distinguish himself, even in the game of cricket, as if
the fate of empires depended on his single skill and
prowess ; the finer feelings of the human breast are
warmed, and when the heart is in flower, it is filled with
emotions of the highest and most refined order ; that
which is praiseworthy is strengthened, and the relish for
good deeds increases by what it feeds on. Cricket is, in
fact, a pastime for all— peer, patriot or peasant. For the
first it has its inducements — elegance, grace, and dexter-
ity ; for the next, it is one of the few legacies of our
forefathers, still free and untaxed ; and for the last, it
possesses all the charms that rustic emulation and hilarity
can desire.

THE LAWS OF CRICKET,

(as bkvised bt thb martleboke olcb,}

IVITH COMMENTS.

♦ ■»

@[|]e Ball.

T. The Ball must weigh not less than five ounces and
a half, nor more than five ounces and three-quarters. It
must measure not less than nine inches, nor more than
nine inches and one quarter in circumferonce. At the be-
ginning of each innings, either party may call for a new
ball.

Cricket Balls are now manufactured so well by all the makers, that
It would be almost invidious to say which are the beat. The principal
makers are Dark, Pago, WIckham, and Morgan ; and of these, perhaps
Dark's may be considered as a, 1. The reason that a new Ball may bo
demanded at the beginning of each innings i.s, that during the game the
Ball may have become mis-shapen or heavy from wet, &c. ; but uow-a-
days it is nut usual to call for a new Ball at the beginning of each
innings.

Sat.

(El)e

II. The Bat must not exceed four inches and one

quarter in the widest part ; it must not be more than

thirty-eight inches in length.

It is a great mistake to use a heavy bat. The hand can seldom be as
quick as the eye ; and many a wicket is lost by being a Utile too late. An
overweight bat is, in most cases, the cause of this. To under-hand bow-
ling, where the play is mostly lorvvard, hats as heavy as 2 lb 8 oz., and
even heavier, were and perJiaps may still bo used ; but to round-arm
bowling, whore quick hitting is indispensable, bats of from 3 lb. to 2 lb. 2
or 3 oz. will, to tuo average of jdayors, be found the best weight ; and. in
choosing a bat, look out for one with clean grain, a hard face, and the
handle laying back a little. It would be hardly possible to say whose bats
are to be preferred. A great deal depends on personal fancy, but a choice
" willow" from either Dark, Page, Aquila Clapshaw, Caldercourt, or Cob-
bett, can scarcely ever be otherwise than a good article.

Qll)e 0tump3.

III. The Stumps must be three in number ; twenty-
seven inches out of the ground ; the Bails eight inches in
length ; the Stumps of equal and sufficient thickness to
prevent the ball from passing through.

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,^v

(L\)c CoiDluig vSrcase.

IV. The Howling Crease must be in a line with the
Stumps, six leet eij^ht inches in length ; the Stumps in
the centre ; with a return crease at each end towards the
Bowler at right angles. . .

(^l)c popping Crease.

V. The Popping Crease must be four feet from the
Wicket, and parallel to it ; unlimited in length, but not
shorter than the Bowling; Crease.

placing tl)c llVukcts.

VI. The "Wickets must be pitched opposite to each
other by the Umpires, at the distance of twenty-two
yards.

VII. It shall not be lawful for either party during a
match, without the consent of the other, to alter the
ground by rolling, .catering, covering, mowing, or beat-
ing, except at the con»mencement of each innings, when
the ground may be swept and rolled at the request of
either party, such request to be made to one of the Um-
pires within one uiinute after the conclusion of the former
innings. This rule is not to prevent the striker from
beating the ground with his bat near to the spot where he
stands during the innings, nor to prevent the bowler
from filling up holes with saw-dust, &c., when the ground
is wet.

" ('o;iii»luint.« liavinfr boon made to tlio Miry-lo-bone Club that
some it.Mv-oii.s. when ut th-j \vii:ki't, are in the habit of tiiukiiifcholoH in the
ground for a fo;)ti:ig, tho ConiiniUoo of llio Mary-in-b'ine Club arc of tlio
opinion tliut tho nniijircs .shoiiid !)o at liberty to provent the iiractice. if
tlh'v c )nsidor tlint it in uuy way iaturlbros with tho other batsmcu." —
Be.l's Lije, June -i, ISot.

VIII. After rain, the Wickets may be changed with the
consent of both parties.

(^l)c Boiulcr.

IX. The Bowler shall deliver the ball with one foot on
the ground behind the bowling crease, and within the
return crease, and shall bowl four balls before he change
Wickets, which he shall be permitted to do only once in
the same innings.

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3\^a Ball.

X. The Ball must bo bowled, not thrown or jerked,
and the hand must not be above the shoulder in delivery ;
and whenever the Bowler shall so closely infringe on this
rule in either of the above particulars as to make it diffi-
cult for the Umpire at the Bowler's wicket to judge
whether the ball has been delivered within the true intent
and meaning of this rule or not, the Umpire shall call
« No Ball."

The decision of wliat U a '« no ball," from tho bowler's foot not being
on tlie ground, buliind tlio bowling croaso, and witliiu tlio return creiido,
is one of tlio moat didlouit, a^ well as unpleasant duties tlie umpire has to
lK)rfi)rm. TL(( actual dulivory ol' the ball, from the hand, id so intimately
conueetod witli tho motion of tho foot at the same time, that it needs u
good deal of experience to determine whether tlie foot leaves the ground
before, or at the tiino. or aft(.'r, the ball leaves tho hand. Most men bowl
with a spring, anl in tlireo cases out of four, seem to leave the groun i be-
fore delivery; but a more attt.-iitive observation will generally show that
it is only appearance, and not reality. In calling "no ball," do so the
moment tli;i too is over or un tho crease, or tho batsman will lose his
chance of a hit. If the too is not over or on the crease, the uinpiro nood
not liouble himself about its seeming lifted od the ground at the moment
of delivery; tbr careful e.^poriment has proved that it is impossible for a
round-arm bowler to deliver a ball effectually unlens his toe is actually on
the tjfounil. The experienced umpire's practical knowledge will stand
him' in good stead, and h(i will refrain from harassing tho bowler by
calling " no ball," unless the Liuv is clearly violated. In deciding when
a breach of Iaw X. takes place, tlio large discretiou invested in tho umpire
renders tho task comparatively easy. But a practised umpire will refrain
from calling "no ball," nmlcr Law IX. unless on swre ff/'ouHi/s, always
giving the bowler the bimelit of the doubt ; for few things breed strife
more readily than an umpire ve.xaliously -'no balling" the bowler.

XI. lie may require the Striker at the wicket from
which he is bowling to stand on that side of it which he
may direct.

This, and Law No. XII, havo recently (June 2nd, 1845) been sub.sti-
ttited by the Mary-le-bone Club, instead of Liws No. X and XII, as they
formerly existed. The wording of No X, as it Ktauds now, seems'wcll
calcnlutod to attain tlio objoct desired, viz., keeping the bowler's hands
within due bounds. Tiio .salutary oll'ect of the change in the I-aw has
been already oxperii^nced in Eii;iland ; while, at tho same tin;;) the ein-
ciency of the bowling has not boon impaired. This was strikingly evinced
in tho great match, pl.iyed Juno 7th. at Lord's, between tho Mary-le-
bone Cricket Club and ground, against tho County of Sussex, when
Lilly white and llillyer, for Mary-le-bone, bowled nine " overs" without
a run being made, though the batsmen wore Air. Nappor, Dean (who lost
his wicket at the eighteenth ball,) and Uox, the flower of tho Sussex
eleven. By means of the modern scoring book, each bowler's "overs"
are now registered and analyzed, so that his faults thus stand in judg-
ment against him for future reference ; the iinmediato result being that
greater attention is paid to accuracy in bowlinp. Most men know a tlirow
or a jerk when they see one, though perhaps they could not exactly deflno
In what it con.?istd ; and tho umpire should allow small latitude to tho
bowler in this respect. The action termed "delivery" can be defined;

fi>l

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and, fliirljr construed, means that fined acUnn of tbe arm in bowling,
when the ball ocCuoUy leaves the handr—m that in no part of said action
may the hand be above tbo shoulders, and in caae of doubt on this point,
the umpire is required to decide agaimt the bowler. To so great an extent
baa the high or over-band bowling been carried in England, and so
many severe itvjurles have boon the conRoquence of it. that tho Hon. Ro-
bert Grimstone has given notice of tho following alterationa to be proposed
in the Law, viz. : that if the bowler, in preparing to deliver, or in the
actual delivery of tho ball shall raise his hand or arm above his should
der, the umpire shall call "no ball." As it has become necessary for
our "Guide" to go to prep" *^»>fore tho decision of tho Mary le-bono Club
upon this important question can be known In Canada, we have only to
hope that some modification of the proposed amendment will bo made; for

to " no ball" a bowler, where hand or arm may be above the

should

er
while in the act of preparing to aeliver the ball, would be altogether too
stringent. Many men have acquired the habit of so raising tho hand or
arm before delivery, as a mere flourish, or more likely to give impetus
to the swing of the arm in the actual delivery ; and to " no ball" those
would at once banish them trom tho field as bowlers. There can be no
doubt that the practice of raising the arm requires to be checked — the
higher tho hand, the higher and quicker will be tho rtee of the ball from
the ground ; and every man's experience has taught him that not only Is
there danger to his ribs, and sometimes to his face, from this sudden and
capricious rise of the ball, but that there can bo little of good cricket from
such bowling. Many of our " Young Canada" bowlers are commencing
with the high (almost throwing) style of bowling, and for the sake of
Canadian Cricket, therefore, we would gladly see thi:i high handed
bowling brought within reasonable limit. At tno same time, however,
the proposed alteration would tie up tho bowler too tight, and cramp his
action. Perhaps if the Rule wore, that \{ immediately before, or in the ac-
tual delivery of the ball, &c., it should bo a " no ball," all that is required
would then be accumpliiihed.

lUibc Call.

XII. If the Bowler shall toss the ball over the Striker's
head, or bowl it so wide that in the opinion of the Um-
pire it shall not be fairly within the reach of the batsman,
he shall adjudge one run to the party receiving the in-
nings, either with or without an appeal, which shall be
put down to the score of Wide Balls ; such ball shall not
be reckoned as one of the four balls ; but if the batsman
shall by any means bring himself within the reach of the
ball, the run shall not be adjudged.

Tf tho batsman strikes the ball, or if it comes fairly within his reach. It
cannot, of course, be "wide ;" and, consequently, such runs as may be
made will be as it wore " byes," though scored to wide balls ; and tho
only way either of the players can lose his wicket, would bo by being
" run out." "Wido balls" "depend, not on the crease, but on being out of
tho reach of the batsman, a consideration which is for the umpire to de-
termine. Attention should be paid as to whether the bowler delivers the
ball fairly within the return crease ; as, if he does not, the batsman is
sure to have wrong guard and most likely n lose his wicket — so that tho
odds of 12 wickets to 11 may result from inationtion to this one particular.

XIII. If the Bowler deliver a " No Ball" or a " Wide
Ball," the Striker shall be allowed as many runs as he can

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get, and ho shall not be put out except by running out.
In the event of no run being obtained by any other means,
then one run shall be added to the score of " No Balls"
or " Wide Balls," as the case may be. All runs obtained
for « Wide Balls," to be scored to " Wide Balls." The
names of the Bowlers who bowl " Wide Balls" or " No
Balls" in future to be placed on the score, to show the
parties by whom cither score is made. If the ball shall
first touch any part of the Striker's dross or person (ex-
cept his hands), the Umpire shall call " Leg Bye."

XIV. At the beginning of each innings the Umpire
shall call " Play ;" from that time to the end of each in-
nings no trial ball shall be allowed to any Buwicr.

Tlio ohject of a '♦ clmnpto" ia tho bowling U to distract tho batsman '>)
play (aftor lie has stayod in a good wliilc.) by tho introduction ol' (luiio a
dift'crcnt ntylo ; and thi.s object is more hlcely to bo obtained by tho fro.^h
bowler masking his delivery until it comes into actual pliiy. A trial ball
would expose tho now"dodgo," and put the batsman on liid guard
nguindt the moditatod attack upon his wickot.

(Hlje 33at3inau 10 ®ut.

XV. The Striker is Out if either of the bails bo bowled
off, or if a stump be bowled out of the ground ;

It has happened that a bail was onco hit np and foil back on tho stump;
and, on one occasion, at tho Westminster ground, a new stump was bowl-
ed out of the perpendicular, but tho bail stuck in tho groove ol the mid-
dle stump, owing to the molting of the varnish ! In both those cases tho
batsman of course continued his innings. In tho event of both tho bails
being od", as will sometimes happen when a run is being made, then one
of the stumps must bo struck out of the ground, otherwise tho batsman is
n< )ut.

XVI. Or, if the ball, from the stroke of the bat or
hand, but not of the wrist, be held before it touch the
ground, although it be hugged to the body of the catcher ;

Thoro aro a good many balls which, striking the but sharp and low
down, touch and leave the ground so rapidly as oftL'n to delude the man in
tho tleld into the belief, that he has made a capital catcli. To determinn
this often-disputed question, requires tho quick eyt) of an experienced
umpire ; who, in making his decision, will, however, always give the
batsman tho boneUt of the doubt.

XVII. Or, if in striking, or at any other time while
the ball shall be in play, both his feet shall be over the
popping crease, and his wicket put down, except his bat
be grounded within it ;

The batsman cannot be too particular in practising the habit of keeping
within the crease. Stopping in to hit is a style of play that many have
tried, but few have found to answer. It certainly is more pleasant to - ' go

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In nnd swipo" tlmn fltayat homo and l)1ock, and, whm «uccofl9fttl,ftppoftrs
to bo brilliniit pliiy; but, If Iho iniiny iinsuccofsful attomiiU— tomiy nothing
of tbo nnstonrty habit It tonclu's— bo coinpnrod with tho few that have
" told " tlio Imliinco must bo Kroiitly lu I'livonr of " stiiylnK at homo."' It
may look llio slow, but It Is tbo g'urfl K'vmo. iw tho "Hooro" wllliirn'e.
In plnyhiK I'orwiird to moot a good loii^th ball, take earn Ic, ., In trym • to
ronrh I'lir enough to mako tiic run, tli(< foot docs npt unoonscUMisly .'..■a\7
111— lor, it you inirfH tho ball, tho wicket koei)or will have you to a cor-
tiiliity.

XVTIT. Or, if in striking at tho ball ho hit down his
wicket ;

Tho batsman Is not out Tor knocking down h\i* wicket tihen rtinning a
notch,

XTX. Or, if under pretence of running, or otherwise,
cither of tho Strikers prevent a ball from being caught,
tho Striker is out ;

Fnrmf>rly tho infimllon to prownt a catch wa^ consMorcd to bo tho
proiiii;) upcM) wMch II. I):i»;ni.''n w;iH or.t ; I nt rocoiitly tho law lias been
jiinilo more sti-hrt; and now. il' iiiKlor prrlfnce of running, or othorwi-io (na
for inslaricc. calliiit; aloud to balk llio cabtlior.) llio tloldsman in, tji any
wfy. i>v"vMit('d from c:it(diinij; tho linll, tho striker is out. It may soom
liar 1 that tho bnt-^nian dionlii br« ro((iiiro(l, when makin),' a run, to .!,'ooiit
of lii-' w;i y to avoid hiiidoriiiK a cat(di bojtit; rnado in tho direct lino botwocu
tho wic'icot,^ ; but, at tho sanio timo. it is liio lloldsman's rifiht to catch
tho ball wliorovor it may bo liit, and. in ondoavorintr to fnllll his ml«sion,
ho must not ho intorforod with by tho batsman. This is tho prosont usaRO
of tiio t'amo, till! lf.e iion scii/Ja of l.'rickot, as woll as tho lett(>r of tlio
law. Tlio tleldsnian's ]iroroirativo is iiiidoniablv paramount. It Is mani-
festly hotter fn havo adi^■tin(d penalty than a donbtfiil one. It mip,ht bo
d >!l'.'iilt,'porhHps, to d(.(;ido what was accident or what was intention ; but
whi'ii it is ruled that the ba'sman shall not, under any clrcum.^taiico3,
hinder a cntch Ihero can he "no miUako" about it.

XX. Or, if the ball bo struck, and ho wilfully strike it
again ;

T!io bnt-'nmn, after Invincr on-'o /i/7 tho hall, cannot plyj/ nt it acaln ;
hut hi' 1 ! at liltoi ty to use his bit, or body, or foot, (but not tho hand) to
previ'nt the ball rumiiii>c into the wicket ; and tlio uinplro is solo Judgo
w'x'tlior it w'i« tli'i hit !ii:in'-! wtrn'inn to score, or merely to gunril his
wiikct. Tlio force of tlio action has notbing to do with tho question, as
too hat-man, ill the pn'-i-iinn eiiiei'iioncy of guarding his wicket, cannot
alwiyj re:;ul'.tt» the iinoctus of his h.af while doing so. In a match at
Sliotliidd in 1V>'.>. a N'ottin(,diam h it ;man. whilo running a notch, wilfully
sti ncic the ball when being thrown up to prevent it coming homo to tho
wieket koepi'r's hands — for wlii(di uinricket-liko act he was properly given
out. under Ijiw XX. Soo also Law XXXIV.

