CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1925, Page 3

CRICKET.

— CRICKET COAIAIKXT. AY F. COULD AY IN IF. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) I.ON'nO.V. January 11. The “Dispatch” publishes a sensational article by Parkin, the Lancashire cricketer, suggesting a wholesale revision cf the English team. H they are to make a decent- showing at .Adelaide they must abolish sentiment, •mil pinv the strongest eleven. Hobbs is the. finest captain T ot'cr phived under, hut I suppose such an unprecedented thing as a prolessional leading England would not- he tolerated for a moment. Therefore the choice of captain must be either Gilligan, Douglas or Chapman. Remembering the Adelaide wicket is not as productive of rues as Svdnev and Melbourne, I would risk Chapman as captain under liobhs’ supervision and would select AA Rsa a„d Howell instead of Douglas and Milligan respectively. Also Kiinor instead of Hearne, who seems to have lost all hatting form. Kiinor possesses every test qualification. After Dick I yldoi,ley's failure, it must include Freeman wim cannot he described as a- failure in the first test. X'evortVoless, though Tvldeslev had a poor match at .Melbourne he was not given much chance of showing his ability. Why l.vldmdey was sent in to 1 it when only fiitecn minutes remained, puzzled better judges than myself. Douglas’ stonewall t.K-tns were likelier to keen his wicket intact than Tvldeslev’-; aggressiveness U some of Joel’s Youth African players were in Australia, I believe the following team —Hobbs, Sutcliffe. F. I>l- - AYcollev. Hendren. Kdner. 1• nnvse.n, Astill, Strudwick. Kennedy and Freeman would put raid to Collins selection. If Astill. the Leicestershire W-lcr. had been with the popular or fashionable side, he would have hen one of England’s first choices. Kenned; Pas not a bowling equal m Lnglam.. I am sorrv to see the question of umpiring introduced in English papers, n i.s interesting to note t r 'at the unipiies have given eleven decisions against the Australians and six against Lug-land. I believe Anglo-Australian umpires discharge their duties c-onseienmously. C -YPETOAYN, January 11North eastern districts are playing fifteen against Englishmen. Tn the first innings the districts made 319. Gearv took 4 for 23. The Englishmen in the first innings made 2b. and districts in the second 110 nms for wickets. The match was drawn.