CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11280, 9 August 1930, Page 7

CRICKET

DECAYED

TEST, BOWLERS

WHAT RANJI RAYS'

GRIMMETT IS NOT GREAT.

LONDON, July, 30

Tim decay of.. English arid Austral i.a nbow ling is tl.'e most lanientablo feature of the Tests, according to a letter written by Princeßanjit-sinhji-io. n. friend.. He declines .: to rank Grimmett among great bowlers, and . similarly Bradman’s- performances' are not n,s good as those of some other cricketers.

Although Grimmett is the best bonder in both teams, his success depencls greatly on the state of the wicket, thereby differing from the heyday of Tom Richardson, Hugh Truinble, and George Lohmann, to name only three giants ■ of old who never could be ordinary, whatever the state of the. ground', says Prince Ranjitsinliji in the letter.

- t SiimJsrriyr’Braflnraai^S' performances are not equal to those of Victor Trurirper,' Clem Hill, or Charlie Macartney, ' wlio achieved greatness despite greatholders. !' • ■ -• He is confident that Duleepsinhji, iii two or three years, will reach topclass rank. Hobbs, he says, is the only incontestible /-English star. S;.. DULEEP’Sf b;2,000 TEST ON FINGER-NAILS. ! . . •• -• ■ LQNDON, July, 31. DuleepsihJijiT with a scor Q of 188, has completed •''a total of 2,000 runs this season, which Bradman is the only other thus far to reach. A Bond Street beauty ..parlour.; is busy...painting ;Tiest};pictur.e s on 'feminine entlmsiasts’ finger-nails, says the ‘‘News-Chronicle.’'’ One nail shows -the green pitch, another the yellowstumps;, and;; the ; third the Crefh bill. The- h.at and -ci'icke r ters’, ; '' caps are on tpe other nails,-completing, an ensem- ' hl e of paintings, which are waterproof and . last a.; fort night. " ' AUSTRALIA v. WARWICK. GAME ABANDONED FOR DAY. United Presi* Assn, by El. Tel. Coi>yrijtht August, 7;-. Owing.;-to = farther 1 heavy rain the cricket ’match ;betwei?n Australia arid? Warwick was abandoned for the day. HE’S: DONE IT. MACARTNEY WRITES BOOK. • HOPES AND FEARS. -' - LONDON, July, 25. ...Dedicated “To My Wife,” C. G. •' “My Cricketing Days,” is to. be ..published by Heinemann’s. Macartney’s earliest cricket recob-; lection.' is ■ grandfather, George MooreAjfHio bowled'green -apples to . he' was "five.' His grand-’ jGKrther made him a cedar-wood bat, which he still possesses. ■ Alacartpey .meiitifi).|is the game in France ~ during ; the'.livar. ip which he a lid O’Conner, of Waverley, and the ls(te;, Frank -.O’Keefe •; figured. They played to • the accompaniment of the German shelling a captive balloon nparby. The match was finished, but he forgets the result. • . Macartney favours a ~thi l ee-day .limit*. to Tests; - Discussing the 1923-23 Tpsts he says: “Bradman was. some-' wl’at ..crude in his aggression, while Jackson ..was? inpre v ..pplisTied. Fairfax was a-■■■promising’- young all-rounder, of whom there was a. lamentable scarcity. .“Macartney condemns the batsmen’s “slow motion” methods.” ' ■.‘hiV; /He « says 1 also that - undue importance is attached- to records.. Referring to barracking ho says: “T fail ■to see that the Australian barracking is-partial. .. ; L cannot understand ■ any .'Englishman"''* beiiig sensitive 'enough to allow remarks from the crowd to prevent him from performing his cyyork;”; - ■„ ~ -