THE FIELD. 
" ‘th Matthew the passion for bat and ball appears to have 
been almost intuitive ; his memory will not carry him back 
far enough to enable him to state when he first became a 
player. 
The testimonials consist of two largo and magnificent 
silver tankards, of elegant design and superior workman- 
ship, bearing appropriate inscriptions. Their intrinsic worth 
is, however, no doubt greatly inferior in the estimation of 
the recipients to their extrinsic value, os the gifts of hun- 
dreds of gentlemen, whom they may regard not only as their 
public admirers, but their warm personal friends. Previous 
to the presentation a grand display of rackets took place in 
the court, the players being Messrs. Envood, Sowdou, Morris, 
Pittman, tlio London amateur, Bull, Caplin, and the junior of 
the two winners of the silver cups at the Belvidere this soaaon. 
At the conclusion of the play a numerous and highly respect- 
able company sat down to an entertainment in the largo 
room of the hotel. Tho chair was occupied by Thomas Smith, 
Esq., the original proposer of tho testimonial, nud one of tho 
oldest patrons of rackets, supported by some of tho most 
distinguished players in the kingdom. 
The Chairman, having disposed of tho loyal toasts ; in an 
appropropriate speech, in which ho detailed tho ovigiu of the 
testimonial, aud the motives of respect and admiration which 
had prompted tho hundreds of subscribers to the performance 
of the act, presented the tankards to Mr. Morris ami Mr. 
Pittman — the healths of those gentlemen having beeu drunk 
with loud applause, 
Mr. Morris returned thanks in a brief but feeling speech, 
in the course of which he said that a testimonial like that, 
coming from such n large and highly respectable body of 
. subscribers, all of whom ho might number amongst his 
injury, but will rise and smite Its oppressor. Thus has friends, was in his estimation a full reward for his public 
many a monarch-mind been dethroned.” , services, an incentive to perseverance in tho samo course 
There is great despotism in our conventional laws, with J which had won for him their approbation ; and ho trusted 
895 
and bodily suicide — instead of being held up as warnings to 
deter others from a like violation of the laws of nature, are 
set before the minds of youth as noble examples, worthy 
of all imitation. A new calendar and order of saints have 
been created in our day, not deriving their repute from bodily 
flagellations aud mortification of the flesh, but whose 
title to canonization is founded upon the severity of the task- 
ing of the powers of the mind, but yet producing in effect the 
same bodily torments and fleshly mortifications as the self- 
inflicted penances of monks and Hindoos. Bibliomania is as 
injurious to the individual, and consequently to society, as 
any other monomania. It is with individuals as with society 
- — there never can be health where the one part of the body 
politic is elevated to the pampered privileges of a St. James’s, 
and the other degraded to the level of a St. Giles's. Intel- 
lectual cultivation is, beyond all question, man’s liighest 
earthly good. The less the mental powers are developed, the 
more the man assimilates to the brute ; but equilibrium 
must be preserved between mind and body, aud even-hauded 
justice dealt out to both. Excessive study, even of the 
highest aud purest subjects, demonstrates the truth of the 
proverb, that “ the corruption of the best thing is always the 
worst kind of corruption.” “ Be not studious overmuch,” 
would he as necessary a precept from an apostle to Chris- 
tians in the nineteenth century, as was the precept, “ Be not 
righteous overmuch,” to the Christians in the first century. 
Our danger lies far more from ^the former than the latter. 
