AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS
MATCH AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOLS BAIN SPOILS PLAY Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 11. (Received August 12, at 11 a.m.) For the match against the Public Schools’ Fifteen the weather was bright and the wicket was easy, Collins won the toss and batted. Macartney, Gregory, Bardsley, Andrews, and Mailey wore omitted rrotn the Australian team. The Public Schools’ Fifteen h Killick, Kingsley, Fleming, Tegner, Himbault, Whittaker, Levett, Taylor, Le Marcnandj Andrae, 3310 ck, Doggart Wilson, Hay, May. Scores:— ( AUSTRALIA. Collins c Whittaker b May ... ... 8 Taylor c Levett b Whittaker ... 9 Ponsford riot out ... 1 Woodfullnot out Extra ... __* Two wickets for ... Rain at lunch time caused the abandonment of play for the day. When the game opened Collins objected to the rubHc Schools’ captain fielding the whole of his fifteen, and four boys wore removed. Later, however, when ho was informed that it was the custom, the four returned.—Reuter.
(Received August 12, at 11.40 a.m.) The critics generally adversely comment on Collins’s alleged unsportsmanlike action,, in requesting the withdrawal of the four fieldsmen. It created a bad impression, and is all the more regrettable as the match was against inexperienced boys. n Collins stated later that the- match was discussed before the team left Australia, and it was expresslv understood that only eleven should field. As nothing further was done, ho assumed that the arrangement stood.—A. and N.Z. Cable
FIFTH TEST MUCH EXCITEMENT conflict between landlords AND TENANTS. LONDON, August 10. A sidelight on the test match excitement is afforded by an amusing conflict between the landlords end tenants of houses overlooking the Oval. The tenants are sub-letting rooms, windows, and balconies at high rentals. The landlords are claiming—-first, that this infringes the Rent Restrictions Act; secondly, that the tenants are covenanted not to sub-let; and, thirdly, that they ought to pay the entertainment tax and such moneys as the authorities propose to levy upon the owners. The tenants are excitedly replying that an Englishman’s home is his castle. —A. and N.Z. Cable,
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Evening Star, Issue 19326, 12 August 1926, Page 7
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334AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS Evening Star, Issue 19326, 12 August 1926, Page 7
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