FATE OF ASHES

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 146, 23 June 1938, Page 9

FATE OF ASHES

IMPORTANCE OF TOSS

JACK HOBBS'S OPINION FIRST TEST TACTICS United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received June 23, noon.) LONDON, June 22. ' While Hammond can continue winning the toss, J. B..Hobbs does not think England will lose a Test, but if Bradman wins he believes England will have difficulty in avoiding defeat. Hobbs, in an article in the "Star," adds: "I doubt whether we gave the Australians enough credit for saving the first Test. If our batsmen had gone in and played with their backs to the wall the majority of the writers would have lauded their great effort. Air the cricketers to whom I have spoken agree that the Australians did the only thing possible, and I subscribe to that view." A cablegram received on Wednesday stated that the Australian AttorneyGeneral (Mr. R. G. Menzies) had issued a statement to the newspapers regarding criticism of Australia's tactics in the first Test, in which he said: "I consider the Australians played great cricket to achieve a draw. Of course, they are not immune from criticism of slow play and cannot complain if they get it but what many Australians resent is the assumption underlying much of the evening Press criticism that the Australians have a lower standard of conduct than Englishmen and that an English team placed similarly to Bradman's team on the third day at Nottingham would have risked everything for a practically impossible win."

TEST TO BE TELEVISED

(Received June 23, 11.45 ajn.) LONDON, June 22. A fire escape has been erected to overlook the grandstand at Ldrd s and from it, for the first time in history, a cricket Test will be televised. COUNTY CRICKET ADDITIONAL RESULTS (Received June 23, 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 22. Following are additional results of the county cricket championship series which was concluded on June 21:— Derbyshire v. Gloucestershire, n at Burton-on-Trent— Gloucestershire 287 (Hammond 110; Copson five for 75) and 294 (Hammond 123). Derbyshire, 415 (Smith 113) and two for none. Derbyshire won on the first innings. Hampshire v, Leicestershire at Lei-cester-Hampshire, 342 (Holt 116, Pothecary 100) and 231 for two. Leicestershire 535 for eight (Dempster 66, Armstrong 123, Geary, not out 100). Leicestershire won on the first mninNottinghamshire v. Kent, at Notting-ham.-Kint, 314 (Ames 73) and 214 (Voce five for 62). Nottinghamshire, 352 (Harris 113) and 180 for three. Nottinghamshire won by seven wickets. MC.C. v. Oxford University, at Lord's.-M.C.C., 387 (Chapman TO, Wilkinson 93; Macindoe five for 85) and 199 for nine, declared. Oxford, 307 (Lomas 97) and 280 for one (Walford, not out, 201). Oxford won by nine wickets.