Longfellow thus beautifully lays down the law regulating 
the connection of mind and body — a law which should 
govern our conventional usages : — “ If the mind, which rules 
the body, even forgets itself so far as to trample upon its 
slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the 
l’tr luif. will rum emifo 'Ue 
reference to athletic exercises, field sports, aud pastimes. In 
America conventional despotism bikes a positive form. If a 
man wishes to avoid becoming a social outcast, he must 
do one of two things — become a communicant of a 
church, or join a fire-engine company ; and as the duties 
of the first are the least onerous of the two, it is generally 
preferred. In England social tyranny assumes a negative 
shape. It is decidedly respectable to go to church, but it 
is not a sine qwl non of respectability. Our conventionali- 
ties are almost exclusively of the nature of the second table 
of the Decalogue — ‘ Thou shalt not " do this, that, and the 
other. Under this interdict the puritanical place field- 
sports, open-air games, and pastimes. If a man wishes ra- 
tionally to indulge in them, he must do so by stealth, or 
run the risk of being branded as a vulgar idle fellow, or even 
of having his prospects in life injured by a false charge of 
neglect of business. The re-election of Richard Andrews to 
the Mayoralty of Southampton was strongly opposed, upon 
the ground that the worthy coachmaker was guilty of the 
horrid crime of playing at skittles. His fellow-townsmen, 
however, had the good sense to ignore the indictment, and 
re-elect the skittle player. In consequence of the ban thus 
placed upon athletic games, many of the finest amateur 
racket-players have been deprived of that meed of praise 
which is justly their due, in order to avoid injury to their 
professional reputation from an infraction of these arbitrary 
conventionalities. This explains the reason why the re- 
porter of racket matches is continually obliged to use the 
vague phraseology, “An Amateur," “ An Amateur of great 
talent," “ A distinguished Amateur,” &c., not one of them 
conveying to the minds of the public the slightest idea as to 
who the individual is who has signalised himself. However 
repugnant this may he to the player’s own feelings, and 
however strong his consciousness may be that the pursuit 
in which he is engaged is not only innocent, but laud- 
able, still ho is compelled to submit to wear the mask. 
A man of fortune may set this conventional despotism 
at defiance, but a young professional man, whose brains 
are lus only patrimony, cannot afford to do so. It 
does not comport with the dignity of a barrister, for 
example, that he should be anything more than a mere 
lawyer. The only exercise he may take must be equestrian. 
He has the privilege of riding to and from court at an ambu- 
latory pace, with the regular up-and-down motion of a post- 
boy ; but racket aud ball are beneath the dignity of wig aud 
gown, although none need athletic exercises so much as those 
engaged in sedentary occupations. 
The community are, however, beginning to emancipate 
themselves from these effeminate restrictions. ThejfWill not 
much longer endure the silken— but, nevertheless, iron— rule 
of the drawing-room. When such a reform of our consti- 
tutional usages is effected, the professors of athletic exercises 
wi 1 have the honour which is due to them. The man who 
induces m others the habit of taking athletic exercises, 
promotive of bodily health, aud, at the same time, affords 
pleasure to multitudes by the exhibition of his own skill aud 
activity, will then be regarded, as he is, as a public bene- 
lautor. Such men ore Mr. Thomas Morris and Mr. Matthew 
Pittman, to whom handsome testimonials were presented by 
tbeir friends aud admirers, at the Belvidere Court, on Monday 
week. For upwards of thirty years these gentlemen have 
been the admiration of the racket world. During a great 
portion of that time they have been associated in play. For 
a long period they were considered as the joint champions of 
England no other players being able to wrest the palm from 
them. Increase of years, however, brought with it decrease 
ot physical powers ; and they were compelled to yield the 
palm to more juvenile aspirants. They have arrived at tho 
autumn of life, but yet with scarce any sign of the sear and 
yellow leaf. Although Mr. Morris is fifty-two, and Mr Pit- 
mau fifty-three years of age, there are few players who can 
cope with them, and fewer still who can beat them. 
that his children, to whom he hoped to transmit the testi- 
monial as an heir-loom, would bo incited thereby to tho 
pursuit of a like honourable course of conduct. 
Mr. Pittman returned thanks in a similar strain. 
The Vice-Chairman then proposed the healths of Thomas 
Smith and Henry William Johnson, Esqs., and the Committee, 
which was drunk enthusiastically, and responded to by the 
former two gentlemen. 
The health of the junior winner of the Belvidere cups, in 
terminated. 
K CRICKET. 
THE ELEVEN OP ENGLAND a TWENTY-TWO OF STOCKTON- 
ON-TEES AND DISTRICT. 
This match will bo played at Stoekton-on-Tecs ground, on Monday, 
Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 2. 1th, 20 th, and 27 th of this month. The 
following are the names of the players : — 
A. Mynn, Esq. 
T. Box. 
W. Clarke. 
G. Parr. 
— Joy. 
