TEST MATCH CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 5

TEST MATCH CRICKET.

■AUSTRALIA'S UNHAPPY BAND.- ; By Telegraph-Press 'Association-Copyright , London, January 5.v The "Manchester /Guardian" saya it is useless to answer the complaints of the English umpiring made by-E. R. Mayne, a member of the' Australian team which recently visited Britain. It adds: "If cricketers begin questioning tho umpires' decisions we will soon' be back to the manners of the village green. Mayno's criticisms are not cricket.'/ <■'■.'.

The Australian correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette",regrets the attack, and says English players had similar experiences in Australia. "It has been generally conceded that the Bardsjey decision was an error, but it djd not affect the result of tho game. The Mayne incident shows what a thoroughly unhappy band the Australian team wns. It is unfair to saddlo the Board of Control with all the responsibility, but the board's policy has not uplifted Australian cricket. Not since tho notorious tour of 1593 has tho Australians' reputation been a£ 60 low a standard." ' ; V

Jkyne, in a recent interview in Australia, sovoroly criticised the Engusn umpiring during the recent Tost matches. He gave four specific instances—including that affecting BaruV.ej; in one of the Tests—where in his opinion wrong decisions had been given. None of the Bng-i lish . unifrines approached (the level.. of Crockett.