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in this country. It is matoniching what a lot, sloven times by the Bootflüh Association, who of fooling the departaro of Mehta has erooned { are sure to honour him again, for his conuestion“ in India. One correspondent of the Indids with Newsale is hardly likely to interfere Sporting Times describes Mehta as the salfi with him selaotion and dus appearance. styled champion bowler of India, and the same PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS AT FOOTBALL. writer advisna kim to confipe himself to second. So far in. I can recall only three members of THE "FOREIGNER". IN ENGLISH CRICKET,

class cricket at home. Mehta in a reply denies the Queen's Park team have joined English Ecuso old-fashioned sportsmen, but none the that he ever called himself the champion bowler professional àlubs. John Cameron, of the curly less worthy on account of their prejudicos, do | of India, and he modestly concludos a sonable (locks, came to Everton as an amateur, besame not view with favour the introduction of flatter thus: “I am not aware of having enter a professional, and migrated to Tottenham foreign-bora" players into county cricket intained any illusions about distinguishing myself Hotspur. Now Cameron's successor, MeColl, England. When K. & Ranjitjobji was che as a bowler in first-class county cricket, and it has to some extent followed in his wake, hat in sen, to assist the Mother Country against will perhaps disillusion the mind of your gut- the meantime Stewart, also of the Queen's, had. Australia in 1996, he was selected by the Lan-respondent when I say that I have not pitched joined the Novonastrians. I may be wrong, cashire executive for the Test match at Man my expectations so high as ho gratuitously but there seems to me a tendency among chester. It will be remenibered that in those appears to do for me. I shall be quite satialled if amateurs of ability to join professional teams.. meet with the same amount of success (meagre For instance, Leonard Hales, the forward, though it be) that I have met with in fest Ashworth, the hall back, and Rooms, the goal- class cricket in India." All the same the keeper, who play for Stoke, aze all perfectly MESSRS. KELLY & WALSH, LD. original correspondent sticks to his guns, and genuine amateurs. Moreover, they are popular MESSES. W. BREWER & CO. advises Mehta to remain in India. There is with the professionals, who arhibit no jealousy, no denying that the Farses gentleman will find while, on the other hand, the "great unpaid cricket in this cometry vary different from that and they are unpaid-show no symptoms of of India. For instance, our average batting "side." Again, at Southampton, one of the coaches a higher plane of science than that of afrongest professional teams in the Sonth, we Tudis, while our pitches are vastly superior to find Charles Fry, the cricketer, and G. P. RUPTURE RELIEVED AND those of Bombay or Madras. Moreover, there Wilson turning out side by side with those who is no denying that our climate may seriously, draw weekly ages. M by aver, it is said that OFTEN CURED affect Mr. Mohin, who cannot become qualified Reginald Faster is to Non the "Saton” for any county until 1904. This is looking jersey. Quite recently, too, A. R. Haig-Brown, long time ahead, and in the interim much muy the Cambridge Corinthian, signed a League happen. We are not, however, so much con- form for Tottenham Hotspur. There in cerned with the individual case of Mehta as nothing remarkable in all these happenings with the principle involved. If Ollivierro and Then why allude to them? Simply because in Mehta desired to dwill In England of their all these isolated causes I detect, as I think, a own free choice they have as much right to | gradual growth of the union of professional join in "ericket's manly toil" as Lord Harris, and amateurs in the same teams. There is no

days, duly five years ago, there was no represon-I tative body like the Board of Control to choose the elevens, but the M.C.C. was responsible for the team at Lord's, Lancashire for the represan tation at Manchester, and the Surrey Club for the combination at Kennington Oval. A central anthority is certainly preferable, but that is beside the question. The M.C.C. could not make up its mind to play "Ranji" against the ninth Australian party of cricketers But Lancashire, not without hesitation, were bolder, and Mr. A. N. Hornby, finally making up his mind to include the Indian Prince, wired Harry Trott asking if he had any objection to the proposal. The Colonial skipper acquiesced. Kanji" appeared, was a huge success, and has played for England ever since. We con- sider "Ranji "a great power in these Herculean struggles between Gront Britain and Greater Britain, but I have seen an Australian paper which described him as a Jonah who ought to be

