CRICKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 3040, 19 June 1912, Page 62

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND. JUNE. 20—At Bath. v. Somerset. 24—ENGLAND, at Lords. 27 —At Leyton, v. Essex. JULY. I—At Sheffield, v. Yorkshire. 4—At Liverpool, v. Lancashire. B—At Edinburgh, v. Scotland. 11 —At Glasgow, v. Scotland. 16—SOUTH AFRICA, at Lord's. 18 —At Leicester, v. Leicestershire. 22—At Portsmouth, v. Hampshire. 25—At Brighton, v. Sussex. 29—ENGLAND, at Manchester. AUGUST. I—At Derby, v. Derbyshire. 6—SOUTH AFRICA, at Nottingham. 12—At Worcester, v. Worcestershire. 15—At Cheltenham, v. Gloucestershire. 19—ENGLAND, at. Oval. . . .. 22—Cardiff, v. South Wales (provisional). 26—Norwich, v. Mr L. Robinson's Eleven. 29-rAt Canterbury, v. Kent. SEPTEMBER 2—At the Oval, v. Surrey and Middlesex. s—At Scarborough, v. Lord Londesborough s Eleven. _ , . 9—At Hastings, v. South of England. 13—At Glasgow, v. Western Union. 16 —At Inverness, v. Northern Counties. 18—At Aberdeen, v. Aberdeenshire. 20—At Dundee, v. Forfarahit*. THE TEST MATCHES. June 54—Lord's, England v. Australia. July B—Lord's, England v. South Africa. July 15—Lord's, Australia v. South Africa. July 29—Manchester, England v. Australia. Aug. s—Nottingham, Australia v. S. Africa. Aug. 12—Oval, England v. South Africa. Aug. 19—Oval, England v. Australia. SOUTH AFRICAN FIXTURES. JUNE. 20—In Glamorgan, v. South Wales; 24—At Edinburgh, v. Scotland. 27—At Glasgow, v. Scotland. JULY. I—At1 —At Lord's, v. Middlesex. 4—At Birmingham, v. Warwickshire. 18 —At Maidstone, v. Kent. 22—At Bray, v. Woodbrook C. and G. 25—At Dublin, v. Ireland. 28 —At Stoke-on-Trent, v. Minor Counties' Eleven. AUGUST. I—At Liverpool, v. Lancashire. B—At Leicester, v. Leicestershire. 15—At Brighton, v. Sussex. 19—At Sheffield, v. Yorkshire. 22—At Manchester, v. Lancashire. 26 —At Bristol, v. Gloucestershire. SEPTEMBER. 2 —At Bournemouth, v. Hampshire. 6—ls Norfolk, v. Lionel Robinson's Eleven. 9 —At Scarborough, v. Lord Londeeborough's Eleven. 12—At Hastings, v. South of England. ROTES BY LONG SLIP. Says Sydney Sun referring to the test match between the South Africans and England: — As in Australia, Foster and Barnes are proving themselves England's heroes And to think" that England almost lost Foster practically at the very beginning of his great career. Just alter he accepted l the Warwickshire captaincy in 1911 he announced his decision to retire from cricket, but he was induced to give the matter re consideration, and he stayed in the game. He led his county to the head of the championship table in a season that was one long triumph for him —a triumph that ho capped by coming to Australia and showing such form as tew amateur bowlers have ever shown here.

In one way tho Barnes-Foster combination is a peculiar one. Their success is a success, as it were, of senior and junior. Barnes is verging on 40 years of age. Foster is only 24. Their styles are as dissimilar as their ages. Barnes,, cool, calculating, methodical, with his snort, slow, easy run to the wicket, and the smooth delivery brought by many years of practice. Foster, electrical, full of life, almost tearing up to the bowling crease, using his height and long arms to the utmost advantage, and yet as gracefully and easily almost as Barnes. *»

It would be difficult to say which man uses his head the more. Barnes thinks out every ball. Pretty well each delivery sees him holding the leather differently. Hardly ever, is there much alteration in pace or pitch. The latter is nearly always perfect. But which way the bail is going after it hits the ground is another question altogether. Foster, perhaps, does not bowl quite so brainly, but devotes his head more to the disposal of his field. Sometimes he will -have a fan-shaped lot of le-g----oatchers, five or six strong. Then he will bowl at tho batsman's legs and force him to play the ball behind him. That was the way he got Bardsley practically every time during the tour of Warner's team, until the Glebe left-hander seemed to havo lost all Ins footwork, and a good deal of his slick wristiness. In the hands of Foster ho was like a baby. Trumper was nearly as impotent against the young bowler, whoso future career will be watched almost as keenly by Australians as by his own countrymen.