23 APRIL 1965, Page 13

Sts,—Two touring sides for the first time, Quoodle? In 1912,

when the South Africans were here too, my father took me to see the Australians at Park Avenue. He said George Hirst was past his best, and, when he got Kellaway, Macartncy and Bardslcy out in four balls, that he would have done it in three in his prime. But Schofield Haigh, in the same match, could only manage six for fourteen. Oh, my Wilfred Rhodes. David Denton, Alonzo Drake, and Major Boolt, of long ago!

FRANK BARRACLOUGH

Sandford, Thirsk Road, Northallerlon