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of cricketers, who have no organised legal position, have come to the front and endeavoured in a measure to take the solution of the throwing problem out of the hands of the umpires. This body of amateurs has named and classified certain bowlers. In one class it has placed bowlers whose delivery is not a matter of doubt, who do not bowl at all, but throw—in the opinion, at least, of the members of this unauthorised body of amateurs. Then there is another class which consists of bowlers about whose delivery there is a doubt, and this unauthorised body in this case, if I understand the question, has graciously allowed the umpires some liberty of action. The result is that umpires will most carefully watch these bowlers of the second class, and, if there is any doubt, "no-ball" them; but, with respect to the bowlers of the first class, it is to be presumed that if the wishes of the Captains are to be observed, they will be driven out of cricket: they have been given the black spot, to adopt a phrase out of "Treasure Island": they are deposed, and their cricket careers as bowlers must be at an end.