The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-26
Team Has Arrived in England
and Will Commence
to Train.
BEST PLAYERS ARE NOT
STRANGERS TO ENGLISH
Would Come to the United
States if They We're
Asked.
Tribune Special Sporting Service,

Tribune Special Sporting Service,
LONDON, May 2j-Thc South Afri.
can crickcters have arrived in England.
They may 90 to tho United States be-
fore the season ends, They arc all ft
and well, but arc naturally anxious 10
start practice as soon as possible. in
view of the important list of fixtures
which is before them. On the voy-
age they had done their utmost to keep
in form, and had daily gone in for cx~
ercise in the way of skipping OF
course, deck cricket was only 4 pas
time, and no great Importance was at
tached TO practice of that order, 80 Be
fore the games start we shall get IN
some earnest and genuine hard work. -
said Mr., Alsop. and If it is at all
possible we shall be making a com
nlencement today, as there is no time
10 lose In getting accustomed TO the
different conditions of play which eX-
ist in England, such as light and the
wickets.
OF the team now visiting England
only Floquet. Sherwel. Smith and
Nourse are strangers to English cricket
ers. The. best all-round man IN the
team is Nourse, who has the birth quail
fcations for Surrey, He is a powerful
bat, bowls medium fast with a lee.
Against Warmers team he made two
centuries in the test matches, scoring
90 and so in other matches. Ia addi
tion, Nourse is the finest goal~keeper IN
South Africa, and acted IN that posi-
tion at Durham when the Corinthians
ferod their only defeat. The team is
composed as follows: Percy w: Sher-
well (TransvaaD, captain; s. j. Snooke
and S. Delacour Shook (Wcstern Prov
ince), j. H. Sinclair (TransvaaD, J. j.
Kotze (Western Province), l., j. Tan
cred (TransvaaQ, g., A., Faulkner
lTransyyaaD. A; r NoslSr (iranssyiaaD, s!saiGDg,
(TransvaaD, Gordon c. White (Trans-
vaaD, R. o. Schwartz (TransvaaD, NJ,
Hathorn (TransvaaD, II. /. Smith
(Natal), and the Rev. c. D. Robinson.
Nourse is the only left-handcd man
on the side. The team was chosen by
Messrs. Sherwell, Sinclair and M; Bis
set. The last named captained the
team that came over IN 1901 The team
is under the management of George All
sop who also had charge OF the South
Africans in 1904. Mr.. Allsop is ac-
companied by his wife, as is also Mr.;
Sinclair. Messrs Nourse, kotzc and
Volger are also married, but on the
present occasion their ladies have not
made the voyage. Mr.. Allsop SAID that
all the cricketers had really to work
for their living, and most of them came
from johannesburg, where Schwarz was |
on the stock exchange, while Sinclair
and Hathorn were connected with MIN
ing companies. Kotzc, the fast bowler,
halls from the Western Province, where
he is farmer, coming from family
that was loyal throughout the war.
Afraid of Weather Conditions.
s'The weather. said Mr. Allsop, "is
haf Ia H.
sderably, as our men are, of course,
accustomed to playing on fast, dry
wickets Those are the conditions un~
der which they always play, and so
when the wicket is slow one our
bowlers may get in trouble, while the
ba1smen will be equally handicapped.
Given wicket that is fast, we shall
against the very best of the coun,
Iies, and In the test matches we shall
put up a big score if the weather is
favorable and the wicket hard one.
Capdidly speaking, / think that on wet
wickets we may be ont of it, as our
bowling strength is on fast wlckcts;
but, then, there is never any telling
how some of the men may shape over
here. They may develop new and
more puzZling delivery than ever,
The South African colors will be
green and yellow, Mr.. Allsop stated
that under the existing arrangements
the team would probably sail for South
Africa about September Is to 20, but
there was a. prospect of an invitation
being extended TO tour in America. If
they were asked they would most like
" do so. but the authorities at the
Cape would have to be consulted first.
II is hoped to arrange that the M. c. c.
will send out team TO South Africa
5ur the season of l90S-9