WON BY PRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 9

WON BY PRESS.

FIRST TEST ''VICTORY."

London Critics Delighted At Team's First Win.

"AUSTRALIANS SKITTLED"

(Australian and N.Z. Press Association.)

(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, November 20. Newspapers have virtually Avon the first Test on the strength of England's victory over the Australian eleven. The blackest type posters informed London that the Australians had been skittled.

Critics who are busily pointing out the superiority of the English team are apparently overlooking the fact that the eleven is not precisely the Brisbane Test team.

The "Evening Standard's" sporting diarist says: "Australia seems to Lave selected the Test players on the basis of what the M.C.C. has done. Before he met Hammond, Jardine, Hendren and company Blackie was declared to be Australia's best bowler. Where is he now? Likewise where are Hutkopf, Scott, Nichols and Hooker?"

The "Evening News" in its first editorial, headed "Sunshine from Australia," says: "England won by the fierce determination to win, by relentless attack, ball by ball, and by grim obduracy in defence."

The "Evening News" says: "It must be remembered that the Australian eleven contained the best 'youthful' Australian batsmen, as well as players of all-round ability. Bowling that is capable of shifting such an eleven twice for 474 will subdue the Australian critics, who are inclined to underrate it" A Sandham (Surrey) says: "Team work is necessary for such a win and this disposes of the ridiculous stories of snobbery .and bad feeling." Midst the general panegyric J. W. H. T. Douglas warns the cricketing public that there were important omissions from Australia's eleven, which could not be regarded as a representative one. "Nevertheless it makes me hopeful," he says.

"Plum" Warner regards the win with pleasure. "The more I look at the names of the Australian team the more I realise how powerful they are in batting, while their bowling has variety, but I fancy we hold the superiority in fielding, especially in the slips," he said.

THE TEST TEAM.

COMMENT IN LONDON

(Australian nnd X.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, November 20.

Commenting on the team chosen to represent Australia in the first Test cricket match against England, Press reviewer's in London agree that the big surprise is Ryder's captaincy. Woodfull and Richardson had been regarded as tho only two candidates for that position, with Kippax a distant third. Apart from that the general opinion is that the selection made is the obvious one, with the exception of Richardson's omission.

Mr. P. F. Warner admits he is surprised, but says Ryder is senior to others with much Test match experience. He is seen to the best advantage when-he has a forcing role. The "'Daily Telegraph"' recalls the fact that Ryder accomplished so little in the Test matches in 1926 that he was dropped in the final came at the Oval. The paper confesses it cannot understand whv Richardson has been dropped.