There will probably be some surprise felt in cricketing. eirles over the composition of the eleven selected to represent England in Sars y's test match aguinst. the West Tadles, but there "should "be ile. erucism, The. can chosen is another testimony to the strength of cricket in the home country at present where seems that at least two' clements if ove oF two" outstanding exceptions are "omitted, Almost equal strength could have been picked, 'The dropping. of 'Copson, the Derbyablte fast, ower, "is unexpected. "He has been. having an excellent season, and. is performance in the frst test: Was outstanding' 'Mls' place wilt be taken by Nichols of Back, who must by nov have graduated into the veteran stage: Nichols also has been doing extremely well Iatly. and he has the advantage of being a tst das all Founder, capable of scoring a coniary gaint the best opposition 2b well as of shiny out batsmen, "All"tho eleven chosen have had ex: perience in representative cricket except Statield of' Lancashire, Oldselas however, es been doing well for his country and is rezarae fed" as an outstanding fielder' the county, here his speed and swift Teuns have earn ima great reputation. With 'W.'R. Memmon, Hulton, Compton, Hardsta, ana Keeton, the English side has a very strong bang potentials 4G.. Keeton of Notinghemshive has the ds. tinction of having scored the highes total-of any. batsmen ina match this season, 'Daving Fecentiy knocked up 312 runs in an' innings The dropping of Paynier, the hero of so man tect matches anda fi valuable. yan emergency will caure: some common. Paynter, too, has been In fine form thi scased, and mis mission can only be necoumted for by. the fcsire of the selesuon committee to give' some Younger man 8 rial Inthe bowling. Bopland Will "rely" on ° Nichos," Weighty Goddard and, Perks. Goddard has been performing wonders" {his season and, given a liable wicket, should fuse the West Indians plenty" of trouble, Wrishe hag Tow become a-stand-by for tos matches. The selection of only one fast bowler tars a change In the policy of the MCC, Raving formerly been the eusiom to have ive peed merchants {0 rely upon, Compton, how. ever, though prinelpaly batsmen. eas ina Pinch come to the assistance ofthe side with fame medium" paced bowing. "And. the attack should' be complete when it is considered that
the Hammond img io mean perrier with British Air Manoeuvres Bad weather, Britain's historic ally singe the days of the Spanish Armada, interiored with the air manoeuvres but, on the whole, they appear to have been successful for they added to normal training conditions the hazard unfavourable meteorological condition'. One hundred and sixty "raids" were carried out by "enemy" aeroplanes on different parts of the country with varying degrees of success. The observer system worked extremely well and the "raiders" were quickly spotted, but certain Squadrons succeeded in penetrating the "de= fences" and once again, in mimic warfare, London saw "enemy planes" over the city com: batted by defending planes similar ¢o th exelt= ing days of the Great War when German machines raided the city in regular waves. Most of the attackers were intercepted with heavy losses, but others broke through and the communiques indicate that. theoretical. heavy damage was done, especially in the. Thames estuary. Against the "raiders" the full extent newly-organized) anti-aircraft de-were flung, interceptor and" fighter anti-aircraft batteries and the re panoply of defensive devices being used, Londlon's balloon barrage was put out and forced machines to high altitudes making low titude and accurate bombing impossible white subjecting the machines to intensive anti-ait= craft fire within convenient range. Owing to the weather, "black-out" plant were postponed for 24 hours in order to put this new system to the exhaustive test necessary before any' affela assessment of the situation can be made, Prob: Jably, the most signifleantuspeet- of the manceuvres is the series of communiques which, in considerable detail, reveal how thoroughly the country was "bombed." While. emphasis been placed on the high state of emciency Of British anti-aircraft precautions, the fact must be bor! enemy aieeratt feannot be prev try, but their efforts abe Tlnimized, "This results. from, the "ce-ordination of" the com: tative forces at the disposal of the ait suth ties and the adoption of precautions" such "*binek-outs™ to" hide objectives and the shelter
los of Hire. AN present, there are. many of the civil pope in gents te. prevent targets Whitehall, the "seat of. Govern t, he "principal "dockyards ud svfenate Blans provide for "ages of "actoriee and arsenals into ferent of war and a wider fusion of possible fetes like London' wil remove the threat gets, while the evacuation. oF elvillans from orale which bombing of a crowded city Would
the largest in history. and employing 1300 mucolve. "The oficial verdict on the manwcuvees, machines, will be awaited with great interest the answer {0 the. vital question: Ix Britain safe from air attack?
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