XXT. Or, if in running, the wicket be struck down by
a throw, or by the hand or arm (with ball in hand) before
some part of his person be grounded over the popping
crease. But if both the bails be off, a stump must be
struck out of the ground ;

The ball must he In tho same hand by moans of which tho wicket Is
levelled ; and by 1).'\t in hand is meant that tho bat be not thrown in. If

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tho bull, struck by oiio of ibo biitsumn, aboultl lilt hU partner's wicket, ho
Irt not uiit, thiiuKblio booiitoDii.-t ^Tinitul " bucking up" ti run, uuIcsh tho
ball bus itruvlouuly, lu ltd luisuagu, touched the hand ul unu ur othor of tho
floidrfiuua.

XXIT. Or, if any part of the Striker's dress knock
down tho wicket ;

SliDuM a pud' of wind blow your straw hat into tho wlckot, It Is a hard
ca.HO certainly to bo given "out ;" but, bavinf,M)nco paid tho penalty, you
will afterwards tiiko care to alUicli your "tilo" to tho jacket by what
sailor.s call a "lanyard." Ad criukotor.^ do not play in'' long tailed
bliinH,'» uny remarks about tiio dross striking tiio wickot may aufoly ba
curtailed. 1 once saw a little man, who camo to the wicket with a beaver
on, (luiariy one-Iouith of his own lu'ight.) bowieil out, as ho was playing
torwaid, by the ball striking his hat, driving it right into tho wickot ! Bo
warned, therefore, and play either in a cap or a low crowned tllo.

XXIII. Or, if the Striker touch or take up the ball
while in play, unless at the request of tho opposite party ;

A curious llhiatratlon of tho consequences of touching tho ball while in
play occurred not long ago, as follows : — The ball ran \ip a nian'd bat, and
thence spun into tlie pocket of his jacket ; ho touched tlio ball while jerk-
ing it from his ixjcket, aud was given out. ilo ought to have siUukou tho
bull out of his pocket.

XXIV. Or, if with any part of his person he stop the
ball, which in the opinion of the Umpire at the Bowler's
wicket, shall have been pitched in a straight line from it
to the striker's wicket, and would have hit it.

This Is anothor instance of tho "glorious uncertainty" of tho Laws of
Cricket, and insuredly no(('iostion has createvla wrangle so frciuoully as
Ihi- of -'I/'g before \Vi(;ket." Tlio key to tho dilhculiy is to be louud by
notit-'ing where the ball pVclw^ — and to accoiniilish this tho umpiie should
1)0 iniir, lialety Mtt;i.< tiie wicket, and not, us one often sees, quite on one
bide. If, therefore, tho hM pitches in a direct line from wicket to wickot,
and the player int.u'iioses any part of his poisen — except the haad.s, olf
which he ni.iy be ca.^'ht out (se.! Law XVI) — so as to prevent the Ijall
hitting tho wickut— hearing in niiad that many balls so stoppi-d would, if
Hot im[teded, have gone mrr tlie wicket — the umpire is bound to give the
batjuum out. Old Nyrou. in his history oi ••The Cricketers of my time,"
mentions a case in point which will boiler explain tho practical worlfing
of tho Law than pa.,'es of theory — ills a) follows : Andrew Freemanlle, a
left handed jiiayer, w.i* batting against the bowling of one Wells, who had
the knack, though a rlL'ht handed bowler, of making his balls •curl in"
from the oU-sile to tho wicket. Freemantle used to got iu front of tho
wicket, and hit tho ball behind him, knowing ho co'.dd not bo given out
for " Leg before the Wickot" supposing the l> ill did hit him, becaudo the
ball was nut I'i'cfie.l in a stmi:jht linn to thf. iviacel, but to tho ott'-sido. With
round-arm bowling, "Log before Wickot" ought very rarely to occur,
much moroaroly. Indeed, than is often decided. Lot tho round-arm
biiwlor try if ho can ever hit tho wicket with a good length ball that does
nni pitch outsiile of a line drawn straight from tho near stump of his own
wicket to tho opposite stump of the othor wickot. without a "break-back."
Tho thing is almo.st impo.ssihlo with any but an ovor-pitched ball, unless
the bowler delivers "over the wicket." It is difficult to lay down more
tiiuu a, ginioral rule to guide the umpire in this predicament of deciding
'• out" or " not out," when appealed to by the bowler, under Law XXIV;
aud that in — iirstly, the ball mast pitch straight (that is, not merely

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Straight from hand to wicket, but actually straight from wicket to wickd-,
and the objection to adopting the line of the bnwler's hand, instead of the
line of the wicket, i) that the umpire can actually see in the latter case,
but in the former mus>t guess; — secondly, the umpire must be satisfied that
no " breaking" away, or sudden rise, would have prevented the ball hit-
thig the wicket, if not stopped by the leg. But in settling the appeal
let him be prompt and decisive ; and, above all, be sure that he ob-
served the pitch of the ball, and the position of the batsman'^s leg or body
at the instant the hall struck it, or ho will decide in the dark, and give
grounds for otjec ion to his competency. A man has been properly given
out for stopping a, ball with his arm below the elbow ; it is enough to be
allawei to sa^ o your wicket with gloves and hands, without allowing arms.
A sliort man, says the author of the Cricket Field, who stooped to let the
ball pass over his head and was hit in the face, was once given out as bo-
fore the wicket.

XXV. If the players have crossed each other, he that
runs for the wicket which is put down is out.

Not Sconng from a €atct),

XXVI. A ball being caught, no runs shall be reckoned.

The batsman should always try to make the run when a catch has
been hit, ;i3 it confuses the Held and adds to the score, should the ball bo
missed. It is considered "alow" to stand staring at the fieldsman while
he is catching you out.

XXVII. A Striker being run out, that run which he
and his partner were attempting shall not be reckoned.

A mistaken principle was formerly advocated, which it is highly desi-
rable to correct hers ; for, if the run is not fully made, it cannot he
scored, no matter which of the batsmen (the striker or non-striker) is
run out. Suppose that but one run was wanting to make the game a tie,
and the last two men had to get it ; now, in case of either of the strikers
being run out in attcmpilng to make this one run, the game woull cer-
tainly be ended, and with all the players out, how could the run be said
to be made ? When a man is caught out, no run can bo scored ; and on
the same principle, when either batsman is run out, the run so attempted,
it is clear, was oot made, and cannot be scored.

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XXVIII. If a lost ball be called, the Striker shall be
allowed six runs ; but if more than six shall have been
run before lost ball shall have been called, then the
Striker shall have all which have been run.

So long as the ball is fairly in sight, " lost ball" cannot be claimed for
the purpose of limiting the runs to six. On a spacious and lively ground
very long hits have sometimes been made, and the ball being all the time
in sight, mor.^ than six runs have been scored. As pertinent to the pre-
sent topic, I may here mention that nine runs were once got without an
overthrow, from the bat of the Hon. F. Ponsonby, on Parker's field.
Cambridge, and it took three men to throw up the ball. Where the ball
has been bit into a pond or other inacesslble place, it is considered
" lost," though in sight ; and instances have occurred of the ball being
hit " up a spout" attached to the Pavilion, and once a "lost ball' was
found so firmly fixed on the points of a broken g'ass bottle on a wired wall,
that a new ball was found necessary to continue the game.

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XXTX. After the ball shall have been finally settled in
the Wicket Keeper's or Bowler's hand, it shall be con-
sidered dead ; but when the Bowler is about to deliver
the ball, if the Striker at his wicket go outside the pop-
ping crease before such actual delivery, the said Bowler
may put him out, unless (with reference to huw XXI.)
his bat in hand, or some part of his person be withm the
popping crease.

To determine whotlior tlio ball is " finally settled" in tho wicket-
Iceepor or bowler's bands, is another of the difficulties of Cricket. Many
a man, after iho ball has been returned to either the bowler or the wickf .-
kocpcr, has been given out, and properly too, in consequence of having
I .rclessly sauntered beyond his ground, supposing tho ball to be " dead."
I am inclinea to think that tho ball should be considered " aead" when
it has been returned by the wicket-keeper to tho bowler. But tho surest
mode of interpreting the law would bo for the batsman to practise staying
at, lurme, unless he actually proposes attempting the run. As tho " pop-
ping crease" is unlimited in len.;th, the batsman may move about as far
OS he likes, on eitiicr sido of the wickot, so long as he keeps behind the
" crease." Nor can Iio be considered out of his ground if he happen to bo
standing behind tho "bowling crease." To bo within the '^'^ popping
crease" is all that is required of the batsman. Tho following illu.stratioa
of the force of the rule will amuse. A well known cricketer had con-
tracted tho awkward habit of pulling up his trousers after missing to play
tho ball, which, of course, lifted his log every time it occurred. Mr.
Herbert Turner ^the beau ideal of a wicket keeper) watched our friend
for this, caught nim in the act, and put him out. A similar piece of fun
happened at Lord's in 1854 : "Gentlemen of Kent against Gentlemen of
England." One of the Kent side sat down to get wind after a short run ;
his bat was in, but his scat outside the crease : for a moment ho let go
the handle, and tho wicket-keeper put him out. Ho was angry about this,
and said he'd never play again ; but he did play in tho return match at
Canterbury, and, mw-oWk (iic<«, was put out a second time la precisely
tho same manner I

XXX. The Striker shall not retire from his wicket and
return to it to complete his innings after another has been
in, without the consent of the opposite party.

XXXI. No substitute shall in any case be allowed to
stand out or run between wickets for another person,
without the consent of the opposite party ; and in case
any person Khali be allowed to run for another, the Stri-
ker shall be out if either he or his substitute be oft the
ground in manner ntentioned in Laws XVII. and XXI.,
while Ihe hd}\ is in play.

XXXII. In all cases where a substitute shall be allow-
ed, the consent of the opposite party shall also be obtain-
ed as to the person to act as substitute, and the place in
the field which he shall take.

At the annual meeting of the Mary-le-bone Club at Lord's, May 16,
1854, tho foregoing material changes were made In Laws XXX., XXXI. and
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fiipnlAoil (thro)igh BeWt Life, Juno 4, 1854,) that they consider It to be
dftflirahle, before the commencement of every match, that some person
flbould be nominated aa the acicnowledged Manager of each side ; and,
being anxious that the now Laws, with respect to subatitutca, should be
carried out in a spirit of fairness and mutual concession, suggest that
substitutes may be allowed in every case where a reasonable cause is
given for the absence of the principal from the tleld ; and, with a view to
carry out this rocommendation, the Commiitco wish the umpires (incases
whore a substitute appears in the field) to enquire whether the consent
of tlio Manager of the opposite side has been obtained as to the person act-
ing as substitute, and the place in the field which he may occupy.

XXXIII. If any Fieldsman stop the ball with his hat,
the ball shall be considered dead, and the opposite party
shall add live runs to their score ; if any be run, they
shall have five in all.

XXXIY. The ball having been hit, the Striker may
guard his wicket with his bat or any part of his body ex-
cept his hands ; that Law XXIII. may not be disobeyed.

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XXXV. The Wioket Keeper shall not take the ball for
the purpose of stumping until it have passed the wicket ;
he shall not move until the ball be out of the Bowler's
hand ; he shall not by any noise incommode the Striker ;
and if any part of his person be over or before the wick-
et, although the ball hit it, the Striker shall not be out.

The umpire should keep a sharp eye on tlie movements of the wiclcet-
kfioper, for many a wicket has been put down, either by the ball being
guided by the wicket-keeper's hand on to the bails, or by the wicket-
keeper adroitly lifting a bail with his finger, and the man has been given
as " bowled out." These "artful dodges" are, of course, never sanc-
tioned among gentlemen , ut as there are persons to bo sometimes mot with,
who fancy »' sharp pract. ie" to be "good Cricket," the umpire requires
to be " wide awake" to such customers. It will also need his closest
\-lgilance to watch that the batsman's foot is heifond the crease, (giving
him the full benefit of the doubt,) and that the ball be taken fairly behind
tlio wicket, when the attempt is made to "stump." Some wicket-keepers,
in their anxiety to take the ball, have the bad habit of having tho hands
either in front of, or immediately over, the wicket ; and the umpire must
b«ar in mind that if, at the time of such a violation of the law, a batsman
should br bowled out by, or even caught from, a ball, he is " not out ;"
as the rule is imperative that the wicket-keeper, when the ball is bowled,
and when stumping, shall bo, and shall take the ball, behind the wicket. But
when a run is attempted, and the ball thrown by the field, the wicket-
keeper can take the ball, or place himself how he chooses.

Sl)e Umpta0.

XXXVI. Tho Umpires are tho sole judges of fair or
unfair play ; and all disputes shall be determined by
them, each at his own wicket ; but in case of a catch,

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which the Umpire at the wicket bowled from cannot see
sufficiently to decide upon, he may apply to the other
Umpire, whose opinion shall be conclusive.

XXXVII. The Umpires in all matches shall pitch fair
wickets ; and the parties shall toss up for choice of in-
nings. The Umpires shall change wickets after each
party has had one innings.

XXXVIII. They shall not allow more than two minutes
for each striker to come in, and ten minutes between each
innings. When the Umpires shall call " Play," the party
refusing to play shall loose the match.

XXXIX. They are not to order a Striker out unless
appealed to by the adversaries.

XL. But if one of the Bowler's feet be not on the
ground behind the bowling crease and within the return
crease when he shall deliver the ball, the Umpire at his
Wicket, unasked, must call out " No Ball."

XLI. If either of the Strikers run a short run, the Um-
pire must call " One Short."

XLII. No Umpire shall be allowed to bet.

XLIII. No Umpire is to be changed during a match,
unless with the consent of both parties, except in case of
violation of Law XLII. ; then either party may dismiss
the transgressor.

XLIV. After the delivery of four balls, the Umpire
must call " Over," but not until the ball shall be finally
settled in the Wicket Keeper's or Bowler's hand ; the
ball shall then be considered dead ; nevertheless, if an
idea be entertained that either of the Strikers is out, a
question may be put previously to, but not after, the de-
livery of the next ball.

XLV. The Umpire must take especial care to call "No
Ball" instantly upon delivery ; " Wide Ball" as soon as
it shall pass the Striker.

XLVI. The Players who go in second shall follow their
innings, if they have obtained eighty runs less than their
antagonists, except in all matches limited to only one
day's play, when the number shall be limited to sixty
instead of eighty.

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XLYII. When ono of tho Strikers shall have been put
out, the use of the bat shiiU not be allowed to any person
until the next Striker shall come in.

TJio umpires have not only a difflcult but troublesome duty to porform;
and, to enable them to discharge it properly, tboy need to posse^^s expe-
rience, and, above all, Impartiality. Many a game has boon marred, and
much ill-feeling introduced, by the decisions of incompetent and parlizan
umpires. One palpably wrong decision — whether given from iguorauoa
or influenced by partialitj'^, it matters not — is quite enough to di.-<tarb the
game and destroy tho pleasure of tho contest. Errors in juilgment and
defects in attention will happen to umpires as well as to other persons ;
but these are minor considerations, provided cmfidence be reposed in thoir
experience and tnte,7n<f/. When tho batsman is given "out," he should
walk oir at once — to disi)uto the umpire's decision, even if it be clearly
wrong, is bad taste and bad cricket ; tliougli in the pang of vexation, it is
a weakness which tho host of players are sometimes betrayed into. The
true cricketer should scorn to interpret tho laws in such a souse as to
increase the uncertainty of tho game. If a man is standing out of his
ground unintentionally, the fair and conrtcous way is to caution him. If
the ball touch the hand of tlie bat-^man and is caught, he should never
refuse to infurra the umpire whether it did so touch or not. Among
cricketers, tlie umpire is only a >pealcd to when there is something to be
decided, and it is not more childish to be continually asking "How's that,
umpire?" thau it is at variance with the manly character of the game to
protlt' by his mistakes. In pitching wickets, the ono umpire should see that
his brother umpire does not choose the ground, so as to favor a particular
bowler ; and take as much pains to pitch fair and true wickets as it' you
had to bowl at them yourself. I-og byes should bo called to the scorers
by the umpire at the bowler's wicket as soon as tho run is luade ; tho
bowler's umpire should also give notice of byes to the scorers, say by
holding up the hand, and tlius avoid tho necessity of questions being
" screamed out" from tho scorers' table. Give "guard" from the spot
where the bowler delivers tho ball. Be "awake'* to " ball in hand ;"
and look sharp that the man at tho wicket does not shako oft" the bail *
with his too I One of the most pointed retorts ever mado tn a frivolous
appeal was this : " flow's that, umpire ?" "Sir, you know it is not out ;
BO why ask me. if you mean fair play!'» In the discharge of his dnties,
tho umpire can never hope to give tmivorsal satisfaction ; no unsuccess-
ful suitor tlioroughly agreed witli the ruling of a judge ; and who was over
yet quite content with an adverse decision as to " leg before wicket !"
Impartiality attention, and a knowledge of tho game will, however, carry
him through in the long run ; and the conscientious umpiro may, with
much propriety, apply to himself and his duties tho words addressed to
the j<irors at tho opening of the Assizes, namely: " Give no man out from
envy, hatred or malice ; neither give any man in through foar, favour or
affection, gain or reward, or tho liope or promise thereof; but give men
' out,' or ' not out,' truly and indill'orentiy, according to tho best of your
skill uud uudordtuuding. "

** Since page 19 went to pres.s, intelligence hasi been
received that the Mary-le-bone Cricket Club have sub-
stituted the following for Law X. : —

••The ball must bo bowled : if thrown or Jerked, or If the bowler In tho
actual delivery of tho bull, or in the action immediatelif preceding th«
delivery, shall raise bia Laud ur arm abuvo bis eboulder, tbe Uiupirs
shall call "DO ball."

