CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 7

CRICKET.

Y YORKSHIRE MATCH SUSPENDED. " (By i?rcßs ( . Association.—Copyright.) ■ ■■■ _ Juno* 22: • ■ Rain foil during tho night,and | this morn- ! ing ft heavy • dowapour set ii; w&ich saturated tho wicket. 1 ■ . i ' At noon it was still raining eteadily, and the captains of tho teams decided t&at there should bo, no: play, to-day." .: j! * • •■• j;" AN ENGLISH CRITIC'S'IMPRESSIONS. Writing on May 9,\ Mr.-Ij. Woodhouse' says:' ■Jiff ■ it IS .praotioally impossible ;to ontieiso on thoir, one. showing N °thligham), more especially" as thev ; hid had precious httlo practice before ithcy MtfLwi . f en The first impressions from this .match, however, are". that 6tuff r m ° St par^iß ver r ordinary ■ ; "Mr. Cotter bowls W errnltioally, and his arm has dropped a lot—in-faot'he is'approaching country honso crioketing ball i umu °ni nlI tr and Made the, Ball jumu at all. Ho swings away.,alittle consequently many balls on the'leg side which look as if;they. ought to.be severely punished round' batsman has to follow them to" ' J' '™" "* l "-'" airite failed to show bowlmg seemed the very simplest [ typo- of stuff-just good ■ enough to, keen y?u playing, but not good enough to get you outf Mr.- Armstrong's - Responsibilities.--''. '•' matches arc; to be won. the' LtiMnh nf h Zv n J fa "-? n Mr. Armstrong's should and they are quite broad'enough to enduro it It. ur surprising how active and untiring this sevontmn-stono pant is: he. did most of the bowling in the first innings, scored lOfi not out and.npiiu bow ed m he jNotts second . Ho.mixes ur) his bowling.most judiciously delivering the ball ; from such a hoight hi makes it get up at a-very awkward angle and t leave!; the pitch very qniokly.' Helk n „ keeps a dangerous length.' Should ho ha?o an oiT.dny in the Test matchcs, however d»£ u S tho tid.' ?lians w,n •»"» ' AK , Z < r^: InokMo i