TATE'S RECORD.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 23 December 1924, Page 11

TATE'S RECORD.

FIRST IN THIRTY YEARS. (bt cable— pksss association—cor-ntiGHT) (austbalias and tr.z. CABXJ! association.) SYDNEY, December 22. Commenting on the match, the "Sydney Morning Herald," referring to, Tate's bowling, says that though the figures tell their own tale, they give no adequate conception of his endurance, stamina, and accuracy of pitch, and of the hostility encountered in making them. He bowled with little encouragement from Fortune, and with little success in the early stages, but his energy, zeal, and his . will to succeed never faltered. He just worked and waited, and reward came in the end. Throughout the two days' bowling he scarcely sent down one badlength ball, and no single batsman played him with any degree of comfort. Tate has earned the well-deserved reward of being tho only English bowler within the last three decades or in the last 72 tests who has captured as many as six wickets in an inning 3in his first Anglo-Australian Test match. Regarding Freeman, the "Herald" says that the accuracy of pitch he maintained throughout was quite surprising and very commendable. Very few of his deliveries were pitched short of a good length, and overtossed ones, when they happened along occasionally, were most difficult to get through the brilliant off-field. The Australian batting was patchy and lacked the aggressive qualities usually associated with, international cricket. ENGLISH COMMENT. TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIANS' TENACITY.

(bt cable—rsßss association—coriatGHT) AND JT.Z. cablx ASSOCIATION) LONDON, December 21. The test match is being followed most eagerly. All thoughts in the Home cricket world, from the highest to the humblest, are being directed towards tho game in Sydney. The newspapers are serving the public generously with descriptive cables, and there is a general feeling of hopefulness concerning England's prospects, though there is no indication of under-estimation of Australian prowess. Naturally, the will to win predominates. The "Observer," editorially, says: The Australian crowd knows what it is watching, and all reports indicate that a profound impression has been made by Tate, but it is clear that against the Australians nothing can be given away. They are the toughest of fighters (how one is again compelled to remark on their obstinate trait), and in Ponsford thev have found a brilliant batsman of the" highest promise. p. G. Fender, in the "Sunday Express," says: No words are too high for Ponsford and Tate. Both more than justified the great things hoped. England has yet a great taak. I anticipate record collective scoring throughout the tests, with the balance finally represented merely by the respective Iding merits.