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with

£cLWs of Single iDickct.

I. When there shall be less Ihan five playerfl on a sicje,
Bounds shall be placed, twenty-two yards each, in a lilie
from the off and leg stump. i

II. The ball must be hit before the Bounds, to entitle
the Striker to a run, which run cannot be obtained unless
he touch the bowling stump ur crease in a line with his
bat, or some part of his person, or pro beyond them, re-
turning to the popping crease as at Double Wicket, ac-
cording to Law XXI.

III. When the Striker shall hit the ball, one of his feet
must be on the ground, and behind the popping crease,
otherwise the Umpire shall call •' No Hit."

IV. When there shall be less than five Players on a sidcj
neither Byes nor Overthrows shall be allowed, nor shall the
Striker be caught out behind the wicket, nor stumped out.

V. The Fieldsman must return the ball so that it shall
cross the play between the wicket and the bowling stump,
or between the bowling stump and the bounds ; the Stri-
ker may run till the ball be so returned.

Tlio ball must bo returned by the flcldsman in fronl of the ivkket, in
such a manner that It nhall cross the play between the wickets, or be-
tween the batsman's wicket and the "bounds ;" and the striker may
continue running until it has been so returned.

Vr. After the Striker shall have made one run, if he

start again he must touch the bowling stump, and turn

before the ball cross the play to entitle him to another.

The batsman, after making a ru;i, must have touched the bowling stump
and turned, before the hall has cross fd the play, to score again.

VII. The Striker shall be entitled to three runs for lost
ball, and the same number for ball stopped with hat, with
reference to Laws XXVIII. & XXXIII. of Double A\ icket.

VIII. When there shall be more than four players on a
side ; there shall be no Bounds. All Hits, Byes, and Over-
throws shall then be allowed.

IX. The Bowler is subject to the same laws as at

Double Wicket.

The bowier is subject to ths general Iaws of the game ; " wide" and
" no ball" count the same in single as in double wicket ; and not more
than one minute is allowed between each ball.

X. Not more than one minute shall be allowed between
each ball.

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I. No bet upon any match is payable, unless it be play-
ed out or given up.

II. If the runs of one player be betted against those of
another, the bet depends on the first innings, unless
otherwise specified.

III. If the bet be made on both innings, and one party
beat the other in one innings, the run of the first innings
shall determine it.

IV. If the other party go in a second time, then the
bet must be determined by the number on the score.

For tlio purpose of settling a question which has frequently been re-
ferred to mo, it will not bo out of place to mention here that, in a one
tlay'tj match, the game is not decided by the first innings, unless it shall
have been so agreed ujmn before the game begins.

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PRACTICAL HINTS.

The FrKLDSMAN. — Don't stare about the field, or talk
to your mates, but be on the look-out to obey the wicket-
keeper's signals, and watch, like a cat, the pitch of the
ball and the motions of the batsman, so as to .o;et the
start of the ball ; by so doing, you will field and catch
many balls which otherwise would get past you — the
half moment's slart of the ball makes all the difference.
Don't wait for the ball, but try to save the run by dash-
ing in to meet it ; field the ball with the right hand, and
return it at once, and as if \vith the one movement to the
wicket-keeper, quickly, but not violently, and to the toj)
of the wicket. In making a catch, keep the hands close
with the fingers open ; and, to prevent rebound of the
ball or " stinging" the hand, mind and g'wc a little to the
ball, or you are safely booked for the epithet of " hutter-
fingcrs." If the ball comes to you too sharp to bo field-
ed by hand, down on one knee, raise both hands, with
fingers wide apart, in front of you, and never mind your
bread-basket, which will often act as a safe stay to the
ball's further progress. Kingdoms, as well as cricket
matches, have been ruined by an " overthrow" ; so be
sure to hack up well, but not too closely together, or the
ball will get past ere you can field it. To be observant of

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the play — fearless in meeting the ball — and quick, thongh
steady in returning it, arc essential requisites in tlic fields-
man ; and remember, that to prevent your opponents
making runs, is the next merit to making runs yourself.

The Wicket-keeper. — What the General is to an
army, the wicket-keeper is to an " eleven" ; and he Mho
is entrusted with this important post needs experience,
patience, watchfulness, and temper. lie is ex-q//ido tlie
manager of the play, for although sometimes others may
direct the game generally, he carries out their sugges-
tions, and the rest of the field are bound to defer to his
authority, and look to him for directions h>/ signal, and
not by words, which would uimiask his slrategj' to the
otherwise unsuspecting batsman. The experienced wicket-
keeper will acquit the duties of his onerous post with a
courteous bearing, as regards the opposite party, and
with moderation and tact towards his associates ; some-
thing may be left to the fieldsman's own discretion — a
suggestion from the field has often done good service —
and it should be the general's study to keep his subordi-
nates in harmonious order. Annoyances create careless-
ness, if not bad temper — when, of course, the catch is
missed, or the ball escapes, and runs arc made which
ought to have been saved. A good deal of forbearance on
the one side, and a little patience on the other, will al-
ways keep the team lively, pleasant, and, in consequence,
effective. The " old hand" has little need of advice ; but
to tho youthful wicket-keeper I would say, the less noise
or excess of action, the better ; eschew the sboivy trick
of rattling down the wicket, unless there be a reasonable
chance of putting tho man out ; appeal to the unipiie as
seldom as possible ; study the habit of standing at a
convenient distance from the wicket ; and when a ball is
thrown up from the field, always take it Vvith the wicket
close in front of you, and with your hands well over the
bails, thus gaining that small fraction of time which, if lost,
brings the batsman " home." Practise your field and the
bowler to act by signal ; avoid shouting to or hurrying the
fieldsman, for, in nine cases out of ten, it confuses him,
and he misses what otherwise he would have done well
enough — and remember, that ''festina lente" is, or ought
to be, the wicket-keeper's motto in managing the play.

The Bowler. — Always start from the same place, to
keep which make a mark in the ground ; measure each

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step and bowl a good length ; commence gently, increas-
ing your pace as you find yourself bowling steadily ; for,
if you begin like a lion, you'll soon end like a lamb ; and
be sure to bowl straight at the wicket. Don't use your-
self to take a long run before delivering the ball, as the
contrary practice saves you fatigue, helps to make your
bowling more difficult to play, as the batsman has but
scant time to prepare his defence, and tends to keep you
behind the crease, thus sparing your ears the grating
sound of *' no ball" from the umpire. Fix your eye on a
spot where your ball should pitch, and work at it accord-
ingly. Keep your body upright, and deliver the ball
high, (i. «., keep your hand up to " regulation " pitch,)
which will cause the ball to rise well and sharp ; study
the batsman's weak pointy and attack it ; and, though not
least, don't be " huffed" if the wicket-keeper, when two
batsmen have been in together for a long time, should
bring on a change bowler in your place. And, lastly,
bear in mind, that the criterion of the best bowling is,
that it pitches just so near the bat as to make it equally
difficult to play back as forward, so that, if the latter be
attempted, the rise of the ball may carry it over the shoul-
der of the bat ; if the former, it will, perhaps, be hit up —
in either case giving the chance of a '' bailer," or a catch.

The Batsman. — A small treatise might be written on
this subject alone, but as brevity is the soul of wit, I
shall study to be short. Watch the bowler's hand, and
mark well the jnich of the ball ; play with an upright
bat, i. «., the full face of it towards the bowler, with the
handle slanting forward so as to meet and cover the ball ;
— keep within your crease — have the right foot firm and
the left free ; keep your body erect, but not stiff, the legs
not too much extended, and free ; hold the bat about the
middle of the handle, and moderately tight ; To keep the
lejt elbow well up — by which means the left shoulder is
brought over the bat, and thus the ball is kept down — is
the batsman's golden rule. Play on the ball with a free
motion of the arms (from the shoulder) and the wrists ;
it is not so much hard hitting as free play that makes
the long runs ; hit every ball on its own side ; block those
balls you cannot reach to hit ; above all, block a " tice,"
particularly a " leg tice ;" and beware of " shooters,"
which are certain death if not taken in time ; begin on
the defensiye ; treat each ball, for the first few " overs,"

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with marked respect ; at first, aim at placing the ball
safe fur the one run; and, even in your dreams, don't
think of hitting out until, by playing some score or so of
balls, the nerves have become steady, and you have got
sight of the ball ; study the habit of steady batting, and
accustom yourself to play the same kind of ball in one
particular manner ; practise decision and uniformity, for
nothing is more fatal to the batsman than a wavering
and irregular habit of play; and reflect how many times
you have been out when you might liave kept in, and
made a long score by more steady play ; play forward at
balls within your reach, and play back at those which
are shorf. pitched ; the former is the safe game, and shows
more of strength and firmness ; the latter displays more
appearance of neatness and style, but is not so good a
deffuco ; hit by sight, and not by guess, and never at-
tempt either to " cut" a ball which is straight to the
middle stump, or hit round at one coming direct to the
leg wicket ; don't run beyond your strength, and con-
sider your partner; to be run out is almost always the
rosult of bad judgment ; the man who husiomake the icicket
.should judge the run ; to make the " short run" is the
perfection of judgment, for the player who loses the sin-
gle run allows his opponents to stand so deep, that fewer
runs are got for long hits, besides the chance of being
caught out ; back your partner up, so as to be ready to
start in a moment; make your first run quick, which
will enable you better to judge whether a second can be
prudently attempted; in making a run, act with promp-
titude and decision ; and, having started, don't go back,
for to save your wicket at the expense of your partner's
is miserable play. When you do hit, particularly to the
ofl', put your shoulder to the stroke, so as to drive the
ball beyond the field — feeble hitting often gives a catch.
If these general suggestions are attended to, the young
cricketer will, in the course of practise, speedily acquire
the other requisites of a good batsman. To time and
practice I shall leave the developement of " leg" and
" cover" hitting, the " draw," &c. ; and I shall conclude
by reminding the youthful aspirant that condiiitm is as
necessary for a cricketer as a prize-fighter ; and that the
criterion of the best hatting is staying in the greatest
length of time, gaining the most notches, and giving the
fewest chances to the field.

- ) i-

Kif'

•> L

THE CANADIAN

The Game.— If you win tho toss take the innings ; for,
at tho closo of a wcll-contestod game, to make the runs
operates greatly on the nervous system. Anxiety allects
the batsman's eye mere than the bowler's hand; and the
up-hill game is against the side which goes in last. At
the beginning, and while the play is constrained, bring
the field in, and widen it as circumstances require. The
batsman is generally cautious during the first half-dozon
"overs," and not unfrequently gives a catch — besides,
that caution is increased, and consequently tells in your
favour, when ho finds his hits closely fielded. In chang-
ing a bowler, bring up in his place one who delivers from
a dillurent side of the wicket, and whoso style and pace
are as opposite as possible to his predecessor's ; and bear
in mind, that very fast bowling, iinless straight and of a
good length, makes runs against you, and that " round"
bowling often does more for you in tho field than at
the wicket. Commence the innings with two steady
bats, so as to " beat off" the bowling, if possible, early
in the game. Consult tho taste of your mates as to the
order of going on ; but be careful to have always one safe
bat at the wicket. " Shying" at the wicket is doubtful
policy ; but when it has to be done, throw in sharp, so
that the ball shall come, " first hop," to the wicket —
which, if it fail to strike, will cause the ball to be more
readily stopped by the field, who, of course^ will be
" backing up" for it. And, in selecting an " eleven,"
where there is a choice between two equally matched
batsmen, prefer him who is the best field.

Personal. — A cap of white flannel, or woollen Shep-
herd's plaid, is easier and lighter to the head than a hat.
A cotton shirt is preferable to linen, because it absorbs
the perspiration, and does not so readily chill ; but a
cotton Guernsey, with a collar made to button like a
shirt, is best of all. A cotton or linen tie is better than
a silk one, because silk is a non-conductor of heat and
does not absorb perspiration. Worsted or lamb's wool
socks are softer to the feet, and less liable to chafe you
than cotton. For your shoes, have the two spikes under
the head of the foot, rather higher up the sole than is usu-
ally done, and the third close under the division of the first
(or great) and second toe —as, by this arrangement, you
will get a firmer tread. If you are hit, rub the bruise
well with sweet oil, rather than brandy or vinegar.

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

REVIEW OF THE SEASON,

1887.

Iv the subjoined list we furnish a summary of the only
matches of which the records are available. It will be
observed that the Victorious Eleven has precedence in
every case ; where the game is an unfinisoed one, we
take the first innings as the criterion.

Diito. VThere Played. Contending Eleveni. iBt In. 3d In. Total.

Rtttult

Hay
May

Hay

Juno

June

J;me

June

July

25,— Belleville f Belleville
I Kingston

25,— Niagara f G rara . School
\Town

25,— Oakvllle f Married
t Single

2,— Toronto ( Triuity Col.
\ Toronto

13,— Bowmanville f Toronto

\ Darlington

14,— Hamilton
16,— Kiugaton
27,— Toronto

2,— Toronto

3,— Belleville

4,— Toronto

9,— Toronto
17,— Ottawa
18,— Goderich
18,— St. Cath'ines
18,— Toronto
22,— Toronto
23,— Toronto

/ Married
\ Single

/ Kingston
\ Belleville
( Oakville

42
61
69
69

66
25

82
43

\ Toronto 2d el'n29

( Toronto 96

t Trinity Col. 63

\ Kingston 113
\ Belleville 102

Cue College 64
) Carleton 10

( Canada 62

I Old Country 8i

( Ottawa 41

( Brockville 86

5 Single 76

{ Married 49

( Single 64

\ Married 83

(UCCoUege 133
( Tor. 2d eleven 43

( U C College 66
I Tor. 2d eleven 60

JEx-p'teUCClOl
(The Province Sd

86 7814 wickets to spare
26 76/

16 86 1 10 w'kets to spare
25 84/

65 120 » 20 runs
42 100/

94 ) one inning3 and
89 73 / 21 rund

Unfinished ; Dar.
3 wickets down

5 wickets

27
67

12
23

83
82

83 166
24 67

69
62

18 114

49 112

57 170

67 169

.. 64

69
68

) 98 runs

) 9wicketa

) 8 wickets

) 3 wickets

) one innings and
\ 86 runs

8 wickets <

70 111

62 89

66 132

81 130

72 126

40 123

.. 188

60 103

66 131

70 120

.. 101

103 142

22 runs

j 2wicketB

) 5 wickets .

> one innings ft&d

j 2 wickets

} Unfinished, VCC
^8w'ktstomake42

THE CANADIAN

Date. Where PUyed. Oontondlns Klevoni. l»t In. 2(1 In. Tntal.
Jaly 26,— Toronto

ReitiU.

( Toronto
\ Whitby

July 26,— St. Catb'lBes I Married
\ Single

July 29,— Hamilton

164
1U2

.. 164
15 117

< Onolph
( Humilton

< Proscott
( Kliifirston

5 Paris Junior
\ Guclph "

( Prcscott
( Ottiiwa

1,— St. Cath'lnos J Single
I Married

( Proscott
* Ottawa

July 81,— Prescott
July 31,— Gait
July 31,— Ottawa
Aug.

Aug. 3,— Proscott
Au3. 3,— Godorich
4, — Brockvillo

81
£6

69
4S

iug.

Aug. 5-C,— Toronto
Aug. 7,— Toronto
Aug. 8,— Gait
Aug. 11,— Braatford
Aug. 13,— Hamilton
Aug. 16,— Preston

< Clinton
} Godorich

5 Broclcvillo
X Ottawa

84
83

126
32

CEa.st (in.Tor.)116
\ Woat of Tor. 61

( SIppincott
\ Yorlcvillo

CGalt 68

\ Paris 51

(GWR 123

JBB&LHR 89

5 St.Catliarines 81
I Hamilton 52

Pre? ton
Berlin

C Canada 145

I United States lo8

C Hamilton jr. 37
jDundas 19

Aug. 29,— St. Cath'incs J St. Catharines 132
i Toronto

J Paris
^Galt

Aug. 19,_H,„-._.„
20 & 21, ^"'^'"'^''

Aug. 26, — Dundas

Aug. 29,— Paris
Aug. 30,— Clintoa

Sept. 1,— MUton

Sept.

2,— London (?)
4,— Kingston
5,— London
6,— Preston

J Godorich
\ Clinton

J Single
\ Married

( Ijondon
( Delaware

( Kingston
\ Prescott

(St. Catharines 105
I London 81

C Preston
I Berlin

80
34
43
60
39

22
8

91
36

171
63

47 73

24 49

25 65]
10 04 j

47 1161

67 116 <

) TTnflnlshed,Whlt-
^ by 4 w'liLtadown

) 2 runs
29 runs

22 50 :

22 55

34 108 i

67 107 I

.- 126 j

19 51]

118 234

135 185

44 112 j

60 121 J

I 124 J
34 123 j

43 124)

63 lis]

64 130 J
50 128]

53 198]

89 187 j

62 99]

49 68!

.. 132 i

40 120;

46 80;

36 79 j

80 140;

96 134 1

.. 22:

11 19

91
71

.. 171

68 122

II 116
.. 81.

7 wickets

1 run I

10 wicket?

2 wickets

8 wickets

Ono innings and
49 runs

5 wlckcti

10 wlckota

9 runs

T wickets

7 wickets

32 run?

