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 on that ground, and it looked for the moment as if the North and South had once more clasped hands and blotted out the past. The South v. North, at the same ground on the 6th and 7th June, confirmed the good feeling; for all the Northern cracks, with the exception of Freeman, were present, and he was only absent on account of the first match played by the North of England eleven, at Dewsbury, of which Iddison he and were joint secretaries. That was G. Parr's last appearance at Lord's; he was 44 years of age, and scored 41 in fine form.

An important change in the laws affecting bowlers was passed at a special meeting of the M.C.C. on the 4th of May. Before that date a bowler could change ends once only in an innings. The alteration now enabled him to change twice; but he was not allowed to bowl more than two overs in succession. The new rule was first carried into effect in the M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire match at Lord's on the 30th and 31st May.

M.C.C. and Ground v. Nottinghamshire, at Lord's on the 13th, 14th, and 15th June, will be memorable for the unfortunate injury to Summers, one of the most promising players that Nottinghamshire had produced for years. They batted first, and scored 267, of which Daft made 117. The M.C.C. scored 183 first innings, of which I made 117 not out. We had to follow our innings, and I resumed after ten minutes' interval, and was bowled first over for a duck by J. C. Shaw. Messrs. I. D.Walker, J. W. Dale, and C. E. Green came to the rescue, however, and we totalled 240. Nottinghamshire won a close match by two wickets. The injury to Summers occurred early in the second innings. The first ball bowled to him by Platts was a little bit short, and it bumped and hit him on the head, and concussion of the brain followed. Platts was in no