PATSY HENDREN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 208, 18 September 1937, Page 18

PATSY HENDREN

■ — HE "THANKS THEM ALL"

MANY COUBTESIES RECEIVED.

LONDON, Aug- 28. "Thank them in Australia for all they did for me," said Patsy Hendren after making his 169th century with 129 against Notts, including two sixes and 16 fours. Hendren visited Australia four times and said he was treated m.agnificently. He liked the place and the . people but was afraid he would' not go again, although he wished he could. Hendren began his last. match in county cricket to-day, Middlesex playing its final match of the season against Surrey. "I will be playing later at Scarborough in the M.C.C."v. Yorkshire match, but that is a • •festival game," said Hendren. "Afterv/ards, I will play only village green cricket with old buffers. "I will still be coniieeted with cricket, coaching at Harrqw, where there should be excellent material. "Anyway, I have had a- good innings, and it is best for me to retire while I am still able to make runs. I do not want to lingor on Uritil ' people say, 'Poor old fellow, he'ought to have a bath chair.' "KiivJ aua Generoits." "If ever I have the chance to see Australia again," I will take it like a shot. Anyhow, I will see the Australians here in 1938. They are good cricketers, good sports, and the crowds and barrackers have always been kind and generous." The Daily Mail refers to Hendren's innings with Compton as a decisive stand. . , . ♦ „ "Never a chance did either give, says the writer. "Neither appeared in undue haste, and reientlessly scored from every over towards the close. It

was a great effort, Hendren hitting everything. He had a grand reception from the crowd for his last appearance on the ground." Warner's Tribute. - Sir Pelham Warner, writing in the Spectator on "Can Middlesex Do It?" says: "Hendren's deeds for Middlesex would fill- a volume. Apart from his magnificence in the field, he has been a guide, philosopher and friend of young men. "A statistician informs me that until the end of last season, he had scored, all in first-class cricket,* 55,873 runs, averaging 57.84. "Lord's will not seem the same without Patsy Hendren."