Unflnished ; Tor-
2 wickets to fall
1 run I

1 wicket

I Ono Innings and
I 3 runs

iOne innings and
20 runs

; One innings and
I 60 runs

; Unfinished ; St. C.
) only 10 men

Unfinished; P'ton
llSr'sinlstahcad

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

Datt. Wli«r« PUyed. OontondiiiK Eleven*. Itt In. SJ In. Total.

Sept. 7 — Ottawa
Sept. 8,— Prctcott
Sept. 12,--Toronto
Sept. 12,— Preston
Sept. 12,— Milton
Sopt. 18,— St. CatU'inea
Sept. 19,— Paris
Sept. 19,— Preston
Sept. 24,— Acton
Sept. 28,— Hamilton
Sopt. .. ,— Milton
Oct. 9,— Napanee
Oct. 14,— Prescott
Oct. 15,— Godorlch

5 Union (Ottawa)..
( Ottawa

( Prescott 68

( BrockvlUe 69

5 Toronto 87

\ St. CathariQOs 79

C Preston
^Berlin

Milton 122

Acton 76

St. Catharines 46
Hamilton 41

5 Paris 93

( iDgersoll 43

16ofP'n&B'n84

36
83

93)
92 (

174)
127 5

ill of Gait

< Milton
( Acton

<G WRR
} B & L 11 K R

C Single
( Married

< Bollovillo
\ Nnpanco

< Married
( Single

C Clinton
( Goderlch

51
23

65
70

28
45

■ •

67
47

94
29

49
42

Bosult.

8 wickota

6 wickets

Unfinished ; St. C.
7 wickets to fall

4 wickets

29 runs

Unfinished ; St. C.
2 wickets to fall

70 runs

Unfinished; Gait
only ..wk'tadown

94 runs

150)
1215

130)

415
160)

905

84)
22 5

145)
51 J

114) 3 wickets
112$

161
35

115

67
71

1611
72/

108)
08 i

115)
132 5

One innings and
89 runs

Unflnlshod: Single
4 wickets down

Unfinisliod ; (•'eh
only 3 w'kts down

The dates of the following are unknown.

Where Playod.
Chatham

CoiitciKllugElevcnH. latin. 2JIn. Totnl.

Result.

C Non-Profcss'ai 53
( rr.)lbs,sional 22

.Paris

5 I'll

tSii

.Preston

!'aris Juniors
Slmcoo

( Single
( Married

79
34

103
43

, Preston

.Preston

inglo
irricd

West of Speed ..

5 Sir
\ Mi

.Whitby

5 We.

\ East "

Darlington
Outiirio

156 ) 91 rung
C5 5

116) 18 runs
05 S

.. )Ono Innings
. . 5 4 runs

. . ) 17 ruud

and

.Bowmanvllle C Darlington
I Ontario

.Whitby
.Oshawa (?)
.Whitby (?)

40
40

139
16

C Ontario

( Toronto

C Ontario 2d el'n 69

\ Oshawa 24

( Ontario 123

I Oshawa 47

85
50

24
23

45
41

.. ) One innings
..I 3 runs

131 ) 41 runs
90 5

.. ) Unfinished, owing
..5 to raiu
65 ) 12 runs
53 5

114) 49 runs
65 5

123 ) One innings and
58 5 65 runs

THE CANADIAN

Where Played. OontcndlDg Elevens, lat In. 2d In. Total
Ontario 2d cl'n GO ,

Result.

J Ontar
( Greoii

Greenwood 41
Ontario

Whitby (?)

"Wbitby (?)

Whitby (?)

Whitby

"Whitby

Rondeau ^?) ^ Rondeau

} Morpeth

Chatham (?) V Chatham

\ Koudcau

.....Rondeau (?) J Ron-Icaa
l Ciialliam

I'icltoriug

( Ontario
( Reach

^ Left-handed

i Right-liauded 74

2nd Eievcn 46
1st 4&7 others 33

44
37
65
11

60) One innings and
13 545 6 runs

53 97 ) 5 wickets
50 935

65 ( One innings and
47 58 5 7 runs

37 104) 5 wickets
29 103 5

53 99 ) 2 wickets
64 975

..) 8 wickets
.. ) 9 wickets
.. ) 5 wickets

.Rondeau

.Montreal

idoatreal

.Rouse's Point ( Aurora. ^[ont.
I Route's Point
.St. Johns

.'oint

k Single
( Marriou

^ Military
\ Montreal
5 Military

< Aurora

( i{ou.;e'.-i ['oil

.. ) Resulted In a tie !
'3 wickets

-■r

:;!

There are in the preceding co^'irans many details wliosp
oiuis&iun will be noticed by the respective Clubs ; but ero
any blame can be justly attxached to the compilers, let
those irclined to censure bear in mind that wherever in-
formation has been withheld, wo have been compelled to
avail oiirselvcs of much that was imperiect in form. Our
object is to show at a glance as large a portion of last
year's matches as possible ; and if in executing our design
errors have occurred, we cannot, however sorry for them,
consent to bear more than our share of the burden.

We trust that another year the various Clubs will seo
that it is to their advantage to forward to us in due time
correct details, rather than run the risk of incurring mis-
representatiouj by neglecting to do so.

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

I^P*'

THE BATSMEN'S AVERAGES.

The table here presented has been prepared ver^ carefully
from the printed scores in our possession. The names
given are those of the plaj^crs who composed the respec-
tive Elevens in the four matches. There are a few others
whom we should have inserted in the list with pleasure ;
while, on the other hand, there may be some whom wo
might have omitted, without doing any palpable wrong
to themselves personally, or to tiie weal of cricket gene-
rally. But, having commenced on a fixed principle, it
was deemed advisable to adhere riijidly to it. The only
exception made is in favour of G. A. i3arber, Esq., who
has hitherto played with the Upper Canada College and
the Old Country; but who last season made a voluntary
surrender of his undeniable rights, in ordei "ako way
for new men, whoso services it was thought might be
advantageously called into use for tho great match. When
it is stated that upon Mr. Barber devolved the onerous
duties of umpire in all four matches, it is needless to adu
aught in corroboration of the fact that his stevvardsliip
gave unequivocal satisfaction.

From the accompanying statement, wo hesitate not in
selecting Parsons as the best average, and wcU does he
dtGerve the honor, for a more brilliant bat has yet to be
seen in Canada. Ilis six matches, too, wore, beyond
the question of a doubt, first-class. T. 1). Philli[ ps comes
nexl, having played in more matches last soasou than
any other Canadian Cricko^jr. In addition to the fifteen
matches here accounted for, Mr. P. scored heavily in
another, of which the records are mislaid ; this would
probably increase his average per match by 1 run. INIr.
P. also played in twelve other Elcven-a-side matches,
(practice.) scoring in them 892 runs. Mr. lleward's
average is also good, though he does not run up hi« 50,
60, and even*"70, as he did ten 3'^ears ago. Next to him
comes Bradbury, with aii average of 11 ; and then
Doykes, and Rykert, each 9 %. After these, Tlore, II.
Phillipp>?, and Head. — all, it will be observed, members
of the Canadian Eleven ; a fact which bears striking proof
of the correctness of judgment exhibited by the Com-
mittee that selected them as representatives t f Canada.

"i >i

THE CANADIAN

ELEVEN. A-SIDE

MATCHES.

Namtw.

Resideitce.

c
d
1— 1

1^ 1—1

'£

H S

2
2
1
4
1
1

•
•

i
1

i
1
1

i
1

•

2
1

4
2

i
1

Average per
Innings.

No. over.

Barber, li. A

Toronto

6
3
7
7
3
3
2
3
2
5
5
7
9
2
4
8
6
7
9
7
10
2
2
1
5
2
1
3
6
4
13
15
1
1
3
3
2
9
2
1

2
3
6

46
54
33

146
54
57
28
13
23
37
12
56
57

1.54
17
35
68
68
52

113
57

229

156
30

174

359
13
18
2S
41
1

154
6
26
80
22
23
05

12
16
27
48
14
28
21

9
1.3
23

5
19
28
36
13
14
23
24
12
27
18
47
14

1
19
36

24
40
13
18
20
21

1
40

3
26
33
16
10
21

4— 2

Barron, F. W.

6— 6

Bayley, R

London ..........

8— 1

Bradbury, James

Toronto...........

11— 3

Bradbury, W

Brodio,

5— 4

Ingorsoll

11— 2

Brougball, A. J

Buckland,.

Trin. Col., Toronto.

Guolph

Hamilton

7— .
3 1

Bull, H. B

3— 6

Clarke

Whitby

9— 1

Conolly, J

St. Catharines .

Toronto.........

1— 5

Dexter,

7— .

Draper, G. W

Kingston...

6— 2

Deykes, J. G

Gait

9—10

Ellis, T-

Ix)ndon

King.ston, 39tliRcg.
Toronto.....

6— 2

Elmhirst, Lieutonaut
Fitzroy, James

6— 8
4— 8

Foudrinier, F

Prcscott

5— 8

Hamilton, W. P

Hamilton ,

3—10
7—

Head,G.

St. Catharines

Toronto...

Helliwell, J.

Howard, J.

5— 2
12—13

Horo, Lioutouaiit

Hurroll,

Nfontroal, 09tb Reg.
Bradford

8-1
0— 1

Hutcbesou.St. John..
Maugban, Philip

Uowmanvillo

Toronto ^..

0-0
3— .

McCuaig, R. C.W....

Hamilton

3— 1

Miiir,

Napior, W.

Toronto. .......

8— 1

Parsons, B

Fearless, J

Hamilton

15— 6
3— 6

Phillipps, H.

Phil'ivs.T. D

Philpotts, G

St. Catharino.'S

Toronti... .....

7—20

14- g

&— 1

Pickering, W. P

.Montreal

18— .

Reid, Dr

Richards,

Howmauville

Toronto........

6—3

8— 1

Robinson, J. J<

((

0— 1

Rykert, J. C

Sowdon, A. S

St. Catharines

Hamilton

9—10
1— 2

Standly, R.

Qjbourg ..........

13—

Starling, C. L

Rollnvillo

Sutton,!....

Swain,

Bowmanville

i'rescott ..........

7—1
3— 5

TuUy, Kivas

Toronto

6— 6

It may bo noticed with regard to the above, that we found it impossi-
ble to draw any distinction between first and second class matches.
The Table l.s therefore compiled from every Score in which the strength
of a Club engaged; hence the totals are occasionally augmented nrom
such matches as the "Stngloand Married;" but as this is the cise with not
more than some half dozen names, we may look upon the result as a fa^r
exponent of the first class doings of Caoadian Cricketers, as far as tho
proceedings of Infancy can be so.

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

IMPORTANT EVENTS,

X8S7.

Under this head we purpose making a few remarks on
each of the four great matches of the season, namely
(taking them in order of priority) — Canada vs. {he Old
Country ; U. G. College vs. the Province ; East vs. West;
and Canada vs. the United States. Did time and space
P' nni ve might have added, as almost equally great
ar I .^ vrtant events with some of these, Toronto vs.
Trinity College^ and St. Catharines \s. Toronto; the former
match bringing out nine men who have played with the
Province vs. States ; and the latter the same number differ-
ently constituted. If a reason (in addition to the one in-
ferentially assigned above) be demanded for a selection
so arbitrary at a first glance, it might be given as fol-
lows : — The event of last season was the splendid match
won from the States by Canada, and the three which we
have associated with it were purposely designed and ar-
ranged to be the practice matches foi that great event :
and though the Trinity matches (as well as numberless
others we might mention) no doubt contributed essen-
tially to the si: "ws of Canada, still the fact must not be
'' the arrangements for that occasion
;() 'ently to July 2nd; while on the

overlooked t'
were made i
other hand the

C'liharines vs. Toronto matches did

not come olt till tlio hidings of Canada's victory had per-
meated every portion ol the North American continent
which has echoed the glorious sound of •' Play," and in
which, as a consequence, the result is " lamiliar as
Household Words."

On some future occasion we purpose furnishing a de-
tailed history of the annuals — Jaiiada vs. Old Country,
and U. C, C 'liege vs. th". rrovincc. At present we merely
state that. l!io first of these was played at Voronto, Jc.ly
9th, and p,^)^f;d ratiier a tame aflhir, the early date of
the match being evidenced most clearly by the small
scores on both sides. This match had its origin in the year
1850, since which time six games have been played. The
followin": is the score of last season : —

THE CANADIxiN

OXJ33 COXJl«'T?^fy-

FIRST INXI.VUS.

rcykcs bil Parsons 1

Hoiul bil XapiLM' 7

T.D. l'lulli,'i)i.l>a lJi-,ull)ury 4

I'carluss b(l Hradbiiry 2

H.riiilli|ips,LtL>ra(lbiir3',bd Napior 1

HuiTell bd Bniiigball

HuttoM b(l I'ui-.-on.s 2

Eliuliirst bil Hru.ibury 1

Sowdon uotdiit 3

])extur bdljradbury 3

Roid bd Bradbury

Byes 4

Leg Byud 3

First Innings ... 31

SECOND IXXIXGS.

runout 1

bd Napier 4

c'tKvkcrt bd Napic'r 5

bd kii\mv 3

ct iMuir bdrar.sou;i

bd NaiiiiT

ct Broubgall, bd N'ai)ier ... 4

ct aud bdl'arsuud 1

bd Bradbury 1

bd Napier

not t ■ - 8

VVidod 6

Byos 6

Socond Innings 37

Firyt luuiiigji.. 31

Total.

Ojf!V.]V.A.Z>u9L.

nnST INNINGS.

Rykort bd Head 1

Parsons l.b.w., bd Head,.. 6

Howard run out 2

Napier bd Head 7

BrouRliall run out

Braill)ury not out 33

riclli\vell,clT.I).Pldllipp.s,bd Head 6

Kobin«on bd Pi'arless 1

Conolly bd IVarless

Muir run out 1

\V. Bradbury. run out

Wide.s.. 2

Byes 2

Leg Byes 1

First Innings 62

BECOXD INNINGS.

ct Poarlo3S..bd Head

ct and .bd Pearlcss . 1

not out 2

not out.

Wide.
Byes

Socond Innings.
First Innings..

Total.

1
2

The ex-Pupils of U. C. Collcgo challenged the Province
for the first time in 1847 ; nine matches have since been
played. The only year which did not witness this ex-
citing contest was 1854 ; the prevalence of tlie cholera
and the exigencies of the States' match at Toronto that
summer, uniting to mar the interest usually taken in
smaller events, and crushing out most of them ^?ro ieni.
Of the ten games already i)layed, U. 0. College won the
first seven and lost the next two. That last season
was, unfortunately, not terminated ; but the first innings
was decidedly in favor of the Collegians, as the subjoin-
ed score will show, the match dating July 23rd : —

CRICKETER-S GUIDE.

*m:Ei 3E»ivo'ViavcE:".

FIRST I.VNLVGS.

f larko l)cl Draper

J; /".u^'hau b<l Draper

J. Uradbury ..bd Draper

Peykos bd Draper

Head, ctH riiillipp.s, bd I'arsoas,

Dexter bd Parsons

Tally not out

Reid, ct llutcheson, bd Parsons. , .

Hamilton run out

Fitzroy bd Draper

McCuaig bd Parsous

No Ball . . .
Leg Byes.

7
10

2
1

1
6

SECONT) INNINGS.

ctT.D. riiilli.ps, bd Parsons, ..

bd Parsons 1

bd Drajicr

ct Hiitclieson .. .bd Parsons.. . SO

bd Pykert 13

b I Draper 8

b 1 ]'arsons 6

bd Parsons 20

bd Parsons

n(jt cit

bd Draper.

Byes....
No Ball..
Leg Bye.
Wides . . ,

10
4
4
1
1
5

First Innings .... 39

Second Innings 103
First Innings.. . 39

Total ,

142

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FIHST INNING3.

H, Phillipps...bd Bradbury 3

Heward l.b.w., bd Head.. 4

J.C. Rykert. . .bd Maugban 19

Parsons bd Bradbury 11

T. D. Phillipps.bd Deykes 17

Helliwell. . .ctDcykc.-',bd Maughau

Bayloy bd Bradbury 1

Draper bd Bradbury 1

Robinson bd Deykes

Barron run out 10

Hutclioiion .... not out

Byes 23

Leg Byes 2

Wides 6

No Balls 4

First Innings.... 101

SECOND INNINGS.

bd Bradbury,
not out

bd Bradbury

Second Innings,
First Innings.. 101

Total.

.101

The next great match was East vs. West^ a line
running North and South through Toronto being the
meridian. Toronto, however, was included with the
East, and no doubt at once settled the question of supre-
macy in favor of their side. The match originated in
1856 with W. P. Pickering, the world-renowned cover-
point, and Captain of the Canada Eleven. On both oc-
casions the Western men have been defeated, mainly
owing to their deficiency in bowling. If, however, as has

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been suggestd, Toronto were neutral, the match would
become one of great evenness. The score of 1857
is as follows : —

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FIRST INVINGS.

