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LONDON, Am fell 9. The evening ni-vsp-apvis fi Australian comment <ui jt-nue/s nmaik.s regret ling that a v.-uirui erx.\ had arisen on Die etc o; toe ,y,i , lian cricket team’s departure. J lie "Evening /standard' publisher an interview uitii Fender, in vim'i lie points out that iiis r» Inaras haw net ,i misconstrued in Australia. Alter the speech he answered questions, answers were pieced together. and the impression was conveyed that flieie was a continuous spoec.li .it was imt possible t j suggest anything sued as had been relerrod to. m disU

with uiisp.utsiiutnsiiip and fie hud ivierreil io the tactics and the strategy employed by the Australians, widen, lie said, Englishmen seldom ti ed. He instanced Armstrong's leg theory in tiie fourth test of 1921. lie said he particularly emphasised that the Australians did not play a dirty game as had been credited to them, but they studied the game more than the Englishmen, and they also put- into uiacliee the results of their study, v.'hon these were adopted they were apt to think that the Australians ivere mu playing the game. “I have repeatedly said this charge v. a.- naU'lle," !:•■ added. "No one had a greater admiration for (heir powerHe admired their tactics and method*. "The Australians,” he said, “will surprise me if they don't product) some new methods on this tour.”