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NOTES.—LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. D.'.M'Kenzie, who-has officiated as an am pi re' for the last ten, .or eleven seasons, is'r.takinjf a.well-earfied''spell this season.— 'r ; It-was, pleasing, to;'see MrMV.'Hood, who has been'indispose'd'tor'some months, in his accustomed, place'; iii'the scorer's box on Saturday . last. . - , : . Fotir of the senior teams were twenty min-utes-late .in taking; the field last Saturday. Every effort should be made to start the games punctually in future. George, Giffen .has been elected the first life • member of the Adelaide C.C. ■ i Mr. ,F. C. Raphael, lion, secretary of the New! Zoaland Cricket Council, is on a visit to Australia. ; ' '■ Owing to the rain not much practice could be.indulged ''in'this week. R. A. Duff has not played any cricket •to date, this season; Neither has C. G. Macartney,who is resting after an operation. H. Carpenter, tho Essox cricketer, who eamo out from England "at'the close,of each summer to fill the post of coach to "the'-Mel-bourne C.C. for tho past few seasons, is reportedl to be>incapacitated.. .; The M.C.C. has, presented A. E, Relf; the Auckland coach, with one of the balls with which ho bowled when he took seven wickets for 110 runs in tho , Gentlemen v. Players match at Lord's in July. A silver batid ens circling the ball bears tho inscription:— "A. E. Relf, seven wickets for 110, Gentlemen v. Players, Lords, July 2 and 3, 1908." A majority of votes taken by the. London "Sportsman' to decido the constitution of the ideal English eleven on the past season's form resulted Hirst, G. L. Jessop, Lilley, P. F.'. Warner, Blythe,; Havward, J. N. Crawford, C. B. Fry, Tyldesley, W. Brearley, and Rhodes. /•'

Who is-liable for. a window broken; by a' batsman playing on a recognised cricket ground? Recently a youth put the question to the. magistrate at'. Tottenham, .England; Ho was, he said, '..-playing cricket. in-'--Fins-bury Park, when he hit': the-, hall over the railings, through . the window of a passing tram. : As-'h'e >svas playing on-the ground allotted for - playing. .cricket, he . questioned his liability for,-tho.damage.: He.was,.-how-ever, advised to pay tbe.Ydamage to 'avoid a summons. /' . .'.' '".;.v':v • :.- From the "Weekly Press" A : man .-.who is;.run" oiit " finds > his::'partn'er. 'retiring instead .is' in■:■luck's;' way. ". : This is., what happened-'.tp iViiic'fent.'-->-The>-"wicket was put downs that; he -hadfleftj- arid as: the 'batsman had not' crossed-he'snould "have "been oji't, .but Spicer evidently, thought/otherwise, 'and sought;'the'.shade,ofrthe-.pavilion.'-.-.The opposing ■' skipper - wasv. award of.''the.-errgj',. and Spicer .may.i .tako : ' it -'as - a • complimept that .the- mistake was not "" \ : .The manner'.' c in' which- .-'Fred;-' Liws . was •dismissed .'in. tJi'6 Newtewh-Wellingt-bn match ■has- been' the subject, of' ,'much'-'- comment. Qiiinn sent; down" a fast'. ball ..'on "'the off. ■Laws. went.,to back-cut':ii,- but finding- that 'it - kept low let it -go. Jlahoney, behind the-wickets,..took. the. ball. Laws; waited for. a ■ few - seconds,;) brought' his',bat "down, but; while he".;wa's'' putting, 'his'-right leg back Mahpney.-.\kpocki>d ' off the bails,, and .the, : .umpire'ruledj%hat,'laws was out.'. .'lt .is arguod' that'j.Laws's.-lhat. .was:, down within ■the'erea'se,' and/:fur'ther,''tbat:his stroke must be .considered 'have'-'be'en completed, '.and the ballj • having rented 'ih ;, Mahbney's; 'hands for. an" appreciable^'period;-.'was dead. vß.'