P. Stoekr]ale. 
T. Crosby, Esq. 
Rev. W. Davies. 
W. Hopkins, Esq. 
T. Littlcwood, Esq. 
H. Brumley. 
J. Coates. 
ENGLAND. 
W. Caflyn. 
J. Cicsar. 
H. Stcnlionson. 
G. Anderson. 
STOCKTON-ON-TEES. 
Captain Taylor. 
Owen Owen, Esq. 
Hugh Wilson, Esq. 
II. Dyke. Esq. 
'P. Hornby. 
W. Halton. 
T. Darnton. 
G. Morton. 
G. Wlllshcr. 
S. Parr. 
A. Clarke. 
J. Guy. 
II. Iddisoil. 
R. Stainshy, 
R. Clarkoi 
T. Robinson. 
C. Brnithwaite. 
— Ayro. 
— Hodgson. 
KENSINGTON GRAMMAR-SCHOOL v. ROYAL NAVAL 
SCHOOL. 
This match was played at Lord’s, Kensington going in first, 
and after some very fine play was got out for 238. Tho 
Royal Naval School then went in, and only obtained 65, 
owing to the very superior bowling and excellent fielding of 
Kensington. The score was as follows > — 
The testimonial was not, however, presented to these gen- 
tlemen solely as racket-players, who have maintained a high 
degree of celebrity for upwards of thirty years, but also as a 
mark of respect for their private characters as gentlemen. 
po|ml a SUaVlty ° f manQerS haa readered them personally 
Mr. Morris, as a racket-player, may be said to have been 
ins own father— that is to say, he entered the racket world 
without any family antecedents. His public career has gained 
however, a testimonial which he may well be proud 
o hand down to his family as a heir-loom. Mr. Pittman is 
^ instance of hereditary genius. His father, 
mr-kTu tk r~ DOW aDd ' in his eighty-sixth 
Ln- if i attam . ed ? reat eminence in his day. The three 
firat ' rate proficients in the game. John, the 
Cn hVr? f r many r ar3 tbecha “piuu of England, until 
£100 mwL L Th’ m a celebrated match at the Belvidere fur 
son w tLe , eldest - and Matthew, the second 
son, were considered only inferior to John, tho champion. | 
KENSINGTON GRAMMAR-SCHOOL. 
T. Elliott, b Blois 
W. Jervis, b Blois 
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, 
W. Ward, c Blois, b Brewer .... 13 
A. Le Messurier. run out 
A. Bayford, e. and b Blois 
J. Whitehurst, b Brewer 
F. J ustice, run out 
C. Hollway, not out 
G. Maule, l> Blois 
F. Rivers, b Blois 
Total 233 
. 4 
Brewer, c Justice, b Ward 
II 
. 3 
Pascoe, c Jervis, b Ward 
4 
Blois, st Bayford, h Ward 
11 
. 13 
Smith, leg beforowiekot, b Ward 
1 
. 72 
Fnrquharson, b Jervis 
0 
. 1 
Nortliover, b Ward 
1) 
. 4 
Robinson, e Bayford, b Ward . . 
3 
. 31 
< Iminbcrs, not out 
4 
3 s 
lllciis, h Ward 
Strong, b Jervis 
1 
1 
Currie, b Jervis 
60 
Bye*, 10 — wide*, 10 
20 
Total 
65 
TWENTY-TWO 
THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND , 
OF READING. 
This grand match was resumed on the Reading ground on 
Saturday, and terminated on the afternoon of that day in 
tavour of the Eleven by two wickets. Thin was tho final 
score : — 
READING. 
. o b Clarke 3 
P 0 - Box, b Clark.- l 
a Ha n ” U T , et ‘ b Clarke " " »ox, b Clarke tl 
A Barker, <• Anderson, b Clarke .... 3 b Stephenson 4 
M?"'. run ®“‘ 3 c A. Clarke, b Clarke .... r, 
fHrleh^Sl "i" 1 ° Ut i3 •' “ , " 1 '* StCDheniWU 0 
furle, b Stephenson 0 b Clarke 3 
. ' ,, n -™ e > 1 *' b Stephenson 0 
A. Beale, c Cicsar, b Clarke 1 
G. Cocks, b Stephenson 1 
H. I. Simonds, b Stephenson 0 
Nicholson, ruu out •> 
Free, b Clarke. . 
