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 iv. AUG. 12, iocs.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 133 Hayinan; 'An Exact Representation of the Game of Cricket,' by Louis Pierre Boitard ; 'Cricket at Hampton Wick,' by R. Wilson, R. A.; frontispieces to' The Laws of the Game of Cricket' for 1785 and 1800; 'A Cricket Match,' by Louis Belanger, 1768, lent by the King; and 'The Grand Jubilee Match of Monday, 10 July, 1837, between the North and South of England, at Lord's.' I may add that in the new Speech-Room of Harrow School (recently honoured by the presence of the King and Queen) there hangs a copy of a curious picture representing William and John Mason playing cricket at Harrow in 1772. In the distance, more or less northward, one sees the ancient hill, with the old school buildings and St. Mary's Church. The original picture belongs to Mr. R. H. Mason, of Necton Hall. Norfolk. A. R. BAYLEY. Perhaps the earliest print depicting a cricket match is a satirical one published in 1757, and entitled 'The Crowned Heads of Europe,' of which, and of others, there are valuable reproductions in illustration of an »rticle by Mr. Alfred T. Story in The Strand Magazine of some few years ago, entitled 'The Evolution of Cricket.' I have what is perhaps the earliest extant photograph of a cricket team, dated 7 Sep- tember, 1859. It represents' England's Twelve Champion Cricketers starting for America.' The names are Carpenter, Caffyn, Lockyer, Wisden, Stephenson, G. Parr, Grundy, Csesar, Hayward. Jackson, Diver, and John Lilly- white. The photograph is by W. H. Mason, of Brighton. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. 6, Elgin Court, Elgin Avenue, W. I have an interesting engraving of the match between the women of Surrey and those of Hampshire, for 500 guineas, which took place in 1811 at Newmgton Green, when Hampshire won by 14 notches. H. SOUTHAM. Shrewsbury. I have a coloured engraving of the picture by Francis Hayman, R.A., of 'The Game of Cricket as play'd in the Artillary Ground, London,' published in 1752 (the figures are very much rubbed) by "Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street." Hayman died in 1776. E. E. STREET. In ' Old-fashioned Children's Books ' (p. 165) and in 'Forgotten Children's Books' (p. 261), published at the Leadenhall Press, may be found some curious information, illustrated by cuts, of this game as played in 1812-13. The wicket is composed of two stumps, on which the bail is laid, and the bat resembles a club more than anything else. I have- heard an old friend of mine, who was at Eton when Dr. Goodall was head master (1801-9), say that in his time the boys used to dress in shorts and silks to play at cricket. In Evans's ' Old Ballads,' 1784, vol. iv. p. 323, is a long amusing poem on cricket, entitled 'Surrey Triumphant,' by J. Duncombe, 1773, a parody on 'Chevy Chace.' In this it is- said :— This game did last from Monday morn Till Wednesday afternoon, For when bell Harry rung to prayera The batting scarce was done. Bell Harry was at Canterbury Cathedral. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge. MR. CLIFTON ROBBINS should refer to- Strutt's ' Sports and Pastimes of the People of England,' 1884, p. 747, and The English, Illustrated Magazine, 1890, 1-3. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. SATAN'S AUTOGRAPH (10th S. iii. 268, 356, 415).—At the last reference I alluded to- "The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom, edited by Richard Parkinson, D.D., F.S.A. Printed for the Chetham Society, MDCCCLV." This was carefully examined by me recently, and in it the following curious entry was found :— "We dined with Mr. Foxley ou Friday [i.e., 6 June, 1731] and Mr. Parker on fish and pease, and about three went to Queen's College, where we were last night, to take a copy of the devil's hand- writing, which I did, as it is on the following page: we saw likewise Christ's College library [Christ Church is meant], and in particular the mandrakes, which were very surprising."—P. 516, vol. i. pt. 2. Just before the title - page, among the 'Addenda et Corrigenda,' is an explanatory note on the words "to take a copy of the- devil's handwriting." John Byrom was born in 1691, and died in 1763, and was buried with his ancestors in the Byrom Chapel of the collegiate church of Manchester. He is usually styled Dr. Byrom, but it does not appear, though he- studied medicine, that he graduated as doctor. The following anecdote from ' Oxford and Cambridge Nuts to Crack ' (1835) may prove amusing and illustrative, and is not generally known :— " Answered In Kind.—Why should we smother a good thing with mystifying dashes, instead of plain English high-sounding names, when the subject is of 'honourable men'? 'Recte facta refert.' Horace forbid it. The learned Chancery Barrister, John Bell, K.C., 'The Great Bell of Lincoln,' as he has-