-'j. Foika'rd, whose all-round cricket for Callan' : 'Piirlt7again*st' the FirSt"Grade' clubs having--the .bye a feature .of last ' season's ;Sydney cricket;, hasj..once'_again .: : given'.his\'assi#ance ..to the -Club.':. ■ His j'redppearaiice ihas been?.marked 'brilliantly,.sasjViin : a|Ssociation- ,with i A.' Sullivan,' thte ■ diminutive ' and defensive' .'lefthander,, he .p.ut,.Cou. 7 ,160. for.;th'eUfii-st;'.wicket . against' Sydney '■ Agairist?'very f and' very-'good - fielding,- ■Folkardjisco/eiri'l49 .out' of, 199 r in two hours and tthf'eerquarters, hitting ; 22\fo'urs.: " A rigbt-liander,- powerfully : built, he drive's brilliantly, - and plays': "nicely' all round ' the wicketP As lie is l a ;good 'bowler, -.with a mediiiin: pace balh. that comes across item '-fiiu is :an ,all-round: cricketer,; 'exoelleS by few in" Sydney.' ;He strikes ono asfa'- player full. of possibilities' for • an Eng•liiii tour, ', possessing strength,; sthmina; "and ■good' abilities * as batsman ' and bowler.-VSyd- ■ nby "Referee." s - ; /';' %) .. "It, is:.difiacu]t,-to see, from\the. ring;exactly.;- what'.makes .'W.G.!s': ■'inriocently-look-ing slows so difficult to .play, but-' the batsman -' knows; ■. • The ball- remains hidden' so long iin the capacious; hand; -it /swims a little iri the air, ''arid'' often seems, to 'die away in- its: flight;-and'drop,, sooner I than .it ; has any right-.to. ' Then..every', ball ,is a ( little higher or-a little lower in the 'air than ; ,its predecessor, but the chango of elevation is so slight' that the batsman'-. is',often un? aWare of- it '-.until'■it-is too-late; 1 Above'-ail, there is, the 'immaculate jorigtH... 'W.G:' .is giiite/a slow :bOwler,: but the: Occasions when the quickesWooted:' among.,:batsmen have hit .him V full. ' toss -:,.;or : 'by..'lying ; .back havoi.hooked' a-'lorig. hop from'liim ; have never .than'.four' or- five in, a. season; Nor' cbuld'i any 'amount' of ]iittiri<* knock' -himi off - his length. : If..he. .varied his'vpitch r 'him'::it.i vas ) always' done on: purpose)' probably' to' ptrsuade'.him' tQ have another; hit; rather, ? -tlian, to keep him quiet." This amounts to saving that, suMessfj}J;"^ovx];jjg 9 .e'yen r i.niprg (IG sucoessfuir/Baiting-.-.'is,, a.rinatter-. of.,vpersoii-aJity."-^^!Morriing-:'sPost.'"". h\ss' taA <•■•«»-{' , .grrlflv '/ii sopi , ' The .season , which' is -now so rapidly drawing to f. close has riot brought ' many- new to. the front. ...The one whose repu-tation-has been--most'increased;isj. of course, Newstead, '• whose .'all-round v .woHi,! has; contributed so much to the success of Yorkshire. A man who'i can. obtain wickets regularly, on. hard,-'atid.. true pitches must be well above.the ordinary run of: bowlers,: and this,' coupled-with his fine fielding • and useful batting;' stamps • him as' one,,of -the'best cricketers of, the day.'-' ■ For".the' sake! of English cricket, one may express'the hope ;«iat "he wiir 'be found-'in; a's ''form next season ..when ' the .. Australians . 'wi11... be with usv -Marshal, of . Surrey,-' has performed' almost as well, as many, on the strength'' of his doings .in - club cricket, -predicted f hs would,- and he has . good' claims to 'be regarded .as -:tbe longest - hitter 'Tiefore ,;.' i th.e' public.' Had he, been' borri-rin;, England -'he would probably have been destined'to.'play an important part in .Test-.match, history;; but; like. Tarranty -he- will . never.., be , able to appear for-us in international; matches',-' nor for' Australia so long as ,heis • ■identified with "county cricket.—"Cricket." ,' '..