... 'The fifth Test Match at Sydney pro duced by far the liveliest cricket of the M.C.C. tour, and although it proved beyond all doubt Australia's superiority in every department of the game, it produced many breathless moments, and more than one turn of fortune. Probably the deciding factors were Lindwall's fast bowling and Bradman's second innings batting when, ringed with fielders, he mastered ...

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... DESPITE the floods, the English Ayrshire Cattle Breeders' Asso ciation held its Show and Sale at Reading, as had been arranged. Much of the market was under water, but with the use of quantities of straw and other improvisations, business was carried on satisfactorily. Mr. J. L. Dalrymple's entries were outstand ingly successful and three champion ships were among his achievements. MR. J. L. ...

... A FLYING START The cabbages and to give London green vegetables at this time were rotting mess which should have been worth hundreds weather permits this field NO STOP FOR MEALS It is sometimes said j that only the older farm workers realise their responsi bility to the land, but, in truth, the youngsters are just as willing to get on with the task. Give them the machines and they will keep ...

... Greenlands Re -visited Making the Most of Existing Greenhouses Bv Our Horticultural Correspondent THE amateur gardener can always learn something from the professional, and the accompanying pictures taken last week for Sport and Country in Lord Hambleden's well-known gardens at Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, will no doubt brine out a few points of interest to our readers. These gardens, which ...

... WE publish these pictures not to interest the sightseers but to try to bring home to the people the enormity of the disaster which has befallen this country. Unless the sun and, above all, drying winds come quickly, we doubt if any spring corn will be sown on the lower ground this year. On higher ground there is still a chance, but by he middle of March the corn should be in, and now we are ...

... THE first Calcutta Cup match since 1939 was noteworthy for England's sound triumph over Scotland and for the number of injuries to players during the match. At one time both sides were playing with thirteen men. The English team, whose victory was four goals and one dropped goal to a goal, gave a very different performance from their display in Dublin. Their forwards were undoubtedly the ...

... 5r- RACING under N.H. Rules was resumed at Taunton on Saturday, the 15th, for the first time since January 21. The meeting, carried out in deplorable weather conditions, attracted large fields, although the attendance was small. Racegoers, however, and especially West Country racegoers, were afforded some consolation for the cancellation of the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham, which was ...

... I am very pleased that the United States Golf Association has come forward with the definite adoption of a rule covering slow play and which I understand has come into operation as from March I. I have not seen the wording of the rule, and clearly this is most important, for it is all very well con- demning slow play, but the enforcement of the rule is even more important. ine Americans, with ...

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... Lismore Castle, which is the lovely home of Lady Charles Cavendish, widow of Lord Charles Cavendish, was the scene of a cheerful gathering when the West Waterford met there recently. Among those in the group are Lady Charles Cavendish, Mr. R. J. Mulcahy, M.F.H., and Mrs. Mulcahy, the Duchess of Westminster, Major and Lady Ursula Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Ian Villiers Stuart, Mrs. R. L. Keane, Mrs. ...