LORD'S CRICKET GROUND
SIR,—" John Haden " should not write any more verses about cricket—at all events in a journal read in America, where they think poorly of the game.
In "Lord's Cricket Ground " he made some horrid bloomers.
"The railed pavilion's busy clock "—there is no clock on Lord's Pavilion. (There is a clock on one of the stands.) Clearly he means the Pavilion, " where aged Victorian members," &c.
"The bowler's cry "—What cry? The only occasions on which a bowler can be heard saying anything are when he asks the umpire " How's that? "
"The sandwiches we ate upon our knees."—Members (or friends) sitting in the Pavilion don't eat sandwiches there, either kneeling or with the sandwiches on their knees. I have been a member of the M.C.C. for many years and I have never seen anybody sitting there eating his luncheon.
" The limber players flannelled ease between the avers, lolling on the ground."—Dreadful image! If the fieldsmen lay down between the avers the game would be even slower than the Americans think it is.
R. N.
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