Ireraonger, c Box, 1, Clarke. 
C. Knipe. b Stephenson 
s Box, b Clarko 
b Clarke 
c CaRVn, b Stephenson .... 
c Willshcr, h Stephenson.. 
Clarke, h Clarko 
Bunin, not out j 
Addison, e Bidding, b Clarlio !.*.'] . . ! . 0 
tyc, 1— no balls, 4 ” . g 
Total, 
c Parr, b Clarko 7 
c Box, b Clarke 1 
Byes, 6 — wide, 1 0 
Total 02 
THE ELEVEN. 
A. Clarke, c Royston, b Burrin 6 b Roys ton 0 
Cicsar, c Cooks, b Burrin It b Royaton a 
s Parr, e Kulpo, b llurrlu 1 b Burrin 0 
Cium), o Royston 0 
Stephenson, \> Burrin 4 
Parr, run out 0 
Anderson, e and b Burrin .......... f) 
Willshcr, b Burrin 0 
Rev. W. Ridding, ruu out 0 
Box, not out 11 
Clarke, b Harris (I 
0 Burrin, b Royaton 0 
not out f 4 
not out 16 
b Royaton 3 
c Sarney, b Royston 0 
e and b Royaton 3 
b Burrin 2 
Byes . 
^ Total.., 01 
1 hus tho Eleven won by two wickets. 
Leg-bye . 
Total.. 
ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN r. EIGHTEEN MEMBERS 
OF CHESHIRE AND FOUR PROFESSIONAL 
PLAYERS. 
,1 , n,a * ob 0ftme otYou Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 
tho 18 th, mil, and 20th hint., at Mucolo.sflold, tho Eleven of 
hnglaud winning by 77 ruus. A largo conoouree of people 
attended. This match is fixed to bo played in Juno next 
year. Score : — 
ALL KNOI.AND. 
J. Caviar, b Diver 
II. Stevenson, e Diver, b Buttle**' 
S. l’arr, h Huttrcvs 
(1. Anderson, b Diver . 
U. Parr, b Buttiy** ... 
A. Clarke, 0 F. Lewis. 
i:. Wllllshcr, i- mid h Buttress . 
.1. (Iny, not out 
Byes, 2 -leg bye, 1 
Total 
Grocnall, leg before wlokot.. 
Mallory, h Clarko 
F. Lowls, e Cicsar 
I. Lewis, 0 Cliffy 11 
Rudynrd, b Clarko ... 
Lltligne, not out 
Fisher, b Wllllshcr ... 
Fogg, run out 
Selby, b Stevenson .. . 
Few, h Wllllshcr 
Williamson, c tl. Parr . 
Latham, 0 0 . Parr ... 
Blackshuw, b Clarko. . . 
Buttress, b Wllllshcr ... 
Burgess, e and b Clarko . 
Stephenson, h Wllllshcr . 
Yurwood, h Clarko 
Francis, l> Stephenson.. . 
6 
b Diver 
4 
1 
leg befnru wirkut 
0 
b Buttress 
. 2 
1 
0 Pear*, li Diver 
, u 
6 
0 Burgi ", b Diver 
0 Selby, b Buttress 
. u 
1 
0 Selby, h ButtruM 
U 
b Diver 
6 
not out 
70 
Total 
II RE. 
b Clarke 
u 
h Clarko 
1 
b Clarko 
n 
b Stevenson 
. 0 
4 
c Bex, b C’iiUVii 
. 1 
2 
leg beforo wicket 
. 0 
n 
b CallVn 
1 
0 
c Wllllshcr, li ('ally n 
, 0 
11 
c Osar, li CuUVii 
0 
3 
c Clarko, b Caliyn 
1 
1 
run out 
. ;i 
0 
st Box, b Clarko 
, 2 
2 
not out 
2 
a 
b Stevenson 
. 3 
0 
b and e Stevenson 
. 2 
4 
h Clarke 
1 
1 
leg before wicket 
1 
e A. and b W. Clarke . . . 
