BAT AND BALL

Northern Advocate, 5 November 1931, Page 5

BAT AND BALL

BRADMAN ADMONISHED. “ LIMELIGHT’ ’ TENDENCY. (Received 9 a.in.) LONDON, November 4. Lord Tennyson, speaking at a dinner of the Ferrets Cricket Club, said Don Bradman was perfectly right to refuse the Accrington Club’s offer. Although Bradman was one of the finest batsmen in the world, he had a great deal .to learn. He was not in the same class as Trumper, Hill and others, and had not half the strokes that Hobbs, Woolley or Sutcliffe had. The sooner Bradman did not want to get his name in print the better. Mr Arthur Gilligan said he agreed with Lord Tennyson.

DENIALS IN ENGLAND.

(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, November 3. Sir Lindsay Parldnson, on behalf of the Blackpool Cricket Club, denied negotiating with Jackson. “We are not seeking another professional, either from here or Australia,'' he said. Accrington Club officials deny having made an offer to Fairfax, but the secretary declines to say whether Fairfax himself made a proposal.. TOURING SOUTH AFRICANS. FIFTH TEST TO FINISH. (Received 1.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The sailing date of the Themistocles, on which the South African ■cricketers are going home, has again been changed. The steamer now leaves two days later than was proposed a few days

ago. This will enable the fifth test to be played to a finish, but even then the Springboks would have a hectic rush across the 'Continent to Perth. The return match against Western Australia will be abandoned.