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78 any other alterations of the law. I suppose it is possible that in Australia they may refuse to abide by the latest alterations, and of course they are at perfect liberty to do so in their own country; but if international cricket is to take place at all, it must take place under the latest rules formulated by the M.C.C., or else there will be an end of it. This would be a great misfortune from every point of view. There may be shortcomings and drawbacks in the perhaps too frequently recurring exchange of visits between the Australian and English cricketers; but remembering the splendid matches that have taken place, the interesting nature of the play, and the keen rivalry that is inevitably brought about between two great representative nations of the English-speaking race, we must all be forced to admit that, if international pricket were abolished, a great interest would be taken away from the game. As Englishmen we may perhaps speak too much from one point of view, but I for one think that the dead uniformity of wicket which is the vogue in Australia tends to make the game monotonous, and lacking in the interest which comes from the different pace and