QUEST FOR THE ASHES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 105, 6 May 1929, Page 3

QUEST FOR THE ASHES.

NEXT AUSTRALIAN TEAM. YOUNG PLAYERS WANTED. VIEWS OF ARTHUR MAILEY. i • "Australia's greatest need when the time comes to send the nest Australian team home to England will be young players of class." This was the opinion expressed this morning by Mr. Arthur Mailey, the well-known Australian cricketer, who is likewise well known as a cricketer writer and black and white artist. Last season Mr. Mailey did not play in big cricket, but he followed the games with the English team, closely, as a critic. He said that the best feature from the Australian point of view was the success of the colts, Bradman, Jackson and Wall, who were all likely to be chosen when the next touring Australian team was selected. In a lean period, when the great need was bowlers of class, Y\ all was a distinct find as a promising fast bowler. He was quite fast, with an action gently reminiscent of McDonald, the noted Australian bowler of pace, and probably would train on to fill the gap which was left by the retirement of Gregory from first-class cricket. He said that although diverse in style as batsmen, Bradman and Jackson had proved themselves of the right temperament for big occasions, and much was boped of them. Mr. Mailey considers that the next Australian team should be chosen by two selectors and the captain, and that on an English tour the sending of a, treasurer in addition to a manager would be unnecessary. He considered that it would be better to send an extra player, preferably one with some financial experience. The amount of £600 proposed as remuneration of players he considered was little enough. Mr. Mailey, a passenger by the Aorangi, is on his way to Vancouver on a health trip. He mentioned that he had by no means finished -with the game, and from that it was gathered that there was quite a reasonable prospect of seeing Australia's most gifted "googly" bowler once more making English batsmen wonder exceedingly which way the red ball was going to turn.