SRCOND nwiNOa,

Parsons bd Ellis 23

Starling bd Deykea 22

Heward bd Ellis 30

Horo bd Deykcs 5

Bradbury bd Deykes 12

Hurrell bd Deykes

Swain bd Fearless 3

Ptandly bd Fearless

Draper ct Bull, bd Ellis..,. 3

Philpotts bd Fearless

Foudrinier .... not out 4

Wides 9

No Balls 2

Leg Byes 2

First Innings.... 115

bd T. D. Fhillipps 28

bd Deykes 1

ct and bd Fearless 2

run out 14

ct and bd Rykert 8

not out 1

td Ellis 3

bd Deykes 26

run out 5

bd Ellis 13

ct Fhillipps.. bd Fearless.... 6

Wides 5

No Ball 1

Byes '6

Second Innings,119
First Innings.. 115

Total.

.234

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FIRST INNINGS.

Pearlcss bd Bradbury 4

Deykes bd Bradbury

Bay ley bd Parsons 2

Rykert 1 .b.w. bd Philpotts . . 8

T.D.Phillipps..bd Philpotts 14

H r7rllipps..bd Hore 1

Ellis bd Horo

Richards ct & bd Parsons .... 8

Bull bd Parsons 3

Brodie bd Draper

Buckland not out

Wides 7

No Ball 1

Byes 9

Leg Byes 4

First Innings.... 61

SECOND INNINGS.

ct Swain 9

not out 85

l.b.w., bd Hore 3

bd Parsons 5

bd Bradbury 7

runout 3

runout 4

bd Hore

runout

ct Heward bd Dykes,

W 'cs

No 1.. lis...

By 03

2
12

9
12

2
21

Second Innings,124
First Innings.. 61

Total 185

Before proceeding:, we may remark that the following
(perhaps with modifications) would make good matches,
and elicit additional talent with a view to an efficient
selection for the Canada Eleven of this year, viz. : — 1.
Eleven from those who have played in any of the four
grand matches, vs. twenty-two who have not. 2. The
Colleges and Grammar Schools of Canada vs. fifteen or
seventeen others. 3. The Single of the Province vs. four-
teen Married.

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This match began in friendly encounters between the
Toronto and St. George's (New York) Clubs. It first as-
sumed its present goodly proportions of Canada vs. the
United States in 1853, on which occasion the Canadians
were beaten by 8 wickets, at New York. In the return
match of 1854, Canada experienced great success, and by
winning with 10 wickets to spare, showed that she was
no despicable opponent. Fortune again deserted her at
New York in 1856, and the third match was lost by 9
wickets. The last match excited more interest than any
other ever played on the continent ; and though opposed
by as fine an Eleven as could be culled from the
flower of America, the Canadians, by achieving victory
with seven wickets to spare, after a three days' contest,
proved that their laurels, though drooping and tarnished,
could, with an effort, be snatched even from the dust.
As the match was witnessed by so many thousands, it
will be suflBcient to re-produce the score only. The fifth
match will be played at New York on or about the 28th
of July this year. Without any intention to prejudge
the case, it may be safely affirmed that the Canada
Eleven of '58 will be found among the following: —
Bradbury, Brodic, Deykes, Ellis, Hardinge, Head, How-
ard, Johnstone (London), W. H. Jones (lirockville), Na-
pier, Parsons, Fearless, H. Phillipps, T.D. Phillipps, Pick-
ering, J.C. Rykert, Standly (Cobourg),Yarker (Kingston).

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FIRSiT INXINGS.

Lang l.b.w., bdBradbury 5

Slmrp....ct Phillipps, bd Parsons 3

Wilby bd Bradbury 2(5

Senior bd Bradbury

Barlow run out 10

Highain c Rykert, b Parsons 6

Comcry bd Parsons 4

Crossloy bd Parsons 6

Wright bd Dcykes 8

Bury bd Bradbury 12

Cuyp not out 3

Byes 7

Widcs 13

No Balis 2

Leg Byes 4

First Innings 108

BECOND INNINGS.

ct Rykert bd Parsons .... 14

l.b.w bd Horo 2

ct Doxtcr bd Parsons .... 4

ct Bradbury., .bd Hore 22

runout 1

not out 11

runout 2

ctHoro bd Parsons.... 6

bd Parsons 4

runout

bd Bradbury 1

Byes 12

Widcs 6

Leg Byes 6

Second Innings, 89
First Innings.. 108

Total.

.197

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?IHST INN'INGS.

SKOOND INNINQS.

Howard bd Wright 32 run out....

Storling bd Comory

Bykert bd Coniery 5 bd Wright

Head bd Comory

Parsons bd Wright SO not out

Deykea bd Senior 4

Bradbury ctSliarp, bd Senior 31

Horo ctWilby, b Comery 6

Picltoring not out 18

Dextor bd Senior 2

H.Phimpps...run out 1 ctLang....

Eves 4

Widos 9

No Ball 1

Log Byes 3

First Tnnincrs 145

Second Inniugd.. 64

12
8
6

..bd Wright.... 20

Bye 1

Widea 3

LegBye3 2

Second Innings, 54

Total 199— T wickets to spare.

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ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.

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Horo " - - -

Dnvkos " - - -

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Senior " - - -

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From llio nbnvc it will be porrnivcd that Bradbury's bowling stands
preoinineiitly liii,di. not only in Canada but in America. He may safely
cLuUengo comparison with any bowler on the continent.

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

THE CLUBS OF CANADA,

BEING AN ABSTRACT OF THEIR OPERATIONS DURING TUB
PAST YEAR, A3 FAR AS OBTAINABLE.

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ACTON.

A Club of recent formation played two matches in 1857
with MiIton,winning both. In the first (see Review, Sep-
tember 1st) the principal scorers were, Dunn (n. o.*),
13 and 11 ; Matthews, 18 and 3; Lighthart, 10 and 6.
Tlie second was played September 12th.

AMHERSTBUEGH.
From being a military station for a couple of generations,
this town had a Cncket Club for many years, and its
ground used to he one of the finest in the world !

AYLMER.

Cricket is cultivated at this place, but to what ex-
tent we cannot say.

BARBIE.

There has bean a flourishing Club in this town for
many years; our information, however, extends no further.

BELLEVILLE.
Sent one representative to the Canada Eleven, in the
person of Mr. Starling, a terrible " punisher " of oflballs,
as was evidenced in his batting with the East vs. West*
Belleville played four matches last season, winning two
of them. The first was against Kingston, May 25, in
which J. Reeves scored 3 and 22 ; Bruires, 12 and 2 ;
Hodges, and 0. In the second (June 10), Jellett, 8 and
10 ; J. Reeves, 12 and 2 ; Clark, 1 and 5. In the third
(July 3rd), Starling, 33 and 4 ; J. Reeves, and (;».
o.) 30 ; Jellett, 14 and ; J. Reeves, 12 and ; Hodges,
6 and 5. In the last, Jellett (m. o.), 65 ; Reeves, 40 ;
Despard, 21. G. Findvjn, Esq., is President, and Darnton
Hutton Secretary of the Club.

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BEBLIN.

Played three matches with Preston in 1857, — namely,
on August 15, September 5, and September 12, winning
the first and third, while the second was drawn. In the
first, Chedwick scored 17 and 10 ; Lowell, 14 and 6 ;
Miller (w. o.), 17 and («. o.) ; Canley, 6 and 14 ;
Jaffray, 9 and 5 ; Dolman, 13 and 0. Berlin also united
with Preston in furnishing a joint 15 to play 11 of Gait
(Sept. 19) a match which was drawn, owing to rain.

BOWMANVILLE.

The Club of this place is generally known as the " Dar-
lington Club," from the name of the township, and has
been for many years a powerful one ; in fact, a formidable
rival of Toronto, and still sends out a good team. T. C.
Sutton invariably appears as a bowler in the Provincial
Elevens, and has played for many years with the Province
vs. U. C. College, He is considered one of the best, if
not the hest^ under-hand bowler in Canada ; also, a stiff
" bat." F. Cubitt and St. John Ilutcheson are also
prominent members ; the former being President and a
good slow-bowler, while the latter unites in his own
person the two qualities of a splendid " field" and a wor-
thy Secretary. The strength of this Club is necessarily
weakened by the recent establishment of two other Clubs
in the town, — the "Franklin" and the "Union." We
regret having no niCinoranda of the doings of either. The
old Club played a drawn game with Toronto (June 13),
in which Sutton made (n. o.) 16 ; Chesterfield {n. o.),
11; and Cubitt, 7. Darlin,2;ton also won two matches
from the Ontario Club of Whitby.

BKADFORU.

This Club, owing to loss of ground, is not in so flourish-
ing a state as in former years. Still it can reckon among
its members (10 playing and 20 subscribing) Ilurrcll,
who played with the East vs. We^it. Though very un-
fortunate on this occasion, he appears to have Cricket in
him, being, without doubt, a fair " but." The Club play-
ed six practice matches on its own ground. The oflicers
for 1857 were :— President, J. D. H. Wilson ; Vice-Pres.,
A. Murphy ; Secretary, James G. Strong ; Treasurer, P.
Brown; Committee, W. Burniston, W.J. McAIaster, and
W. H. Throne.

BBANTFOBD.

Wc regret being compelled to give but a poor account of
this Club. With such cricketers as J. C. Neiles, J. Rid-
ley, and W. Totten, the Club should exhibit a larger
amount of practical vitality than can be recorded. Totten
played with IVest vs East in 1856, and was for many
years a leading member of the Paris Eleven ; he can
bowl a good round-arm bowl, is an excellent " tield,"
and stiff" bat." C. P. McGiverm is Secretary of the Club.
The employees of the B. & L. H. Railway played two
matches with those of the G. W". Railway, August 11
and September 28. In the former, Usher scored 30 and
8 ; Tinson, 18 and ; Nuthall, (ii. o.) 10 and 2 ; James
Madden, 4 and 7. In the second, Oooch 14 and 1 ; Nut-
hall, and 14 ; Tinson, 9 and 1 ; Totten, 5 and 5.

BKOCKVlIiliE.

During the past season the Brockville Club appears to
have lost ground. There is, however, much nope to bo
derived from the rising generation of cricketers in this
town. W. II. Jones (see Trinity College) has played in
the Canada Eleven, From scores before us, it would
seem that three matches were played with foreign Clubs
in 1857 ; namely, July 17, vs, Ottawa, in which \V". Des-
pard scored 8 and 17 ; T3ooth, 6 and 8 ; C. Jones, and
(?«. 0.) 9 ; \V. II. Jones, 6 and 2. August 4, F. Des-
pard, 29; Wise. 26; Ireland, 19; Lawder, 14. And
Sept. 8th, Wise, 7 and 9 ; W. II. Jones, 10 and 3 ; Roe-
buck, 7 and 1. Besides those, whose scores speak as to
their batting, D. Bogert is a promising young player,
with every prospect of becoming a good bowler. J. J.
Bogert (see Trinity College) usually formed one of the
Eleven, but was last season in England.

CHATHAM.

Being the County Town of Kent, Chatham must, of ne-
cessity, be a cricketing community. We can find but
three matches, as played by " the men of Kent," in 1857;
one being eleven non-Professionals vs. eleven Officials, re-
sulting in the defeat of the latter by 91 runs. The chief
scorers seem to have been of the former : — R. Purser, 9
and 22 ; G. Purser, 5 and 22 ; M. Purser, 4 and 14 ; and
D. Fletcher, 5 and (n. o.) 10. Of the Officials, Joseph
Eberts scored 1 and (n. o.) 17. The matches with

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Rondeau were won and lost alternately ; the former by 9
wickets, the last by 5 wickets. Goodyear was elected
to the Canada Eleven in 1854, and at the practice previous
to the match, created some surprise by bis steady bat-
ting and excellent fielding.

CLIFTON.

The Club at Clifton (formerly Elgin) seems to have lost
spirit, or perhaps the business air of the frontier depot is
not conducive to the healthy growth of amusement. Be
the cause what it may, the rapid rise of the Club in 1856
betokened a happier fate than has befallen it. In the
" Cricketers' Manual," by " Bat," published in 1851, oc-
curs the following passage:—" Many a good player has
* urged with wondrous force' the flying ball within
sight and sound of the roaring Niagara." Will not
the friends of the game make a decided effort at resusci-
tation, oiv|nust the words above quoted cease to have ap-
plication and force ?

CLINTON.

The Clinton Club played three matches in 1857, all with
Goderich ; winning August 3rd, in which Riddlington
made* 5 and (n. o.) 19 ; Smart (n. o.)» ^ ^^^ ('*•
0.) 7 ; Dinsley, 12 and 1. Losing August 30; Dinsley,
12 &ud 13 ; Riddlington, and 23 ; Smart, 7 and 14.—
The last game (Oct. 15) was undnished for want of time ;
Hill scoring 44, Riddlington 24, Uinsley 10. The Club
would seem to be prospering.

COBOUBQ.

The unfortunate loss of ground has retarded the prac-
tical progress of the Cobourg Club during the past season.
We are glad to learn that the deficiency is being satisfac-
torily remedied ; and there is every prospect of the game
being taken up with renewed vigor. The following are
the leading players :

Beatty, E., is couBidcred one of the safest bats, generally scoring largely
by good play : as "Point," be seldom fails to make one or two
good catches during a game.

Bdhrnie, R. FT., is a very steady round-arm bowler— bis delivery being
good, and pace average. He often bats well.

Bradbeet is a remarkably good wicket-keeper, where the bowler is not too
fast, and a very effective letl hand, round-arm bowler. With attea-
tion, would be a capital butsman.

Broughailf J. H, (See Trinity College, Toronto.) ^

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

Castle, G. E.,a voryfiilr bowler, und would douUtlcsa takoa high rank
with mnro practice.

Corrifjal. W., a fair wickot-koopnr nnd bowlnr ; In his day hM rondernri
essential sorvi(u), in hoMi rospfictH, to the, Provluco Eleven in their
annual encountor with Uppor Ciuiaila College.

Stamlli/, li., K<!noral!y scoro.-i w'll ; uiHuri)a35itHl In the (Inld ; his lonR-
ptoppiiig hi!ini{ above (Titicistn : has played In Ganndu vs. Unikd
States, and Old Counlnj v a. Canada; and last .season scored !iti lu
East vs. WcA,

Bethvne, J. J. (Son Trinity College,) K. Oilcutt, and McColiuin, generally
play in the Eleven.

Number of aiihgnribers, 55 ; playin;}: tncniber.s, 30. Tho
OITicer.s for 1857 wero: — Prcsulont, \V. Corrigal, Esq.;
Vice-President, E. Beatty; Socrotary, R. Bothuno ; Trea-
surer, K. Caloutt ; Committee, Mes.srs. II. Bradbeer, 0.
E. Castle, and R. Ilighet.

CORNWALL.

lias for a number of years sent out a strouj^ team,
ablo contend (and often successfully) agatn.stBrock-
vill 'awa and Pre.scott. We rej^ret having so little
information to oITor regarding this place.

DELA'WARE.

It is with sad feelings that the name of this Club is
mentioned ; its master-spirit is gone. Poor Waring !
On tho 5th of September wo played against him at Lon-
don, and well remember experiencing extreme gratifica-
tion at seeing his wicket fall — little imagining that within
six days ho would be a corpse, tho victim of an accident
ari.^ing from tho incautious carrying of a gun. This
Club played an unsuccessful match (Sept. 2Md) with
London, in which Billington scored 10 and 3, Fox 5 and
7. We believe there was also a match or two with
Strathroy. The Carradoc Academy at one time sent out
a promising though juvenile Eleven.

DUNDA8.

This Club has undergone but recent organization, and
played a match (Aug. 2G) with the Hamilton " Zingari,"
Martlin getting 5 and 12, Bennett 2 and 6. If not dis-
spirited by ill-success, they will improve after practice.

ELOBA.

For some time there has been a Club of rising impor-
tance at Elora. Id past years it has contended with

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Gaelph, and (we are not. quite certain of this) with Gait.
Our inforntation, as in too many other cases, is so mea-
gre a.s to be scarcely worth notice. We do hope, how-
ever, that the contiguity of its rival, Guelph, will stimulate
Eiora to send forth, in coming seasons, sturdy represen-
tatives of the wiilow-wieidcrL.

QAIiT.

This Club was organized in 1856, and gave early indi-
cation of a hardy growth. During the past season, two
matches were played with its older antagonist of Paris,
namely, Aug. 8th and 29th. In the second of these, the
principal contributions to tha score were made by Deykes,
8 aid 5; Longon 4 and 9; Young 5 and 8; G. Jaffray, 10
and I. These Clubs have played five matches since the
begi ming of 185G, with the following curious results: —
Paris won the first by 100 runs, second by 1 run, third
by 70 runs, lost the fourth by 5 wickets, and won the
fifth by 1 run I The Gait Club, with practice and some
improvements to their ground, will be a hard one to beat,
containing among others the following illuminati,

Deyk«t, J. fi'.,abriUiaatbat. though often unroit.mate ; played last season
with Canad c \n. United Stsites, and with West vs. Ea^t, and had he
enjoyed no antecodnnt reputation, hl-^ splendid score of 36, (not out)
made, as it vri\=>, off Parsons and Bradbury, would entitle hint to the
highest poiition as a bat. Indeed, we think Tew are his superiors
in Canada. He is also a good, fast underhand bowler.

Jafraif W. and brothers, will improve as bats, field well, be. ; and one of
the brothirs promises to be a steady round-arm bowler.

Lonnon, a slashing left-hand hitter.

NichoUon. The name is a sufficient voucher for this gentleman's having
crlclcet in him ; only ^vant.s practice to become a good v« ic\cet-keeper
wheu the pace is not too great.

Young, a very straight bowler and useful member of the Eleven. T. I.
0. Busby, Esq., is the worthy President of the Club.

aODEBIUH.

