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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 8, 1938

M.C.C. Open In S.Africa Today

European soccer players would probably shudder at the thought of playing barefoot. An Indian team now in Australia, however, play. ed all their matches without wearing boots despite the fact that their opponents wore the conventional boots and pads. Photo shows -No good asking this Indian forward where his shooting boots are. A picture as the barefooted soccer players practised before a match, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia." (Copyright, Fox)

Lawrence Trophy Winner With M.C.C. Team

H.T. BARTLETT REPLACES ARTHUR FAGG

NE of the most interesting additions to the M.C.C. team, which

ONE of most interesturica, is H. L. Bartlett, of who

was invited on September 1 to replace Arthur Fagg, of Kent, when the latter found it necessary to decline the M.C.C. invitation after having accepted previously.

PONSFORD APPOINTED COACH

(By AIR MAIL)

Melbourne, October 21.

A tall left-hander, Bartlett was 24 years of age on October 7. When a boy at Dulwich College he accomplished remarkable feats with the bat and, going to Cam- bridge, was in the 'Varsity side three years, being captain in

1936.

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For a time he was associated with Surrey, but later decided to join Sussex. He ably demonstrat- ed his batting powers against the recent Australian Test team. scoring the fastest century of the past season, reaching his 100 in 58 minutes, to win the Lewrence Trophy.

In all first class matches during the past season he made five cen- The famous Australian Test turies, scoring 1543 runs in 31 in- batsman, W. H. Ponsford, who nings for an average of 57.33.

recently retired, has been ap- pointed coach to the Melbourne third eleven. "At the age of 38,

I have reached the stage where

PRESTON SIGN A CENTRE-HALF

I will probably get more joy out of the game by teaching young-

On receipt of the bad news that sters to play," says Ponsford.

Ponsford considers the best bowler Tom Smith, their Scottish interna- he ever played against was the Eng: tional, was probably out of the game land and Sussex player, Maurice Tate, for the rest of this reason, Preston

Meet Western Province

At The Strand

COVERED WICKET PROPOSAL REJECTED BY M.C.C.

(By “REFEREE”)

THE 1938-39 Tour of South Africa by the M.C.C. team, captained by W. R. Hammond, the Eng- land and Gloucester captain, will open to-day with a two-day match against Western Province Coun- try District, at the Strand.

Only two members of the present team have played against South Africa in the past, W. R. Hammond and Verity. The former made his first appearance for England in the 1927-28 season, in South Africa, playing in all five Test matches, while Verity first played against South Africa in the 1935 series, appearing in four of the Tests.

The M.C.C.. team is as follows: W. R. Hammond (Gloucester)

(Captain),

K. Farnes (Essex),

N. W. D. Yardley (Cambridge

University shire),

and

York.

P. A. Gibb (Cambridge Univer-cannot accept your request that the

sity and Yorkshire),

B. H. Valentine (Kent), Ames (Kent),

Edrich (Middlesex), Hutton (Yorkshire), Paynter (Lancashire), H. T. Bartlett (Sussex), Wright (Ként),

Goddard (Gloucester), Verity (Yorkshire), Wilkinson (Lancashire), and Perks (Worcestershire).

programme

whole of the wicket be covered during the tour, because it is a 'principle opposed to the laws of cricket.""

The following is the itinerary for the tour:-

November 8, 9-v. Western Province Country District at the Strand.

November 12, 14-y. Western Pro- vince at Capetown."

November 19, 21, 22 v Griqualand West at Kimberley.

November 26, 28, 29 v. Orange Free State, Bloemfontein.

December 3, 5, 6—v. Natal at Dur-

ban.

During the last tour of an M.C.C. side in South Africa, the visitors also opened their

December 10, 12, 13-v. North East- against the Western Province Coun-ern Transvaal at Pretoria.

December 16, 17, 19—v. try District, winning by an innings Transvaal at Johannesburg, and 177 runs.

COVERED WICKETS REJECTED

One of the most interesting features of the present tour was South African Cricket Associa- tion's request to M. C. C. that the whole of the wicket should be covered during the tour.

Mr. Steve Pitts, Vice-Chairman of the South African Cricket Board said that a suggestion was made to the M.C.C. that the pitch should be covered prior to a Test match, dur- ing the necessary

adjournments and overnight while a match was in progress.

The idea arose out of the fact that any important match might be completely washed out through a sudden thunderstorm, a difficulty which they do not have to contend with in England.

Southern

December 24, 26, 27, 28-First Test match, at Johannesburg.

ond Test match, at Capetown.

December 31, January 2, 3, 4—Sec-

January 7, 9, 10v. Eastern Pro- vince at Port Elizabeth.

January 13, 14, 16--v. East London..

Bòrder, at

January 20, 21, 23, 24—Third Test match, at Durban.

January 27, 28, 81-v. combined team at Johannesburg:

February 4, 6, 7—v. Rhodesia at Bu- lawayo.

February 10, 11, 13-v. Rhodesia at Salisbury.

February 18, 20, 21, 22—Fourth Test match, at Johannesburg.

February 25, 27, 28—v: Natal at Pie- termaritzburg.

March 3, 4, 6, 7-Fifth Test match, at Durban.

March 11, 13, 14-v. Western Pro- vince at Capetown.

The party arrives back in England on March 81, 1939.

WALES SOCCER

DURING AUSTRALIAN TOUR TEAM TO MEET Covering the wicket came in SCOTLAND

vogue in South Africa three years

ago during the visit of the Aus-TO-MORROW

tralian team. The play was put up

to the Australians and they readily agreed to it..

London, To-day.

Mr. Pitts points out that rejec- The following have been selected to tion of the plan financial aspect of

the International Football series, to- tour. With-morrow in Scotland:

while Australia's best opening bataman North End joined the assembly of out the necessary affect the represent Wales against Scotland in

wan W. M. Woodfull,

The retirement of Ponsford recalls English managers at the Celtic that there are still a few batting re- Queen of the South match on Octo cords not held by Don Bradman, ber 12, and completed the transfer Ponsford is the only man in cricket of Alexander Millár, Celtic's: reserve history who has scored 400 or more twice in first-class matches 499 centre-half. Preston originally against Tasmania in 1922-23, and 437 bid for Lyon, the Celts-first-team against Queensland in 1927-28. Pons: player, and met with a flat refusal, ford also holds the record average for but they had to write a good sized an Australian Brst-class season-152.15, which he set up in 1987-28.

cheque for Millar.

being taken John (Swansea Town); Whatley to insure against bad weather, the (Tottenham Hotspur), Hughes (Bir- centres, particularly Transvaal and mingham); Dearson (Birmingham).. Natal, have not agreed to the Jones (TG) (Everton), Richards guarantees set down for the tour.

M.C.C. REPLY

(Birmingham); Hopkina (Brentford); Jongm (L.) (Áradnal), Astley (Derby County), Bryn Jones (Arsenal); and Cumner (Arsenal);}

Wales have made only one chang M.C.C., in their reply to the South following their victory povin

on October 22. Dearson, African Cricket Board stated, “We Green, at right-half.-Route