TRIUMPH OF ENGLISHMEN
UN J* I tECEI )EXTE I) EXTHUSTASM LONDON, 2nd March. “Wisdcn s Almanack” in “Cricketers of Last Year,” publishes photographs of Ames, Leyland, White, Duckworth and Sam Staples, with White in the
emit re place. The editor comments “not for 17 years lias the reputation of English cricket stood so high. It is not surprising after the deplorable postwar period that the triumphs of our players in Australia have aroused such unprecedented enthusiasm. The success is more refreshing because the risk in taking Larwood and Geary is convincingly justified. That the side should maintain form and return with the finest record ever gained will devoutly he wished, even if it is not achieved. Wo must he proud of the men who have so speedily and decisively determined the rubber.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 4 March 1929, Page 5
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