Empire Cricket Booklet

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JONTY WINCH AND RICHARD PARRY

known league structure was possibly an indication that the game was essentially a job for Llewellyn. Wisden stated 'a disagreement over terms resulted in him severing his connection with Hampshire', but his daughter wrote that her father had 'left county cricket because with four daughters, he needed the money offered in league cricket'.so Williams claimed that Llewellyn was 'a tenacious negotiator over terms but there is also a belief that his departure from Hampshire occurred in part because of his being refused accommodation in hotels and boarding houses when the team was playing away matches and racist comments from other players'. 81 He cites Allen's article in The Cricketer as his source, but the latter makes no such claim.

African Cricket Association are experiencing some difficulty with their players, and money so it is said is the bone of contention - not for the first time in the history of Australian-African cricket. It is feared that the Australian cricketers made a bad impression in Africa in 1902 by their bargaining for terms. They did remarkably well too, each man making £200 out of the short tour - so that each member made nearly £1 000 altogether.' 79 Shortly before embarking on the tour, Llewellyn ended his career with Hampshire in order to accept a more lucrative contract with Accrington Cricket Club in the Lancashire League. The move away from a high-profile role in county cricket to the less well

Dave Nourse pictured batting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Fourth Test in February 1911