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club, and another member of the same team, Jack Sharp, las rendord yeomon sorrice to the country of his ad ptian-Lancashire-during the season. LU. I. Palairet, too, is a football enthusiast, and others with excel at other gauden whose names accur, to mind are Negahan (he Shefeld nitel hoff-bock, who has played many useful innings for Barbyski o during the sexison), J. Dovey (the Aston Villa captain), J. F. Byrne (the Rugby International full back, and captain of the English fifteen on more than one occasion). Iremonger (Nottingham Forest), S. M. J. (popularly called "Sammy" Woods, C.B. Fry (vho pre'nbly will assist Sonthampton Leicester Rugby Club ever had), Jussop and storer. There are names that crop up just at the moment; doubtless there so many more who follow both the winter and summer pastime with sucosse, Footballers could indulge in no. better game to keep themselves fit. during the summer months than cricket, and it would seem that most of the successful footballers are succosefal also at oricket.
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The result of the return match between sion, the weather fairly broke up, and the match Lancashire and Yorkshire was a draw, and thus had to be abandoned without a ball lving been matters are still even hatwon the two great bowlod. A "gate" was taken on the first day, counties. They have mot 66 times, sud peen. but the crowd saw nothing but an empty fiacly enough, ach county has won 25 matches, playing space. There were no receipts during the remaining 16 being drawn. Thus honours the next two days, and Lockwood's luck created are still easy" A gratifying feature of the general sympathy. It may be that a match-match, which was this year played on the Head. THE irrespective of the County Championship between Yorkshire and Surrey will be played before the season actually closes, the proceeds of which will help to swell the fund for Lock wood's bepofit. It certainly seems hard that the many years' sterling services of a profes sional like Lockwood should be mullified by change in the weather, and it is to be hoped that the many admirers of the Surrey profes Navy Contractors, Shipchandlers, Bail.sional will give their practical support to the
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the captain playing one of his finest innings for 194. A beautiful player to watch is Palairet graceful, neat and accurato always, and a feature of his play that compels admiration is the force he puts into his strokes. He makes few wistimed hits, and no wonder that he is, one of the most popular players with the crowd, for there is no doubt that he is one of the most attractive batsmen in England. He and Lewis pnt on ne fewer than 258 for the first wicket, and thus paved the way for a big total, but
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wickets down Palariet closed the innings Brav ly as Somersetshire had performed however, Sussex or rather those brilliant cricketers K B. Fry and K. S. Ranjitsinbji--did even better work. After Vine had left, Fry and Ranjše sinhji made the Somerset bowling look feeble,
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