Cricketers Went on Strike the temporary cessation of Test Matches owing to the war, and the consequent lull in the ever-green struggle for the Tae ur to fall back on for the time being. Nowadays, all the Id over are left high and dry with
placards as "England In Dire Danger" or "England Faces y Task" would not only be out of place—they might even
days of momentous placards, when rued by those not versed in pat press parlance. haggard pedestrians lit for a paper to learn what havoc the Aussies might have been wreaking on our eleven, have passed momentarily into abeyance, But yer are one a E EEEN and they had taken the precaution Ik will invariably revert to the to call up Mold, of Lancashire, Hirst, ts at some time after the latest of Yorkshire, and Pougher, of Leicesnews has been completely digestfershiré. They were at the Oval to In these circumstances it 's play if required.
ut fo barie back a space and W. G. Grace decided he would turn ome of those mighty encoun-out; but Stoddart would not put on his flannels. Not one of the stand-occasion was when bys was required, however, becatise "went on strike, of the return of the three Surrey Spectators were in their seats players.
'That the Surrey Committee would ages assed thr wae te caps hik have' listened sympathetically to a request for extra remuneration unaccompanied by a threat of with-10, 1896, they wondered what drawal, there is not the least doubt. would place in the field against the Australians.
There was intense interest in thi Indeed, only a short time before the third, Test. Upon it depended they had considered an application from the Surrey professionals for E, Stoddart, had won three of the bad ipe t the ARARA ad the honour. In 1 increased payment, and that application had been granted for all intercounty games.' ye When" settling-up time with the Ame! an Pair Retain Men's Doubles Title 'The first win was the outcome of professionals who' played in the Test i extraordinary performance. Pass-arrived, each received a fee of £20. Lew Carson and "Dud" Squires yesterday retained their doubles crown at the expense of V. T. reference may be made to it, Since then there has never been any Wang and Harry Li in a four set final. ough it is rather outside the scope strike threat in first-class cricket, and the match, "they fell short in the standard of tennis they produced to bring about their victory. this article, there is not likely to be.
In spite of the fact that the final issue was never in doubt, there was an indifferent atmosphere As to the match, it provided a TA Record Score succession of thrills. The weather about the play which was not up to championship level. The above photo, taken just before the
and sco: ores o of 81 from Australia won the Sydney, begin emt: ronds st day until 5 o'clock, xt kind. Play did no' start of the game, shows Squires and Carson on the left, and V.T. Wang and Harry Li on the right, 161 Gregory, and 74 from J. M. Blackham G. Giffen, 201 from'S!"¥. ELF mile 45,'the highest indivi-X. Teedate pooa j vekets tammpled down. F. S. inal total of the ord by J. Darling in Australia's e game save for the
ngs in Test games, the previous being 551 at the Oval in 1884, Aragia could not put together
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