DISMISSAL OF HARRY TROTT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 7

DISMISSAL OF HARRY TROTT.

FIRST; BALL AT MASTERTON. A correspondent writes:—"l watched jhe match' at Masfcerton between Melkournians and locals, and I..think that the.' surprise of the match was to see Harry Trott go. first ball., In the old days ,'Trotty" was ,rather celebrated for the width of, his. bat-especially ■ in pinches' where his side wc-re playing- an uphill battle and runs® were really wanted: , "lest; Philistines.. should jeer, perhaps it may not.,be. out .of placo to givo the facts, and the facts can be summed up in three words—the ball shot. The veteran came in, took block in' most cricketerial style, and-the ball, never rising, whizzed in under his bat like' a'-rocket. Trott looked Tound at his dismantled .Wicket, then at the bowler, and lastly remarked, 'Good luck to . you, boy.'"I would just like to add this by way of moral to adorn the talo: Most crickctci's have, in. their time, known the icy feeling: of. beings,sent 'right about face' .'first-ba11.,., Under such 6ick conditions, I do hot think that many; of .us have ever ;'foiind'.time. to turn round to the bowler { with'j 'Good luck to you, boy* In bygone ycare, .one always gathered' from: the Aug. traliaa, papers that Harry Trott .wfts u. sport. On closo inspection, one now sees that he really- is."

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