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Surrey Captain Replaces FOR THE

Mitchell-Innes

London June 26.

E. R. T. Holmes, the Surrey Cap tain, has replaced N. S. Micheli Innes in the third test against South Africa which is to commenco Saturday, Michell-Innes in wuffer- ing from hay fever.-Reuter.

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Holmes In considered one of the brightest bats in County cricket at present and last month in a match | against Gloucester scored a brilliant 78, 60 of which were mixes or fours.

Holmes, who captained Oxford

SEASON

IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET

STEPHENS HEADS THE BATTING

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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1935.

NEW CRICKET RULE

MAKING FRIENDS

A Laughable Compromise

Recalled

London, June 2.

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HONOURING GREAT SUSSEX CRICKETER

FORMER ENGLAND'

PLAYER

W. NEWHAM TESTIMONIAL

Sussex County Cricket Club are

who has been intimately connected

LEAGUE FOOTBALL PARLEY

ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEASON

NO NUMBERING OF PLAYERS

A quarter of the cricket season is already over, which in a depressing reflection to the faithful. For some the past month has left bitter memories of shivering hours on wind-

At a conference of represents- swept grounds, perhaps with a doctor's bill to follow, arranging to give Mr. W. Nowham, tives of all the Football League writes "Watchingman" in the Observer. Others who with the county's cricket for afty-clubs held in London on Saturday wisely wrapped themselves in winter raiment, have en-four years. a testimonial. Mr. June`1, a proposal that players joyed long days of singularly varied play. A gallant inn- Newham, who is in hin 75th year, be numbered was turned down.

was a great amateur batsman, and ings is still a gallant innings, even when it is viewed over was captain, secretary, and assis mendations will go forward to the The conference, whose recom- the top of an up-turned coat-collar.

tant-secretary of the Sussex C.C.C. --a record without parallel in annual meeting of the Football Everything has been present except game, and cricket will cease to be County cricket.

League decided to leave the two- 1492 sunshine. It is many years aineo such uricket.

referees question to that gather- high scoring and such low **coring In any case, if a decision is made

He played for England in a Testing, and also those of the four-up- have been together on the same days; that the wicket is unfit for fast match against Australia at Sydney and-down scheme and increased

entered and con-bowling, surely the only just and in 1887-88, and for the Gentlemen | new players have

pay to referees. miserably logical course is to declare the match against the Players at Lord's once one of the doormats a "draw, na though the wicket were Educated at Ardingly, he gained own-trodd county of the competition-head the cham-unfit for any kind of play. Now that

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I a match there has always been fog will be applied in n macht bowl. provide a splendid subject for eager to decide the Championship. Who discussion and lively argument.

that it would be the height of absurdity for our team to be After a month of trial opinion on presented with an opportunity to win its merits and demerits remains the game with a large score, while 20.94 divided. The best minds are still the some of the best fast bowlers in the

open minds. There are

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It was decided to ask the Man- a place in the eleven, and first ap-agement Committee to suggest to red for Sussex in 1881, cap- the Football Association that the taining the County eleven in 1889. Third and subsequent rounds of He played for Sussex for 26 years, the FA Cup start inter, January and at his best was in the first 30 being suggested for the Third light of batsmen, and played fast Round, with intervals of a fort- bowling with a measure of skill night until the semi-finals. that has rarely been surpassed. interval of three weeks instead of In Brut-class cricket Mr. New-alx between semi-finals and Final ham obtained 14,663 runs with an na at present, was also proposed. average of 24. One of his finest displays was against Lancashire

The clubs passed a unanimous,

Fat Old Trafford in 1894, when, vote against the broadcasting of scoring 110 not out, he carried his the Cup Final. They agreed to but right through the Sussex first ask the Management Committee to Innings of 174.

formulate a schenic whereby play- The Sussex club hope that fers retiring from the game would cricketers and clubs

be permitted to take up refereeing without going through the long one of the game's most respected der present rogulations and devoted servants.

outside

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skip elare that the ease is the heavy bur It is a thousand pities that such 2625-22 den placed upon the batsman by un-complications should now threaten a SOUTH AFRICAN AVERAGES

accustomed restrictions. But even great game ultaply because many bats- the

most ardent of the "antis" fail maen have adopted methods which | to explain why the alleged burden render them liable to be hurt or county will all join in honouring probationary course necessary un-

should crash playera on some days fenred-by a form of bowling no more and not others.

