It will be an odd thing if after Surrey has
twice beaten Middlesex soundly Middlesex should secure the County Championship and not Surrey ; but of course odd things do happen in cricket. Anyhow, the issue will be open for another fortnight yet, and Yorkshire will have something, possibly something very pertinent, to say about it. For myself I am all for Surrey, even though I live most of the week north of the river and know much more about Lord's than the Oval. For me Surrey is the county of Bobby Abel, Tom Hay- ward, Richardson and others whom I have forgotten and ought to remember. Surrey has not quite those stars now, though the Bcdsers seem to be bowling themselves well into the star class, but it has a team with possibilities from head to tail, and I am certain it would make a popular champion.
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