CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1921, Page 4

CRICKET

AUSTKA 1,1,A\ ANI) N.Z. t'AHI.K /.SxOl NATION AH M STI!< t.N'fi’S l!i:.\! AUKS. KKl’l,l Kli Tn iIV LONDON APLIL LONDON. September 1!>. Til,. ■• Si 11 ’' says : ",\ mist is I jilliili;.*: like III! arrogant man. Ii king a.• i■ 11s' 1 of spin lslllaiis 1 1i[> and humour, knowing what loyal fallows ilia niajorilv a,I till' l.nglish professionals ara. and how they an- ingrained aiL.i the la.on spirit. wa can all'ord In Simla at his tain.irks. Nat desiring to hurt tha feelings ni olir guests, '.\ c Da Av* been aaraful nut to mention llial all tha Australians ara practically nrofc.ssionals. Ilia implication <>l d aidless as causing the Australians' da! at is the weakest part of tin' interview. It would have been heller if Ann a rone, had kept silence In tha end " LONDON. September 'JO. Hobby Abel, into! Aliened by the • •Hally News'’ said that Armstrong in his comment a on English >'ick.t. put matters the wrong nay round, il he had said England last been use they pi- veil too lew professionals, lie (. ND«'l) would have agreed with him. "I would hack a team of professionals against amateurs always,'' he said. "It is sheet nonsense to suggest professionals are net Avilling to play for their side n lien their personal interests might 'idler. It is more than nonsense; it is a slur on a hod a' of good sportsmen. '1 he Australians 'in the last ten tests caught i s at the lowest ebb. of British cricket for <lO years but I am pretty sure that it is only a temporary eclipse. In my opinion lost because we had not a bowler who could Irighten the Austialians. one could make the hall rise (Illicitly under a batsman's nose, as Richardson, Mold, Lockwood, Kortright, lliearloy and Knox could.”