"TREMENDOUS CRICKET"

Evening Star, Issue 19330, 17 August 1926, Page 6

"TREMENDOUS CRICKET"

COLLINS'S GREAT FEAT LONDON, August 16. (Received August 17, at 12.10 p.m.) Warner described the clay as one of tremendous cricket. At the close Fortune had in nowise decided upon which side she will eventually smile. “ Tho Australians,” he said, “ true to traditions, seem to delight in getting into a tight corner and , then getting out. This greatness in adversity was always a marked characteristic of their cricket. The time to fear the Australians most is when one thinks they "are beaten. “This match is destined to rank among tho most famous in the last hours, when it was vitally important for England that neither Hobbs nor Sutcliffe should he dismissed. I lived through an eternity of time. I never once liked the look of Collins. He revels in a crisis; he held the breach; he excelled himself.” Warner adds: “ Collins was a monument of patience and grit. Even the most ardent English barrackcr could not fail to applaud his gallant effort. Without him Australia would probably be 60 or 70 runs behind.” Referring to Oldfield and Grimmctt, Warner says: “They played quietly hut soundly. Tho score sheet will show how amazing was the fail of Australia.”.