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56 matches all amateurs are paid their expenses. Up to this point I am reluctantly, I admit, forced to the conclusion that expenses must be paid; and I also think that for a Colonial tour, and for foreign University matches, expenses must also be paid to amateurs. It is no good taking a bad eleven to Australia, and only a casual amateur can go there at his own expense; while in foreign University matches, there are many undergraduates who cannot afford to play away from their University, and as these matches must be played, so must the players get their expenses.

It is, however, notorious that there are several men playing as amateurs who have gone far beyond these limits, and for my part I think that all amateur cricketers and bonâ fide professionals have good reason to protest against such a system. Why should one amateur get a large fee for expenses to play in the great matches—Gentlemen v. Players for instance? His proper pride ought to debar him from accepting any sum for a match with such a title. Why should