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C R I CKE T : A Week'y Record, o f the Game.—AUGUST qth , / p /j . Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 9, 1913. 2°- A CHAT ABOUT THE HON. L. H. TENNYSON. “ A h e r d o f b o y s w ith c la m o u r b o w l’ d A n d s tum p ’ d th e w ic k e t .” M y m em o ry m a y b e a t f a u lt , b u t t h is (in ‘“ T h e P r in c e s s ” ) is th e o n ly r e fe r e n c e to c r ic k e t I c a n r e ­ c a ll in a ll th e w o r k o f A l f r e d L o r d T e n n y s o n . I t s u g g e s ts s c a r c e ly m o re k n o w le d g e o f th e g a m e th a n hi>j g r e a t c o n te m p o r a r y , C h a r le s t D ic k e n s — 'w h o se D i n g l e y D e ll v . A l l M u g g le to n m a tc h in “ P i c k ­ w ic k ” is th e sh e erest fa r c e — p o s se s se d . N o t (that i t m a tte r s m u c h . It i s w it h th e p o e t ’s g r a n d s o n w e a re c o n c e rn e d , n o t w it h th e p o e t h im ­ s e lf . Y e t o n e w o u ld h a v e lik e d t o b e a b le to th in k th a t th e m a n w h o m a d e th e n am e o f T e n n y s o n illu s tr io u s — a v e r y E n g l i s h p o e t, th o u g h ste e p e d in th e d y e o f th e c la s s ic s— c a r e d s o m e th in g fo r th e m o st E n g l is h o f a l l g a m e s . T h e H o n . L io n e l H a lla m T e n n y s o n (born N o v e m b e r 7, i 8 8 q ) is th e e ld e s t so n a n d h e ir o f H a lla m L o r d T e n n y s o n , G .C .M .G ., K . C . M . G . , L i t t . D . , D . C . L . , D .L ., a n d T-P-. H a n ts , G o v e r n o r a n d C o m m a n d e r -in -C h ie f o f S o u th A u s t r a lia , i8 g g - ig o 2 , a n d G o v e r n o r -G e n e r a l o f A u s t r a lia , ig o 2 - JQ04. L a d y T e n n y s o n w a s th e d a u g h t e r o f M r. C h a r le s B o y le a n d g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f A d m ir a l th e H o n . S ir C o u r te n a y B o y le , so th a t th e r e m a y b e a s tra in o f c r ic k e t h e r e d ity on th a t sid e . I am n o t su re w h e th e r S ir C o u r t e n a y E d w a r d B o y le , th e o ld O x f o r d B lu e , w h o d ie d tw e lv e y e a r s a g o , w a s L a d y T e n n y s o n ’s b r o th e r ; b u t h e m u st s u r e ly h a v e been a r e la tiv e . I t is n o t a com m o n t h in g fo r a m a n w h o e a r n e d h is c o lo u r s a t E t o n a n d th e r e a fte r w e n t u p to C a m ­ b r id g e to fla s h u p o n th e c r ic k e t w o r ld lik e a m e te o r a s th e H o n . L . H . T e n n y s o n h a s d o n e . B u t h e w a s n o t a s p e c ia lly d is tin g u is h e d m em b er o f th e E to n X I . , a n d , o w in g to h is e n te r in g th e A r m y , w a s n o t lo n g u p a t C a m b r id g e , s o th a t h is in itia l firs t-c la s s m a tc h w a s p la y e d le ss th a n s ix w e e k s a g o . N o w h is n a m e is in th e m o u th s o f c ric k e te r s e v e ry w h e re , f r e a u e n t lv c o u p le d w ith that: o f H a m p s h ir e ’s o th e r b r illia n t n ew m a n , L ie u t. C . H . A b e rc ro m b ie , R . N . ; T H E HON . L. H. T E N N Y S O N .