LORD HAWKE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 936, 1 February 1908, Page 6

LORD HAWKE.

AN IDEAL CAPTAIN. Lord Hawke, the captain of Yorkshire's first county cricketing team. is the subject of a healthy ferment in Yorkshire. The testimonial which is being raised to celebrate the twentyfifth year of his captaincy promises in spirit and liberality worthily to express the feeling of the whole country towards their famous countryman. Some of the finest tributes to his leadership (says the London Christian World) are not finding Press publicity. Among the circle of his intimate friends and "men who have served under him it_~is being recalled how lie has transformed the inward life and ideals of his team. Abstemious himself, any license in relation to intoxicants has been socially blackballed, until for many years now the team has been most exemplary. Parents who have been aware of tho jerils of a sporting career have felt quite comfortable while their sons havo been under tho wing of Lord Hawke. An intimate associate has recalled a characteristic incident. As "second in command,'' ho went up to Lord Hawke's bedroom the last thing at night. His lordship was reading tho Book of Books. "Are all tho men in?" he asked. "Yes." "Now I can go to rest," he replied. "Good night." It has been tho good man behind tlie clever cricketer that has evoked the remarkable devotion oi those who under his leadership have won for the country the proud position it holds in relation to England's most popular game.