CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1922, Page 4

CRICKET.

IIV TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN.. COPYRIGHT. LORD TIAWKEON CRICKET. LONDON, Jan 24. Lord Hawke addressing the annual meeting of Yorkshire Cricket Club, welcomed the Advisory. Committee’s rejection of the absurd proposal to play test matches to a. finish'. County cricket was the most vita! part of the game in England. Though tests may be temporarily supreme at present; they must never be allowed to unduly interwith County cricket. Climatic conditions in Australia were adverse to long playing hours and apart from test and inter-state matches there was no important cricket. The personnel of last year’s visitors was excellent, and was only marred by Armstrong’s indiscreet remarks in attempting to decry the tone of English professionals, and suggesting that if umpires for the whole test series were appointed in advance, they would be influenced by betting. Armstrong’s assumption that betting occurred in modern cricket in England was entirely without foundation. Happily the ustralian representatives at the Imperial Conference had entirely disassociated themselves from Armstrong’s remarks.i He hopes there would bp no hours of piny bickerings when the Australians come in 1926. There ought not tbe any misunderstanding as regards conforming to English hours and conditions, as readily as Englishmen conformed to Australian conditions.