TEST CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 20, 21 December 1928, Page 2

TEST CRICKET

AUSTRALIA’S DEFEATS. HOPE NOT ABANDONED. t (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) Received December 21, 12.55 p.m. • SYDNEY, Dee. 21. Commenting on Test cricket, the Herald states: . “The ‘man in the street reckoned that the pick of Australia would hold their own. Then came the debacle in the first Test, which left qs s f'' n “ ned and bewildered. If that were *.he best our men could do, the rubber was already decided and the Ashes ueio in England again. “Australia, however, recovered her poise and remembered that all man had weak moments and hoped that the second Test would redeem the position. The hope has been dashed, however. Australia made a dramatic recovery in the second innings, but the Itnglisn howlers against mastered, the position. The non-inclusion of a fast bowler m the Australian side is condemned in many quarters. This department should ho strengthened. A Test team without a fast bowler is analogous to ‘Hamlet’ minus tire I*mice. There are still matches to play. \\ e have not abandoned hope, despite the initial reverses.” The Telegraph states that those who hoped the Australians would make Die Englishmen fight for victory were distpjMin ed, but fine batting of the homo side had sufficient quality to give added zest to the future contests. 1 lie Telegraph spates "that Ox£iih<lTTl, Queensland, who is an all round pl a J” er, has been requested to go wo Melbourne. ___