536 THE BADMINTON MAGAZINE as a run-getter. It is a matter for regret that his name has not figured in representative matches. In the series of Test Matches just played in South Africa, Vogler, who has represented the Colonies, is qualifying for Middlesex. It must not be forgotten that change of county among amateurs is due to the fact of their cricket being an agreeable feature in an existence which has necessitated a transference of residence. An illustration is afforded by the case of Major Hedley, R.E., who has represented Kent, Somersetshire, Devonshire, and Hampshire in the course of his military occupations. The only amateur in modern cricket who has played for four first-class counties is Mr. G. N. Wyatt, who has turned out for Kent, Gloucestershire, Surrey, and Sussex. In the days before the restriction was so careful, Southerton, for example, must have played for nearly all the southern shires. Lord Dalmeny, M.P., is the youngest cricketer who has represented three counties, as he appeared for Bucks, Middlesex, and Surrey before he was twenty-three. The late Mr. J. S. Russel told me that he fancied his own case was unique, for he had in turn played for the Gentlemen of Ireland, the Gentlemen of Scotland, and the Gentlemen of England. A certain laxity has always been shown in making up Scotch teams against the Australians; for example, in 1880 the present Lord Darnley, then playing for Kent, and Mr. A. G. Steel, then representing Lancashire, both played at Edinburgh, whilst last summer Lord Dalmeny added yet a fourth to his geographical appearances, and Mr. Gregor MacGregor, the Middlesex captain, kept wicket, under the birth qualification of course. Others who have played for three counties are Rev. R. T. Thornton (Devonshire, Kent, and Wiltshire), Messrs. A. H. Heath (Gloucestershire, Middlesex, and Staffordshire), J. Cranston (Glouces­ tershire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire), A. P. Lucas (Surrey, Middlesex, and Essex), G. W. Hillyard (Middlesex, Herts, and Leicestershire), O. G. Radcliffe (Somersetshire, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire), G. Strachan (Gloucestershire, Surrey, and Middlesex), with S. F. Barnes (Warwickshire, Lancashire, and Staffordshire), Bowley (Northants, Surrey, and Dorsetshire), F. H. Sugg (Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire), Hallam (Leicestershire, Lancashire, and Notts), and Diver (Surrey, Warwickshire, and South Wales, having been born in Cambridgeshire). It is noticeable that of these only four were chiefly valued for their bowling. Of the twelve, four have been chosen for England, and the majority have at one time or another figured in Gentlemen v. Players, whilst Mr. A. P. Lucas, Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, and Barnes have been on tour in Australia. Considerable research has revealed no previous attempt to deal