THE COMING MATCHES

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 7

THE COMING MATCHES

BRITAIN'S STIFF PROPOSITION.

LONDON, 16th April.

In an article in the. Morning Post, Mr. P. F. .Warner, writing on the Test matches, says: " Armstrong's side possesses a variety of new bowling, which we are anxious to see. The stiffness of Britain's proposition is appreciated by everyone. The Australians will naturally commence the tour full of confidence, but I refuse, to be pessimistic. With Hobbs, Heurne, Hendren, and Woolley we have a fine nucleus and need not despair finding a bowler of the highest class amon.est our forty-five million people. I .wish, it had been possible to play one trial game, but county cricket dominates all interests. When the Australians next visit us I trust a wider view will prevail, and the county programme reduced. There will be little enough time to organise a representative team .before 28th May."

Mr. Warner suggests thatHhe selectors of the .team should search outside the first-class counties for bowlers. He has heard of several first-class men among the minor counties. "One of the difficulties of the selectors is the fact that the best bowlers and wicket-keepers are not batsmen. This is very different from the days when the attack lay in the hands of Lockwood, Hirst, Braund, Rhodes, Jackson, and Lilley. One reason of the Australians' superiority is-that they have no tail, while ours is as long as a kangaroo's."