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ba impossible to pult Victor Tramper, the inart | graceful and glorious ran getter of the day, Nor could one leave out Hagh Trumble, the bowler whose avouracy, artifies, and ability em mand respect on all wickets either here in Eug BY AN OLD FOGEY.

land or in the land of the Golden Fleece. There ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA AT THE WICKE!.'; was a time when it would have been impossible

The to-t matches have long since been com

to exclude Cien Hill, Joe Darllug, and Montagu pleted, and the eleventh colonial team of Nobla from is world's afteren, but it is doubtful cricketers will soon be leaving England for the if they would gain their places now. Hill bits -most recently unpaired portion of the empire, harder than ever, but his defence is not a solid, South Africa, a land which our Australian Darling la undoubtedly a Bp top captain- kith and kin bave helped us to wrest from the skipper of few words, bat weighty words. He Foers, who are now no longer our enemies but is not the batsmen he was in 1899, and can our fellow-subjeols. It would be a glorions hardly expect to be, after going out of cricket. achievement If the 'Australians could by fores into shoop-farming. Noble has the strongest of example really imbne the Dutch burghers daim of the three, fox he is a good bowler as and the Afrikanders with a real love for the well as a fine bat, and yet there are as good it noble game which has such civilising to not better in our own ranks. The present Ang- dencies, such power appest to human stralian amalgamation derives its grant force sympathies, and suab latinite possibilities. Of from the presence of Trumblo und Tramper, and course there is one great drawback to the sbore all from the magnificent flelding which cultivation of this recreation in the land of the as a body they almost invariably show. They vaidt, because as I understand from several of are in the department of the gamis miles ahead our leading cricketers who have visited Cape of all English teams. Now Helding is, after all, Colony and the Transvaal, there are no grase wickets to be bad, and every matek has to be played on cocon-out matting. The Colonists have been guaranteed for the tour They will play six matches, two at Cape Town, two at Johannesburg, one at Durban, and one at Preteris or Kimberley. Of course there are country and even some Dutchmen. There were both races represented in the South African team which visitd England in 1901, and I re- member reading in the Ceylon Times an in. teresting account of a cricket match played at Colombo, between a number of colts sad the Boer prisoners of war.

Indeal two of the excellent scores, and if I am pot-misinforrawl. prisoners, J. Scheepers and 7. Kotze, made very the brother of this same Kotze was the fast bowler to the South African team in England last

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three parts of the gums of cricket, and no section of the sport of cricket is so abominibly nag- lected in this country. Fielding is the Buenos of cricket, too much attention is in those days given to nothing but practice at the nets. The Australians are not "little mounds of earth; ". who go to sleep whilst standing under the aus and possess an intelligent anticipation of the probabilities of a batsman's stroke. If you take up that most interesting book, The Cricket Field, by the Rev. James Pycroft, it will be found that he opens Chapter X., Lis biuts on folding, by declaring that the essence of good fielding is to start before the ball is bit. But I fancy I hear someone-say

when he does not know what stroke the batsman "How can a man start before the ball is hit will play " Just so, but if the fieldsman je year. President Kruger never encouraged any were last in what wore then his dominios Mr. his feut. If a batsman moves his feet in certain English games, and when the English cricketers watching he sees the kind of hall which is sent Pelham Warner, and other members of the team, directions, the ball is certain to travel on pretty np, the pass of the batsman and the charge of

called on Ooia Paul early ons but

morning, well-known lines. Of course, there may be ́s İhe leisinl to visit the cricket mis--bit, there may be a change of stroke, but match, and appeared to regard the guit is the business of the fielder to try and tell

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forward, "Yes, you beat me, because you charged your foot; you were going to shinet. with your left, but you shot with your right, and homes I was decefred." Now in the same observation, and I think it is here that the way the tip-top Haldeman uses his power of Australians are in advance of us, they are far better fielders. They are trained on per fect wickets, so perfect in their urn country

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many other games in which Darling and his men hare taken part this season. At this date it would be ancient history were I to dwell upon the really marvellous triumph of the English players at Kontington Oval, whore the Mother Country proved the winners by one wicket in match which was even more sensational than that at Manchester when England lost by three raus. To my mind the result of the game at 8 to the decadence of English cricket, for in that game the eleven captained by Mr. A. C. to get the batantan out as well as himself. These MacLaren won under most extraordinary are the points in which England is behind, and calties Think for a moment of those combinet really think that the time has come when the facts. Darling won the toss, and his men made captains of all counties should insist upou sys- such a Bus-score on a goal wicket that England tematic folding practies. Taking Trumble away had to struggle desperately hard on a pitch we have quite as good bowlers as the Australiang affected by rain to prevent being compelled to although we have no any his equal, but our follow their inuings. Having extricated them. bowling lacke support, and bones all these long setres from this diffenity they disposed of the innings and tears. “Facils Princeps" should be

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failure on the second day they left England the task of compiling 263. This represents s long journey, and, when, England lost five wickets for 18 rane they seemed plung

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bowling. Jessop might have boon great. Jove harling his thunderbolts. From the Australian point of view it was the innings, of an Iconoclast, who was shattering Colonial idele and ideals. The quick brain, the splendid vision, the daring heart, and the strong arm af Jemop made all things possible, and the work which he began was consummated by the self- possession and the skill of two Yorkshiremen, George Hirst and Wilfrid Rhodes, who both coma from the little village of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield. I may be a base aceptic,

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bly he was the greatest bowler at least of all AGENTS for the shes' Company, are pre The Unlorsignot, aving been appointe modern times, and we shall never forget his pared to CEPT Bleksast FIRE bowling at the Oval in the Test match of 1882. Cuzeul Rates. Then, again, take George Palmer, who could break a ball on the finest wickets. Nor should wo forget Harry Boyle, who was as good a length bowler as Trumble. Again, what great names saluteur cars when we mention William Mardock, Hugh Massie, Tom Horan, Perer McDonnell, George. Bonuer, and Sammy Jones. Thesofmion were members of the Aus tralian teams of 1892 and 1854, and I a k with I. all due respect to the latter-day representatives of Australia where are their successors, to IT. say nothing of their equals ? From my re- marks, it will be gathered that I do not think at present the eleventh Australian cricket team anything like so powerful as those of the early eighties, for they certainly possessed a man who stood entirely by himself in the person of Jack Blackham. They have won the rubber in this Coronation year of 1912, but England ought to

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frst-class cricketers. They may be good medio critics, but there are plenty of meniu England quite their equal, if not their superior, from collective point of view. Whence, then, do the Australians obtain their power? If one were to pick an eleven to represent the world it would "or 1st class reference,

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