CRICKET COACHES RETURN

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1928, Page 6

CRICKET COACHES RETURN

NEWAIAN AND EASTMAN

Ai.O.C. TEAM’S PROSPECTS DISCUSSED.

WELLINGTON, November I

Looking lit and well after the English season, the two noted English professional cricketers, *J. Newman (Hampshire) and L. C. Eastman (Essex), arrived by the s.s. Alatama to-day to resume their engagements as coaches in the Dominion. Newman coaches the* players of Canterbury, while Eastman instructs the Otago players. Eastman was confident that England would retain the “ ashes ” in the coming series ol the tests against Australia, but Newman was not so sanguine. “It will be a heavy scoring campaign,” lie said. “ This was fore ensted by the play in the; match at Adelaide. England’s hopes are centred in Larwood, the fast bowler, and a great responsibility will rest upon bis shoulders. Freeman, the Kent slow bowler, lias yet to prove a success on Australian wickets, while G riminett lias already done so upon both Australian and English pitches. GrimmeU is a wonderful bowler, and bis perform mice in securing six wickets lor 109 in an innings ol 528 at Adelaide " ; is ■ phenomenal one. White, the English slow left-hander, is probably the best length bowler in the game to-day. He is certainly the best length how lei. I have over played against. It remains to bo seen 'whether lie' will he able t (light the hall as well in Australia as he has hoon doing in England. Ham mnnd also commands an excellent length, and comes very fast of 111" pitch, hut he is only dangerous with a now hall, and Tate and Harwood will he the men who will operate with He new halls. Tate has not been howling anything like as well as he did four or five years ago. and it will he interest i,ig to see whelher he will prove a(huigemus on Australian wbkels as In did on his last visit to t! t country. Staples is another howler on the English side who can peg away wiili an immaculate length all dav. il neees sary. Taking everything into consul (■ration, however. I think that some phenomenally heavy scoring will done in the tods this season, and the' they will resolve themselves into endurance tests.”

Asked as to how personally he led fared in England. Newman said : " Oh f again managed to secure the eriekelei’s double, as I notched about L>o9 runs and look over a bundled wicket :or Hampshire in the county champion ship matches. It was Hie host summer we have enjoyed for some tinm and several other pi a vers also not-lm-! the double. Eastman did well bnEssex at times, but be did not enjov 11)0 best of health, and broke down more Ilian once.”