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Australian veteran of 55 Test matches, who has gone to England to watch this year's games, rings up the curtain on the dramatic moments
WEEK-END
SECTION
Behind The Scenes In
SBIG cricket!
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Juniors M M Sony, Patrtets Coomtan.
Wiante Ingram: Unfortunately, Izek of forbids my prining The Purtret answer bar competitions We will have
word-making competition very shortly
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Stolars Eva Grady. Owen Hoog Sing Charles Edward Clask. Therese Azevedo, Doreen Handyside, Wang Yung-ising. Mary Grace Asche, I M. Omar, Salindar Singh GILL, Byt Rousseau, Antonian da Lux,
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What magical memories does the phrase bring up for you of milling crowds, of tense drama out there in the middle at Lord's or the Oval, of giants tumbling and unknowns coming through, grim battles for the Ashes, of happy daya in the sun.
Me, too.
But these are memories you and I! share. Where I what to take you 1
the behind the big cricket; to dressing-room where you rannet go,! Lo let you look in on the giants
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This, for instalen We are elus- tered outside the pavilion at Mel- bourne for one of the important Test
1st Bert Iremonger
next mateles man in, and, as he goes down the steps to face Barnid Larwood, his little daughter, who is watching with her nother, cries excitedly: "Oh, Duddy."
Hert in so intent en lus jub
hear. The child is doesn't
dis pointed, restless, calls again, pluun- tively: "Daddy.
"Hush, dark." says her roller In a vulce we ran all hear "addy won't be losg***
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Big
Cricket
Wo on it
Carter and I were like a couple
Up and down of caged llons.
anxious keeping
eyes went, Warwick Armstrong-hopinz, a were, to catch the Speaker's eye.
Finally, Armstrong, us casually as If he were ordering a glass of water from a waiter, noticed us and said: You'd better get "Oh, er, Carter. ready,"
He never know the agonies we suffered.
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there bright and early before every match to make sure everything was in proper shape.
He'd pick up his bat-maybe he'd made a hundred with it the day before and, even before he started he'd swing it once On to change. twlee. Then he'd call the attendant and say quietly. "Just a drop more oll, please." He'd examine every sprig in his boots, loo,
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THE most self-contained, immovable personali-
ty I ever know in big cricket was Herbert Collins. Do you remember him batting at Old Trafford in 1021? -four hour's forty minutes for runs!
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Herbert was as detached of the Beld. When he came in after a fer- rifle innings, he was just as likely to make remark about musle or race- horses two loves outside cricket
n he was about the game.
Alon
cool Fairfax was another unc, During a State match on the famous Sydney ground, rula help up When the rain piny at a vital time. cleared and we were able to resume, skipper looked around for his bowler to take the ball, Fairfax was missing.
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discovered eventually, sound asleep in the dressing-room on #plic of towels and bags.
Most of
un carry about half
flannels sets of shirts and Around
nothing with us; to say about two or three pairs of boots.
The dressy ones, of course, are the fellows like, say, Joc Hardstaff jun., who fleld in the outfeld up against
our Usually their flan- spectators. The nein are immaculate. People itke me worry.
don't have 10 I've been down behind the wickels in a pair of old patched pants that you wouldn't have given half a crown for But my big spotless pnds hid all the defects.
I'LL bet you've often dozen
noticed, when there is drama going on a bit of high out in the field, one player make a Nine out of ten remark to another would guess that the remark has a bearing on the incident. Most often It has not.
one of the best left- frethonster, handed howlers Australia has pro-
whe
toured never deed, and
with an Australion team, Firgland took only two catches in all his Tesi
of them was Une experience Sydney, and his victim was Larwood, whe knocked up a very useful 98.
Now, Iremonger had tout the first two joints of the first finger of his bowling hand, and when he made a catch he had a funny way of grab bing at the hall
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THEY'VE all got dif- ferent ways of going
out to bat.
Stan McCabe always has the same ritual As soon as he's due to go out to the wicket, he looks round the anel time from Lar- ¦ åressing-room, swings hla bat
hi says: "So long,
It may be for rain- the tes
It
be for hours. may be for days."
Beri, maklike UT there in the stands - wood's hat, anul
blog of Arab, managed and enclosures
You
necessarily
little miss the hams that are played out in the juvilton
it wa
In 1921. Why remember, back when we were at Trent Bridge, Not- fingham for the 1st Test
Klaud tour Somming ty Cater and
I walked up and clots 12
all moment à drossing- 112 the
catch.
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As he did so he yelled, "A pound!"
but the fans thought it was o
When Don Bradman
It may
gris
his
chorus of "Gond fuck, Don" as he
ery of triumph at his stopping Lats | prepares to leave, he merely says, wood from making his century
was nothing of the kind
You son, one of our big firms over there was attering 25 for a six hit und for a whket or a ratch.
