Calcutta, Aug. 12.
Arrangements are well forward for the coming visit this winter of, an M.C.C. team to India. The fol lowing 19 players have accepted invitations to tour India:—A.ER. Gilligan (Sussex), Captain, L. H. Tennyson (Hampshire) C. T. S. Stevens (Middlesex), P. T. Eckersley (Lancashire), H. "J." Enthove (Cambridge), K. 8." Duleepsinhji (Cambridge 'U.), T. 0. Jameson (Hampshire), H. Taylor (Leicester), "E.R. T. Holmes (Surrey), F.W.H. Nicholas (Essex), Rhodes (Yorkshire), Kilner (Yorkshire), Leyland (Yorkshire), Duckworth' (Lancashire), Watson (Lan-shire), Newman' (Hampshire) Gutmore (Essex), Freeman (Kent), Astill (Leicester).
The fact there that the team comprises no fewer than 11 bowlers whilst all but one are batsmen who! can collect their fifties indicates the strength of the team. - Gilligan, Tennyson, Stevens, Rhodes, Kilner land Freeman have all played in tests against Australia, whilst Duckworth, who is to wicket keep for the M.C.C.
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