CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 165, 12 June 1928, Page 7

CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

NO DECADENCE. PLENTY OF RUNS. LONDON, May 31. “Talk about the so-called decadence of English cricket seems singularly inappropriate nowadays, when so many youngsters are coming on,” says >i he Daily Mail in a leading article. ‘There is no aspect of the present season more gratifying than the success of the younger generation, who are almost a test team in the making. Their proved ability dispels the idea that the veterans will not leave worthy successois when the time comes to choose a team for Australia. These youngsters provide a grand combination with others like Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hallows, late and Jupp.” . . L The Daily Mail’s cricketing writer draws attention to the promising performances of young cricketers. He says;—“Tl. Gibbons, the Worcester batsman, aged 23, has a batting average of 36. Ames, the Kent wicketkeeper, many think, should ho btrudwick’s successor behind the stumps. lle scored 129 on Saturday. Myatt, aged 28, has a batting average of 7d and a howling average of 19. “Larwood, 24 years old. seems to have recovered from his injury. Jardine’s performance for Surrey at Nottingham was watched with great intei - cst. Other youngsters doing well are Hammond, who is fourth in the battinrr averages with 101 ; O’Connor, of Essex, and Iddon, of Lancashire. There is reason to hold the view that England’s post-war , cricket recovery is almost complete.”