The English cricket season, which opened at Lord's with a match between the London Fire Brigade and the City of London Police, promises to be one of the liveliest on record, though necessarily restricted, Incidentally, I. cannot remember a more remarkable sight at the game's headquarters than the row of 50 fire-fighting appliances parked in front of the tavern, brought along by firemen who wanted to see the match but who could not be parted from their engines or trailers. Spectators, it was suggested, felt free to drop lighted matches with impunity!
But what of this first wartime season? There will be no grim struggle between the counties for points, a struggle which so often resulted in drawn games; and wickets White plays and mates in three moves.
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