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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 10, 6 September 1911, Page 7

The M.C.C. team for Australia will be considerably weakened by the non inclusion of C. B. Fry and Jessop. Fry lias shown exceptionally tine form this season, and in the test trial lie made *J3 on a wicket that was all in favour of •the bowler. He is always an interesting (personality with his athletic figure and wide trousers, suggestive of “Jack

Ashore.” He is hardly ever still on the field, the abundant energy and vitality of the athlete keeps him, like a caged tiger, always on the move. Jessop, popularly known as the “Croucher,” is renowned as a mighty hitter, and his appearance at the wicket causes the field to be spread wide to the boundaries. His reputation in the field is a by-word, and

when in a match against Surrey ho dropped a oatch, and let a ball go by him the hardly believe their eyes. Never since the days of the celebrated Vernon Royle has there been a finer cover-point than Jessop. The clean grip of the ball and the lightning like return are the very perfection of the fielder’s art. But even with these two famous players left out, the team for Australia will be fairly strong, and we fully expect to see it give a good account of itself.