TEST CRICKET
BRITAIN’S STIFF PROPOSITION By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. April 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 15. In an article in the “Morning Post,” Mr. P. F. Warner, writing on the Test matches, says: “Armstrong’s side possesses a.variety in the new 'bowling which we are anxious to sec. The stiffness of proposition is appreciated by everyone. The Australians naturally commence a tour full of confidence, but I refuse to be pessimistic. With Hobbs, Hearne, Hendren, and Woolley we have a fine nucleus, and need not despair of finding a bowler of the highest class amongst the forty-five million people. I wish it had been possible to play one trial game, but county cricket dominates all interests. When the Australians next visit us I trust a wider view will prevail and the country programme be reduced. There will be little enough time to organise a representative team before May 28-” Mr. Warner adds a suggestion that the selectors of the team should search outside the first-class counties for bowlers. He has heard of several first-class men among the minoi; counties. "One of the difficulties of the selectors is the fact t hat our best bowlers- and wicket-keepers are not batsmen. This is very different from the days when the-attack lay in the hands of Lockwood. Hirst, Braund, Rhodes, Jackson, and Lilley. One reason of the Australians’ superiority is that they have no tail, while ours is as long as «• '^angai-oo’s.” —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 173, 18 April 1921, Page 6
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241TEST CRICKET Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 173, 18 April 1921, Page 6
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