CRICKET.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 239, 25 January 1898, Page 2

CRICKET.

When Ranjitsinhji was batting in the test matches at Sydney some of the crowd were heard saying that his batting was not ciicket, but V infernal Indian juggling." \ Referring to the second test match, played recently at Melbourne, it is mentioned, as showing the interest taken throughout the Empire in the match that, not only was every leading newspaper in Australasia ' specially represented in the press box, but also all the great English journals and lit liter's agency, whish sends'; its messages all over the world. Wardill has had the press box enlarged so that the repoitera for the Victoriab.dailies, and the "specials" representing Great Britain, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, had Sufficient room to do their work with Comfort. In the telegraph office, immediately below the press room, the Generat; Managej of the Telegraph Department; had provided a staff of ten expert operators, who were kept busy all clay getting away the sheaves of messages passed in to them for the Press alone. The reports of the,, matches played by Stoddart's team which, are appearing in ttie English papers, are longer and mo'kjj detailed than on former occasions.