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the same broad principle to rowing as to cricket the end of these things, for now it is beyond I am bound to say that my sympathies are with all doubt that Mr. A. H. Mehta, a Parsee player, the sons of the Empire. Sport should weld the is bound for this little magnetic isle of the ses in British Empire into a homogeneous whole, and the hope of proving a reinforcement to the bow if Catiada, Australia, New Zealand, and other ling of some county. It is suggested in Indian Colonies are prepared to shed their dood newspapers which I have seau that Mr. Jessop for England, there ought to be no question hoped he would settle down in Gloucestershire, ef accepting their entry for Henley. This and that Broskwell had tempted him with Surg may logically read like a non sequilar, but rey,while perhaps Jack Hearne has talked to after all this is a matter of sentiment, not him of the allurements of Middlesex. Maybe cold reasoning, or sound syllogiams. I certainly some older fogeys than myself attribute macham in favour of shutting the real foreigner-out- R. HAUGHTON & CO, ent

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not to be encouraged in English 'cricket. I cold-shouldering our Canadian or Colonial cannot take such an insular view as this, for I cousins. They do not come here in search of suppose no one would have shut Lord Harris pr polf, like the Anettalian cricketers, but parsly Mr. W. II. Bainbridge out of English or county for sport and the honour of trying to beat the cricket and yet Lord Harris was born in the Englishmen. But there is no reason why we West Indies, and Mr. Bainbridge in the East should admit the Faakoo, the Dutchman, and Indiss, somewhere up in the Himalayas. The the Germans on the same favoured nation's only difference between Lord Harris and Olli- clause. rierve and between Mr. Baixbridge and Mehta SCOTLAND 108ES A GREAT FOOTBALLER. is that of skin-tint. But surely we, an Empire Quite the sensation of the football season has pation, with a vast share of the globe underbeau furnished by the capture of R. S. McColl, our rals, are not thinking for a moment of the great centre forward of Queen's Park and The word Scotland, by Newcastle United, who are very "foreigner" has a harsh sound when applied ambitious to be the champions of the English by us to any of the King's subjects. In League. You see, Newcastle had Cures extre pure logis it is difficult to controvert the forwards in Peddie from Third Lanark, Niblöl position taken up by Jim Philips, the renowned from. Linthouse, and a local man named Birnie,

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their city. Thereupon Mr. James Telford, a shrewd Scotchman, who is on the directorate and usually signs the players, with the advice That LIEBER a Cope is recognised as the best | cribing him as "Mr." A. H Mehta, as he is a and assistatics of Mr. Johnny Auld, repaired to ever ofered to the public is shown by the Parse, but he leaves our Eastern dependency Glasgow and secured McColl's signature as a following houses, who have unqualifiedly in March bound for England, and there is no amateur, and as an amateur he will be inside loft endorsed it in preference to all others doubt that he will endeavour to earn a position to Roberts; that certain scorer, Orr, a Faisley

with one of the leading countries. Mehta ia player, being transferred to the right wing| considered a fast bowler in his own country, where he will prove the partner of Alee and having received instruction and hints from Gardner. Although of excellent family, it such masters as Jack Hearne and Billy Brook was known for some time past that McColl bad well when they have been fulfilling engage. merely £70 or £89 per annum in Glasgow as & mects, he may be assumed to know something clerk. Two years ago I remember hearing in of the art of delivering and turning a ball, Glasgow that an effort should be made to give Whether he is fast or not as we view bowling MoColin botter berth, or he would be sure to in England I cannot definitely say. He baschunge iis quarters. He is coming to Tyne. largely made his reputation during the last four side at the age of 21, and a fine Toung follow year. I mu onos discussing Indian cricket with of 5ft, fin, and weighing 12st., he is sure to “ Banji," and I happened to ask him if Mehta make his presence fait Very fast on the ball, was not a good man. His reply astonished me, he is a dashing player, a close dribbler, and a for he remarked. “Oh, yes, for Indis" Why deadly shot. I shall never forget his three `he should have added the two last words I really goals in twenty minutes against England on ANUFACTURERS of MOSAIC cannot tell, for those oricketers who have dis the ground of Glasgow Celtic in April 1900

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