Peter Kettle |
The volume of articles presented at the Victor Trumper symposium in Sydney in 2015 was examined by “Archie Mac” on this site in September 2017. The book recently released under the title of Young Vic I encouraged me to look again at Roger Page’s contribution to this volume, his part was heading Trumper in print. In a piece of writing that is very informative and fine (covering 8 pages), the seven words which formed the end of the following paragraph struck me as being rather strange:
“Given Trumpl’s celebrity status – he was as famous in his time as Don Bradman in the 1930s and 1940s and Shane Warne more recently – he seems incredible, at least seen today, that no book of him or on him was written during his life. Battle and ballEast Melbourne History and short -term annuals and periodicals published at that time – And his life {Trumper} had to be shortened. “”
(This paragraph appearing on pages 165/6: italics added.)
I quickly realized that the effect of this addition was to water and be in contradiction with the first sentence while simultaneously making an error in the market. Trumper died when he has already played 255 first class games until the age of 36 and 4 months, with 15 full seasons in Australia more than five tours abroad. And it is reasonable to expect that – even with good health – Trumper would not have had more than 4 to 6 years over more over effective Participation in the first class cricket left him, when he would have been in his forties.
In addition, Trumper could have been reluctant to continue beyond his end of the thirties when I gathered – at that time – his family could no longer support him and he would have needed a paid job. He was classified as an “amateur” cricket player and did not receive a salary or match costs to play the game (although he benefited in a monetary manner from his testimony match, held in February 1913, and received a part of the door receipts to cover expenses and potential losses). A more in -depth participation in the cricket would therefore have eaten in time potentially spent working and being paid for this.
Although it is indicated on the front coverage of this volume of papers that it is “published by Ronald Cardwell”, following the title page, there is a note listing a trio of editors, including Julee Gould and Peter Lloyd in addition to Mr. Cardwell himself – but without corresponding to particular papers to one or more of these people. However, as Mr. Cardwell was the de facto The editor-in-chief, he should assume the responsibility of this editorial blunder, even if he was not the underlying culprit.
And it is not only the author – Roger Page – who realizes that his submitted manuscript has been changed. It turns out that Mr. Cardwell now recognizes that an editorial blunder has indeed been made. Personally, I think that its effect is in a way of launching a shadow on Roger Page’s play as a whole.
Consequently, the main objective of this “correction” note is to alert those who have acquired a copy of this volume to this particular question, and to suggest that they go to the top of page 166 and eliminate the last offended seven words. They could then see Roger’s room in a more favorable light. (And if a reprint is envisaged in due time, the error can then be corrected – by omission.)
Finally, to say this: it is possible that Mr. Cardwell himself does not have a surviving note of the unhappy addition really made. The skeptics may wonder if the addition was made by the unconfined external part of an external part. Those of them who believe in the existence of foreigners and think that there are credible evidence so that they have sometimes visited this land, could suspect that it was the real source of the additional seven words. I must concede that the extraterrestrials may have made such visits. However, it is a long arc to think that certain extraterrestrials have known this particular cricket player and the fact that his life was interrupted. On the one hand, they would have needed an ability to read the English language and also managed to obtain a relevant document. So I think we can reduce such a possible cause of addition.
