YOUTH IN CRICKET
ONE of the most notable features of the holiday sports season was Canterbury’s defeat at cricket this week in a match against a veteran Wellington side. It was a defeat—but a glorious defeat. Chiefly due to a wonderful first innings score by C. S. Dempster, the Canterbury colts (for that is all they are in point of age) found themselves faced with a staggering deficit of 407 runs when their second innings started. Their prospects of overtaking such a huge score seemed hopeless, considering it was a fourth innings on a worn wicket. How they rose to the occasion—eager, resolute youth in a forlorn hope—was worthy of the admiration of every cricketer. They failed, of course, but they were only 18 runs short of victory when the end came. Canterbury has done much to encourage its cricket colts. Tt deserves to succeed in its commendable policy. It may be that the ripe experience of Auckland’s veteran side will be too much for the youthful Southerners at Eden Park this week-end, but whether they win or lose, the team captained by M. L. Page can be relied on to play brisk, aggressive cricket. And the game today is in need of the healthy tonic these youngsters, with an average age of 22 years, provided at Wellington.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 861, 3 January 1930, Page 7
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218YOUTH IN CRICKET Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 861, 3 January 1930, Page 7
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