Her Ex first thought was that he
| wondering which at as would breg, had won a pound
veteket.
All the other players had been
Uncle Eddie selected, but half an hour before the
Old Friends
been matte
match was due to Nail ne autoutien ment had
wicket-krepre
I about
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WARREN BARDSLEY
was an absolute crank his equipment. He was
Oh, we'll are."
Вол olways has the
same pro- cedurę if, n ts seldom In my ex- of him, he is dismissed for perlence
few runs. He comes back, says very little. and site in a corner alone where he enn keep his eye on the wicket. Then he thinks out the whole business of how he got out; and it's odds against
m
getting caught like that ever
again.
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I SHALL always regard your Jack Hobbs as the bat of them all, be- cleverest cause of his supreme temperament,
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no difference to Jack mnde whether the wicket was fast or rain- affected or crumbling; or whether it He was an old ball ar a new ball.
Im- played his just went out and maculate game.
But easily one of the greatest per- sonalities who ever swung a bat was your Patsy Hendren.
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never forget the day at Old Trafford, during our last tour,
the 1934, when Palsy came out to wicket. For a change it was a bail- and Palsy carefully ing hot day. marked his block.
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oblivious to the enormous Then, expectant crowd, he half-turned to me and said: "Bert, this weniber re- finds me of the Barbados. In the middle of a game out there one of black players came up to mic and said Card Patsy Imitates
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SOLUTIONS
NOW YOU KNOW (Answers from Page 2)
1.-Three.
2.-Copper.
3.-Baron,
4.-United States,
0.-12.
7.- Church of Ireland, Church
of Wales. 3.---Pupil.
9.-Flower buds. 10. Breastbone, 11.- Jews.
12. -An animal, 13.---Ourselves alone. 14.-Seven, 15.-Despised. 10-Gopherwood.
17. Two years.
18. Making clocks.
10.--A river.
20.-Alligator.
21.-Reptile
22.-Doesn't know much. 23.--Ent it.
24.- hus five and Y has seven. 25, Timor.
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What Were Their Ages: The father is 45, the boy 18. When the father lo 60 the boy will be 30. Letter Juggling: Serve, Verso, Sever, Veers.
What Is the Value?: $5,200.00. World Epics: The lind Greek; Divine Comedy-Italion; The
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PLAYFAIR SOLUTION Playfair's attention had been called to Lady Farabout's writing- table. He had caught sight, on her blotting-pad, of the fascimite of her hastily-written note to Ivis. This confrmed the young man's story and established the falsity of Furabout's.
Negro accent beautifully): 'Mass' Hendret
. when yo g'back to England will yo please tell King George we Barbados are well behind England,'"
Then Patsy feel the
turned round and express bowling of Tim Wall. Funny business Big Cricket,
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
By J. NORMAN LYNE
A FRIEND AND
"BROTHER' CALLS
ON THE
USUAL ERRAND
- A TOUCH.
RECOLLECTING THE FRIENDS OF ONE'S YOUTH- WHO GOT MARRIED AND WHY, WHO
WENT TO JAIL, WHO
IS LIVING DECENTLY, WHO
HAS MADE A FORTUNE AND
HOW THE LAW CAN'T GET
A THING ON HUA, ETC.EK
(NORMAN LYND
THANKS TO ALBURY ROGERS
BACK FROM THE BIG CITY AND OOZING SUKCESS -AND TELLING HOW EASY IT IS TO LICK THE
WORLD IF YOU HAVE. BRAINS AMBITION AND A TOUCH OF GENIUS - AS HE PARTAKES OF YOUR SIMPLE MEAL IN YOUR LITTLE HOUE
IN YOUR OUT-OF-THE-WAY VILLAGE.
THE FRIEND WITH A WIFE, MOTHER IN LAW, A FAMILY AND A DOG- WHO DROPS IN AND DECIDES TO STAY A FEW DAYS TO BREAK THE JOURNEY AS IT WERE - AND TALK OVER. OLD TIMES
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IF YOU HOLD A WINNING SWEEPSTAKES TICKET YOU'LL MEET YOUR OLD FRIENDS THATS WHEN THEY
DO PILE IN-IN MOTOR TRAIN,
BUS. STEAMER, AND AIRPLANE - AND ON FOOT.
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IT'S A MISTAKE TO TAKE A WIFE ALONG WHEN VISITING THE OLD HOME. TOWN AFTER TWENTY YEARS ABSENCE...«- SOME OF THE OLD FLAMES MAY NOT YET BE QUENCHED •.
THE OLD FRIEND WHO CHOSE THE OPEN ROAD AND HAS BEEN WANDERING
UP AND DOWN THE FACE OF THIS GREAT, WIDE BEAUTIFUL WORLD AND WOULDN'T CHANGE: PLACES WITH ANYONE.”