TEST TRIALS.
“ENGLAND MUDDLING THROUGH”
LONDON May 4. “England is muddling through the plans for the visit of the Australian test team in 1926,” declares the Athletic News. “The old order will prevail regarding the No official test trial matches have been arranged, though Mr Mallett is arranging fixtures between the Australians and the North and South of England. Official trials of England v. The Rest would be more useful, because the North and South matches merely divide the country’s talent. The programme amounts to mock rehearsals, in which the games are small aid to the selectors and of little value to the players chosen. “Tile Australians will be as busy as bees all next season, while the underdogs will do little to provide a big matph atmosphere to discover new hopes. Trials should be started this year.
“Meanwhile the county championship proceeds on the old unsatisfactory system. A committee of seven will consider the matter, submitting its verdict in October on the question of a change.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 138, 15 May 1925, Page 9
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