DECLINE OF ENGLISH CRICKET
THE FETISH OF THE GOOfeLIE,
((■UBUSHh'i), IN Iflß lIMES.) (Roceivecl Aiiguftt 8, 9 a.m.J LONDON, 6th August.' The Times agrees with Mr. F fi-. Spofforth on the- decline in English cricket being partly due to the fetish of the googh'e swerve. Australia's superiority is, due to something in the Australian atmosphere' itfhich makes the swerve negligible, 'and the bowlers are compoHed to coticentritte oh length and spin, which are the basis of all firstclass bowling, though never till now had Australia • produced a pair like M'Donald and Gregory, who add great pace to these qualities. It is melancholy to think that ■ M'Donald is exchanging Test cricket for the* Lancashire League. Ths writer regards England's failureagainst»Australia as humiliating. Not only has she failed in the Tests', but all along the line. Never before has England been so overwhelmed.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 33, 8 August 1921, Page 7
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