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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io» s. iv. JCL* 29. im. " On Monday next there will be a great Cricket- Match play'd on Kennington Common, in the County of Surrey, between the Gentlemen of Sevenoaks, in the County of Kent, aud the Gentle- men of London ; the Ground will be roped round, and all Persona are desired to keep without side of the same; the Match is for a Guinea a Man, and the Wickets are to be pitch'd by One o'Clock."— London Evening Post, 2 July, 1734. "On Saturday last the great cricket-match was played at Moulsey - hurst, in Surry, between his royal highness the Prince of Wales, and the Earl of Middlesex, for 1,0002. a side; eight of the London club and three out of Middlesex play'd for the Prince; and the Kentish men for the Earl: the chiefest of the wagers were lai 1 on the first hands, apprehending there would not be time to play it out; and the Londoners went in first and fetch'd 95; then the Kentish men went in and fetch [ed?] 80; upon which the odda ran ten to three on the former, who went in a second time, and fetch'd but 41, which made them in all only 56 [in advance], so that the Kentish men beat them, and had three men to come in : to-morrow fortnight thel second great match for 1,0001. a side is to be play'd on Bromley Common, in Kent; and we hear the whole eleven who are to play for the Prince will be chosen out of the London club."—The Grub Street Journal, 17 July. 1735. " On Wednesday last a Match at Cricket was play'd at Barnes Common, between the Gentlemen of Barnes, Fulhani, and Richmond on the one Side, and the Gentlemen of London on the other, when the Londoners were beat 19 Notches ; and the same Gentlemen will play again in the Fields behind Powis House on 1 uesday next, the 17th Instant."— Sf. Jamex'i Evening Post, 12 August, 1736. " On Monday last, according to agreement, the Gentlemen of Kent and Surrey met on Cock-Heath, near Maidstone, to play their second Match at Cricket, when the Surrey Gamesters were in first, and play'd one hands out [?], on which the Kentish Men went in next, and got an equal Number of Notches with five Wickets to spare ; but the Weather proving very rainy they were forced to give over Play; so that the Surrey Men must retain their Honour for this Year, the Season being too far advanced for any more of that Sport."— St. James's Evening Pout, 5 October, 1736. As to the imputed French origin of cricket* see Mr. Andrew Lang on 'France the Mother of Cricket' in The Morning Post, 6 July, 1901. J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL. Although the earliest mention of the term "cricket" may be traced back only to 1598, the origin of the game is undoubtedly much older. It is on record that so far back as the time of Edward II. his tutor John Leek was in 1305 drawing 100 shillings from the Treasury for expenses " ad creag et alios ludos per vices." Whether the game of " creag " was the origin of cricket is, of course, un- certain. The games of cricket, rounders, and American base-ball are believed to be off- shoots of the old English "club-ball." Rymer, in referring to the decline of archery temp. Edward III., saya : " That art is now- neglected, and the people spend their time in throwing stones, wood, or iron ; in playing at the hand-ball, foot-ball, or club-ball, &c." It has also been suggested that tip-cat was the origin of cricket. G. H. W. [For other early cricket matches see 9th S. iii. 273; iv. 17: 10th S. i. 145, 395. At the last reference W. I. R. V. quoted advertisements of matches in 1700 (ten a aide) and 1705 (eleven a side).] WILLIAM III.'s CHARGERS AT THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE (10th S. ii. 321, 370, 415, 453 ; iii. 137).—Owing to the transposition of the date, it is stated at the last reference that the skull of the Duke of Schomberg was turned up in 1902. It was discovered by some workmen fifty years previously, and reburied in 1902. Vide 'The Cathedral Church of St. Patrick,' by J. H. Bernard, D.D. (London, Bell & Sons, 1903). I may also point out that there is an illus- tration and a phrenological description of the skull in ' Ireland, its Scenery. Character, Ac.,' by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, vol. ii. p. 441 (London, How & Parsons, 1841-3), where appears the following account of the finding of the skull:— "A very intelligent person, a verger of St. Patrick's Cathedral states that when he was quite a boy the vault at the left of the altar, in the chancel, was opened by mistake, and that one of the persons connected with the Cathedral, named Mike Manns, took possession of the skull; and being a heraldic painter, he absolutely used it for some time as a paint pot. At M&nua's death it ceased to be applied to so irreverent a purpose." As Hamlet remarked, "To what base uses we may return, Horatio !" HENKY GERALD HOPE. 119, Elms Road, Clapham, S.W. PRISONERS' CLOTHES AS PERQUISITES (10th S. iii. 369,472).—Offenders had various claimants to their possessions. Looking through eld papers a few d_ays ago, I found the following, being the original document:— "30 June, 1600. Grant by Anthony Watson, Bishop of Chichester, to Edward Hext, Esqre.. of felon's goods, viz., those of Nicolas Baker, of Somerton, Somersetshire, yeoman, who killed him- self, for the benefit of the widow and children." There was certainly one more grant of a similar kind among the papers, but this I did not copy. H. A. ST. J. M. "THERE SHALL NO TEMPESTS BLOW" (10th S. iii. 449 ; iv. 12).—The poem cited, beginning, as MR. KESYON says, " Come to the sunset tree," is Mrs. Hemans's ' Evening Song of the Tyrolese Peasants,' and is the eleventh of the author's 'Additional Miscellaneous Poems.' In a note appended to the lyric she quotes