Cricket 1907

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A t the end of last week there was considerable doubt whether C. B. Fry would play for England or not. Many people maintained that he had done nothing this season to justify his selection, and that his inclusion would be risky owing to the possibility of his leg giving way again, whilst others considered that he should be chosen on account of his form of 1905 and his innings of 85 against Yorkshire at Sheffield the week before last. Those who pointed out that he followed his 85 with three duck’ s eggs in succession—two in one match—were told that such an accident might happen to any cricketer, no matter how eminent he might be, and that it would, therefore, be wrong to attach too much importance to the occurrence. The situation on Friday and Siturday was :— Friday morning and afternoon.—Will Fry play? Friday evening.—Fry will probably be chosen. Saturday morning.—Fry has been selected. Saturday afterooon.—Fry has declined. Saturday evening.—Fry has reconsidered his decision and will play. All doubts were finally set at rest on Monday morning when Fry accompanied Hayward to the wicket to open the English innings. As the meeting of representative Eng­ lish and South African teams at Lord’s this week marked the commencement of a new epoch in the history of the game, it will probably prove of interest to point out that Kotzi bowled the first over (from the Nursery end) to Hayward, that the latter opened the score by making a single off the sixth ball, and that the field were placed as follows:—P. W. .Sherwell, at the w icket; W. A. Shalders, equare-leg; G. A. Faulkner, m id-on; J. H. Sinclair, mid-off; G. C. White, cover-point; R. O. Schwarz, p oin t; A. D. Nourse, E. A. Vogler, and S. J. Snooke in the slips; and M. Hathorn, at deep third-man. Fry made the first boun­ dary, off Schwarz, and was also out first. T h e outstanding features of the game were the batting of Jessop, Sherwell, and Braund, and the bowling of Vogler and Arnold. Of the innings played by the two first-named one could not speik too highly, whilst Braund’s 104 was of little less value, if any. It is probably unique for two such innings to be seen in the course of a single match, and those spectators who were present on Monday and Tuesday witnessed cricket the 'Memory of which will long remain with ihem. T h is week’s match was the fourteenth recognised Test game between England *nd South Africa, but the first played in