24 Ihr attempt to infuse nn amateur element into Yorkshire elovons 1ms not been yet successful. Mr. AY. Law, Mr. Sims, and Mr. Leatham have been welcomed iu turn, and dono good service; but the professional candidates are so many, and in tho long run so much moro reliablo for a series of matches than can any amateur eleven bo. Therefore it is that Yorkshire can afford to look with equanimity on tho changing fortunes of counties, and do so with tho conviction that sho must, in tho long run, remain in thefront and ahead of counties such as Gloucestershire, Kent, and Middlesex, tho fabric of whose strength may any moment fade away, and who are now constantly forced to tempt fortune -with unequal and scarcely representative teams. Therefore it is, that knowing how paid cricketers must bring their county or club to tho fore, that we anxiously look for the signs of rising batting talent, now, alas, conspicuous in absenco. Homo measures might surely bo taken by county committeos who possess good grounds and have the sinews of war at command : measures which would insure tho inculcation of good slvle and tho teaching of at least the rudiments of what bids fair to become, in certain quarters, a failing, if not a lost, art. If such admirable cricket bo taught at the public schools, why should not something of the same kind bo imparted to the willing youngsters of Nottingham, Sheffield, Leicester, or Derby P Tho idea may, on consideration, bo found impracticable, but is at least worth a thought. The difficulty doubtless would consist in the finding of competent teachers; but the schools do not keep their coaches all tho season, and we cannot conceive the Surrey Club spending its money better than by retaining H. XL Stephenson at the Oval simply to coach tho most promising colts, arid to do so early in the season, before his work begins at Uppingham, and again during the holidays. The teacher is perfect in so far as tho power of imparting correct principles is concerned, and the wrant of such a guiding power is fearfully manifest at the Oval. We are not amongst those who join in an outcry against the powers that be. So far as observation has led us to form an opinion, Surrey has still within her borders the elements of success, if the material wero but moulded to the purpose. Those who maintain these suggestions to be ill-timed must either not havo taken tho trouble to look at the annual colts’ match, or have formed an opinion that the fine young fellow's who are annually imported from tho village greens of Surrey to be trotted out before a critical crowd at Kensington Oval do know' how to play, or have more to recommend them than their performances war­ rant, either collectively or when their representatives are drafted into the county team. Anyhow, the effort might bo made, and at little cost. Yon may search for made batsmen in vain, when amongst their own class they never soe any correct play, and indeed it if lotorious that beyond Pooley, Jupp, and the Humphreys there is not a professional batsman in the county of Surrey capable of teaching his art. Let Caffyn be dug up again, and w'ork with Stephenson, and let Jupp spend his spare time in coaching, but, anyhow, do something in this direction rather than go on in the present unsatisfactory way, spending, as the Surrey Club do, a good deal of money, and working bard, as the secretary is, to induce amateurs to help him, tho former efforts leading, alas, to a minimum result in the shape of the youth .Jones, and tho latter to the development of that one bright element in later Surrey cricket, viz. the infusion of young and active men into the eleven capable of fielding to South' rton’s bowling. Letters from old cricketers finding fault with tho committee, and suggesting the substitution of one poor half-taught boy for another, will clearly not resuscitate county cricket in Surrey, and it is be­ cause wc think a solid revival valuable to the cricket world that we attempt