AN “IF” TEAM
M.C.C. SELECTION FOR AUSTRALIA WILL ENGLAND WIN THE TESTS? A NEWSPAPER’S COMMENT (United Tress Association—By Cable— Copyright.! (Australian and N.Z. Press Assn.] (Received 10, 9.25 a.m.) London, Aug. 9. The newspaper “The Field’’ says: “There seems to be general agreement that Mnrylebone has done very well in its choice of a team, but the plain fact is that it is an ‘if’ team. “If Hobbs does not break down in the absence of any other first-wieket partner, Sutcliffe will not matter. If Larwood keeps sound he will be the very man to open with Tate. If there are faster wickets in Australia, and Tate regains the skill he has lost here, he may once more be the only great bowler of the world. If Freeman succeeds in a third tour after failing in the others, it will be a marvel. If Mead, with the handicap of age and weight, can survive fielding for two or three days in intense heat untiringly, he will be the very man for number four.
“If all these things happen, or even several, we will win the tests. If not, wo may have to wait.’’
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 203, 10 August 1928, Page 5
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193AN “IF” TEAM Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 203, 10 August 1928, Page 5
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