PLAYING FOR KEEPS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 124, 29 April 1925, Page 6

PLAYING FOR KEEPS

SECOND EDITION

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS’ WAY. WHY THE ENGLISHAIEN FAILED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 29, 1.25 p.m. DOcDU-n, npiil 28. Sutcliffe, m the Dany Diuuiiicie, replying to opufiurlu * bcnci tnai me node oi n, O x-tigufit 00,1 mien is nut vmal is used to be, says: 'll is true mat mere were cerium lailures in Lie recent tests, uui wlien we won tgie loss we won ill a single innings. alio -luslruiian policy was One ui p.aying lor keeps una some oi me jjriiisn urn smell eOu.U nut accommodate meniseives to such a plan, bo mat wlien me -Australians won me toss uuer toss and adopted a poucy oi piuymg tor Keeps, mien lo exnaustion, me strum on om oarsmen was very great. I differ Iruni oponorth tnat He Drtusii failure wus not uue to nerveless baiting but to persistent uud luck. Considering Lie skiu ot too rtiistrunan auucka nd me heavy scoring ot mo siue whicn oalied nrst mere is nttle reason to seek funner lor the cause ot Lie lost rubuer. lioobs and 1 were iortunuie m make as many runs as we did. Strain comes alike in the pavilion and in me lield. In such circumstances the butsuien are bound to treat every ball with, almost abnormal respect and cannot play hue cricket. Sanuliam was unlucky until lie tound his real lorni. When tno Austranans come in 1920 they will Und bundliam a very different proposition. Lhapmun, a brilliant hitter, tell through Lulltns's fine tactics in specially placing his lield. I fancy that English wickets and the rains will bring things our way. A. and N.Z. cable. .