CRICKET NEWS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N. V. . CABLE ASSOCIATION. MnbAR I'.N’S TEAM. (Receiv'd this dnv at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 21. The “Daily Telegraph" commenting on Maekiren’s team says the tour tailed to reach expectations. The trip mav have improved some of tlie players but it lias not been the success it might have been. Afaelaren's promises upon arrival that the team would play lively cricket and not play for draws lias not been fulfilled. AA’ith a few notable exceptions the play, particularly in the last tiller matches, was of a dreary ami uninteresting, nature which exasperated the public. The “Telegraph” considers that Chapman. Gibson and possibly another, as almost certainties for England’s next test team visiting Australia. The “Telegraph” adds:—AA'e cannot >ee too much of Chapman who lias improved wonderfully. He can be ranked as one of the finest all round ] layers in the world.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1923, Page 2
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145CRICKET NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1923, Page 2
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