M.A. NOBLE'S TRIBUTE
LONDON, August 16. (Received August 17, at 2 p.m.) M. A. Noble writes : ‘ ‘Collins’s stand will bo remembered long after other players’ centuries are forgotten. Gregory played a spectacular and invaluable knock-out, but it was Collins who broke the back of the bowling and made run-making possible, and inspired bis side as few men could have done. Batting gloveless, the injury, after eapli jarring hit, to his massaged thumb (Which be broke at Nottingham in 1921) was sorely increased, especially when bis swollen thumb struck a rising ball from Larwood.” Referring to the Oldfield-Griuunc l l stand the writer says: “Both deseno a place in any team for sheer gritty bntsmansbip against odds. A cricketer who can score when better men fail is great,”—Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19330, 17 August 1926, Page 6
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