“DIFFERENT PROPOSITION”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 961, 2 May 1930, Page 7

“DIFFERENT PROPOSITION”

COLONEL TREVOR’S COMMENT ON AUSTRALIAN XI. l “1926 SIDE WAS WEAK” j I Colonel Philip Trevor, writing in the “Daily Telegraph” on April 15, made the following comments on the Australian cricketers: “1 am glad that the Australians will not reach England handicapped as was the last team. In 1926 the Australians advanced under cover of an enormous Press barrage, which was intended to conceal what was behind, but also to intimidate their opponents. The barrage was partially successful, but it finally proved detrimental to those ! responsible for it. As the season ; wore on it was obvious that the team was the weakest that had visited us for 30 years. Macartney, the one star performer, practically carried the team on his shoulders. Without Macartney the team would have been nearly negligible. “England is now confronted with quite another proposition, for the Australians on the. high seas have everything in their favour except experience in first-class cricket in England. The Australian selectors definitely plumped for youth, and it must be remembered that Australians/ bloom early. H%. 1, Trumper, and Macartney ranked as veterans when they were mere boys. | Nearly all the coming Australians can I bat. all can field, and 1 must ask If ; there is any evidence that there are better bowlers in England than in Australia, especially as the touring Australian bowler will be at least from 10 to 2C per cent, better in England than in Australia owing to the English wicket under the unholy alliance of rain and sun. Though the Australian side is unusually young, the English selectors should think twice or thrice before they discard experienced men of established position even if they do show signs of anno domini when chasing the ball.”