On Cricket And Snakes

FOR those with specialised Aus tralian interests are With the MCC in Australia, 1962-63 by the late Johnnie Moyes and Tom Good man; and Reptiles of Australia by Eric Worrall.

A. G. “Johnnie” Moyes wrote more dissertations and ball-to-ball descrip tions of Test Matches than any other man, but he died before the present volume was completed. The torch was taken up by another expert, Tom Goodman.

The book they have jointly pro duced might be regarded by the non cricketing public as an autopsy but it will no doubt be Sacred Writ to hun dreds of thousands of enthusiasts in Australia and cricketing countries overseas.

The MCC tour of Australia in 1962-63 was to be devoted to brighter

and better cricket but it didn’t turn out that way. The authors explain why. * * * Probably not even Eric Worrall, who collects snakes, writes about them and talks about them on TV and radio, can love them but if some one had to write an exhaustive ac count of the Australian varieties there probably is no better man for the job.

His new book describes also lizards, turtles, crocodiles and other reptiles peculiar to the Australian continent and the whole job is re garded by the experts as the most complete ever produced. There are 60 pages of illustrations, some of them in colour,

(With The Mcc In Australia,

1962-63. Angus and Roberson Ltd. 27/6;

Reptiles Of Australia. Angus And

Robertson Ltd. 57/6.)