Like many others in the country, this Club has only
to be better known that it may be appreciated. Its
members are in ninnber, 30 subscribing and 20 playing.
The officers far 1857 were— President, 0. Widder, Esq.;
Secretary and Treasurer, R. Kinahan. Its leading mem-
bers are :

Clifford, fine bat and good field ; average 18.

EUarC, good bat, fine underhand bo\rler, letlbauded and test, good
wiclcot-lc^epor ; averafo 10)^.

CRICKETER S GUIDE.

Cameron, slashing bitter and floe Held, particularly at pr nt; average 20X-

Crat^, very determined bat ; average 11%.

Kinahan, fine round-arm bowler and field ; average t\.

McLean, good bat ; average 17% .

Montgomery, fair bat and field, cbange bowler, underhand ; average 8>^.

Widder, very good and steady bat ; alao, excellent field ; average 12X-

Four matches vere played in 1857 — three of which
were with the Clinton Club. In the Single and Married
match, (July 18) of the Single, Widder scored (n. w.) 17
and 3; Cameron 9 and 11; McLean 14 and 0. For Mar-
ried, Crabb 13 and 11; CliflTord, 6 and 13; Claridge 3 and
(n. o.) 11 ; on August 3rd, the chief scorers were
Widder, 9 and 9; McLean 2 and 14; Clifford 2 and 13;
Kinahan 5 and 6. In the second match, (Aug. 30) Came-
ron 19 and 21; Ellard 3 and 13. In the third, Clifford 2
and 22; Ellard 11 and (n. o.) 13; McLean 12 and 11;
Cameron 5 and (n. o.) 11.

The ground of the Goderich Club is beautifully situa-
ted on the flats of the River Maitland, about a mile from
the town ; and, although little or no labor has been be-
stowed upon it, still it is one of the best, perhaps, in
Canada, being a natural level. As yet this Club has had
no opportunity of trying its strength with any other but
the one above mentioned — the great distance interven-
ing, and the state of the roads, proving hitherto in-
superable obstacles. The completion of the Buffalo and
Lake Huron Railroad in June next will remove this dif-
ficulty ; and it is earnestly to be hoped that there will
then be a great increase in the number of matches, and a
consequent improvement in the play.

QKANTHAM.

This Club has recently been organized, under the aus-
pices of Messrs. Bate and Hamilton, members of the St.
Catharines Eleven, and numbers about 16 players. The
Officers for 1B57 ^&ce — President, J. Hamilton ; 1st Vice
President, T Bate ; 5!nd Vice President, S. Nelles ; Sec-
retary and Treasurer, T. Keycct.

OKJUENWOOD.

A new Club, which played a match with the second
Eleven of the Ontario Club of Whitby. See Review,
uncertain dates.

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aUELFH.

This town may boast of one of tho oldest Clubs of the
country, and, like many of its contemporaries, has had
its ups and downs. During the past season, we find but
one matoh to have been played, that with Hamilton
(July 29) in which Dunbar made 5 and (n. o.) 16,
Colson 1 and 8, and Keating 4 and 5. Nor do we deem
the fact of winning this match to be a sufficient guaran-
tee that the Guelphitcsare striving to maintain the proud
position acquired by their Club in the palmy days of its
Thompsons, its Willsons, and its Liddells. With easy
communication by rail in every direction, we certainly
expected to hear of niany matches being played and won
by Guelph. It were idle to surmise a cause for apathy
so inexcusable in a Club, which even in more modern days
has sent a James and a John Willson to almost win a
match for the Province against U.C. College ; a Liddell to
be a model of wicket-keeping ; a Napier to show at once
the most approved method of managing a match and
bowling a '* trimmer ;" or, if we must descend still later,
Nichols might be cited as a specimen of your genuine
hitter, Dunbar as a brilliant field, Hogg as a promising
round-arm bowler, and Buokland as a dead " catch." The
President for 1857 was J. J. Kingsmill, Esq.

HAMILTON.

The Hamilton Club for upwards of a dozen years occu-
pied a high position in the cricketing world ; competing
(and often with success) against the first Clubs of the
Province, e.g. Toronto. There would appear, however, to
be a point beyond which it is unable or cares not to
reach ; for most assuredly during the last two years the
Club has not kept pace with the rise of the city ; so that
the latter's " ambition" is not apparent in its cricket.
During 1857 four matches were played, viz. : — June 14th,
Married vs. Single, in which of the former Gray contri-
buted 16 and 0; Sadlier, 6 and 8 ; and of the Single, Goul-
stone, 1 & 18; Head 8 & 11; Hamilton, W. P., & 12.
July 29th, with Guelph : IJeasley makmg 9 and 2 ; no one
reaching a double figure. August 13th, vs. St. Catharines ;
Sadlier scoring (;i. o.) 18 and 2; Gillespie, 1 and 14;
Bull, and 13. And lastly, Sept. 18, a return match
with St. Catharines ; Sharpe's 13 being the only double
figure in the single innings. For two years Hamilton

CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

has not been fortunate enoug!i to win a match ; though
in justice we must admit, that on at least one occasion
(Aug. 13) she came very ntar achieving such a result.
The Club numbers 50 subscribing, and nearly 30 playing
members. The Hamilton ground comprises about 6 acres
to the West of the city. During the past year the Club
has expended $500 in improving their ground, having
the whole of it ploughed up, levelled and drained ; and a
piece in the centre of half an acre sodded. It will with
ordinary care be in tine playing condition this year ; and
we look forward to seeing on it not only a larger number
of matches, but also more decided marks of union and
practice, in the shape of success against foreign Clubs.
The office-bearers for 1857 were, — President, C. A. Sadlier,
Esq. ; Vice Do., R. N. Law ; Secretary, R. Nixon ; Ma-
naging Committee, R. S. Beasley, A. Booker, H. B. Bull,
D. Doughty, J. P. Goulstone, T. Gray, R. McCuaig, J.
Pearless, and G. Sharpe. The following are the prominent
members of the Eleven :

Beasley, fair bat and field, runs well.

Oillespie, onco the crack bat of the Club ; much out of practice, but still
gets runs; has done his Club much service.

OoulsUme, active in the field, and moderate bat; will doubtless improve

with practice.
Gray, excellent long-stop; began too late to make a batsman.

Hamillon, G.. good round-arm bowler, medium pace; must practice keep-
ing his arm down.

Hamilton, W. P., wants judgment as a bat; might become a bowler with
mucfh practice.

McNab, J., capital in the field, a sure catch.

Pearless, played well in West vs. East, and is generalli' a steady bat; his
forte, however, i.s as an under-hand bowler; and in this respect ho
ranks A 1 .

Sadlier, unequalled in fht field, especially at "point," and only requires
practice to become th^ strongest bat in the Eleven; learnt his Cricket
at U.C. College.

Shai-pe.G.—lho "veteran," bowls round-arm with great judgment, vary-
ing both pace and delivery; has played in the Canada Eleven, and no
doubt won tlie match with the States on at least one occasion; is a fine
bat, and one of the oldest in the Province; good wicket-keeper; in fine,
a Cricketer in all the points of the game;

Besides the Hamilton Club proper, the city boasts of
some others. The employees of the G. W. R. Company
during the past year played two matches vvith those of
the B. & L. H. R. R. Co., winning both. See Review
August 11, and September fS. In the first, Burrows
made 28 ; McCullough, 22 ; Shaw, 15. In the second,

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Dixon, 18 and 13 ; McCulIough, 8 and 7 ; Smith, 13 and
1. Officers for 1858 — President, James Heath ; Vice Do.,
James Stevenson ; Recording Secretary, T; Mcintosh ;
Corresponding Secretary, David McCulIough ; Treasurer,
Thomas Harper. Committee — W. Champ, James Heath,
G. McDonald, Wm. Rodgers, J. Sharp, J; Shaw, and J.
Stevenson:

The " Burlington Club was organized May Igt, 1856,
under the Presidentship of J. H. Beattie ; W. Policy,
being Vice-President ; J. W. Murton, Secretary ; and A.
Maxwell, Treasurer. It numbered 30 playing members,
and in the first year of its existence played three matches,
two with the G.W.R.R. Club, lost by 1 run and 14 runs
respectively ; the third at Paris with the " Junior Club,"
winning with 9 wickets to spare. In the past season
most of the Burlington Club joined the leading Club.

The " Zingari" are of very recent formation as a Club ;
and, to bo very plain, we consider their nomme de guerre
too pretentious for the niateiial composing the Club.
However, as "'large oaks from little acorns grow," we
wish them success. The limit of their " wanderings" was
the neighbouring village of Dundas, the Club of which
place was easily victimized; Totten making 9 and 13;
Bennett, 8 and 12 ; Harris, (n. o.) and 9.

INQERSOIili.

Though organiso(' during the last season, this Club has
rea!»<m to be proud of the result of its first and only foreign
mntch — thai; wit'i Paris, Sept. 19. The score shows the
large difFcrenco of 70 majoiity for Paris ; the difference of
runs off the bat was only 22 ; while, again, the largest
score of the match was Brodie's, 19 and (w.o.) 28 — a result
that might be expected, from the fact that in 1850 he was
a prominent member of the Winchester (England) Eleven,
His batting for the West in the match with the East so
captivated manv good judges, as to entitle him to a place
in the Canada Eleven, without any regard to other consi-
derations. When he has regained his practice, we fully
expect to see this wish of his admirers gratified. His
Ikotviing is far from despicable. T. Wells excels as a
bowler; and we venture to promise that with practice ho
will be hard to beat. With two stich props, the IngersoU
Club should he a match for the Cricketers of any other
Canadian town of similar proportions.

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EINQSTON.

" Kingston has been long famed as a stronghold of
cricketers. The Kingston Club, hovrever, during the past
quarter of a century, has been, hke a ship in motion,
" sometimes high and sometimes love." The Kingston
players, in pursuing " the noiseless tenor of their way,"
are now in a p)sition to tackle Clubs of greater preten-
sions. When a match is to bo played at Kingston, it is
customary for the players to meet at head-quarters, fall
in, and march to the battle, headed by a band of musi-
cians, with

' Sonorous metals blowing martial sounds.' "

This description was penned 3,000 miles away ; still,
in many respects, the cap fits Kingston, C. W. The
otBcers for 1857 were, — President, W. G. Draper, Esq. ;
Vice-President, Robert Hardinge ; Secretary, W". P. Phil-
lips ; Treasurer, J. Porter ; Committee, E. A. Boyd,
CaiiUi:; Darling, J. Knowles, W. A. Leckie, and G. H.
Oliver. The Club numbers about 30 playing members.
We have scores of four matches played in 1857, viz. :
with Belleville, May 25, Elmhirst scoring 14 and ;
Oliver, (n. o.) 5 and 7 ; Linton, and 11. June 16, Dra-
per, 4 and (». o.) 28; Elmhirst, 13 and 6 ; Warsick, 11
and 5. July 3, Yarker, 46 and 29 ; Hardinge (n. o.) 27
and 3 ; Linton, 9 and 5 ; Porter, 14. And, lastly, Sept.
4, Linton, 41 ; Yarker, 34 ; Oliver, 26.

Boyd and Draper share the honor of lowering the tim-
bers ; the latter usually appears with U. C College vs. the
Province ; is a resolute hitter, not cautious enough to be-
come a first-rate bat, and one of the best under-hand
bowlers in Canada. Linton and Yarker (if we may judge
from the large proportion of the scorer's services which
they claim,) are the main supporters of the eleven ; the
latter being notoriously a slashing hitter.

There i^ generally a Military Club connected with the
stationed at F

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Henry.

liAW^BENCBVUililS.

The idea of a Club being organized in so small a place
as this, is striking proof of the popularity of the game.
Its first officers (1857) were,— President, J. Shaw ; Sec,
D. Servos ; Treasurer, P. C. Servos ; Committee, T. N.
Ball, G. Cairns, J. and Frank Walker. Subscribers 21 ;
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IiONDOir.

The London Club contains members who would do
credit to any eleven. It consists of 50 subscribing and
30 plaj'ing members. Its officers (or 1857 were, — Presi-
dent, J.G. Home; Vice-President, J. B. Rivers ; Secretary
and Treasurer, E. F. 13. Brooke; C<miniittce, R. and W.
Bayley, Ellis, A. C. Hammond, Harris, and Moore. The
ground used is the Government Reserve of eight acres,
beautifully situated for cricket ; but. being a common, is
not worthy the Club. During 1857 only two matches were
played, viz. :— September 2, the principal contributors to
the score being R. Bayley 27, Ellis and Harris 13 each ;
and September 5, Waiing (since shot), 19 ; C. S. Ham-
mond, 7. The unfortunate accident above alluded to
prevented the return (fixed for the ensuing week) from
being played. The following are the leading spirits'^ —

Bayley, R., a hard wicket to f^<^\. ; his great fault is a stifTneas of style; baa
played twice for U. C. CoUefje vs. Promrtice, on acither of which occa-
8iou3 did ho show hid strength ; excellent field.

Brodie, see Ingersoll. '' ■

£IK«, T., a model cricketer, possessing in a high degree that great requi-
site, cool judgment imitecl with good temper; bats in goo;l style, and
wields the willow with success; good r 'und-arm. medium pace ; capi-
tal fleld; ha=i played twice for the Went vs. EaH. Wohopetoseo
hijn winning the success to which his ability entitles him.

Hammond, A. C, good bat, but wants stylo;bowls a little.

Johntlone, R. W.. fine left-hand round-arm bowler ; would rank in
any eleven with the exercise of more judgment; having, in 1354, had
the honor of bowling for the twenty two of Ireland vs. all England,
at the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on which occasion ho divided the honors
with Lawrence; was trained with Brodie by old IJIlywhite at Win-
chester, and has scored his 50 for his school (1853 ?) ; and even with
scant practice, is the cleanest square-leg hitter in Canada. Sincerely
do we trust that his best cricketing days aro yet to come.

Waring, of Delaware, will be a serious loss as a steady bowler and bat.

The whole eleven are noted for their fielding, and what
is even of greater importance, their gentlemanly bearing
on the field. We expect to have more to record of this
Club another year. There is also a London Junior Club,
which promises to furnish good annual draughts to the
senior eleven, if needed.

MIIiIiBROOK.

This is one of a large class of rising Clubs, of which,
someday, great things may be expected. Meanwhile, their
modest pretensions are not equal to the effort of appear-
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MILTON.

Coming into existence during the past season, this Club
has made an excellent initial, and, containing at least one
^' Kent " player, affords hopeful promise for the future.
Its opening game of September 1, betokened a superiori-
ty of bowling over batting, and paved the way for tl^e
first of the two matches with Acton (Sept. 12), in which
Goring scored 59 and 3 ; Weld, 35 and 6 ; Thompson 11
and 4 ; Alma 9 and 1. Mr. Weld has for many years
bowled for Trinity College vs. Toronto (which see), and is
known from Toronto to London as an enthusiastic crick-
eter, and worthy representative of his native county*.
For his sake, we wish the Milton Club every success.
The return with Acton was played September — . The
officers for 1857 were, — President, R. Todd ; Vice-Presi-
dent, H. Walton ; Sec., J. Goring ; Treasurer, T. White.

MOBPBTH.
The Morpeth Club played (as far as we can learn) one
match in 1857, with liondeau, losing with 8 wickets of
their opponents to spare.

NAPANEE.

We have before us the score of a match played by this
Club on its own ground vs. Belleville (Oct. 9), in which
Mills scored (n. o.) 17 and 10 ; Connell 9; M. P. Roblin 6;
C. E. Miller 5, Davy 5. Miller has played with Trinity
Colle^^. vH.ToroniOy and seems to have kept up his bowling.

NIAGARA.

Was for many years a formidable rival of St. Catha-
rines in Cricket. We regret being compelled to
chronicle the rapid decline of the Club. Indeed, were it
not for the Gramiijar School, the Niagarians would have
to " hang up the willow and the ball." The School played
the Town on the 25th of May ; the chief contributors be-
ing, for the School, II. Phillipps (n. o.), 24 and (n. o.)
3 ; T. D. Phillipps, 7 and (n. o.) 1. For the Town, Hemp-
hill 22 and 2 ; Alma, 5 and 3 ; Hamilton, 6 and 1. We
should like to hope for a more spirited season this year.

NOBVAIi.

Tliis Club played Oakville in 1856. Of its doings in
1357 we are quite in the dark.

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OSHAWA.

Played two matches with the second eleven of the Whit*
by Glub, winning both.

OTTAWA.

This Olub has for many years contended, with varying
success, against Brockville and Prescott. The location
of the seat of Government at Ottawa will be the means of
bringing an accession of strength, so that Ottawa may
soon be competing for the supremacy of the eastern sec-
tion of Upper Canada. Five matches were played in
1857. The first, in July, resulted in a victory for Pres-
cott, with several wickets to spare. In that with Brock-
ville (July 17), the best scorers were Pinhey, 9 and 7 ;
Baker, 1 and 11 ; R. Lyon, 1 and 10 ; A. Lyon, 8 and 1 ;
E. Sherwood (n. o.), 7 and 1. August 3, Forrest, 6 and
2 ; O'Connor, 3 and 5. August/ 4, Dufton, 9 and 2 ;
Baker, 4 and 4. The last match (Sept. 7) was with the
Union Club oi Ottawa, won by the latter.

PARIS.

