OLD AUSTRALIAN SKIPPER TAKEN TO TASK
PELTING CRICKETERS WITH STATISTICAL CONFETTI
[By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday 7 p.m) LONDON, February 6,
Commenting on J. Darling’s reported opinion that the selected Australian team is a little too old, the "Morning Post’’ says; “It is difficult to see how an appreciably younger side can be found to represent England. The fact that a player grades down after certain age does not mean that he is not worth his place in the best available eleven or fifteen. For example, Hobbs is rising forty-three, yet he remains England’s first choice batsman. W. G. Grace scored a thousand runs when at the ago of forty-seven. Wakefield was another abnormal athlete.
Why should a man, who can defy time, resign because Critics like Darling, pelt them with statistical confetti. The logical conclusion is as long as a man is good enough for the job, the question of age need not be considered."
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3265, 8 February 1926, Page 7
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