Related article: good one, plenty of ponies, plenty of players, plenty (perhaps too many) of matches. The danger, indeed, seems to be that members' games may be neglected at some of the London clubs, yet good members' games, as at Rugby, are better than half the " faked " up matches. Polo at an end in England, we must now take flight for Dublin, where a Royal visit, a Royal Show, and Royal Polo will have drawn many folk ere these words see the light. T. F. D. Public School Cricket of 1897. The past season has been another dry one, bringing with it a triumph of bat over ball. In many respects it has been eventful, some of the more noteworthy incidents Buy Cheap Atrovent being the drawn game between Eton and Harrow, the splendid performance of Marlborough against Cheltenham, which will be Purchase Atrovent mentioned again, and the defeat of Charterhouse by Westminster. We are getting so accustomed to the Eton and Harrow match ending in a draw that it is not remarkable that people should be expressing opinions in Atrovent Online favour of the game being extended to three days. But it must be acknow- ledged by the advocates of this extension that lately there has been a conjunction of circum- stances which has tended to bring about this very undesirable result. We refer mainly to the dry seasons, and to the fact that Society seems to swallow up more and more time in parade. We do not wish to say a word against the cricket in this parti- cular match, but for our own part we cannot see that it is appreciably better than that shown in other inter- public school games which, if uninterrupted by weather, are nearly always finished. The fact is that no two public school elevens want three days to settle the question of superiority if they are allowed to play the game without interruption. If, however, the Eton and Harrow match is to be considered more and more as a society function, then by all means let it become a three-days' match, and there does not seem to be any good reason why it should not ultimately last Buy Atrovent a week or more. The Eton XI. were beaten by Winchester on a slow wicket, and had the worst of the draw with Harrow. This does not sound as if they had a good team, but if they did not reach a very high standard of excellence they were nevertheless far from being a bad side. This is proved by some of their performances, for a side which could defeat the I.Z., the Free Foresters, and New Col- lege, could not lack ability. At Lord's, however, they showed that they were lamentably weak in 1897.] PUBLIC SCHOOL CRICKET OF 1897. 211 bowling, and with the exception of Mitchell no one was in the least degree successful. Against Win- chester Tryon bowled well and Robarts very well, but against Harrow they were ineffective. As regards batsmen Eton were well off. H. C. Pilkington is one of the most promising boys of the year, and Mitchell, Penn, and Lubbock did well. In fielding they were hard-working, but scarcely as smart as their rivals at Lord's. Although the Harrovians were beaten on more than one occasion, notably by the Free Foresters, M.C.C., and the Lords and Com- mons, they were an exceedingly good all-round eleven. It is true they played badly against M.C.C., for the club had a poor side, but their games against the Quid- nuncs, Old Harrovians, I.Z., and Eton were Buy Atrovent Online each in their way brilliant. They had six or seven excellent batsmen, a smart wicket- keeper, and some good bowling at their command. E. M. Dowson stood out so pre-eminently as the best bowler on the side that it strikes the observer that the absence of any bowler of Hke ability to keep up the other end was a weakness in the eleven. In a measure, of course, this was so, but the weakness is rather Purchase Atrovent Online apparent than real, for although Dowson was by far the best bowler on the side, and in fact the best school bowler of the year, there were others in the eleven capable enough, and Hart, if the wicket helped him, could make the ball turn perceptibly. Order Atrovent Online The Wykhamists, thanks to some splendid bowling by L. M. Stevens, who, in the game, took 1 8 wickets for 68 runs, and some consistent batting, won their match against Eton. F. D. H. Joy came back into the team after a year's absence, and although the eleven received a crushing defeat in May they were on the whole fairly successful. They were unlucky in their unfinished games, as they would have beaten a powerful team of Mr. A. J. Webbe's and Magdalen, Oxford, had not want of time prevented them. Some of the performances of Rugby during the season were sufficiently brilliant to encourage their supporters in the hope that they would beat Marlborough at Lord's. This they failed to do, but a defeat by 3 wickets from a team as strong as the Marlburians cannot be called anything but honourable. Both Rugby and Marlborough had Generic Atrovent wonderfully able elevens this year, and during the season both of them- gave ample evidence of the fact. Against New College E. R. Wilson, the Rugby Captain, made no fewer than 206 not out, and W. Cheap Atrovent G. Cobb (whose failure at Lord's was provoking) made over a century, and as Wilson is also a good slow bowler he must be a thoroughly good cricketer. But the talent at Rugby was by no means confined to Wilson and Cobb. In. W. L. Y. Rogers, Hannay, Nicholls and Spencer, they had most useful players, and they were altogether a capital eleven. One point in connection with the school cricket is that the eleven met and defeated Upping- ham. It is to be hoped that this game may be played for many years to come, and that next Order Atrovent season it may be extended to two days. We have already spoken highly of Marlborough, and we doubt if any school team could have beaten them. Against Cheltenham they did a marvellous performance, making the 134 runs necessary to win the match in 55 minutes, and winning just on time. This was the work of L. G. Collins and 212