Cricket

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 71, 24 March 1934, Page 20

Cricket

By "N«t Out."

THE BIG TOUR

AUSTRALIA'S OUTLOOK

CEMENTING THE BONDS

Although, the cricket season is now closing so far as New Zealand and Australia are concerned, interest .will be sustained throughout the winter by the tour of the Australian team in England. The team is now on the point of leaving Western- Australia, and ere long the big campaign will be under way. The hope is that it will- be a much happier affair than that which topk place in Australia on the occasion of the last visit by an M.C.C. team. In a final message on setting off with the present Australian team, the manager (Mr. Bushby) stated that they looked forward with pleasure to their visit to England, relying on the warm welcome promised by the Marylebone Cricket Club. With their assurance that every effort would be made to make the visit a. happy one, that cricket would be played in the same spirit as in the past, they should certainly have an enjoy-1 able tour. They felt the hand of friendship would be '■ extended .to them and ■would do , all possible to cement the bonds' between the two cricket bodies. Thus they would leave Australia as a nalppy band. The members of the

team delighted in the knowledge that the game would be played in the same spirit as the old champions of England and Australia played it in the past, and that the skill which they had shown in the- game of cricket had gained their inclusion in the Australian XL Each one was imbued with, the desire to do his utmost for the country which he had the honour to represent. Merit alone had been the deciding factor in the choice of the team, and Australia would be represented by its best eleven. The captain (W. M. Woodfull) vas a man for whom, on account of his sterling qualities, every member of the side had the greatest respect and in ■whom implicit confidence was reposed. The brilliancy and resourcefulness of the vice-captain (D. Bradman) were recognised throughout the Empire. With these two men as'leaders of the team, the public of Australia could rest assured that the game would be played ill a sporting spirit: and in accordance with the very highest traditions of the past. '