CRICKET.
By Telegraph— Press Absd, Copyright London, Oci 81. Newspapers suggest that Stoddart ihould cable to the Cape for Brown, the Yorkshire professional, to proceed to Australia with a view to strengthening the batting department of the team. The Standard commenting on the Soutn Australian match says the ablenoe of Giffen is intensely disappoint* iog to English orioketing circles. ■ Adbl/tbb, N6y 1. The B. A. Register, commenting on Qiffen'a retirement, while recognising his great merits as a orieketer, and the iplendid service he has done for tbo colony, says even ohamiio i players a;e not indispensable. While Giffen has done much for South Australian erieket, crioket has done much more for Giffen. It adds that the South Australian eleven for some time past baa not been a one-man team. Once it was, and Giffen 's withdrawal will serve to stimulate young players to do their utmost to obtain worthy prominence.
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Inangahua Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1359, 2 November 1897, Page 3
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