Cricket.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 92, 5 April 1902, Page 6

Cricket.

It is stated bv an Adelaide paper that Clem Hill becomes a benedict w hen he reaches Kngland The young ladv is well known in Adelaide, and takes passage to Kngland in a week or two. An exchange says — ' Major Wardill states that the Australian team mav come back through America 01 South Africa if the war * over, and erv hkelv go round New Zealand befoie reSirilmg" Lot us hope so, anvwav. Here aio the ages of the Australian toanl Darling 32. Hill 2.", TrumWc 3,-, Noble 29, Armstrong 24, How ell 66. launders 27. Jones 33, Tamper 2. KeJlv 3.-), Puff 2(>, Gregory 32, Hopkins 26 lam not suxe of Carter's age, but apprehend that Victor Trumper will again be called "the infant. - Spectator," in the Adelaide "Register Jones may strike form in for lie bowled *ery well in the South Australia-England match Not , on Jv did he get move pace out of the ball, hut kepta better length "Jonah" should tnKn on the vovage to England and with a, bit of weight off, will be one 'of the stiong men of the departing team. Clem Hill is the only Australian who has ever reached an aggregate ot a thousand runs in a season here. And he has twice done so, having made 119b (the record for a season in Australia) m 1897-1898 and 1030 this season. The of inniner,s 19 tames not out 1, highest ..core 200. runs 1190, average 06.44 , 1901-1902 innings 20, highest score 107 runs 1035, average .51 7o The keen fielding of the Australians in the recent test match has given now life to the ancient tale of Spofforth and the swallow Spoffoith who in his prime was as much of a demon coverpoint a* a demon bowler, had allowed his attention to w ander during a game "Look out," shouted the cantain. bpotforth saw something black whizz towards ham, made one of hi* lightning grab*— and baeteod a swallow