Owing to removals, the Paris Club has been weaker in
1857 than for many years previous. The return of
Stevens (who, we hear, excels as a round-arm bowler)
will conduce materially to the restoration of Paris to the
proud position it has held among western Clubs for the
last ten years or more. The ground is beautifully situ-
ated on the Grand River, at a distance of nearly half a
mile from the town ; and though contracted in breadth,
might be made one of the best in Canada. The Club
consists of some 25 members (in 1855 it numbered 61).
The officers of 1857 were, — President, Major Macartney ;
Vice-President, T. M. Munn ; Secretary, W. AUchin ;
Committee, W. E. Alma, D. Lamb, T. Murray, and S.
S. Phippen. The past season, though not so brilliant
a one as that of 1856, brought out the Paris eleven on
three several occasions, namely, to contend unsuccessfully
(Aug. 8) against Gait. Aug. 29, the return match ; W.
Totten scoring 1 and (n. o.) 18 ; N. Totten, (w. o.) 10 and
8. Sept. 19, Munn and 25 ; T. D. Phillipps, 15 and 10 ;
W. Totten, 23 and 0. The following play in the eleven :

AUchin, W. , might bowl with practico.

Maoartnejf, fields well at short leg ; enthusiastic enough to make a good
cricketer, had he played more la bis young days.

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Jfunn, bate in capital style, and often scores well ; is an average under-
hand bowler.

Phitlippi, T.D., I (now of St. Catharines) are members, from residence in
PhiUippt, U., \ 1855, 1856, and 1857,

Phippen, very steady under-hand bowler; and will throw a Criclcet Ball
with any man in Canada.

ToUen, FT , though now living in Brantford, plays with the eleven.

TUfen, H., foir left band bat, and capital fleld.

XbUen, N., very promising young round-arm bowlor; also a good bat.

There is also a Junior Club with 17 meinbors. Presi-
dent, D. Smith ; Vice-President. S. M. Hamilton ; Sec.
and Treasurer, T. McCosh. The Juniors played two
matches ; with Juniors of Guolph (July 31), Harris 24
and 4 ; Baird, 12 and C ; N. Totten, 7 and 8 ; II. Clodo
(». o.) G and 7. Also one with Simcoe in August ; Har-
ris, 24 and 1 ; Baird 12 and 6 ; N. Totten, 7 and 7.

PICKERING.
Played one match with Whitby, won by the latter.

PICTON.

A Club has, within the last few weeks, been established
here.

PBESCOTT.

The Prcscott Club has for some years been gradually
improving; and, if wo may judge from the result of five
matches played with foreign Ciubs in 1857, is superior
in strength to any eleven east of Kingston. Though
threatened with loss this year, the zeal of the President,
W. Ellis, Esq., will go far towards counteracting the
deleterious efiects of such losses, should they occur. The
other officers are, — Vice-President, Dr. W. 11. Brouse ;
Secretary & Treasurer, J. F. Feilde; Committee. Messrs.
Allan, Foudrinior, Hardinge, Sharpe, and Worthington ;
Captains, S. Hardinge and H. Sharpe. Subscribers 40;
p1a3'ers 20. Against Kingtscm (July 31), Worthington
scored 12; Foudrinior, 3 and 9 ; Jessup, 9. Against Ot-
tawa (Aug. 3), Foudrinier, 7 and 2; Allan, G and 1. And
vs. King.ston (Sept. 4), Foudrinier 21 and ; H. Sharpe,
3 and 15 ; Ellis, G and 12 ; Hurlburt, 13 and ; Jessup,
and 13. Against Brockville (Sept. 8), Ellis 2 and 8 ;
Brasher, 2 and G. On the 3rd of October, for the Single^
Allan scored 2 and 35 ; F. E. Foudrinier and 24 ; and
for Married, Juby, C and 14 ; Ellis, 2 and 14 ; II. Sharpe,

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2 and 9. Of the above, Foudrinior has played with
East vs. West^ and is a neat bat. llardinge excels as a
round-arm bowler, and played at New York with Canada
vs. U. States in 185G.

PRESTO PT.

The Preston Club was organized July 1st, 1857, by
about 20 players, the number of subscribers being 41.
The officers for 1857 were — President, 0. A. Doerner ;
Vice Do., James Willson ; Secretary and Treasurer, W.
A. Husband; Comuiitteo, \V. F. Biggar, Geo. Hospeler,
W. Ralph. The follovviiii; statements show that cricket
has been spiritedly as well an successfully introduced into
Preston. Played Berlin, August 15 ; Brownjohn contri-
buting 25 a'ld 11; VVillstm, 3 and (no.) 20; Simpson,
4 and 12. The return match was commenced September
5, but not finished. Th.> third match (Sopt. 12) again in-
dicated the superiority of Preston. .Tlie next engagement
was a union with Berlin to furnish conjointly 15 men to
play Gait. There were besides two matches betweeu the
♦SiwgrZeand Married^ resulting both in favor of the former.
The ground, considering the short time spent in preparing
it, was in good condition ; much superior to the grounds
of their neighbours. Being compelled to part with it, the
Club will hereafter be indebted to the liberality of a
member, who has considerately and generously offered the
free use of a four acre field, fenced in at his own expense.
If any further proof of that member's zeal for the game
be reqiisite, it may be found in the additional fact of his
having also erected a commodious booth for the use of the
Club. It is a pleasure to find such striking instances of
well-timed patronage ; would that we could record more
of them. The moral influence of such kindness is inesti-
mable ; and in this respect at least Preston may serve as
a model to the Province ; and we venture to predict, as one
result, a glorious future to the Preston Club.

BEACH.

Played a match with the Ontario Club of Whitby.

BONDBAU.

This Club has played several matches during the last
two years. The officers for 1857 were — President, Jas.
YftnTalkeuburgh ; Vice Do., P. D. Eraser; Secretary,

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W. D. Fletcher; Treasurer, J. B. Shclton ; 31 subscrib-
ing and 18 playing members. Matches last season four,
viz.: — Ono wiih Morpeth, in which Rondeau camo off
victorious, with 8 wickets standin,i ; W. D. Fletcher
scoring (n. >.) 55. Two with Chatham ; in tlic first
Chatham asserted supremacy, by retaining 9 wi'^kots un-
takcn ; but in the second the star of Rondeau was in tho
ascendant, with 5 wickets to spare. There was also a prac-
tico match between tho Bachelors and Benedicts of tho
Club ; resulting (as is usually the case) in a victory to tho
credit of tho former. Tho highest figure scored by any
member of tho Club was G. E. Virtue's 57. Ground not
very good,

BHERBROOKE.

Tho Shcrbrooko Club shows a very good report, num-
bering as it docs 59 subscribing members and 41 players.
Three foreign and seventeen Club matches were played in
1857, we regret having no scores. The officers were for
1857--President, R. D. Morkill ; Vice Do., II. Machim ;
Secretary and Treasurer. J. llalloncy ; Assistant Do., E.
Clark ; Committee, Messrs. Beckett and Read. The
ground is in excellent order, having been levelled and re*
turfed last Spring.

EIMCOE.

TVe understand that tho Club of this town is of recent
formativ^m (1856); during the last year a match was played
at Paris with the Junior Club of that place ; in which
Gilmore scored 10 and 17 ; II. Tornoy, 2 and 13 ; Wm.
Tornoy, and 12. We should recommend tho members
of this Club to practise steadily, and not to be disheart-
ened at defeat, but rather to strive harmoniously in order
to retrieve their losses ; and even should fortune for a
while longer refuse to fight on their side, let them learn
to bear reverses with good humor; ever remembering
that among the manifold lessons to bo gained from par-
ticipation in the " noblo and manly game," this is not
tho least valuable.

BT. ANNS.

Within the last few weeks — we might almost say days —
a Club has been organized in this place;

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ST. CATHARINES. '

The St. Catharines Club has received from time to
time during the last three years considerable accessions ;
and now sends forth one of the strongest teams that can
be collected within the Province. This fact will bo appa-
rent, when it is stated that last season it had the honor
of furnishing four members of the Canada Eleven, viz. : —
Messrs. Head, J. C. Rykert, H. and T. D. Phillipps. The
immediate result is, that instead of limiting its contests to
the town of Niagara, the Club now aspires to competition
with the three leading cities of Canada West, namely (wo
speak as a cricketer would,) Hamilton, London and To-
ronto, each of which has been compelled to succumb.
The foreign matches were tive in number, viz.: —Against
Hamilton, (Aug. 13,) in which the principal scorers were
T. D. Phillipps, 22 and 8: G. Rykert, 3 and 7 ; J. 0.
Rykert 6 and 3.— vs. Toronto (Aug. 29): T. D. Phil-
lipps, 40 ; J. C. Rykert, 27 ; Head, 8. — vs. London,
rSept. 5) : T. D. Phillipps, 38 ; Head, IG ; J. Hamilton,
^. In the return with Toronto (Sept. 12): T. I). Phil-
lipps, 39 and 10 ; H. Phillipps, 2 and (n.o.) 21 ; J. C.
Rykert, 16 and ; Head, 8 and 7. In the return with
Hamilton (Sept. 18): H. Phillipps [n. o.J 22 and 11;
Head, 3 and 27 ; T. D. Phillipps, and 17 ; Powell, 6
and [n.o.] 10. Besides these, the following were played
as practice matches : — Single vs. Married^ [July 18] ; for
Single, T. D. Phillipps scored, 7 and [n.o) 39 ; H. Phil-
lipps, 10 and 11 ; Mittleberger, 7 and 2 : for Married,
J. C. Rykert, 40 and 14; J. Hamilton, 13 and 0; Capt.
Smith, [of Buffalo] 6 and 7. The Single played the Mar-
ried twice afterwards [July 25 and Aug. 1].

The St. Catharines ground is situated about two-thirds
of a mile from the town, on the line of the Canal ; and at
the end of last season was inferior to no ground in the
Province. The Club held its annual meeting on Saturday,
March 20th last, at which the following officers were
elected for 1858 : — President, W. Eccles, Esq. ; 1st Vice
Do., Capt. Taylor, E.I.C.S. ; 2nd Vice Do., Major Bate ;
Treasurer, Wm. McGiverin ; Secretary, G. Head ; Com-
mittee, Jas. H. Beattie, F. Coy, T. D. Phillipps, J. 0.
Rykert, and Jas. Taylor, Esqs. The number of membera
is^honorary 4, subscribing 60, playing 35. The Eleyen
of 1858 will be selected from the following : —

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JEtate, T., a ZMloui Cricketer; lometitnes bowlf.

BtaUie.J.H,, Mr bai.

ConoUy, J., has played for many years with U. C. C. va. nt Proeinet;
change bowler,aDd with practice might regain bis pouition as a fine bat.

Coy, F.f bats and bowls well; slow under- band.

KecleM, W., good long-atop and fair bat; passlonat'ly devoted to the game.

BamiUon, J., was a Province bowlor vi*. U. G. C. for many years ; still
bowls well undor-hand ; good Qold and oflou scoros.

Hcad,0,, the bowlor of the Club; fast round-arm, and at times irresistible.
Uili well, but too rashly; other wise would be a Qne bat. An excel-
lent wickot-kooper; Indeed, a cricketer nt all points, and for his ago
the beat in Canada. Having arrived in the country since May lost, be
has not yet got his name up.

PhiUippi, II., the long stop of Canada ; also an excessively neat and gene-
rally safe bat, but wants Juilgmout. Playn in all the Provincial
matches; and In the second Innings of Canada vs. SlaleshaiiaA bril-
liantly lor 20, made from the bo-it of bowling.

PhUlippi, T.D.,a very safe bat; has headed the score in many of hes flrst-
class,and In nearly all of the oilier Eluvon-a-slde matches. In 27 matches
of 1867, scored upwards of 1360 runs. Good field, but has recently
changed his position of point for wicket-kocpcr. Good change bowler;
slow round-arm.

Povoell, C. II., with more practice would doubtless bo a good bat; bowls
successfully under-hand.

JBanney,J.L., gooA long-stop and bat; but it Is as a w.arm-hearted supporter
of the game that Mr. R. will long bo rcmcmborod in St. Cuthariucd.

Rykert, A. E., very fine bat, capital flold, and promised to make a good
round-arm bowler; was prevented lust season by illness from lending
his valuable aid to the Eleven.

Rykert, O., stifT bat, but wants practice; good field, especially at point.

Rykerl, J.C., very good bat, and excellent judge of a sharp run, and with
Head, T.D. orH. Phillipps as a partner would makc4outora3-liit, and
a single whore few would have courage enough to attempt tlio run ;
good round-arm bawler; but his forte is in the fleld, and at long- leg
will cover as much ground as any two.

Ihylor, Captain, has not played much for a year or so; in 1855 was reckon-
ed tlio best bat in the Club, and will no doubt sustain his reputation,
now that he has come out again.

Taylor, James, fair bat and capital catch.

We may here mention that the Club has every pros-
pect of a fine season. Its first foreign match will be
played in Hamilton, with the Club of that city, on the
Queen's Birthday. Wicket.s were first pitched in St. Ca-
tharines on the 23rd day of March !

There is also [organized in August last] a Club in
connection with the Grammar School, numbering [in
1857] 31 subscribing and 25 playing members ; these
figures are on the increase. The officers for 1858 are —
President, J. H. Ball ; Secretary, A. Fovvlie ; Treasurer,
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solicitude the progress of their juniors, inasmuch as to
them it is that we look for the material wherewith to fill
the gaps which the great bowler " Time" may cause, by
lowering the stamps of those now flourishing in the green
of their years. AVe would remind them [if it be requisite]
that the mens sana can on!}' exist in corpora sano ; and
that in compassing these ends,no game is so efficacious as
that which combines the exercise of the athletae with an
accuracy almost mathematical, provided p/actice be based
upon rules the result of reason.

STRATFORD.

With regret wo annoimcc no information from this
Club. It has to our knowledge enjoyed some repute for
three years ; and possesses [if report be true] a fine piece
of ground for practice. Among other qualifications, \V.
Iliggs displays [or did as a member cf the Paris Club in
1855,] a large amount of zeal for the game. C. J. Mac-
gregor was Secretary in 1857.

STBATHROY.

This Club is accusfomcd to measure its sfrength an-
nually with that of Delaware ; wc cannot even conjecture
with what success of late.

THOROLD.

This Club is but a fow weeks old, and has, we presume,
been organized through the exertions of II. J. Mittle-
berger, who has recently removed from St. Catharines.
Its Oihcers for the current year are — President, R. B.
Macpherson ; Vice Do., II. J. Mittleberger ; Secretary,
Wm. Keefer ; Treasurer, R. Dumbrill ; Committee,
W. Keefer, II. J. Mittlcberger, and H. R. Skinner,

TORONTO.

To Toronto is undoubtedly due the merit of being the
the nursery of Canadian Cricket. For many years this
Club has borne the whole burden of arranging any and
every Canadian event relating to the game, and the Club
will have reason to remember the year 1857, as being
the first in which it experienced any decided assistance
in this necessary labor. The history of cricket in Tor-
onto, would alone fill an interesting volume. The follow-

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ing, however, are the facts most pertinent to the present
work. As so many have enjoyed the privilege of a visit
to the choice spot known as " the Toronto Cricket-
ground," it seems almost superfluous to mention that the
space between wickets cannot be surpassed in America ;
and if no other match than that of August 19th, 20th
and 21st, 1857, had been played there, still that 40 yards
by 30 of velvety turf would be forever rendered famous
in the annals of cricket. When, however, to complete the
list, there are added ten U. C. College vs. Province; seven
Old Countrii vg. Canada ; two East vs. West ; another
Canada vs. United States; ten Trinity College \s. Toronto
matches, with almost countless others, the spot becomes
classic ground, as the arena of nearly all the great events
of the country ; and it were hard to believe that any
other cricket ground in America will, ere this generation
passes away, present so striking a catalogue of contests.
In a word, Toronto has ever been the head-quarters of
Canadian Cricket. The Club numbers CO subscribers
and about 30 players. The oflicers for 1858 are, — Presi-
dent, G. A. Barber, Esq. ; Vice-President, B. Parsons ;
Secretary, F. G. Joseph ; Committee, J. 0. Reward, K.
Tully and G. Maddison, Esqs. The matches pla)'ed by
this Club have not bee i so numerous as might have been
expected ; but it must be remembered that in all the great
events, Toronto has hithcto contributed a large number
of contestants. The openi?ig match was, according to
custom, played on the Queen's Birthday, between two
elevens of the Club. We have not the score, but it is
worth mentioning, as a good example, that, at the lunch,
Iler Majesty's health was drank most heartily. On the
2nd of June, vs. Trinity College^ Howard scored 4 and 15;
Dykes, 10 and 6 ; G. A. Barber (w. o.) 2 and 5. June
13th, Ileward, 2G ; Maughan, 17; Parsons 14. June 27th,
Reid, 10 and 5 ; G. A. Barber, 4 and 7 ; Scadding, 7 and
0. July 2nd, Ileward, 25 and {v. o.) 7 ; Napier (/». o.)
19 ; F. Barber, 18. July 18th, W. Bradbury, 3 and 14 ;
Fitzroy, 16 and ; F. Barber, 1 and 13. July 22nd,
Fitzroy, 23 and 4; Benjamin, and 2G ; W. Bradbury.
11 and 0. July 25th, F. Barber, 73 ; Tully, 21 ; Bairon,
16. August J 5th, Ilelliwell, 2 and 18 ; G. A. Barber (n.
0.), 12 and 3 ; Murray 7 and («. o.) 0. Aug. 29th, Brad-
bury, 48 and ; Ilelliwell, 4 and 18 ; Fitzroy, 7 and 1.
Sept. 9th, Parsons, 36 and 1 ; Barron, (it. o.) 9 and 10 ;

THE CANADIAN

Reward, and 19 ; Deleter, 2 and 15 ; O. A. Barber, 10
and5;Tully, 30 and 4.

