CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 237, 6 October 1936, Page 15

CRICKET.

THE COMING TESTS. I THREE OUTSTANDING PLAYERS. I BR ADMAN, O'REILLY, HAMMOND. I LONDON, October 4. Mr. R. C. Robertson-Glasgow, in an article in the "Morning Poet" on the subject of the cricket Test matches, says that he considers that the scales have seldom been so evenly 'balanced. Almost everything, the writer says, depends upon three men, namely, Bradman, O'Reilly and Hammond. "They are the three most important cricketers in the world," Mr. RobertsonGlasgow continues. "Grimmett'g admirers will probably demure at this judgment, but this wonderful little man cannot for ever refuse to be elderly. "Bradman is terrible in the same way as Walter Lindrum is terrible. dismissal always appears to be an act of providence, not of man. "O'Reilly combines pertinacity and guile j in a manner seldom achieved by anyone else. "Hammond has mellowed since he first went to Australia. He is even more dangerous now. "I cannot think that Voce will succeed without the inspiration of Larwood at the other end. Fames tends too often to bowl off-theory to the batsmen, on which method the Australians were almost teethed. Robins is not the bowler he was five years ago. Sims is brilliant, but, while lie is reliable in moments of success, lie is negligible in times of failure." / TE AWA V. KING'S COLLEGE. Players selected to represent the Te Awa Cricket Club In a match against the King's College lirst eleven, at the college grounds fo-morrow, starting at 2 p.m.;—M. Bartlsley, C. S. Beechey, E. R. Bennett, I. W. Cooper (captain). L. S. Hughes, G. Hutter, A. K. Kirkhara, Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd, P. O. Mills. J. G. Sugden, J. J. Valentine, S. P. Wellings. Mr. Duff will act as umpire. W.Y.M.I. CLUB. i Officers elected for the 1936-7 cricket season at the W.Y.M.I. Cricket Club's annual general meeting:—President, Rev. K. T. Olils; club captain, Mr. G. C. Riddell; secretary, Mr. G. Baird; treasurer, Mr. F. Crooks; management committee, Messrs. G. C. Hirldclli G. Baird, F. Crooks, C. Hogarth and D. Olds. 11 was decided to enter for the A-uckland Cricket Association's competitions.