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PROMISING CRICKETER.
England's Boy Marvel.
A boy cricket marvel has come to
Old Trafford, seen and conquered. Ivor
Hale, 13 years of age, of Worcester, was
given a trial recently, Bays an English
writer. This is what Cecil Parkin, Eng
land cricketer and Lancashire's bowl
ing coach, says of him:
' '1 did not believe half I was told
about the lad; it seemed absurd. But
it was all true, and more. There can
never have been a boy cricketer like him
at his age. Tho whole ground staff
was there to seo him. _ They could not
leave; they were fascinated. He can.
spin them both ways and bowl a 'goog-'
ly.'
You should just see him 'flight''
the ball and send it down with that lit
tle flick of tho wrist. How on earth ho
does it with a hand hardly, big enough
to grip tho ball, I do not know. After
halt an hour I said he had had enough,
and then his father said, 'Let him havo
a turn' left hand.' And the very first
ball was a fizzer. He can bowl left as
well as right. The other day ho took
seven wickets for one run-and against
men like, you and me.
"And he can bat, as well. Harry.
Makepeace took him in hand for that,
gave him a tip or two, and he took them
right away. Ho has a cricketer's
brain. What tho future has in store
[or him I do not know, but ho has three
moro years at school first."
Cecil Parkin might have been watch
ing another Victor Trumper, says an
Australian writer. When Victor was a
small- lad, cricketers often gathered nt
the practice nets to watch his wjinder
ful baiting, and marvel at his leg-break
bowling and fielding. It would be a
grand thing for England to develop a
Trumper or a Bradman of their own,
provided, of course, they do not wait
until ho reaches 30 years of age beforo
giving Kim Test match eminence.
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