“GOOGLIES”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 191, 2 August 1930, Page 1 (Supplement)

“GOOGLIES”

CRIMMETT BETS NEW FASHION HERO OF THE BOYB. Grimmett’s success as a slow bowler emphasises, if such a thing is necessary, the true valise of a good slow bowler (writes C. E. Kelleway in the Sydney “Guardian.” I say “good” advisedly. There are slow bowlers but only a few good ones. In England Tich Freeman and Dick Ty Wesley are both prolific wicket-gettera for their respective counties, and the advent of Clarrie Grimmett has given- a fillip to this type of bowling that should make hundreds of youngsters t>'<nsom^* w6 as prospective test match candidates in the future. Just how many of them will pass the elementary stage depends largely on their own initiative ymd application. Initiative is required in order that they may properly exploit the world of wiles open to this type of bowling. 1 Application is an essential to carry them through the probationary period, this being the time when they receive more kicks than ha’pence. Already when Youngsters play , their “test games.” in which each player adopts the name of his hero. Grimmett’s name is claimed by ail who can twirl their wrists.

I will not be surprised to see numerous slow bowlers crop up among junioi clubs next season. Fashions change in sport as in dress. Who recognises among ,tho variegated assortment of bright colours that decorate bats and rackets to-day the sober-toned implements of a few vears back? So with batting. Don Bradman will start an era of batsmen who will try to follow the methods of the Bowral youth.

Whoever wins the tests, good results to the came will follow, owing to the individual efforts of various members of the teams who become stars in their particular spheres.