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;. PREMIER-BATSMAN. BRADiMAIN OR HAMMOND. ■ - ‘ ‘ - LONDON," August' 29-- : 'Emphasising the strain of'ari” Australian tour, G. L.; Jes'sop, in the'Scotsman; -points orit that-last year' Sutdliffe \VaS : preiemiiheiiP with an average' of ■ 74 ■and a" total' 1 of 3300 runs. This yea' 1 ’ hiOwevet, he -i s i.’striigglirig" to got 2000; with'ah“average under 49! ‘ •’ 1 ;
Leyland is similarly affected. 'Hammond must be considered the batsman of - the "yriai’. ’ Jes'sop adds: . “The ' claim that’ Da n Bridmaii is the best b As man in the world may be well founded 1 for Mas!;, wickets,.‘but I doubt whether on all wicket s he is. superioj. to Hammond. . . “Even on his own pitch. Bradman has yet .to surpass Hammond, .. . who scored .over 9CO rung in tho test matches of. 1928-29. . .
“In spito of Bradman’s moderktb ,e4tep^h c 'in .’.the. _test { ■ .matches... •owing ? toi : intim}datoi’yc/boW'ling;.oa.nd! not to Joss of ability,' I bolie ve lie will I be th.e dominating . Australian bateman in 1934. His duel .with Hammond-, will : ;b.e of ’ absorbing interest;” ! •
D. R..' Jardine’s book ; ig still exciting criticism. A .'reviewer in John o’ London’s 'Weekly declares that if diplomacy is needed" to bring peace, Jvrdine should be silent;- The bleak, militant spirit displayed in the book may have helped to exacerbate the trouble in l Australia,;-. ■... ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1933, Page 3
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