NO “RABBIT” FROM THE SLEEVE!

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7031, 15 December 1932, Page 10

NO “RABBIT” FROM THE SLEEVE!

McCabe Has Been Maturing In Bradman’s Shadow Even when Australian Test teams seem to be below their wonted standard English teams are wary of the possibility of their having “something up their sleeve.” Something similar to such a conjuring trick has been done this time, for although McCabe’s potentialities have been on view for a couple of years attention has been rather distracted from them by the performances—and the expectations—of Bradman. McCabe is just on two years younger than Bradman, having been born on July 16, 1910, whereas Bradman was born on August 27, 1908. The younger man is a stylish batsman, .with more of the “classic” style than Bradman has, hut he can also play the forcing game very well. He is the only true all-rounder in the present Australian eleven, and is quite the best allrounder that Australia has had since the Test series of 1926. It was because of faith in his potentialities, rather than his performance at the time, that McCabe was chosen as a member of the Australian team which visited England in 1930* He took a while to become accustomed to English wickets, but then was,very consistent in his batting, and he made over a thousand runs on the tour without scoring one century. He played in all five Tests, and, with a highest score of 54, averaged 35 runs an innings. As a change bowler he also did well in the Tests; in these matches he took only