WAR AND SPORT

OA, SOME OF : THE FALLEN, :fc ■■■■..«—. \ (Sydney "Referee.")

The numhfir of leaders in amateur ' Sport in the. Old Country who have fallen on the battlefields of France and Belgium js so large that it is an effective reply to any unthinking persons ■who have xeeu fit to rail at footballers, cricketers, and athletes generally, for uot, rising to the occasion in this great crisis. . It is doubtless true, as is contended in some quarters in the Old ■Country, that amateurs in sport have shown greater patriotism in this hour of national peril than professionals, though the matter may be open to discussion, ami a good deal said on the side of the latter class. In its notices of sportsmen who have fallen at the front, The Field shows that footballers and cricketers have played their parts nobly, anil, indeed, that representatives of all games and sports in Great Britain have done magnificent work against the Germans'.' r Lieutenant Lawson-Smith, l.'ltli Hussars, who fell in action about November "" 11, was in the Harrow eleven of ISKiS. In the match with I'lton, which Harrow Won by ten wickets, he scored 7!l not out and li not out. It was the highest score nia'de-for either side, and had much to do with Eton's reverse. Durijig the season he made 'I'M inns, with /an-average of 21.00, being third in the to G. E. V. t'rutchley and the ■linn. Rupert Anson. He was born on '"•'March 14, .1880.. vvLieutenawrG. E. Puusterville, who was killed in action on October 20, was the elder son of Colonel Dnnstcrville, late.'R.A.' In India he gained great distinction as a fencer, and since his return to England'he held the following records at > the Naval and Military Tournament at Olympia: Six challenge cups for oflicers, viz., I!>U, sword v, lance (mounted); 1012, sword v. sword (mounted): 10111. epee, sabres, bayonet v. bayonet: 101-1, foils. He was in the team for British oflicers at the international meeting at Karl's Court, 1911, at The Hague in the same year, and nt Paris in 1913 and I!U4. He was a prize winner- nt the Army athletic meeting in 1010 and 1011. ;; Au intimation that Lieutenant Lewis Robertson : was wounded was quickly followed by the appearance of his name / in. the official list of officers who have died of wounds. He represented Scotland at Rugby Union football three times against England, twice against Ireland, three times against Wales, and once against South Africa. He has acted as captain of the London Scottish, and last March he captained the officers of the" Army when they boat the Navy at the Queen's Club, He came ■ into notice as a fine forward when he was at school at Fettes.

It was imofiicinllv reported that Captain the Hon. A. E. S. Mitlhnlland, of the Irish Guards, had been hilled in action near Ypres some lime ago, liiil his name has only recently been iuchnled in the official easnahy list, At fn he played in the 1901 cricket ,-en, and scored 13 and lii against rrow at Lord's. On that occasion Eton team treated some leg-break bowling with excessive respect, and, partly in "consequence, Inst the match, • Over-caution was particularly uncongenial to Molholland's style of batting, for he was a slashing hitter by nature. Proceeding from Eton to Ox- ""-- ford, he did some very respectable performances in the Trial matches, but did not get his Blue. After joining the Guards he made-heaps- of runs for the Brigade, and his' fielding was an example of dash and energy. Latterly Jie took to golf, and at once leapt into .the front rank of Army players. His r uriving"was a sheer delight to walch, ,\and if he had practised more regularly and seriously he would have been a formidable opponent in amateur championships. News was received on November i" of the death in action'of Major the Hon. W. G. S. Cadogan, who had been equerry'to the Prince of Wales and

aide-de-camp to King George Avhen, as Prince of Wales, lit- made his tour'in liulin. Tin l ' inajoi' was in the Eton cricket tptim in 1807, making useful not-out scores against Harrow and Winchester, and being tliird in the batting averages in a low-scoring year. He afterwards went to Sandhurst, where he got his cricket colours. As a polo player he was well known.

The name of Captain A, S. Ncsbitt, of the :ird Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, appeared in the casualty list on November 18. He was killed in action on November 7. An enthusiastic hunting man, he was also a good cricketer, and besides frequently playing Tor the Gentlemen of Worcestershire, he received a trial for the county in the past season. He took part in the match against 'Middlesex at Lord's, when Frank Tarrant made his 200 ami .1. W. Ilearne 104, ami was the means of bringing the long partnership between the two men to an end by a catch at the wicket.

. Captain O. C. S. Gilliat, of the "Rifle Brigade, has been killed in action, lie was in the Eton eleven in ISilO, and made *>2 and ,'l4 against Winchester, and ')!! and f>4 not out against Harrow at Lord's. Although "H was his highest score of the season, he was so consistent that he was second in the school averages with a record of twelve innings, once uot out, :!7S runs, average :il.:;(i.

Captain G. B. Pollock-Hodsoll, killed on November 0, was a very well-known member of the Casuals and Corinthian Football Clubs, for whom he played for many years. He was an excellent and persevering half-back, and was not far from gaining international honours. He also played for the Army Association team, sometimes as its captain, lie was an ardent enthusiast for the purity of amateur football, and also took a great interest in the controversy between the Football Association and the amateur dubs which eventually formed the A.F.A,

The name of Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell (Olh Lancers) appears in the first list of awards of the Victoria Cross. Captain Grenfell, like his brother, Captain Riversdale Grenfell, who was killed in Ihe early stages of the war, stood in the front rank of the world's polo players, Both brothers played for England against Ireland at llii'ilinghnni in IfllO, and F. 0. Grenfell was a member of the Olh Lancers' team which won the Indian Regimental tournament in lOOli, anil of the Freebooters' successful team in the Hiirlinghani Champion Cup in l!)l)7. Captain Grenfell was awarded the Cross for gallantry iii action against unbroken infantry at Audrcgnies, .Belgium, on August 21, 1014, and for gallant conduct in assisting to save the guns of the llf»tli Battery, Royal Field Artillery, near Doubon the same day.