The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . OLltlu/eU ; - IN THE FRACTION OF A SECOND IT HAD SIGHTED ITS QUARRY (p- 302). 303. ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA AT LORDS.(Photo : Cassell 4 Co., Ltd.) AUSTRALIAN CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. By W. J. FORD. I N the year 1862H. H. Steph-enson , thegreat S u r r e yplayer, took ateam of Englishprofessionals outto Australia. Ifhe had been told,after his returnfrom a triumphalprogress throughthe cricketingcommunities, thatexactly twentyyears later anAustralian team,visiting England,might defeat aneleven consistingof the flower ofEnglish
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . OLltlu/eU ; - IN THE FRACTION OF A SECOND IT HAD SIGHTED ITS QUARRY (p- 302). 303. ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA AT LORDS.(Photo : Cassell 4 Co., Ltd.) AUSTRALIAN CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. By W. J. FORD. I N the year 1862H. H. Steph-enson , thegreat S u r r e yplayer, took ateam of Englishprofessionals outto Australia. Ifhe had been told,after his returnfrom a triumphalprogress throughthe cricketingcommunities, thatexactly twentyyears later anAustralian team,visiting England,might defeat aneleven consistingof the flower ofEnglish cricketers,he would probably have smiled the smile ofincredulity. Had he lived to be told that ina scries of test matches, as the representativematches are called, plaved between the twohomes of cricket in the seasons of 1898-99, 1899,and 1901-02, England could onlv manage to winthree matches out of twenty and had actuallycontrived to lose eleven, incredulity would pro-bably have been intensified into downright dis-belief : he might even have given his informantthe lie direct. Both these things are now a matterof history, and the only consolation that
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