CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 100, 5 January 1912, Page 8

CRICKET

THE RECENT TEST MATCH. PRESS COMMENT. i By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Sydney, January 4. The Herald, commenting on the test match, says: "An eight wickets' defeat is sufficiently thorough to give the supporters of Australian cricket an occasion for hard thinking. Until now there has been no particular reason to believe that the visitors had more than a bare chance, of extending our representative • eleven. As it turns out, they have defeated it conclusively." After reierj ring to the failure 'of the leading batsmen, the Herald says: "A far more disj concerting portent is the disclosure that the bowling attack is dependent on one or two men, and when they fail Australia is likely to fail." The Telegraph says the match was •von by the fine bow-ling performances. 1 <>f Barnes in -the first and Foster in the 1 ! second innings. Against them the Australians had failed miserably. The weak I men did their 'best to pull Australia 1 out of the hole, hut the failure of the [ cracks made all the difference in the ' world between a winning and losing I chance. The comparison of the fielding 1 throughout the match was odious to the ' Australians. On the showing of both : sides the better team won. [ London, January 3. ; The Westminster Gazette says that ; the result of the test match confirms J the opinion that Warner took a team ' nearly representative of England's best. They have established confidence ! at Home, which is the hest guarantee 1 ! that they will not lack confidence in 1 J themselves. Received 4, 11 p.m. [ j London, January 4. L i The Daily News states that the vie I tory will act as a tonic to the English ! i cricketers. ' j The Chronicle says the most promising 1 j feature, of the match is that Hordem's " googlies have been conquered. 1 The Morning Post says the keen fieldI ing of the Englishmen is specially grati--71 tying. In this respect England has been taught by the enemy. " 1 The Sportsman commends the 'batsmen JI for playing Hordem's googlies- for 5 singles in preference to punishing them. I I The Sporting Life says Barnes' sen- ; gational bowling at the opening of th« r j match was the dominating fact of the 3 1 victory.