J. N. ORAWFORO AND HIS COUNTY FALL OUT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 584, 12 August 1909, Page 5

J. N. ORAWFORO AND HIS COUNTY FALL OUT.

A QUESTION OF gELECtIOrt. : (Reo. August 11, 8,65 p.m<) London, August 11. .The Snrrcy Cricket Commits has ■ resolved not to invite J. N. Orawfotd (tdio amateur batsman and bowlor wlro visited Australia with Jones's team) to play again for tlio County becaiiee lie declined to play against the Australians. Crawford replies that ho declined to captain a Surrey team wbioh did not . include throe essential players, Davis, Lees, and Rusliby—an independence whioh ho trusts will still remain to every amateur in the United Kingdom. ENGLAND'S QUARTET. Sin«o tho first Test at Birmlnghran, the iSiiglishnion have displayed very poor batting form in Tost crickot. On Tuesday the Australian bottling was sewrely handled by .the qnartct who amassed the larger portion of England's total, i.C. B. Fry, prior to -hi*- scow at 62, .was dismissed tor a single and 7 ta tho third Tost,

and m the game at' Birmingham lio tailed to break tho ioa in the first innings, but was undefeated for 35 in the second. In Tho Oval match of J905 Fry scored. HI, and when ho made a foolish call to Rhodes in the present game the representative of tho Selection Committee appeared well Bet for his century. W. R. Rhodes found the luncheon adjourn' ment a good bowler, but Ills runs were made at a critical period of the innings for England, tho opening, which has such a marked effect on the later batsman. ■ J. Sharp has obtained his century on his fifth appearanco in Test cricket. The Lancashire player iB at his best when displayiiifl his, favourite "punching", .stroke, which usually finds the boundary five times out of six. K. L. Hutchings scored' 12fi in the second Test at Melbourne for A. 0. Jones's team in 1908. Tho repertoire of tho Man of Kent in- l eludes an olf-drivc like a racket shot', und ho cuts with knife-like precision. Hutchings has been well named England's "Trumper." A. Cotter was the most succcssful pf tli» bowlers, and his crop of six wickets is tho largest ho has secured so far this tour in an : innings. W. W. Armstrong can console himself that if he has not obtained his usual quota of wickets, the English bowlers have not been able to obtain his of late. The breakdown of tho manager is unfortunate, as, after his many successes with the ball, Laver was a strong tip for his 100 wiekpts for the present trip, ' , '