AUSTRALIAN TEAM.
PRESS COMMENTS. fiATTIfIQ STftONC, BOWLING WEAK. VIEWS OF THE NOTTS CAPTAIN. (tit liLMßira—ratss aSsocution-coriKtoux.l London, February 18. The "Times" regrets Clem Hill's absence from tho Australian cricket. team to tour England, bvit admits that Ransford and Bardsley will be some compensation. " The : batting,"> saysi the "Times,". " Should bo ; ©x'ceptiohSlly strong, but: tho bowling weak. Noble is an admirablo captain." . v The .newspaper,'.' Sporting Life" , says the bowling, strength of tho team is doubtful, llr. A. 0. Jones, the Notts captain, : 1 writing in • the "Daily Mail,!.' says lie Is , gi-eatly disappointed with the choice Of the remaining six, and adds "It is; strange - that tile ■other selectors should:, have gone against ; Hill's superior judgment. Perhaps ' the fact that M'Alister was on the selection v '.. committee had feomothing to do with his (M'Alister's) f seloction. The batting should :• bo ttrong,- but the bowling • weak. ; A redeeming fchthro 'of tho sido should bo its fiolding."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 5
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155AUSTRALIAN TEAM. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 5
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