CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1932, Page 5

CRICKET

MAILEY’S VIEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Associationf

AUCKLAND,'May 31

■Speaking of cricket generally, Mailey, the Australian cricketer interviewed at Auckland, said that he had noted that the English sporting papers were talking about picking men for' the coming tour wKo were best able to wear down the Australian bowling. He, thought that such a policy was a greatly mistaken, one. What England wanted was men like Woolley, who could knock the Australian bowling off its length rather than wear it down. Particularly did that apply to such bowlers as Grinimett, who was still the mosirflangerous in Australia..

At Lord’s in 1930, said Mailey, the Australians had adopted offensive batting tactics and had won what was probably the most interesting match of th e tour. Had the batsmen relied chiefly on defence, the game would most likely liave been lost. “We don’t want the gn me to become stodgy,” said Mailey. Asked if h e was prepared to say whether England or Australia, was most likely to win the next series of tests, Mailey said that, if the best English team-were .chosen without the selectors giving consideration for age and allowing only for ability, he thought that England would have a good chance of success. The, tour covers the most comprehensive .cricket- itinerary ever arranged in Canada and the United States, involving over a dozen matches.

ALL INDIA Y- ESSEX

LONDON, May 30. Essex, 'first, 160 (Aanarsingh o fox--49). India, first, 0 for 56.