AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS
THE ENGLISH TOUR ,l DEARTH OF SPIN AND LENGTH BOWLERS " Picss' Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 13. Sneaking at a luncheon given by the Millions Club, Mr Syd. Smith, manager of the Australian Eleven, said there was one financial aspect of the tour that had not been published by the Board of Control. This was that the expenses of the last tour were only £7 , per head above those of 1921, notwithstanding the transport difficulties owing to the coal strike. The tour yielded £3,000 more in revenue than the 1921 tour. Mr Smith disclosed that he recommended that in future the board should make a fair allowance to each player instead of a- bonus, thus relieving the players of anxiety during the tour as to whether there was going to be a bonus or not. Discussing the bowling, _Mr Smith said that Grimmett and Mailey between them took 27 wickets out of 39 in the teste, and 263 out of 511 on tour. That burden on these two men showed the Australian weakness, which lay in the dearth of spin bowlers and length bowlers with little fire.
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Evening Star, Issue 19456, 14 January 1927, Page 2
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188AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS Evening Star, Issue 19456, 14 January 1927, Page 2
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