CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 April 1926, Page 11

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS AT PRACTICE. TEAM ALL FIT.; BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 12.40 p.m. to-day. LONDON, April 27. Grimmett is still coughing. He has indulged iu his first practice at Lords. Tli© team, including Collins and Andrews, lias settled down to.' serious work, each playing ten minutes on matting over the turf. Everett is keeping an exceptionally good length, and is dead on the wicket. He twice bowled Woodfull. Critics were impressed with the power Richardson' put behind his drives. All members of the team are fit except Collins, who is a trifle pale. They spent the remainder of a dull morning throwing the ball about. —Sydney Sun Cable. OMISSIONS FROM AUSTRALIAN TEAM. Received 12.5 p.m. to-day. LONDON, April 27. Mailey, Hendry, Ellis and Andrews were omitted from the Australian team for to-day. Everett is twelfth man.—■ A. and N.Z. Assn.

THE EIRST MATCH

ELABORATE PREPARATIONS

Received 12.40 p.m. to-day. LONDON, April 27. The .300 _ villagers of Holyport, whose rustic delights would be called farfetched on any musical comedy stage, are agog with the excitement of the preparation to receive, in the oldest of Old World settings, the cricketers from the newest continent. The meadow, which is hallowed by memories # of bewhiskered, top-hatted ancestors who played generations ago, is studded with marquees and tents, amidst which stands a barrel of cider. The pitch is in excellent condition, and is well drained after the recent rains, though it is slower than the Australians are accustomed to. Fleets of ’buses’ and charabancs have been organised to convey the people from Maidenhead station, two and a half miles distant.—Reuter.

AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS

CRITIC FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED

Received 2.30 p.m. to-dav. f LONDON, April 27 Col. P. C. W Trevor, correspondent to the Daily Telegraph, says “Macaitnev particularly impressed me He howled to seven or eight batsmen, none of whom emerged' witboth making a slip of some kind. Naturally Grimmett was watched with interest, and gave an object lesson in the value of length combined with judicious change of pace. The same remark applies to Mailey-, who was extra, ordinarily steady. Indeed. I wished I could see a few bad balls by way of a e’lTange. It struck me that Andrews was a bowler who had to be reckoned with. I was altogether most favourablv impressed with the reliability of the Australian howlers. I cannot think Collins will have to overwork any of his team, and I am convinced that England will have to earn their runs against Australian howling, backed up as it will he bv splendid wicket keeping and fielding.”— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.