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Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1925, Page 3

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AUSTIIAI.IAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION EXt;LAND'S SEI.E-ItESPHC’T. .Received this day at V 25 a.m ) LONDON. Felt. 18. Englishmen learned the result of the test, from the morning papers, hut eagerly bought no the early editions of the evening journals to learn “How England broke the 13 years’ spell.” The comments single out Tate and Strudwiek. to-day's principal heroes, and lament that the victory was overlate to recover the ashes, hut, in time to give England hack her self-respect on the cricket field. VICTORIANS ARRIVE. DUNEDIN. Fell. 19. The Victorian cricketers arrived last evening and were welcomed by the President of the Otago Association. The visitors practiced this morning, I and were the guests of the Rotary | Club at a luncheon. They will He* accorded a civic reception to-night. The weather looks lairly settled for to-morrow, alter considerable rain. Till*; REASON WHY. SYDNEY, Feb. 19. Tlie “.Herald” commenting oil the cricket, says ihc task was too great. The howling was too good and the hutting failed igiiomininiisly. The pilch which was true, linn and fairly fast, was unfavourable to the slow leii handers and the attack was entrusted to Gilligau and Tate whose howling, was excellent in its vigor, accuracy and hostility. Gilligau howled splendidly, faster and with a better command than at any other time during the series. He threw himself physically and mentally into the attack in a most determiner, aggressive manner. It was he who started the hatting collapse by the dismissal of Taylor. Tate was more sHf.essful in securing the wickets and certainly howled quite as well as his figures, 4 for 21, fur the morning indicate. The run of the game greatly favoured England throughout. Still, for the greater part, England played better eri -ket. What really lost the match for Australia when all the circumstances are taken into account, was not the loss of the toss, not the intervention of rain altogether, but the atrociously had catching of the first innings and the mediocre quality of the batting ill general.

(Received tins day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, February 17.

Barnes, writing in the “ Daily Chronicle” says: “ L hope in the last test there will be conditions of absolute ciqilality o nd I think England will win. We are quite as strong as Australia in any department and Australia has not at present any combination of 'match winning bowlers. Gregory, apparently, is not the old Gregory. He has certainly gone off appreciably and MacDonald is left to Australia. I think MacDonald a great bowler who is a class above Gregory. When the two are at the top of their form they are enough to intimidate any side. Tate should set up a bowling record for the tour beating my 1911 record and bo may even transcend Mailey s great feat ot taking 3b wickets in 1920.”