. 8 
b Clarko 
. 11 
12 
Byes, 4 — log bye.*, 2 . 
II 
Total 
r. 
HODGSONS. 
On Thumlay, tho 14th instant, a match was played ln 1 - 
tween the tenants mid frioudu of Edmond Calvert, Esq.. of 
Huiindoiibury, Ware, and those of tlm adjoining estate of 
Jolm Hodgson, Bmp, Gilston Park, Boat wick. Although 
tho weather was most, uupropitioua, it appeared in no way 
to damp the ardour ol all present, and tho playing on both 
sides was excellent. The game having terminatod at an early 
hour, tho remainder of tho day was passed in rustic sports 
and old English games. A sumptuous luncheon was pro- 
vided, which, we need scarcely say, added considerably to 
the comfort and hilurity of the day. 
THE HODGSONS. 
— Hodgson, Esq., b Faint l b Faint * 
PoWlbyr, b Smith is b Smith i.. la 
Thompson c Hunt I h Faint 13 
Franklin, b Faint 1 Faint 6 
Peat, c A. Culvert 2 b Faint ... 1 
T. Archer, b Faint <j 0 Woo dliouso 2 
T Harrington, not out I b Celdnmii H 
W. l'ratt. b Faint 1 b Logorton 17 
Scott, b Faint c b Faint 1 
T. Jarvis, 0 Hunt 0 h Faint 1 
W. Row, leg before wicket 0 not out 3 
Woodrow ,h Faint 0 b Logorton . . 2 
Bye, I-wldC8, 3 .1 B^w, 6-wide, 1 7 
Total 37 Total 70 
THE OALVKRTS. 
E. Calvert, b Ilowlby 0 
A. Culvert, b Bowl by 21 
F. Ottcy, b Ilowlby 0 
W. Duwen, run out 1 
W. Logorton, b IJowlby <; 
W. Wuodhouiio, not out 11 
T. Faint, b Bowlby| s 
W. Styles, b Uowlby u 
W. Smith, 0 Thompson 14 
Speller, leg before wicket, b Bowlby.. 0 
R. Goldman, c Scott 32 
It. Hunt, b Bowlby 3 
Byes, G— wide, 1 « 
Total 100 
b Franklin I 
not out I 
not out 3 
Total. 
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL v. MERCHANT- TAYLORS’ 
SCHOOL. 
This match wav played at Black lieuth, on Saturday, 
Sept. 16th. Unfortunately there was not timo to finish tho 
match, but when tho stumps wore drawn tho score stood as 
follows : — 
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL. 
0 . Blois, b Traill 10 b Traill 20 
Tom, b Hutchins 3 h Traill 
Hope, c Traill, b Hutchins 
Brewer, b Traill 3 
Smith, b Traill 0 
Osincr, b Traill 1 
Robinson, b Hutchins le 
C. Farquliurson, b Traill, . 
Nash, b Traill 
W. Blois, b Traill 
M. J-'urquhurxon, not out 
Bye*, 4—1 b, 2 — w, 6 
b Hutchins 6 
b Traill 1 
e U. Grey, b Trolll 11 
0 Chamber*, b Traill 13 
b Hutchins 1 
0 Holding, b Traill 2 
c Hutchins, b Traill 2 
b Traill 2 
not out 2 
Bye*. r >— 1 b, 2— w, 7 . . 14 
Total 
1 
1 
0 
1 
11 
Total 40 
MERCHANT-TAYLOIIS’ SCHOOL. 
M'Carthjr, run out 0 
Smith, b Ottrnor it 
Traill, e Illoi*, b Osincr 3 
Holding, b Oimcr <• 
Hutchins, b Blois 3 
II, Grey, c Robinson, b Biol* 3 
R. Grey, b Biol* <» 
Chambers, hit wicket, b 0 turner 3 
Vernon, b Blois 1 
Williams, run out 2 
Shut to, not out . . . ** 
Bye*, 7 — leg bye, 1— wide*, 3 11 
Total. 
3 S 
The hatting on the part of Messrs. Blois, Osmer, and /Smith 
was very good, ns was also tho bowling of Mr. Traill. 
