Cricket 1911

100 C E ICK ET : A W EEK LY EECOED OE THE GAME. A p r i l 2 9 ,1 9 11 . Ciichet: A W E E K L Y R E CO R D O F TH E GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON, E.C. SATURDAY, APRIL 29 th , 1911. All communications intended (or the Editorial Department should, in order to prevent delay, be addressed to “ The Editor of C r ic k e t , 168, Upper Thames Street, E .C .,” and not to any person by name. The same remark applies to all publications intended for review. The Editor cannot hold himself responsible for the safely of MSS. sent to him for consideration, although every effort will be made to return them when a stamped addressed wrapper is enclosed for that purpose. As replies to questions are given only by way of published answers to correspondents, and not by letter, those seeking information do not need to enclose stamped addressed envelopes. Letters and enquiries from anonymous correspondents will not receive attention. 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If any difficulty is experienced in obtaining C ricket from the news­ agents or bookstalls kindly communicate with the publisher, or a copy will be sent direct from the office on receipt of 2^d. in postage stamps. Agents for Australia, &c. : Gordon and Gotch, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Hobart and Wellington (N.Z.). For South A frica: Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches. p a v i l i o n ( B o s s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. H E P rince o f W ales, says the L iverp ool P ost, is to becom e a playing m em ber o f the M .C.O., and during the com ing season w ill be present at m atches at both L o rd ’s and the Oval. It m ay not be generally k now n that both the young Princes are clever exponents on the cricket field, though Prince Albert shows m ost prom ise, his elder brother excelling at golf. B ow ling is Prince A lbert’s strong point, and one of his proudest possessions is the ball, m ounted in silver, with which on a famous occasion he perform ed the “ hat trick,” dismissing w ith successive deliveries the present K ing, Prince Arthur o f Connaught, and the Prince o f W ales. The game took place in the gardens at W indsor Castle, and K ing E dward was an interested spectator. In the course o f an article in th e O bserver on billiards legislation, M r. G . M . K elson , the fam ou s K e n t crick eter o f other days, rem arked : “ A lth o u g h it m a y b e a little tirin g to con sta n tly see a m a n o c cu p y th e table fo r hou rs together, I fail to see w h y th e p e t strok e h e goes in for sh ou ld b e barred a n y m ore th an th e p e t strok e o f a crick eter w h o stays at th e w ick ets during th e w h ole a ftern oon . N o strok e, in m y op in ion , th a t can b e m a d e fa irly eith er o n a billiard table or on a crick et g ro u n d sh ou ld b e barred . . . . If these hazards w ere ba rred becau se o f G ray , w e m ig h t ju st as w ell p ro h ib it ‘ ‘ cuts ” an d squ are le g hits at crick et. In m y d a y these w ere m a d e to p e rfection b y 0 . G . L y tte lto n an d ‘ ‘ M ike ” M itchell, re sp ectiv e ly . T h e y n o t o n ly d e­ ligh ted the sp ecta tor, bu t m a d e th e g am e a ttra ctiv e an d interesting. A n d h ow th e p eop le flo c k e d to see t h e m ! W h a t a rush th ere w as fo r seats ! M a y I n ev er see th e d a y w h en these strok es are e x clu d e d from crick e t or w h en legitim ate strok es a t billiards are b o y c o tte d ! ” ‘ ‘ M y op in io n in resp ect o f crick e t n o w th a t th e b a t so frequ en tly beats th e b a ll,” con tin u es M r. K elson , “ is n o t to p reclu d e y o u r g rou n d sm an fr om p rep arin g th e v e ry b est w ick et possible, b u t rath er to decrease the w id th o f the b a t or increase the thick ness an d heigh t o f the stum p s—- even h a ve fo u r in stead o f three, if y o u lik e. A rip p in g g o o d w ick et su ch as I h a v e m e t w ith in th e summ er o f m y career, w h en I m anaged to scrap e u p three figures w ith o u t a single b low fo r a b low , w as in d eed a g o ld e n g ift o f th e gods. I t has o fte n been m y w ish to express a n op in io n o n these m atters, an d m ore th an o n ce h a v e I realised th a t lo s t o p ­ portun ities seld om recu r. E v e n in th e d ay s o f to p hats I han d led b o th b a t an d ball, an d m a y h a v e b een a clum sy crick eter con sid erin g the b low s I g o t. S om e o f th em m o st certain ly w ere ow in g t o th e rou g h state o f the g rou n d . 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