New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM COMING.
A STRONG ELEVEN TO PLAY THE AMERl-
CAN TEAM IN THIS COUNTRY
NEXT MONTH

The negotiations which have been under way for
time for the visit Of strong English cricket
team 10 this country have resulted In the accept
Of r. F. Warner 20 bring out a team next
month. cable message was received from MN 'his
week. in which he definitely accepted the invitation
come and gave the following list Of the players
who would accompany him:
c. l.. Jessop Of Cambridge University and
Gloucestershire: r. 5. Lucas. OF Middesex; f. o.
Bull. Of Essex. G. r. Bardswell. OF oxford Cniver-
sity and Lancashire; W. Nc. G. Hemmingway. OF
Gloucestershire: II. d. G. Lcveson-Gower and II. b.
Chinnery. Of Surrey: W. J. V. Wegall. Of Kent; g.
Brann, of Sussex and G.. T.. Cobb. Of Monmouth
shire.
p. F. Warner Is himself batsman OF consider
able ability and good fielder He Is twenty-iour
years old. and was graduated from OXFORD only
las; year. He plays regularly on the Mddiesex
eleven. His batting average IL high on the list OF
the frst-cass players
c. L. Jessop born in 1874, and was ne" W
frst-cass cricket until last year when he achieVed
considerable success both for Cambridge tnver-
sity and Gloucestershire. He holds the record Tor
the fastest century" ever made in frst-class
cricket his lOl against Yorkshire having been made
In forty minutes
F. G. Bull Is likely 10 prove the chief trundler
OF the team He is a slow bowler with perfect COM
mand Of the bail. His work for Essex this year
has been mainly instrumental in the advancement
of his county to first place in the championship
race.
w McG Hemmingway Is another hard-hitting
batsman Of the fast st-scoring type He was wit5 the
team which represented Cambridge here in lsso ne
is considered 10 be the best fielder in England. and
his work at coyer-point for Giouoestershire has
produced the downfall of many batsman
r. S Lucas has also been in this country. as he
formed one Of Lord Hawkes. eleven. He is a scien-
tnc batsman with an attractive style and scores
rapidly from all kinds of bowling
II. u. q. Leveson-Gower Is the ex-captain OF GN1
T,fx.n f.rs las he gl
the batting averages. This year he has peeh or
OF the most successful hatsinon on the powerful
II i chinnery has done fxcep!ionny , sSoa w9TG 5nG
is a slow bowler of considerable promise e.., g.,
G. r. Bardswell. this years captain Of oxford Is
another OF the men who have visited this country
before. lie is a good ail-around player ne'ts a
Ts2Togs u 51smln ,hG sng .qi eJen bowie"
WeSa Is an SEd S% bGq549 bd nT Tno fSl nov scorg
and the Philadelphians VIII recognize IN MN an 200, old
friend. for against their team this year IN I:p I'm
them busy chasing his hits during tn greater
part OF an aftesnoonS play a,yrohsh,v the bestknown
man g. hranh nn he oi leSm AZ for long line his name
figured ea with that Of W 6. Grace the compiler Of
batted for sussex. and he was among the first SIX
players who reached 1000 runs ?, coh, 81 Mon.
mouthshire He is wicket, Keeper With con: S1:
dT sdSEnRe m 6 sP4aGq ana Of the game H % is
his place on a hrst-class team. lie - ho' P'o'"'
nf1 The a. team Is due to arrive in this city on the St
paul on September 10 II Is scheduled 10 Pa! -
adinbia III on tho following Friday and Satur-
Day September l. and IS but the Me'Tono,hhn n, ,h
hrst game played here. The tour is under 'dT f
MANAGEMENT OF the Associated 'ricket 1upo oda Ia
10 ibem to have the visitors open their tour with
co. AZ staten Island Monday. IuesnaN anu
tyTahresdav y1nir September 49, u and +. NeSQua-
lions are now bending between M the n lam asm and
,h-e s e,erv expectatlon that II Will he pIayeu
Four will probably b be nny@d rdpresemta IN
,t,.a teams of Philadelphia to take place ~ t
grounds OF the Belmont. Gernanto~no oha an maich
ciubs while the fourth will be a ,Wo-udE io,,s or
srainst teal comprising twenty-five coI'9' VI
Young players under twenty-one Years on, ,,,c. IN
r. is believed that games Will also TAKE P'"Oe "
baltimore and Toronto.