The XI for Australia With the addition of Mitchell, of
Derbyshire, the M.C.C. cricket team for Australia is now apparently complete. The Selection Committee may reasonably claim to have picked the strongest team available, Bowes, of York- shire, being the only notable absentee among candidates still in their prime. The inclusion of the two Indian Players, Prince Duleepsinhji and the Nawab of Pataudi, is very much open to question, in spite of their county qualifications in this country, for the case of Prince Ranjitsinhji is no precedent to-day when India can herself put into the field a team, in which the world would have liked to see Duleepsinhji and Pataudi included, capable of emerging with honour from a Test Match ordeal. Since, however, it has been decided to play them we wish Duleepsinhji a quick recovery from his illness and the whole of the team the best of fortune. Mr. Jardine, as captain, and Mr. Pelham Warner, as manager, should make an ideal combination. The qualities that have commended Mr. Jardine to the Eton Mission Boys' Club at Hackney Wick will ensure him an equal popularity in Australia.
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