CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 November 1924, Page 7

CRICKET.

THE ENGLISH TEAM. SYDNEY WRITER'S IMPRESSIONS. . BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Nov. 10,10.25 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 10. . The Herald’s cricket representative attending the Adelaide match, comment in g on the English howling says; Gilli gan is not a fast bowler for the first few overs, but bowls at threequarter pace. He soon tires down to no more than a fas,tish medium. TateV impressed me much more favourably; than did his captain. . Unlike Gilligan, he takes a comparatively short run and gets a surprising amount of pace into his delivery, both through the air and off the pitch. He may be described as a medium-fast bowler," and medium in pace. Tyldesley sends, down leg breaks a trifle faster than the usual run of such bowlers do. . Summing up the team’s bowling generally, the writer says that it will need ■to live miliiy laborious days tjiroiigli the to.ur qs it .progresses. The bowlers * will more aecimtomed to condiand will no doubt, achieve some conspicuous Successes, but only aftey. rnucp endeavour. - , lii. reference to fielding, he says that in a fe>y instances it was brilliant. The rest of the time, though safe enough, it was jilst .of average quality. The day’s ' cricket was not. suggestive of any change in the destination of the ashes. ,