"Forget The Ashes”
One of the most succinct comments on English cricket after the West Indians bad won the second Test at Lord’s was made by Sunday Empire News columnist Harold [Mayes. Looking ahead to the English | tour'of Australia starting next Octoiber he said: “The time has come for us to bring out the sackcloth—and forget the Ashes.” He suggested that in light of the second Test defeat, it might be as well if England’s cricketers stayed at home...
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 July 1950, Page 2 (Supplement)
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