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CRICKET IN ENGLAND AND

AUSTRALIA.

A COMPARISON.

By A. O. JONES (Of MacLaren's English Eleven.)

we left there a lot of runs han male.

CORE TO AUSTRALIA FOR A DIE

CULT WICKE

The great drawback to alle prepared wielots is the rain.je ocensically get what we call a | wicket in England, but cricketers no idea what a dificult wicket is they see que out here.. In Englate ball 'turns,' and occasionally jump but as a rulo does it slowly. Out (Specially Contributed to the

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a flash of lightning, and, besitles Having heard so much of the good rory seldom keeps lower than wicket in Australia, it was a great disebest. At Adelaide, after the rain appointment tg, ali MacLaren's team wiska was nothing but black n that until the match with New South which stuck on our boots liką-lime. Wales it was practically impossible for

was impossible té seo the bail, wh any of the team to get any practice or d a thick covering of mud on it. HICH-CLASS PROVISIONS. really good wicket, and then it was so must have weighed quite Toz, insti fast that we were often commistelyt 54ez. We hard esnetly the same beaten by the pace of the ball. Nos

pericnon ut Melbourne, and there is) only did it present the team from get doubt that when wet all the wick

tre difficult. From what I have se ļu sickat here would last for 10 daj if waited, but in England the turf,

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after only two days' experience of a renda rule, wears off, and so after a day

two is bound to crumble. | Australian wicket, I should happen to

ENGLIRIL AND (AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS-- say anything wrong, it will be entirely

BOWLING through ignorare; and I hoje will be exensed I think the best way to co- pare the wicket in the two countries will be to put down a certain number of! things, and then to discuss them in Lorder.

CRICKET ROUNDS BY AUSTRALIA.

I think mostpnople will agree with n when I say the Australian is keener the game, and studies вvory little poi andSoares no stone unturned to find out little more: where the English cricke or is content to get to a certain poin and then stop, County cricket in En

I think perhaps the Australians can and is gradually getting mare seriou give us a longer start in these matters

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than is anything else. I cannot say 1every yon, but all cricket vat herb is was greatly struck by the Adelaide serious, and I believe that is a good ground, but I saw it at its worst, as it deal to do with the interest taken by, | had hardly recovered from fout ball; but people in the game. „Now as to the when I saw the Melbourne and Sydney players themselves, the Australian is for ahead of us in bowling. Why is it? grounds I was astounded.. I sin per- CURIOS!fectly certain that no one in England Because on the perfect wickets wat

who had not seen then could possibly here it would be impossible for him to. NORDDECTSCHER LLOYD). To sell by Perate ACUTION,

THE Undersigned has received instrue. believe there could be such perfect gel any batsman dut unless he made cricket grounds. I really don't know this ball do something, You watch an which is the better ground. I think Australian brewler, he is always' doing perhaps the turi the Melbourne something to the ball with his fingers, ground is the better, but, on the other and never bowls a ball down unless he hand, the light is infinitely preferable has same object in view. The average at Sydney. There is one drawback to English Bowler is as a culo parinetly harailers on a good wickot, and just the Sydney ground, and that is the bowls the ball down a good length, and cycle tracks all round, which not only thinks to himself, It doesn't much interferes with the players, but is also ther: 1 s get a wicket to suit ane in a day or two, "and then dangers to them, and for this reason, shall make up for it I think, po and this alone, I think the palm' must haps, the best instance of an Australian be given to the Melbourne ground. bowler, and ono whom Englishmen know Everything seems to be done for the best (and that is why I take him as our example), is Albert Trott. He holds the comfort of the spectator, and during all in the most extraordinary ways; a Fing to IMPERIAL EMBROI the mazeh against New South Wales in fact, sometimes you would think it would be impossible for him to get rid of it. He always makes the ball turn a bit

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the best wickets, and another grent thing in his favour, he is willing to speculate. If he sees a batsman is auxi- ous to hit, ba will keep feeding him, and although sometimes he is expensive he will get the man out, and, after all, that is the great thing on a good wicket; The grounds in England are not that on a wicket that is helping the bow.

watch, and if photography could pro- duen it in its proper colours would make a lovely picture.

CRICKET GROUNDS OF ENGLAND.

Le compared with those out here; of ler I have over and over again seen him Course W' have any fine ground practically unplayable,

FIELLING.

in England, whereas there are only two in Australia. I think the scor I think, while we are discussing the bowler, it would not be a bad idea to put ing-board out here is vastly superior to the fielder in with him, as such a lot de our printed cards in 'England, and in pads on a good fielding side. How of stead of paying his penny several times ton does a good team of fielders unke a day, and then getting his card inconpo bowling look really difficult, and time after time at home I have seen plete ho gets the full score of each Australian teams win matches simply batsman, and the bowling analysis of through good fielding and good catching. | each bowler, as he makes ♬ eno, or has at the present time in England there one made off bins, and any amount of suns to be an epidemic for missing catches, and I believe that is responsible. other information about the game to a great extent for the poor bowling, There is no doubt that the Australians for chest is more annoying to bowler are far alwad of us in matunging a crowd then to see a man piling up a score who and catering for them. There are only ought to be in the pavilion. As I said before the Australian cricketer makes a perhaps three clubs in England who study of the game, and will very soon could afford to give their spectators detect every weak spot in a bataran, these scoring boards, viz., M.C.C., Sur- but where he is so vastly superior to the Kruliste cricketer is that the bowler has rey, and Lancashire, but then these such control over the ball that the cap clubs are quite coutent to go on in the old way, anul de mot sove with the

times.

CRICKET PITCH KE

tain is able to place his field in such a Position that the batsmen's weak spot will get him out. One word as to eap-" tanicy. In England there are thousands of sins got every year by batsmen who cannot play a bit, simply through had

tangy. But out here if a man gets 30 he deserves every one of them, as all his strong and went strokes are soox found ant, and Lay field placed according.

"Owing to the warmth and dryness (which, Irum zorry to any, we have not yet experienced) of the climate, it would be impossible to prepnie a wicket on the ordinary turf, so a special soil, or a ly. dressing of some kind, is imported, I

This perhaps is the most dibcult thing have and no time to inquire what it is to compare. In England only three composed of of how it is put on; but I days is given for a match, whereas out

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the Siamese in their own tongue without seytlied, and by this means is cut as haps the only fault of a very fine knowing die word of it, the Bangkok close possible. A wicket out here is Australian side that visited England in NO. 1, STEWART TERRACE. The Times" doing the translations required.

1889 that they had not a big hitter, which Literary communications should be ad-perfectly sucied, and no one is allowed probably prevented them winning sever YEAE,

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"Bangkok Tunes," Ordera honked by Mass Chand

the wicket as Adelaide (which is com terside wins. Tu Australia & batsman idered the fastest in Australia) could comes in wish the fixed intention of not be prepared owing, I believe, foping as long ne he possibly can, and of course at times. the cricket be- football being played too late, and it comes irksome to spectators, bowlers and started to crumble sou after the start. fielders, and eres to the batam him-

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