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the only carry The praction may mper bo bean so common them as it is now, but
at osat Murde famous members of the Notts County scamere adeptung their" Yalk"lhatodded their Skin
**SO-CALLED. DEVENSIVE PLAY.*? Now, however muely it may be advis-fil abla. to modify the bo rule that; of wa itself-bas, 1 tabmit,' little or nothing to do with the growing unpopularity of cita kat! It lefent to point to two bathmen to disprove Mr. Stoel's theory...
I rifer ses Hobbs, of: Surrey, and Wilson, of Yorkshire. Both men are past moebat sa i in the "unn'ef thuir "logs, but while the former is one of the most attractive bate met in the world, the other is one of thesj- mohouattractive="I am, od veðursej sporking in the popular senso, noë in tho technical adio, for while the brilliancy of Hobbs will be admitted by all, there HOUSE in KNUTSFORD TERs Also much to admire in the atolid do- RACE.·
fence of Wilsan By those who esa socitào j ne posta é defbasive pic But it is largoly this so-called defensive play "* that is making crickes popular. The puke simply with not pay to see it. The puble-may be wrong? but thera^is in. You canhot Ague with the public; You mist either give them what they want or do without their support. All bus a tow cd Indies aro agreed that the game
mt be made brighter; it must be fastor is to be made agreeable to the 'publia it
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Very few of the public-can afford the tinier to watch a three days' match. Even a two days match is beyond the Emiti of time at the servies "of the majority of gur spestisurs. It is the three day match that has made all the loafing and waste
-FLOOR, NO FEDDEof time that we now see on our cricket STREET
fields. Bui, are one day matches' prac Old Rocká "OFFICE | Apply Proticable? The authorities will immedinte pašty, Chilón JARDINE, HATHESON 3 ||y tell you that they are not, and par. Sc., LaD.
kape under existing conditions they are not, but if cothing but one day matches will save the game: then the rules must. be altered.sh that one day matches are made practialblo. At tho present: time minny one day matches aïs played, and SR-in point of spirited play and her sport they are infinitely more attractive than the three day match: Why in the half-
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day matches in the Lancashire and York- shire. Brignol-sayy› D ́to ·8.80-one maj [Hec quite as good cricket and far more sporting-both for the player, and: ; thu spectator thau ane-generally sees in an ["ordinary" "county" match.
I do not suppose for a moment that the counties will play one day matches unless they are driven to it, but I feel sure it is a much mero practical proposi
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This match would,
course, consist of ore intings for each side. In order to save travelling expenses the return match could be played on the following day, and 237 each county would therefore play four mates where it now plays two. Ip drder to equalise the fuck of the wicket the team which won the toss in the first match would concede the choice of in- ings to its 'opponent in the second 'imatch. if one day matches were adopted it might be necessary to restrict the number of hours that any one team could occupy the wickets, but tho practicability of one day matches is only a matter of serange-
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nent.
CRICKETERS WHO HATE FOOTBALL.
It appears to me, howover, that the first thing necessary towards cricket ro form, whether wo play one, two, or thras
TIROM 1st February, MEIRION, No. 10, D Pesk, furnished or rafurnished day matchos, is to make the county cham. ; Booms,
No. 21, SHELLEY STREET:
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pionship competitive in a genuine sense. contrast. Ent and an account of constituents. of Credit granted
At present the competition is merely To let or for sale, GLENSHIEL' sentimental. If, however, the counties agenta and Correspondents all over the Barter Road, No. 194, Pask, 8 rooms from ware divided into two classes, and the Worlderne
Lit March, 1813. INTEREST allowed:00 Curent countCRAIG RTRIE,' No. 4, the Peak, to frst two clubs in the second class wore at X per on the Daily-Balance Tet.; Gor situation; 8 rooms; tonnis and take the place of the last two clubs and on Fixed Deposits at rater which marroquat lawas.
in the Erst class at the end of each sea- mbe ascertained on application
The KYRIE, No. 13; Pesk, To Let on the 'conpelitiën would at once become F. C. MACDONALD furnished,
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To let Fortished *DÜNEDIN, Barker Bongs, Marih 18, 1913.
Road, No. 135, the Pesk; for 6 months hate football, and that is the chief rosson from 1st June Low rent.
why they refuse to take a leaf out of the footballer's book; otherwise, they would long ago have adopted the league system inaugurated in this country by the late HARTING and ROGATE, on part of William McGegor. Provints to the crea ANKING Kowloon Inland Lot No. 164.
tion of the Football League the only : apply bo
matches that really attracted the public LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
were those in the English Cup competi 3rd Ficor, Alexanda Buildings.tion. The so called friendly" -- Hongkong, Anz. 2, 1911.
14 was regarded in much the same way a
most people look upour the county cricket: championship at the present day,
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