2 SEPTEMBER 1949, Page 5

So Surrey are down and out, and my paragraph of

last week had better not have been written. Also, I overestimated the time it would take to decide the championship. All was over by Monday evening, and Middlesex and Yorkshire share the honours. Living within a mile or two of Lord's, as I do for most of the week, I can be reason- ably content, though I don't really know why Yorkshire should come poking its pads in. Apropos of that (though not really), while pairs of brothers (the Quaifes, the Palairets, the Bedsers, the Comptons) are common enough in first-class cricket, is there any case of a father and son playing together in a county team ? Probably, but I should imagine not many. * * * *