Cricket 1911

58 CE ICKET : A W EEK LY EECOED OF THE GAME. A pril 15, 1911. H. GRADIDGE \ % U s e d by all ^ t h e L e a d - ^ i ng P l a y e r s ^ t h r o u g h o u t t h e W o r l d Pricc Lists on Application Of all First=Class Out= fitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. F actory :— A r t i l l e r y P lace , WOOLWICH. and SONS, Manufacturers of all Requisites — F O R — C ricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets , Hockey , Football, and all British Sports. Patentees and Sole MaKers Giichet: A W E E K L Y RECO R D OF TH E GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. SATUEDAY, APEIL 1 5 t h , 1 9 1 1 . All communications intended for the Editorial Department should, in order to prevent delay, be addressed to “ The Editor of C r icket , 168, Upper Thames Street, E .C .,” and not to any person by name. The same remark applies to all publications intended for review. 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I T H this n um b er C r ic k e t , n o w tw e n ty - n in e years old , enters u p o n a n ew series, u n d er n ew m a n a gem en t a n d w ith new featu res. A lso w ith m a n y n ew readers, fo r som e th ou san d s o f cop ies o f this issue are bein g sen t as sp ecim en s to p eo p le k n ow n t o b e in terested in the gam e. M an y o f th em , w e h o p e an d believ e, w ill a lso b e in terested in th e paper, an d, a fter sam p lin g its con ten ts, w ill p la ce orders w ith their new sagents o r sen d su b scrip tion s to th e M anager- S o m e o f th e sp ecim en co p ie s, n o d o u b t, w ill g o to o ld readers. T his ca n n ot b e a v o id e d . S om e few w h o are n o t o ld readers m a y g e t tw o copies, o n e add ressed to th em p e r­ son ally, the oth er in th eir cap acities as secretaries o f clu bs, fo r w e are m a k in g a sp ecia l a p p ea l to clu b secretaries fo r increased su p p ort, a n d fo r m o re scores an d m o re new s. W ill a n y on e w h o has a c o p y ov e r a n d a b o v e his needs— w h eth er a d u p lica te, o r a single c o p y w h ich does n o t in terest him— pass it o n to a frie n d k een o n th e gam e ? T o d o th a t w ill n o t in v o lv e m u ch trou b le, a n d it w ill b e a real fa v o u r to us. O ld readers w ill rem em ber th e R e v . R . S. H o lm e s’s “ C rick et N o tch e s.” T h e p a p er has n ev er h a d a m ore p op u lar series. M r. H olm es has y ie ld e d to pressure an d is goin g to w rite fo r us again— is w ritin g fo r us, w e sh ou ld say, fo r th e first o f his articles w ill b e fo u n d o n an oth er page. “ C h a t s o n t h e C r ic k e t F i e l d , ” a ch ara cteristic featu re o f ou r jou rn al, w ill ap p ear freq u en tly. A m o n g n otables la te ly in terview ed fo r th e series, or sh o rtly t o b e interview ed fo r it, on e m a y m e n tio n L o rd W illin g d o n (w h om th e gam e k n ew as th a t fin e sty lish b a t, M r. F reem an T h om as), M r. P . R . L e C outeur, th e h ero o f th e 1911 U n iv ersity m a tch , M r. F . F . K e lly , a n o ld S to ic, w h o has fo r ov e r tw e n ty years p a st b een o n e o f the b e st bow lers in the U n ited States, a n d J . T . T y ld e sle y , la st sea son ’s best batsm an . A s in th e past, C olon ial crick et w ill b e d ea lt w ith v e ry fu lly. I t is w o rth w h ile to state here— th ou g h th ere m a y seem a b o u t it a su sp icion o f a ctin g trum p eter t o on eself— th a t n o oth er p ap er in th e co u n tr y ca n b e d e p en d ed u p on to g iv e crick et new s fr o m all p arts o f th e w o rld as C r ic k e t does. F o r m u ch o f it is n o t w ith in th e scop e o f th e great sp ortin g dailies, bein g in their v ie w o u t o f d a te b e fo re it reaches th em . Y e t it is o f real liv e in terest to th ou san d s w h o follow th e gam e here. T h e presen t n um b er con tain s scores o f im p o rta n t gam es p la y e d in A u stralia, N ew Z ea lan d , the W e s t Indies, th e B erm u da s, C eylon a n d th e M alay S t a t e s ; a n d o f