Cricket 1887

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I h a v e great pleasure in publishing the following letter from the President of the Haarlem Cricket Club, Rood-en-W it:— You are mistaken in your statement in C ricket of May 19, 1887, that the credit of the introduction of the game in Holland is fairly due to Mr. F.W. Hetherington. It is afact that Mr. Hetherington brought a team to Hol­ land five years ago, and afterwards in 1884 and 1886, but it is not, as you state, his “ sixth annual visit.” Moreover, I can assure you that about the year 1855, a cricket club existed at Utrecht, formed by some gentlemen from the Cape of Good Hope, then at Utrecht University. Twelve years ago, too, the Deventer C .C . , “ Utile Dulci,” was established by some Dutch gentlemen, while at the same time an Amsterdam club disappeared. So you will clearly see that the credit of the introduction of the game is due to an unknown person, and not to Mr. Hetherington. I hope you will mention the contents of my letter in your weekly record, as Mr. Hetherington, though he has done much to improve our play, has no right to claim the honour of tho introduction of cricket in Holland. I h a v e , it would seem, quite innocently hurt the feelings of my good friends the cricketers of Holland in ascribing the credit o f the introduction of cricket into Holland to Mr. Hetherington. It gives me, therefore, great pleasure to make amends as far as I can, and the publica­ tion of the following communication, which gives some interesting details respecting Dutch cricket, will, I hope, set matters right. I give the letter as sent. Nine years ago aDutch gentleman, returning from a long stay in England, assembled some young fellows and formed the Hague Cricket Club, and taught them the noble game. Some time ago another club, called Utile Dulci, was instituted by his son. Mr. Hetherington, visiting Holland five years ago with a party of friends, came four years too late to intro­ duce the game, but he has the merit of having shown to the Dutch the different styles of batting and bowling of English players. At first we always bowled underhand, trying only to hit the stumps, and knowing nothing at all of twist balls or yorkers, volleys, shooters, &c. Now this has been changed since the annual visits of Mr. Hetherington, and our bowlers bowl round-arm, over-hand, slow or swift, and with a good pitch. Five yearB ago Mr. Hetherington’s eleven gained an easy victory over a Dutch eleven, chosen fro m the Hague, Deventer, and Noordwyk Clubs, and since that time the Dutch have always been beaten. Our fielding and bowling are good, but the batting is still the weak point, and Punch's verses are still true : In matters of cricket the fault of the Dutch Is hitting too little and missing too much. We have got no professionals, and so we must learn all of ourselves, which makes it the more difficult. In England nearly every great club has got a professional who shows you your faults, and teaches you the way to improve your play; we can only look after each other, and scold when we give catches easy to hold, or play badly with the bat