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but ci pleasure to do so on many Euglibli cricket 

 grounds. 



It is amusing to liear the remarks passed during 

 the course of an Austraha v. England match. A 

 Lancashire and a Yorkshire man^ I once saw nearly 

 came to blows over the respective merits of the 

 members of those counties who were in the team. It 

 is not only the Colonial or the English element that 

 waxes hot during these matches, but the natives of 

 the various counties from which the players hail, and 

 who have made their homes in Australia, argue 

 strongly in favour of their counties* representatives. 



ChajSiag the players was freely indulged in some 

 years ago, but there is very little of it now. George 

 Giffen occasionally comes in for a share when he bowls 

 throughout for his Colony against New South Wales. 

 ''Let somebody else have a try, George;'' ''Give 

 Walter a chance ; '' " Sit down and have a rest, 

 George.'' These are the expressions shouted out to 

 the great cricketer, the " W. G." of Australia. In 

 the last match I saw between New South Wales and 

 South Australia on this ground, the former scored a 

 remarkable victory. Garratt was captain of the home 

 team, and in the first innings of the South Australians 

 he fielded badly. He did much better in the second, 

 but whenever he fielded the simplest ball, there was 

 an ironical round of applause. It was the same with 

 Moses, who was not in his best form. 



