Cricket (1884)

Post date: Mar 29, 2012 7:7:41 PM

Extract from July 1884 Parish magazine:

CRICKET.

Village Club (Secretary, Mr. Saxby) is now in full practice in the meadow, kindly lent by Messrs. F. Leney and Sons. The subscription for playing Members is Two Shillings and Sixpence.

The School Club has entered upon its third year, and held its Annual Meeting on Friday, May 16th when the following Officers were elected :—Captain, T. Rose; Vice-Captain, E. Anderson; Secretary, F. Parker. At this Meeting the Officers for last year were presented, the Captain Master E. Phillips, with a pair of batting gloves, and the Vice-Captain and Secretary with a bat. On Wednesday following, the Officers of the Club and three of the members waited upon H. White, Esq., and solicited his acceptance of a Riding Whip as a small token of the Club's appreciation of the kindness shown by Mr. White in giving them a ground and otherwise contributing to the success of the Club. Mr. White expressed the pleasure he had in knowing that the young people of Wateringbury delighted in the noble game. and said that he should always treasure the whip as a very pleasant memoir of Wateringbury.

Extract from August 1884 Parish magazine:

CRICKET NOTES.

A match was played on the Wateringbury Cricket Ground on Saturday, July 19th. between our club and the Maidstone Church Institute Club. The result was a victory for wateringbury. This was mainly due to the admirable batting of Mr. Childs, and the bowling of Mr. Percy Schneider.

A match has also been played between the boys of our National Schools and those of Yalding in which the latter were victorious.