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Otaki Mail, 5 October 1923, Page 2

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A meeting ot the Railway CUib iva» held last night, when it was ilc-cld to hold a practice match on the domain at - o'clock to-morrow. It i- h"|' that all members and mien [■„-. ,„■•, bcrs will atlend. The Daily Mail V- cricket e.ipeil, n viewing the eiisou, savs that Ulmd.-. aged Hi. head; Ihe bowling avciay.-, ami he himself admits he is not nearly us good as he was leu years ago. L'his prose- that the new generation ot batsmen is less resourceful than lie older. It has 1 n false!- declare! that the modem style of batting, si. which the drive has declined, or almost disappeared, is attributed to the swerve and the googly. That is übsurb, li*'; cause the players of the old -.''how -till show thai thev know how tu [day forward. The indication.-, are that the younger batsmen are returning to the old methods, and that the younger b0w1..-.- art rediscovering that length is the mo-t essential quality. Batsmen must be made to lcah- that they will not be selected lor ".-' matches unless they are sound livid*men. This is the greatest lesson oi I'XSi. In an editorial the Daily Mai! -ay.,: "There are strong hopes that Rugby in the coining season will recover i's pre-war excellence. The lorUo omit? Imperial fixtures will doman-i Britain* best, efforts and we must (ind a '>"•[ class team to tour South Africa severer test will be the New Zealaic!ers' visit. A "Kugbv's revival is largely duo '-» the AH Blacks in 1905, and the rent™ of the struggle after so many year, ''- be an event of tremendous intere.-.t.