Cricket 1907

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Patterson, and one or two others, he is able to take part in important matches after a long absence, and with little, if any, practice, at once do himself full justice. He is such a fine all-round cricketer and leader that his decision is to be deplored: fortunately, however, it does not mean, as a few writers have stated, that his career, so far as first-class matches are concerned, is ended. C. B . F r y , in “ Cricket Truth ” in the Daily Chronicle of Monday last, makes the following interesting reference to the S mth Africans’ bowling :— For my part I do not see much sense in endowing the South African bowlers with a species of magic or talking our own batsmen into a state of perpetual what will happen next. There is no doubt that this bowling requires some watching and some wits. Eule o’ tbumb play is hopelessly at seawith it; but whatever its strange merits, we have, I hope, batsmen who can cope with it successfully. A cricket ball is a cricket ball, and can be watched and played, no matter how deceptive the fingers that spin it. Fine and new this bowling is ; but, like all bowling, it is play­ able by class batsmen. Yet I would not suggest that the South African bowling is overrated. On its best form, its true form, it is >ery formidable. E. O. Schwarz’s success -with that quick, kicking off-break of his, accurate length, and flighty delivery, is most thoroughly deserved. He can make the ball turn on a true hard wicket, and amounts to a Haigh with a leg- break action. I mean he has the same up­ coming off-break as Haigh has, only he can produce it on hard as well as on sticky wickets. A. E. Vogler is a strong bowler, full of life and spin, with a command of off- break, leg-break, and the Bosanquet ball. G. A. Faulkner bowls the Bosanquet ball well; yet awhile he is a little uncertain of his length, but I saw him quite accurate enough for fun. But one cannot go througha tale of nine good bowlers. Nine good bowlers, do you mark, including one very fast, two of the Jack Hearne type, as well as all those double dealers. For resource theteam is remarkable. If Mr. Fry, instead of being kept out of the game owing to his severe accident of last year, had been able to appear this season against the South Africans for the M.C.C. and make a hundred or two off their bowling, it would have restored confidence to many batsmen by showing it was possible for them to go and do likewise. Mr. Fry’s form at Sheffield on Monday leads one to hope that he will later be able to show our visitors how great a master of run-getting he is. ------ P la t in g at Marlow on Saturday last for his own eleven 8gainst Marlow, Mr. J. E. Mason scored 113 in three-quarters of an hour. He hit three 6’s and sixteen 4’s. The visitors made 258 for fire wickets in two hours. T h e Rev. R. LI. Hodgson, who resigned the Hon. Secretaryship of the Suffolk County C.C. a short time ago, has been succeeded by Mr. H . A. Groom, whose address is Felbridgo, Cambridge. T h e weather experienced during the Gloucester Week was far indeed from being ideal, and although rain deprived the home side of a victory in the first match and defeat was met with at the