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show us which of our idols have fect Its effects umpires' decisions.

The body-line controversy has not clay. There is no doubt that a reared its ugly head, but there was a little moisture in a wicket has a de suspicion that it has left a legacy in who are gallant when the pitch is Repulse Bay Hotel this evening. The pressing effect upon many balson the happenings at Trent Bridge, when,

A dinner dance will be hekt

by an agreement between the perfect. They are so busy looking for last hus leaves Repulse Bay at Nottinghamshire and Somerset eap. the break which often isn't there that am.. tains, fast bowlers were taken off and they have no time for anything else.

kept off. No suggestion was made of "intimidation" or "lirect attack." The!

It has been finely said that the

to be afraid of life. With

equal

wern pitch, not the bowler, was con- first thing to learn about life is notESESTESES sidered to

to be the villain this time. Ar

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the old champion, won the Philadelphia Pro-hand which grips the top part of the players, was to attack the bowling, custom, except among super-back- fessional Golfers' Association tourna- bat handle, is considered dangerous ment at Llanerch on June 1 with un the sooner the soft ball is introduced aggregate of 213 for 54 holes,

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the principle that since an innings could nut Int long much should be risked to make hay before the evitable unplayable ball came along and it was bound to come soon-if

In a gaine of long ago, when Cam-the bowlers knew their job. Tint bridge were playing the M.C.C. at principle, in spite of changing fash- Lord's, Albert Trott's fast ball hitious, remains Hound to-day. But H. H. Marriott rather painfully, and most teams are blind to it. the University captain, partly as what schoolboys used to call a SCH

no more

___"try-on,"

There is nothing more melancholy

suggested that Trott was dangerous, then the sight of a player whose de and that it would be a tragedy it fence is not of the highest order pot- some of the side were injured and tering and scraping on a slow pitch. kept out of the Varsity match. To On the other hand, there are few the delight of the Cambridge

in cricket niore impressive than thinga skipper the kindly M.C.C. secretary, probably the sight of a great defensive player swayed by sentiment, arranged with frustrating by his close watching of the M.C.C. captain that Trott should the ball and his masterly footwork bowl

that day. The consethe arts of a great bowler. quence was that Marriott matte 146, The subtle attractivenes

veness of scienti- and the University scored 507 for is defence at a time of difficulty bas six wickets and won the match. The been several

times show

shown recently Cambridge captain did not stop laugh by the batting of learne on those ing for weeks.

Lord's wickets which have caused so Now that was a rare case, the out-my others to flounder like novices, come of exceptional elreuinstances, There are two

flearne

contained in The limbs of Blues are sacred thing the Hearne who often bats with

the same slight rent figure. Ther

e is tow days before the University match. But even those whose a memories bridge occupied air and

seems to convi Several

decade cannot

that runs should be eliminated from recall an oceusion when it was thought

the she necefect and the

game, even when the pitch 19 sary to han all fast bowling until the feet bowling peor This is the

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There has affair the other day man who has been known to ca

always been very fast even the mikicat of spectators to for- bowling, and in the long history of the get the dignity of Lord's and to in- game there must have been many cheer of sarcasm. And there is the dulge in the clap. of irony and the wickets at least as badly worn as Hearne who, when the ball is turning that at Nottingham.

I cannot help feeling that the unhappy body-

and his side failing, bats without rumpus had not occurred, with Burry or fear, meeting the ball with its scandals and necitsations and ex-the centre of the bat blade, combin- lieve that any ball that rises high is has been seen of that second Ilearne ggerations, which led people to being wristwork with footwork, correct. ly, scholarly, artistic. A good deal 24 menace to life, there would have this season. been less fuss at Trent

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