The following are the leading members of the Toronto
Club, viz. : —

Barber, O. A.,bM{or many years taken tbe most active part in arrange
ing the Toronto raatclies ; ha? exhibited some very fine Criclcet in his
day; aud though years begin to toll, Mr B. is ever at his post. Tho
appreciation ol' services rendered to the Club, is shown by the num<
ber of times he has been called to tbe Presidentship. Mr. Barber
generally stands Umpire in the great matches, an ofQce for which his
thorough practical, as well as theoretical, knowledge of the game
peculiarly fit him. To play on the Toronto ground without Mr. B.'s
prosouco, would bo a strange anomaly.

Barber, F. W., son of the " veteran,*' and a promising young bat.

Barron. F. ir., has rendered inestimable service to cricket by encour-
aging bis impils when r.incipal of U. C. College. In the old under-
hand days of bowling, was a formidable but.

Bro^ury, /., the bowler of Canada; we might say more — of America!
In tiie lirst innings of Canada vs. United States, Mr. B.'s bowling pre-
sents an analysis that will compare favorably with any that can be
produced. Mr. B is also an excessively pretty bat, and in that
match had a brilliant innings of 30. Wo regret to hear that there is little
prospect of his aiding the Canada cloven this year, owing to illness.
We an; guilty of no ttattcry in asacrtiug that it will be quite imi" i-
Bibio to 1111 hi.s place.

Bradbury, W,, brother of J. B., and u promising player.

Dex'er. has played throe times with Canada vs. States; with less attitudi-
nizing and more practice, might .some day be worthy of such a
po.^ition.

FUtr»!/, ft vi'ty neat bat; played in many matches, and generally batted
well.

Ildliwdl, see Trinity College.

Beward, tbe Iiidviest bat in Canada, and for many years nnquestlonabiy
lh<> mo.^t 8uc(.cssfiil ; ritill scores well, though not so heavily as ten
or a dozen years ago. Wo have belorc iis a hook which furnislies such
Items to liis credit as tho-(? : — 58, 56, 58, V>9, 74 (n. y.), 45, 67 (n. o.),
5H, kc. lu the Canucia nialcli, Mr. H obtained the highest score.

Mudilwrn. once proiiii.-ied lo bo tho beat bat in Canada, but has fallen off
lu late years.

yipitfr, would 1)0 an acquisltifin to any eleven, combining; elegance with
calcly as a l);it; as a steady roim<l-arm bowier, cannot be surpa-seed.
Mr. N. bus played but little I'ur .some years ; wo trust that his im-
proved Diiportiiiiitios for praetice will make him nn officient element
ill the ('(iniiio-ititjii of the Cana(ia eleven of IbfiH ; we know of no fur-
ther reipii.^ite in his cu.-o.

/'awmj, better known as " little Bon," has been for years the mainstay
of the ex-p\ipils (if U. C. Coiiogc, in tlioir annual encounter with the
Province As a bewler, ho has few e(pials, and those whose success
i 1 greater, owe nuuli to their name and pace. Considering the num-
ber of matehes he plays, we ([uostion whether any bowler has caused
more havoc among the stumps; if hi.s bowling has a fault, it is that of
being too good, for its straiglitness begets caution in a batsman. Mr.
P.'i batting is noticed at length elsewhere.

PhilpoUi was for many years the best — In fact, almost tho only — wicket-
keeper in Canada. His bowling (when straight) is very efl'eclivo.
Did ho practise as in tho oldeu timej, say 1847, he might yet be »
leading cricketer

Tally, a hard hitter, and a fair change bowler; has both batted and bowled
well, and generally play^i in some of the great matches.

TRINITY COLXtEaE.

Organized on the 2nd of May, 1852, this Club has
measured its strength with no inferior eleven to that sent
against it by Toronto, and as it would be difficult to
find any superior, it is certainly some credit to an insti-
tution not containing more than 35 to 40 resident stu-
dents, that of the ten encounters with Toronto, the Col-
lege has had six in its favor. There are only two members
of the eleven above 24 years of age. The officers
are elected annually, at the commencement of the Acade-
mical year, in October. Those for 1857 and 1858 are, —
President, Professor Ambery ; Vice-President, W. II.
Jones ; Secretary, W. B. Evans; Treasurer, J. Henderson;
Committee, C. Bethune, Carruthers, Case and Macleod.
Total number of subscribers 60, of which 27 are resi-
dent players and 26 non-resident The Club, as usual,
played its two matches with Toronto, the first on June
2nd, in which Broughal made 21 ; T. D. Phillipps, 15 ;
H. Phillipps, 12. In the return, July 2nd, tl. Phillipps,
14 and 1; Macleod, 1 and 14; Weld, 2 and 8 ; J.J.
Bethune, 4 and 6. The extent of the influence exerted by
tho Trinity College Club upon the cricket of Canada must
not be measured by these facts merely, for, on the last of
June, the College year terminates ; and during the three
months vacation that follow, the eleven is scattered over
the Province.

From a review of the scores of forty-eight matches
played in 1856, it was found that Trinity men had play-
ed in thirty-one, and that in twenty of these thirty-one
Trinity men were on the winning side ; and in twenty-
five of the thirty-one, the Trinity Club furnished at least
one bowler ; while in the selection of an eleven to play
the United States, one member of the Trinity Club played ;
and in 1857 three members of the Club were selected,
although circumstances kept two of them from playing.

The ground is in fair order, and became the property of
the Collego by the munificence of the late Dr. Burnside,
of Toronto. The eleven for 1858 will bo chosen from the
following

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THE CANADIAN

GRADUATES.

BethuM, J. J.. (Ctobourg) fair flald; gooi bat, but too norrous ; at heart »
Bound cricketer.

Bogert (BrockviWo) . wa^ much missed last yoar from cover point; bats
fHirly and lias scored well; bowl*? roniid-arm occasionally: played
last season in England with Guy's Hospital vs. Ifenlerj-on-Thames.

Boyle (St. Catharine*), active field; wants practice to become a bat.

Broughall, fine bat and capital bowler, ronml-arm with pond pace ; when
itiirim, ii really formidable; also capital field, especially at point.

flyiiweK (^Toron to), steady bowler, medium pace, but has to bo watched
as to delivery; has fallen off in his batting ; has played for ten years
in the U. C. College vs. Province.

Jones, W. n. (Brockvillc). a remarkably steady howlor ; is seldom hit;
also bats well; played in 1856 vs. Sta!e^; contributed materially to win
match with Toronto. June 2ad. Good bowler as was ever witnessed
on the Toronto ground.

O'Reilly (Hamilton), hns been in England (or three years, and will no
doubt be a vast acquisition to the eleven, after seeing some English
cricket; u^ed to contribute haudsomoly to tlic score in Li3 under-
graduate course.

Phillipps, T. D., see St. Catharinoj; Cai)*ain of the eleven.

Kykert, A. E., sea St. Catharines.

Weld (Milton), has had less practice in 1857 than in prior years ; know.i
how to polish olf loose bowling ; used to bowl well, but has failed of
lato; we hope soon tJ hoar tliat " Richard i5 himself again."

UNDERGRADUATES.

Brailhury, J L.. a most promi-^ing rounc'-arm bowler ; will soon. If ho
keeps up his practico. leave his mark on the scoring paper, andsurpass
his brother, the Bradbury.

Maclmd, good field an;l improving bat.

PhilUprs, H., see St. Catharinep.

Bead, a fine bat, and steadily improving; a great acquisition to the eleven.

UPPEB CANADA COLIiEGE.

Upper Canada Collego has, from the infancy of the
panic in Canada, been noted as a nnrsery of cricketers.
If proof is required, here it is. For ten consecutive
years (excepting 1854) the ex-pupils of U. C. College have
played an annual match with the eleven of the Province ;
and on onlv two occasions ^1855 and 185G) of the ten
has the College been worsteu. This is all the more worthy
of note, from the steady importation every year of English
players. During the past year, the present pupils of the
College exhibited surer symptoms of vitality than for
some years previous, and played three matches, one with
the Carlton Club, July 4th, in which D. F. Bogert mado
11 ; J. L. Bradbury, 16 ; J. G. Jessup. 12. A match with
the Toronto 2nd eleven, played July 18th, in which J.
Bradbury made 47 ; F. A. Read, 34 ; W. H. Lapenotiere,
19 ; Murray, 17. In the return match with Toronto, July

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CRICKETER'S GUIDE.

22n(l, Bogert scored 16 and 0; Murray, and (n. o.) 32 j
McCaul, 8. There are some five or six other Clubs in
Toronto, viz. : — Knox's College, Lippiacott, Yorkville, &c

'WHITBY.

The Ontario Club of Whitby is one of rising import-
ance — during the last year it played matches, invariably
with success.against the Toronto,(almost a second Eleven),
Darlington, Oshawa, Pickering, Reach and Greenwood
Clubs — there were also two practice matches amongst the
members ; one being between an Eleven, chosen after re-
moving the best 4 pia3^ers, and the 4 with 7 others. The
other produced the strange and (for this country) uncom-
mon result of the left-handed men beating the right ; re-
minding one very forcibly of the matches played in Eng-
land (1848, 1849 and 1850) between 11 Greenwich pen-
sioners with one arm and 11 with one leg. In the last
of these (played at Kenningtoii Oval, Sept. 16,) the legs
beat with a wicket to spare. In England, (same place,
Aug. 30, 1850,) the right-handed beat the left in one
innings, with 66 runs to spare. In the mutch vs. Toronto^
[July 26] Clarke scored 23 and 8; Emraett, 25 and [n.o]\
Snow 14 and 0. The first named is a styhsh bat, and
played with Province YS. U.C. College,

WHSTDSOn

Has for two years possessed a good Club for a coun-
try town ; and although we have not many performances
to note for 1857, we may mention as a criterion of the
state of the Club, that in 1856 the Wmdsor Club obtained
the mastery over au Eleven chosen from the State of Ohio.

■WOODSTOCE-.

It pains us deeply to be compelled to state that the
Woodstock Club has [we trust only temporarily] dwindled
into obscurity. Ta 1S55 one of the strongest Elevens
that ever left Toronto met with an ignominious defeat at
Woodstock, The following year the latter was defeated
by Paris in one innings. In justice we should mention
that Woodstock in the return match partially recovered
her position, but it was a dearly boughc victory, for ex-
tinction has followed. With such men as Deedes, the two
Farmers, Piatt, Wetherell, and others we might mention,
it seems strange that Cricket should be entirely abandon-
ed to the more absorbing claims of railways and politics.

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NOTICE TO CLUBS.

It is the intention of the compilers to present a copy
of this work to every Cricket Club in Canada, through
the respective Secretaries; Any Club, therefore, not
receiving its copy by the first day of July, will have the
omission rectified by addressing (post-paid) to the Pub-
lishers, St. Catharines.

With a view to secure a more complete work next
year, the compilers have to make the following request
of the Secretaries, namely, that whenever a match ap-

f)ears in print, the Secretary will mail a copy to the pub-
ishers. There is another object m view, which will bo
materially furthered by such a course ; should the prospect
of encouragement be found to warrant the experiment, the
compilers intend to publish, at the close of the season,
(say in November,) a volume of the scores of all matches
played in 1858 — with or without comments. This will
of course be totally independent of the "Guide" for 1858.
About the Fame time a " Circular for information"
will be issued to the various Clubs, the Secretaries of
which are kindly requested to fill up and return promptly.
The late issue of our work this 3-ear was in part caused
by the tardy receipt of such necessary information.

The following suggestion is humbly submitted to the
various Clubs as worthy of consideration. The proper
time for beginning to pay attention to the ground is the
fall of the year, at the close of the season ; lor at this pe-
riod a Committee elected at its commencement is very apt
to point to the termination of their engagements as tho
conclusion also of their term of office, and leave the rest
for their successors. If, however, as soon as the chilling
blasts of autumn indicate the time for laying by the im-
plements of friendly warfare, the office-bearers for the
ensuing year were elected, they might easily expend (ho
energy usually elicited at the time of taking office, in
preparing good ground for tho coming campaign. There
would thus be the gain of time, and the beginning of tho
season would not interfere with the repairs necessary to
put ground in order. Tho step is worth a trial, as likely
to conduce to the acquisition of improved grounds. Be-
sides, the natural time for selecting fit subjects for res-
ponsibility is when the deeds of the zealous are yet fresh
iu tho mind.

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MONTREAL.

Though unavoidably crowded out of its proper place,
wc cannot send forth our Guide without some informa-
tion regarding the cricketing interests of Montreal, — the
more needful is this notice, from the fact of its contain-
ing two such eminent cricketers as Captain Gallway, the
originator, to a great extent, of the Canada vs. United States
match, and W. P. Pickering, Esq., the respected Captain
of the Canada Eleven. The officers of the Montreal Club
proper, arc — President, Captain Gallway ; Vice-President,
Captain Webber Smith ; Secretary and Treasurer, W. P.
Pickering ; Committee, (of which the above are ex-offido
members,) Messrs. Fisher, Hardman, Kay, Shipway, and
S. A. Smith.

For many years Montreal was noted for its cricket, but
of late the game has not kept pace with the times. Hav-
ing, however, recently received such an important acqui-
sition as W. P. P., we shall have more to chronicle in
future. Of this gentleman it would be vain to speak ;
suffice it to say, that in England he has successively ap-
peared in the Eton,]Cambridge, "I-Z." and other Elevens,
and was considered the finest of fieldmen ; indeed, at cover-
point he was reckoned the best in the world ! He also
excels as a bat, and with practice, should be the best in
Canada. As a bowler, he also appears to great advan-
tage. The Club consists of about 70 members, and play-
ed two matches with the military of Montreal (Review,
uncertain dates). Mr. Pickering expects to make the
ground equal to anything known as a cricket-field. The
military Club of Montreal plays on St. Helen's Island.

There are two other Clubs in Montreal, the first being
called the " Aurora Club," which played two matches
with the Club of Rouse's Point (Review, uncertain dates);
the other is in connection with the High School, and
though we he«r little of it at the present day, it is no
small credit to the institution to have put forth three
such prominent members of the Canada Eleven as Brad-
bury, Napier and Rykert ; we may also add Ellis, of
London.

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*^* On the following pago will be found the " Form of
Scoring Paper" alluded to in the Preface, which, if gene-
rally adhered to, will tend materially to secure more correct
data for compilation than has hitherto been obtainable.

FOBM OF SCORING PAPEB.
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Orioket Match olayed 8-t betxireAn the

AQd

.Clubs, o

n.. ...........

.. 1867.

of
Entry.

NAME OF

BATSUAN.

FIOTTRES
Aa SOORBO.

HOW OUT.

BOWLBR'S
NAME.

VoT

RUNS

Amsden, . .

•(.Mackenzie

Little

1.2.1.

Baker, . . .

bowled

Buchanan, . .

3.1.2.1.

Blackburn,

do Talbot,..-...

Boulton, . .

4.{
2.J

1.1.1.2.1.1.

ct Robinson,

t .3.4.4.2.3.2.1.

Brown, |

Bowes, . . .

not out,

4.1.1.1.2.3.2.2.1.

C^rtier, . . .

liD* W* •••••••

Dorion, ,<.,,,

1.3.2.1.1.2.

Clark, ....

ct. Merritt...

Morse,

Currie, . . .

bowled,

Simpson ....

2.1.3.

O'Farrell, .

run out, «...

3.1.0.2.1.2.

Rankin, . . .

hit wicket, . .

McLeod

2.1.1.1.

Thompson, .

bowled,

McMicken, . .

Byes,

1.2.1. 1

Leg Byes,

]

f Wides, 2.1.

No Balls, 1.1. 1..

Total 1106

Runs (
ever

No
Balla.

It the fall of
7 Wicket.

I8t.

2nd.
7

3rd.
15

4tnr

— 5tir

■"elh. ■

TtlT
82

8tl>.
95

9th.
104

lots:

106.

HFISIe
Balls.

BOWLBB'8

Namr.

BOWLEB'S OtEBS, and BUNtI OBTAINED FROM THEM.

Little,

1.2 1 1 1 1

1 1

Buchanan,

8 I 1 1 1

1 1

Talbot,

1 1 1 2

4.1 1

1 1

Brown, ! 3.1 1 3.1 1 1.3 2 2.4

1.3| 1

1.1 1 2 1 I

Dorlon, | 2 1 -5 1 1 3 1.4

1 1

Morse, | 4 i 1.2 | l.l | 1 |

.3.3 1 1

81m
Hcl

pson, 1 1 1 3 |. 1 1 3.1 1 1 1

1
1

ueod.

1.2 1 ^0 >1.2 1 3

McMlcken,

<2 2 1 a

1 1

^_ 1 ' 1

■^al*

No
Balls.

TotilT'
Wide
Balls.

Bowler's
Names.

■32

Bowler's
Names.

■S3

Brown,

McMlcken,

Bucbanan,

Morse,

Dorlon,

Simpson,

1 Little,

1 Talbot, 1 86

. .-. ....:-il. -. ■-...

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