THE FIRST TEST.
WORLD-WIDE INTEREST. (raITED PBE3S ASSOCIATION—BY FXECTBIC TELEGBAPH—COPYRiaHT.) LONDON, November-27. , P. F. Warner, writing in the "Morning Post," says:—"The world eagerly awaits the First Test. Every enthusiast who possibly can will be there. People will flock thither by train, motor-car, steamer, and horseback. It will be a place of, pilgrimage whither all roads will lead. The thoughts of cricketers will be concentrated on the Test in the Dominions, in the Colonies, at Biienos Ayres, Valparaiso. The Hague, Harlem, in China, on the Suez Canal, and in Philadelphia, indeed throughout tho world, for cricket, commands almost universal interest. "Whatever English side is selected it will command our confidence. The Australians are great cricketers and great' fighters, and most dangerous when one thinks them beaten. That is the time to leave nothing to chance. Chapman has proved himself such an able leader that he would be the last in the world to underestimate his opponents. May good fortune attend him! —Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19480, 29 November 1928, Page 11
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