'Mention has been made of the extraordinary termination of the county cricket match between Sussex and. Noitinghamshire at Have on June, 30, when' the Notts captain withdrew his team from the feld owing {0 rain just before time, Sussex requiring two runs to mako for vielory with all their wickets Jan hand in' the second innings. Correspondence passed and to the Sussex protest the Notting. hampshire Committee sent a conciliatory. reply. Although recogni ting that the captain acted within the rules for—contrary to "som roports—he had appealed to the umpires and received their reply that the conditions were not Int for play the Notts Committee did not uphold that action. Thus the amende Wouorable has been made—a conclusion which all lovers of cricket will" applaud, especially as the Notts Committee, mindful of Mr. G. F. Heane's splendid services as their Captain, took occasion immediately to express their complete confidence in him by passing 2 unanimous resolution to that effect.
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