CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 August 1924, Page 9

CRICKET.

ENGLISH TOURING TEAM. 3Y CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Aug. 18, 10.25 p.m. a I,] , LONDON, Aug. 17. --viuiougii it was originally intended that the cricket team for" Australia should be limited to sixteen, the inclusion of Hobbs as second wicketkeeper will bring the, number up to seventeen. Marylebone has declined to disclose its present intentions, but it is understood that another fast bowlei is likely to be selected. A prominent member of the tean. stated that he would not be surprised to see nineteen make the trip. Much depended on the final decision regarding Hobbs;—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIAN BARRACKERS. Received Aug. 18, 10.25 a.m n .. . LONDON, Aug. 17. j arkui, 1U au article in the Dispatch, says: “Perhaps the most difficu*t problem ot the English cricketers in Australia is the crowd. They are a rough and ready lot, superficially considered, like Yorkshire fans, who persistently annoy other counties by trying to beat them with their mouths, hut m reality the Australian crowds .are as snorting as anv cricketer might dream about.” He thought the Sydney and Melbourne crowds will show herce partisanship over the matches against England. “They have a true jove of the game for the game’s sake, tl our placers are not unduly perturbed by the outward show of antagonism, they will even come to feel that the + . S +u a ian know cricket better than we do in England.”—Reuter.