Maurice Leyland his dismissal during a wartime match, in which he was out to a terrible delivery from a bowler who was badly out of practice. Leyland hit the ball in the air and was caught. He ruefully commented: "You know, I don't get much practice against that stuff". Another time, he described how he faced an over from O'Reilly, as related in his obituary in "The Cricketer": "'First he bowled me an off-break, then he bowled me a leg-break; then his googly, then a bumper, then one that went with his arm ...' 'But that's only five, Maurice. What about the
Sport Club do Recife win the Lion of the North Trophy competition considered at the time, very difficult to northeastern any team since football Para was more developed. But, as always pioneer and overcoming various difficulties, the sport was Bethlehem, not intimidated, and won the bronze trophy gorgeous Frenchman, who would later be the reason for creating the mascot, which today is the lion, as awarded twisted by the victorious Crimson-Black, as well as the creation of one of the nicknames of Sport: Lion of the North. The lion symbolizes the fight and claw so characteristic of the Sport Club do Recife. Fight and