CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 318, 3 October 1908, Page 9

CRICKET.

: Three of-; the Lancashire amateursMessrs. A. H. flornsby, Kenneth- M'Lt-od, and W. Brearley—had an alarming ; experience at Liverpool on a recent Saturday morning, when travelling, from the city to' the Aigburth . ground to take, part in the game with Middlesex. They were in a taxicab, which, -from some causey suddenly swerved, and after narrowly escaping running into a tramcar and another vehicle, dashed against an electric tram standard with .considerable force. The cricketers.: were , considerably shaken, but sustained no injury.- ; A.' E. R'elf left England for' Australia on the s.s Corinthic on September 18. He is accompanied by E. Humphreys, the new coach for-*" the " Canterbury Association . -. The following, item -.appears .in the Victorian Cricket Association's annual report "The Board of Control may now bo considered as firmly established,' and-, its co : operation with the. principal authority, in the .motherland' makes it'paramount on this side in' all matters relating to -the interchange of visits between English _ 'rind Australian elevens. -The success achieved in the,management of : the - : recentMarylebone-,eleven tour has done much to ' - confirm the ■coil-' fidence of the cricket world in. the board." .."The climax has been. r.eached. Crickqt was stopped at the Oval on August 17 owing to too much light. We have the teams disappearing owing' to a few drops of. rain, long intervals taken for. tea,, arid appeals agaiiist. bad light. The game between Surrey and Kent was cut short; at .twenty minutes- past' six" owing,- we were informed,- fo the reflection of the stiri oh the' windows- of tho' -paVilioh. The 'remedy is :obvious, always''providing the sun -shines at it did'last - evening,' for if the pavilion it not to. .bo.-'polled : -do'wn, tho wickets must be pitched ,the other, way. across the ground... Then will'come,: the matter of the'gasometer .arid -the'- question' as td : which will Ibe-the 'cheaper, the renioval of this eyesore or. the. pavilion. '.Wo. have,nowhad bats : men grumbling about too much light; What next,?—" London .Sportsman." - • The matter of a New South Wales team, or -quo selected from ,a wider area, visiting New Zealand this summer is -in abeyance, pending a reply from the. . New. Zealand Council to a letter from: the N.S.. Wales C.A. relativo to what is meant by. the term "representative."., Tho Victorian Association , has appointed Mr. Peter A. M'Alistor sole selector of representative teams for tho season (say's the Sydney "Referee"). Mr. Hugh Trumble was the only other candidate, the voting , being lo to 11. ; Thus Victoria returns to t!v sole 'selector after- trying'a committeo of-, five, with no success for a time, yet finally with the satisfaction of winning the _ Sheffield Shield. It is .not the first'time Victoria has favoured the sole selector system, Mr. Ben James, Mr. George Major, Mr. H. F. Boyle, Mr. W. H. Cooper, Mr. J. 51. Blackham, and Mr. T. Horan each having filled tho office with much success many years ago. In New South Wales Mr. D. W. Gregory and Mr. M. A. Noble have been solo selectors. . ' ■

The fact that one wishes for nothing does not necessarily mean tbatone is wise. Generally it means that ono is old, —"Figaro," Paria. '