CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1929, Page 6

CRICKET

ASHES PRESENTED TO MARYLEBONE CLUB. (Australian Press Association) (United Service.) LONDON, Jan. 6. Hobbs cabled the Daily Chronicle, thanks, adding: “Your magnificent gift dean howls me.” Woolley says the English team has performed phenomenally well. The scorn i- of success has been the absence o; jealousy and bickering. “To my knowledge some of our teams have not b' ' a so liay-pily constituted. Team work ha.- been the basic principle or: •'!>h h the triumph was built.” rim Daily Express states that the I lew.) t:.er Lady Danilcy Ims presented i!i« A-lies to Marylebone. I ntorviewed yestenhfy Lady Darnle;, ‘•aid it was the wish of her husband Hi-ti the Ashes eventually should go to i.oi'(N, The Urn containing the Ashes was now in the Museum nt Lord’s Ground. WARNKR’S TRIBUTE TO CHAPMAN. LONDON, Jan. C. Warner in the “Morning Post," .'.tvs: “Chapman is young, hut when Ins hair is whitened with age, ho will never forget the glorious moments of August 18tli. ID2G and Jan. oth. 1929, •Mien he led England to victory, regaining the Ashes. Everyone is anxious for two more English victories to wipe, out Armstrong’s s—nil affair in 1921,”

Warner advocates that the test trial, '•[iked for January Bth. should be Chapmans’ team against the rest of --ustralia. He pays the highest ...tribute to Chapman’s keen cricket ■train behind his boyish manner, hut says: “Frankly I did not like his putting the side, upside down, when only io runs .were needed in the Sydney test. He should have fought seriously, and grimly to the end. There seems u> have been too much light heartoduess in the final minutes at Melbourne, when it became a near thing. A match is never won till the last hall, especially against the Australians.” ’ AUSSIE'S NEED FOR FAST BOWLER. LONDON, Jan. 6. Tennyson, in the Daily Chronicle, says lie hopes Chapman's men will go on and win all. the tests. After the long period of depression, it was time Hie tide turnpd England's way. Australians should be very proud of the manner the youngsters have shown the old light! tm. ,-pirit. Their crying need is for a high class h nvirr and a spin h.-wler, who will take advantage of broken wickets. Though they may not at present la- available, in view of the resources of Australian cricket, there • is' rio doubt- they will soon he discovered. The Morning. Post Editorial says: The acid, tests are over, and in the more placid .remaining two, the Australians will he advised to give the youngsters an opportunity for test experience ; giving them a bettor chance of sue-.'('ding or deserving to succeed in England. BOARD OF CONTROL’S EDICT. SYDNEY, Jan. 7. . The Australian Boa,rd of Cricket '"octroi views with grave disapprobation the ill-feeling among team mates and 'opponents alike caused hv test players writing for the press, and has :• - ued tin edict intimating that it •litli define to approve of players for icither in Australia or England who ofl'eiid in this manner in future. Tic j.layers affected .a re I’ousi'*. rd-:. .i I j.; I!. Mend tva ml Tvcl law ay. COLTS’ MATCH. CHRISTCHURCH. Jan. 7. E. R. Beale’s Auckland colts have onunencod a match against Cantor-. ourv colts at Lancaster Park. ] The wicket is tricky, the result "f early morning’ruin', •and £ho outfield;! slow, 'Auckland made 141 for seven j w’ckots—Lnngridge 2fi. Mcmloith 20. Butler 19. Bush 34. Esoolt took 3 for 12, Rix 3 for 30: ’ ' a ONE DAY MATCH. (Received this day at 8 a.nr.) ’ MELBOURNE,--Jan. An English oiovc.iY played it one day m a tell against Geelong .to-day. A) bite captained England who won the toss and halted. England made 289 for 7 and declared (Hobbs A!). Sutclifle, retired, ofi. Tyldcslcv 39. Mead 37. Ames 48. ileii'lreii, not out. 30, licvland fi. Hammond 7, extras 10). Bowling: Eason 2 for 07. Lawson 2 for 39, Hassell 1 for 7)7), Foster 1 for Go. Geelong made 124 for 0 H'rbalms ol). Bowling: Geary 4 for 28, Levland 2 for 31. The match was drawn.